Positive Quote Of The Day December 2011

[pjbs35a]

He who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds are not found in polished stones. They are made.

-- Henry B. Wilson

[Jeff]

I find diamonds every day!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Blessed is he who carries within himself a God, an ideal, and obeys it.

-- Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French Scientist

[Jeff]

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The world is good-natured to people who are good natured.

-- William Makepeace Thackeray

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.

-- George Eliot (1819-1880) English Novelist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

We have worked at full speed since May. And that is I'm persuaded the root and source and origin of all health and happiness, provided of course that one rides work as a man rides a great horse, in a spirited and independent way; not a drudge, but a man with spurs to his heels. (Writing in her journal about her life as a publisher and
writer.)

-- Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) English Writer

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.

-- Felix Adler

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

-- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English Author

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

So very true, thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Originality and the feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

-- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) Russian Novelist

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Great is the road I climb, but the garland offered by an easier effort is not worth the gathering.

-- Sextus Propertius (50BC-16AD) Roman Poet

[vizsla]

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[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

ABOUT GROWING OLDER... ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it's such a nice change from being young.--Will Rogers

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

-- Adam Smith (1723-1790)

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

-- F.W. Faber

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

-- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

-- Pablo Picasso

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

ABOUT GROWING OLDER... ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been. --Will Rogers

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

"But try," you urge, "the trying shall suffice; The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!"

-- Robert Browning

[Jeff]

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I am not a poetry kind of guy, but that I like!

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.--Will Rogers

[Jeff]

Very true!

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
-- Arabian Proverb

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

-- Longfellow

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

The greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising up every time we fall.

-- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

I think I'd like to be remembered as someone who beat the odds through just plain determination. ... that I persevered. Because I think that being somewhat of a pest to life, constantly plaguing and pursuing, will bring results.

-- Sylvester Stallone (1946-) American Actor

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

All high achievers plan their work and work their plan, for they are keenly aware that "luck" is most often being prepared to take advantage of a situation.

-- Unknown

[Jeff]

Very, very true!
We ran a fake punt in the District finals this year that had a huge impact on the game. Afterwords a reporter commented "how lucky we were " to pull that off. I replied, luck had nothing to do with it! It was hours of film study on the opponent, followed by practice and execution of a well timed plan!

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Attitude determines altitude.

-- Unknown

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.--Will Rogers


MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

[Jeff]

Good one!

[pjbs35a]

The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense.

-- Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) American Inventor

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

-- Herodotus (485 - 425BC) Greek Historian

[Jeff]

True in Anciet times and true today!:thumbsup:

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

-- J.B. Priestlet (1894-1984) English Author

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Let us move on, and step out boldly, though it be into the night, and we can scarcely see the way.

-- Charles B. Newcomb

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.

-- John C. Bogle (1929-) American Investor

[Jeff]

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

I searched through rebellion, drugs, diets, mysticism, religions, intellectualism and much more, only to begin to find...that truth is basically simple - and feels good, clean and right.

-- Chick Corea (1941-) American Jazz Musician

[Jeff]

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