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Have You Been Outside Today?

6/4/2023

Picture of a squirrel peeking out from behind a tree trunk.

Have you been outside today? The birds and squirrels have been wondering where you’ve been . . .

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Competitions and Contests

6/3/2023

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Picture of a happy smiling young woman and a happy smiling young man lined up at the start line of an indoor running track.

“If your competition does 50 push-ups, you do 51. If they go the extra mile, you go the extra 10. If they are fast, be faster. If they are smart, be brilliant. If they have the bigger hammer, you have the sharper nail.” -Author Unknown

“Your toughest competition in life is anyone who is willing to work harder than you.” -Casey Coleman
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“Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before.” -Bonnie Blair

“Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and then try to beat it.” -Charles Sheldon (Charles Monroe Sheldon (1857 - 1946))
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“It is the contest that delights us, not the victory.” -Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. The intense effort, the giving of everything you’ve got, is a very pleasant bonus.” -Edmund Hillary (Edmund Percival Hillary (1919 - 2008))
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Girl: What did you get the little trophy for?
Boy: For singing.
Girl: What did you get the big trophy for?
Boy: For stopping!

Riddle: What makes Ford a better car?
Solution: Chrysler.
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“The only competition you will ever have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind.” -James A. Ray

Millie: I just won an apple-pie eating contest.
Sally: What did you receive as the winner?
Millie: All-you-can-eat apple-pie!

Picture of a first place blue ribbon, a second place red ribbon, and a third place white ribbon.

“Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.” -Bill Bradley (born 1943)
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“Two sketch artists had an art contest. It ended in a draw.” -Author Unknown

“Anybody can win unless there happens to be a second entry.” -George Ade
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“The race is long but in the end it is only with yourself.” -Author Unknown: “Everybody’s Free” (song)

“Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.” -Arthur Ashe (1943 - 1993)
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“It is not enough to run, one must start in time.” -Author Unknown: French proverb

“Competition means decentralized planning by many separate persons.” -Friedrich August von Hayek
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“Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” -George S. Patton (George Smith Patton, Junior (1885 - 1945))

“The principle is competing against yourself.” -Steve Young

“Two Dogs fight for a Bone, and a third runs away with it.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 5324
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“Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy.” -Jimmy Spithill

“Life is a competition, not with others, but with ourselves. We should seek each day to live stronger, better, truer lives; each day to master some weakness of yesterday; each day to repair a mistake; each day to surpass ourselves.” -David B. Haight (born 1906)
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Jacob: I just entered an arm-wresting competition.
Bradly: What is the prize?
Jacob: I don’t know and I don’t care - I just want to compete!

“When you compete, you gain more than you lose, even when you lose.” -Aaron Lauritsen

“There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.” -Dejan Stojanovic
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“The problem with keeping up with the Jones is that it creates a world full of Jones.” -Julian Barton

“The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.” -Washington Allston (1779 - 1843)
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“Pater ipse colendi haud facilem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.” -Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797): “Reflections on the Revolution in France” (1790), Volume iii, page 453

“The next best thing to winning is losing! At least you’ve been in the race.” -Nellie Hershey Smith
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“The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.” -Arie de Geus

“All strategy depends on competition.” -Bruce D. Henderson
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“Compete against yourself, not others, for that is who is truly your best competition.” -Peggy Fleming Jenkins

“Being the best is rarely within our reach. Doing our best is always within our reach.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
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“You can neither win nor lose if you don’t run the race.” -David Bowie (pseudonym of David Robert Jones (1947 - 2016))

“The only person I must be better than is the person I was yesterday.” -Author Unknown
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“Life is always a competition.” -James Marquess

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Waiting and Patience

6/2/2023

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Picture on a bright sunny day of a dog on the outdoor wood deck of a house, with an empty bowl, a fork, and a spoon in front of it, as if waiting for food to be served, and with green grass and green leafy trees in the background.

Everyone is waiting for something . . .

“Good things come to those who wait - but better things come to those who work for it.” -Author Unknown
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“I was not born to wait.” -Gwenda Bond: “Double Down” (1 May 2016)

“Learn to have patience with people, just take it one step at a time in everything that you’re doing and just invest time in the people that you’re with . . . have patience with them, even if they’re not necessarily the easiest person to work with.” -Bethany Hamilton (Bethany Meilani Hamilton-Dirks (born 1990))

Once upon a time, there was a man who was very impatient with other people. To him, everyone seemed to be too slow to understand and too slow to do the right things. Also to him, people seemed too quick to come to the wrong conclusions and too quick to do the wrong things. The more the man had to deal with people, the more impatient he became with them, so he decided that he must get away from people until he could learn how to be patient. He built himself a little house deep in the woods, and far away from civilization, and lived as a hermit. Years later, a man was hiking through the woods, and met the impatient man. The hiker was amazed to find anyone living so deep in the woods and so far away from the rest of the world, so he asked the man why he was there all by himself. The man said that he was there to learn patience. The hiker asked how long he had been living all alone in the woods, and the man replied, “Thirty-one years.” Stunned, the hiker asked, “If there are no other people around you, how will you know when you have learned to be patient?” Annoyed by this lengthy conversation, the impatient man replied, “Go away, I have no time for you.”
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“I took a course in speed waiting. Now I can wait an hour in only ten minutes.” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955))

“The secret of patience is to do something else in the meantime.” -Croft M. Pentz (Croft Miner Pentz (1931 - 2008))

“If you wait until all the lights are ‘green’ before you leave home, you’ll never get started on your trip to the top.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?” -Paul Sweeney (born 1955)

“I learning that patience was far more than simply waiting for something to happen - patience required actively working toward worthwhile goals and not getting discouraged when results didn’t appear instantly or without effort.” -Dieter F. Uchtdorf (Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf (born 1940))

“Patience is a virtue. The Moon and the Sun learned long ago that, if each patiently waits its turn, they will both have their chance to shine.” -Author Unknown
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“You will develop patience if you wait long enough.” -Author Unknown

“Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don’t give up.” -Author Unknown

Overheard: Good things take time.
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This is life’s dilemma and it is sure as fate
Some things can’t be hurried and other things can’t wait.
-Author Unknown

“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” -Augustine of Hippo (also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis and Aurelius Augustine (C.E. 354 - C.E. 430))

“Your capacity for patience will be rewarded eventually.” -Author Unknown
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“Patience is the ability to let your light shine after your fuse has blown.” -Bob Levey

“A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.” -George Savile (also known as Lord Halifax (1633 - 1695))

“Even a waiter finally comes to him who waits.” -Author Unknown
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“Have patience with all things, but first with yourself.” -Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)

“Patience is the ability to count down without blasting off.” -Author Unknown

“Be patient with your impatience.” -Roy Masters (born 1928 as Reuben Obermeister)
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“Beware the Fury of a Patient Man.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “Absalom and Achitophel” (1681), Part 1, line 1005; type of work: satiric poem

“If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” -Author Unknown

“Patience, is a virtue. Waiting too long, is a missed opportunity.” -Anthony T. Hincks
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“You’re trying to eat grass that isn’t there. Why don’t you give it a chance to grow?” -Richard Adams (1920 - 2016): “Watership Down” (November 1972)

“Patience is powerful.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

“In putting off what one has to do, one runs the risk of never being able to do it.” -Charles Baudelaire (Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821 - 1867))
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“There is, however, a limit at which forbearance* ceases to be a virtue.” -Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797): “Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation” (1769), volume i, page 273
*forbearance: patient self-control

Overheard: Patience is something that can only be learned by waiting.

“Patience is also a form of action.” -Auguste Rodin (also known as François Auguste René Rodin and Auguste-René Rodin (1840 - 1917))
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“There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.” -J. G. Holland (Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 - 1881))

Macrophobia is a persistent fear of long waits. Personally, we are afraid of short waits. “The dentist will see you now.” “The tax auditor is ready to review your case.” “Oh, no . . . couldn’t we wait just a little longer?”

“Patience has its limits; take it too far, and it’s cowardice.” -Holbrook Jackson
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“Things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle*.” -attributed to Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
*hustle: to put forth effort energetically

“‘Patience is a virtue’ is always said by those who make others wait, and never by those who must wait.” -Author Unknown

Pay-Off

All things may come
To those who wait,
But when they do,
They’re out of date.

by George Hill
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“What is done hastily is not done well.” -Author Unknown

‘Hurry up and wait!’ could be the slogan of many individuals and organizations. Military people are familiar with this saying. People with government appointments may have heard this saying. People with medical appointments may suspect that this is what is going on. You make all kinds of advance preparations in order to be absolutely certain that you have everything ready that they require, and you make sure that you are not just on time, but at least a few minutes early - and what happens? You are made to wait for hours, because the people who insisted that you show up prepared and on time did not make the same efforts to be sure they were prepared and on time to meet you! It can be hard not to feel that these people do not respect you and that they are stealing your time away from you.

