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“Action is the real measure of intelligence.” - Napoleon Hill “Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. “ - Bo Bennett “ ur greatest glory is not in never falling, !ut in rising every time "e fall. “ #onfucius “$f you loo% for the !ad in people e&pecting to find it, you surely "ill.” - A!raham 'incoln “(hen your "or% spea%s for itself, don)t interrupt. “ - Henry *. +aiser “$ have friends in overalls "hose friendship $ "ould not s"ap for the favor of the %ings of the "orld.” - ,homas A. -dison .#ontinuous effort is the %ey to unloc%ing our potential.. --(inston #hurchill “#hange is the la" of life. And those "ho loo% only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. “ - *ohn F. +ennedy “A "ise man "ill ma%e more opportunities than he finds.” - Francis Bacon “Al"ays in motion is the future.” / 0oda “(e are "hat "e repeatedly do. -&cellence, therefore, is not an act !ut a ha!it.” Aristotle “,rou!le is only opportunity in "or% clothes.” Henry *. +aiser “,he !iggest pro!lem is not to let people accept ne" ideas, !ut to let them forget the old ones. “ - *ohn 1aynard +eynes “A person "ithout a sense of humor is li%e a "agon "ithout springs. $t)s 2olted !y every pe!!le on the road. “ - Henry (ard Beecher “,he a!ility to quote is a servicea!le su!stitute for "it.” - 3omerset 1augham “$t4s not stress that %ills us, it is our reaction to it.” - Hans 3elye “3trange things are afoot at the #ircle-+” - ,ed “,heodore” 'ogan “(ith ordinary talent and e&traordinary perseverance, all thing are attaina!le.” ,.F. Bu&ton “Blessed are those that can give "ithout remem!ering and receive "ithout forgetting.” - Author 5n%no"n “3uccess is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” - Robert Collier “There is nothing impossible to him who will try. “ - Alexander the reat “! can li"e for two months on a good compliment.” - #ar$ Twain “!magination was gi"en to man to compensate him for what he is not% a sense of humor to console him for "hat he is. “ - Francis Bacon “A good head and a good heart are al"ays a formida!le com!ination. “ - Nelson 1andela “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity6 an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” - (inston #hurchill “&uccess is not built on success. !t's built on failure. !t's built on frustration. &ometimes its built on catastrophe. “ - &umner Redstone “(o not follow where the path may lead. 7o instead "here there is no path and leave a trail.” Harold 8. 1cAlindon “$f the "ind "ill not serve, ta%e to the oars.” - 'atin 9rover! “Anytime you suffer a set!ac% or disappointment, put your head do"n and plo" ahead.” - 'es Bro"n “$ never "orry a!out action, !ut only inaction.” - (inston #hurchill “Although prepared for martyrdom, $ preferred that it !e postponed.” - (inston #hurchill “Attention to health is life)s greatest hindrance. “ - *lato “+isdom is $nowing when you can't be wise.” - *aul ,ngle “,he privilege of a lifetime is !eing "ho you are.” - *oseph #amp!ell “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” - +illiam *enn “+hen ! was a $id my parents mo"ed a lot, but ! always found them.” - Rodney (angerfield “&cratch a dog and you'll find a permanent -ob.” - .ran$lin *. /ones “,xpect problems and eat them for brea$fast.” - Alfred A. #ontapert “As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices0 ta$e it or lea"e it.” - 1uddy 2ac$ett “ “(inning isn)t everything, !ut the "ill to "in is everything.” - :ince 'om!ardi “-&perts often possess more data than 2udgment.” - #olin 9o"ell “+e made too many wrong mista$es.” - 3ogi 1erra “There are only three things women need in life0 food, water, and compliments.” - Chris Roc$ “0ou)re happiest while you're ma$ing the greatest contribution.” - Robert .. 4ennedy “+omen and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. “ - Robert A. 2einlein “2onesty is the first chapter in the !oo% of "isdom. “ - ,homas *efferson “,he roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. “ - ;alai “$nnovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. “ - &te"e /obs “The employer generally gets the employees he deser"es. “ - /. *aul etty “*ersonality can open doors, but only character can $eep them open.” ,lmer . 5etterman “Any fool can critici6e, condemn, and complain but it ta$es character and self control to be understanding and forgi"ing.”- (ale Carnegie. “!t's not enough that we do our best% sometimes we ha"e to do what's re7uired. “ - &ir +inston Churchill “,nergy and persistence con7uer all things. “ - 1en-amin .ran$lin “$f people are good only !ecause they fear punishment, and hope for re"ard, then "e are a sorry lot indeed.” - Al!ert -instein “$ am not afraid of storms, for $ am learning to sail my ship.” / Aeschylus “;on)t %noc% the "eather. $f it didn)t change once in a "hile, nine out of ten people couldn)t start a conversation. “ - +in Hu!!ard “#onfidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of o!ligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. (ithout them it cannot live.” Fran%lin ;. 8oosevelt “(inter is on my head, !ut eternal spring is in my heart.” - :ictor Hugo “#onsider the postage stamp, my son. $t secures success through its a!ility to stic% to one thing till it gets there.” - *osh Billings “;o you reali” - 9ete 'ovell “(inning is not everything, !ut "anting to "in is. “ - :ince 'om!ardi “#haracter is li%e a tree and reputation li%e a shado". ,he shado" is "hat "e thin% of it6 the tree is the real thing.” - A!raham 'incoln “,here can)t !e a crisis ne&t "ee%. 1y schedule is already full.” - Henry A. +issinger “Any change, even a change for the !etter, is al"ays accompanied !y dra"!ac%s and discomforts.” Arnold Bennett “;on)t !rood. 7et on "ith living and loving. 0ou don)t have forever.” - 'eo Buscaglia “All $ as% is the chance to prove that money can)t ma%e me happy.” - 3pi%e 1illigan “(hy shouldn)t truth !e stranger than fiction= Fiction, after all, has to ma%e sense.” - 1ar% ,"ain “#apture that creature and return my illudium q?@ e&plosive space modulator>” - 1arvin the 1artian “(hen you are going through hell, %eep going” / (inston #hurchill. “$n the !usiness "orld, the rearvie" mirror is al"ays clearer than the "indshield.” - (arren Buffett “7et your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.” - 1ar% ,"ain “1ay the forces of evil !ecome confused on the "ay to your house.” - 7eorge #arlin “#ourage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... !ecause it is the quality "hich guarantees all others. “ - (inston #hurchill “7o as far as you can see6 "hen you get there, you)ll !e a!le to see farther.“ *.9. 1organ “An appeaser is one "ho feeds a crocodile, hoping it "ill eat him last. “ - (inston #hurchill “,he most important single ingredient in the formula of success is %no"ing ho" to get along "ith people.” ,heodore 8oosevelt “Because things are the "ay they are, things "ill not stay the "ay they are.” - Bertolt Brecht “#leverness is not "isdom.” - -uripides “'ife is "hat "e ma%e it, al"ays has !een, al"ays "ill !e.” - 7randma 1oses “3uccess is not final, failure is not fatalA it is the courage to continue that counts. “ - (inston #hurchill “1y friends, love is !etter than anger. Hope is !etter than fear. ptimism is !etter than despair. 3o let us !e loving, hopeful and optimistic. And "e4ll change the "orld.” / *ac% 'ayton “A hero is a man "ho does "hat he can.” - 8omain 8olland .#larity affords focus.. ,homas 'eonard “As a rule, men "orry more a!out "hat they can)t see than a!out "hat they can.” - *ulius #aesar “Battles are "on !y slaughter and maneuver. ,he greater the general, the more he contri!utes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.” - (inston #hurchill “A creative man is motivated !y the desire to achieve, not !y the desire to !eat others. “ Ayn 8and “3ure $ am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. “ - (inston #hurchill “,hings turn out !est for people "ho ma%e the !est of the "ay things turn out.” - *ohn (ooden “,o give anything less than your !est is to sacrifice the gift.” - 3teve 9refontaine “Ho"ever !eautiful the strategy, you should occasionally loo% at the results.” - (inston #hurchill “,he future is no more uncertain than the present.” - (alt (hitman “0ou "ill get all you "ant in life if you help enough other people get "hat they "ant.” - Big Biglar “A man "ho carries a cat !y the tail learns something he can learn in no other "ay.” - 1ar% ,"ain “)tis not so deep as a "ell, nor so "ide as a church-door6 !ut )tis enough” / 1ercutio in 3ha%espeare4s 8omeo and *uliet. “-&perience is a good school. But the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine “,he only "ay to have a friend is to !e one.” - 8alph (aldo -merson “Adults are o!solete children. “ - ;r. 3euss “$t does not matter ho" slo"ly you go as long as you do not stop.” / #onfucius “A real friend is one "ho "al%s in "hen the rest of the "orld "al%s out.” - (alter (inchell “'i%e the mon%ey said "hen he got his tail caught in the la"n mo"er, “it "on4t !e long no".”” / Anonymous. “,he superior man is distressed !y the limitations of his a!ility6 he is not distressed !y the fact that men do not recogni