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“Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our best at each level of experience.” -Harold Ruopp Trust yourself.

“The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it’s not without doubt but in spite of doubt.” -Rollo May

“The pleasure of love is in the loving and there is more joy in the passion one feels than in that which one inspires.” -La Rochefoucauld

“A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.” -George Borrow

“The best portion of a good man�s life is in his little nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” -William Wordsworth

“If you want to succeed and prepare to do so, you WILL achieve your dreams. ” -Unknown

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength. ” -Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes. ” -Brian Tracy

“The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.” -William Somerset Maugham

“The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.” -Norman Vincent Peale

“It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.” -Colette

“Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.” -La Bruyere

“The way to final freedom is within thy self.” -The Book of the Golden Precepts

“There is no religion higher than the truth.” -H Hahn Blavatsky

“Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.” -Dave Barry

“Integrity is not something that you should have to think about…nor consider doing…but something in the heart that is already done.” -Doug Firebaugh

“Success covers a multitude of blunders.” -George Bernard Shaw

“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality the other, a matter of time.” -Marabel Morgan

“The quickest way to make a million in musical theatre is to start with two million.” -Andrew Lloyd Webber

“I wouldn’t trust a bank that would lend money to such a poor risk as me.” -Robert Benchley

“If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty.” -Heber J. Grant

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” -Reinhold Niebuhr

“When the one man loves the one woman and the one woman loves house and sing for joy.” -Brahman

“All doubt, despair, and fear become insignificant once the intention of life becomes love, rather than dependence on love.” -Sri da Avabhas

“He who conquers others is strong. He who conquers himself is mighty. ” -Lao Tzu

“Miracles are natural; when they do not occur, something has gone wrong.” -Helen Schulman

“When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, "Did you sleep good?" I said, "No, I made a few mistakes."” -Steven Wright

“Anything you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must come to reality. ” -Unknown

“Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.” -Harriet Braiker

“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.” -Dean Acheson

“Don�t be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can�t cross a chasm in two small steps.” -David Lloyd George

“It is by chance we met by choice we became friends.” -Unknown

“Persistence plus no dignity equals success.” -Cynthia Wang

“My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, then you’ve had a great life.” -Lee Iacocca

“Never judge someone by who he’s in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people.” -Cynthia Heimel

“Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures.” -Han Suyin

“Defeat in this world is no disgrace if you fought well and fought for the right thing.” -Katherine Anne Porter

“It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of supersophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.” -Erma Bombeck

“Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.” -Titus Maccius Plautus

“The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular.” -George Santayana

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” -Siddhartha Guatama Buddha

“It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.” -Bill Vaughn

“When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.” -Norm Crosby

“Passion kept one fully in the present, so that time became a series of mutually exclusive ‘nows.'” -Sue Halpern

“Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity. ” -Earl Nightingale

“The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.” -William Ellery Channing

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” -W.C. Fields

“By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character” -Grenville Kleiser

“Rhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress. The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation have a whirling, dynamic interaction.” -Kabbalah

“To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.” -William Blake

“Trust in God – she will provide.” -Emmeline Pankhurst

“May you live every day of your life.” -Jonathan Swift

“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. ” -Leo Buscaglia

“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.” -Henry Adams

“We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.” -Friedrich von Hardenberg Novalis

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.” -Winston Churchill

“It is not what you say, or wish, or hope or intent, it is only what you do that counts.” -Brian Tracy

“If you’re unhappy, what is it in your life that you’re not facing?” -Brian Tracy

“What changes your life is not learning more. What changes your life is making decisions and using your personal power and taking action.” -Anthony Robbins

“There is no shortcut victory lies in overcoming obstacles everyday. ” -Unknown

“A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.” -Anonymous

“Ideas control the world.” -James Abram Garfield

“You can change the way you feel by changing the way you think. ” -Unknown

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” -Anonymous

“Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.” -Robert Orben

“Never give advice in a crowd.” -Arab Proverb

“The very essence of leadership is having vision. ” -Father Theodore Hesburg

“To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.” -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

“Competition between individuals sets one against the other and undermines morale, but competition between organizations builds morale and encourages creativity.” -Unknown

“Do the next thing. ” -John Wanamaker

“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.” -Lin Yutang

“When one has great gifts, what answer to the meaning of existence should one require beyond the right to exercise them” -Wystan Hugh Auden

“Science is but an image of the truth.” -Francis Bacon

“The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.” -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“I�ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” -Mark Twain

“I don’t have to write about the future. For most people, the present is enough like the future to be pretty scary.” -William Gibson

“A man is measured by the size of things that anger him.” -Geof Greenleaf

“Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.” -William Cowper

“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” -William Arthur Ward

“Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. ” -Joseph Addison

“Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.” -Thomas A. Edison

“The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.” -Henry David Thoreau

“If the mind of man can believe, the mind of man can achieve. ” -Napoleon Hill

“Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.” -Vittorio Alfieri

“I�m not going to die because I failed as someone else. I�m going to succeed as myself.” -Margaret Cho

“Champions believe in themselves, even if no one else does. ” -Unknown

“Having chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.” -Abraham Lincoln

“Laughter is by definition healthy.” -Doris Lessing

“Human beings can transform themselves. They can grow larger or smaller but they grow every day.” -Walter Anderson

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” -George Burns

“To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.” -Andre Malraux

“If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy?” -Thomas Lovell Beddoes

“It’s a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.” -Roberto Benigni

“A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.” -Alan J. Perlis

“Gods are fragile things they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.” -Chapman Cohen

“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” -John Quincy Adams

“Why does a slight tax increase cost you 200 dollars and a substantial tax cut save you 30 cents?” -Peg Bracken

“A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.” -Unknown

“The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn’t angry enough.” -Bede Jarrett

“The only certain freedom’s in departure.” -Robert Frost