Adversity does not build character, it reveals it. —James Lane Allen

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Adversity does not build character, it reveals it.

JAMES LANE ALLEN

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Aretta de FEBRUARY 22, 2018
I just want to thank you for the great job your doing and I appreciate all that you have done for both teams

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen Hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regrets. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. —Mary Anne Radmacher
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home. —Christian D. Larson
What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world. —Simon Sinek
Kindness is... anything that lifts another person. —C. Neil Strait
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death. —Nelson Mandela
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go. —Margaret Walker
When being together is more important than what you do, you are with a friend. —Connie McMartin
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. —Theodore Roosevelt
Inclusion to me is walking up to someone and being yourself and having a full conversation with them and getting to know them as who they are. —Sarah Greichen
When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. —The 14th Dalai Lama
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. —Vince Lombardi
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. —Benjamin Disraeli
Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice. —Woodrow Wilson
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. —Martin Luther King, Jr.
True belonging doesn’t require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are. —Brené Brown
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in the quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. —Mary Jean Irion

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