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Easy Lesson One

6/1/2025

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How To Stop Procrastinating

5/7/2025

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“The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They’re full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)

“How to stop procrastinating starts with believing you can overcome procrastination.” -Robert Moment: “How to Stop Procrastinating” (10 April 2015)
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“If you procrastinate when faced with a big, difficult problem . . . break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)

“During a very busy life I have often been asked, “How did you manage to do it all?” The answer is very simple. It is because I did everything promptly.” -Richard Tangye (Richard Trevithick Tangye (1833 - 1906))
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“Overcoming procrastination is not, I repeat, not, about cramming additional work into your day . . . overcoming procrastination is about simplifying your life to make space for the activities that matter most.” -Richie Norton at https://richienorton.com/

In Putting Off your Tasks and Ruing them
     You Waste more Time than you would Spend in Doing them.
-Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943): “A Poet’s Proverbs” (1924), ‘Of Procrastination’

“Waiting to develop courage is just another form of procrastination. We must take action while we’re afraid.” -Author Unknown
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“Think of many things; do one.” -Author Unknown: Portuguese proverb

The Dreaded Task

I found the task that I had dreaded so
     Was not so difficult when once begun;
It was the dread itself that was the foe,
     And dread once conquered means a victory won.

By Margaret E. Bruner (Margaret Elizabeth ‘Maggie’ Bruner (1886 - 1971))
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“Don’t let procrastination take over your life. Be brave and take risks. Your life is happening right now.” -Roy T. Bennett

So here hath been dawning
     Another blue Day:
Think wilt thou let it
     Slip useless away.
-Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): “Today” (1840)

“Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day’s success.” -Israelmore Ayivor
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“Procrastination is illogical from every viewpoint. It is like the man who wanted to cross the stream, so he sat on the bank to wait for all the water to run by.” -Vernon Howard

“Do first what you don’t want to do most.” -Clifford Cohen

“Chances are there are some things that trigger your tendencies to procrastinate. It is important you identify these things. And if possible, get rid of them.” -John Morgan
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“The worst form of procrastination is reading a procrastination quotation, feeling the guilt, and not doing anything about it.” -Author Unknown

“No more excuses or procrastination! Stop allowing your days to be stolen by busy nothingness and take calculated steps towards your goals.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975) at https://stevemaraboli.net/

“Procrastination usually results in sorrowful regret. Today’s duties put off until tomorrow give us a double burden to bear; the best way is to do them in their proper time.” -Ida Scott Taylor (Ida Scott Taylor McKinney (1855 - 1932))

“Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.” -James A. Michener: “The Drifters: A Novel” (1971)

“The dread of doing a task uses up more time and energy than doing the task itself.” -Rita Emmett: “The Procrastinator’s Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now” (2000)
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“Believe me, wise men don’t say ‘I shall live to do that,’ tomorrow’s life is too late; live today.” [translation to English]
“Non est, crede mihi, sapientis dicere ‘Vivam’: Sera nimis vita est crastina: vive hodie.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Valerius Martialis (also known simply as Martial (between C.E. 38 and C.E. 41 - between C.E. 102 and C.E. 104)): “Epigrams” (about C.E. 80 - C.E. 104), Book I, Poem 15: ‘To Julius

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“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible.” -George Horace Lorimer (1867 - 1937): “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son” (October 1902), letter IV, ‘June 25, 189-,’ page 48
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“Begin while others are procrastinating. Work while others are wishing.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“Each day brings new tasks we must accomplish, and when we procrastinate today, the tasks undone will be added to the tasks to come tomorrow and the next day and the days after that, so that in a matter of days, the total number of tasks that must be accomplished can become overwhelming. By doing tasks promptly, preferable the moment they come to mind, we prevent the overwhelming of ourselves by a vast accumulation of incompleted tasks.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970)): “Think and Grow Rich” (1937)

“Don’t worry about all of the steps. Begin.” -Bob Goff
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“Getting an early start is best, and getting a late start is still better than getting no start at all.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“If a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing late.” -Frederick Oliver

“Remember, action today can prevent a crisis tomorrow.” -Steve Shallenberger (Steven R. Shallenberger (born 1958)): “Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders” (2014)
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“It’s now or never.” -Author Unknown

“Do not put it off to-day, thinking to-morrow will do.” -David J. Cable
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“If you believe you can accomplish everything by cramming at the eleventh hour, by all means, don’t lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining.” -Max Brooks (Maximillian Michael Brooks (born 1972))

“Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.” -Michael Landon: as quoted in David R. Greenland: “Michael Landon: The Career and Artistry of a Television Genius” (2015)
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“A task left undone remains undone in two places - at the actual location of the task, and inside your head. Incomplete tasks in your head consume the energy of your attention as they gnaw at your conscience.” -Brahma Kumaris: as quoted in David Allen: “Getting Things Done”

“Procrastination is the result of not prioritizing.” -Author Unknown

“If you wait for things to be perfect, you walk away with nothing. Just jump in and get started.” -Jennifer Ritchie Payette
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“Whoever observes the wind will not sow; and whoever regards the clouds will not reap.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible” (NRSV), ‘Ecclesiastes,’ chapter 11, verse 4

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.” -Author Unknown: English proverb

“There are good solutions for overcoming procrastination that we can organize around an awareness-and-action problem-solving framework.” -William J. Knaus (William J. ‘Bill’ Knaus (born 1938)): “Do It Now!” (23 December 1997)
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“You, as a person who wants to be successful, need to make ‘I’m doing it now’ a part of your daily vocabulary.” -Jacob Reimer

“One day or day one. You decide.” -Author Unknown

“The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.” -Dawson Trotman (Dawson Earle Trotman (1906 - 1956))
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“A primary reason people don’t do new things is because they want to do them perfectly - first time. It’s completely irrational, impractical, not workable - and yet, it’s how most people run their lives.” -John-Roger and Peter McWilliams

“There’s no such thing as the perfect time to get started.” -Author Unknown

“Often greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision.” -Harry A. Hopf
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“Doubt increases with inaction. Clarity reveals itself in momentum. Growth comes from progress. For all these reasons, begin.” -Brendon Burchard

“Often people put off doing something because the last time they started it, or did it, or tried to do it, they had a miserable experience. How can it be done, but without the misery? First, realize that was then, this is now. Not only may circumstances have changed, but you may have changed as well. That, along with persistence and perseverance, is everything you need to know, to start it, to do it, or to try to do it - and to conquer dread and to succeed.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“One thing that has always worked for me, concerning procrastination, is to tell myself that, however long I may want to delay doing tasks, I will still need to do them.” -Nick Bell: “Organize Yourself Starting Today!”
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“Delay wastes time, weakens the will, dissipates energy, discourages ambition, and prophesies failure. Resolve, and do! Do it now!” -F. M Fradenburgh: “Advice for Going Forward”

“The man who waits to know everything is the man who never does anything.” -Craig D. Lounsbrough

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“Doing things at the last minute reminds us of the importance of doing things at the first minute.” -Matshona Dhliwayo

“Getting an idea should be like sitting on a pin; it should make you jump up and do something.” -E. L. Simpson

“KISS Procrastination Away: Keep It Super Simple, Keep It Step-by-Step, Keep It Scheduled and Systematic.” -Lisa A. Mininni (Lisa Ann Mininni (born 1954))
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“We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.” -Erica Jong (Erica Mann Jong (born 1942))

Defer not joys thou mayst not win from fate:
     Judge only what is past to be thine own.
Cares with a linked chain of sorrows wait.
     Mirth tarries not; but soon on wings is flown -
With both hands hold it - clasped in full embrace,
     Still from thy heart it oft will glide away!
To say, “I mean to live” is folly’s place:
     Tomorrow’s life comes late; live, then, today.
-Marcus Valerius Martialis (also known simply as Martial (between C.E. 38 and C.E. 41 - between C.E. 102 and C.E. 104))

“You can defeat procrastination all by yourself. You’re the one who started it and it’s also you who can stop it.” -Samuel Andreas

“Be decisive. Instead of putting tasks off until later, decide what to do at the moment.” -Andrew Mood: “Stop Overthinking” (10 January 2020)
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“The problem with a lot of people is that they procrastinate as if tomorrow doesn’t have some tasks of its own.” -Edmond Mbiaka

“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.” -Andrew Jackson (Andrew ‘Old Hickory’ Jackson (1767 - 1845))

“Don’t wait for your ship to come in, and feel angry and cheated when it doesn’t. Get going with something small.” -Irene Kassorla
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“If you have goals and procrastination, you have nothing. If you have goals and you take action, you will have anything you want.” -Thomas J. Vilord, author

“It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up - that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.” -Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926 - 2004)

“Start before you’re ready.” -Steven Pressfield

“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.” -Jerry West
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“Dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that’s the Stuff Life is made of.” -Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (1758)

“To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.” -Eva Young

“Think of the most discouraging thing that you are currently carrying or the biggest project you can’t seem to tackle. Forget about how it happened, forget about how you got there, just look at the clock, and before that number changes, do one little thing to make it better. After you do, enjoy your moment of victory, and then do it again. In less than the time it takes you to blink, the past will burden you no more.” -Dan Pearce
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“We shall never have more time. We have, and have always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going day in and day out. Concentrate on something useful. Having decided to achieve a task, achieve it at all costs.” -Arnold Bennett (Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931)): “How to Live on 24 Hours a Day” (1908)

Concrete Tips For Overcoming Procrastination
- Review each day, by writing down what you did, or counting the blessings and accomplishments.
- Find someone to help keep you accountable, and who you can likewise keep accountable, in accomplishing work.
- Reward yourself by doing something you like to do, after you complete each task.
What tips can you add?

“Doing just a little bit during the time we have available puts you that much further ahead than if you took no action at all.” -Byron Pulsifer (Byron R. Pulsifer) at https://www.QuotesChristian.com and https://www.stresslesscountry.com/quotes/

“The habit of always putting off an experience until you can afford it, or until the time is right, or until you know how to do it, is one of the greatest burglars of joy. Be deliberate, but once you’ve made up your mind - jump in.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934)): “Living on the Ragged Edge” (1985), page 110
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“The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.” -Richard Cushing (Richard James Cushing (1895 - 1970))

“Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.” -Marie Beynon Ray (1886 - 1969)

“Delay not to seize the hour!” -Aeschylus (about 525 B.C.E. - about 456 B.C.E.)

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How To Manage Time

1/12/2025

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“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.” -Author Unknown

“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

“Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.” -Philip Dormer Stanhope (also known as Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)): “Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman” (1774), ‘26 December 1749’

“Always spend your time adding value to your life.” -Sunday Adelaja
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“Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?” -Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946)

“It’s really great fun to go someplace where there are no timesaving devices because, when you do, you find that you have lots of time. Elsewhere, you’re too busy working to pay for machines to save you time so you won’t have to work so hard.” -Benjamin Hoff (born 1946): “The Tao Of Pooh” (1982); author website: https://www.benjaminhoffauthor.com/

“Fifteen minutes a day equals one workday every month. How might you use this time to help you achieve your goals?” -Author Unknown

“Do not waste time attempting to make sense out of nonsense.” -Johnnie Dent, Junior
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“One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.” [translation to English]
“Man hat immer Zeit genug, wenn man sie gut anwenden will.” [original German]
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 - 1832): “The Autobiography of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe,” (translated by John Oxenford 1974), volume 2, book 10, page 16; as quoted in “United States Library of Congress, Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations” (1989)

“To get more time with your family, limit and restrict television, newspapers, and outside activities.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Unlike other resources, time cannot be bought or sold, borrowed or stolen, stocked up or saved, manufactured, reproduced, or modified. All we can do is make use of it. And whether we use it or not, it nevertheless slips away.” -Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber (born 1937): “The Art of Time” (1984)

“Gain control of your time, and you will gain control of your life.” -John L. Mason (John Landis Mason (1832 - 1902))
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“Plan every day in advance, preferably the night before. Plan every week in advance, as well.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“People waste most of their waking hours every day going through the motions, chatting idly, shuffling paper, putting off decisions, reacting, majoring in minors, and concentrating on trivia. They spend their time in low priority tension relieving, rather than high priority goal-achieving activities.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/

“You always have time for the things you put first.” -Author Unknown

“Just as your fortune depends upon how your money is invested, so the success of your life depends upon how your time is invested.” -Leone Kester

“I recommend you to take care of the minutes: for hours will take care of themselves.” -Philip Dormer Stanhope (also known as Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)): “Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman” (1774), ‘1747’

“Time is the scarcest resource, and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” -Peter F. Drucker (Peter Ferdinand Drucker (1909 - 2005))

What is the best way your time could be spent right now, at this very moment?
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“There’s time enough, but none to spare.” -Charles W. Chesnutt (Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858 - 1932)): “The Marrow of Tradition” (1901)

“In developing excellent time management skills, focus on changing only one behavior at a time.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.” -Theophrastus (370 B.C.E. - 287 B.C.E.)

“Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.” -Michael LeBoeuf (born 1942)

“Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832))

“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

“There are days I’m so busy that I don’t get anything done.” -Author Unknown

“You can’t make up for lost time. You can only do better in the future.” -Ashley Ormon (born 1958)

“We shall never have more time. We have, and have always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going day in and day out. Concentrate on something useful. Having decided to achieve a task, achieve it at all costs.” -Arnold Bennett (Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931))

“If you don’t make time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” -Kevin Ngo: “Let’s Do This! 100 Powerful Messages to Help You Take Action” (September 2013)
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“Your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone and never in your power again.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180)): “The Meditations” (C.E. 167)

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“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.” -Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)

“Counting time is not so important as making time count.” -James J. Walker (James John Walker (1881 - 1946))

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“You will find time for anything if you really want it.” -Author Unknown

“Small improvements in the way you use your time can translate into major differences in your life.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely.” -Thomas P. Murphy
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“There is not a single moment in life that we can afford to lose.” -Edward M. Goulburn (Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1818 - 1897))

“If you don’t have time to do it right, you must have time to do it over.” -Author Unknown

“When you have a task to do that is repeated often, try shaving just seconds off it, and over time, those seconds will add up to minutes, hours, days, weeks, and longer in your life, time which can be devoted to other purposes.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind.” -Isaac Pitman
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“Do you have all that you desire? The health, the home, the career, or the relationship? Look to where you’re investing your time the most - is it dedicated to achieving those desires?” -Rob Liano at https://robliano.wordpress.com/

“Treat your time like money; how can you best spend it to achieve maximum satisfaction?” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“The more business a man has to do, the more he is able to accomplish, for he learns to economize his time.” -Matthew Hale

“Lose an hour in the morning and you’ll be looking for it all day.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
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“Go to bed seasonably, and rise early. Redeem your precious time: pick up the fragments of it, that not one moment of it may be lost.” -George Whitefield (1714 - 1770)

“Time management is really this: You have a period of time, whether a minute, an hour, a morning, a day, a week, a season, or a lifetime. Will you fill that period of time with some activity that is of benefit, or will you do nothing and let the time pass empty of benefit? Will you manage your time, or will you allow other people and circumstances to manage it for you?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.” -George M. Adams (George Matthew Adams (1878 - 1962))

“Everything requires time. It is the only true universal condition. All work takes place and uses time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable, and necessary resource. Nothing else, perhaps, distinguishes effective executives as much as their tender loving care of time.” -Peter F. Drucker (Peter Ferdinand Drucker (1909 - 2005))

“How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.” -David B. Norris
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“Don’t waste time with people who waste time.” -Keesya Hill-Jones (Keesya Renée Hill-Jones (born 1971)): “The Protector” (23 May 2017)

“We carefully watch our money and consider the cost of things. We ought to do likewise with our time. Imagine if at the beginning of each day, we were given 24 pieces of paper, similar to paper money, and we had to surrender one of them as each hour passed; and, additionally, we would have round coin-like disks with values assigned to them such as half-hour, quarter hour, five minutes, one minute, half-minute or thirty seconds, and finally, a one second disk, all to be surrendered with the passing of time. Would that help us to better understand the value of time?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Every minute that you save by making it useful, more profitable, is so much added to your life and its possibilities. Every minute lost is a neglected by-product once gone you will never get it back.” -Arthur Brisbane (1864 - 1936)
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“It is better to do the most trifling thing in the world than to regard half an hour as trifle.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

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“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (born 1940)): “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (1991)

“Burnout occurs when your body and mind can no longer keep up with the tasks you demand of them. Don’t try to force yourself to do the impossible. Delegate time for important tasks, but always be sure to leave time for relaxation and reflection.” -Del Suggs: “Truly Leading: Lessons in Leadership” (28 February 2011)

“Work hard, but do not allow yourself to have a burnout. Pace yourself. Force yourself to take breaks. Break up work periods by alternating types of work, as for example, rotating mental work and physical work.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” -Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17))

“TIME: Today Is My Everything.” -Richie Norton
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“Most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just as empty as a bucket that is deliberately kicked over.” -Paul J. Meyer (Paul James Meyer, Senior (1928 - 2009)) at https://PaulJMeyer.com/

“Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.” -Carl Sandburg (Carl August Sandburg (1878 - 1967))

“Your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone and never in your power again.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180)): “The Meditations” (C.E. 167), Book IV, section 18 (as translated by Maxwell Staniforth (1964))

