Wisdom To Start The Day,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. ..............................

These things are rarely produced by committees. ...........................

Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.





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"Money, the root of all evil...............................

but the cure for all sadness."

Mike Gill








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"The greater the difficulty, ...........................................

the more the glory in surmounting it."

Epicurus









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The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism, ........................................

but under the name of liberalism, they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program ....................................

until one day America will be a Socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened.

Norman Thomas







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When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. ..............................................

When men hold off from marrying women, ...............................

we call it fear of commitment.

Warren Farrell




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"Leaders are the ones who keep faith with the past, ............................................

keep step with the present and keep the promise to posterity."

Harold J. Seymore







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The world is a dangerous place to live; .....................................

not because of the people who are evil, ...................................

but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Albert Einstein





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"When I have to choose between two evils, ................................

I always try to pick the one I haven't tried before."

Mae West




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"There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. ............................

You can't do any business from there."

Colonel Harland Sanders







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"Don't let life discourage you; ..............................

everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was."

Richard L. Evans




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Little-minded people's thoughts move in such small circles that five minutes conversation ..........................................

gives you an arc long enough to determine their whole curve.

Oliver Wendell Holmes






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Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. ...............................

It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; ..............................

its when you had everything to do, ....................

and you've done it.

Margaret Thatcher





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"I like to listen................................

I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.

Most people never listen."

Ernest Hemingway





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"All of us, at certain moments of our lives, .............................................

need to take advice and to receive help from other people."

Alexis Carrel, Reflections on Life







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If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made......................................

Very few people die past that age.

George Burns





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Like religion, politics, and family planning, ...............................

cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public.....................................

It's too controversial.

Erma Bombeck




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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed .....................................

is more important than any one thing.

Abraham Lincoln






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Virtue is not left to stand alone. .....................................

He who practices it will have neighbors.

Confucius, The Confucian Analects






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Character is the salesperson’s stock in trade. ...................................

The product itself is secondary. Truthfulness, enthusiasm and patience are great assets to every salesperson. ..................................

Without them, they couldn’t go far. Courage and courtesy are essential equipment.

George M. Adams







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In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts.....................................

I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement,....................................

by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.

Rupert Murdoch





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"I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety,.................................

because if a man is a fool,..................................

the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking."

Woodrow Wilson, Speech, 1919






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Avoid having your ego so close to your position.........................................

that when your position falls,...........................

your ego goes with it.

Colin Powell






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Continuous excellent effort, .......................................

not maximum strength or superior IQ, ................................

is the key to unlocking your potential as an achiever.


Greg Werner






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"Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity..............................................

They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off."

-Carl Gustav Jung, Psychological Reflections





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