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Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.
Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful
The momentary thrill of getting rarely equals the lasting joy of giving.
Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.
There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
We can be bitter about our handicaps or we can be happy about our blessings.
The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?"
We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.
The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem - he is challenged by it.
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'
Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
If laser beams can cut through mountains, why should we doubt the power of prayer?
The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven't.
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it.
America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.
Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.
Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt.
Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: 'Choose ye this day....'.
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
We are more than what we do... much more than what we accomplish... far more than what we possess.
Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
Christmas can be the end of emptiness and waywardness; The beginning of happiness and purposefulness.
To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
Another fresh new year is here. Another year to live! To Banish worry, doubt and fear, to love and give
Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Television remote controls encourage couch potatoes to exercise their options while broadening their base.
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.
Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.
Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.