Positive Quote Of The Day December 2010

[pjbs35a]

Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the
requisites for success.
-- Alonzo Newton Benn

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

So true, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

There are many ways to measure success; not the least of which is the
way your child describes you when talking to a friend.-- Unknown

[Jeri]

I really like this one. It is true! :thumbsup:

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

great thought:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory
fails.
-- Unknown

[ibrowse17]

When You Wish Upon A Star:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches"
ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
-- Herbert Kaufman

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thank you:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.

[ibrowse17]

Interesting, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Not a day passes over this earth but men and women of note do great
deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
-- Charles Reed

[ibrowse17]

True, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the
success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult
task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy
in overcoming obstacles.
-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[ibrowse17]

She is a good one to listen to, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had
wonderful things happen to you.
-- Mary Tyler Moore (1937-) American Actress

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide
forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
-- Elizabeth Stone

[ibrowse17]

True! Thank you:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and
sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad.
-- Arnold H. Glasow

[ibrowse17]

Thank you:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about
themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to
try to imitate the success of others. You've got to find it on your
own terms.
-- Harrison Ford (1942-) American Actor

[ibrowse17]

He should know, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.

[ibrowse17]

Is with me:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it
requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
-- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish Dramatist and Poet

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

True, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you
lost all your money.
-- Bernard Meltzer (1914-) American Law Professor

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Interesting, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Courage is grace under pressure.
-- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still
I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Nice, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in
the small ones.
-- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop

[pjbs35a]

True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.
-- Louis Nizer (1902-1994) American Lawyer

[ibrowse17]

So true, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step
would carry us clear through them.
-- Brendan Francis [Behan] (1923-1964) Irish Author

[ibrowse17]

Nice!! Thank you:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk,...it's all a miracle.
-- Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) Polish Pianist

[ibrowse17]

Yes it is, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

People call me an optimist, but I'm really an appreciator....When I
was six years old and had scarlet fever, the first of the miracle
drugs, sulfanilamide, saved my life. I'm grateful for computers and
photocopiers...I appreciate where we've come from.
-- Julian Simon (1933-1998) American Academic

[ibrowse17]

Interesting, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to
him, than what it has denied.
-- Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658) Spanish Philosopher

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[ibrowse17]

Thank you:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Slight not what is near though aiming at what is far.
-- Euripides (480-406 BC) Greek Playwright

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[ibrowse17]

Thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more
to patient attention than to any other talent.
-- Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English Scientist

[ibrowse17]

Thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your
convictions.
-- William F. Scolavino

[ibrowse17]

True, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
-- Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) American Inventor

[ibrowse17]

Agreed, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but
rejoices in what he has.
-- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher

[vizsla]

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