Positive Quote Of The Day October 2022

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"Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments."- Kevin Costner (B - 1955) American Actor, Producer and Director

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"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly."- Robert Schuller (B - 1926) American Minister, Evangelist

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"We can often do more for others by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs."- Francois Fenelon (1651 - 1715) French Roman Catholic Theologian

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"Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself."- Harvey Fierstein (B - 1954 ) American actor

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"What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others."- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860) German philosopher

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"One's true happiness depends more upon one's own judgment of one's self, on a consciousness of rectitude in action and intention, and in the approbation of those few who judge impartially, than upon the applause of the unthinking undiscerning multitude, who are apt to cry Hosanna today, and tomorrow, Crucify him."- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American Statesman and Scientist

[Jeff]

Strong words and appropriate to our times!

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"You, enlightened, self-sufficient, self-governed, endowed with gifts above your fellows, the world expects you to produce as well as to consume, to add to and not to subtract from its store of good, to build up and not to tear down, to ennoble and not degrade. The time is short, the opportunity is great; therefore, crowd the hours with the best that is in you."- John Hibben president of Princeton University, 1913 graduation address

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"Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never know."- Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875) English Novelist and Clergyman

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"Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference."- Nolan Bushnell (B - 1943 ) American electrical engineer and businessman

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The warrior knows that the fighter who never failed is the fighter who never fought. - Tony Higo, Warrior Wisdom

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"In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill."- Sir Winston Churchill(1874-1965) British Politician

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Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,.... - Ephesians 4:32

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Great advice!

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"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American Poet and Essayist

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"I have fought: that is much. Victory is in the hands of fate. Be that as it may with me, this at least future ages will not deny of me, be the victor who it may - that I did not fear to die, yielded to none of my fellows in constancy, and preferred a spirited death to a cowardly life. (These were the final words of Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), an Italian philosopher who refused to recant his beliefs when being tried by the Inquisition.)"- Giordano Bruno (1548 - 1600 ) Italian Dominican friar

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"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound. Rebuild those plans and set sail once more toward your coveted goal."- Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970) American Motivational Speaker

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"Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best."- David O. McKay (1873 - 1970) American Religious Leader


Did I miss the 15th?

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Words without action is like clouds without rain, an empty promise without fulfillment. - Johnson Chiu

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"I am willing to remain and play the man's game if there are not enough boats for more than the women and children.. Tell my wife I played the game straight out and to the end. No woman shall be left aboard this ship because Ben Guggenheim is a coward."- Benjamin Guggenheim (1865 - 1912) Final words of millionaire traveler aboard the ill-fated Titanic. As the boat began to sink Guggenheim changed into formal dress and calmly faced death.

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Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have. - William Arthur Ward

Make it a special day.

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"The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received."- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher

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"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each one of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation."- Robert F. Kennedy (1925 - 1968) American Attorney General, Senator

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"If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed."- David Viscott (1938 - 1996) American psychiatrist

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"This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."- William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English Playwright

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Selflessness is the way we find true fulfillment and joy. - Lee Bueno

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"I believe that one of the characteristics of the human race - possibly the one that is primarily responsible for its course of evolution - is that is has grown by creatively responding to failure."- Glenn Seaborg (1912 - 1999) American Chemist, Chairman Atomic Energy Commission

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"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."- Lao Tzu Chinese philosopher

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"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done."- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896) American Novelist

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"It is right to be content with what we have, never with what we are."- James Mackintosh (1765 - 1832) Scottish Statesman, Historian

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"Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty."- Jefferson Davis (1808 - 1889) an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865

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:thumbsup:Good one!

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"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else."- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887) American Presbyterian Minister

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Encouragement often sets off a chain reaction. Those who encourage us inspire us, in turn, to reach out to still other people with words and deeds of encouragement. - Darlene Sala

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