Positive Quote Of The Day October 2011

[pjbs35a]

So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair of the human race.

-- Ernest L. Woodward

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. --Will Rogers

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences.

-- John Henry Patterson

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

-- Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Irish Writer

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

-- Sophia Loren (1934- ) Italian Actress

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

-- Howard W. Newton

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this.

-- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

-- Charles Lamb (1775-1834) British Essayist

[pjbs35a]

The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for. --Will Rogers

[vizsla]

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[Jeff]

There is Much truth to that!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

A person is only as big as the dream they dare to live.

-- Unknown

[pjbs35a]

There is nothing so comfortable as money, - but nothing so defiling if it be come by unworthily; nothing so comfortable, but nothing so noxious if the mind be allowed to dwell upon it constantly. If a man have enough, let him spend it freely. If he wants it,let him earn it honestly.

-- Anonymous

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing -- and does it well.

-- E. Merrill Root (1895-1973) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.

-- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American Poet

[pjbs35a]

The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason.

-- Marya Mannes (1904-1990) American Journalist

[pjbs35a]

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

-- George Eliot (1819-1880) English Novelist

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Some people try to turn back their odometers.
Not me; I want people to know 'why' I look this way.
I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved. --Will Rogers

[Jeff]

These Will Rogers quotes have been great.:thumbsup:

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

-- Lord Byron (1788-1824) English Poet

[Jeff]

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra. --Will Rogers

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and have an idea that is obviously impossible.

-- Dr. Frank Richards (1875-1961) English Writer

[pjbs35a]

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and tryto follow where they lead.

-- Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination.

-- Sir Frederick Treves (1853-1923) English Surgeon

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

I had rather do and not promise than promise and not do.

-- Arthur Warwick

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

-- William Arthur Ward



I will be traveling most of the week. Think Positive until I return.

[vizsla]

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[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

-- Aldous Huxley (1864-1963) English Novelist

[pjbs35a]

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

-- Apple's "Think Different" Commercial, 1997

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue... gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

-- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher

[Jeff]

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

You have to realize the thing was so much fun! We had a great time. There were times of frustration. There were times of disappointment. But if you want to live rather than just exist you want the drama. - Discussing his difficult time as governor of California

-- Arnold Schwarzenegger

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means.

-- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist

[Jeff]

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