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PEACE OF MIND The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

HAPPINESS There is no duty so much underrated as the duty of being happy. Robert Louis Stevenson

ACCEPTANCE 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

FORGIVENESS Forgiveness means letting go of the past. Gerald Jampolsky

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them. Aughey

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. Jean Vanier

HELPING OTHER PEOPLE Make yourself necessary to somebody. Ralph Waldo Emerson

FRIENDSHIP True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. Dave Tyson Gentry

OUR HIGHER POWER, OR GOD When we lose God, it is not God who is lost. Anon

FAITH AND BELIEF Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up. Guideposts

PRAYER Prayer moves the hand that moves the world. John Aikman Wallace

SELF-ACCEPTANCE You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don’t believe in yourself. William J.H. Boetcker

SELF-CONTROL Self-control is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive. George Bernard Shaw

SELF-CONFIDENCE Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it. Stan Smith

SIMPLICITY What I do, I do very well, and what I don’t do well, I don’t do at all. Anon

ONE DAY Nothing in business is so valuable as time. John H. Patterson

YESTERDAY: THE PAST Enjoy yourself. These are the “good old days” you’re going to miss in the years ahead. Anon

TODAY: THE PRESENT The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. Elbert Hubbard

THIS MOMENT If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done. Anon

MORNINGS Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start. Edgar Watson Howe

EVENINGS Sum up at night what thou has done by day. Lord Herbert

TOMORROW: THE FUTURE Tomorrow is the mysterious, unknown guest. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

AVERAGE, “BORING” DAYS Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. Charles Baudelaire

DIFFICULT DAYS The secret of patience … to do something else in the meantime. Anon

Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. Madeline Bridges POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONS

Give me a man who sings at his work. Thomas Carlyle ENTHUSIASM

Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier. Anon HOPE

We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon. Konrad Adenauer VISUALIZATION

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. Burke ROLE MODELS

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw CHANGE

Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. Peter Drucker DECISIONS

Systems die; instincts remain. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. INSTINCTS

Skills vary. We must … strive by that which is born in us. Pindar DOING WHAT’S RIGHT FOR US

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. Baruch Spinoza MOTIVATION

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do. Lin Yutang REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

The one thing worth living for is to keep one’s soul pure. Marcus Aurelius GOALS

Every day I wake up a little afraid. Only a fool is never afraid. Ron Meyer FEAR

Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God, and so there’s no room left for worry thoughts. Howard Chandler Christy WORRY

Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning. George Eliot DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIES

There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity. General Douglas MacArthur SECURITY

No one reaches a high position without daring. Publilius Syrus RISKS

To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. Confucius COURAGE

The will of God will not take you where the grace of God cannot keep you. Anon WE’LL GET WHATEVER WE NEED TO HANDLE WHATEVER LIFE DEMANDS OF US

If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. Michael Evans COMMITMENT

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. Brendan Francis GETTING GOING

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it. Sir William Osler SUCCESS

The one who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck. B.C. Forbes LUCK

The successful person is one who had the chance and took it. Roger Babson OPPORTUNITY

Nothing of worthy or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor. Isaac Barrow COMMITMENT

Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it. Colonel Michael Friedsman CONCENTRATION

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor. Ulysses S. Grant WORK

The person with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. Johann von Goethe PERFECTION

God tests His real friends more severely than the lukewarm ones. Katheryn Hulme JUST DO THE FOOTWORK, THEN LET IT GO

I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. Lord Chesterfield TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME

They who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful. Samuel Smiles PERSEVERANCE

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. Corrie ten Bloom PROBLEMS

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good. Bertolt Brecht FAILURES AND MISTAKES

Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind. Frank Harris THE ADVANTAGES OF ADVERSITY

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. George Levinger REACTING TO EVENTS

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. Helen Keller SELF-PITY

PEACE OF MIND Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. Lin Yutang

HAPPINESS Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. Hosea Ballou

ACCEPTANCE We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King, Jr.