“The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one’s day and every night to examine the results obtained.” -Alexis Carrel (1873 - 1944)
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“Those who make the best Use of their Time have none to spare.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 5029

“He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes, and endeavour to let no particle of time fall useless to the ground.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in “The Rambler” (1750 - 1752), #108

“If time be judiciously employed, there is time for everything.” -George Head (1782 - 1855): “A Home Tour Through the Manufacturing Districts of England in the Summer of 1835” (1836), page 198
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“The balance of the use of time is a constant individual problem for all of us: what to do, what to leave undone. One is always having to neglect one thing in order to give precedence to something else. The question is one of priorities.” -Edith Schaeffer (born Edith Rachel Merritt Seville): “The Hidden Art of Homemaking” (1971)

“I am definitely going to take a course on time management . . . just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.” -Louis E. Boone (born 1941)
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“You can find the time for the people and things that are most important to you.” -Author Unknown

“Those who make time for others are forever blessed.” -Margo Vader

“Time management is the major difference between the rich and poor.” -Sunday Adelaja
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“Observe a method in the distribution of your time. Every hour will then know its proper employment, and no time will be lost.” -George Horne (1730 - 1792): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 583

“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“To some degree, you control your life by controlling your time.” -Conrad Hilton (1887 - 1979)

A Prayer For Today

This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it - or use it for good, but what I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it! When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something that I have traded for it. I want it to be gain, and not loss; good, and not evil; success, and not failure; in order that I shall not regret the price that I have paid for it.

By Heartsill Wilson (W. Heartsill Wilson (1920 -1994))
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“It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): letter (16 November 1857) to Harrison Gray Otis Blake

“Everyone has the same amount of hours per day, it’s not that you don’t have enough time, it’s that you don’t have a clear focus.” -Bridget English

“The secret of success in life is time rightly used.” -Sivananda Saraswati
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“In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking.” -John Lubbock (1834 - 1913)

“The people with thriving careers and healthy personal relationships get the same amount of time each week as the burned-out professional who can’t remember their last meaningful conversation with a family member.” -Joe Jordan: “Sharpen Your Life: 52 Strategic Moments to Create a Lifetime of Success”
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“Never think any portion of time whatsoever too short to be employed; something or other may always be done in it.” -Philip Dormer Stanhope (also known as Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)): “Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman” (1774), ‘1747’

“If you want to have the time of your life, change how you use the time in your life.” -Tim Fargo (Timothy Edward ‘Tim’ Fargo (born 1961))
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“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.” -Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)

“This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.” -Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902 - 1994)

“If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got.” -Lee Iacocca (Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca (1924 - 2019))
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“Make use of time, let not advantage slip.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Venus and Adonis” (1593), line 129

This is MFOL! . . . time well-spent . . .

How To Be Successful

12/31/2024

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“For success, look first to yourself.” -Author Unknown

“Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfilment of your highest potential.” -Tony Buzan

“The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.” -Howard Nemerov (1920 - 1991)
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“Picture yourself vividly as winning and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.” -Author Unknown

“The Art of Success . . . Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitudes. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm. Success is having the courage to meet failure without being defeated. It is refusing to let present loss interfere with your long-range goal. Success is relative and individual and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years add up to a great life.” -Wilfred A. Peterson

“Your everyday routine is the key to your success.” -Author Unknown
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“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.” -Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946)

“The secret to success is willpower. Regardless of how they feel, successful individuals aspire to conquer apathy, uncertainty, and anxiety by using their willpower.” -Dan Millman (Daniel Jay ‘Dan’ Millman (born 1946))

“One of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.” -James A. Worsham
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“Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.” -A. Lou Vickery

“The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

“When you get down to the root of the meaning of the word ‘succeed,’ you will find it simply means to follow through.” -F. W. Nichols
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“The secret to success is doing the stuff other people won’t do, and doing it for a really long time.” -John Jantsch

“When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that . . . the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))

“The key to success in any situation in life is exceeding another’s expectations.” -Paul Timm: “51 Ways to Save Your Job”
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“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.” -David M. Burns (born 1942) at https://feelinggood.com/

“We become more successful when we are happier and more positive.” -Shawn Achor
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“One of the commonest mistakes and one of the costliest is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic - something or other which we do not possess. Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go. You decide to learn a language, study music, take a course of reading, train yourself physically. Will it be success or failure? It depends upon how much pluck and perseverance that word ‘decide’ contains. The decision that nothing can overrule, the grip that nothing can detach, will bring success. Remember the Chinese proverb, ‘With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin.’” -Maltbie D. Babcock (Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858 - 1901))

“Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.” -Ed Bradley
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“Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.” -William Menninger

“One thing common to most success stories is the alarm clock.” -Author Unknown
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“Every great improvement has come after repeated failures. Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958)): as attributed in “Science Education” (1961)

“In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.” -Author Unknown

“The freedom to fail is vital if you’re going to succeed. Most successful men fail time and time again, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.” -Michael Korda (born 1919)
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“Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity. Successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.” -William James (1842 - 1910)

“One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.” -Mary Kay Ash (born Mary Kathlyn Wagner (1918 - 2001))

“The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.” -Author Unknown
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“The successful person is the individual who forms the habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do.” -Donald Riggs

“Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit.” -Author Unknown

“Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.” -T. Harv Eker (born 1954) at https://www.harveker.com/
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“Every man should make up his mind that if he expects to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man’s dollar.” -E. H. Harriman (Edward Henry Harriman)

“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” -Mark Caine

“The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.” -Nelson Boswell
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“Association influences success. Be with the right people, not the crowd.” -Moses Simuyemba (Moses Chikoti Simuyemba)

“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.” -Edward Rickenbacker (Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973))

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“Success is in making progress in a chosen direction, either with or without a clearly defined destination.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” -Sally Berger
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“The men whom I have seen succeed have always been cheerful and helpful, who went about their business with a smile on their faces, and took changes and chances of this mortal life like men.” -Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875)

“Successful people do not wait for opportunities; they go looking for them.” -Author Unknown
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“Study successful men and women and do what they do and you’ll be successful too.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“The successful [person] always has a number of projects planned, to which he looks forward. Anyone of them could change the course of his life overnight.” -Mark Caine
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“You never become a howling success by just howling.” -Bob Harrington (1950 - 1992)

“As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

“The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren’t is the willingness to work very, very hard.” -Helen Gurley Brown (1922 - 2012)
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“Surround yourself with people who have ambitious plans, meaningful purposes, and big goals.” -Jeff Haden

“The key to success lies in creating a succession of little victories, each one empowering the next.” -Stu Mittleman

“To succeed, we must first believe that we can.” -Michael Korda (born 1919)
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“The secret to success is doing the best that you can do. By working hard and practicing the skills that you need to perform, the results will take care of themselves.” -Barbara Ann Cochran

“Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now.” -Jonafan Martensson
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“All of the so-called ‘secrets of success’ will not work unless you do.” -Author Unknown

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” -Conrad Hilton (1887 - 1979)
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“Forget about your worst failures and concentrate on your best efforts.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Never allow others to label you a failure or a success . . . you alone decide what is true for you.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“FOCUS: Follow One Course Until Successful.” -Author Unknown
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“Success requires a focused attention of your time and energy. This is true no matter what you want to achieve - to change the world or simply change apartments. All success stories come down to one person having a focused aim - so focused at times it can look like an obsession.” -Nigel Cumberland: “100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living” (2016)

“People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Give yourself permission to fail so that success can follow.” -Author Unknown
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“The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it’s a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))

“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” -William A. Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981))

“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))

“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))

“Be as upbeat as you can be: The basic success orientation is having an optimistic attitude.” -John DePasquale

“Do the work. Everyone wants to be successful, but nobody wants to do the work.” -Gary Vaynerchuk
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“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” -John D. Rockefeller (John Davison Rockefeller, Senior (1839 - 1937)): as quoted in Zig Ziglar: “Steps to the Top” (1985), page 16

“Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.” -Arnold H. Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1999))

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“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com; as quoted in Rob Waite: “The Lost Art of General Management” (2004), page 96

“There is but one secret to success: Never give up.” -Ben Nighthorse Campbell
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“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

“Success produces success, just as money produces money.” -Nicolas Chamfort (born Sébastien-Roch Nicholas (also known as Sébastien Nicolas de Chamfort (1741 - 1794)))

“Those who persist through failures, and keep on failing, are those likely to reach a point where successes start to happen for them.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“To succeed . . . you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.” -Tony Dorsett (Anthony Drew ‘Tony’ Dorsett, Senior (born 1954))
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“Success in life, in anything, depends upon the number of persons that one can make himself agreeable to.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)

“The secret of man’s success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them.” -J. G. Holland (Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 - 1881))

“Success doesn’t come to you . . . you go to it.” -Marva Collins (Marva N. Collins)

