Teeth And Dental Care

In olden times, long, long ago, the Tooth Fairy had a terrible time keeping up with lost teeth. The ones that were nearby she could hear when they fell out. Her ears got very sharp, and she could tell the difference between a tooth falling from a mouth and, say, an acorn falling from a tree. But beyond her hearing distance, she needed elves to help her, just as Santa Claus needs elves. When a tooth fell many miles away, the nearest elf would hop on his unicorn and ride to the next elf to spread the news. And he’d ride his unicorn, and so on, until the news reached the Tooth Fairy, who would give the elf a coin, and he’d ride back to make sure it made its way under the appropriate pillow. A lot of work, don’t you think? The Tooth Fairy is very faithful, so she made the system work. But today we live in the digital age, and the Tooth Fairy takes every advantage of this. All of the Tooth Fairy’s helper elves now have cell phones and webcams that eliminate the need for unicorns. A good thing, because unicorns are very hard to find these days. But best of all is the tooth scanner, an electronic gadget that can scan a house and locate each of the people in it, then scan their teeth to identify a loose tooth before it even falls out. So, the Tooth Fairy’s elves scan their houses and watch for the loose teeth to fall, then they call TF herself, who comes in person with her reward. Even though the Tooth Fairy now uses new technology to keep up her good work, she’s still as special as she always was. So, remember that when your next tooth starts to wiggle a little bit, you’re already on the Tooth Fairy’s radar and you’re sure to get your prize.
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The enamel, or outer layer, of your teeth, is the hardest substance in your body, but it still requires proper care to keep it in good condition.
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Vera: What do you call a big white animal that is shaped like a tooth?
Veronica: A molar bear.
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Importance Of Teeth
 
Your teeth are important -
     They help you to chew,
They help you to smile
     And say, “How do you do?”
 
Be sure to take care of them,
     Morning and night,
By brushing and flossing,
     You’ll keep your teeth bright!
 
By Author Unknown
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Humans grow two sets of teeth in their lifetime.
 
King James IV (1473 - 1513) of Scotland was an amateur dentist. He even paid people to let him practice on their teeth. Who could say no to his royal majesty?
 
Humans grow their first set of teeth in childhood. The first set of teeth are called predecessors, and are also commonly known as baby teeth. The 20 primary teeth include 8 incisors for cutting, 4 canines for tearing, and 8 molars for grinding, but no premolars or wisdom teeth.
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“We all basically go back to being children when we’re in a dentist chair.” -Arthur Benjamin
 
Rex: What kind of award did the dentist of the year receive?
Max: A little plaque.

It is always a delight to see someone doing such a fine job of taking care of his teeth . . .
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Why do baby teeth fall out? The answer is simple and worth celebrating: Baby teeth fall out usually when people are between 6 and 12 years of age, to make way for permanent new teeth that will be greater in number and more varied in type.
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Rusty: Painless dentist, indeed! Why, he is no different from any other dentist I have been to.
Randy: Why, did he hurt you?
Rusty: No, but he screamed when I bit his finger.
 
Humans grow their second set of teeth as they begin to leave early childhood, make their way through adolescence, and finally, reach adulthood. The second set of teeth are called permanent teeth, and are also commonly known as adult teeth. The 32 permanent teeth include 8 incisors for cutting; 4 canines for tearing; 8 premolars, also known as bicuspids, for crushing; and 12 molars, which include 4 third molars, also known as wisdom teeth, for grinding.
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Do you have a favorite tooth, or do you love each and every one equally?
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“You don’t have to brush all your teeth, just the ones you want to keep!” -Author Unknown
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Tooth count varies naturally - and perfectly normally - among individuals. Adults who have had wisdom teeth removed typically have 28 teeth. Additional, or extra teeth, beyond the typical 32 number, are known as supernumerary teeth, and usually consist of additional third molars, also known as wisdom teeth.
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Darren: What does a dentist call his X-rays?
Darrel: Tooth-pics!
 
Human children have 20 baby teeth, and human adults have 32 permanent teeth, but snails have 25 teeth . . . on their tongues.
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Bertha: What do you call a dentist who offers to clean a werewolf’s teeth?
Bert: Crazy!
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While humans get just two sets of teeth during their lifetimes, sharks get more than forty sets of teeth. Yet and still, human teeth are as strong as shark teeth. A big difference between sharks and humans is that humans usually do not sneak up on other swimmers and bite them with their teeth.
 
