Category Archives: Proverbs {Quotations}

Proverbs: Theodore Roosevelt

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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

–Theodore Roosevelt

…this should be written in every textbook, every religious text, in our sermons, in our classrooms, posted on bulletins in the workplace, framed in our home, seen across computers, television screens, and phone devices.  Wishful thinking it may be, but I often wonder how dynamic this world could be if hundreds of millions more would start living in the triumphant path Roosevelt described above.  While I can’t talk to the millions (yet), I would like to encourage you, reader and friend, to reflect on your life and your life goals, and determine if you’re trying to live your best life or the safe life.  The safe life, 10 times out of 10, does no one any good; the best life, 10 times out of 10, impacts generations.

Which course will you choose?

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Proverbs: Napoleon Hill

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“That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping through the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.”

-Napoleon Hill

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Proverbs: Henry David Thoreau

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If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.

–Henry David Thoreau

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Quotables: Randy Pausch

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“Never lose the child like wonder. It’s just too important.

It’s what drives us. Help others.”

Randy Pausch

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Proverbs: Bruce Barton

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“It takes a real storm in the average person’s life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.”

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Proverbs: Langston Hughes

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Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

-Langston Hughes

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Proverbs: Conan O’Brien

“Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get.  But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen” –Conan O’Brien, during his final episode of the “Tonight Show.”

…with my recent experiences, I can vouch for that.

–And if you’re first reaction to the news of his departure from the “Tonight Show” is one of failure/disaster…you might just have a limited mind.  I guarantee that if continues to 1) work hard and Continue reading

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