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"Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life." -- Confucius.

"Thinking is the hardest work there is -- which is probably the reason so few engage in it."
-- Henry Ford.
He said, "Do what is in your heart. I really wanted to be a concert pianist. Now I spend each day wondering how good I might have been." -- College Professor.

"Many men die at 25 but are not buried until they are 75." --Ben Franklin.

"Find what it is that burns in your heart and do it. Choose a vocation, not a job, and your life will hve meaning and your days will have peace."

"A good teacher is a master of simplification."

"When you are afraid to do something, do it anyway!"

"O Lord, thou givest us everything - At the price of effort.""
-- Leonardo da Vinci.

"Don't find a fault, find a remedy." -- Henry Ford.
"Some men storm the imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills
cursing difficulties which do not exist."
-- Edgar Howe. (Making Mountains out of Molehills...)

"Compare what you want with what you have, and you'll be unhappy;
compare what you have wih what you deserve, and you'll be happy." -- Evan Esar

"The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change,
the realist adjusts the sails." -- William Ward

You must learn to set yourself on fire." --Arnold Glasow

"All generalizations are dangerous, even this one." - Alexandre Dumas

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.
- Mother Teresa

"It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It is not what we intend but what we do that makes us useful. And, it is not a few faint wishes but a lifelong struggle that makes us valiant." -- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887, American Preacher, Orator, Writer)

"While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior." --Henry C. Link

"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want." --Margaret Young

"While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior." --Henry C. Link

"Do not fear mistakes--there are none." --Miles Davis

"Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes." --Rick Pitino, NBA coach

"The greatest secret of success in life is for a person to be
ready when their oportunity finally comes." - Benjamin Disraeli
"The greatest secret of success in life is for a person to be
ready when their oportunity finally comes." - Benjamin Disraeli
"Success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection." --Soichiro Honda, Honda Motors
H.T. Thoreau: 'When I go out of the house for a walk, uncertain as yet whither I will bend my steps, I submit myself to my instinct to decide for me. The walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to exercise.' It takes idleness to get (and stay) in touch with your instinct, your gut level feeling, your sensibility, your creativity, or your own inspiring resources. (The Art of Doing Nothing, by Veronique Vienne)
"Do you live in America? C'mon...we have an embarassment of riches. Granted, some more embarassingly than others. Share, or beware. Give, and thus live. For those who would not share, would not give, look inside and ask, "With all that I have, why am I disatisfied? Why this malcontent? Why this constant hunger for more?" It is because it is not natural for healthy people to be miserly and selfish. You see, whether one likes it or not, it is thru giving, that there is living. Again... thru giving, there is living." --CCC
"The greatest secret of success in life is for a person to be ready when their oportunity finally comes." - Benjamin Disraeli
"Success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection." --Soichiro Honda, Honda Motors
H.T. Thoreau: 'When I go out of the house for a walk, uncertain as yet whither I will bend my steps, I submit myself to my instinct to decide for me. The walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to exercise.' It takes idleness to get (and stay) in touch with your instinct, your gut level feeling, your sensibility, your creativity, or your own inspiring resources. (The Art of Doing Nothing, by Veronique Vienne)
“Do or Do not. There is no try.” --Yoda
“Always do your best.” --Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS.
“Go for the Gusto! Win or Lose, you PLAYED.”

" Some people say it's in the believing.

It's not in the believing, but rather in the DOING.
When one doesn't necessarily believe in themselves,
but charges forth and DOES anyway, they very often
achieve success.

When one does believe, they are more inclined to DO.
Thus, more success.

So, when you do not believe in yourself, never you mind.
Go ahead and DO what is right. WORK towards that dream.
Be PERSISTENT. And, amazingly, sooner or later, success
will happen.

Why is this? Because we are moved by MOVEMENT. By ACTION.
It is the Physics of this Universe.

Many people have believed fully, and lost. Why?
Because belief is not enough. YOU MUST COMMIT TO ACTION.
And, choose good actions. Evil or bad actions will corrupt
your soul, corrode your very core. You will despise your
own rottenness.

Good actions will bless you. They will bless those around
you. You will get what you really always wanted -- down deep
inside. What is that? Probably, (every person is different),
true love, true peace, true friendship, true happiness, true
contentment.

Yes! Go forth and choose ACTION. Choose HARD, GOOD WORK -
DO NOT QUIT. Be relentless! Ignore your trepidation, your
worries, your fears, your laziness, your sadness, your
depressions, your concerns, your cravings, your this-es,
your that-s. We all have these impedances. Do not let
these impedances STOP YOU!

Remember, there is no such thing as a Good Person, or a Bad
Person. Yes, you read correctly. There are no good people,
or bad people. There are only people who DO GOOD, or DO BAD.
You see? It's all in the doing. We are ALL capable of doing
great good, or great evil. We choose. And then, we DO."
--californiacommunity.com

"When you speak, offer data and information rather than beliefs and judgments."

"There are 3 kinds of people: the wills, the won'ts and the can'ts."

"God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it in the nest."

"Procrastination is the thief of time."

"Make sure your hints are understood."

"True strength does not magnify others' weaknesses. It makes others stronger. If someone's strength makes others feel weaker, it is merely domination, and that is no strength at all."

"Regarding television: Is our TV on too many hours in the day, inviting me or my family members to collapse at any time for a mindless hour or two? Many of us waste thousands of hours each year in unplanned, indiscriminate viewing. If you complain of not having enough time to get important things done, limit your hours in front of the TV. Choose carefully those programs worth watching. Stick to a schedule, giving thought to how you might better spend your time."

"TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, AFTER YOU'VE DONE IT."
In other words, "Deeds, and not words, speak the most."

"Every day we are offered twice as many opportunities as misfortunes."

"Prosperity is appreciated more in the wake of adversity."

"Children follow examples, not advice."

"It's not so much what you SAY... it's pretty much what you DO and HOW you do it."

Don't say I can, say, I will!"

"Learn to disagree without being disagreeable!"

"In an orderly house, all things are always ready."

"Do not insult the Mother Alligator until you have crossed the river."

"Life teaches us the same lesson over and over again until we learn it."

"People gossip about what they are interested in."

"Don't be discouraged by your mistakes."

"Avoid people who are negative."

"A day does not have a price tag."

"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

More about Success -- "Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion.
"Until you do something, most people will believe you cannot do it.
So, go ahead and surprise them!"

"If you cannot be courteous, at least be vague." (or better yet, SILENT!)"

"It doesn't matter how you grew up, or what you've struggled with in life - your mind is unscathed by any cirumstance you've yet lived...and it's phenomenally powerful."

"Do you really know who you are? What you're about?
Pretend you were a stranger, who met yourself for the first time.
Look at yourself, and then ask yourself the following questions:
What do you do? What do you love to do? Are you someone I would love to get close to? Are you someone I would want to marry? Could I depend upon you to be a true, blue friend? What are you good at? What do you excel at? What makes the hours become minutes for you? Are you to be trusted? Finally, ask yourself if you would be willing to become the sort of person you'd want to be your very best friend. If not, then work towards becoming that person!
-- CaliforniaCommunity.com Secret Friends Hotline.

"You must begin wherever you are." - Jack Boland