Positive Quote Of The Day March 2016

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"The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts."- Anatole France

[Jeff]

Good thought!

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"Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress."- Nicholas Murray Butler

[Jeff]

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"Give us, O give us, the man who sings at his work! Be his occupation what it may, he is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness. He will do more in the same time -- he will do it better, he will persevere longer. One is scarcely sensible of fatigue whilst he marches to music."- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish Writer

[Jeff]

True!

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"Never neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening. It may be -- usually is, in fact -- a false alarm that leads to nothing, but it may on the other hand be the clue provided by fate to lead you to some important advance."- Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), British microbioligist who discovered penicillin.

[Jeff]

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A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. - William Arthur Ward

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"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."- Jack London

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"Be the change that you want to see in the world."- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian Nationalist

[Jeff]

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"The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself."- Wang Yang-Ming (1472 - 1529) Chinese Philosopher

[Jeff]

Thankfully true!

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"A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!"- Thomas a Kempis

[Jeff]

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We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. - Joseph Campbell

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"If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil."- James A. Garfield

[Jeff]

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"I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done."
- Mike Ditka (1939)American, Football Coach, Chicago Bears

[Jeff]

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"Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not."- Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754) British Playwright and Novelist

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"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor."- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) Scottish Novelist

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"What we need to discover now in the social realm is the moral equivalent of war; something heroic that will speak to man as universally as war does, and yet will be as compatible with their spiritual selves as war has proved to be incompatible."
- William James (1842 - 1910) American Philosopher and Psychologist

[Jeff]

Timely post!:thumbsup:

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"None will improve your lot If you yourself do not."- Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
German poet, playwright, and theatre director

[Jeff]

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"In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes."
- John Ruskin (1819-1900) English Art Critic

[Jeff]

Nice!:thumbsup:

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"In the final analysis there is no solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decisions, the day's generous utterances and the day's good deed."
- Clare Booth Luce

[Jeff]

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Profit is a by-product of work; happiness is its chief product.-- Henry Ford

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"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well."- Baron de Coubertin, The Olympic Creed

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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
— Lyndon Johnson

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"As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated -- he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting."- Darrell Royal (1924) American Football Coach, University of Texas

[Jeff]

Good one!

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“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”- Thomas A Edison

[Jeff]

Good one!

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Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein

[Jeff]

Nice!

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"The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero
(106-43 BC) Roman Writer, Statesman, and Orator

[Jeff]

Good one!

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"The best portion of a good man's life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."

- William Wordsworth
(1770-1850) English poet

[Jeff]

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"We are fallible. We certainly haven't attained perfection. But we can strive for it, and the virtue is in the striving."

- Carlos P. Romulo (1899 - 1985)
Phillipine Diplomat, Aide-de-camp to Gen. Douglas MacArthur

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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
— Chinese Proverb

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"In the final analysis there is no solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decisions, the day's generous utterances and the day's good deed."
- Earl Douglas Haig (1861-1928) British General and Commander of the Expeditionary Force in World War I

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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

[Jeff]

Good one from good old Ben!

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"Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your ultimate accomplishments."- Napoleon Hill (1883-1970) American Motivational Speaker

[Jeff]

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