Inspiring Quotes

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~ Henry Ward Beecher ~

"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"

Hope your Thanksgiving is blessed and happy. 

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"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."

~ Benjamin Franklin ~

I am a worry wart and have to work hard at not worrying.  Worrying gets me nowhere but frustrated and wired up.  You'd think I would learn, but it's hard, though I have improved some over the years.

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"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
 
~~ Thomas Jefferson ~~

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"If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old."

~ Lord Chesterfield ~


"If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?"

~ Lord Chesterfield ~

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"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."

~ Helen Keller ~

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NEVER argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience................   Mark Twain

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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
~ Abraham Lincoln ~


"Knowledge is power."
~ Francis Bacon ~


"Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."
~ Bruce Lee ~

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"Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us."

** James Harvey Robinson **

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"A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems."
~ William B. Sprague ~


"Good sayings are like pearls strung together."
~ Chinese Proverb ~


"A proverb is to speech what salt is to food."
~ Arabic Proverb ~

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The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
`Solomon Ibn Gabriol

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"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."
 
~ Jim Rohn ~

[sarabtrayior]

I just kinda remember a quote by that great artist that said he did his art because he had never done it before and I really liked that and he was famous too...

[bigfoot951]

"To quit drinking is the easiest thing I have ever done.  I must have done it over a thousand times."

Einstein

I think it is important as to who said this.  If you really think about it this can be inspiring to some people.  It was to me.

[mrisha]

This is my inspiring quote:

“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.”—Ross Perot

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"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."
 
~ Jimmy Dean ~