Positive Quote Of The Day December 2013

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A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.-- Unknown

[Jeff]

Good one!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.-- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Politician

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[pjbs35a]

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.-- William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) American Politician, Religious Advocate

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.-- Bruce Fairchild Barton (1886-1967) American Advertising Executive

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Great ideals and principles do not live from generation to generation just because they are right, nor even because they have been carefully legislated. Ideas and principles continue from generation to generation only when they are built into the hearts of children as they grow up.-- George S. Benson

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[pjbs35a]

Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.-- Thomas Paine (1737-1809) British-American Writer

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Not a day passes over this earth but men and women of note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.-- Charles Reed

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third President of the United States

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.Willie Nelson

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.-- Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) American Author and Speaker

[Jeff]

Great thought!

[pjbs35a]

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad.-- Arnold H. Glasow

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Better by far that you should forget and smile, than you should remember and be sad.-- Christina Rossetti

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[Jeff]

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...the hill has not yet lifted its face to heaven that perseverance will not gain the summit of at last.-- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie!:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.-- Julius Caesar

[Jeff]

True!:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.-- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish Dramatist and Poet

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances.-- Thomas Jefferson

[Jeff]

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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.-- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Presbyterian Minister

[Jeff]

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No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.-- Ayn Rand

[Jeff]

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“The past has no power over the present moment.” – Eckhart Tolle

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[Jeff]

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Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.-- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop

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Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. How can anyone see how awesome you are if you can't see it yourself?— Unknown

[Jeff]

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To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities. -- Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) American Author

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[Jeff]

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Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.-- Brendan Francis [Behan] (1923-1964) Irish Author

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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary.
To one without faith, no explanation is possible".
~Thomas Aquinas



MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS!!

[vizsla]

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[Jeff]

Great one!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk,...it's all a miracle. -- Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) Polish Pianist

[Jeff]

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Do not wish to be anything but what you are and try to be that perfectly.-- Francis De Sales

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[Jeff]

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He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.-- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher

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[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.-- Mrs. Ernest Hemingway

[Jeff]

Sometimes that might not be so good:confused:

[pjbs35a]

What life means to us is determined not so much by what life brings to us as by the attitude we bring to life; not so much by what happens to us as by our reaction to what happens.-- Lewis L. Dunnington

[Jeff]

Good one!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.-- Leo C. Rosten (1908-1977) American Writer



Thanks to all who have read these quotes throughout 2013; hoping that they made a difference in your day.
Looking forward to 2014.

THINK POSITIVE!

[Jeff]

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