Words of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom

"By perseverance the snail reached the ark." -- Charles
Spurgeon

"Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their
tremendous difficulties." -- Charles Spurgeon

"I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but people will never
forget how you made them feel." -- Maya Angelou

"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the
first victory they won was over themselves ...
Self-discipline with all of them came first." -- Harry
Truman

"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is
best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving
your other innovations." -- Steve Jobs

"If you think you're too small to make a difference,
try going to bed with a mosquito in the room." --
Unknown

"Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of
misfortune, or temporary defeat." -- Napoleon Hill

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"If you do build a great experience, customers tell
each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful."
-- Jeff Bezos

"Remember: 'Those who laugh ... last.'" - Anonymous

"We only become what we are by the radical and
deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of
us." -- Jean-Paul Sartre

"Change and growth take place when a person has risked
himself and dares to become involved with experimenting
with his own life." -- Herbert Otto 

"He that will not reflect is a ruined man." -- Asian
Proverb 

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over
if you just sit there." -- Will Rogers

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"You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will 
never forget with whom you cried." -- Unknown 

"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never,
never--
in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give
in 
except to convictions of honor and good sense." 
-- Winston Churchill, British Prime Minster

"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character
to 
keep you there." -- John Wooden Basketball Coach 

"Do not wait! The time will never be 'just right'.
Start 
where you stand and work with whatever tools you may 
have at your command, and better tools will be found as

you go along." -- Napoleon Hill

"Worry is the interest we pay on tomorrow's troubles." 
-- E. Stanley Jones

"I have yet to find the man, however exalted his
station, 
who did not do better work and put forth greater effort

under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of
criticism." 
-- Charles Schwab

"Keep your eyes open. If there's a problem, there's an 
opportunity." -- Carol L. Dannhauser 

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is

expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we

shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process 
never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are 
ultimately our own responsibility." -- Eleanor
Roosevelt 

"Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't

make." -- Donald Trump

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"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at
earth and you get neither." -- C.S. Lewis

"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will
lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is
comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that
too." -- W. Somerset Maugham

"Do not blame anybody [else]for your mistakes and
failures." -- Bernard Baruch

"You life is a gift from God. What you make of it is
your presentation back to God." -- Unknown

"Kind words can be short, but their echoes are
endless." -- Mother Teresa

"Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In
your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be
taken from you." -- Oscar Wilde

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn
more, do more and become more, you are a leader." --
John Quincy Adams

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"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at
earth and you get neither." -- C.S. Lewis

"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will
lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is
comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that
too." -- W. Somerset Maugham

"Do not blame anybody [else]for your mistakes and
failures." -- Bernard Baruch

"You life is a gift from God. What you make of it is
your presentation back to God." -- Unknown

"Kind words can be short, but their echoes are
endless." -- Mother Teresa

"Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In
your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be
taken from you." -- Oscar Wilde

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn
more, do more and become more, you are a leader." --
John Quincy Adams

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"Television is an invention that permits you to be
entertained in your living room by people you would not
have in your home." -- David Frost, The Chicago Tribune

"Truth is always strong, no matter how weak it looks;
and falsehood is always weak, no matter how strong it
looks." -- Phillips Brooks 

"Solemn prayers, rapturous devotions, are but repeated
hypocrisies unless the heart and mind be conformed to
them." -- William Law

"A holy life will produce the deepest impression.
Lighthouses blow no horns; they only shine." -- Dwight
L. Moody 

"The gospel is neither a discussion nor a debate. It is
an announcement." -- Paul S. Rees

"If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get
anything done... Keep on sowing your seed, for you
never know which will grow--perhaps it all will." --
Solomon, Ecclesiastes 11:4, 6 (TLB).

