January 2011 Blog Posts (18)

“We have a world to conquer…one person at a time…starting with ourselves.”

Nikki Giovanni

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Do not regret growing older.  It is a privilege denied to many.

Author Unknown

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Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful,

for beauty is God's handwriting.

Ralph Waldo Emerson…

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.

Author Unknown

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“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.”

Mortimer Adler

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Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

Helen Keller

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"Be mindful of how you approach time. Watching the clock is not the same as watching the sun rise."

Sophia Bedford-Pierce

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A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell;

And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

Louisa May Alcott

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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future.  I live now.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them”

William Arthur Ward

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“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

Seneca

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 “The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.”

Ralph W. Sockman…

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

Anais Nin…

To me every hour of the light and the dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space is a miracle. 

Walt Whitman…

The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.

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What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are.

C.S. LEWIS…

If things go wrong, don't go with them.

Roger Babson…

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.”

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