“If you want to be successful, find someone who achieved the results you want and copy what they do, and you’ll achieve the same results.” -Tony Robbins (Anthony Jay ‘Tony’ Robbins (born 1960))

“The secret of success is constancy* of purpose.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): speech (24 June 1870)
*constancy: steadfastness, or continuously over time

“Success in your life or business isn’t magic or luck; it is the result of knowledge of the right things to do.” -Stephen A. Matuszak

“The secret of success is the ability to survive failure.” -Noël Coward (1899 - 1973)

“If you really want the key to success, start by doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing.” -Brad Szollose

“The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.” -Nelson Boswell
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“I know the price of success: Dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.” -Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright (1867 - 1959))

“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.” -Bernard M. Baruch (Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870 - 1965))

“If you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are.” -Russell Conwell (Russell Herman Conwell (1843 - 1925)): “Acres of Diamonds” (1915), page 59

“To be successful, you don’t have to do extraordinary things. Just do ordinary things extraordinarily well.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“Knowledge, ability, and experience are of little avail in reaching high success if courtesy be lacking. Courtesy is the one passport that will be accepted without question in every land, in every office, in every home, in every heart in the world. For nothing commends itself so well as kindness; and courtesy is kindness.” -George D. Powers
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“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.” -Joyce Brothers (Joyce Diane Brothers (1927 - 2013))

“To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there.” -François de La Rochefoucauld (also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)

“The secret I learned early on from my father was to run scared and never think I had it made. I never felt I was completely adequate to the job and always ran scared. The fundamental for our success was running scared.” -Thomas J. Watson, Junior (1914 - 1993)

“All successful people are people of purpose. They hold fast to an idea, a project, a plan, and will not let it go; they cherish it, brood upon it, tend and develop it; and when assailed by difficulties, they refuse to be beguiled into surrender; indeed, the intensity of the purpose increases with the growing magnitude of the obstacles encountered.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912): “As a Man Thinketh” (1903)

“You can fail at plenty as long as you get a few important things right.” -Tim Ferriss (Timothy ‘Tim’ Ferriss (born 1977))

“The secret of a person’s success is discovered in their daily agenda.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.maxwellleadership.com/

“To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.” -Anna Pavlova (1881 - 1931)

“Falling and getting back up is what brings you success.” -Tony Horton
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“There are two essential requirements for success. The first is ‘go-at-it-iveness’ and the second is ‘stick-to-it-iveness.’” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))

“Success, remember, is the reward of toil.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)

“The secret of successful people lies in their ability to discover their strengths and to organize their life so that these strengths can be applied.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.maxwellleadership.com/

“Be so successful that you no longer have to introduce yourself.” -Grant Cardone

“The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1859 - 1915))

“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember, that’s where you will find success.” -Thomas J. Watson (Thomas John Watson, Senior (1874 - 1956))

“Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.” -Christopher Lasch (Christopher ‘Kit’ Lasch (1932 - 1994))

“Begin by writing down what success means to you. Next, find pictures of what success means to you. Then, re-read what you have written and look at the pictures regularly, say daily or weekly. Firmly fix in your mind these things, and the miraculous creative process of your mind will go to work for you.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.” -Harvey Mackay (Harvey B. Mackay (born 1932))

“No matter what you do, do it to your utmost. I always attribute my success to always requiring myself to do my level best, if only in driving a tack in straight.” -Russell Conwell (Russell Herman Conwell (1843 - 1925))

“Success requires enough optimism to provide hope and enough pessimism to prevent complacency.” -David G. Myers
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“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.” -Reba McEntire

“An Unfailing Success Plan: At each day’s end write down the six most important things to do tomorrow; number them in order of importance, and then do them.” Author Unknown

“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Do more than you have to do, more than your share, and do it as well as you can.” -Ralph Charell
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“Most men become successful and famous, not through ambition, but through ability and character.” -William A. Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981)): “The Business of Life” (1949)

“I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it.” -Reggie Jackson (born 1946)

“The most successful people reach the top not because they are free of limitations, but because they act in spite of their limitations.” -Michael K. Williams
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“Success is about who you are, not what you have. Successful people work to discover their talents, to develop those talents, and then to use those talents to benefit others as well as themselves.” -Tom Morris

“Four surefire rules for success: Show up. Pay attention. Ask Questions. Don’t quit.” -Rob Gilbert

“The real secret of success is enthusiasm.” -Walter Chrysler (Walter Percy Chrysler (1875 - 1940))
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“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))

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Overcoming Fears And Becoming Courageous

12/30/2024

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“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” -Brené Brown (Casandra Brené Brown (born 1965)) at www.brenebrown.com

“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” -Georgia O’Keeffe (Georgia Totto O’Keeffe (1887 - 1986))
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“To feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end, and courage will very likely replace fear.” -William James (1842 - 1910)

“Saw a little girl touch a big bug and shout, “I conquered my fear! Yes!” and calmly walk away. I was inspired.” -Nathan Fillion (born 1971)

“The most drastic and usually the most effective remedy for fear is direct action.” -William H. Burnham: “The Normal Mind” (1924), page 424
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“When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))

“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor ‘Eleanor’ Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))

“You have to do what you dream of doing even while you’re afraid.” -Arianna Huffington
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“Fears are educated into us and can, if we wish, be educated out.” -Karl A. Menninger (Karl Augustus Menninger (1893 - 1990))

“We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.” -Will Faulkner (William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner (1897 - 1962))

“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” -Mary Tyler Moore (1937 - 2017)
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“Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.” -Zora Neale Hurston (1891 - 1960)

“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)): as quoted in Melvin A. Benarde: “Our Precarious Habitat” (1973), page v

“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.” -Ruth Gordon (Ruth Gordon Jones (1896 - 1985)): “L’Officiel” (Summer 1980)
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“There’s no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.” -George R. R. Martin: “A Clash of Kings,” ‘Jon’ (I) - Jon Snow

“The greatest test of courage on Earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” -Robert G. Ingersoll (Robert Green ‘Bob’ Ingersoll (1833 - 1899))

“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“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) at www.SusanJeffers.com
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“The only way to conquer fear is to keep doing the thing you fear to do.” -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))

“Fear is real and there is nothing you can do about it except to keep functioning, keep your hands and legs and body moving, your mind focused on the task at hand.” -Alvah Bessie: “Men in Battle: A Story of Americans in Spain” (1939), page 241
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“Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002))

“Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000)): “You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought” (1988), page 82

“Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is to make it easier for people to accept themselves; to like themselves.” -Bonaro Overstreet (Bonaro Wilkinson Overstreet (1902 - 1985))
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“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature, and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As long as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” -Anne Frank (Annelies Marie ‘Anne’ Frank (1929 - 1945)): “Diary of a Young Girl” (1952), ‘23 February 1944’

“Find out what you are afraid of, face it, then you won’t be afraid of it anymore.” -Author Unknown

“Don’t let fear make your decisions for you.” -Annette White
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“One person’s courage will help the other person to be equally brave.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)

“Courage follows action.” -Mack R. Douglas

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“Choose what lies in the shadows to be a matter for discovery and adventure, rather than fear.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie (born 1945)

“Yearning conquers fear.” -Anna Margolin: “From a Diary” (1909) (as translated from the original Yiddish by Daniel Kennedy, in “During Sleepless Nights and Other Stories” (2022))

“Do what you are afraid to do.” -Mary Emerson (Mary Moody Emerson (1774 - 1863))
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“We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. Fear is nature’s way of warning us to get busy.” -Henry C. Link (Henry Charles Link (1889 - 1952))

“Let your courage inspire the world around you.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975) at https://stevemaraboli.net/

“Do what you fear and fear disappears.” -David J. Schwartz (David Joseph Schwartz, Junior (1927 - 1987))
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“Few men are born brave; many become so through care and force of discipline.” [translation to English]
“Paucos uiros fortes natura procreat; bona institutione plures reddit industria.” [original Latin]
-Publius (or Flavius) Vegetius Renatus (also known simply as Vegetius (late C.E. 4th century and / or early C.E. 5th century)): “De Re Militari” (C.E. 4th or 5th century), Book III, ‘Dispositions for Action,’ ‘General Maxims’

“Never take counsel of your fears.” -Andrew Jackson (1767 - 1845)

“I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” -Frank Herbert
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“When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.” -Mark Rutherford

“He who is not every day conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“Whenever we’re afraid, it’s because we don’t know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” -James Stephens (1882 - 1950)
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“Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” (1987) is the title of a book by Susan Jeffers (Susan Jane Jeffers (1938 - 2012)) at www.SusanJeffers.com

“Always believe that God is with you, and fear nothing.” -Eliezer: as quoted in Isidore Singer and Cyrus Adler, editors: “The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day” (31 December 1903), Volume 2, page 386

“An ounce of action can crush a ton of fear.” -Tim Fargo (Timothy Edward ‘Tim’ Fargo (born 1961))

“Give yourself a pat on the back each time you hang in there when you’re scared.” -Marilyn C. Barrick
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“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person - always do what you are afraid to do.’” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “Essays: First Series” (1841), ‘Heroism,’ page 137

“Live in your hopes and not in your fears.” -Johnny Majors

“You will find that most of the reasons you are afraid to do something, are exactly the reasons why you should.” -Bryant McGill (Bryant Harrison McGill (born 1969)) at https://bryantmcgill.com/

“Always chase your dreams instead of running from your fears.” -Author Unknown

“Piglet was so excited at the idea of being useful that he forgot to be frightened anymore.” -A. A. Milne (Alan Alexander Milne (1882 - 1956)): “Winnie-the-Pooh” (1926)
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“A man of courage is also full of faith.” -Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)): “The Tusculan Disputations,” Book III, Chapter VII (as translated by Yonge)

“There are more things, Lucilius, likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger or simply Seneca (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “Epistle 13: On Groundless Fears”

“When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of, and soon you will lose your fear of it.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“Knowledge is the antidote for fear.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway.” -John Wayne (pseudonym of Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison (1907 - 1979)))

“To overcome a fear, here’s all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))

“Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “Amphitryon” (1690), Act III, scene iii

“Commit yourself to a dream . . . Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life’s most important battle - he defeated the fear of trying.” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))

“The only known cure for fear is faith.” -Lena Kellogg Sadler (1875 - 1939)
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“A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “The Conduct of Life” (1860), ‘Culture’

“Courage is reclaiming your life after a devastating event robs you of your confidence and self-esteem. It is facing tomorrow with a firm resolve to reach deep within yourself to find another strength, another talent . . . It is taking yourself to another level of your own existence where you are once again whole, productive, special.” -Catherine Britton
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“You can’t be scared. You do your thing, you hold your ground, you stand up tall, and whatever happens, happens.” -Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz: “Trump: The Art of the Deal” (1987), page 89

“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))

“You can never get rid of all of your fears. Some are necessary and a part of life. But most of our fears are illusory, based on risks or threats that exist only in our minds. Such fears constrain and make you miserable. The feeling of moving past a particular fear is one of liberation and freedom.” -Robert Greene
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“Better hazard once than always be in fear.” -Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)

“Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.” -Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))

“Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it . . . that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))

“The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.” -Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980)
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“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))

“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and focus on what could go right.” -Author Unknown
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“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along’ . . . You must do the thing you think you can not do.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor ‘Eleanor’ Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)): “You Learn by Living” (1960)

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” -Mary Schmich: ‘Advice, Like Youth, Probably Just Wasted on the Young’ column published in the “Chicago Tribune” (1 June 1997) newspaper, Page 4C
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“May you always do what you are afraid to do.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

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How To Be Happy

8/22/2024

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“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” -Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): as attributed in Helen Eisenberg and Larry Eisenberg: “The Omnibus of Fun” (1956)

“Happiness springs from intense activity in congenial surroundings.” -Harold Nicholson

“Happiness is simply a habit of looking on the brighter side of everything.” -Richelle E. Goodrich (Richelle Elaine Goodrich (born 1968)): “Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year” (5 December 2013)
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“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

“Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.” -Author Unknown

“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have.” -Judith May
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“The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.” -Author Unknown

“The world is full of happiness, and plenty to go ’round, if you are only willing to take the kind that comes your way.” -Jean Webster (pseudonym of Alice Jane Chandler Webster (1876 - 1916)): “Daddy-Long-Legs” (1912)
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“There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))

“Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable.” -Frank Baer (Paul Frank ‘Frank’ Baer (1894 - 1930))
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“If you want to be happy for life, love what you do.” -Mary Higgins Clark (Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark (1927 - 2020))

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings.” -Elizabeth Gilbert: “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, Indonesia, and India” (16 February 2006) book

“Don’t wait for things to get easier, simpler, better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy right now. Otherwise, you’ll run out of time.” -Author Unknown
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“It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life that those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline, who give up certain pleasurable things in order to achieve a goal, are the happiest men. When you see 20 or 30 men line up for a distance race in some meet, don’t pity them, don’t feel sorry for them. Better envy them instead.” -Brutus Hamilton

“The happiest people don’t worry too much about whether life is fair or not, they just get on with it.” -Author Unknown
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“Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” -Norman MacEwan (Norman Duckworth Kerr MacEwan (1881 - 1953))

“Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.” -Bernard Meltzer (Bernard C. Meltzer (1916 - 1998))
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“Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, whole-heartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.” -William H. Sheldon (William Herbert Sheldon (1898 - 1977))

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” -Frederick Koenig (Friedrich Gottlob Koenig (1774 - 1833))

“Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.” -James Freeman Clarke (1810 - 1888)
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“If you want to be happy . . . then be happy.” -Author Unknown

“If you want to be happy, be.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))

“The secret of happiness is something to do.” -John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)

“The happiest people are those who discover that what they should be doing and what they are doing are the same thing.” -Author Unknown

“Happiness can be as close as your next thought.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)

“Happiness depends not on things around me, but on my attitude.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))

“Now happiness consists in activity: such is the constitution of our nature: it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool.” -John Mason Good (1764 - 1827): “The Book of Nature” (1826), Series III, Lecture VII

“The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.” -Hugh Black
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“The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it; every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.” -John D. Rockefeller III (John Davison Rockefeller III (1906 - 1978))

“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))

“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” -George Sand (pseudonym of Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin (1804 -1876))
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“If you observe a really happy man, you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden, or looking for dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator. He will not be striving for it as if it were a goal in itself, nor will he be seeking for it among the nebulous wastes of metaphysics . . . To find happiness, we must seek for it in a focus outside ourselves.” -W. Béran Wolfe (Walter Béran Wolfe (1900 - 1935))
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“If being happy is important to you, try this: instead of regretting all you lack, celebrate all you’ve got.” -Brian Vaszily (Brian William Vaszily (born 1970))

“Happiness isn’t at the end of the rainbow. Happiness is at the beginning of the rainbow. Following the rainbow is happiness, not getting to the end of it.” -Werner Erhard (Werner Hans Erhard (born 1935 as John Paul ‘Jack’ Rosenberg))
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“Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.” -Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784): as quoted in Harald W. Tietze: “Happyology” (1 December 2000), page 28

“It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, that gives happiness.” -Author Unknown

“Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.” -Author Unknown
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“You do not find a happy life. You make it.” -Camilla E. Kimball (Camilla Eyring Kimball (1894 - 1987))

“Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don’t put off being happy until some future date.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))

“One of the simplest ways to stay happy is by letting go of the things that make you sad.” -Tinku Razoria
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“Life is huge! Rejoice about the Sun, Moon, flowers, and sky. Rejoice about the food you have to eat. Rejoice about the body that houses your spirit. Rejoice about the fact that you can be a positive force in the world around you. Rejoice about the love that is around you. If you want to be happy, commit to making your life one of rejoicing.” -Author Unknown
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“To be happy you must be your sunshine.” -C. E. Jerningham (Charles Edward Jerningham (1854 - 1921))

“Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings. It’s something we make inside ourselves.” -Cornelia ten Boom (Cornelia ‘Corrie’ ten Boom (1892 - 1983))

“Happiness begins in facing life with a smile and a wink.” -Author Unknown
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“Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.” -André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 - 1951)): “The Fruits of the Earth” (1897)

“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” -Guillaume Apollinaire
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“Find your own happiness . . . it’s not the same for everyone.” -Author Unknown
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“We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest, and our attention to something besides ourselves.” -Ethel Percy Andrus (1884 - 1967)

“The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality.” -William Lyon Phelps (William Lyon ‘Billy’ Phelps (1865 - 1943))

“The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible today.” -Charles W. Eliot (Charles William Eliot (1834 - 1926))
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“In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.” -André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 - 1951))

“If you ever find happiness hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles*, on her nose all the time.” -Josh Billings (pseudonym of Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818 - 1885))
*spectacles: eyeglasses

“To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832))
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“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” -Denis Waitley (Denis E. Waitley (born 1933)) at http://www.Waitley.com/

“The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.” -H. C. Mattern
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“I believe the recipe for happiness to be just enough money to pay the monthly bills you acquire, a little surplus to give you confidence, a little too much work each day, enthusiasm for your work, a substantial share of good health, a couple of real friends, and a wife and children to share life’s beauty with you.” -J. Kenfield Morley (John Kenfield Morley, also known as John Angelo Posus (born 1906))

“Remember, happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955))): as quoted in Leslie Klein: “Spirituality in a Materialistic World” (2008)

“There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.” -Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)
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“Happiness lies only in a divine unrest; and if you are lapped in comfort you stagnate and miss it.” -John Buchan (1875 - 1940): “A Lodge in the Wilderness” (1906), Chapter I

“How To Be Happy: Ignore people who think they know more about you than you do.” -Author Unknown
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“We must be doing something to be happy.” -William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)

“To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.” -John Dewey (1859 - 1952)

“Even if you’re unhappy, just pretend that you’re happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that. I used to think, ‘I’m being fake,’ but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable.’” -Evangeline Lilly (Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born 1979))
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“Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.” -Vernon Howard (Vernon Linwood Howard (1918 - 1992))

“Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.” -Ralph Marston (Ralph Seymour Marston, Junior (born 1955)) at https://GreatDay.com/

“The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.” -V. S. Pritchett (Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900 - 1997))

“It is the chiefest* point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.” -Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus (1466 - 1536))
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“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.” -Aldous Huxley (Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 - 1963)): “Distractions I,” essay published in Christopher Isherwood, editor: “Vedanta for the Western World” (1945)

“Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. They think it comes from doing something on a big scale, from a big fortune, or from some great achievement, when, in fact, it is derived from the simplest, the quietest, the most unpretentious things in the world.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))

“In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.” -Karl Reiland

“True happiness only comes by making others happy.” -Thomas S. Monson (Thomas Spencer Monson (1927 - 2018)): “Christmas Devotional” (2007)

“Enjoy where you are at on the way to where you are going.” -Author Unknown
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“Happiness will come to you when it comes from you.” -Author Unknown

“True happiness is not made in getting something. True happiness is becoming something.” -Marvin J. Ashton (Marvin Jeremy Ashton (1915 - 1971))

“The key to happiness is not to get more, but to enjoy what we have and to fill the empty frame of our lives instead of enlarging it.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893 - 1986)
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“The secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life, and in elevating them to art.” -William Morris (1834 - 1896)

“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.” -George Washington Burnap (1802 - 1859): “The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course in Lectures” (1848), ‘Lecture IV’

“Happiness is not a string of miscellaneous adventures or experiences but an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” -Francesca Reigler
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“You don’t need anyone else’s permission to be happy.” -Ralph Marston (Ralph Seymour Marston, Junior (born 1955)) at https://GreatDay.com/

“Too happy would you be, did you but know your own advantages.” -Publius Vergilius Maro (also known simply as Vergil or Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.))

“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“If you force yourself to smile, within a couple minutes, you feel happy.” -Dean Norris
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“The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in all directions an adhesive web of love, and to catch in it all that comes.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))

“There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.” -David Burns: “Intimate Connections” (1985)

“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“You don’t become happy by pursuing happiness. You become happy by living a life that means something.” -Harold S. Kushner (Harold Samuel Kushner (born 1935))

“Happy are they who live in the dream of their own existence, and see all things in the light of their own minds; who walk by faith and hope; to whom the guiding star of their youth still shines from afar, and into whom the spirit of the world has not entered! They have not been ‘hurt by the archers,’ nor has the iron entered their souls. The world has no hand on them.” -William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830): “Winterslow: Essays and Characters” (1850), ‘Mind and Motive’

“Happiness is a matter of one’s most ordinary everyday mode of consciousness, being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.” -Iris Murdoch (Jean Iris ‘Iris’ Murdoch (1919 - 1999)): “The Nice and the Good” (1968), chapter 22; line of character Willy Kost

“Take a little time to do whatever makes a happy you.” -Author Unknown
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“Make a list of things that make you happy. Make a list of things you do every day. Compare the lists. Adjust accordingly.” -Dallas Clayton

“He alone is the happy man who has learned to extract happiness not from ideal conditions but from actual ones about him.” -Author Unknown

“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” -J. M. Barrie (James Matthew Barrie (1860 - 1937))

“Work, either with the hands or the head. The moment you have something to do, the draughts are open and the chimney draws and you are happy.” -Author Unknown

“Act as if you were already happy and that will tend to make you happy.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))

“Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” -Emory Austin

“To be happy, make other people happy.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002))

“Happiness is not the absence of problems; it’s the ability to deal with them.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975): “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 64 at https://stevemaraboli.net/

“Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.” -Charles M. Schwab (Charles Michael Schwab (1862 - 1939))

“Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.” -Roy Goodman (Roy Matz Goodman (1930 - 2014))

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.” -Theodore Rubin (Theodore Isaac Rubin (1923 - 2019))

“We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.” -E. B. White (Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985))

“There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.” -Thích Nhất Hanh (born 1926 as Nguyễn Xuân Bảo)

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.” -L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942)): “Anne of Green Gables” (June 1908)

“Happiness is a byproduct of an effort to make someone else happy.” -Gretta Brooker Palmer (Gretta Brooker Palmer Clark (1905 - 1953))

“Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying, ‘Wow, this is it. I guess I’m happy. I’ve got a home that I love. A career that I love. I’m even feeling more and more at peace with myself.’ If there’s something else to happiness, let me know. I’m ambitious for that, too.” -Harrison Ford (born 1942)

“Stop waiting for Friday, for Summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life. Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment you are in now.” -Author Unknown
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“To achieve happiness, we should make certain that we are never without an important goal.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

We are MFOL! . . . we were so happy while working on this article that we had to check periodically to make sure that our feet were still on the ground . . .

Me

1/16/2024

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Me

I am strong.
I am confident.
I am happy.
I am amazing.
I am great.
I am healthy.
I am unique.
I am special.
I am gifted.
I am loved.
I am loveable.
I am joyous.
I am fabulous.
I am wonderful.
I am me.

By Author Unknown

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Personal Comfort Zones

1/15/2024

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“Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.” -Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen: “The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth” (2002)
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“Do one thing every day that scares you.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))

“The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure.” -Roy T. Bennett
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“We all live our lives in comfort zones, avoiding risky situations, avoiding the potential to fail. But in order to get ahead of your competition, you’ve got to go out of your comfort zone. Now your comfort zone is something that you live your whole day, your whole life in. You go to work and do what has to be done to get by. You’ve got to try to do more. Try that little new thing, that different approach. Get out of your comfort zone and see if it works. It may, it may not, but you’ll never know if you don’t try.” -Mary Lou Retton (Mary Lou ‘Loo’ Retton (born 1968))

“The greatest happiness begins at the edge of our comfort zone.” -Mary Kay Mueller (born 1953)
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“I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” -Kurt Vonnegut (Kurt Vonnegut, Junior (1922 - 2007))

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” -Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943)
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“Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that - that is what life is. You might be really good. You might find out something about yourself that’s really special and if you’re not good, who cares? You tried something. Now you know something about yourself.” -Amy Poehler (born 1971)

“Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.” -Author Unknown
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“I’ve learned in my life that it’s important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you’re not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.” -J. R. Martinez

“Don’t let fear make your decisions for you.” -Annette White
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“Sometimes it takes us traveling outside our comfort zone, to discover the abilities we never knew we had.” -Robert M. Hensel

“It’s way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb and take some risks. My philosophy is exactly the opposite: Sometimes it’s risky not to take a risk.” -Harvey Mackay (Harvey B. Mackay (born 1932))
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)); attributed and possibly apocryphal

“I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” -Ginni Rometty
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“Everything you desire is always just outside your comfort zone, dear boy. If it wasn’t you would already possess it, would you not?” -Chris Murray: “The Extremely Successful Salesman’s Club” (2014)

“Getting out of your comfort zone is really scary, but it’s absolutely necessary in order to live the best life you can live.” -Amy Temple
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“We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.” -C. JoyBell C.

“If you always do what is easy and choose the path of least resistance, you never step outside your comfort zone. Great things don’t come from comfort zones.” -Roy T. Bennett

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“Don’t be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That’s where the joy and the adventure lie.” -Herbie Hancock
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“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” -Abraham Maslow (Abraham Harold Maslow (1908 - 1970))

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do, and that often means living outside the limits of one’s comfort zone.” -Jeff Olson
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Examples Of Action Steps To Going Beyond Personal Comfort Zones
- Being first to speak or act
- Doing or saying something yourself that you wish others would do or say
- Doing something in a new or different way
- Doing something you have always wanted to do
- Finding ways to do things that are better, faster, simpler, easier, or more efficient
- Going further than ever before
- Learning new skills
- Saying yes or no to some idea or someone
- Taking a few measured or calculated risks every day
- Taking initiative rather than waiting for someone else to act
- Talking to strangers
- Trying again to do something that did not give desired results previously
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“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!” -Jillian Michaels

“Comfort zone: The range of atmospheric temperature and humidity considered comfortable for most people.” -Author Unknown
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“To the degree we’re not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))

“Venture outside your comfort zone. The rewards are worth it.” -Rapunzel

“If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947))

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” -Michael John Bobak
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“If you want something you’ve never had, then you’ve got to do something you’ve never done.” -Author Unknown

“Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.” -Shannon L. Alder

“A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.” -Author Unknown
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“One is less likely to experience rejection, abuse, bodily harm, and much more if one stays at home in bed or in a chair, or in any other hidden place. But one is also less likely to live any kind of life that way.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.” -Raymond Lindquist

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are for.” -John A. Shedd (John Augustus Shedd (1859 - 1928)): “Salt from My Attic” (1928), page 20
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My Comfort Zone

I used to have a comfort zone where I knew I wouldn’t fail.
     The same four walls and busywork were really more like jail.
I longed so much to do the things I’d never done before,
     But stayed inside my comfort zone and paced the same old floor.