FORGIVENESS The angry people are those people who are most afraid. Dr. Robert Anthony

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. Karl Barth

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well. Foe Ancis

HELPING OTHER PEOPLE Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice. Vauvenargues

FRIENDSHIP The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bull pen. Bob Lemon

ACCEPTANCE Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity. G.K. Chesterton

OUR HIGHER POWER, OR GOD Some people talk about finding God, as if He could get lost. Anon

FAITH AND BELIEF Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. Erich Fromm

PRAYER Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. Soren Kierkegaard

SELF-ACCEPTANCE I’m not OK, you’re not OK - and that’s OK. William Sloane Coffin

SELF-CONTROL When the fight begins within himself, a man’s worth something. Robert Browning

SELF-RELIANCE Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you. Frank Tyger

SIMPLICITY What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. Confucius

ONE DAY Nothing is worth more than this day. Johann von Goethe

YESTERDAY: THE PAST Some folks never exaggerate - they just remember big. Audrey Snead

TODAY: THE PRESENT It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Jim Bishop

THIS MOMENT The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. Mignon McLaughlin

MORNINGS With each sunrise, we start anew. Anon

EVENINGS Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight. Scottish proverb

TOMORROW: THE FUTURE God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road. Isak Dinesen

AVERAGE, “BORING” DAYS Being bored is an insult to oneself. Jules Renard

DIFFICULT DAYS Pain is never permanent. Saint Teresa of Avila

The world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too. Herbert Samuels POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONS

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Colette ENTHUSIASM

Hope is one of those things in life you cannot do without. LeRoy Douglas HOPE

A genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see - and hits it. Anon VISUALIZATION

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves. Tyron Edwards ROLE MODELS

Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another. Arthur Christopher Benson CHANGE

Full maturity … is achieved by realizing that you have choices to make. Angela Barron McBride DECISIONS

You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Joan Baez DOING WHAT’S RIGHT FOR US

There is just one life for each of us: our own. Euripides DOING WHAT’S RIGHT FOR US

Don’t let other people tell you what you want. Pat Riley MOTIVATION

No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved. Mignon McLaughlin REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

If you don’t know where you are going, how can you expect to get there? Basil S. Walsh GOALS

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. Marcus Annaeus Seneca FEAR

If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset. Krishnamurti WORRY

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything, or nothing, about it. Olin Miller DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIES

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself. Marcus Annaeus Seneca SECURITY

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life. Erica Jong RISKS

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid. James A. Michener COURAGE

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. Sir Winston Churchill WE’LL GET WHATEVER WE NEED TO HANDLE WHATEVER LIFE DEMANDS OF US

Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do. Edgar Degas “IGNORANCE”

We will not know unless we begin. Howard Zinn GETTING GOING

Always aim for achievement, and forget about success. Helen Hayes SUCCESS

You don’t just luck into things … You build step by step, whether it’s friendships or opportunities. Barbara Bush LUCK

Opportunity knocks but once. Anon OPPORTUNITY

He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides. George P. Schultz COMMITMENT

One arrow does not bring down two birds. Turkish proverb CONCENTRATION

To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun? Katharine Graham WORK

If the best man’s faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. Gaelic proverb PERFECTION

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Friedrich Engels JUST DO THE FOOTWORK, THEN LET IT GO

The distance doesn’t matter; only the first step is difficult. Madame Marquise du Deffand TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME

It isn’t hard to be good from time to time … What’s tough is being good every day. Willie Mays PERSEVERANCE

Every path has its puddle. English proverb PROBLEMS

Our mistakes won’t irreparably damage our lives unless we let them. James E. Sweaney FAILURES AND MISTAKES

Never complain about your troubles; they are responsible for more than half of your income. Robert R. Updegraff THE ADVANTAGES OF ADVERSITY

When things go wrong, don’t go with them. Anon REACTING TO EVENTS

A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington THE ADVANTAGES OF ADVERSITY

The opposite of having faith is having self-pity. Og Guinness SELF-PITY

If you do not find peace in yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. Paula A. Bendry PEACE OF MIND

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives. Agnes Repplier HAPPINESS

Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ACCEPTANCE

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Ghandi FORGIVENESS

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons. Ruth Ann Schabacker COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

We love in others what we lack ourselves, and would be everything but what we are. R.H. Stoddard THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE

What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot HELPING OTHER PEOPLE

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. Saint Thomas Aquinas FRIENDSHIP

Let God love you through others and let God love others through you. D.M. Street OUR HIGHER POWER, OR GOD

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Tm. 4:7 FAITH AND BELIEF

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. Sir Winston Churchill CHANGE

When a man begins to understand himself, he begins to live. Norvin G. McGranahan SELF-KNOWLEDGE

