Positive Quote Of The Day November 2016

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"The most that we can do is to hope for the best till we know the worst. Of course, we shall make the best of the worse when it comes."- William Dean Howells, (1837 - 1920) American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright

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Great one!

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"Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less."- Marie Curie, Polish Scientist and Nobel Prize Winner (1867 - 1934) Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist

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"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."Confucius

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Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.— Mark Twain

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Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion to vice.-- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BC) Roman Writer, Statesman, and Orator

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You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...— Dr. Seuss

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"There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope."- Bernard Williams (1929 - 2003) English moral philosopher

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Will you look back on life and say, 'I wish I had,' or 'I'm glad I did'? — Zig Ziglar

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"The future of our civilization is based on prudence, critical self reflection, belief in higher values, and wisdom in matters of ordinary, everyday life. It is not about grabbing as much as possible, as quickly as possible."- Tyler Cowen (1962) American economist and writer

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"Money often costs too much."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American Poet and Essayist

[Jeff]

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"Something magnificent is taking place here amidst the cruelties and tragedies."
- Charles A. Beard (1874 - 1948) American historians

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"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing - advising his daughter Martha, 1787."- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third President of the United States

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"Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself."
- Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
English Writer

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If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.— Jim Rohn

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"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight."- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) American Writer

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"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have."- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) 16th President of the United States

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"When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another."- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) American Writer

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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.-- Kahlil Gibran

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"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do."- Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal a commitment to excellence that will enable you to attain the success you seek. — Mario Andretti

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"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
- Mary Oliver, poem, "The Summer Day"

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"We all have dreams. And we all get disappointed. We all have heartache and we suffer and work to get through it. It's just the human condition. ...So I stand here today so proud. I'm so proud of my team and I'm so proud of myself."- Diana Nyad, who at age 64 swam 103 miles from Cuba to Florida

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"Wealth is the slave of the wise man and master of the fool."- Seneca, Roman philosopher (4 BC - 65 AD)

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"Question: What is life about? Hepburn: It's about working hard and loving someone. Oh, and having fun. And, if you're lucky, you keep your health and someone will love you back."- Katherine Hepburn to biographer Scott Berg (1907 - 2003) American actress


Well, she at least got some of it correct.

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"Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs."Farrah Gray

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"We have failed to recognize our one great asset: time. A conscientous use of it could make us into something quite amazing."- Friedrich Schiller (1759 - 1805) German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright

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There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.
-- Nathaniel Branden (1930-) American Author and Psychologist

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"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

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"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."- William Bruce Cameron

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"Be comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion in your soul means that you are still alive, still human, and still open to the beauty of the world."- Paul Harding

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