Positive Quote Of The Day May 2018

[pjbs35a]

"Many people believe that support is something that you give to someone you feel sorry for or that it means propping up someone who would fail unless you were there to give him a boost. But that's not the way I see it. Support is the boost you can give someone who can help himself but who needs a partner to open a window or push aside a roadblock."- Dave Thomas (1932 - 2002) Founder of Wendy's

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Everything can be taken from a man, but one thing, the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude to any given set of circumstances, to choose one's way."
- Viktor Frankl (1905 - 1997) Nazi concentration camp survivor

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.William Arthur Ward

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:good one

[pjbs35a]

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it's not going to go away."- Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) American singer and actor

[Cinderelley]

"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it's not going to go away."- Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) American singer and actor

Isn't that the truth.

[Jeff]

Long live the king!

[pjbs35a]

Long live the king!

Thank ya' very much.

[pjbs35a]

"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."- Carrie Fisher (1956 - 2016) American actress

[Jeff]

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[magicofdisney]

"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."- Carrie Fisher (1956 - 2016) American actress
I'm sitting here right now watching "Lark Rise to Candleford" (season 3, episode 2) and this exact quote is being used! :thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

I'm sitting here right now watching "Lark Rise to Candleford" (season 3, episode 2) and this exact quote is being used! :thumbsup:
That’s how we roll!
Keeping it relevant!

[pjbs35a]

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. — Steve Jobs

[Jeff]

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[Cinderelley]

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. — Steve Jobs

Truth

[pjbs35a]

Burnt toast eaten in peace always tastes better than filet mignon choked down with strife. - Open Windows , A Guide For Personal Devotions

[Jeff]

That’s a tough call as I dislike even dark toast but thoroughly enjoy filet mignon.

[pjbs35a]

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. - Harry S Truman

We have heard it all of our lives, but did you know who was credited with saying it?

And.............The Buck Stops Here! Truman didn't originate the phrase, although it isn't likely that we would ever have heard of it had he not adopted it.

[Jeff]

Also the subject of my second favorite Chicago song......

“America needs you,
Harry Truman”

[pjbs35a]

Amen.

[pjbs35a]

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up."- Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)American author

[Cinderelley]

"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up."- Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)American author

I never thought of it that way.

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."- ConfuciusChinese Philosopher (551-479 B.C.)

[Jeff]

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[Cinderelley]

"Live your life every day with no regrets. It will be worth it." on my Dove chocolate wrapper this morning as I get ready to fly to WDW. :)

[pjbs35a]

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States

[pjbs35a]

"Live your life every day with no regrets. It will be worth it." on my Dove chocolate wrapper this morning as I get ready to fly to WDW. :)

Have a Magical Trip!

[Jeff]

Well said Abe!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

"We all get report cards in many different ways, but the real excitement of what you're doing is in the doing of it. It's not what you're gonna get in the end - it's not the final curtain - it's really in the doing it, and loving what I'm doing."- Ralph Lauren (1939) American fashion designer

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice."- John McCain (1936- ) United States Senator

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory."- F.W. Faber (1814 - 1863) English hymn writer and theologian

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in good health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?"- Adam Smith (1723 - 1790) Scottish moral philosopher

[Jeff]

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Hard to beat a “Clear Conscience “

[pjbs35a]

"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't."- Jack Dempsey (1895 - 1983) American professional boxer

[Jeff]

A classic!

[pjbs35a]

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) American Author and Humorist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."- Dale Carnegie (1888 - 1955) American Author and Speaker

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

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

[Jeff]

Excellent thought!

[pjbs35a]

"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present." -- Lao Tzu

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Never let the fear of the fall discourage you from the climb. There's beauty up there and it's worth the risk." Chrisne Garnier

[pjbs35a]

"I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me."- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) 16th President of the United States

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Curious. Never realized Honest Abe practiced cannibalism!

[Jeff]

Curious. Never realized Honest Abe practiced cannibalism!

Well I’ve heard he was a vampire slayer!

[pjbs35a]

"Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away."
- Arthur Helps (1813 - 1875) English Historian and Novelist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Tough times never last. Tough people do."- Robert Schuller (1926) American Minister, Evangelist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"I never did take anything from anyone. It ain't that I'm not grateful, but I love to earn it better."- Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) English writer and social critic

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

""But try," you urge, "the trying shall suffice; The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!""- Robert Browning (1812 - 1889) English poet and playwright

[Cinderelley]

I should tell myself this more often.

[Jeff]

“The aim makes great the life!”
Excellent

[pjbs35a]

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goals; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) American Founding Father

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."- Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) (1622 - 1673) French Playwright

[Jeff]

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