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Use fears energy to give you the strength you need to proceed.
Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without so much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before. Jacob A. Riis
Every path has its puddle. English Proverb
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. Hosea Ballou
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. Josh Billings
The true test of character is...how we behave when we don't know what to do. John Holt
Big shots are little shots who keep shooting. Christopher Morley
Some people wish to get what they deserve, while others fear the same.
Today is yesterday's effect and tomorrow's cause. Philip Gribble
Fools look to tomorrow, wise men use tonight. Scottish Proverb
If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag. Anonymous
Pain is never permanent. Saint Theresa of Avila
You can always lead even from the back of the line.
I'll not listen to reason. Reason is always what someone else has got to say. Elizabeth C. Gaskell
.....if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong
Never let go of the fiery sadness called desire. Patti Smith
God is still there even when it seems that everyone else has left you.
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. Anais Nin
So live that you can look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell. Anon
The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. H.T. Leslie
If it's a good idea.......go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. Grace M. Hopper
Let the past drift away with the water. Japanese saying
A chest of gold coins or a fat wallet of bills is of no use whatsoever to a wrecked sailor alone on a raft. --Alan Watts
It's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. Sally Kempton
Don't waste today regretting yesterday instead of making a memory for tomorrow. Laura Palmer
I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. Abraham Maslow
To escape criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. Elbert Hubbard
Enjoy yourself. These are the 'good old days' you're going to miss in the years ahead. Anon.
Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead. Lily Langtry
We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. Frank A. Clark
Little drops of water, little grains of sand/Make the mighty ocean, and the pleasant land. Julia Carney
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Moliere
The impossible is often the untried. Jim Goodwin
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope. Job, 11:18
To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist. Gail Sheehy
The first blow is half the battle. Oliver Goldsmith
He who has begun is half done. Horace
Live so that your friends can defend you, but never have to. Arnold Glasow
You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. Ray Bradbury
Do not look back on happiness, or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it. Henry Ward Beecher
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
People forget how fast you did a job -- but they remember how well you did it. Howard W. Newton
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. -Edmund Burke
People and things do not upset us, rather we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us. Albert Ellis
None is so rich as to throw away a friend. Turkish proverb
Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change. Schiller
Why not learn to enjoy the little things, there are so many of them. Anon.
Why do we kill people for killing people to show that killing is wrong?
People are illogical, inconsiderate and self-centered. Love them anyway.
Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you. Herbert Gasser
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. - Alexander Graham Bell
Don't worry about bad days, there are going to be plenty more of them.
Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half. Unknown
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie
The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships. H. G. Wells
A man with a career can have no time to waste upon his wife and friends; he has to devote it wholly to his enemies. John Oliver Hobbes
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
I like the man who faces what he must, / With steps triumphant and a heart of cheer; / Who fights the daily battle without fear. Sarah Knowles Bolton
A brave arm makes a short sword long. Anon.
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before. Mark Twain
You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in. Heraclitus
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened. Michel de Montaigne
Here's health to your enemy's enemies!
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority. Napoleon
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. Napoleon
If you can't believe anything by faith, then you are doomed to a life dominated by doubt. Kris Kringle (Richard Attenborough),
War doesn't determine who's right but who's left.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. Will Rogers
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. Frederic Chopin
The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable. James A. Garfield
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. Anatole France
When shall we live if not now? M. F. K. Fisher
A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work. John Lubbock
Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. George Eliot
Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you someone who has never achieved much. Joan Collins
I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. Madonna
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it. John Hersey
Fortify yourself with a flock of friends! You can select them at random, write to one, dine with one, visit one, or take your problems to one. There is always at least one who will understand, inspire, and give you the lift you may need at the time. George Matthew Adams
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
Keep true to the dreams of thy youth. Johann von Schiller
You have all eternity to be cautious in when you're dead. Lois Platford
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. John Steinbeck
There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep. Edgar Watson Howe
When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody. W. S. Gilbert
If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can. Yiddish proverb
When things go wrong, don't go with them. Anon.