“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” -John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)

“How poor are they who have not patience!” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Othello” (1603), Act ii, Scene 3, line 376

“All things come to those who wait - provided they work continually while waiting.” -Author Unknown
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“All things come to him who goes after them.” -Author Unknown

“Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.” -Author Unknown: French proverb

Overheard: Thank you for your patience.
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“Patience is the greatest of all virtues.” -Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato (233 B.C.E. - 148 B.C.E.))

Overheard: If I’m not back in five minutes . . . just wait longer!

“Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.” -Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873))
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“If you have been waiting for someone or something for so long that you can actually feel yourself getting older while you wait, then you can be sure that you have been waiting too long.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“An over-taxed patience gives way to fierce anger.” [translation to English]
“Furor fit læsa sæpius patientia.” [original Latin]
-Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.): “Sententiae,” Maxim 289

“If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.” -Larry McMurtry (born 1936): “Some Can Whistle” (1989)
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“Everything comes too late for those who only wait.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))

“Patience will come to him who waits for it.” -Author Unknown

“Abused Patience turns to Fury.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 757
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“Patience is not simply the ability to wait. It’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison)

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” [translation to English]
“La patience est amère, mais son fruit est doux.” [original French]
-Jean Chardin (1643 - 1713): “Voyages en Perse et autres lieux de l’Orient” (1711), page 175

“Good things happen to those who wait. Better things happen to those who try.” -Author Unknown
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“Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.” -Roy T. Bennett

“When you are tempted to lose patience with someone, think how patient God has been with you all the time.” -Author Unknown
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“Please be patient. God has not finished with me yet.” -Author Unknown

“When you are tempted to lose patience with God, remember how patient God has been with you.” -Author Unknown

“Patience is the art of hoping.” [translation to English]
“La patience est l’art d’espérer.” [original French]
-Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715 - 1747): “Réflexions” (1746), CCLI
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“Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.” -T. H. Huxley (Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 - 1895))

“Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.” -Guy Kawasaki (Guy Takeo Kawasaki (born 1954))

“The best things come to those who wait, but only if they do something while they wait.” -Author Unknown
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“If the cat sits long enough at the hole, it will catch the mouse.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb

“You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it. But if you sit quietly in the grass it will come and sit on your shoulder.” -Author Unknown

“The things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those who got there first.” -Author Unknown
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“Patience is the ability to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without becoming angry or upset.” -Author Unknown

The two most common meanings of patience are as follows.
1. To wait without being frustrated, angry, complaining, and so forth.
2. To understandingly bear with the faults of others.
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“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.” -Epictetus (about C.E. 55 - about C.E. 135): “Discourses,” Book I, chapter 15

“Even the nicest person’s patience has a limit.” -Author Unknown

“The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.” -Author Unknown
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“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.” -Janette Oke (born 1935)
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“Be patient, but don’t wait forever for something that isn’t going to happen.” -Author Unknown

“Waiting is one thing, but when people force us to wait for an exorbitant amount of time, they are actually taking a part of our lives away from us, because time is a measure of life.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“People wait all week for Friday, all year for Summer, all of a lifetime for happiness.” -Author Unknown
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“Impatience never commanded success.” -Edwin H. Chapin (Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814 - 1880))

“There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that.” -Jacob K. Javits (Jacob Koppel Javits (1904 - 1986))

A little boy was standing patiently at the bottom of an escalator in a big department store. A saleswoman asked him, “Sonny, are you lost?” The boy answered, “No ma’am, I’m waiting for my chewing gum to come back.”
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“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” -David G. Allen (born 1945)

“Be patient with people - nobody is perfect.” -Author Unknown

“The man who is waiting for something to turn up might start on his shirt sleeves.” -Garth Henrichs (Garth Harold Henrichs, Senior (1903 - 2002))
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“He that can have patience can have what he will.” -Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (June 1736)

“Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. Spring will come.” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))

“Never allow waiting to become a habit. You must take action now.” -Author Unknown
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“Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” -Author Unknown

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Inquisitiveness and Curiosity

5/30/2023

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Picture of three young children in a green grassy area with yellow dandelions and white daisies, looking at something on the ground through a hand-held magnifying glass.

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” -William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
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“When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.” -Walt Disney (Walter Elias ‘Walt’ Disney (1901 - 1965))

“Be aware of wonder. And then remember the, “Dick and Jane,” books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - look.” -Robert Fulghum (Robert Lee Fulghum (born 1937))

“Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.” -Bryant McGill (Bryant H. McGill (born 1969))
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Patrice: You’re a real curiosity - did you know that?
Shaun: Well, thank you, though I doubt if you shall ever solve me.

Inquisitive Lad

There once was a boy of Bagdad,
An inquisitive sort of a lad.
He said, “I will see
If a sting has a bee.”
And he very soon found that it had!

by Author Unknown

“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” -James Stephens (1880 - 1950)
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“I would rather live in a world where life is surrounded by mystery, than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969): “Riverside Sermons” (1958)

“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.” -Bernard Baruch (1870 - 1965)

“Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.” -Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936)
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“Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.” -Sudie Back (Sudie Elizabeth Back Sattler (born 1973))

“A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.” -Frederick Seitz (1911 - 2008)
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“A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in James Boswell, editor: “Life of Samuel Johnson” (1791), Volume I: ‘Letters to and from Dr. Samuel Johnson’

“She sat down in a weed patch, her elbows on her knees, and kept her eyes on the small mysterious world of the ground. In the shade and sun of grass blade forests, small living things had their metropolis.” -Nancy Price
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Picture of two boys poking sticks into a pond that is thickly covered by green algae.

“Leave no stone unturned.” -Euripides (about 480 B.C.E. - about 406 B.C.E.)

“To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: ‘Leave no stone unturned.’” -Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873)

“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.” -Isaac Asimov (1919 - 1992)
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“Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)

“Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity” -Author Unknown

“Man is incurably curious; his desire to know and to understand is the mainspring of invention, discovery, civilization, progress, the driving force, which leads then to learning.” -Author Unknown
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“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of vigorous minds.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): “The Rambler” (1750 - 1752), No. 103 (12 March 1751)

“There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.” -Robert Lynd (Robert Wilson Lynd (1879 - 1949))

“Curiosity is the forerunner of discovery.” -Richard Duke

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” -Carl Sagan (Carl Edward Sagan (1934 - 1996))
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“The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.” -Tom Brown, Junior (born 1950): “The Tracker” (1978)

“He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever.” -Tom J. Connelly
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“Curiosity makes scientists of us all.” -Alan Howard Cottrell (1919 - 2012)

“The Quest Quotient has always interested me more than the Intelligence Quotient.” -Eugene S. Wilson (Eugene Smith ‘Bill’ Wilson, Junior (1905 - 1981)): as quoted in “Reader’s Digest” (April 1968)

“If you are curious, you’ll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.” -Erno Rubik
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“The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.” -Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

“One half of the World wonders how the other lives.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 3758

Elmo: Who crossed the road and left everyone wanting an explanation?
Eva: The chicken.
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“I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))

“Being curious is like giving yourself a present whenever you want one.” -Author Unknown

“When curiosity turns to serious matters, it’s called research.” -Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (also known as Marie Ebner von Eschenbach (1830 - 1916))

“I’m naturally curious, and I’ve always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.” -Anne Sweeney
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“Curious people are interesting people; I wonder why that is.” -Bill Maher

“Curiosity is the most powerful thing you own.” -James Cameron

“Never lose your curiosity.” -Author Unknown
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“People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.” -Leo Rosten (1908 - 1997)

“The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))

“Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.” -Frederick Seitz (1911 - 2008): in an interview (3 September 1997) for the George C. Marshall Institute
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“Increasingly, I feel curiosity and an eagerness to learn is the most crucial skill in life. If you’re not curious, I’m not sure if there is much others can do to help you. But if you’re eager to learn, even if you aren’t particularly talented, then so much is possible.” -James Clear

“A sense of curiosity is nature’s original school of education.” -Smiley Blanton

“Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.” -Françoise Sagan
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“Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It’s accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.” -David McCullough

“All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight. For not only with a view to action, but even when we are not going to do anything, we prefer sight to almost everything else. The reason is that this, most of all the senses, makes us know and brings to light many differences between things.” -Aristotle (284 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): “Metaphysics,” Book I, chapter 1: opening paragraph

“Curiosity is a mind in search of knowledge.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))

“Curiosity is life.” -Mark Parker
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“Curiosity is the one thing invincible in nature.” -Freya Stark (Freya Madeline Stark (1893 - 1993))

“Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive - it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There’d be no scope for imagination then, would there?” -L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942)): “Anne of Green Gables” (June 1908), Chapter 2; line spoken by fictional character Anne

“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” -Leo Burnett (1891 - 1971)
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“Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.” -Linus Pauling (Linus Carl Pauling (1901 - 1994))

