Thoughts

Our greatest glory is not failing, but in rising every time we fail.

Confucius

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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

John Wooden

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Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

Henry Van Dyke

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Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

Henry Van Dyke

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Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.

Dr. Samuel Johnson

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I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been by far; for a might-have-been has never been, but a has-been was once an are.

Milton Berle

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Worry is as useless as a handle on a snowball.

Mitzi Chandler

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Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. 

Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.

Sharon Salzberg

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The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. 

It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the wind and rains and the scorching sun.

Napoleon Hill

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It's not the load that breaks you down; it's the way you carry it.

Lena Horne

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Keep you face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Helen Keller

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The best thing about the future is that is comes one day at a time.

Abraham Lincoln