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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