“Be curious, not judgmental.” -Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

“All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” -Martin H. Fischer

“What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be ‘curiosity’.” -Eve Arnold (1912 - 2012)
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“Curiosity is the real teacher.” -Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924))

“The moment that one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious and awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” -Henry Miller (Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980))

“‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ cried Alice.” -Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898)): “Alice in Wonderland” (1865), Chapter II

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Anger and Rage

5/29/2023

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Picture of a woman demonstrating various facial expressions and postures of anger and rage, and the words, Anger and Rage, by David Hugh Beaumont, Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net’

“We can’t let the anger overshadow the good things in life.” -Author Unknown
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“Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.” -Robert G. Ingersoll (Robert Green ‘Bob’ Ingersoll (1833 - 1899))

“You can’t stay mad at someone who makes you laugh.” -Jay Leno (James Douglas Muir ‘Jay’ Leno (born 1950))

“Anything done in anger can be done better without it.” -Dallas Willard

“Every time you give someone a piece of your mind, you make your head a little emptier.” -Author Unknown
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“Anger helps straighten out a problem like a fan helps straighten out a pile of papers.” -Susan Marcotte

“The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn’t angry enough.” -Bede Jarrett (born Cyril Jarrett (1881 - 1934))

“There is no angry way to say ‘bubbles.’” -Author Unknown

Riddle: What is round and has a bad temper?
Solution: A vicious circle.
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“Don’t let the Sun go down upon your anger; forgive each other, help each other, and begin again tomorrow.” -Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)

“Don’t ever slam a door; you might want to go back.” -Author Unknown

“Letting off steam always produces more heat than light.” -Neal A. Maxwell (Neal Ash Maxwell (1926 - 2004)): “Murmur Not” in “Ensign” (November 1989) magazine, page 84

“Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.” -Eckhart Tolle (pseudonym of Ulrich Leonard Tölle (born 1948)) at https://eckharttolle.com/
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“The best remedy for anger is delay.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “De ira” (English: “On Anger”)

“People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.” -Will Rogers (William Penn Adair ‘Will’ Rogers (1879 - 1935))

Angrophobia is a persistent fear of anger or of becoming angry. Many folks look ridiculous and do regrettable actions or speak in haste when angry, so perhaps the phobia stems in part from a fear of ruining personal reputations and relationships.

“Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.” -Chérie Carter-Scott (born 1939) at www.drcherie.com
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Hangry (han-gree), adjective: A state of anger caused by lack of food; hunger causing a negative change in emotional state.

“The line between hunger and anger is a thin line.” -John E. Steinbeck (John Ernst Steinbeck (1902 - 1968)): “The Grapes of Wrath” (14 April 1939)

“A hungry man is an angry man.” -James Howell (1594 - 1666): “English Proverbs” (1659)

Anger makes us strong,
Blind and impatient
And it leads us wrong;
The strength is quickly lost;
We feel the error long.
-George Crabbe (1754 - 1832)
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“The broad general rule is that a person is no bigger than the things that make him or her angry.” -Author Unknown

“Sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.” -Author Unknown

“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” -Author Unknown

“Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.” -Lemony Snicket (pseudonym of Daniel Handler (born 1970))
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A Bag of Nails

Once upon a time, there lived a little boy, and he had a very bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the wooden fence that surrounded their home.

The first day, the boy hammered an entire handful of nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails he hammered into the fence each day became fewer in number. He had discovered that it was easier for him to hold his temper than it was to drive nails into the fence.

Finally, the day came when the boy did not lose his temper at all. He told his father about this, and his father suggested that the boy then pull out one nail for each day that he had been able to control his temper.

The days passed, and at last, the young boy could finally tell his father that all the nails he had hammered into the fence had been removed.

The father led his son to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at all the holes in the fence. The nails are gone, but the fence itself will never be the same.”

The little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked up at his father and said, “I hope I can be forgiven for all the damage my anger has done to people.”

by Author Unknown
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“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826): as quoted in Benjamin S. Catchings: “Master Thoughts of Thomas Jefferson” (1907), page 82

“Anger is a bad adviser.” -Author Unknown: French proverb

“A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” -Bruce Lee (pseudonym of Lee Jun-fan (1940 - 1973))

“Just try to be angry with someone who fed you something delicious.” -Miriam Lukken: “Mrs. Dunwoody’s Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping: Timeless Wisdom and Practical Advice” (15 April 2003); line of character Judge Dunwoody
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“He overcomes a stout enemy who overcomes his own anger.” -Aristotle (284 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)

“Most people usually do not assume responsibility for their anger. Instead, what we typically hear is, “You made me angry.” “They made me upset,” etc. I trust it is evident that these types of statements are not true. No one else can ‘make’ you angry. We have to make ourselves angry. What others say and do is, yes, a part of the equation, but without our contribution to the equation, anger cannot arise nor exist. This can be a very threatening conception of anger, and yet it is also very freeing, for as long as we do determine our own emotional responses, we are free to change and to control them. If other people or events were, in fact, responsible for our emotional responses, then we would not have the freedom nor ability to change them - unless we could control other people and events, which is much more challenging and usually impossible. Thus, principle one in the case against anger is, we are ultimately responsible for our own anger.” -Burton C. Kelly (Burton Cleveland Kelly (1926 - 2015)): “Let All . . . Anger . . . Be Put Away from You . . . or the Case Against Anger” as published in the “AMCAP Journal” (February 1979), pages 6 through 13

“Speak when you’re angry and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” -Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

“Anger and worry are caused by phantoms that we create within ourselves and whose only strength is that with which we endow them.” -Horace Fletcher (1849 - 1919): “Menticulture, or, The ABC of True Living” (1895)
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“I understand the fury in your words, but not the words.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Othello” (about 1603)

“When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826): Decalogue of Canons, number 10

“Anger is a feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.” -Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)

“Others don’t make us angry. There is no force involved. Becoming angry is a conscious choice, a decision; therefore, we can make the choice not to become angry. We choose!” -Lynn G. Robbins
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“There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.” -Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622): “Introduction to the Devout Life” (1609)

“There are some people who always seem angry and continuously look for conflict. Walk away; the battle they are fighting isn’t with you, it’s with themselves.” -Author Unknown

“An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)

“Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.” -Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603): as quoted in Francis Bacon: “Certain Apophthegms of Lord Bacon” (1625), number IV
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“When anger rises, think of the consequences.” -Confucius (551 B.C.E. - 479 B.C.E.)

“I always tumble into trouble when I lose my temper.” -Jane Louise Curry: “Robin Hood and His Merry Men” (1994)

“If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?” -Sydney J. Harris (Sydney Justin Harris (1917 - 1986))

Temper

When I have lost my temper, I have lost my reason, too.
     I’m never proud of anything which angrily I do.
When I have talked in anger and my cheeks were flaming red,
     I have always uttered something which I wish I hadn’t said.

In anger I have never done a kindly deed or wise,
     But many things for which I felt I should apologize.
In looking back across my life, and all I’ve lost or made,
     I can’t recall a single time when fury ever paid.

So I struggle to be patient, for I’ve reached a wiser age;
     I do not want to do a thing or speak a word in rage.
I have learned by sad experience that when my temper flies,
     I never do a worthy thing, a decent deed or wise.

by Author Unknown
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“Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.” -George Savile (also known as Lord Halifax (1633 - 1695)): “Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections” (1750), ‘Of Anger’

“No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.” -George Jean Nathan (1882 - 1958)

“He who can suppress a moment’s anger may prevent a day of sorrow.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894)

“When you are angry say nothing and do nothing until you have recited the alphabet.” -Athenodorus Cananites (about 74 B.C.E. - C.E. 7)
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“We boil at different degrees.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.” Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Proverbs,’ chapter 15, verse 18

“When a wise man is angry, he is no longer wise.” -Author Unknown: “The Talmud”

“We are all crazy when we are angry.” -Philemon (about 300 B.C.E.)
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“Whate’er’s begun in anger ends in shame.” -Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (1734); in modern parlance: “Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.” -Benjamin Franklin

“He who angers you, controls you.” -Author Unknown

“Two things a Man should never be angry at; what he can help, and what he cannot help.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 5335

“The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824)
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“Usually when someone is angry we hear their angry words. Instead, try hearing the unspoken, ‘I am scared, I am frustrated, I am insecure, I am vulnerable, I am threatened.’” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)

“Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.” [translation to English]
“Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Epistles” (20 B.C.E.), Book I, epistle ii, line 62

“Angry people are not always wise.” -Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)

“Anger is the only thing to put off till tomorrow.” -Author Unknown: Slovakian proverb
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“Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love . . .” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “The Mill on the Floss” (1860), Book I, chapter x

“Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.” -Pythagoras of Samos (about 570 B.C.E. - about 495 B.C.E.): as quoted in Maturin Murray Ballou: “Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors” (1894)

