Positive Quote Of The Day April 2014

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No act of kindness is too small. The gift of kindness may start as a small ripple that over time can turn into a tidal wave affecting the lives of many.— Kevin Heath

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You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act.— Barbara Hall

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There was no such thing as half-trying. Whether it was running a race or catching a football, competing in school -- we were to try. And we were to try harder than anyone else. We might not be the best, and none of us were, but we were to make the effort to be the best.-- Senator Robert F. Kennedy, in a tribute to his father, Joseph P. Kennedy

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Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.
Richard M. DeVos

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The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.

-- Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Writer and Statesman

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Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none had ever happened.— Libbie Fudim

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New knowledge is of little value if it doesn't change us, make us better individuals, and help us to be more productive, happy, and useful.-- Hyrum W. Smith

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Hold fast to dreams. For if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.— James Langston Hughes

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The most that we can do is to hope for the best till we know the worst. Of course, we shall make the best of the worse when it comes.-- William Dean Howells, "The Rise of Silas Lapham"

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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third President of the United States

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Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.-- Richard Hooker

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The measure of a man is what happens when nothing works and you got the guts to go on.-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb (1954-) American Boxer and Actor

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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
-- Vernon Sanders Law

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The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.
— John Buchan

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Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.-- Marie Curie, Polish Scientist and Nobel Prize Winner

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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.-- David Hume (1711-1776) Scottish Philosopher and Historian

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Faith is believing what we do not see. The reward of this faith is to see what we believe.-- St. Augustine

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True beauty shines from the soul and warms the world with its kindness, compassion, and integrity.-- Jean F. Winkler

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Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.-- Henry Ford (1863-1947) American Industrialist

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Do not be afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.-- William James

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Maintain composure in times of heightened emotion, reacting only when thoughts are calm and clear. Being sensible will open doors for solutions and creativity.— Jaren L. Davis

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Life is not easy for any of us, but what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves.
-- Marie Curie

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It is a great mistake to think of being great without goodness; and I pronounce it as certain that there was never yet a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

-- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American Statesman and Scientist

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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
-- Norman Vincent Peale

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Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones.— Bruce Garrabrandt

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What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny.— Maxwell Maltz

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You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.— Jim Stovall

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Anyone who dares to waste one hour of life has not yet discovered the value of life.-- Charles Darwin

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Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.— Tyron Edwards

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Never feel self-pity the most destructive emotion there is.-- Millicent Fenwick

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