Positive Quote Of The Day September 2012

[pjbs35a]

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.

-- Dr. Benjamin Spock

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt

[Jeff]

A great one!

[pjbs35a]

Those who turn good (organizations) into great (organizations) are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.

-- Jim Collins, author of "Good to Great"


Happpy 35th Wedding Anniversary to ME!

[Jeff]

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HAPPY ANIVERSARY !

[pjbs35a]

Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.

-- Grover Cleveland

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail."

-- Jim Collins, from his book, Good to Great

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

-- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher


Headed to Orlando for a couple of days (business).

[pjbs35a]

Why should I? When somebody insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for them? - Explaining why he did not hit a motorist after the latter abused him following an accident.

-- Joe Louis (1914-1981) American Heavyweight Boxer

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

Good one!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.

-- Aristotle

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.

-- Mark Helprin American Novelist and Writer

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Genuine security arises from actual, first-hand knowledge that one is both capable and worthy of achieving happiness (through conscious, responsible action) and, once having attained it, that he deserves it.

-- Michael J. Hurd American Motivational Speaker

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift.

-- Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) French Playwright

[pjbs35a]

Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice.

-- Stanley Horowitz

[pjbs35a]

We watch movies and TV about heroic acts by soldiers or cops, but maybe that sort of heroism isn’t very relevant to modern reality.
Maybe real courage is being willing to get up and face another day, and do honest work to the best of our ability despite knowing that, in all likelihood, we won’t get the recognition or financial reward we deserve.

-- John F. Groom

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

-- Marilyn vos Savant

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.

-- Arab proverb

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

-- Horace (65-8 BC) Roman Poet

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it!

-- Jonathan Winters

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.

-- Julia Sorel 1926-

[Disneymom4ever]

Thanks! :mickey:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

It is better to wear out one's shoes than one's sheets.

-- Genoese Proverb

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice how he acts when he loses money.

-- New England Proverb

[pjbs35a]

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Samuel Jackson

[Disneymom4ever]

Thanks! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[Mrs Bus Driver]

Enjoyed reading through these Thanks!:mickey:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues.
Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits. Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out.

-- Eleanor Porter (1868-1920) American Novelist

[Disneymom4ever]

Thanks! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

-- Abraham Joshua Heschel 1907-1972

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others.

-- Arthur Schopenhauer

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Man does not live by a turkey in every oven or a color TV set in every home. Man lives by faith and hope and love, by the star on the horizon, by the trumpet that will not call retreat.-- E. Merrill Root (1895-1973) American Writer

[pjbs35a]

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic.

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

[pjbs35a]

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself... and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

-- Shirley MacLaine

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Vince Lombardi

[Jeff]

Good one!

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup: