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God will never leave you empty. He will replace everything you lost. If He asks you to put something down, it's because He wants you to pick up something greater. Unknown
TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE! DON’T COMPLICATED BY OVER THINKING! Unknown
It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard ... is what makes it great." - Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)
It's easy to grin / When your ship comes in / And you've got the stock market beat. / But the man worthwhile, / Is the man who can smile, / When his shorts are too tight in the seat. Judge Smails (Caddyshack)

Maya Angelou Quotes

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. Thomas Paine

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. Charles Dickens

Neither believe nor reject anything because any other person's rejected or believed it. Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven. Thomas Jefferson

Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching, sing like nobody's listening, live like it's Heaven on Earth. Unknown Author

Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't. Peter Scotese

Good leaders are like baseball umpires - they go practically unnoticed when doing their jobs right. Byrd Baggett

It often takes a thousand words soft spoken every day, to bury just the three or four that we didn't mean to say. Jana Poston

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. Calvin Coolidge

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius

The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach. Clarence Blasier

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi

How much better to know that we have dared to live our dreams than to live our lives in a lethargy of regret. Gilbert Caplin

Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Saint Francis of Assisi

In difficult situations when hope seems feeble, the boldest plans are the safest. Livy

Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty. John Huston Finley

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. Henry Ford

Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up. Source Unknown

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. William Faulkner

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. Sir James M. Barrie

Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. Abraham Lincoln

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin

The brave man is not he who feels no fear. For that were stupid and irrational. But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, and bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from. Joanna Baillie

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around. Edgar Watson Howe

A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about. Charles Carver

I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work. Thomas Edison

Good work habits help develop an internal toughness and a self-confident attitude that will sustain you through every adversity and temporary discouragement. Paul J. Fleye

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Goethe

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right, shame on you. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong

I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor

Every really new idea looks crazy at first. Alfred N. Whitehead

Some people see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not. Robert F. Kennedy

In order to win, you must expect to win. Richard Bach

Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up. Unknown

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only for wallowing in. Katherine Mansfield

Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of one's rank in human affairs. Sherman Finesilver

Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest. Mark Twain

Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of one's rank in human affairs. Sherman Finesilver

There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. William F. Halsey

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. Aristotle

Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. Vince Lombardi

Entrepreneurs are the forgotten heroes of America. Ronald Reagan
You will never be a leader unless you first learn to follow and be led. Tiorio

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.
Jim Rohn

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today. Robert H. Schuller

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you. William Arthur

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King Jr.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton

Any hate expressed only weakens the person expressing it. AJF

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give happiness. Thomas Jefferson

The attitudes of your friends are like the buttons on an elevator. They will either take you up or they will take you down. Alexander Lockhart

Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving, but does not make any progress. Alfred A. Montapert

The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold. Bible

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill

The greatest obstacle to your success is probably you. Frank Tyger

You are born with three things: intelligence, endurance and the opportunity to build integrity. You decide how much intelligence and endurance you are going to use. You build integrity every single day with the choices you make. Bob Kerry

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want. Alan Bond

When you determined what you want, you have made the most important decision of your life. You have to know what you want in order to attain it. Douglas Lurtan

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success. Orison Swett Marden

If you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln

There is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life. Jawaharlal Nehru

I look at life as a training ground, basically we are all auditioning for the afterlife. AJF

You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you. Brian Tracy

To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance. Buddha (c.563-483 BC)

Always give more than what's expected of you. General George S. Patton

Business is more exciting than any game. Lord Beaverbrook

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them. Johnson

I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. Larry Bird

When life’s problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate. Ann Landers

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence. Samuel Johnson

Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map. Wayne Calloway

Believe that you possess a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness you can ultimately achieve. Les Brown

It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading. Mary Archer

My grandfather and father always told me as I was growing up, when you are at your lowest, thank God, because at that moment you will know who you really are...and improve (if necessary) accordingly! AJF

Never miss a good chance to shut up. Will Rogers

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. Helen Keller

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability. Roy L Smith

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. Bruce Lee

The good news is that the bad news can be turned into good news when you change your attitude. Robert H. Schuller

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you plan to go the distance, YOU have to do the roadwork. Chuck Parker

Good leaders are like baseball umpires: they go practically unnoticed when doing their jobs right. Byrd Baggett

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. Will Rogers

If you are never scared, embarrassed, or hurt, it means you never take chances. Julia Soul

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Franklin D. Roosevelt

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. Dale E. Turner

I haven't failed, I've found ten thousand ways that don't work. Albert Einstein

Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do. Albert Gray

Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level neither too low nor too high. Greg Norman

A positive attitude is like a fire; unless you continue to add fuel, it goes out. Alexander Lockhart

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. Lee Iococca

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. J. B. Priestley

I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save.
Before you die, give. William Arthur Ward

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character. William Arthur Ward

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. Jennifer Unlimited

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin. Grace Hansen

If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. Marcus Garvey

Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. Dale Carnegie

When you feel that you are at your lowest and think God has left you, think again! God can't never leave you - we are all part of him! Just endure the pain and grief a bit longer, you will soon find out that it was all worth it! And all is OK! And the difficulties that you went through were necessary to make you grow and make you stronger! God will never put you through a situation that you will not be able to handle! AJF

What deal doesn't come without a hurdle, that is what makes what we do so great! AJF

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Bruce Lee

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. Winston Churchill

The last dejected effort often becomes the winning stroke. Unknown

A positive mental attitude combined with definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement. Napoleon Hill

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest. Publilius Syrus

The reward of suffering is experience. Aeschylus

No one who has achieved great success has ever achieved it from a comfortable position. The struggles, failures and hardships of life is what makes success possible. AJF

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher

If you feel better about yourself by putting others down, then I am sorry for you, you are obviously a weak person that needs to grow. AJF

A positive attitude is like a fire - Unless you continue to add fuel, it goes out. Alexander Lockhart

The most distinguishing feature of winners is their intensity of purpose. Alymer Letterman

A weak soul, why be inferior? You can change that in a heart beat! Do Good! Be Good! AJF

All experience is an arch to build on. Henry B. Adams

Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. Rosalyn Carter

You can't wait for the phone to ring. You have to ring them. Lord Lew Grade

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy. Anthony Robbins

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying that, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return." It became very quiet in the room.

Today, we gather to be reassured that God hears the lamenting and bitter weeping of Mother America because so many of her children are no more. Let us now seek that assurance in prayer for the healing of our grief stricken hearts, for the souls and sacred memory of those who have been lost. Let us also pray for divine wisdom as our leaders consider the necessary actions for national security, wisdom of the grace of God that as we act, we not become the evil we deplore. Rev. Nathan Baxter, Dean of Washington National Cathedral

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. Abraham Lincoln

The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk. Alben W. Barkley (U.S. Vice President)

The obstacles you face are mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach. Unknown

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. Benjamin Franklin

You don't get to control any outcome, only every choice you make along the way. Stephen C Paul

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right! Henry Ford

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch. John F. Kennedy

Someone once asked why I don't feel the same love for God as I do for my family. I believe the answer is obvious, your love for God cannot be measured on those terms. We are so intertwined with our Lord that surpasses love. We are one with God as we are with ourselves and beyond. AJF

Character is tested when you're up against it! Unknown

What we do in life, echoes in eternity! Unknown

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb

It's supposed to be hard! If it wasn't hard anyone could do it! IT'S THE HARD THAT MAKES IT GREAT! Unknown

If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness. Les Brown

We have to earn and protect ON EVERY SINGLE DAY what we have already attained. We sometimes (without realizing it) take successes for granted or make mistakes, and that's when we can put everything we’ve worked so hard for at risk – so on every single day we should try to keep our focus where it should be! AJF

The policy of being too cautious...Is the greatest risk of all. Jawaharlal Nehru

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. Winston Churchill

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. Mary Kay Ash

Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself. Olga Korbut

A little twist to the usual, "Everything comes to he who waits". Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas Alva Edison

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing that's why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. Robert Frost