Patient: How much do you charge for pulling a tooth?
Dentist: Two-hundred and eighty-five dollars.
Patient: That much for only a few minutes work?
Dentist: Well, I could do it very slowly.
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The options available for tooth care and to remedy tooth problems are better and more numerous now than what was previously available to past generations. So, before having dental work done, be sure to ask your dentist what different types of work can be done on a tooth or surrounding tissue.
 
Gilbert: What is a dentist’s favorite horror movie?
Herbert: “The Creature from the Plaque Lagoon.”
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The Tooth Fairy is always on the lookout for lost and missing teeth . . .
 
“I am so sorry I missed you last night! I have to be very careful not to be out when the Sun is coming up. I hope you will forgive me! Enjoy your surprise and don’t forget to brush your teeth after meals and snacks!” -Love, The Tooth Fairy
P.S.: This is a great tooth! Nice work!
 
What is orthodontics? Orthodontics is a specialized branch of dentistry involving the diagnosis, prevention, and correction of ‘irregularities of the teeth and jaws,’ commonly referred to as ‘malocclusions.’ The English word ‘orthodontics’ is derived from the Greek words ‘orthos’ meaning ‘straight’ or ‘correct’ and ‘odontics’ meaning ‘teeth.’ Orthodontics addresses misaligned teeth, poor bite patterns, and abnormal jaw positioning, often involving dentofacial orthopedics to modify facial growth. Common treatment interventions include traditional braces, clear aligners, and removable retainers to gradually adjust tooth position and jaw alignment. Orthodontists are dental professionals who, after completing dental school, undergo three to five additional years of specialized training. In addition to alleviating or preventing physical health problems, orthodontics can boost self-esteem, as treatments align teeth, jaws, and lips. Among the well-known orthodontic patients are psychologist Joyce Brothers and comedian Phyllis Diller.
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Madge: What did the dentist give the school marching band?
Marge: A tuba toothpaste.
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Electric toothbrushes generate 3,000 to 7,500 strokes per minute, compared to about 300 strokes per minute with manual brushing.
 
Here’s some nutty goodness: The oil in cashews is said to help prevent tooth decay.
 
Scientists may someday develop methods that will allow adults to grow replacements for their damaged or missing teeth. That, along with the invention of a bed that makes itself and a refrigerator that goes to the store all by itself and does the grocery shopping, will finally allow humankind to focus on the really important tasks ahead of us, like building a rollercoaster on the Moon.
 
Sign on dentist’s houseboat: ‘Offshore Drilling.’
 
The earliest toothbrush was developed sometime around 3,000 B.C.E. It was called a ‘chew stick’ and was crafted from a small twig with a frayed end that was rubbed against the teeth. The first toothbrush with bristles is believed to have been developed in China in 1498. The bristles were taken from hogs at first, and later from horses. DuPont de Nemours introduced the first toothbrush with nylon bristles, called ‘Doctor West’s Miracle Toothbrush,’ in 1938. Squibb Pharmaceuticals marketed the first electric toothbrush, known as the Broxodent, in 1960.
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Dental Assistant: Do you have a dental plan?
Patient: Yes, I chew on the other side.
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The most popular toothbrush color is blue.
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“Be kind to your dentist; after all, he or she has fillings, too.” -Author Unknown
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In 1867, Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first woman in the United States of America to be a certified dentist. She graduated from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery.
 
Henrietta: What two letters spell big trouble for your teeth?
Helena: D-k.
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About 45 percent of people use mouthwash daily. Some mouthwashes can reduce the abundance of bacteria and fungi in the mouth, which can cause bad breath, leave an unpleasant taste, and produce acids that cause cavities.

Surprisingly, good dental self-care is not complicated . . .
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Teeth And Dental Care Facts
- Teeth help break down food by ‘chewing,’ or tearing, cutting, crushing, breaking apart, and grinding.
- Teeth are ‘rooted’ in bone tissue.
- Teeth are surrounded by gums and other ‘soft tissue.’
- Teeth are covered in a hard substance called ‘enamel.’
- