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It's always Darkest before the Dawn."
"There are no short cuts to any place worth going." Unknown
It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes, 'Le Discours de la Methode,' 1637
" You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." Zig Ziglar
To keep the body in good health is a duty. . . otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. Buddha
Every Day, in every way, I get better and better.
"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." Orson Wells
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty" -- Winston Churchill
Latin: Veni. Vedi. Vici. English: I Came. I Saw. I Conquered. -- Julius Caesar
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. Anais Nin
Of all the things I've missed, I miss my mind the most. Quote on Bumper Sticker :D
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. --Marcel Proust 8)
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." Ben Franklin
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"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." Thomas Jefferson
"Unless acted upon, a body at rest stays at rest, and a body in motion stays in motion" Newton's 1st Law (The Law of Inertia):
"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real." Tupac Shakur
a positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. – herm albright pixie~ :D
those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:28-31 for all those religious pepople out there, this helps me. ~~~~~Geo
There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton
"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All Sorts of Things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for Goethe's couplets: 'Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.'" W. H. Murray, "The Scottish Himalayan Expedition"
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. Mark Twain
The definition of insanity: Doing the same thing and expecting different results. ( I heard this one somewhere, can't credit the source :oops: )
It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. -Virginia Woolf
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." Mark Twain
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his own dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." Henry David Thoreau
Less is more in Two Thousand Four.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I [u:3abe5a46e8]cannot[/u:3abe5a46e8] change; the courage to change the things I [u:3abe5a46e8]can[/u:3abe5a46e8]; and the wisdom to know the [u:3abe5a46e8]difference[/u:3abe5a46e8]." And also this little tidbit: "You are what you eat." - unknown
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." HG Wells- 1866-1946
Sweat plus Sacrifice Equals Success Charlie Finley