Words To Live By

"You can do it if you believe you can."

"When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you."

"He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything." - Arabian Proverb

"The way to happiness - Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry...... live simply...... expect little...... give much......"

"A friend is a present you give yourself." - Robert Louis Stevenson

"Watch the man ahead of you and you'll learn why he is ahead. Then emulate him."

"There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat."

"Only an open mind can grow."

"Defeat is for those who acknowledge it!"

"Happiness is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it."

"Courage is sustained by calling up anew the vision of the goal."

"A ship in a harbour is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."

"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable."

"Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action."

"Your failure may prove to be an asset, provided you know why you failed."

"Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it." - Benjamin Franklin

"To be enthusiastic - act enthusiastic."

"No mistake or failure is as bad as to stop and not try again." - John Wanamaker

"Every noble work is at first impossible." - Carlyle

"Happiness is not a state to arrive at but a manner of travelling." - Margaret Lee Runbeck

"The only way to have a friend is to be one." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Purpose is what gives life a meaning."

"The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention."

"Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes." - Chinese Proverb

"Faith needs a foundation on which to stand. Fear exists without a base."

"Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do." - Elbert Hubbard

"The only limits are, as always, those of vision." - James Broughton

"The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back." - Simms

"The true riches of life are hidden in the hearts and minds of man."

"Faith is courage; it is creative while despair is always destructive." - David Muzzey

"Be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi

"Don't take yourself too seriously if you wish to get any joy out of life."

"A friend is one who knows all about you and still respects you."

"A smile is a little thing that may produce big results."

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

"The successful man keeps his mind fixed on what he wants in life - not what he doesn't want."

"Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again." Henry Ford

"People rarely succeed at anything unless they have fun doing it."

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare

"May you always find new roads to travel; new horizons to explore; new dreams to call your own."

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