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"Men are born to succeed, not fail."
"Things do not change; we change."
"This world is but a canvas to our imagination."
"The language of friendship is not words but meanings."
"If misery loves company, misery has company enough."
"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend."
"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves."
"It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear."
"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in
them."
"Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe."
"It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?"
"Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it."
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives
within us."
"What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become by
achieving your goals."
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his
life by conscious endeavor."
"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought,
and attended to my answer."
" . . . if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the
life which he has imagined,
he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
"Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate
enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is
because he hears a different drummer."
MA, LPC, NCC
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"The significant problems we face can not be solved at the same level of
thinking we were at when we created them."
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created
them."
has made all the difference."
Robert Frost
"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a
mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the
being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailment"
George Bernard Shaw
"Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the
affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of
false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit
better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to
know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have
succeeded!"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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