The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character. Isabelle Eberhardt
It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. Howard Ruff
An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it. Laurence Peter
We are tomorrow's past. Mary Webb
Two men look out through the same bars: / One sees the mud, and one the stars. Frederick Langbridge
We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. May Sarton
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so. Sir Walter Scott
If you have one eye on yesterday, and one eye on tomorrow, you're going to be cockeyed today. Anon.
I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul. W. E. Henley (Invictus)
He turns not back who is bound to a star. Leonardo da Vinci
The finest amusements are the most pointless ones. Jacques Chardonnes
Grant me the courage not to give up, even though I think it's hopeless. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends. Ethel Watts Mumford
Fear to let fall a drop and you spill a lot. Malay proverb
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Laurence J. Peter
When you can think of yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear, you are near contentment Unknown
It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it Lillian Hellman
We are inclined to believe those we do not know, because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson
Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. Stephen Leacock
He who is outside the door has already a good part of the journey behind him. Dutch proverb
The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here. Finley Peter Dunne
You're going to have to learn to fake cheerfulness. Believe it or not eventually that effort will pay off: you'll actually start feeling happier. Jean Bach
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. Rita Mae Brown
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. Jawaharlal Nehru
Success comes before work only in the dictionary. Anon.
Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning. Marlo Thomas
What a commentary on civilization, when being alone is being suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it like a secret vice. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Sometimes I find that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable. Joanna Field
Procrastination is the thief of time. Edward Young
A person that learns from their mistakes is smart. A person that learns from other people's mistakes is smarter.
Worry is as useless as a handle on a snowball. Mitzi Chandler
You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. Sacha Guitry
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life. Joan Lunden
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil. Henry Fielding
Do it now. There may be a law against it tomorrow. Laurence Peter
Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway. John Wayne
Everyman's life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain. Marcus Aurelius
A true friend is the best possession. Anon.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together Woodrow Wilson
Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them. Robert G. Ingersoll
To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed. La Rochefoucauld
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it
leads. Erica Jong
Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! . . . Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. Katharine Hepburn
Life is an open door. It can be closed at any time, so don't complain about the draft.
Education is what you get from reading the small print; experience is what you get from not reading it.
Better by far you should forget and smile, than that you should remember and be sad. Christina Rosetti
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, / Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow. H. G. Wells
A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt. George Herbert
More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin. Anon.
If you can't be thankful for what you receive, be thankful for what you escape. Anon.
To bring the dead to life / Is no great magic. / Few are wholly dead: / Blow on a dead man's embers / And a live flame will start. Robert Graves
If anyone wants to make himself invisible, there is no surer way than to become poor. Anon.
The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it. Rebecca Beard
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. John F. Kennedy
Endeavor to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. Mark Twain
People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. Ann Landers
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. S. I. Hayakawa
In the face of uncertainty, there is nothing wrong with hope. O. Carl Simonton
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. Jonathan Kozol
For all sad words of tongue or pen, / The saddest are these: It might have been. John Greenleaf Whittier
If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. Tallulah Bankhead
The stones that Critics hurl with Harsh Intent / A Man may use to build a Monument. Arthur Guiterman
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. Helen Keller
Examine the contents, not the bottle. The Talmud
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain
Yard by yard it's very hard. But inch by inch, it's a cinch. Anon.
Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back. Robert Quillen
What we love to do we find time to do. John L. Spalding
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out. Anon
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars. Elbert Hubbard
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best mirror is an old friend. Anon.
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. Irish Proverb
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. Lauren Bacall
He is a real pessimist, he could look at a doughnut and only see the hole in it. Anon.
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise. W. Somerset Maughm
If you don't control your mind, someone else will. John Allston
She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens. Michael Arlen
Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying, once and for all. Ovid
What worries you, masters you. Haddon W. Robinson
You have no idea how big the other fellow's troubles are. B. C. Forbes
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself the most comforting words of all: This, too, shall pass. Ann Landers
A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill. Lord Mancroft
Don't hurry, don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So be sure and stop to smell the flowers. Walter Hagen
When thinking won't cure fear, action will. W. Clement Stone
If I had my life to live over again, I'd dare to make more mistakes the next time. Nadine Stair
No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back. Turkish proverb
If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we would all be millionaires. Abigail Van Buren
Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes . . . .Rev. Jesse Jackson
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde
If all my friends jumped off a cliff, I wouldn't jump with them. I would be at the bottom to catch them.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Erica Jong
I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist. Tammy Faye Baker
We only do well the things we like doing. Colette
Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow. Anon.
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible. Anon.
Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. Arnold Glasow
To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time. John W. Roper
I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you. Harrison Ford
You know that it's love when you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. Raymond Linquist
When you blame others you give up your power to change. Anon.
To change and to improve are two different things. German proverb
Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you. Logan Pearsall Smith
If we all told what we know of one another, there would not be four friends in the world. Blaise Pascal
Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others. George Santayana
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear. Jawaharlal Nehru
Walk away from it [your problems] until you get stronger. All your troubles will be there when you get back, but you'll be better able to cope. Lady Bird Johnson
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead. Aldous Huxley
Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. The Bible, James I: 19
All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. William F. Halsey
However much we guard against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. Eric Hoffer
Boldness be my friend. William Shakespeare (from Cymbeline)
The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter. Anon.
Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst.
There is nothing wrong with people possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess people.
If one truly has lost hope, one would not be around to say so. Eric Bentley
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it Lillian Hellman
The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time
You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
. . . just to be alive is a grand thing. Agatha Christie
The nail that sticks up will be hammered down. Japanese proverb
Never mess up an apology with an excuse
Excuses are the easiest things to manufacture, and the hardest things to sell.
May your trouble be like the old man's teeth...few and far between.
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened. Michel de Montaigne
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24
True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom known until it be lost. Charles Caleb Colton
There's only one thing worse than the man who will argue over anything, and that's the man who will argue over nothing. Laurence Peter
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. Frederic Chopin
What a lovely surprise to discover how un-lonely being alone can be. Ellen Burstyn
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate. Alexander Pope
You laugh at me because I'm different, but I laugh at you because your all the same.
Deep faith eliminates fear. Lech Walesa
If we only knew the real value of a day. Joseph Farrell
The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. George C. Scott
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island . . . and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life. Walt Disney
Sometimes it's easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.
We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors ...but they all have to learn to live in the same box.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain
You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine. Flip Wilson
Friends are made in many acts, but lost in only one.
To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory. Pierre Corneille
You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness. Anon.
Never let yesterday use up today. Richard H. Nelson
Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all of life's greatest tests alone. Agnes McPhail
You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, it's nothing against you to fall down flat, but to lie there - that's disgrace. Edmund Vance Cooke
He's no failure. He's not dead yet. W. L. George
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself. Doris Lessing
What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. Colette
Time is the wisest counsellor of all. Pericles
You can never plan the future by the past. Edmund Burke
The man who fears nothing is as powerful as he who is feared by everybody. J. C. F. von Schiller
You have not lived a perfect day, even though you earned your money, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you. Ruth Smeltzer
Never let go of the fiery sadness called desire. Patti Smith
God is still there even when it seems that everyone else has left you.
Many seek good nights and lose good days. - Dutch Proverb
If your going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill
Only dead fish go with the flow.
Instinct is the nose of the mind. Madame de Girardin
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past Thomas Jefferson
God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest. J.G. Holland
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never look back. We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story. Mary McCarthy
The only people to get even with are those who have helped you.
The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all
yourself from the clues. _ Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures.
There is nothing wrong with people possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess people.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz
Lost time is never found again. Benjamin Franklin
No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap. Carrie Snow
Never explain -- your friends do not need it and you enemies won't believe you anyway. Elbert Hubbard
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