Inspirational Thoughts
Attitude
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts,
It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than
circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people
think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill
It will make or break a company, a church, a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday
regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people
willact in a certain way.
We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing that we can do is play on the one string we have, and
that is our attitude...
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react
to it.
And so it is with you...
Charles Swindoll
Achievement
Great things are not done by impulse,
but by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent Van Gogh
Action
Take the first step in faith.
You don't have to see the whole staircase,
just take the first step.
Martin Luther King
Anger
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief,
than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.
Marcus Antonius
Appearance
You and I do not see things as they are.
We see things as we are.
Herb Cohen
Commitment
Unless commitment is made,
there are only promises and hopes;
but no plans.
Peter F. Drucker
Giving
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life
that no man can sincerely try to help another without
helping himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Growth
If we don't change, we don't grow.
If we don't grow we are not really living.
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
It may mean a giving up of familiar but limiting patterns, safe but
unrewarding work, values no longer believed in relationships that
have lost their meaning.
As Dostoevsky put it, "Taking a new step, uttering a new word,
is what people fear most".
The real fear should be of the opposite course.
Gail Sheehy
Honesty
Do not do what you would undo if caught.
Leah Arendt
Hopes
Our hopes are but memories reversed.
Unknown
Inertia
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration
is this:
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face
which turns us from failure towards success.
Dorothea Brande
Integrity
Basically, the word means wholeness.
In mathematics, an integer is a number that isn't divided into fractions.
Just so, a man of integrity is not divided against himself.
He does not think one thing and say another.
Robert Bolton
Obstacles
Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase,
and when you ride up to it,
if you throw your heart over,
the horse will go along too.
Lawrence Bixby
Mistakes
If I had my life to live again.
I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
Tallulah Bankhead
Originality
It's been very important throughout my career
that I've met all the guys I've copied,
because at each stage they've said,
"Don't play like me, play like you."
Eric Clapton
Words of wisdom
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I started out with nothing....I still
have most of it. |
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I finally got my head together, now
my body is falling apart. |
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Funny, I don't remember being absent
minded. |
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If all is not lost, where is it? |
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It is easier to get older than it
is to get wiser. |
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If at first you do succeed, try not
to look too astonished. |
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The first rule of holes: If you are
in one, stop digging. |
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Some days you're the dog, some days
you're the hydrant. |
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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. |
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I wish the buck stopped here. I could
use a few... |
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It's hard to make a comeback when
you haven't been anywhere. |
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Living on Earth is expensive, but
it does include a free trip around the sun. |
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The only time the world beats a path
to your door is if you're in the bathroom. |
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If God wanted me to touch my toes,
he would have put them on my knees. |
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If you're living on the edge, make
sure you're wearing your seat belt. |
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There are two kinds of pedestrians
... the quick and the dead. |
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An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking
other toys. |
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A closed mouth gathers no feet. |
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Health is merely the slowest possible
rate at which one can die. |
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It's not hard to meet expenses ...
they're everywhere. |
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Jury: Twelve people who determine
which client has the better attorney. |
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The only difference between a rut
and a grave is the depth. |
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Keep your friends close but your enemies
closer. |
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