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3 things in human life are important. The 1st is to be kind. The 2nd is to be kind. & the 3rd is to be kind. -Henry James

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. -Publilius Syrus #quotes

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A Quote About Action

"Action and feeling go together and by regulating the action which is under the more direct control of the will, we can regulate the feeling, which is not."
-William James

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"In every triumph there's a lot of try." -Frank Tyger #quotes

Scoffing At Standards: Are You Guilty Of This?

We like to think it is enough if we keep our own lives straight. Quite plainly it is not. If we talk cynically or encourage a lowering of standards, even though we still control our own actions, we become responsible for the failure of those who, weakened by our influence, fail to stand upright. -George P.T. Sargent

"The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action." -Philip Sydney (read that every day for 100 days)

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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it. -Samuel Johnson

When u discover ur mission, u will feel its demand. It will fill u w/ enthusiasm & a burning desire 2 get 2 work on it. -Stone

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. -Henry Ford

"Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author." -Johnson

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. -Charles Buxton

One thing I like about stones in my path is when I cross them they become my milestones. -Anonymous

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"To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power." -F.W. Robertson

"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing." -Harriet Braiker

A Good Quote About Failure

Failure is often God's own tool for carving some of the finest outlines in the character of his children; and, even in this life, bitter and crushing failures have often in them the germs of new and quite unimagined happiness. -T. Hadgkin

Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. -Dowden

If you want to make enemies, try to change something. -Woodrow Wilson

Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history. -Joan Scott

"I cannot," never accomplished anything; "I will try," has wrought wonders. -J. Hawes #quotes

It is better to wear out than to rust out. -Cumberland #quotes

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. -Victor Frankl

Are You A Hard-Worker Or A Genius?

"Men give me some credit for genius. All the genius I have lies just in this: When I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. I explore it in all its bearings. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort which I make, the people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is [really] the fruit of labor and thought."

-Alexander Hamilton

"Nothing is impossible to the man who can will, and then do; this is the only law of success." -Mirabeau #quotes

It does not matter how slowly you do so long as you do not stop. -Confucius

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. -C.C. Scott

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Ana�s Nin