Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dickens
Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
Ronald E. Osborn
I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.
Abraham Lincoln
The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
The realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve.
Charles Caleb Colton
If there is no wind, row.
Latin Proverb
When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work.
George Bernard Shaw
Fear less, hope more;
Eat less, chew more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Love more, and all good things will be yours.
Swedish Proverb
I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.
Mother Teresa
Shared joy is joy doubled. Shared sorrow is sorrow halved.
Anonymous
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
Josh Billings
Errors, like straws upon the surface flow. He who would search for pearls must dive below.
Anonymous
You can delegate authority, but not responsibility.
Stephen W. Comiskey
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my ax.
Abraham Lincoln
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
George Bernard Shaw
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
Benjamin Franklin
Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.
George Bernard Shaw
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
Winston Churchill
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Happiness is good health and bad memory.
Ingrid Bergman
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
William Shakespeare
There are two kinds of success: initial and ultimate.
Winston Churchill
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
Swedish Proverb
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Charles A. Beard
You can stay young as long as you learn.
Emily Dickinson
Charity sees the need, not the cause.
German Proverb
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Anonymous
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