Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.
Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence
Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.
The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?"
Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: 'Choose ye this day....'.
Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.
The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion date, then do it.
Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.
We are more than what we do... much more than what we accomplish... far more than what we possess.
The adventure of life is to learn.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails
The greatest hazard in life is to risk NOTHING.
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
If you would be interesting, be interested, if you would be pleased, be pleasing, if you would be loved, be loveable, if you would be helped be helpful.
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