{"id":3921,"date":"2012-04-05T18:15:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T01:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thriveinlife.ca\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2012-04-05T18:15:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T01:15:53","slug":"quotes-that-help-you-make-it-through-today-addicted-to-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thriveinlife.ca\/index.php\/quotes-that-help-you-make-it-through-today-addicted-to-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes That Help You Make It Through Today: Addicted To Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hi, I am a recovering addict and alcoholic who has also suffered with depression, anxiety and OCD.\u00a0 I enjoy reading self-help books and articles about recovery.\u00a0 These writings give me hope and I wish to do the same for others.\u00a0 I feel that one quote can touch your heart as much as a whole book.\u00a0 I have compiled an article with quotes to inspire one to achieve greatness and maximize their potential.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

KEITH’S MOTTO:<\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

O<\/strong>nce you begin to believe in yourself, others <\/strong>will begin to believe in you.
\n<\/em>O<\/strong>nce you place a high\u00a0value on yourself, others will value you as well.
\n<\/em>Y<\/strong>our dreams and goals become a reality to the extent that you pour yourself into them.
\n<\/em>C<\/strong>reate your own belief system and feel the power of the words \u201cI can\u201d and \u201cI will.\u201d
\n<\/em>C<\/strong>hange your thoughts and you will literally transform your life and the world.
\nE<\/strong>veryone who has achieved greatness or fulfillment in life started out with a dream . . . an unlimited power to create lies within you.
\nT<\/strong>here is always a way to make victory out of adversity, so long as you keep focused on answers and solutions.
\nT<\/strong>o get to where you want to go, it\u2019s important to understand where you\u2019ve been.\u00a0 But don\u2019t let what happen yesterday affect your positive outlook today or your hopes for the future.
\nT<\/strong>he means create the ends \u2013 and the ends will be great if the means is love.<\/em><\/p>\n

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~George Bernard Shaw<\/strong><\/p>\n

You see things; and you say, \u201cWhy?\u201d But I dream things that never were; and I say, \u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n

~L.P. Hartley<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe past is a foreign country.\u00a0 They do things differently there.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Wally Amos<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCommitment is the match that lights the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Victor Hugo\u2019s Les Miserables<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTo love another person is to see the face of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Julius Caesar<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cVeni, vidi, vici.\u201d (I came, I saw, I conquered.)<\/p>\n

~A phrase from A Course in Miracles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTo believe in your littleness is arrogant because it means you think your evaluation of yourself is truer than God\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

~General George Patton<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSuccess is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Dr. Karl Menninger<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLove cures people \u2013 both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Hugh Downs<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Euripides<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDo not consider painful what is good for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Muhammad Ali<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBut the will must be stronger than the skill.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Tommy Lasorda<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe difference between the impossible and the possible lies in determination.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Jim Rohn<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c. . . escape is easier than change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~George Elliot<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s never too late to be what you might have been.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Dr. Wayne Dyer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot be lonely if you like the person you\u2019re alone with.\u201d<\/p>\n

~John Barrymore<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHappiness often sneaks in through a door you didn\u2019t know you left open.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Markus Zusac<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Dr. Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGod himself, sir, does not propose to judge man until the end of his days.\u00a0 Why then should you and I?\u201d<\/p>\n

~The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda says,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDo, or do not.\u00a0 There is no try.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Shakespeare\u2019s Polonius counseled Laertes in Hamlet<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis above all: to thine ownself be true.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Vince Lombardi<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDictionary is the only place that success comes before work.\u00a0 Hard work is the price we must pay for success.\u00a0 I think you can accomplish anything if you\u2019re willing to pay the price.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Edgar Allen Poe<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYears of love have been forgot, in the hatred of a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Benjamin R. Barber<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cInjuries too well remembered cannot heal.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Edmund Burke<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cApplaud us when we run, console us when we fall, cheer us when we recover.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur patience will achieve more than our force.\u201d<\/p>\n

~William Saroyan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGood people are good because they\u2019ve come to wisdom through failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Arthur Schopenhauer <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBooks are humanity in print.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Todd Ruthman<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you earn more by doing jobs that pay nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Voltaire<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJudge a man by his questions rather than his answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Boyd K. Packer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFaith is the power, obedience the sacrifice, love the means, Christ the reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Native American Saying<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the pupil is ready the teacher will appear.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Pierce Brosnan <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEducation isn\u2019t a result.\u00a0 It\u2019s a process.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Malcolm X<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEducation is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.\u201d<\/p>\n