Do not wish to be anything but what you are. Saint Francis de Sales SELF-ACCEPTANCE

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Johann von Goethe SELF-CONFIDENCE

The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm. Swedish proverb SELF-RELIANCE

There is only one meaning of life, the act of living itself. Erich Fromm SIMPLICITY

We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well. George MacDonald ONE DAY

Your past is always going to be the way it was. Stop trying to change it. Anon YESTERDAY: THE PAST

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. Horace TODAY: THE PRESENT

If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly. Marcus Annaeus Seneca MORNINGS

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Eph. 14:26 EVENINGS

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. Albert Einstein TOMORROW: THE FUTURE

God grant us patience! William Shakespeare DIFFICULT DAYS

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONS

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool. William McFee ENTHUSIASM

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem. Eric Hoffer CHANGE

A good example is the best sermon. Anon ROLE MODELS

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. Bertolt Brecht CHANGE

One forgives to the degree that one loves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld FORGIVENESS

The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones. Soren Kierkegaard INSTINCTS

He who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints. Joan L. Brannon DOING WHAT’S RIGHT FOR US

We talk on principle, but we act on interest. Walter Savage Landor MOTIVATION

Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness. Jean Vanier REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning. Billy Wilder GOALS

Do not think of all your anxieties, you will only make yourself ill. Shih King FEAR

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. Swedish proverb WORRY

The only certainty is that nothing is certain. Pliny, the Elder DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIES

No one can build her security upon the nobleness of another person. Willa Cather SECURITY

Unless you enter the tiger’s den, you cannot take the cubs. Japanese proverb RISKS

Confidence … is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life. John Dewey COURAGE

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not allow it to grow on a branch that is too weak to bear it. Victor Hugo WE’LL GET WHATEVER WE NEED TO HANDLE WHATEVER LIFE DEMANDS OF US

No one knows what he can do until he tries. Publilius Syrus “IGNORANCE”

If we really want to live, we’d better start at once to try. W.H. Auden GETTING GOING

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success. Henry Ford SUCCESS

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one. Mark Twain OPPORTUNITY

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. David Bly WORK

Perfection never exists in reality, but only in our dreams. Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs PERFECTION

God doesn’t make orange juice, God makes oranges. Jesse Jackson JUST DO THE FOOTWORK, THEN LET IT GO

It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop. Confucius PERSEVERANCE

The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Eleanor Roosevelt FAILURES AND MISTAKES

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office. Abraham Lincoln REACTING TO EVENTS

Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue. André Gide SELF-PITY

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God no matter what the conflict. Anon PEACE OF MIND

Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle HAPPINESS

One cannot get through life without pain … What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us. Bernie S. Siegel, M.D. ACCEPTANCE

Judge not, that ye be not judged. Mt. 7:1 FORGIVENESS

The mere sense of living is joy enough. Emily Dickinson COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

Charity begins at home, and usually stays there. Elbert Hubbard HELPING OTHER PEOPLE

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain HAPPINESS

When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing. Anon FRIENDSHIP

Do you prefer that you be right, or that you be happy? A Course In Miracles HAPPINESS

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. Lin Yutang POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONS

The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God. Oswald Chambers PRAYER

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes PERSEVERANCE

Happiness sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open. John Barrymore HAPPINESS

If you expect nothing, you’re apt to be surprised. You’ll get it. Malcolm Forbes POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONS

Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable. Anon HAPPINESS

Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect. Margaret Mitchell ACCEPTANCE

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. Harriet Uts Nelson FORGIVENESS

Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us. Thomas Fuller COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

We are cold to others only when we are dull in ourselves. William Hazlitt HELPING OTHER PEOPLE

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them. Thucydides FRIENDSHIP

You can promote your healing by your thinking. James E. Sweeney POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONS

When the knees are not often bent, the feet soon slide. Anon PRAYER

All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope. Alexandre Dumas HOPE

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change! J.C.F. von Schiller ACCEPTANCE

There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change. Rollo May CHANGE

Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision. Harry A. Hopf DECISIONS

They may not deserve forgiveness, but I do. Anon FORGIVENESS

I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate. George Burns DOING WHAT’S RIGHT FOR US

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. Ralph Waldo Emerson COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

