Positive Quote Of The Day January 2011

[pjbs35a]

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done
without hope and confidence.
-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you
have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which
comes with a sort of mastery.
-- Janet Erskine Stuart

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
-- Beverly Sills (1929-) American Opera Singer

[vizsla]

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[ibrowse17]

Very true, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your
courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble
image of yourself.
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright

[ibrowse17]

If only more would, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Great hopes make great men.
-- Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) English Historian

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people
happy.
-- Samuel Goldwyn

[vizsla]

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[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Laughter is the language of the Gods.
-- Buddhist saying

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Yes it is, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor
without having victims.
-- Harriet Woods (1927-) American Politician

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Don't wait for your "ship to come in" and feel angry and cheated when
it doesn't. Get going with something small.
-- Irene Kassorla

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Thank you:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do
your own work.
-- Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Albanian Missionary

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

I agree, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but
also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[Jeff]

Great one!:thumbsup:

[ibrowse17]

So true, thank you:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far
better than mere giving.
-- Henry Ford (1863-1947) American Industrialist

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two
greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of
mind.
-- William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English Essayist

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The most important thing I have learned over the years is the
difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self
seriously. The first is imperative, and the second disastrous.
-- Margaret Fontey

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but
the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort.-- Elizabeth T. King

[Jeff]

Very true!:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the
most beautiful.
-- Sigmund Freud

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Let's hope so! Thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Most of us miss out on life's big prizes. The Pulitzer. The Nobel.
Oscars. Tonys. Emmys. But we're all eligible for life's small
pleasures. A pat on the back. A kiss behind the ear. A four-pound
bass. A full moon. An empty parking space. A crackling fire. A great
meal. A glorious sunset. Hot soup.
-- Anonymous

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Faith that the thing can be done is essential to any great
achievement.-- Thomas N. Carruther

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

So true, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led
by permanent ideals - that is what keeps a man patient when the world
ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.-- Honore De Balzac (1799-1850) French Novelist

[ibrowse17]

Thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

If you have not often felt the joy of doing a kind act, you have
neglected much, and most of all yourself.
-- A. Neilen

[ibrowse17]

So true, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Our real duty is always found running in the direction of our
worthiest desires.
-- Randolph S. Bourne (1886-1918) American Writer

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first
be overcome.
-- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English Author

[Jeff]

Very true!:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness
is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.
-- David Seabury

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist.
-- J. Harold Wilkins

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

We cheerfully assume that in some mystic way love conquers all, that
good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe and that at
the eleventh hour something gloriously triumphant will prevent the
worst before it happens.
-- Brooks Atkinson

[ibrowse17]

Thank you:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

An Old Farmer's Advice

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

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one
heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but
because he is a man of high and heroic temper.-- Aristotle

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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