I said it didn’t matter that I wasn’t doing much.
     I said I didn’t care for things like a better life and such.
I claimed to be so busy with the things inside the zone,
     But deep inside I longed for something special of my own.

I couldn’t let my life go by just watching others win.
     I held my breath; I stepped outside and let the change begin.
I took a step and with new strength I’d never felt before,
     I kissed my comfort zone goodbye and closed and locked the door.

If you’re in a comfort zone, afraid to venture out,
     Remember that all winners were at one time filled with doubt.
A step or two and words of praise can make your dreams come true.
     Greet your future with a smile; success is there for you!

by Author Unknown
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“The future belongs to the risk takers, not the comfort seekers.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)

“Fear can only be mastered outside of your comfort zone.” -Matshona Dhliwayo

“Step so far outside your comfort zone that you forget how to get back.” -Author Unknown
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“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/

“In the long run, our comfort zone becomes our uncomfortable zone.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)

“Find where the edge of your comfort zone is, and go to it each day.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))

“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)

“Don’t let the fear of the unknown keep you from experiencing a life greater than you have ever known.” -Jeff McClung
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“For many people, comfort zones are not figures of speech, but are real: they seldom venture more than a few blocks from home, some far less than that; trying new things for them is limited mostly to only foods or not even that; and they seldom speak to strangers or even to the people with whom they are acquainted. Who are these people? Sadly, they are the majority of people. Dare to be someone who goes beyond where the majority will go, and you will find a richer and more rewarding life, happiness, and much more - and while you’re out there, be sure to make the acquaintance of others who are like yourself, which could lead to some beautiful friendships.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before . . . to test your limits . . . to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin (born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903 - 1977))
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“Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low.” -Tom Peters (Tom J. Peters (born 1942))

“You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.” -Roy T. Bennett
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“It is not the easy or convenient life for which I search, but life lived to the edge of all that I may be.” -Mary Anne Radmacher (born 1957)

“If you are never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances.” -Julia Soul
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“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” -Roy T. Bennett

“Fear and anxiety many times indicates that we are moving in a positive direction, out of the safe confines of our comfort zone, and in the direction of our true purpose.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
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“If you remain in your comfort zone you will not go any further.” -Catherine Pulsifer (born 1927) at https://www.QuotesChristian.com

“You know all those things you’ve always wanted to do? You should go do them.” -Author Unknown
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How To Overcome Mistakes And Failures

10/18/2023

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“If the truth be known, most successes are built on a multitude of failures.” -Author Unknown

“Every failure is a step to success.” -William Whewell (1794 - 1866)

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” -Richard Branson (Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 1950))
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“If at first you don’t succeed, call it version 1.0.” -Author Unknown

“Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they’re going to make mistakes.” -Ross Perot (Henry Ross ‘Ross’ Perot (1930 - 2019))

“If you have tried to do something and failed, you are vastly better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded.” -Author Unknown
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“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940))

“There’s only one way to fail, and that’s to quit.” -Brian Hays

“You have not really failed or been defeated unless you believe it.” -Author Unknown
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“Men do not fail; they give up trying.” -Elihu Root

“Failure is not the opposite of success; it is a part of success.” -Author Unknown

“A man can fail many times but he isn’t a failure until he gives up.” -Author Unknown
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“The man who has done his level best . . . is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.” -B. C. Forbes (Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ Forbes (1880 - 1954))
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“Do not fear failure, but rather fear not trying.” -Roy T. Bennett

“Failure is success if we learn from it.” -Malcolm S. Forbes (Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1919 - 1990)): as quoted in “Forbes” magazine

“Do not fear mistakes, there are none.” -Miles Davis (1926 - 1991)
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“Always make new mistakes.” -Esther Dyson

“There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.” -T. H. Huxley (Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 - 1895))

“Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.” -William C. Durant (William Crapo ‘Billy’ Durant (1861 - 1947))
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“Failure is God’s way of saying, ‘Excuse me, you’re moving in the wrong direction.’” -Author Unknown

“There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.” -attributed to Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1859 - 1915))

“You’re going to make mistakes in life. It’s what you do after the mistakes that counts.” -Brandi Chastain
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“No man is a failure who is enjoying life.” -William A. Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981))

“There is no success without hardship.” -Sophocles (about 496 B.C.E. - about 406 B.C.E.)

“Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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“Don’t be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.” -John Keats (1795 - 1821)

“The patient person accepts a certain amount of failure, knowing that it is as important a thread in the fabric of life as is success. Great individuals make great successes out of failure.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/

“Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.” -Dottie Walters (1925 - 2007)
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“Failure is delay, not defeat.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/

“It’s a failure only if you don’t get anything out of it. Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work, yet we have lights today.” -Ben Carson (Benjamin Solomon ‘Ben’ Carson, Senior (born 1951))

“Failures are the stepping stones by which we reach success.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually.” -Abraham Maslow (Abraham Harold Maslow (1908 - 1970))

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“The better a man is, the more mistakes he will make, for the more new things he will try. I would never promote to a top-level job a man who was not making mistakes . . . Otherwise he is sure to be mediocre.” -Peter F. Drucker (Peter Ferdinand Drucker (1909 - 2005))

“Failure is an event, never a person.” -William D. Brown (William David Brown (born 1936)): “Welcome Stress!” (1983)
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“It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.” -Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)

“I will not allow my mistakes of the past compromise my hope for the future.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)

“If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021))

“If you fail, never give up, because FAIL means First Attempt In Learning. End is not the end. END means Effort Never Dies. If you get no as an answer, remember NO means Next Opportunity. Positive thinking!” -Author Unknown
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“To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965))

“Every great improvement has come after repeated failures. Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958)): as quoted in “Science Education” (1961) journal

“When you make a mistake don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom.” -Hugh White
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“What is called failure is still partial success, because you tried - and success can come only through trying. To achieve complete success, just keep trying.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.” -Sophocles (about 496 B.C.E. - about 406 B.C.E.)

“The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.” -Lloyd Jones (born 1955): “Mister Pip” (2006) novel
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“Failures and setbacks are ingredients for a great success story.” -Author Unknown

“Failure is an attitude, not an outcome.” -Harvey Mackay (Harvey B. Mackay (born 1932))

“A man’s life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it’s a sign that he tried to surpass himself.” -Georges Clemenceau (1841 - 1929)
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“Often the first step in the process of being able to do something the right way is to do it the wrong way. If you hear a word and do not know how to spell it, just spell it any way, even if you spell it wrong at first, and later, you can learn how to spell it correctly. If you do not know how to take good photographs, get a camera and take countless bad photographs until you have tried many different ways, until finally you are able to take good photographs. First attempts often are not perfect; we learn as we go, and not knowing how to do something must never be a reason for not trying it. In life we often start not knowing, and by trying and failing, and persisting and persevering, we can eventually reach a level of skill.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Failure is success in progress.” -Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

“A mistake, an error, a poor choice, or bad decision does not equal, ‘there is something wrong with me.’ It means you are on your way to being better.” -Iyanla Vanzant (pseudonym of Rhonda Eva Harris (born 1953))
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“Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” -Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)

“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.” -Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)

“In the future, don’t concentrate on any mistakes that might have been made, but learn from them.” -Debbie Avery
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“One who fears failure limits his activities.” -Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)

“It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904): “Character” (1871), page 352

“Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.” -Scott Adams (Scott Raymond Adams (born 1957))
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“I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don’t work out, that’s when I’ve really learned.” -Carol Burnett (Carol Creighton Burnett (born 1933))

“There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880))

“Dealing with failure is easy: work hard to improve.” -Author Unknown
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“Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.” -Louis E. Boone (Louis Eugene Boone (1941 - 2005))

“Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, ‘I have failed three times,’ and what happens when he says, ‘I am a failure.’” -S. I. Hayakawa (Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa (1906 - 1992))

“It is far better that we should err in action than completely refuse to perform.” -Author Unknown
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“The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.” -Joyce Brothers (Joyce Diane Brothers (1927 - 2013))

“Failure is an indispensable prerequisite of success. It is how you learn the lessons you need.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)

“I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.” -Tom Hopkins (born 1944)
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“It is not failure itself that holds you back; it is the fear of failure that paralyzes you.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)

“Failure seldom stops you; what stops you is the fear of failure.” -Jack Lemmon (1925 - 2001)

“Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice.” -Minna Thomas Antrim
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“Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“Mistakes may lead to greatness if we learn from them.” -Author Unknown

“In our haste to deal with the things that are wrong, let us not upset the things that are right.” -Author Unknown
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“Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“Many people go through what might be perceived as repeated failures, and yet they keep trying. Possibly they recognize something in their attempts others do not see; rather than seeing failures, they see adventures, explorations, opportunities . . . and more . . . in having the good fortune to be able to at least try in endeavors that they might not have been able to do at an earlier time in life when their burdens were far greater or when opportunities were not available to them.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” -Jack Canfield
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“Call your mistakes and failures ‘experiments’ and then find out if doing so changes your perceptions and feelings about them.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“If at first you don’t succeed, try something else.” -Laurence J. Peter (Laurence Johnston Peter (1919 - 1990))

“If you stumble, make it part of the dance.” -Author Unknown
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“There are no failures, just experiences and your reactions to them.” -Tom Krause

“If failure is education, I am highly educated.” -Author Unknown

“I do not fail. I succeed in finding out what does not work.” -Author Unknown
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“Defeat never comes to any man unless he admits it.” -Josephus Daniels

“Many people dream of success. To me, success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection.” -Soichiro Honda: as quoted in Michael Gelb and Tony Buzan: “Art of Juggling: How to Achieve Your Full Potential in Business, Learning and Life”

“The only true failure lies in failure to start.” -Harold Blake Walker
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“A successful person never loses . . . they either win or learn.” -John Calipari

“Failure is a disappointment, but not defeat.” -Jeanne Robertson

“Every failure is just another step closer to a win. Never stop trying.” -Robert M. Hensel
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“It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.” -Havelock Ellis (Henry Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939))

“Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.” -Anne Sullivan (Johanna Mansfield ‘Anne’ or ‘Annie’ Sullivan (1866 - 1936))

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How To Make And Keep Friends

7/29/2023

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“Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over.” -Walter Anderson (born 1944): “The Confidence Course” (1997)
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“Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.” -Francesco Guicciardini (1483 - 1540): “Ricordi”

“Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.” -Madame de Tencin

“There is a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time.” -Rebecca West
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“You can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))

“The question was once put to him, how we ought to behave to our friends; and the answer he gave was, ‘As we should wish our friends to behave to us.’” -Diogenes Laërtius (lived about C.E. 3rd century): “The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers” (about C.E. 200), ‘Book 5: the Peripatetics,’ ‘Aristotle,’ 9

“If you want to make friends, go out of your way to do things for other people - things that require time, energy, unselfishness, and thoughtfulness.” -Lawrence G. Lovasik (Lawrence George Lovasik (1913 - 1986))
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“Friendship is so weird. You just pick a human you’ve met and you’re like, ‘Yep, I like this one,’ and you just do stuff with them.” -Bill Murray (William James ‘Bill’ Murray (born 1950))

“It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to the friendship that we are not.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983)

“If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they’re great.” -Author Unknown
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“When our friends are present, we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.” -Epictetus (about C.E. 55 - about C.E. 135)

“It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.” -Colette (Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (1873 - 1954)): “The Pure and the Impure” (1933), chapter 9

“A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.” -Pam Brown (born 1928)
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“Be friendly and you will never want for friends.” -Author Unknown

Suppose someone came to you and said, “I do not go out because I have no friends, and I have no friends because I do not go out.” What would you say to the person?

“Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.” -William Glasser (1925 - 2013)
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“Sow the seeds of kindness, and reap a bounty of friends.” -Author Unknown

“Be careful of the friends you choose, for you will become like them.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002))

“No matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.” -Author Unknown
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“How can you be a good friend to your friends? Just ask yourself daily what you would like to have in a good friend, and then do and become those things yourself.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Don’t expect your friend to be a perfect person. But, help your friend to become a perfect person. That’s true friendship.” -Teresa of Calcutta (also known as Mother Teresa (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910 - 1997)))

“The first general rule for friendship is to be a friend, to be open, natural, interested; the second rule is to take time for friendship. Friendship, after all, is what life is finally about. Everything material and professional exists in the end for persons.” -Nels F. Ferré (Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferré (1908 - 1971))
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“Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.” -Author Unknown

“Politeness is an inexpensive way of making friends.” -William A. Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981))

“Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship.” -Thomas Wilson
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“We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)

“Actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.” -George Washington (1732 - 1799)

“Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.” -Frederick W. Faber (Frederick William Faber (1814 - 1863))
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“There can be no friendship when there is no freedom. Friendship loves the free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.” -William Penn (1644 - 1718)

“A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

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“For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.” -Author Unknown: proverb
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“Love your friend with his fault.” -Author Unknown

“Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years’ steady sifting, some of them will turn into friends.” -John Hay

“The time to make friends is before you need them.” -Author Unknown
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“In order to have friends, you must first be one.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “Essays,” First Series (1841), ‘Friendship’

“Two people cannot remain friends for long if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings.” -Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)
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“The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the others’ dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him.” -Cyril Connolly (Cyril Vernon Connolly (1903 - 1974))

“Don’t flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior (1809 - 1894): “The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table” (1858)

“Friendship consists of forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.” -Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870)
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“Promises may get friends, but performance keeps them.” -Author Unknown

“When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it proved an intellectual trick, - no more. They eat your service like apples, and leave you out. But love them, and they feel you, and delight in you all the time.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.” -Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854 - 1921)
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“Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.” -Chilo

“We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.” -Thomas Fuller

“Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experiences helpful. Let those who do not, seek their own kind.” -Jean-Henri Fabre
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“Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little.” -E. W. Howe (Edgar Watson ‘Ed’ Howe (1854 - 1937))

“When a friend does something wrong, don’t forget all the things they did right.” -Author Unknown
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“Do not have evil-doers for friends; do not have low people for friends; have virtuous people for thy friends; have for thy friends the best of men.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Dhammapada” (300 B.C.E.)

“Those who seek faultless friends will remain friendless.” -Author Unknown

“We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.” -Author Unknown
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“Don’t wait for people to be friendly, show them how.” -Author Unknown

“If friendship is to transpire between two people, it is important that both be in a state of availability. I have often been in the company of those who complain that they have no friends. Inevitably, I have observed that this condition was due to their own lack of availability; they were too encumbered to be able to welcome another. Such unavailability may be exterior in nature; that is, people may lack the time or the emotional energy necessary for friendship.” -Ignace Lepp

“Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.” -Baltasar Gracián (Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601 - 1658))
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“Do not let your desire to win an argument ruin a friendship.” -Author Unknown

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well-tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation*.” -George Washington (1732 - 1799): as quoted in Jared Sparks, editor: “The Writings of George Washington” (12 volumes, 1833 - 1837), volume 8
*appellation: name or title; also, designation

“Purchase not friends with gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.” -Thomas Fuller

“If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.” -Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855)
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“Friendships begin with liking or gratitude.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880))

“Old friends cannot be created out of hand. Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944)): “The Little Prince” (1943)

“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1929 - 2012)): as quoted in Deborah Norville: “The Power of Respect: Benefit from the Most Forgotten Element of Success” (2009), page 65
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“Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880))

“If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))

“You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.” -Woodrow Wilson (Thomas Woodrow ‘Woodrow’ Wilson (1856 - 1924))

“The secret to friendship is being a good listener.” -Author Unknown
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“Friends aren’t jumper cables. You don’t throw them into the trunk and pull them out for emergencies.” -Charlie Krueger

“When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.” -E. W. Howe (Edgar Watson ‘Ed’ Howe (1853 - 1937))

“To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him - two.” -Norman Douglas (1868 - 1952): “Almanac” (1941)

“The essence of true friendship is to make allowances for another’s little lapses.” -David Storey (David Malcolm Storey (1933 - 2017))
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“The recipe of friendship: 1 cup of sharing, 2 cups of caring, 1 cup of forgiveness and hugs and tenderness. Mix all these together to make friends forever.” -Author Unknown

“Blessed is the man who has the gift of making friends; for it is one of God’s best gifts. It involves many things, but above all the power of going out of one’s own self, and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.” -Thomas Hughes

Friends are like melons. Shall I tell you why?
To find one good, you must a hundred try.
-Claude Mermet (1550 - 1620): “Epigram on Friends”
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“Develop the art of friendliness. One can experience a variety of emotions staying home and reading or watching television; one will be alive but hardly living. Most of the meaningful aspects of life are closely associated with people. Even the dictionary definition of life involves people.” -William L. Abbott

Go oft to the house of thy friend,
For weeds choke the unused path.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

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