“You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.” -Adlai Stevenson (Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900 - 1965))

“Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.” -Lyman Abbott (Lyman J. Abbott (1835 - 1922))
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“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Proverbs,’ chapter 16, verse 32

“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))

“Explain your anger instead of expressing it, and you will find solutions instead of arguments.” -Author Unknown
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“Anger manages everything badly.” -Johannes Stadius (born Jan Van Ostaeyen (1527 - 1579))

“Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it . . . Don’t allow his anger to become your anger.” -Bohdi Sanders

“Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.” -Anthony Ashley-Cooper (also known as 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671 - 1713)

Anger is a strong feeling of displeasure, often resulting from a perceived injustice or unfairness. While anger is often momentary, rage is usually thought of as being a period of sustained, intense anger.
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“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180))

“Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): as quoted in Edith M. Leonard, Lillian E. Miles, and Catherine S. Van der Kar: “The Child: At Home and School” (1944), page 203

“Before you give someone a piece of your mind, make sure you can get by with what is left.” -Author Unknown
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“The prudent man does not let his temper boil over lest he get into hot water.” -Author Unknown

“Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.” -attributed to Chuck Norris (Carlos Ray ‘Chuck’ Norris (born 1940))
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“Anger is one letter short of danger.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor ‘Eleanor’ Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))

“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.” -Baltasar Gracián (1601 - 1658)
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“Nobody ‘makes’ you angry. You ‘decide’ to use anger as a response.” -Author Unknown
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“I’m sorry for the unkind words I spoke out of anger.” -Author Unknown

“Use your anger for good purposes.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down, and go about business as usual.” -Phyllis Diller (pseudonym of Phyllis Ada Driver (1917 - 2012))

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Fears and Courage

5/20/2023

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Picture of wooded area in which is a sign reading, “Beware of the . . .” with the word for what to beware of having been bitten off by something with big teeth.

“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” -Caroline Myss (born 1952)
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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” -Ambrose Redmoon (Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon (pseudonym of James Neil Hollingworth (1933 - 1996)))

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890))

“If you’re scared, just holler and you’ll find it ain’t so lonesome out there.” -Joe Sugden (Joseph ‘Joe’ Sugden (1870 - 1959))
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“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” -George R. R. Martin (George Raymond Richard Martin (born 1948)): “A Game of Thrones” (1 August 1996) novel

“I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it.” -Erica Jong (Erica Mann Jong (born 1942))

“Try to be fearless, because fear can inhibit you and keep you from a life.” -Miranda Weese
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“What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.” -Author Unknown

The Reality of Fear

You’re not scared of the dark;
     You’re scared of what’s in it.
You’re not afraid of heights;
     You’re afraid of falling.
You’re not afraid of the people around you;
     You’re afraid of rejection or mistreatment.
You’re not afraid of love;
     You’re afraid of not being lovable.

by Author Unknown

“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.” -Alice M. Swaim (Alice Mackenzie Swaim)
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“I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))
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“Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.” -Brendan Francis (Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (1923 - 1964))

“We learn courageous action by going forward whenever fear urges us back. A little boy was asked how he learned to skate. ‘Oh, by getting up every time I fell down,’ he answered.” -David Seabury (1885 - 1960)

“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” -Dorothy Thompson (1894 - 1961)
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“The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.” -Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906): “An Enemy of the People” (1882), act 5

“To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.” -Teresa of Ávila (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515 - 1582))

“Action cancels fear.” -Silver Rose
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Fear is a slinking cat I find
     Beneath the lilacs of my mind.
-Sophie Tunnell (Sophia Letitia Tunnell (1884 - 1936))

“Fear is incomplete knowledge.” -Agatha Christie (Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890 - 1976))

“It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.” -Erica Jong (Erica Mann Jong (born 1942))
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“A lot of people are afraid of heights; not me, I’m afraid of widths.” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955)): “Steven Wright Special” (1985)

Heights Made Him Dizzy

There was a young fellow so frail
He could fly on a kite - as the tail.
     That gave him a view
     From Maine to Peru;
But when he looked down he turned pale!

by John Ciardi (John Anthony Ciardi (1916 - 1986))

“So what are you afraid of? What is holding you back? What is it that stands in your way?” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993): “Power of the Plus Factor: The Little Extra That Makes You a Winner” (1987)
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“You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.” -Dolly Parton (Dolly Rebecca Parton (born 1946))

“He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.” -William James (1842 - 1910)

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” -Author Unknown
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“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” -Mary Anne Radmacher (born 1957)

“Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.” -Michael Pritchard

“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” -Seth Godin (born 1960)
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Do not let fear confine your life
     Inside a shell of doubt;
A turtle never moves until
     His head is sticking out.
-Charles Ghigna

“Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.” -Hannah Arendt (Johanna ‘Hannah’ Arendt (1906 - 1975))
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A psychologist, interviewed on the “Steve Allen Show,” announced that the only two instinctive fears in man are a fear of loud noises and a fear of falling. “I have a great fear,” replied Steve Allen (Stephen Valentine Patrick William ‘Steve’ Allen (1921 - 2000)), without missing a beat, “of making a loud noise while falling.”

“Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Journals” (1838 - 1859), ‘7 September 1851’

“FEAR is an acronym in the English language for ‘False Evidence Appearing Real.’” -Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943)
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“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)

Overheard: I have discovered that I scream the same way whether I am about to be devoured by a great white shark or a piece of seaweed touches my foot.

“F.E.A.R. has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Risk.’ You decide.” -Author Unknown
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“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” -Marie Curie (Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867 - 1934))

“Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small.” -Ruth Gendler (Janet Ruth Gendler, also known as J. Ruth Gendler (born 1954)) at www.ruthgendler.com

“Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.” -Robert Anthony (Robert Newton Anthony (1916 - 2006))
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“The thing I fear most is fear.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (English: “Essays”) (1580), Book I, chapter 17

“First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)): “First Inaugural Address” (4 March 1933)

“Sometimes it takes courage - maybe all the courage you’ve got - to just live life.” -Douglas Preston: “The Lost Island”
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Overheard: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself . . . and spiders!

“If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)

“Do what you fear and fear disappears.” -David J. Schwartz (David Joseph Schwartz, Junior (1927 - 1987))
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“Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” -Anaïs Nin (born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903 - 1977)): “Diary” (1969)

“Happiness is a form of courage.” -Holbrook Jackson (George ‘Holbrook’ Jackson (1874 - 1948))
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“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” -Author Unknown: German proverb

“I laugh in the face of danger. And then I hide until it goes away.” -Author Unknown: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997 - 2003), season 1, episode 3: ‘Witch’ (17 March 1997); line spoken by character Alexander Lavelle ‘Xander’ Harris (portrayed by actor Nicholas Brandon)

“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” -Dorothy Bernard (Nora Dorothy ‘Dorothy’ Bernard (1890 - 1955))
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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)

“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.” -Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965)): “Great Contemporaries” (1937), ‘Alfonso XIII’

“Fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” -Shirley MacLaine (pseudonym of Shirley MacLean Beaty (born 1934))
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“Courage is the most important of all the virtues . . . One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))

“Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.” -Author Unknown

“To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.” -Katherine Paterson (Katherine Womeldorf Paterson (born 1932)): “Jacob Have I Loved” (1980)
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“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Book of Psalms,’ Psalm 27, verse 1

“The phrase ‘do not be afraid’ is written in the Bible 365 times. That’s a daily reminder from God to live every day being fearless.” -Author Unknown

“I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change, the fear of the unknown; and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in my heart that says: turn back, turn back.” -Erica Jong (Erica Mann Jong (born 1942))
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“Nothing is terrible except fear itself.” [translation to English]
“Nil terribile nisi ipse timor.” [original Latin]
-Francis Bacon: “De Augmentis Scientiarum” (1623), Book II, Fortitudo

“Fear is nature’s warning signal to get busy.” -Henry C. Link (Henry Charles Link (1889 - 1952))

“When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.” -Stephen Richards
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“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say it is brave.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Pudd’nhead Wilson” (1894), chapter 12: ‘Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar’

“Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))

“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983): “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)
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“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” -Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

“Courage grows by daring, fear by holding back.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)

“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” -Mary Tyler Moore (1937 - 2017)
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“Courage is following your conscience instead of following the crowd.” -Eric Harvey

14 October of every year is National Face Your Fears Day, and 17 days later, you can see what they look like, because on that day is Halloween!
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“To one who is afraid, everything rustles.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” -George Addair (George Washington Addair, Junior (1931 - 2012))
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“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” -Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910): as quoted in John Cooke: “The Book of Positive Quotations” (2007), page 479

“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.” -Aaron Hill (1685 - 1750)

“Give yourself a pat on the back each time you hang in there when you’re scared.” -Marilyn Barrick (Marilyn Cooper Barrick (1932 - 2007))
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“Courage from hearts, and not from numbers, grows.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “Annus Mirabilis” (1667), stanza 76, line 304; type of work: poem

“Fears are nothing more than states of mind.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))

“You do not have to be fearless, just don’t let fear stop you.” -Charles Day (Charles Peckham Day (born 1976)): speech (May 2014) to graduating class of Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America
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“We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.” -Titus Livius (also known simply as Livy (59 B.C.E. - C.E. 17.))