~O\u2019Shea<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCharacter development is the great, if not the sole, aim of education.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Aesop<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is easy to be brave from a safe distance.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Ted Koppel<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTo face despair and not give in to it, that\u2019s courage.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Robert Anthony<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCourage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

~John Churton Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

~H. Jackson Brown Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOur character is what we do when no one is looking.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Emily Dickerson<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThat it will never come again is what makes life sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Eleanor Roosevelt<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWith the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Hazrat Inayat Khan <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWords that enlighten are more precious than jewels.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Robert Louis Stevenson<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Greece King\u2019s Guard<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAll men have fears, but the brave put down there fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Walt Disney<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAll our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Pat Riley<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cExcellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Max Lucado<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can change your life by changing your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Gloria Steinem<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cClinging to the past is the problem.\u00a0 Embracing change is the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Bill Cosby<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

~David O. McKay<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLet us realize that the privilege to work is a gift, that the power to work is a blessing, that love of work is success.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Walter Hagan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t hurry.\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry.\u00a0 You\u2019re only here for a short visit.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Earl Nightingale<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe secret to happiness is keeping your mind on the things you want and off the things you don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n

~Tom Bradley<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Anais Nin<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDreams are essential to life.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Colleen Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can fix the thing that worries you, then fix it, otherwise don\u2019t waste precious time or energy on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Soren Kierkegaard<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMost men pursue pleasure with such reckless haste that they hurry past it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Charles Caleb Colton<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTrue friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Helen Keller<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen one door closes, another one opens.\u00a0 Often we look so long at the closed door, that we do not see the one that has been opened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Cornel West<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFaith is stepping out on nothing and landing on something.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Guillaume Apollinaire<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCome to the edge,\u201d He said.\u00a0 They said, \u201cWe are afraid.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cCome to the edge,\u201d He said.\u00a0 They came.\u00a0 He pushed them . . . And they flew.<\/p>\n

~African Proverb<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not what I call you, it\u2019s what you answer to: But if you don\u2019t know who you are, anyone can name you.\u00a0 If anybody can name you, you will answer to anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Dr. Joseph F. Montague<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou do not get stomach ulcers from what you eat.\u00a0 You get ulcers from what is eating you.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Dr. Alexis Carrel<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThose who do not know how to fight worry die young.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Ralph Marston<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLet go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.\u00a0 You\u2019re able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Oprah Winfrey<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEnergy is the essence of life.\u00a0 Every day you decide how you\u2019re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.\u201d<\/p>\n

~William Arthur Ward<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are more than what we do . . . much more than what we accomplish . . . far more than what we possess.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Chris Needham<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHappiness in life is not measured by the things we achieve, the places we go, or the route we take to get there.\u00a0 Happiness in life is measured by the people that we share all of our experiences with.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Reinhold Niebuhr<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGod 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Larry Stockstill, The Love of God<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you perceive, you pursue.\u00a0 Once you pursue, you receive.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Andrea Boydston<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you woke up breathing, congratulations!\u00a0 You have another chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Christian Furchtegoft Gellert<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLive as you will wish to have lived when you are dying.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Elbert Hubbard<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHappiness is a habit \u2013 Cultivate it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not take life seriously \u2013 You will never get out of it alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Chinese Proverb<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I will understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTeachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Robert Schuller <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to say what you are if you want to become what you wish to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSpectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Henry Ford<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFailure is only the opportunity to begin again . . . more intelligently.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cComing together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Dr. Joyce Brothers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe best proof of love is trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Abraham Lincoln<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSuccess is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Albert Einstein<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOnly a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA clever person solves a problem.\u00a0 A wise person avoids it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Napoleon Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA quitter never wins and a winner never quits.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPlan your work and work your plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Plato<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNever discourage anyone . . . who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Brian Tracey<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDevelop your willpower so that you can make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLearn something new.\u00a0 Try something different.\u00a0 Convince yourself that you have no limits.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~G. K. Chesterton<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf there were no God, there would be no atheists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust going to church doesn\u2019t make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.\u201d<\/p>\n

~A Church Sign<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBe a fountain, not a drain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is missing from CH__CH?\u00a0 U R\u201d<\/p>\n

~Anonymous<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFailure is not the worst thing in the world.\u00a0 The very worst thing is not to try.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Buddha<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe mind is everything; what you think, you become.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll that we are is the result of what we have thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

