Thought of the Day

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.
Dorothea Brande

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The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need be.
Louis de Bernieres

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Too much has been said of the heroes of history--the strong men, the troublesome men; too little of the amiable, the kindly and the tolerant.
Stephen Leacock

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Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare

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Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.
Louis E. Boone

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It is said that grace enters the soul through a wound.
Heather McDonald

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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong

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Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.
Ken Hakuta

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Where your talents and the needs of the world cross lies your calling.
Aristotle

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Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.
Helen Keller

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The biggest things are always the easiest to do because there is no competition.
William Van Horne

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Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
Kenneth Hildebrand

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He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.
Seneca Proverb

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When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
Jean Shinoda Bolen

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Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom ofcompromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break. Believethe best rather than the worst; people have a way of living up or downto your opinion of them. Remember that true friendship is the basis forany lasting relationship. The person you choose to marry is deservingof the courtesies and kindness you bestow on your friends.
Jane Wells

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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Victor Hugo

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Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
Raymond Lindquist

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Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible.
W. Stanley Mooneyham

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Habits are first cobwebs, then cables.
Spanish proverb

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Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,Therefore, we are saved by hope.Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;Therefore, we are saved by faith.Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.Therefore, we are saved by love.No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own;Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.
Reinhold Niebuhr

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Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The human race has one effective weapon--and that is laughter.
Mark Twain

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We only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. So stop. Try something you’ve never tried. Teach it. Do it. Risk it.
Jon Blais

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The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are.
Thomas Dreier

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

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I believe in people and think they are more effective when given principles rather than procedures, strategies rather than tactics, whys rather than wants.
Harvey Golub

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The man who trusts other men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
Count di Cavour

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Faith and doubt both are needed, not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
Lillian Smith

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia