Sunday, July 6, 2008

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1. It wasn't until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know." — W. Somerset Maugham

2. "New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common." — John Locke (1632-1704)

3. "How glorious it is—and also how painful—to be an exception."

4. "Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it." — Thoreau

5. "The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man." — Carl Jung (1875-1961)

6. "If you want to make enemies, try to change something." — Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)

7. "People love to talk but hate to listen." — Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942)

8. "The heaviest baggage for a traveler is an empty purse." — German proverb.

9. "Wealth, position, fame and even elusive happiness will be mine, eventually, if I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render."
--- Og Mandino --- Submitted by Matthias Schmelz --- Portugal

10. "We all are Islands with Invisible Bridges."
Written in 2008 by Jeton Lajqi --- Brazil

11. "When a person can find sorrow behind your smile, words behind your silence and love behind your anger, you can believe that you have found your Best Buddy."
--- Author Unknown

12. "Someone may have hurt you in the past when you were young and innocent. Anger and hate you felt, a natural feeling to have, but then forgiveness and restoration is also possible and appropriate and it feels good to give up hatred."
--- Copyright © 2008 Zenzen Hidalgo.

13. "Think Positive * Act Positive * Achieve Positive"

14. "I BELONG TO ALL: I am neither an eastern man nor a western man. I don't belong to any country, to any nation, to any religion. Because if you belong to any country, you cannot belong to all. And if you belong to any religion, all religions cannot be yours. I don't belong to any. I have no roots in any country, in any religion, in any partial humanity."

15. "Sometimes you have to speak up, even if they don't want to hear it, because if you don't you are not being true to your self." -- Author Unknown

16. "Never compare, it leads to despair."

17. "The only peace you can find is in the now!" -- Author Unknown

18. "Goodness is the only investment that never fails." -- Henry David Thoreau

19. "Failure is just nature's polite way of saying, 'Not yet, my dear.'"
--- Written in 2008 by Munya Mutema --- Zimbabwe
Many people are not living up to their best capabilities due to what I call failure fear. They are afraid of failure, therefore many are satisfied with not trying.

20. "If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe."
--- John Maxwell

21. "While he sits on cushions of advantages, he goes to sleep. It's only when he is pushed, tormented, defeated that he has a chance to learn something new."
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson