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

[Chris Ryser]

"There is no such thing as a long piece of work, .........................................................







except one that you dare not start."

-Charles Baudelaire, Intimate Journals








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[Chris Ryser]

"The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross ........................................................







and which to burn."

-David Russell





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[Chris Ryser]

"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation ............................................................ .......






with the bricks that others throw at him."

-David Brink








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"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"


- Emerson

[Chris Ryser]

"Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;..............................................


Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;...................................................



And all good things are yours."

-Swedish Proverb





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[Chris Ryser]

"When something can be read without effort, ..........................................................







great effort has gone into its writing."

-Enrique Jardiel Poncela







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[Chris Ryser]

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, ............................................................ ......






but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

-Abraham Lincoln








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[Chris Ryser]

. "The world is so fast that there are days when the person who says it can't be done .....................................................






is interrupted by the person who is doing it."

-Anon.






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[Chris Ryser]

"We would like to live as we once lived, ............................................







but history will not permit it."

-John Fitzgerald Kennedy








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[Chris Ryser]

"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; ............................................................ ..............







he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever."

-Chinese Proverb








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[Chris Ryser]

"The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth ..................................................







if you lost all your money."

-Anon.






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[Chris Ryser]

"A heretic is a man .......................................................







who sees with his own eyes."

-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing







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[Chris Ryser]

"Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, .............................................






but it also becomes richer and happier."

-Albert Schweitzer






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[Chris Ryser]

"Inflation is bringing us true democracy. ..................................................








For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price."

-Robert Orben







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[Chris Ryser]

Choice has always been a privilege .........................................








of those who could afford to pay for it."

-Ellen Frankfort







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[Chris Ryser]

"Fortitude is the marshal of thought, ............................................








the armor of the will, and the fort of reason."

-Francis Bacon






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[Chris Ryser]

"To avoid criticism, ...............................

do nothing, ...............................

say nothing, .............................






and be nothing."

-Elbert Hubbard






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[Chris Ryser]

"A doctor can bury his mistakes ...............................................






but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines."

-Frank Lloyd Wright





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[Chris Ryser]

"Where talent is a dwarf, ................................................





self-esteem is a giant."

-J. Petit-Senn, Conceits and Caprices








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[Chris Ryser]

"Minds are like parachutes; ..............................................







they work best when open.
"
-Lord Thomas Dewar






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[Chris Ryser]

"You can complain because roses have thorns, .................................






or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."

-Ziggy






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[Chris Ryser]

"I don't know the key to success,






but the key to failure is to try to please everyone."

-Bill Cosby





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[Chris Ryser]

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. ........................................................





Most people never listen."

-Ernest Hemingway







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[Chris Ryser]

great note for all to read. It will take just 37
seconds to read this and change your thinking.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same
hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his
bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the
fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the
room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time
flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of
their wives and families, their homes, their jobs,
their involvement in the military service, where they had
been on vacation.

Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the
window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing
to his roommate all the things he could see outside
the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those
one-hour periods where his world would be broadened
and enlivened by all the activity and color of the
world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.
Ducks and swans played on the water while children
sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm
amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of
the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in
exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the
room would close his eyes and imagine the
picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon the man by the window described
a parade passing by. Although the other man
couldn't hear the band - he could see it. In his mind's eye
as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with
descriptive words.

Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse
arrived to bring water for their baths only to find
the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had
died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and
called the hospital attendants to take the body
away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man
asked if he could be moved next to the window. The
nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure
he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one
elbow to take his first look at the real world
outside.
He strained to slowly turn to look out the window
beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled
his deceased roommate who had described such
wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded
that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.

Epilogue: There is tremendous happiness in making
others happy, despite our own situations.
Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness
when shared, is doubled.

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things
you have that money can't buy.

[Chris Ryser]

"There ought to be so many who are excellent, ...............................






there are so few."

-Janet Erskine Stuart








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