Positive Quote Of The Day July 2015

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There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and
lifting people up. -- John Andrew Holmes

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It teaches the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid. To be proud and unbowed in defeat yet humble and gentle in victory. And to master ourselves before we attempt to master others. And to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep. And to give the predominance of courage over timidity.-- General Douglas MacArthur, on the virtues of competitive athletics.

[Jeff]

Love this one!:thumbsup:

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The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention. -- Duguet

[Jeff]

Good one!

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If a man hasn't discovered something that he would die for, he isn't fit to live. (from a speech in Detroit, June 23, 1963).



HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

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[Jeff]

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But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.— Erin Wright

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Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.-- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English Poet

[Jeff]

Good one!:thumbsup:

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We never know when our last day on earth will be. So, love with full sincerity, believe with true faith, and hope with all of your might. Better to have lived in truth and discovered life, than to have lived half heartedly and died long before you ever ceased breathing.— Cristina Marrero

[Jeff]

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There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.-- John Farrar (1945-) Australian Composer

[Jeff]

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I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.-- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States

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The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of
immortality.-- John Quincy Adams

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What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.-- Portuguese proverb

[Jeff]

I would insert, "sometimes"!

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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing
things as they ought to be done. -- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) American Novelist

[Jeff]

Excellent!

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The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve. — Brian Tracy

[Jeff]

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Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done.-- Russell W. Davenport, American Editor, Fortune Magazine

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Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe
and are acting from. -- William Faulkner (1897-1962) American Writer

[Jeff]

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Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.-- Conrad Hilton

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A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.— Jodi Picoult

[Jeff]

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True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. -- Lord Halifax (Edward Wood) (1881-1959) British Foreign Secretary

[Jeff]

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To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.-- Tryon Edwards

[Jeff]

:thumbsup: very True!

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Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.-- Jean de la Fontaine

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We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.— Steve Maraboli

[Jeff]

Good thought!:thumbsup:

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One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by
listening to them. -- Dean Rusk (1909-1994) American Secretary of State

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The life that conquers is the life that moves with a steady resolution and persistence toward a predetermined goal. Those who succeed are those who have thoroughly learned the immense importance of plan in life, and the tragic brevity of time. -- W.J. Davison

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It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.-- Lady Bird Johnson (1912- 2007) American First Lady

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Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.-- Mary Lou Cook

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The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in the end affirm or deny anything.-- Thomas Carlyle

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Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. -- Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) President of the Confederate States of America

[Jeff]

Good one!:thumbsup:

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Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.-- Ruth McKenney

[Jeff]

I wish politicians believed that!

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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.-- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Presbyterian Minister

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No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self-approval. -- Minot Simons

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