Never try to catch two frogs with one hand. Chinese proverb GOALS

Fear is the absence of faith. Paul Tillich FEAR

If you have a job without aggravations, you don’t have a job. Malcolm Forbes ACCEPTANCE

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. Madame Dorothee Deluzy FORGIVENESS

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. General George S. Patton RISKS

To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have. Ken Keyes, Jr. COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

From a little spark may burst a mighty flame. Dante Alighieri TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME

Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out. Anon ACCEPTANCE

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. William Hazlitt SUCCESS

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him. Norman Vincent Peale FORGIVENESS

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. English proverb COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy. Luther Burbank HELPING OTHER PEOPLE

With us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles. 2 Chr. JUST DO THE FOOTWORK, THEN LET IT GO

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Chinese proverb TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME

It is easier to visit friends than to live with them. Chinese proverb FRIENDSHIP

There may be those on earth who dress better or eat better, but those who enjoy the peace of God sleep better. L. Thomas Holdcroft PEACE OF MIND

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln HAPPINESS

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. George Bernard Shaw ACCEPTANCE

Any man can seek revenge; it takes a king or prince to grant a pardon. Arthur J. Rehrat FORGIVENESS

Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don’t make. Bill Veeck COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can’t cure. Ogden Nash THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Mother Teresa HELPING OTHER PEOPLE

One thing everybody in the world wants and needs is friendliness. William E. Holler FRIENDSHIP

Talking about God is not at all the same thing as experiencing God, or acting out God through our lives. Phillip Hewett OUR HIGHER POWER, OR GOD

When you cannot pray as you would, pray as you can. Edward M. Goulburn PRAYER

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt SELF-ACCEPTANCE

Perhaps I am stronger than I think. Thomas Merton SELF-CONFIDENCE

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves. Sophocles SELF-RELIANCE

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. Mother Teresa SIMPLICITY

The most important thing in our lives is what we are doing now. Anon ONE DAY

Never let yesterday use up today. Richard H. Nelson YESTERDAY: THE PAST

Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines. Satchel Paige PRAYER

When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature. Sydney Smith MORNINGS

Most of the time we think we’re sick it’s all in the mind. Thomas Wolfe POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONS

Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars. Dwight D. Eisenhower ENTHUSIASM

I’d rather be a lamppost in Chicago than a millionaire in any other city. William A. Hulbert DOING WHAT’S RIGHT FOR US

Who is the wise man? He who sees what’s going to be born. Solomon VISUALIZATION

If you want a place in the sun, you’ve got to put up with a few blisters. Abigail Van Buren ACCEPTANCE

Nothing in this world is permanent. German proverb CHANGE

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see. Thomas Carlyle INSTINCTS

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. Anne Morrow Lindbergh DOING WHAT’S RIGHT FOR US

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Napoleon Bonaparte MOTIVATION

We cannot all be masters. William Shakespeare REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

Unless you give yourself to some great cause, you haven’t even begun to live. William P. Merrill GOALS

If you are afraid for your future, you don’t have a present. James Petersen FEAR

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength. A.J. Cronin WORRY

If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. Lee Iacocca DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIES

In order to find the edge, you must risk going over the edge. Dennis Dugan RISKS

Knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation. Marcus Annaeus Seneca COURAGE

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come. Janet Erskine Stuart GETTING GOING

Jesus, please teach me to appreciate what I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had. Susan L. Lenzkes COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself. Johann von Goethe GOALS

Necessity is the mother of taking chances. Mark Twain RISKS

He has enough who is contented with little. Anon COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

There are things I can’t force. I must adjust. C.M. Ward ACCEPTANCE

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much. Estonian proverb COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless. Turkish proverb FRIENDSHIP

No one gives joy or sorrow … We gather the consequences of our own deeds. Garuda Purana HAPPINESS

The most popular persons are those who take the world as it is, who find the least fault. Charles Dudley Warner ACCEPTANCE

Revenge could steal a man’s life until there was nothing left but emptiness. Louis L’Amour FORGIVENESS

That which does not kill me makes me stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is. Frank A. Clark HELPING OTHER PEOPLE

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. Golda Meir ONE DAY

Friendship is a plant which must be often watered. Anon FRIENDSHIP

Day’s sweetest moments are at dawn. Ella Wheeler Wilcox MORNINGS

Rejoice always, pray constantly, and in all circumstances give thanks. The Desert Fathers PRAYER