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"You must have long-range goals to keep you from being
frustrated by short-term failures." -- Charles C. Noble


"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing
I know: the only ones among you who will be really
happy are those who have sought and found a way to
serve." -- Albert Schweitzer

"He who truly knows has no occasion to shout." --
Leonardo da Vinci

"I have never been especially impressed by the heroics
of people convinced they are about to change the world.
I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small
difference." -- Ellen Goodman

"Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to
person." -- Mother Theresa

"You don't have to be great to get started, but you
have to get started to be great." -- Les Brown

"Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep
you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more
than you want to pay." -- Author Unknown

"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing
flawlessly." -- Robert Schuller

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"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."
-- Babe Ruth

"When we fail to follow truth, instead of living fully,
we end up dying slowly." -- Dick Innes

"Symptoms are often a smoke screen to avoid facing
reality." -- Dick Innes

"God is merciful. When we have unresolved problems, he
gives us symptoms." -- Henry Cloud and John Townsend

"He who constantly looks back loses sight in one eye.
He who never looks back loses sight in both eyes." --
Russian Proverb

"Too soon old. Too late 'schmartz.'" -- German Proverb

"One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my
bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of
car I drove. But the world may be a little better,
because I was important in the life of a child." --
Forest Witcraft

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"Foolish are the generals who ignore the daily
intelligence from the trenches." -- Author Unknown

"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time;
it is regret for the things we did not do that is
inconsolable." -- Sidney J. Harris

"A lack of Bible study leads to 'truth' decay." --
Unknown

"Your integrity will affect your destiny, don't leave
home without it." -- Clarence E. Hodges

"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety
percent how you respond to it." -- Lou Holtz

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
-- Mohandas Gandhi

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right." --
Napoleon Hill 

"Alexander, Caesar, and Hannibal conquered the world
but had no friends.... Jesus founded his empire upon
love, and at this hour millions would die for him....
He has won the hearts of men, a task a conqueror cannot
do." -- Napoleon

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"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others,
use your heart." -- Unknown

"Anger is only one letter short of danger." -- Unknown

"Kind words are like honey--enjoyable and healthful."
-- King Solomon (Proverbs 16:24)

"It's a strange world of language in which skating on
thin ice can get you into hot water." -- Franklin P.
Jones

"Remember: Flattery is like perfume. Sniff it, don't
drink it!" -- Unknown

"The end never justifies the meanness." -- Cited in
Bits & Pieces

"No matter what your past may have been, everyone can
have a clean future. Talk to God about it. He has the
answer." -- Anonymous

"You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never
know how soon it will be too late." -- Ralph Waldo
Emerson

Words of Wisdom

"Foolish are the generals who ignore the daily
intelligence from the trenches." -- Author Unknown

"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time;
it is regret for the things we did not do that is
inconsolable." -- Sidney J. Harris

"A lack of Bible study leads to 'truth' decay." --
Unknown

"Your integrity will affect your destiny, don't leave
home without it." -- Clarence E. Hodges

"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety
percent how you respond to it." -- Lou Holtz

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
-- Mohandas Gandhi

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right." --
Napoleon Hill

"Alexander, Caesar, and Hannibal conquered the world
but had no friends.... Jesus founded his empire upon
love, and at this hour millions would die for him....
He has won the hearts of men, a task a conqueror cannot
do." -- Napoleon

Every Moment

If God brings you to it,
He will bring you through it.
Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.

-- Unknown

I Asked for Strength

I asked for Strength
And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for Wisdom
And God gave me Problems to solve.
I asked for Prosperity
And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.
I asked for Courage
And God gave me Danger to overcome.
I asked for Love
And God gave me Troubled People to help.
I asked for Favor
And God gave me Opportunities.
I got nothing I wanted.
But I received everything I needed.

-- Unknown

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Three Tests: When I want to speak let me think first.
Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? If not, let it
be left unsaid." -- Babcock

"When someone does something well, applaud! You will
make two people happy." - Samuel Goldwyn

"Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can."
-- John Wesley

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes
dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas
Edison, inventor

"Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest
wrinkles the soul." -- Douglas MacArthur

"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their
minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." --
William James

"I've learned from experience that the greater part of
our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and
not on our circumstances." -- Martha Washington, First
Lady

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"Our Lord said, 'Feed my sheep.' He did not say, 'Count
them.'" -- Martin Buber

"Failure is the greatest opportunity to know who I
really am." -- John Killinger

"You will never know how high you can jump until you
reach a failure point." -- Robert Schuller

"Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent
out of shape." -- Michael McGriff, M.D.