“If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)

Overheard: Don’t let your fears win.
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“Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832))

“There is no courage without fear.” -Author Unknown

“The only known cure for fear is faith.” -Lena Kellogg Sadler (1875 - 1939)
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“Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)

“We must travel in the direction of our fear.” -John Berryman (1914 - 1972)

“We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures.” -Susan Jeffers (Susan Jane Jeffers (1938 - 2012)): “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” (1987)
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“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” -Bethany Hamilton (Bethany Meilani Hamilton-Dirks (born 1990))

“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” -Tim Ferriss (Timothy ‘Tim’ Ferriss (born 1977))

“Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.” -H. Jackson Brown (Harriett Jackson Brown, Junior (born 1940)): “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (1991)
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“Ultimately, we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.” -Marilyn Ferguson

“Stop letting fear rule your life.” -Author Unknown

“Courage is your greatest present need.” -Author Unknown
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“With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.” -Keshavan Nair

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Wisdom and Advice

5/13/2023

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Picture of a field of yellow flowering plants with snow-covered mountains in the distance, a blue sky with fluffy white clouds above, and a green leafy tree in the field, with the words, ‘What matters most are quotations and sayings that tell you what life is really about . . .,’ and the words, ‘. . . and this is a tree,’ next to the tree, and finally the words, ‘Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net’

“Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people.” -Author Unknown

“Be excellent to each other!” -Author Unknown: “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (1989) movie

“Pursue worthy aims.” -Solon (about 630 B.C.E. - about 560 B.C.E.)

Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you.
Trust, but don’t be deceived.
Be content, but never stop improving yourself.
-Author Unknown
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If wisdom’s ways you’d wisely seek,
     Five things observe with care:
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
     And how, and when, and where.
-Laura Ingalls Wilder (Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (1867 - 1957)): “Little Town on the Prairie” (1941), message from C. L. Ingalls to her daughter

“Don’t ever let anyone dull your sparkle.” -Author Unknown

“If you would know the road ahead, ask someone who has traveled it.” -Author Unknown

“Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.” -Ron Wild
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“Life is too important to be taken seriously.” -Author Unknown

“Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant. But the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.” -Author Unknown: Indian proverb

“Be good to yourself so that you can above all be good to others.” -Jessi Lane Adams (pseudonym of Terri Guillemets (born 1973))

“Wisdom: Common sense in an uncommon degree.” -Author Unknown
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“Whoever said sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.” -Author Unknown

“Keep trying. Stay humble. Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” -Yogi Berra (Lawrence Peter ‘Yogi’ Berra (1925 - 2015))

“Write a wise saying, and your name will live forever.” -Author Unknown

“Don’t eat anything you shouldn’t.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“I give myself, sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.” -Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762)

“Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise.” -Author Unknown: Welsh proverb

“What cannot be helped must be endured.” -Author Unknown: “Rob Roy” (7 April 1995) movie; words spoken by fictional character Mary MacGregor

“Spend time with those you love, because one of these days you will say either, ‘I wish I had,’ or, ‘I’m glad I did.’” -Author Unknown
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“Whatever advice you give, be brief.” -Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.))

“You must get good at one of two things: planting in the Spring or begging in the Fall.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))

“It is traditional on these occasions for me to give you a bit of advice, which you will equally traditionally ignore.” -Philip Mountbatten (also known as Prince Philip (born 1921))

“Don’t ever slam a door; you might want to go back.” -Author Unknown
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“He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))

“The words you speak today should be soft and tender . . . for tomorrow you may have to eat them.” -Author Unknown

“We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))

“Wise people carry their possessions within them.” -Author Unknown
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“Few persons have good enough sight to see their own faults.” -Author Unknown

“It’s possible to own too much. A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure.” -Lee Segall

“Don’t trust advice from a person who’s in trouble.” -Author Unknown

Accept a proverb out of Wisdom’s schools -
“Barbers first learn to shave by shaving fools.”
-John Wolcot (1738 - 1819): “Works” (1792)
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“Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold - but so does a hard-boiled egg.” -Author Unknown

“A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.” -Sholom Aleichem (pseudonym of Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (1859 - 1916))

“A mountain shames a molehill until both are humbled by the stars.” -Author Unknown: proverb
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“Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.” -Author Unknown

“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself.” -Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900))

“Wisdom isn’t the acquisition of knowledge. It’s knowing which knowledge is worth acquiring.” -Frank Tyger (1929 - 2011)

“One day you’ll just be a memory to some people. Do your best to be a good one.” -Author Unknown
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“Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.” -David Starr Jordan (1851 - 1931): “The Philosophy of Despair” (1902)

“Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong.” -William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)

“Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.” -Felix Frankfurter (1882 - 1965)

“Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dearly for it.” -Author Unknown
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“Surround yourself with people smarter than you.” -Maggie Wilderotter

Wisdom Teaches

Wisdom teaches:
The fruits of silence;
The blessings of health;
The rewards of self-discipline;
The satisfaction of achievement;
The responsibility of power;
The beauty of nature;
The miracle of love;
The meaning of friendship;
The privilege of prayer;
The power of faith;
The joy of sharing;
The treasure of integrity.

by William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“Work hard, dress well, and be nice to people.” -Author Unknown

“My parents told me, ‘Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.’ I tell my daughters, ‘Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.’” -Thomas Friedman
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“There are many who give advice, but few who offer guidance.” -Author Unknown

“If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, ‘Tell the truth.’ If I got three more words, I’d add, ‘All the time.’” -Randy Pausch (Randolph Frederick ‘Randy’ Pausch (1960 - 2008))

“The first step toward madness is to think oneself wise.” -Fernando de Rojas

“Remember, it’s not the fall that hurts you; it’s the stop at the end.” -Author Unknown
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Enjoy yourself,
It’s later than you think.
-Herb Magidson (1906 - 1986): “Enjoy Yourself” (1950) song

“Rise with the Sun and go to bed with the chickens.” -Author Unknown
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“Many receive advice; only the wise profit from it.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)

“It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.” -Aeschylus (525 B.C.E. - 456 B.C.E.)

“You will always find some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.” -Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909 - 1966): “Unkempt Thoughts” (1957)
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The road to wisdom?
     Well it’s plain and simple to express:
Err and err and err again
     but less and less and less.
-Piet Hein (1905 - 1996)

“Be wise to-day; ‘tis madness to defer.” -Edward Young (1683 - 1765): “Night Thoughts” (1742 - 1745), ‘Night 1, line 391
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“The surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592))
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“Never leave hold of what you’ve got until you’ve got hold of something else.” -Donald Herzberg
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“Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.” -Author Unknown: Swedish proverb

“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.” -Edward Thorndike (Edward Lee Thorndike (1874 - 1949))
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“Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this Earth would be God’s Paradise.” -Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893)

“If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.’” -Ann Landers (pseudonym of Esther Pauline ‘Eppie’ Lederer (1918 - 2002))

“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all: This, too, shall pass.” -Ann Landers (pseudonym of Esther Pauline ‘Eppie’ Lederer (1918 - 2002))

Don’t cry over the past, it’s gone.
Don’t worry about the future, it hasn’t arrived.
Live in the present, and make it beautiful.
-Author Unknown
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“We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.” -Arthur Helps (1813 - 1875)

“Speak your mind but ride a fast horse.” -Author Unknown

“The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. That has been my secret, and I have never had any quarrels.” -Hannah Whitall Smith (1832 - 1911): as quoted in Logan Pearsall Smith, editor: “Philadelphia Quaker: The Letters of Hannah Whitall Smith” (1950), page 146

“Charity gives itself rich; greed hoards itself poor.” -Author Unknown: German proverb
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“If a man loves to give advice, it is a sure sign that he himself wants it.” -George Savile (also known as Lord Halifax (1633 - 1695))

“No man was ever wise by chance.” [translation to English]
“Nulli sapere casu obtigit.” [original Latin]
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))

“Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.” -Author Unknown

“If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to become a failure, I would seek advice from men who have never succeeded. If I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who are succeeding, and do as they have done.” -Joseph Marshall Wade (1832 - 1905)
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“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” -Robert Brault (born 1938)

“Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.” -Tobias Smollett (Tobias George Smollett (1721 - 1771))

“Wisdom is the sunlight of the soul.” -Author Unknown

“It’s a small world. So you gotta use your elbows a lot.” -Author Unknown
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“Wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future, and profit from the past.” -Author Unknown

“Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.” -Sydney J. Harris (Sydney Justin Harris (1917 - 1986))

“Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)

Good Advice

Don’t shirk
     Your work
For the sake
     Of a dream;
A fish
     In the dish
Is worth ten
     In the stream.

by Author Unknown
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“We are wiser than we know.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” -Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)

“The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))

Keep your eye on the ball.
Keep your shoulder to the wheel.
Keep your nose to the grindstone.
Now try to work in that position.
-Author Unknown
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“The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.” -Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636 - 1711)

“Seek advice but use your own common sense.” -Author Unknown: Yiddish proverb

“Enjoy yourself. These are the good old days you’re going to miss in the years ahead.” -Author Unknown
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“Whatever you are, try to be a good one.” -William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863): as quoted in Laurence Hutton’s memoir, ‘A Boy I Once Knew,’ serialized in “St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks” (March 1897), Volume 24, Number 5, page 413, column 2; also as quoted in Laurence Hutton: “A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs” (1898) autobiography

“Live, and be happy, and make others so.” -Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851)): “Frankenstein” (1818), Chapter 8; line spoken by character Justine Moritz

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Adversities and Persevering

5/8/2023

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Picture of a raccoon climbing out of a garbage can that is in a park.

