NICE WORDS TO SHARE
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A cheerful heart is a good medicine.- Proverbs 17:22
A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing but collectively meet and decide that nothing can be done. - Governor Alfred Smith
A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. - Proverbs 11:25
A good man produces good deeds from a good heart. - Luke 6:45
A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret. - Proverbs 11:13
A great man is always willing to be little. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but a person in a certain set of attitudes. ~Hugh Downs
A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul. - Proverbs 13:19
A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life: maturity reached slowly and against many obstacles, illnesses cured, griefs and despairs overcome, and unconscious risks taken, maturity formed through so many desires, hopes, regrets, forgotten things, loves. A man's age represents a fine cargo of experiences and memories. - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. Georges Clemenceau
A mistake: An event, the full benefit of which has not yet been turned to your advantage. - Edwin Land
A soft answer turns away wrath. - Proverbs 15:1
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
A winner is someone who recognizes his talents, works his tail off to develop them, and uses them to achieve his goals.- Larry Bird.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.- Benjamin Disraeli
All glory comes from daring to begin. Eugene F. Ware
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and doesn't leave Jill with much of a shine either.- Roberta Culley
An important question for leaders: "Am I building people, or building my dream and using people to do it?" John Maxwell
Anger is never without a reason but seldom with a good one. - Benjamin Franklin
Any change at any time for any reason is to be deplored.
Appetite comes with eating. - French Proveb
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.- Proverbs 23:12
As a rule... he (or she) who has the most information will have the greatest success in life. Disraeli
Asking "who ought to be the boss?" is like asking "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. Henry Ford
Assume a cheerfulness you do not feel, and shortly you feel the cheerfulness you assumed. Chinese proverb.
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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. Stephen Jobs
Be anxious for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything.- D.L. Moody
Be content with such things as you have. - Hebrews 13:5
Be sure you put your feet in the right place. Then stand firm. - Abraham Lincoln
"Be the first to show concern for the people and the last to enjoy." - Yue Yang Lou Ji
Be wiser than other people if you can;
but do not tell them so. - Lord Chesterfield
Beauty is a gift of God - Aristotle
Being in power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. Margaret Thatcher
Benefits of exercise; Increased lung capacity, lower breathing rate, lower heart rate at rest, lower heart heart rate during exercise, lower triglyceride levels, lower uric acid levels, decreased platelet stickiness, increased muscle strength, increased flexibility, increased skill, increased muscle capacity, increased insulin-receptor sensitivity, increased energy and enthusiasm for life... - David and Anne Frahm
Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven. - Romans 4:7
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. - Charles W. Eliot
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. - Your mother
Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be king. - Martin Van Doren
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 3:13,14
But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, his faithful dog shall bear him company. -Alexander Pope
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. - Isaiah 40:31
By and by never comes. - St. Augustine
By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.
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Change is not stressful. Resistance to change creates stress.~Gary Zukav, Author
Character is power. Booker T. Washington
Congealed thinking is the forerunner of failure... make sure you are always receptive to new ideas. George Crane
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have of trying to change others.- Jacob M. Braude
Cultivate only the habits you are willing should master you. - Elbert Hubbard
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Deal as gently with the faults of others as you do with your own. - Chinese proverb
Death befalls all, I would rather leave behind a crimson heart to shine in the tablets of bamboo! - Wen Tianxiang
Delicious. Isn't that an attractive word? It sums up so many joyful memories, not just of food, but people and places. - Graham Kerr
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings - Hebrews 13:9
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau
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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
Eagles don't flock - you have to find them one at a time. H. Ross Perot
Every artist dips into his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. - Hendry Ward Beecher
Every beginning is a consequence. Every beginning ends something. Paul Valery.
Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of his organization. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everyone has inside himself a piece of good news!
The good news is that you really don't know how great you can be,
how much you can love, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is. Anne Frank
Every person's life is a diary in which he or she means to write one story and is forced to write yet another. Clergyman J. Wallace Hamilton
Examine the labels you apply to yourself. Every label is a boundary or limit you will not let yourself cross. Dwayne Dyer
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Failure can be divided into those who thought and never did and into those who did and never thought. Reverend W. A. Nance
Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. Henry Ford
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail. Mike Murdock
False humility is an escape from responsibility. - Fred Smith
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard worth doing. - Theodore Roosevelt
Food can never be too refined, meat can never be sliced too thin.- Confucius
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. - Matthew 6:21
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief. - Joseph Addison
From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object but one- to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself. - Mark Twain
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God doesn't play dice. - Albert Einstein
Good taste is essential to food enjoyment.- Graham Kerr
Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions.- Hnas Selje
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Half the truth is often a great lie. - Benjamin Franklin
Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love - Buddha
Having confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too. Storey
He climbs highest who helps another up. - George Matthew Adams
He is well paid that is well satisfied. - William Shakespeare
He that loves reading has everything within his reach. He has but to desire, and he may possess himself of every species of wisdom to judge and power to perform. - William Godwin
He who has made the acquisition of a judicious and sympathizing friend may be said to have doubled his mental resources. - Robert Hall
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief which he purposes to remove. Samuel Johnson
He who sings scares away his woes. - Cervantes
Here lies a man who knew how to enlist the service of better men than himself. Andrew Carnegie's Tombstone
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul.
And sings the true - without the words.
And never stops at all. Emily Dickinson
How grateful I am and how I praise the Lord that you are helping me again. - Philippians 4:10
How vain it is to sit down and write when you have not stood up to live. - Thoreau
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I am convicted that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. - Charles R. Swindoll
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas Edison
I can do everything through Him who gives me strength. - Philippians 4:13
I do not feel that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to fore-go their use. - Galileo Galilei
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone. Bill Cosby
I don't have any solutions, but I certainly admire the problem. Ashleigh Brilliant
I judge people by their own principles - not by my own. Dr. King
I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. Lord Chesterfield
I was a stranger, and ye took me in. - Matthew 25:35
I will have no man wok for me who has not the capacity to become a partner. J.C. Penney
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. Novelist John Galsworthy
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate. - Dorothy Notle
If a leader demonstrates competency, genuine concern for others, and admirable character, people will follow. T Richard Chase
If a man does not make new acquaintainces as he advance through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendship in a constant repair. - Samuel Johnson.
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind. Seneca
If people aren't responsible in their personal life, there is a good chance they are also irresponsible at work. - Stephen E Arterburn
If we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles... the flowers are more fragrant, the birds sing more sweetly, and the sun, moon and stars all appear more beautiful, and seem to rejoice along with us."
~Orison Swett Marden
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. Maya Angelou
If you see a snake, just kill it. Don't appoint a committee on snakes. H. Ross Perot
If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away. William Glaser
If you want to succeed, you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. John D. Rockefeller, Jr
If your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away.- Matthew 18:9
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein
In prosperity, our friends know us. In adversity, we know our friends. - John Cherten Collins
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.- Anthony Robbins
It is more blessed to give than to receive. - Acts 20:35
It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't. Harvey Mackay
It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed. Harvey S. Firestone
It is right to celebrate. - Luke 15:32
It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness. Madame Guyon
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden
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Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.
Where there is love and inspiration,
I don't think you can go wrong. Ella Fitzgerald
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Kindness is more powerful than compulsion. Napoleon Hill
Know thyself. - Socrates
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Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. John Maxwell
Leadership development is a lifetime journey - not a brief trip. John Maxwell
Leadership is influence. John Maxwell
Leadership is not wielding authority - it's empowering people. Becky Brodin
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Warren G. Bennis
Learning is discovering a new world, a new galaxy, a new species. It keeps you ageless.- Unknown
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another. - Romans 13:8
Life is a lively process of becoming. If you haven't added to your interests within the past year, if you are thinking the same old thoughts, relating the same personal experiences, having the same predictable reactions, rigor mortis of the personality has set in. General Douglas MacArthur.
Life is an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. - Hellen Keller
Life is most delighted when it is on the downward slope. - Seneca
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. -Grandma Moses
Life varies its stories.
Time changes everything, yet what is truly valuable -
What is worth keeping - is beyond time. Ruth Senter
Like the number of apples contained in an apple seed, each opportunity use seize holds an untold number of possibilities. - Unknown
Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy. - Izaak Walton
Lord, when I am wrong, make me willing to change; when I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank. Pauline H. Peters
Love gives us in a moment what we can hardly attain by effort after years of toil. - Von Goethe
Love seeks to make happy rather than to be happy. - Unknown
Luck is the residue of design. Branch Rickey
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Man doth live by bread only. - Dueteronomy 8:3
Man is not the creature of the circumstances;
Circumstances are the creatures of men. Benjamin Disraeli
Men must be taught as if you taught as if you taught them not
And things unknown proposed as things forgot. - Alexander Pope
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.- Abraham Lincoln
Much of what we see depends on what we are looking for. - Phil Calloway
My responsibility is to be a supervisor, not a super-worker. Fred Smith
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Neither Rome, nor a healthy lifestyle, can be built in a day.....
Developing a healthy lifestyle requires consistency, not perfection.- Gordon S. Tessler, Ph. D.
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing and doing it very well ever loses his self-respect. - George Bernard Shaw
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. Andrew Carnegie
No matter what size the bottle, the cream always came to the top. Charles Wilson
No man who is resolved to make the most of himself. - Lincoln
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. - Charles Dickens
Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose. Benjamin Disraeli
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal;
nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. - Thomas Jefferson
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. Thomas Jefferson
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing is ever done until everyone is convinced that it ought to be done and has been convinced for so long that it is now time to do something else. F.M. Comford
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Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. - Marilyn Ferguson
One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. Sidney Howard
One kind word can warm three winter months. Japenese Proverb
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. Socrates
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. - Pearl S. Buck
Our words reveal our thoughts - manners mirror our self-esteem.
Our actions reflect our character,
our habits predict the future. - William Arthur Ward
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Peace with God brings the peace of God.
It is a peace that settles our nerves, fills our mind, floods our spirits, and in the midst of the uproar around us, gives us the assurance that everything is all right. Bob Mumford
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. - James 1:4
Pay now, play later;
Play now, play later. John Maxwell
Pleasure in moderation relaxes and tempers the spirit. - Seneca
Praise yourself daringly, something always sticks. - Francis Bacon
Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Bernard Shaw
Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to become of it. C.S. Lewis
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Remember, "The fruit we grow in the valleys of despair is the food we will eat on the mountaintop."- Fred Smith
Rest is not quitting the busy career; rest is the lifting of self to one's sphere.- john Sullivan Dwight
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Sales are not made or unmade inside the prospect's office. They are made or unmade inside you. Brian Azar.
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure. Thomas Edision
Snacking is not the problem of the American diet. The snacks are the problem. Preparation is the key to having healthy snacks available.- David and Anne Frahm
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. James Russell Lowell
Speech both conceals and reveals the thought of men. - Dionysius Cato
Swift decisions are not sure.- Sophocles
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The beginning is the most important part of the work. - Plato
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Theodore Roosevelt
The best mirror is an old friend. - George Herbert
The best way to cope with change is to help create it. - Robert Dole
The critic sees a problem to point it out and establish his authority or expertise. The coach sees a problem in order to work on it and improve it. - Fred Smith
The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The essence of leadership is a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. Theodore Hesburgh
The first duty of love is to listen. - Paul Tillich
The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.--Oprah
The heart benevolent and kind the most resembles God. - Robert Burns
The last of the human freedom is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Frankl
The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - a waif, a nothing, a no man. Thomas Carlyle
The most important thing about having goals is having one. Geoffrey F. Albert
The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world. I am like a snowball- the further I am rolled the more I gain.- Susan B. Anthony
The laborer is worthy of his reward.- 1 Timonthy 5:18
The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former. Alfred Armand Montapert
The mind is its own place, and it itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. John Milton.
The measure of life is not its duration but its donation.
How much will you be missed? - Peter Narshall
The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. Rick Warren
The more you are thankful for what you have, the more you have to be thankful for. - Zig Ziglar
The most completely lost of all days is that one on which one has not laughed.- Chamfort
The most important single ingredient in the formula for success is knowing how to get along with people. Theodore Roosevelt.
The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision. Helen Keller
The purpose of the human life is to serve and to show compassion, and the will to help others - Albert Schweitzer
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The single most important factor in determining the climate of an organization is the top executive. Charles Galloway
The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success. But you can't buy an attitude for a million dollars. Attitudes are not for sale. Denis Waitley.
The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways.- Proverbs 14:8
There is in this world no such force as a man determined to rise. - W.E.B. Du Bois
There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go.
~Author Unknown
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stop down and lift mankind a little higher. George Matthew Adams.
There is little difference in people, but the little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. W. Clement Stone.
There is nothing to be ashamed of in enjoying your food; there would be everything to be ashamed of it half the world made food the main intent of their lives...-C.S. Lewis
They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol
This new day brings Another year,
Renewing hope........
Dispelling care.
And may we find Before the end,
A deep content....
Another friend. Arch Ward
Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. - Edward Stanley
To recall a voter's name is statemanship. To forget it is oblivion.
To do something, however small, to make others happier and better is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being." - John Lubbock
To err is human, to forgive, divine. - Alexander Pope
Today a reader - tomorrow a leader. W. Fusselman
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work; If one falls down, his friend can help him up. - Ecclesiastes 4:9, 10
Whatever is true,
whatever is noble,
whatever is right,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
Whatever is admirable-
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-
think about such things. - Philippians 4:8
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Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless. Bertrand Russell, atheist
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes, nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.
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Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Jonathan Swift
Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigour. - Seneca
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We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." - Ray Bradbury
We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle
We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are. Max DePree
We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We have been in God's thought from all eternity, and in His creative love.
His attention never leaves us. Michael Quoist
We will either find a way, or make one. Hannibal
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Walt Emerson.
When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction.- Proverbs 24:32
When we call on God,
He bends down His ear to listen,
as a father bends down
to listen to his little child. Elizabeth Charles
When you're with someone you trust in,
never needing to pretend,
Someone who helps you know yourself..........
you know you're with a friend. Amanda Bradley
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. - Hendry Ford
Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does-except wrinkles. It's true, some wines with ages. But only the grapes were good in the first place. - Abigail Van Buren
Wise are they who have learned these truths - trouble is temporary, time is a tonic, tribulation is a test tube. - William Arthur Ward
Words are the soul's ambassadors, who go abroad upon her errands to and fro. - James Howell
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You are as young as your faith, as old as you doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair. - Samuel Ullman
You are the same today that you are going to be five years from now except for the two things; the people with whom you associate and the books you read. Charles "Tremendous" Jones
You are the way you are because that's the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you would be in the process of changing right now. Fred Smith
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do. Henry Ford
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself. Galileo
You can never change the past.
But by the grace of God, you can win the future.
So remember those things which will help you forward,
but forget those things which will only hold you back. Richard C. Woodsome
You can not push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb a little. Andrew Carnegie
You cannot teach a man anything;
you can only help him to find it within himself. Galileo
You manage things; you lead people. Grace Murray Hopper
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. Frank Grane.
You must live with people to know their problems, and live with God in order to solve them. P. T. Forsyth
You must look into people as well as at them. - Lord Chesterfield
You must love others as much as yourself. - Mark 12:31
Your energy never stands still. So in every moment you're always moving more into alignment or more out of alignment. Abraham-Hicks
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. - Psalm 119:105
A cheerful heart is a good medicine.- Proverbs 17:22
A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing but collectively meet and decide that nothing can be done. - Governor Alfred Smith
A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. - Proverbs 11:25
A good man produces good deeds from a good heart. - Luke 6:45
A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret. - Proverbs 11:13
A great man is always willing to be little. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but a person in a certain set of attitudes. ~Hugh Downs
A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul. - Proverbs 13:19
A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life: maturity reached slowly and against many obstacles, illnesses cured, griefs and despairs overcome, and unconscious risks taken, maturity formed through so many desires, hopes, regrets, forgotten things, loves. A man's age represents a fine cargo of experiences and memories. - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. Georges Clemenceau
A mistake: An event, the full benefit of which has not yet been turned to your advantage. - Edwin Land
A soft answer turns away wrath. - Proverbs 15:1
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
A winner is someone who recognizes his talents, works his tail off to develop them, and uses them to achieve his goals.- Larry Bird.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.- Benjamin Disraeli
All glory comes from daring to begin. Eugene F. Ware
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and doesn't leave Jill with much of a shine either.- Roberta Culley
An important question for leaders: "Am I building people, or building my dream and using people to do it?" John Maxwell
Anger is never without a reason but seldom with a good one. - Benjamin Franklin
Any change at any time for any reason is to be deplored.
Appetite comes with eating. - French Proveb
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.- Proverbs 23:12
As a rule... he (or she) who has the most information will have the greatest success in life. Disraeli
Asking "who ought to be the boss?" is like asking "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. Henry Ford
Assume a cheerfulness you do not feel, and shortly you feel the cheerfulness you assumed. Chinese proverb.
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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. Stephen Jobs
Be anxious for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything.- D.L. Moody
Be content with such things as you have. - Hebrews 13:5
Be sure you put your feet in the right place. Then stand firm. - Abraham Lincoln
"Be the first to show concern for the people and the last to enjoy." - Yue Yang Lou Ji
Be wiser than other people if you can;
but do not tell them so. - Lord Chesterfield
Beauty is a gift of God - Aristotle
Being in power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. Margaret Thatcher
Benefits of exercise; Increased lung capacity, lower breathing rate, lower heart rate at rest, lower heart heart rate during exercise, lower triglyceride levels, lower uric acid levels, decreased platelet stickiness, increased muscle strength, increased flexibility, increased skill, increased muscle capacity, increased insulin-receptor sensitivity, increased energy and enthusiasm for life... - David and Anne Frahm
Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven. - Romans 4:7
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. - Charles W. Eliot
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. - Your mother
Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be king. - Martin Van Doren
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 3:13,14
But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, his faithful dog shall bear him company. -Alexander Pope
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. - Isaiah 40:31
By and by never comes. - St. Augustine
By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.
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Change is not stressful. Resistance to change creates stress.~Gary Zukav, Author
Character is power. Booker T. Washington
Congealed thinking is the forerunner of failure... make sure you are always receptive to new ideas. George Crane
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have of trying to change others.- Jacob M. Braude
Cultivate only the habits you are willing should master you. - Elbert Hubbard
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Deal as gently with the faults of others as you do with your own. - Chinese proverb
Death befalls all, I would rather leave behind a crimson heart to shine in the tablets of bamboo! - Wen Tianxiang
Delicious. Isn't that an attractive word? It sums up so many joyful memories, not just of food, but people and places. - Graham Kerr
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings - Hebrews 13:9
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau
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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
Eagles don't flock - you have to find them one at a time. H. Ross Perot
Every artist dips into his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. - Hendry Ward Beecher
Every beginning is a consequence. Every beginning ends something. Paul Valery.
Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of his organization. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everyone has inside himself a piece of good news!
The good news is that you really don't know how great you can be,
how much you can love, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is. Anne Frank
Every person's life is a diary in which he or she means to write one story and is forced to write yet another. Clergyman J. Wallace Hamilton
Examine the labels you apply to yourself. Every label is a boundary or limit you will not let yourself cross. Dwayne Dyer
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Failure can be divided into those who thought and never did and into those who did and never thought. Reverend W. A. Nance
Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. Henry Ford
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail. Mike Murdock
False humility is an escape from responsibility. - Fred Smith
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard worth doing. - Theodore Roosevelt
Food can never be too refined, meat can never be sliced too thin.- Confucius
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. - Matthew 6:21
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief. - Joseph Addison
From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object but one- to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself. - Mark Twain
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God doesn't play dice. - Albert Einstein
Good taste is essential to food enjoyment.- Graham Kerr
Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions.- Hnas Selje
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Half the truth is often a great lie. - Benjamin Franklin
Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love - Buddha
Having confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too. Storey
He climbs highest who helps another up. - George Matthew Adams
He is well paid that is well satisfied. - William Shakespeare
He that loves reading has everything within his reach. He has but to desire, and he may possess himself of every species of wisdom to judge and power to perform. - William Godwin
He who has made the acquisition of a judicious and sympathizing friend may be said to have doubled his mental resources. - Robert Hall
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief which he purposes to remove. Samuel Johnson
He who sings scares away his woes. - Cervantes
Here lies a man who knew how to enlist the service of better men than himself. Andrew Carnegie's Tombstone
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul.
And sings the true - without the words.
And never stops at all. Emily Dickinson
How grateful I am and how I praise the Lord that you are helping me again. - Philippians 4:10
How vain it is to sit down and write when you have not stood up to live. - Thoreau
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I am convicted that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. - Charles R. Swindoll
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas Edison
I can do everything through Him who gives me strength. - Philippians 4:13
I do not feel that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to fore-go their use. - Galileo Galilei
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone. Bill Cosby
I don't have any solutions, but I certainly admire the problem. Ashleigh Brilliant
I judge people by their own principles - not by my own. Dr. King
I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. Lord Chesterfield
I was a stranger, and ye took me in. - Matthew 25:35
I will have no man wok for me who has not the capacity to become a partner. J.C. Penney
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. Novelist John Galsworthy
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate. - Dorothy Notle
If a leader demonstrates competency, genuine concern for others, and admirable character, people will follow. T Richard Chase
If a man does not make new acquaintainces as he advance through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendship in a constant repair. - Samuel Johnson.
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind. Seneca
If people aren't responsible in their personal life, there is a good chance they are also irresponsible at work. - Stephen E Arterburn
If we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles... the flowers are more fragrant, the birds sing more sweetly, and the sun, moon and stars all appear more beautiful, and seem to rejoice along with us."
~Orison Swett Marden
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. Maya Angelou
If you see a snake, just kill it. Don't appoint a committee on snakes. H. Ross Perot
If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away. William Glaser
If you want to succeed, you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. John D. Rockefeller, Jr
If your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away.- Matthew 18:9
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein
In prosperity, our friends know us. In adversity, we know our friends. - John Cherten Collins
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.- Anthony Robbins
It is more blessed to give than to receive. - Acts 20:35
It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't. Harvey Mackay
It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed. Harvey S. Firestone
It is right to celebrate. - Luke 15:32
It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness. Madame Guyon
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden
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Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.
Where there is love and inspiration,
I don't think you can go wrong. Ella Fitzgerald
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Kindness is more powerful than compulsion. Napoleon Hill
Know thyself. - Socrates
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Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. John Maxwell
Leadership development is a lifetime journey - not a brief trip. John Maxwell
Leadership is influence. John Maxwell
Leadership is not wielding authority - it's empowering people. Becky Brodin
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Warren G. Bennis
Learning is discovering a new world, a new galaxy, a new species. It keeps you ageless.- Unknown
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another. - Romans 13:8
Life is a lively process of becoming. If you haven't added to your interests within the past year, if you are thinking the same old thoughts, relating the same personal experiences, having the same predictable reactions, rigor mortis of the personality has set in. General Douglas MacArthur.
Life is an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. - Hellen Keller
Life is most delighted when it is on the downward slope. - Seneca
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. -Grandma Moses
Life varies its stories.
Time changes everything, yet what is truly valuable -
What is worth keeping - is beyond time. Ruth Senter
Like the number of apples contained in an apple seed, each opportunity use seize holds an untold number of possibilities. - Unknown
Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy. - Izaak Walton
Lord, when I am wrong, make me willing to change; when I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank. Pauline H. Peters
Love gives us in a moment what we can hardly attain by effort after years of toil. - Von Goethe
Love seeks to make happy rather than to be happy. - Unknown
Luck is the residue of design. Branch Rickey
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Man doth live by bread only. - Dueteronomy 8:3
Man is not the creature of the circumstances;
Circumstances are the creatures of men. Benjamin Disraeli
Men must be taught as if you taught as if you taught them not
And things unknown proposed as things forgot. - Alexander Pope
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.- Abraham Lincoln
Much of what we see depends on what we are looking for. - Phil Calloway
My responsibility is to be a supervisor, not a super-worker. Fred Smith
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Neither Rome, nor a healthy lifestyle, can be built in a day.....
Developing a healthy lifestyle requires consistency, not perfection.- Gordon S. Tessler, Ph. D.
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing and doing it very well ever loses his self-respect. - George Bernard Shaw
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. Andrew Carnegie
No matter what size the bottle, the cream always came to the top. Charles Wilson
No man who is resolved to make the most of himself. - Lincoln
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. - Charles Dickens
Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose. Benjamin Disraeli
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal;
nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. - Thomas Jefferson
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. Thomas Jefferson
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing is ever done until everyone is convinced that it ought to be done and has been convinced for so long that it is now time to do something else. F.M. Comford
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Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. - Marilyn Ferguson
One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. Sidney Howard
One kind word can warm three winter months. Japenese Proverb
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. Socrates
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. - Pearl S. Buck
Our words reveal our thoughts - manners mirror our self-esteem.
Our actions reflect our character,
our habits predict the future. - William Arthur Ward
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Peace with God brings the peace of God.
It is a peace that settles our nerves, fills our mind, floods our spirits, and in the midst of the uproar around us, gives us the assurance that everything is all right. Bob Mumford
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. - James 1:4
Pay now, play later;
Play now, play later. John Maxwell
Pleasure in moderation relaxes and tempers the spirit. - Seneca
Praise yourself daringly, something always sticks. - Francis Bacon
Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Bernard Shaw
Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to become of it. C.S. Lewis
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Remember, "The fruit we grow in the valleys of despair is the food we will eat on the mountaintop."- Fred Smith
Rest is not quitting the busy career; rest is the lifting of self to one's sphere.- john Sullivan Dwight
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Sales are not made or unmade inside the prospect's office. They are made or unmade inside you. Brian Azar.
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure. Thomas Edision
Snacking is not the problem of the American diet. The snacks are the problem. Preparation is the key to having healthy snacks available.- David and Anne Frahm
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. James Russell Lowell
Speech both conceals and reveals the thought of men. - Dionysius Cato
Swift decisions are not sure.- Sophocles
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The beginning is the most important part of the work. - Plato
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Theodore Roosevelt
The best mirror is an old friend. - George Herbert
The best way to cope with change is to help create it. - Robert Dole
The critic sees a problem to point it out and establish his authority or expertise. The coach sees a problem in order to work on it and improve it. - Fred Smith
The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The essence of leadership is a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. Theodore Hesburgh
The first duty of love is to listen. - Paul Tillich
The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.--Oprah
The heart benevolent and kind the most resembles God. - Robert Burns
The last of the human freedom is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Frankl
The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - a waif, a nothing, a no man. Thomas Carlyle
The most important thing about having goals is having one. Geoffrey F. Albert
The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world. I am like a snowball- the further I am rolled the more I gain.- Susan B. Anthony
The laborer is worthy of his reward.- 1 Timonthy 5:18
The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former. Alfred Armand Montapert
The mind is its own place, and it itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. John Milton.
The measure of life is not its duration but its donation.
How much will you be missed? - Peter Narshall
The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. Rick Warren
The more you are thankful for what you have, the more you have to be thankful for. - Zig Ziglar
The most completely lost of all days is that one on which one has not laughed.- Chamfort
The most important single ingredient in the formula for success is knowing how to get along with people. Theodore Roosevelt.
The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision. Helen Keller
The purpose of the human life is to serve and to show compassion, and the will to help others - Albert Schweitzer
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The single most important factor in determining the climate of an organization is the top executive. Charles Galloway
The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success. But you can't buy an attitude for a million dollars. Attitudes are not for sale. Denis Waitley.
The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways.- Proverbs 14:8
There is in this world no such force as a man determined to rise. - W.E.B. Du Bois
There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go.
~Author Unknown
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stop down and lift mankind a little higher. George Matthew Adams.
There is little difference in people, but the little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. W. Clement Stone.
There is nothing to be ashamed of in enjoying your food; there would be everything to be ashamed of it half the world made food the main intent of their lives...-C.S. Lewis
They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol
This new day brings Another year,
Renewing hope........
Dispelling care.
And may we find Before the end,
A deep content....
Another friend. Arch Ward
Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. - Edward Stanley
To recall a voter's name is statemanship. To forget it is oblivion.
To do something, however small, to make others happier and better is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being." - John Lubbock
To err is human, to forgive, divine. - Alexander Pope
Today a reader - tomorrow a leader. W. Fusselman
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work; If one falls down, his friend can help him up. - Ecclesiastes 4:9, 10
Whatever is true,
whatever is noble,
whatever is right,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
Whatever is admirable-
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-
think about such things. - Philippians 4:8
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Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless. Bertrand Russell, atheist
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes, nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.
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Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Jonathan Swift
Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigour. - Seneca
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We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." - Ray Bradbury
We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle
We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are. Max DePree
We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We have been in God's thought from all eternity, and in His creative love.
His attention never leaves us. Michael Quoist
We will either find a way, or make one. Hannibal
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Walt Emerson.
When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction.- Proverbs 24:32
When we call on God,
He bends down His ear to listen,
as a father bends down
to listen to his little child. Elizabeth Charles
When you're with someone you trust in,
never needing to pretend,
Someone who helps you know yourself..........
you know you're with a friend. Amanda Bradley
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. - Hendry Ford
Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does-except wrinkles. It's true, some wines with ages. But only the grapes were good in the first place. - Abigail Van Buren
Wise are they who have learned these truths - trouble is temporary, time is a tonic, tribulation is a test tube. - William Arthur Ward
Words are the soul's ambassadors, who go abroad upon her errands to and fro. - James Howell
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You are as young as your faith, as old as you doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair. - Samuel Ullman
You are the same today that you are going to be five years from now except for the two things; the people with whom you associate and the books you read. Charles "Tremendous" Jones
You are the way you are because that's the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you would be in the process of changing right now. Fred Smith
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do. Henry Ford
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself. Galileo
You can never change the past.
But by the grace of God, you can win the future.
So remember those things which will help you forward,
but forget those things which will only hold you back. Richard C. Woodsome
You can not push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb a little. Andrew Carnegie
You cannot teach a man anything;
you can only help him to find it within himself. Galileo
You manage things; you lead people. Grace Murray Hopper
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. Frank Grane.
You must live with people to know their problems, and live with God in order to solve them. P. T. Forsyth
You must look into people as well as at them. - Lord Chesterfield
You must love others as much as yourself. - Mark 12:31
Your energy never stands still. So in every moment you're always moving more into alignment or more out of alignment. Abraham-Hicks
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. - Psalm 119:105
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