Positive Quote Of The Day January 2012

[pjbs35a]

The best sermons are lived, not preached.


HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

-- Thomas Paine (1737-1809) British-American Writer

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Pain is temporary, pride is forever.

-- Anonymous

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

-- Bernard Williams (1929-) English Philosopher

[MstngDrvnDsnyLvr]

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[Jeff]

Good one!

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

-- Chinese proverb

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation.

-- Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) American Writer

[MstngDrvnDsnyLvr]

:thumbsup: One of my favorite quotes!

[Jeff]

Great one!

[pjbs35a]

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

-- Bette Davis (1908-1989) American Actress

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft.
Today it's called golf. --Will Rogers

[Jeff]

Hilarious !:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success.

-- Alonzo Newton Benn




GEAUX LSU TIGERS!!!

[Jeff]

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[PirateLover]

Thanks, needed that one today!

[pjbs35a]

You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"

-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright


Congratulations To Alabama

[MstngDrvnDsnyLvr]

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[Jeff]

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[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

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

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

-- Unknown

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

[Jeff]

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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

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

[Jeff]

Good one!: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

[MstngDrvnDsnyLvr]

:thumbsup: A favorite of mine.

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

[Jeff]

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[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

[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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[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

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

If you are patient in one moment of anger you will save a thousand days of sorrow.

-- Chinese Proverb

[MstngDrvnDsnyLvr]

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[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

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

...the hill has not yet lifted its face to heaven that perseverance will not gain the summit of at last.

-- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist

[Jeff]

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[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

[MstngDrvnDsnyLvr]

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[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.

-- Dumas The Younger

[MstngDrvnDsnyLvr]

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[Jeff]

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[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

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Courage is grace under pressure.

-- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) American Writer

[MstngDrvnDsnyLvr]

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[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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[pjbs35a]

Words that soak into your ears are whispered…...not yelled.

[Jeff]

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[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

[Jeff]

Excellent!

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.

-- Louis Nizer (1902-1994) American Lawyer

[Jeff]

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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