When your life is difficult, just remember this furry fellow, who lives in a garbage can. Of course, your expectations in life may be a little different than his . . .
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“If you are ever in real trouble, don’t panic. Sit down and think about it. Remember two things, always. There must be some way out of it, and there must be humor in it somewhere.” -Louise Fitzhugh (1928 - 1974)

“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever . . .” -Isak Dinesen (pseudonym of Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (1885 - 1962))

“Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.” -Katharine Hepburn (Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907 - 2003))
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“Our way is not soft grass, it’s a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the Sun.” -Ruth Westheimer (born 1928)

“Some falls are means the happier to arise.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Cymbeline, King of Britain” (1609), Act IV, scene 2, line 2822; words of character Caius Lucius, general of the Roman forces

“Life is tough, but I’m tougher.” -Author Unknown
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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” -Frank Leahy (1908 - 1973): as quoted in the “Daily Mail” (4 May 1954) newspaper of Charleston, West Virginia

“Trouble can always be borne when it is shared.” -Katherine Paterson (born 1932): “The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks” (1 January 1990)

“Determination, patience, and courage are the only things needed to improve any situation.” -Author Unknown
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“No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): ‘Sir Walter Scott,’ published in the “London and Westminster Review” (12 November 1838)

“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” [translation to English]
“Confragosa in fastigium dignitatis via est.” [original Latin]
-Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “Epistles,” letter to Lucilius

“I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.” -Gillian Anderson (Gillian Leigh Anderson (born 1968))
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“The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.” -Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

“The highest grades of humanity have passed through the millstones more than once.” -Henry S. Haskins (Henry Stanley Haskins (1875 - 1940)): as quoted in Albert Jay Nock, editor: “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), book originally published anonymously, page 92

“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” -Author Unknown
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“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.” -Charles Spurgeon (Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)): “The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon” (1889), ‘Proverbs,’ page 89

“Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved.” -Marvin J. Ashton (Marvin Jeremy Ashton (1915 - 1994)): as quoted in “Ensign” (November 1984), page 22

“If things go wrong, don’t go with them.” -Roger Babson (Roger Ward Babson (1875 - 1967))
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“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles. But most of them never happened.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): as attributed in “Reader’s Digest” (April 1934) and in Alex Ayres, editor: “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain” (1987)

“People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.” -William Faulkner (William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner (1897 - 1962))

“No life is so hard that you can’t make it easier by the way you take it.” -Ellen Glasgow (1873 - 1945)
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“There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown helpless about them.” -Clare Boothe Luce (1903 - 1987)

“Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.” -C. H. Spurgeon (Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892))

“Remember, if you ever get into a difficult situation, you can always count on your fingers and toes!” -Author Unknown
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“Adversity in immunological doses has its uses; more than that crushes.” -John Updike (John Hoyer Updike (1932 - 2009))
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“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor can man be perfected without trials.” -Confucius (a fifteenth-century Portuguese Jesuit scholars’ rendering of the Chinese name K’ung Fu-tzu or K’ung Ch’iu into Classical Latin (English: Master K’ung) (about 551 B.C.E. - about 479 B.C.E.))

“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” -Lou Holtz (Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz (born 1937))

“Every adversity can make you bitter or better.” -Mary Kay Mueller (born 1953)
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“While troubles will come, they are always temporary - nothing lasts forever. Thus, there is the famous legend that King Solomon, the wisest man of all times, had a ring inscribed with the words, ‘This too shall pass.’” -Aryeh Kaplan (Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu Kaplan (1934 - 1983))

“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” -Bernice Reagon (Bernice Johnson Reagon (born 1942))

“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” -B. C. Forbes (Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ Forbes (1880 - 1954)): as quoted in “Forbes” (1958)
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“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again.” -Author Unknown: “The Bible,” ‘Proverbs,’ chapter 24, verse 16

“The brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks.” -Author Unknown

Picture of a small green plant with a white flower, sprouting through a crack in black asphalt pavement.

“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” -Peter Marshall (1902 - 1949)
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“I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.” -Will Rogers (William Penn Adair ‘Will’ Rogers (1879 - 1935))

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940))

“If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through.” -Author Unknown
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“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.” -Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Satires” (about 35 B.C.E. and 30 B.C.E.)

“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” -William E. Channing (William Ellery Channing (1780 - 1842)): “Self-Culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838” (1839), page 42

“Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.” -Shari R. Barr
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“People don’t ever seem to realize that doing what’s right’s no guarantee against misfortune.” -William McFee (1881 - 1966)

“I have never known anyone to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.” -Lou Holtz (Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz (born 1937))

“Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.” -James Buckham (1858 - 1908): as quoted in Mary Allette Ayer, editor: “Keep up Your Courage: Key-Notes to Success” (1908)
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“There is no education like adversity.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

“Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles.” -Arnold Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1998))

“The mind which does not wholly sink under misfortune rises above it, more lofty than before, and is strengthened by affliction.” -Richard Chenevix Trench (known simply as Richard Trench until 1873 (1807 - 1886)): “An Essay Upon National Character” (1832), book I, part II, chapter III
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“Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn’t make me stronger.” -Lou Holtz (Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz (born 1937))

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” -Molière (pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622 - 1673))

“What on Earth would a man do with himself if something did not stand in his way?” -H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946))
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“Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” -Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774): “The Vicar of Wakefield” (1766)

“He that falls to-day, may be up again to-morrow.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2097

“Life begins to become truly livable once we have learned how to get back up after we stumble and fall. The mastery of that knowledge may come about only following many falls but it finally comes to us and softens the pain and humiliation on each occasion that we stumble after that, and so we are able to face life with some courage because of what we have learned after falling. Everything eventually becomes easier with time and experience.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Strong men are made by opposition; like kites they go up against the wind.” -Frank Harris (born James Thomas Harris (1855 - 1931)): “Oscar Wilde” (1916), chapter 6, page 59

“If there is no struggle there is no progress.” -Frederick Douglass (pseudonym of Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (1817 - 1895)): personal letter (30 March 1849) to Gerrit Smith

“The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that precedes the victory.” -Karen Bliss Livingston
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“I admire people who choose to shine even after all the storms they’ve been through.” -Author Unknown

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger (Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born 1947)) at http://www.schwarzenegger.com/

“Life has its peaks and its valleys.” -Author Unknown
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“When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a moment longer, never give up then - for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe (Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)): “Old Town Folks” (1869), chapter 39: ‘Last Days in Cloudland’

“Never let life’s hardships disturb you . . . no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.” -Nichiren Daishonen (1222 - 1282)
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“Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))

“If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.” -Solon (636 B.C.E. - 558 B.C.E.)

“Defeat is nothing but the first step to something better.” -Author Unknown
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“Fight the good fight with all thy might.” -John S. B. Monsell (John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1811 - 1875)): “Fight the Good Fight” (1863) hymn

“The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904)

“However hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better.” -Benjamin E. Mays (Benjamin Elijah Mays (1894 - 1984)): as quoted in Dorothy Winbush Riley: “My Soul Looks Back, ’Less I Forget” (1995)
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“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

“I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.” -J. C. Penney (James Cash Penney (1875 - 1971))
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“The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.” -William J. H. Boetcker (William John Henry Boetcker (1873 - 1962))

“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.” -Robert Leighton (1611 - 1684)

“One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.” -George H. Allen (George Herbert Allen, Senior (1918 - 1990))
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“I’m glad for all that life has brought, because today I know that men must brave adversities if they would greater grow.” -Lawrence Hawthorne

“Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amidst joy.” -Felicia Hemans

“Those who turn back know only the ordeal, but those who persevere remember the adventure.” -Milo Arnold
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“With every victory over adversity, you grow in wisdom, stature, and experience. You become a better, bigger person each time you meet a problem.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002))

“The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.” -Richard G. Scott
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“Endure, and preserve yourself for better things.” -Publius Vergilius Maro (also known simply as Vergil or Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.))