~William Shakespeare<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe know what we are, but we know not what we may be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBe great in act, as you have been in thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>~From Watermelon Magic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRemember, success is a journey, not a destination.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYour goal should be to grow through life, not go through life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Dale Carnegie<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can\u2019t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying.\u00a0 It\u2019s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Sophocles<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWisdom outweighs any wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSuccess is dependent on effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Oscar Wilde<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery saint has a past, every sinner has a future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cExperience is simply the name we give our mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA man who does not think for himself does not think at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Marcus Aelius Aurelius<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not death a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVery little is needed to make a happy life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Mark Twain<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can\u2019t read them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best way to cheer yourself up, is to cheer someone else up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the size of the dog in the fight, it\u2019s the size of the fight in the dog.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHappiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMen are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Norman Vincent Peale<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe greatest measure of a human being isn\u2019t how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Dalai Lama<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you realize you\u2019ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you lose, don\u2019t lose the lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJudge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

~William James<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBe not afraid of life.\u00a0 Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create that fact.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Brian Keith Needham<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA smart man reads, a wise man applies what he reads.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the most successful people are also some of the worst failures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur heart never changes, it\u2019s our mind that does.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Zig Ziglar<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOther people and things can stop you temporarily.\u00a0 You\u2019re the only one who can do it permanently.\u201d<\/p>\n

Failure is an event, not a person.\u00a0 Yesterday ended last night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf all the attitudes we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Rudyard Kipling<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWords are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Martin Luther King<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA lie cannot live.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time is always right to do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly in the darkness can you see the stars.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFaith is taking the first step even when you can\u2019t see the whole staircase.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Thomas Paine<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCharacter is much easier kept than recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Henry David Thoreau<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMen are born to succeed, not to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBe true to your work, your word, and your friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGoodness is the only investment which never fails.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy friend is one . . . who takes me for what I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~James Allen<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRight thinking begins with the words we say to ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are today where your thoughts have brought you.\u00a0 You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Gandhi<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAs human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – – that is the myth of the atomic age – – as in being able to remake ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo lose patience is to lose the battle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere would be no one to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHappiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Nelson Mandela<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMan\u2019s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.\u00a0 The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEducation is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Benjamin Franklin<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever you become be good at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell done is better than well said.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA good example is the best sermon.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Confucius<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA thousand mile journey begins with the first step.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Nietzsche<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are always in our own company.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in Paradise.\u00a0 The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions – – as attempts to find out something.\u00a0 Success and failure are for him answers above all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Out of life\u2019s school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Gordon B. Hinckley<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is never too late to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThings will work out.\u00a0 Keep trying.\u00a0 Be believing.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get discouraged.\u00a0 Things will work out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cause of most of man\u2019s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf life gets too hard to stand, kneel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have not failed until you quit trying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is to be enjoyed, not endured.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>~Winston Churchill<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are going through hell, keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThose that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe price of greatness is responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAttitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCourage is what it takes to stand up and speak.\u00a0 Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA hero is a man who is afraid to run away.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reward of a thing well done is to have done it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only way to have a friend is to be one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is a journey, not a destination.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery man I meet is my superior in some way.\u00a0 In that, I learn of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGive all to love; obey thy heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ancestor of every action is a thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sun shines after every storm; there is a solution to every problem, and the soul\u2019s highest duty is to be of good cheer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA friend may well be reckoned as the Masterpiece of Nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

~Unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNever judge a day by its weather.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can alter my life by altering the attitude of my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe control center of your life is your attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAchieving starts with believing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone can give up, it\u2019s the easiest thing in the world to do.\u00a0 But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that\u2019s true strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTis better to buy a small bouquet and give it to your friend this very day, than a bushel of roses white and red to lay on his coffin after he\u2019s dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can find at least one positive outcome in each instance of adversity and focus on the positive, before long, from the bitterness will come sweetness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYour future is determined by the seed you are planting today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the darkest hour the soul is replenished and given strength to continue and endure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNever be afraid to do something new.\u00a0 Remember, amateurs built the Ark; professionals built the Titanic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The White Chariot<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

During your journey on your final flight home.
\nWhite wings will carry you and you will be flown.
\nTo the pearly gates of Heaven, where they will usher you in.
\nTo the feet of your Lord, your Saviour, and your friend.
\nHe will hold you in his arms and the angels will sing.
\nAs another one of His children is delivered by white wings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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