Positive Quote Of The Day January 2013

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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

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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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

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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

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

We become what we think about all day long.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Jeff]

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Good one!

[vizsla]

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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

[Jeff]

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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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[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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[pjbs35a]

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

-- James Lane Allen (1849-1925) American Author

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

When nothing is sure, everything is possible.

-- Margaret Drabble (1939-) English Novelist

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[pjbs35a]

True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Helen Keller

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

-- Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Albanian Missionary

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[pjbs35a]

If you have made mistakes...there is always another chance for you...you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

-- Mary Pickford (1893-1979) Canadian Actress

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

-- Chinese proverb

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to "jump at the Sun." We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

-- Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960) American Writer

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Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are... Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in my pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.

-- Mary Jean Iron

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[pjbs35a]

When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen.

-- Arland Gilbert

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[pjbs35a]

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
Confucius

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[pjbs35a]

No home is complete without affection. You can have all the Picassos in the world or walls made of gold, but without affection it's nothing.-- Claudio Luti, CEO of furniture company Kartell

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.

-- Persian saying, Ancient

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

-- Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

-- Vauvenargues

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[Jeff]

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The nearest way to glory -- a shortcut, as it were -- is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be - quoted in Cicero, 44 BC.

-- Socrates (469-399 BC) Greek Philosopher

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Democritus

[Jeff]

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A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English Poet

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
David Burns

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[pjbs35a]

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

-- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop

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[pjbs35a]

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

-- Epictetus

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup: