Positive Quote Of The Day May 2016

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"Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own."
- Johann von Goethe (1749-1832) German Poet and Dramatist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals - that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him."- Honore De Balzac (1799-1850) French Novelist

[Jeff]

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Good one !

[pjbs35a]

"Pa, he always said a man had to look spry for himself, because nobody else would do it for him; your opportunities didn't come knocking around, you had to hunt them up and hog-tie them."- Louis L'Amour, Author

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth."- Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) English Novelist and Clergyman

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."
- Sigmund Freud

[Jeff]

Often true!

[pjbs35a]

"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."- William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English Essayist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.” (Doug Larson; Cartoonist)

[Jeff]

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[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

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than mere giving."- Henry Ford (1863-1947) American Industrialist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.” (Edmund Burke (1729-1797); Statesman, Author, Philosopher)

[Jeff]

Good one!

[pjbs35a]

"If a man is called to be a street-sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street-sweeper who did his job well."- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 - 1968) American Civil Rights Leader

[magicofdisney]

"If a man is called to be a street-sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street-sweeper who did his job well."- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 - 1968) American Civil Rights Leader
I love this. I wish it were the mantra of everyone everywhere. Too many people take NO pride in their work these days.

[Jeff]

Great one!

[pjbs35a]

"The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
American Writer

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages. Just because the rains descend, and the winds blow, we cannot afford to build on shifting sands." - Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Presbyterian Minister

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad."- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish Writer

[Jeff]

Nice thought!

[pjbs35a]

"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is a beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is life, fight for it!"- Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997) Albanian Missionary

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.-- Norwegian proverb

[Jeff]

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He who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds are not found in polished stones. They are made.-- Henry B. Wilson

[Jeff]

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The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.-- Aristotle Onassis

[Jeff]

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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.-- Henry David Thoreau

[Jeff]

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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) 32nd President of the United States

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Gentlemen, why don't you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me night and day, if I did not laugh, I should die."- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States

[pjbs35a]

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American Poet and Essayist

[Jeff]

Nice!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

"Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap."- Dr. William J. Bennett (1943)
American Author and Educator

[Jeff]

Excellent!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

"The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations; but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor. - Tribute to Neville Chamberlain; 1940"-- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) British Politician

[Jeff]

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A goal is a dream that has an ending.-- Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington (1899-1974) American Composer Bandleader and Pianist

[Jeff]

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"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."- Beverly Sills (1929 - 2007)
American Opera Singer

[Jeff]

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"Great hopes make great men."
- Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
English Historian

[Jeff]

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"It is a good thing to be rich, it is a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends."- Euripides (480-406 BC) Greek Playwright

[Jeff]

Good one!

[pjbs35a]

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure."- Colin Powell (1937) American Military Leader and Diplomat

[Jeff]

:thumbsup: Good one for Memorial Day!:flag:

[pjbs35a]

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) American Writer

[Jeff]

True!