"There are two kinds of people who don't say much:
Those who are quiet and those who talk a lot." -- Ideas
for Better Living

"Have you ever noticed that common sense is not very
common?" -- Source Unknown

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"Our Lord said, 'Feed my sheep.' He did not say, 'Count
them.'" -- Martin Buber

"Failure is the greatest opportunity to know who I
really am." -- John Killinger

"You will never know how high you can jump until you
reach a failure point." -- Robert Schuller

"Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent
out of shape." -- Michael McGriff, M.D.

"There are two kinds of people who don't say much:
Those who are quiet and those who talk a lot." -- Ideas
for Better Living

"Have you ever noticed that common sense is not very
common?" -- Source Unknown

Words of Wisdom

Three Tests: When I want to speak let me think first.
Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? If not, let it
be left unsaid." -- Babcock

"When someone does something well, applaud! You will
make two people happy." - Samuel Goldwyn

"Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can."
-- John Wesley

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes
dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas
Edison, inventor

"Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest
wrinkles the soul." -- Douglas MacArthur

"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their
minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." --
William James

"I've learned from experience that the greater part of
our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and
not on our circumstances." -- Martha Washington, First
Lady

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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands
in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he
stands at times of challenge and controversy." --
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The world cares very little about what a man or woman
knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that
counts." -- Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915, Educator
and Reformer

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort
gets painful is the man who will win." -- Roger
Bannister, runner

"If the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem
begins to look like a nail." -- Unknown

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never
falling, but in rising every time we fall." -- Nelson
Mandela

"Man is so made that when anything fires his soul,
impossibilities vanish." -- Jean De La Fontaine

"Kindness is the oil that takes friction out of life."
-- Author Unknown

"Losers make promises they often break. Winners make
commitments they always keep." -- Denis Waitley

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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands
in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he
stands at times of challenge and controversy." --
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The world cares very little about what a man or woman
knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that
counts." -- Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915, Educator
and Reformer

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort
gets painful is the man who will win." -- Roger
Bannister, runner

"If the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem
begins to look like a nail." -- Unknown

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never
falling, but in rising every time we fall." -- Nelson
Mandela

"Man is so made that when anything fires his soul,
impossibilities vanish." -- Jean De La Fontaine

"Kindness is the oil that takes friction out of life."
-- Author Unknown

"Losers make promises they often break. Winners make
commitments they always keep." -- Denis Waitley

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"Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing
as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never
stand in the way of success if you learn from it." --
Hank Aaron

"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but
it is made in the small ones." -- Sir Winston Churchill

"No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody
helps you." -- Althea Gibson

"Faith is a bird that feels the dawn breaking and sings
while it is still dark." -- Scandinavian proverb.
Submitted by Cath Filmer-Davies.

"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."
-- Samuel Johnson

"A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man
flattened by conformity stays down for good." -- Thomas
Watson Jr.

"How come you never see this headline: 'Psychic wins
lottery'?" -- Jay Leno

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it
empties today of its strength." -- Corrie Ten Boom

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"It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you
deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give
yourself. You have things to do and you want to move
on." -- Author Unknown

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take" --
Wayne Gretzky

"Every generation of Americans [and others] needs to
know that freedom exists not in doing what we like, but
in having the right to do what we ought." -- Pope John
Paul II

"We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity,
for in prosperity we forget God." -- Dwight L. Moody

"If it is desirable that our children be kind,
responsible, pleasant and honest, then those qualities
must be taught--not hoped for." -- James Dobson

"When your only tool is a hammer, you see every problem
as a nail." -- A. Maslow

"You can wash your hands but not your conscience." --
Yiddish Proverb

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"I am more and more convinced that our happiness or
unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the
events of life than on the nature of those events
themselves." -- Wilhelm von Humboldt

"Never test the depth of the water with both feet." --
Anonymous

"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into
prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and
trying to lift himself up by the handle." -- Winston
Churchill

"No one was ever lost on a straight road." -- Indian
Proverb

"They may forget what you said, but they will never
forget how you made them feel." -- Carl. W. Buechner

"If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good
change you can find your niche by going in exactly the
opposite direction." -- Sam Walton, Wal-Mart Founder

"Conscience is a man's compass." -- Vincent Van Gogh

The Cowboy's Guide to Life

As seen in an email ... it's worth a re-read even if
you have already read these down-to-earth words of
wisdom. 

Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna
happen anyway.

Life ain't about how fast you run, or how high you
climb, but how well you bounce.

Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not
yelled.

Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

Don't sell your mule to buy a plow.

If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back
every now and then to make sure it's still there with
ya.

You cannot unsay a cruel word.

Every path has a few puddles.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain
dance.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do
is stop diggin'.

The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to
deal with looks at you in the mirror every mornin'.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that
comes from bad judgment.

Remember: Don't squat with your spurs on.

Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older
and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some
influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier
than puttin' it back in.

The best sermons are lived, not preached.

It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of
sheep.

It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

Sometimes you get and sometimes you get got.

Meanness don't jest happen overnight.

When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

The True Joy in Life

"This is the true joy in life--being used for a purpose
recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being
thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap
heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish
selfish little clod of ailments and grievances
complaining that the world will not devote itself to
making you happy."

  -- George Barnard Shaw

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"We could never learn to be brave and patient if there
were only joy in the world." -- Helen Keller

"If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than
your virtues." -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and
hopes ... but no plans." -- Peter Drucker

"There's a difference between interest and commitment.
When you are interested in doing something, you do it
only when it's convenient. When you're committed to
something, you accept no excuses; only results." --
Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D.

"A teacher affects all eternity. You never know where
his influence stops." -- Henry Adams

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of
preparation, hard work and learning from failure." --
Colin Powell 

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"You will either step forward into growth or you will
step back into safety." -- Abraham Maslow

"When your values are clear to you, making decisions
becomes easier." -- Roy Disney

"No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing
may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step
that will lead us to better things." -- Channing
Pollock

"Self-esteem--an estimation of who I am apart from what
I do." -- Nathaniel Brandon

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do
something you want done because he wants to do it." --
Dwight Eisenhower

"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, but
knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."
-- Samuel Johnson

"What you allow, you encourage." -- Unknown

"The truth of the matter is that you always know the
right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." --
Norman Schwarzkop

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Food For Thought: "Anyone can count the seeds in an
apple, but only God can count the apples in a seed." --
Unknown 

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
-- Aldous Huxley 

"Success is going from failure to failure without a
loss of enthusiasm." -- Winston Churchill

"Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that
lead to change." -- Jim Rohn

"I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about
the future, but only in the present can I act. The
ability to be in the present moment is a major
component of mental wellness." -- Abraham Maslow

"Never measure your generosity by what you give, but
rather by what you have left." -- Fulton J. Sheen

"Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but
then ... do something. Don't just stand there, make it
happen." -- Lee Iacocca

"Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf." -- Native
American Proverb

"No one can teach you that which they have not done.
Beware of who you choose to learn from." -- Tom Hopkins

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"The place where God calls you to is the place where
your deep gladness and the world's deep need meet." --
Frederick Buechner

"The work of the individual still remains the spark
that moves mankind forward." -- Igor Sikorsky

"Someone once asked Wayne Gretsky, the great hockey
player, how he managed to become the best goal-scorer
in the history of the game. He simply replied, 'While
everyone else is chasing the puck, I go where the puck
is going to be.'" -- Unknown

"Expectations tend to be self-fulfilling." -- Author
unknown

"You can't build a reputation on what you're going to
do." -- Henry Ford

"If you take too long in deciding what to do with your
life, you'll find you've done it." -- Pam Shaw

"Be grateful for your problems, for they stimulate an
'I-can-solve-it' new attitude." -- Mark Victor Hansen

"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what
to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward
toward finding the answer." -- Denis Waitley