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” -Dolly Parton (Dolly Rebecca Parton (born 1946)): as quoted in Bob Phillips: “Phillips’ Book of Great Thoughts” (1993), page 264
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Stress and Anxiety

4/26/2023

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Picture of a frazzled-looking adult working at a computer screen and holding a notebook open on a desk, while a cat and a child are involved in mischief and excessively loud music is playing in the background.

“Nothing in human affairs is worth any great anxiety.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.))

“Stress does nothing but change reality into a big bad wolf while making us feel like little piggies.” -Author Unknown
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“If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn’t be so anxious.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983): “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)

“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” -Lou Holtz (Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz (born 1937))

“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” -Lee Iacocca (Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca (1924 - 2019))
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“I am pretty much 3 percent human and 97 percent stress.” -Author Unknown

“Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” -Walter Anderson (born 1944)
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Stress can cause headaches as the body reacts by rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body, in preparation for survival through the instinctive fight or flight mechanism.

“If you feel like you’re losing everything, remember trees lose their leaves every year, and they stand tall and wait for better days to come.” -Author Unknown
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Recognize Stressors
- Chaotic surroundings and disruptive people.
- Noises, particularly startling and alarming noises.
- Vibrations or swaying from under our feet or objects such as machinery.
- Lights that are too bright, too dim, flickering, flashing, or unnaturally colored.
- Smells, including offensive odors and air pollutants.
- Constant dealings with strange, hostile, or abnormal people.
- Lack of familiar and comfortable stimuli, particularly that found in nature, in friendship, in a good home, and in a good work environment.
- Having no place to ‘get away from it all’ in order to de-stress.
- Having no plans or workable ideas for dealing with difficult circumstances and difficult people.
- Being mistreated by people, as for example, being bullied, being lied to, being lied about, being blamed, or being ridiculed.
- Maladaptive methods for attempting to deal with stress can create additional stress, as for example, overeating, withdrawing from all human contact, or turning to electronic devices for comfort.
Can you think of other stressors to add to this list?

Chronic stress can cause the brain to flood with powerful hormones that are meant for short-term emergency situations. However, chronic exposure is also believed to damage, shrink, and rapidly age brain cells.

How to Handle Stress
- Take a moment, sometimes to do nothing, but even better, to do some simple task that can be done without much thought, such as cleaning a table top or putting away clean laundry.
- Talk to someone or make a plan for dealing with the situation, or better yet, do both if possible.
- Go for a walk. You will get away from your surroundings which have become a reminder of the situation, you will get some beneficial exercise, and you will get some relaxing mental stimulation from the sights and sounds and other sensations of the outdoors environment.
- Close your eyes for a few seconds and breath and relax your tense muscles.
- Drink a glass of water.
What can you add to this list?
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“Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 22

During stress, eye pupils dilate, referred to as ‘mydriasis,’ to gather more visual information about a situation. This is one of the many automatic, or instinctual, actions built into us to ensure survival.

The word ‘stress’ was originally an engineering term. It was adopted for use as a medical term by a scientist named Hans Selye. Mr. Selye found that lab rats became sulky and sickly when he upset them by trying to catch them by cornering them and snatching at them. This activity broke down their resistance to ailments. Because no medical term for this phenomenon existed in the 1930’s, he used the word ‘stress’ to describe it.
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The word ‘stress’ is derived from the Latin word ‘stringere’ meaning ‘to draw tight.’

“The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.): as attributed in Darius Lyman: “The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: from the Latin” (1856): “Sententiae,” Maxim 388

“You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.” -Gaius Julius Phaedrus (lived in about C.E. 1st century)

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” -William James (1842 - 1910)

While stress does not turn hair gray, stress can cause hair loss. Telogen effluvium, the medical term for hair loss, can begin up to three months after a stressful event.

“Take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes. Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day, you’re doing just fine.” -Charlotte Eriksson
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“There are two times when I feel stress - day and night.” -Author Unknown

“Stress-Buster Tip: Do yourself a favor. Overlook at least two things today.” -M. J. Ryan
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“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” -Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)

Picture of a person holding a glass of water in their hand.

Stress Management

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, “How heavy is this glass of water?” Answers called out ranged from 20 grams to 500 grams.

The lecturer replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

He continued, “And that’s the way it is with stress management. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on. As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.”

“So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you’re carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can. Relax; pick them up later after you’ve rested.”

“Enjoy your life!”

by Author Unknown

The hyper-arousal of the body’s stress response system can lead to chronic insomnia.

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” -Sydney J. Harris (Sydney Justin Harris (1917 - 1986))

“Anxiety is the interest paid on trouble before it is due.” -William R. Inge (William Ralph Inge (1860 - 1954))

“When we are distressed, going outside for some fresh air, taking a walk in the park, or wandering deep into the woods quickens our attention, bringing us instantly into the present. Being outdoors provides mental space and clarity, allowing our bodies to relax and our hearts to feel more at ease. Putting ourselves in the midst of something greater than our personal dramas, difficulties and pain - as we do when we walk in the open plains, hike in rarefied mountain air, or ramble on an empty beach - can give us a sense of space and openness, lifting us out of our narrow selves. Similarly, gazing up at the vast night sky helps us see our problems and concerns with greater context and perspective. The natural world communicates its profound message: things are okay as they are; you are okay just as you are; simply relax and be present.” -Mark Coleman: “Awake in the Wild” (1 November 2006), page xv
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“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.” -Jane Wagner (born 1935): line written for use by Lily Tomlin (Mary Jean ‘Lily’ Tomlin (born 1939)) in standup comedy acts

“Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.” -Herbert Gasser
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“I read some article, which said that the symptoms of stress are impulse buying, eating too much, and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That’s what I call a perfect day.” -Author Unknown

“You have probably heard of ‘contagious’ or ‘infectious’ smiles. There is a reason for this - when you smile, it tends to make others around you smile. Even in the most stressful times, a roomful of smiles can brighten everybody’s mood.” -Author Unknown
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“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.” -Thích Nhất Hanh (born 1926 as Nguyễn Xuân Bảo)

“It is an experiment worth trying to be alone and to be quiet for a brief period every day. Under city conditions it may be difficult to carry out but most of us could do it if we tried. At any rate we should moderate the pace at which we are living. If we remain at high gear, at top pressure, we are bound to suffer from fatigue and strain.” -Robert J. McCracken
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“The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.” -William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)

“Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.” -Fulton J. Sheen (Fulton John Sheen (1895 - 1979)
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“Being on the tightrope is living. Everything else is just waiting.” -Karl Wallenda

“Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started.” -David Allen

“Stressed spelled backwards is desserts.” -Loretta Laroche

Did you know that stress can make you fatter? Stress can make losing weight and maintaining the right weight much harder. Why? Because when we are stressed, we instinctively eat more foods and foods high in calories in order to build up our energy, including our energy reserves that are stored as body fat, to be prepared for action. Unfortunately, these days there isn’t much action of the sort we were programmed for long ago, such as running from animals that want to eat us, or running to catch animals we want to eat. But there is good news! Laughing actually reduces stress, so get out there and do some serious laughing. Laughing allows people to live well and be healthier by handling stress better.
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“Never hurry; take plenty of exercise; always be cheerful, and take all the sleep you need, and you may expect to be well.” -James F. Clarke

“Without stress there is no growth.” -Author Unknown
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“Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can do is take a complete rest.” -Author Unknown

“Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one’s own.” -Fulton John Sheen (1895 - 1979): “On Being Human” (1982)
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“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” -C. H. Spurgeon (Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892))

“Just because we’re in a stressful situation, doesn’t mean that we have to get stressed out. You may be in a storm. The key is, don’t let the storm get in you.” -Joel Osteen (born 1963)
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“Storms don’t last forever.” -Author Unknown

“Outer chaos, inner peace . . . all is well.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.” -Jane Wagner (born 1935): “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe” (1985), line of fictional character Trudy, portrayed in stage productions by actress Lily Tomlin (Mary Jean ‘Lily’ Tomlin (born 1939))

“Even the darkest night will end and the Sun will rise.” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885)): “Les Misérables” (1862)
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“Don’t stress, just do your best.” -Author Unknown

Do you need an antidote to stress and anxiety? Laughing strengthens the immune system by releasing health-enhancing hormones such as cortisol, epinephrine, and adrenaline, which can lower stress.
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S.T.O.P.

