Quoted Pieces of Advice

if we won't bend, we can break.   -author unknown

you can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.  -author unknown

to be seen, stand up.  to be heard, shout.  to be appreciated, shut up.  -author unknown

do not be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated.  you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.  -david lloyd george

never fear shadows.  they simply mean there's light shining nearby.  -ruth f. renkel

people will be more impressed by the depth of your conviction than the height of your logic.  -author unknown

devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.  -author unknown

it takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.  -henry wadsworth longfellow

people are changed not by coercion or intimidation, but by example.  -john maxwell

it pays to plan ahead.  it wasn't raining when noah built the ark.  -author unknown

often, the best way to win is to forget to keep score. -author unknown

A race is won not by the swift, but by those who keep running.  -author unknown

it's lonely at the top...so you'd better know why you're there.  -john maxwell

ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.  -author unknown

perfect balance is getting everything you want out of life without compromising any of your convictions.  if you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.  -katherine hepburn

let me listen to me and not to them.  -gertrude stein

the time is always right to do what is right.  -author unknown

no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. -aesop

do not forget little kindnesses and do not remember small faults.  -a chinese proverb

life can only be understood backward; but it must be lived forwards.  -soren kierkegaard

a journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. -lao-tzu

treat everyone you meet each day as though it were his last day on earth.  -author unknown

the highest reward of work is not what you get from it, but what you become by it.  -francis kong

swallowing angry words before you say them is better that having to eat them afterwards.  -author unknown

when choosing between two evils, i'd like to choose the one i've never tried before.  -author unknown

a little impatience spoils great plans.  -author unknown

the secret of happiness is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.  -dan millman

if you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.  -win burden

truth, is the only thing worth having, and in a civilized society, facing it is only the courageous thing left to do.  -e. v. lucas

don't memorize anything you can look up.  -albert einstein

live the life you love, and love the life you live.  -author unknown

you may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough.  -author unknown

any time the going seems easier, better check and see if you're not going downhill.  -author unknown

special quote on failure

One of the key characteristics of successful people is how they view failure.   Successful people rarely see failure as fatal; they see it as feedback. When they don't get the desired result, they learn from the experience and try, try, again.   the most successful authors, inventors, actors, etc., have developed the ability to deal with massive amounts of rejection.  High achievers rarely think of failure as an end in itself.  Instead, they believe in delayed success.  A loser says, "I can't do it," while a winner says, "I can't do it yet."   -Rob Gilbert

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