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“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence, but in the mastery, of his passions.”
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON“Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations. ”
CHARLES RICHTER“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. ”
ALBERT SCHWEITZER“Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down. ”
CHARLES F. KETTERING“Little drops of water wear down big stones. ”
RUSSIAN PROVERB“Tact is the art of building a fire under people without making their blood boil. ”
FRANKLIN P. JONES“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”
EDITH LOVEJOY PIERCE“Another fresh new year is here . . . another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, to love and laugh and give! This bright new year is given me to live each day with zest . . . to daily grow and try to be my highest and my best! I have the opportunity once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant a tree, and sing more joyful songs.”
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD“Scatter confetti over the floor, sweep an old year out the door!”
MYRA CONN LIVINGSTON“People are partying, songs are being sung, Sugarplums are dancing, all in holiday fun. Presents are under the tree, reindeer fly high above, peace on earth, goodwill to all, sending joy and love!”
D.M. DELLINGER“As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same.”
DONALD WESTLAKE“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
DAME EDITH SITWELL“People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it-walk.”
AYN RAND“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.”
DR. ALBERT SZENT-GYORGYI“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less. ”
DIOGENES LAERTIUS“May the spirit of the season be with you today and throughout the new year! ”
EDITH LOVEJOY PIERCE“Life is not the way it is supposed to be. It is the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. ”
VIRGINIA SATIR“Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before. ”
POLYBIUS“I want to be everybody, and I want to be everything. One life is not enough. ”
VLADIMIR SOKOLOFF“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. ”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN“To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.”
GAIL SHEEHY“Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. ”
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.“An open mind is like an open window. It lets the fresh air in. ”
MIKE HERNACKI“Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. ”
E.P. POWELL“Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. ”
OPRAH WINFREY“We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation. ”
HH THE DALAI LAMA“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
C.S. LEWIS“Happiness is always a by-product. You don't make yourself happy by chasing happiness. You make yourself happy by being a good person.”
UNKNOWN“In the face of uncertainty there is nothing wrong with hope.”
O. CARL SIMONTON“Have the courage of your desire.”
GEORGE R. GISSING“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run - Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son! ”
RUDYARD KIPLING“I don't think about what I have done. I only think of the things I want to do, and I haven't done.”
MARTHA GRAHAM“The greatest oak was once a little nut that held its ground.”
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