When feeling overwhelmed, simply S.T.O.P.:
Stop, or momentarily pause in whatever you are doing.
Take a slow, deep breath.
Observe your thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations.
Proceed with a one-simple-thing focus.

by Author Unknown
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“In stressful times it’s okay to not be perfect. It’s okay to cut yourself some slack. Because right now, you might not be your best self. But you are growing, and you are trying your best, and that is good enough.” -Ashley Hetherington

Bad stress is believed to make people physically sick from its resulting headaches, muscle fatigue and a lowered immune system response that can create an increased susceptibility to infections and diseases. Bad stress is believed to make people mentally sick from its resulting anxiety, worry, depression, and troubled thoughts. Stress is believed to degrade our entire systems. We become like trapped animals - trapped in circumstances by bad stress, we instinctively try every means to escape, and finding none, we wear ourselves down and tire ourselves out, exhausting ourselves and yet failing to recognize that it is the bad stress that is harming our bodies and minds.
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How to Stress Less

1. Focus on what you can control.
2. Go for a walk.
3. Make something.
4. Talk to friends and family.
5. Breath.
6. Look for new opportunities.
7. Exercise.
8. Treat yourself.
9. Daydream.
10. Change your daily routine.
11. Go to bed earlier.
12. Smile more often.

by Author Unknown

And when things start to happen,
Don’t worry. Don’t stew.
Just go right along.
You’ll start happening too.
-Dr. Seuss (pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991)): “Oh, The Places You Will Go” (1990)

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4/22/2023

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Picture of a happy smiling Sun looking down from the sky and the words, ‘Change Your Life, Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

“If you would like to change things in your life that seem too big to change all at once, could you be happy changing them a little at a time?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” -attributed to William James (1842 - 1910)

“Any day we wish, we can start the process of life change.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“It is always safe to assume, not that the old way is wrong, but that there may be a better way.” -Henry F. Harrower
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Lucy: Do you think anybody ever really changes?
Linus: I’ve changed a lot in the last year.
Lucy: I mean for the better.
-Charles M. Schulz (Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz (1922 - 2000)): “Peanuts” comic strip

“Never assume that you’re stuck with the way things are. Life changes, and so can you.” -Ralph Marston (Ralph Seymour Marston, Junior (born 1955)) at https://GreatDay.com/

“There is yet time enough for you to take a different path.” -Author Unknown
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“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.” -Okakura Kakuzō (also known as Okakura Tenshin (1862 - 1913)): “The Book of Tea: Japanese Harmony of Art, Culture, and the Simple Life” (1906)

“Sometimes we must make a choice, to take a chance, or our lives will never change.” -Author Unknown

“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” -Mandy Hale (born 1978) at https://mandyhale.com
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To change one’s life:
Start immediately.
Do it flamboyantly.
No exceptions.
-William James (1842 - 1910)

“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.” -Robin Sharma (born 1965)

“Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.” -Author Unknown
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“Life is like an ever-changing kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.” -Sharon Salberg

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978): as quoted in the “Christian Science Monitor” (1 June 1989)

“Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.” -Herbert Ottl
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“Never be afraid to try something new - remember, it was amateurs who built the Ark and professionals who built the Titanic.” -Author Unknown

“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” -John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890): “The Development of Christian Doctrine” (1834)

By Changing Your Thinking

By changing your thinking,
     You change your beliefs;
When you change your beliefs,
     You change your expectations;
When you change your expectations,
     You change your attitude;
When you change your attitude,
     You change your behavior;
When you change your behavior,
     You change your performance;
When you change your performance,
     You change your life.

by Author Unknown
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“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” -Carol Burnett (Carol Creighton Burnett (born 1933))

“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” -Aldous Huxley (Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 - 1963))

“It’s never too late to change your life.” -Author Unknown
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“If you want things to change, you have to change. If you want things to be better, you have to be better.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi (1869 - 1948))

Affirmation: I want to change my life.
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“Change is the only evidence of life.” -Evelyn Waugh (Arthur Evelyn Saint John Waugh (1903 - 1966))

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” -Henri Bergson (Henri-Louis ‘Henri’ Bergson (1859 - 1941))

“Change can be scary, but you know what’s scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving, and progressing.” -Mandy Hale (born 1978) at https://mandyhale.com
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“Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.” -Richard Hooker (1554 - 1600)

“Change is the only thing that will make things different.” -Author Unknown

“Once you make the decision to change, all kinds of things happen.” -Charles S. Dutton
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“Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon . . . everything’s different.” -Bill Waterson (William Boyd ‘Bill’ Waterson II (born 1958)): “Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes”; type of work: cartoon

“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.” -Confucius (a fifteenth-century Portuguese Jesuit scholars’ rendering of the Chinese name K’ung Fu-tzu or K’ung Ch’iu into Classical Latin (English: Master K’ung) (about 551 B.C.E. - about 479 B.C.E.))

Picture of an orange, black, and white Monarch Butterfly in the midst of flowers with yellow centers, white petals, and dark green leaves and dark green stems, and the words, ‘If Nothing Ever Changed, There Would Be No Butterflies.’

“Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.” -William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)

“The only thing constant in life is change.” -François de La Rochefoucauld (also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680))

“Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.” -Alvin Toffler (1928 - 2016)
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“Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” -Rob Siltanen: “Think Different” (1997 - 2002) advertising campaign for Apple, Inc.

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.” -Gurdjieff (1873 - 1949)
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“The nature o’* things doesn’t change, though it seems as if one’s own life was nothing but change. The square o’ four is sixteen, and you must lengthen your lever in proportion to your weight, is as true when a man’s miserable as when he’s happy; and the best o’ working is, it gives you a grip hold o’ things outside your own lot.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “Adam Bede” (1859)
*o’: of

“I guess some people never change. Or, they quickly change and then quickly change back.” -Author Unknown

“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” -John Cage (John Milton Cage, Junior (1912 - 1992))

“Change is not difficult, it is the resistance to change that is difficult.” -Author Unknown
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“The only thing certain is nothing is certain.” -Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)

“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” -Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)

“Changes happen, and life gets worse and better, and life somehow goes on.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Times will change for the better when you change.” -Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)
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“Everyone alters and is altered by everyone else. We are all the time taking in portions of one another or else reacting against them, and by those involuntary acquisitions and repulsions modifying our natures.” -Gerald Brenan (1894 - 1987)

“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different?” -C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963))

“Old ways won’t open new doors.” -Author Unknown
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“Our only security is our ability to change.” -John Lyly (1554 - 1606)

“There is nothing permanent except change.” -Heraclitus of Ephesus (544 B.C.E. - 483 B.C.E.) (513 B.C.E.)

“We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature, and the means perhaps of its conservation.” -Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797): letter (1792) to Hercules Langrishe

“The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything or nothing.” -Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)

“To change your circumstances, first start thinking differently. Do not passively accept unsatisfactory circumstances, but form a picture in your mind of circumstances as they should be. Believe and succeed.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“All change is not growth; as all movement is not forward!” -Author Unknown

“Change is possible for nearly everyone; consider the wolf, which preys upon sheep, and then consider the domestic dog derived from it, which herds and protects sheep. However, any marked change is a process requiring time and sustained, deliberate effort.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.” -John Locke (1632 - 1704)

“Change almost always represents improvement of the human condition. Constancy almost always represents stagnation. In any event, change is certain. There’s no point in complaining about it. Natural history teaches that survival in a changing world does not depend on physical strength or on high intelligence. Survival depends on the ability to change.” -Alex Sanders

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” -R. Buckminster Fuller (Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller (1895 - 1983))
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“All things are only transitory.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

“The world hates change yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))

“If you want any part of your life changed, forget about what you’re going to do this year and begin with this moment.” -Author Unknown
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“Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those opening a new road.” -Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778)): as quoted in Ben Ray Redman, editor: “The Portable Voltaire” (1949)

“Change is inevitable. Because it is driven by expanding knowledge and technology, it is accelerating at a speed never seen before.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Change is inevitable . . . except from vending machines.” -Author Unknown

“To the fearful, change is threatening because they worry that things may get worse. To the hopeful, change is encouraging because they feel things may get better.” -Buck Rogers
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“Change is difficult but often essential to survival.” -Lester Louis Brown

“All is change; all yields its place and goes.” -Euripides (484 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)

“If you’re searching for that one person that will change your life, take a look in the mirror.” -Author Unknown

“Change before you have to.” -Jack Welch (John Francis ‘Jack’ Welch, Junior (born 1935))
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“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” -Ed Foreman (born 1933)

“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)): “The Razor’s Edge” (1943)

“In all change, well looked into, the germinal good out-vails the apparent ill.” -Francis Thompson (1859 - 1907)
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“It only takes one person to change your life - you.” -Ruth Casey

“Turn over a new leaf.” -Thomas Dekker

“Be okay with where you are, even if you know you want to change.” -Author Unknown
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“Welcome change.” -Author Unknown

“Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as for the body.” -Aldous Huxley (Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 - 1963))

“Someday change will be accepted as life itself.” -Shirley MacLaine (pseudonym of Shirley MacLean Beaty (born 1934))
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