To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are. Anon SELF-ACCEPTANCE

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon SELF-RELIANCE

If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all? Joe Namath SIMPLICITY

More than enough is too much. Anon COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends. Max Beerbohm YESTERDAY: THE PAST

So often we rob tomorrow’s memories by today’s economies. John Mason Brown TODAY: THE PRESENT

With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun. Anon MORNINGS

The will to conquer is the first condition of victory. Marshal Ferdinand Foch ENTHUSIASM

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible. Anon HOPE

When you’re through changing, you’re through. Bruce Barton CHANGE

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius. George Bernard Shaw INSTINCTS

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone. Ella Wheeler Wilcox FRIENDSHIP

Not he who has little, but he who wishes more, is poor. Marcus Annaeus Seneca COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

The fewer the words, the better the prayer. Martin Luther PRAYER

The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one. Elbert Hubbard FEAR

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. Henry L. Stimson POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONS

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability … it is energy. Thomas Arnold ENTHUSIASM

And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong RISKS

You’re only as sick as your secrets. Anon COURAGE

Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success. Alonzo Newton Benn GETTING GOING

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Sir Winston Churchill SUCCESS

Whether you are really right or not doesn’t matter, it’s the belief that counts. Robertson Davies COMMITMENT

Fear is the dark room in which negatives are developed. Anon FEAR

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Moliere RISKS

Amazing things start happening when we start praying! Anon PRAYER

Success comes before work only in the dictionary. Anon SUCCESS

Humor acts to relieve fear. Dr. William F. Fry, Jr. FEAR

Life is a romantic business, but you have to make the romance. Oliver Wendell Holmes HAPPINESS

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances. David Hume ACCEPTANCE

Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold. Maurice Setter COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others. George Santayana HELPING OTHER PEOPLE

They are rich who have true friends. Thomas Fuller FRIENDSHIP

I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet. Ancient Persian saying COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself. Ethel Barrymore SELF-ACCEPTANCE

God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest. Josiah Holland SELF-RELIANCE

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Vincent van Gogh COURAGE

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. Ray Bradbury RISKS

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. Samuel Butler FRIENDSHIP

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine. Morris West TODAY: THE PRESENT

Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers. Thomas B. Brooks PRAYER

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin ONE DAY

The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our actions. André Godin POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONS

He who begins many things finishes but few. Italian proverb GOALS

No great things are done more through courage than through wisdom. German proverb COURAGE

We are betrayed by what is false within. George Meredith DOING WHAT’S RIGHT FOR US

Results are what you expect; consequences are what you get. Anon REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

The soul that has no established aim loses itself. Michel de Montaigne GOALS

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. Billie Jean King FEAR

The best mirror is an old friend. Anon FRIENDSHIP

I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone. Dwight L. Moody PRAYER

Make the most of today. Translate your good intentions to actual deeds. Grenville Kleiser ONE DAY

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz COURAGE

Hold a true friend with both your hands. Nigerian proverb FRIENDSHIP

Every day is a messenger of God. Russian proverb ONE DAY

To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. John Cage COURAGE

I believe half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things. William J. Locke GOALS

If you want to make enemies, try to change something. Woodrow Wilson CHANGE

One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend. Marcus Annaeus Seneca FRIENDSHIP

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. Publilius Syrus HAPPINESS

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. Arthur Christopher Benson CHANGE

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. Isaac Friedmann FORGIVENESS

If you count all your assets, you always show a profit. Robert Quillen COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35 HELPING OTHER PEOPLE

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad. Arnold H. Glasow FRIENDSHIP

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. Oswald Chambers PRAYER

Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist? J.C.F. von Schiller GOALS

Have but few friends, though many acquaintances. Anon FRIENDSHIP

Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you. John F. Kennedy GOALS

A man is known by the company he keeps. Anon FRIENDSHIP

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows. John Powell GOALS

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. General Douglas MacArthur ENTHUSIASM

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde CHANGE

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature. Marcus Annaeus Seneca DOING WHAT’S RIGHT FOR US

Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it. Colonel Michael Friedman GOALS

The habit of doing one’s duty drives away fear. Charles Baudelaire FEAR

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. William Ralph Inge WORRY

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve. Tehyi Hsieh DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIES

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