The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
-- Chinese proverb
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The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
-- Chinese proverb
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God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
-- Jewish proverb
Good one!
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The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.
-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer
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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
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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
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As one's fortunes are reduced, one's spirit must expand to fill the void.
-- Winston Churchill
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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
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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
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Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
-- Nicholas Murray Butler
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Children need models rather than critics.
-- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher
Headed to the beach for a few days. Think Positive until I return.
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It is better to say, "This one thing I do" than to say, "These forty things I dabble in."
-- Washington Gladden
Happy Mothers Day
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Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, as perhaps it may be thought, the true poetry of life.
-- Sir William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian Physician
Very nice statement.
Thanks for doing this daily!!
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If a man be gracious to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world, and his heart is no island, cut off from other islands, but a continent that joins them.
-- Francis Bacon
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... A human activity having for its purpose the transmission of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen. (on the purpose of art).
-- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian Novelist
Sometimes I wonder?:confused: