Quotes of the days...

Friday's Quote:
"It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings."
--Ann Landers

Today's Quote:
"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
--Melody Beattie

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"I think a hear is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. They are the real heroes, and so are the families and friends who have stood by them."

-Christopher Reeves

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"Progress always involves risk... You can't steal second without taking your foot off first."
--Author unknown

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"We who lived in the concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of his freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."

--Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian neurologist/psychologist and Holocaust survivor

Quotes of the days...

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."
--Socrates

"Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible."
--Cherie-Carter Scotts

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"The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life."
--William Morris

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"With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose."
--Dr. Wayne Dyer

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"When you teach your son, you teach your son's son."
--The Talmud

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"It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you."
--former Vice President Dick Cheney

Quotes of the days...

Today:
"Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency."
--Maya Angelou

Yesterday:
"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."
--Dalai Lama

Quote of the day...

"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that's where you will find success."

--Thomas J. Watson, former CEO of IBM

Quote of the day...

"Look to this day,
For yesterday is but a dream,
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today, well-lived,
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day."

--Sanskrit proverb

Quotes of the days...

Friday:
"Before you talk, listen.
Before you react, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try."
--Ernest Hemingway

Today:
"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior.
Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny."
--Mahatma Gandhi