Positive Quote Of The Day August 2017

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"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean."
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 - 1832) German writer and statesman

[Jeff]

If only! :thumbsup:

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Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.-- Walter Anderson

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:"Know thyself"!

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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

[Jeff]

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.— Martin Luther King, Jr

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"Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best."- David O. McKay (1873 - 1970) American Religious Leader

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"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you."John E. Southard

[Jeff]

Great idea!: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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"Worries end where faith begins." Author Unknown

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"I believe that one of the characteristics of the human race - possibly the one that is primarily responsible for its course of evolution - is that it has grown by creatively responding to failure."- Glenn Seaborg (1912 - 1999) American Chemist, Chairman Atomic Energy Commission

[Jeff]

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"This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."- William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English Playwright

[Jeff]

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"There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good."- John Tillotson (1630 - 1694) Anglican Archbishop

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Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives.— Newell D. Hillis

[Jeff]

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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

[Jeff]

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To solve the human equation, we need to add love, subtract hate, multiply good, and divide between truth and error. Janet Coleman

[Jeff]

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"Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady."- Thomas Henry Huxley

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"Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting."- Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco (1897-1945) English Writer

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"See first that the design is wise and just; that ascertained, pursue it resolutely."
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English Playwright

[Jeff]

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“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.” (Doug Larson; Cartoonist)

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:very good

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“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.” James‬ 3:13‬ NIV‬‬

[Jeff]

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"Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat."- Malcolm Forbes (1919 - 1990) American Publisher

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"Patience is passion tamed."- Lyman Abbott (1835 - 1922) American Congregationalist theologian

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"To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."- John Henry Patterson (1867 - 1947)British soldier, hunter, author and Christian Zionist

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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

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The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy. Kalu Kalu

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"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."- Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Irish Writer

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:very true!

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"Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."- Sophia Loren (1934- ) Italian Actress

[Jeff]

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"I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through."- Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973) American Aviator and Business Executive

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In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.-- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Politician

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"What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this."- Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD) Greek Philosopher

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:great one!

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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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"If you just keep playing, keep believing and have some faith, something good can happen."- Washington Redskins coach Norv Turner, whose team became only the second in NFL history to win six games after losing the first seven games of the year. December 19, 1998

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