Words Of Wisdom

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ANONYMOUS
"In every life there comes a time when that dream you dream becomes that thing you do."

"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!"

"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold-but so does a hard-boiled egg."


BAKER, CHRIS
"Don't count the days, make the days count."


BRONTE, CHARLOTTE
"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs."


BROOKS, GARTH
"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."


BROWN, H. JACKSON JR.
"Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking."


CHINESE PROVERB
"The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall."


DEAN, JAMES
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."


DESALAS, ST. FRANCIS
"Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly."


DICKENSON, EMILY
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches on the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all."


DISNEY, WALT
"A dream is a wish your heart makes."


EMERSON, RALPH WALDO
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"The years teach much which the days never knew."

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."

"Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."


FROST, ROBERT
"Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close."

"Two roads diverged into a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."


GRIBBLE, PHILLIP
"Today is yesterday's effect and tomorrow's cause."


GWYN, DOUG
"Truth is not determined by majority vote."


HENSLEY, MELISSA
"Don't let the unknown be the one thing that holds you back. Set it free and discover it."

"Always meet people at their worst, because it can only get better from there."

"No matter where you go you will be faced with both opportunity and opposition.  Whether you succeed or not depends on your perception and your perseverance."


HUGO, VICTOR
"There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees."


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JEWEL
"The things you fear are undefeatable. Not by their nature, but by your approach."



LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."



NIETZSCHE
"We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving."



MIDLER, BETTE
"It's the heart afraid of dying that never learns to dance. It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live."



MOTHER THERESA
"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty."

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."



MYERS, DAVID
"He who laughs, lasts."




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SCHEIN, RAYNOR
"Tears are the rinse water of an unhappy heart."



SWEDISH PROVERB
"Those who wish to sing always find a song."



SHANAHAN, MIKE
"Tough times do not last. Tough people do."



UNKNOWN
"Never explain. Your friends don't need it, and your enemies won't believe you anyway."

"Sometimes, the best way to figure out who you are is to get to that place where you don't have to be anything else."

"If you shoot for the moon and miss, at least you're still among the stars."

"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what it was built for."

"The past is history, the future is a mystery, this moment is a gift, that's why they call it the present."

"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars."

"Empathy is your pain in my heart."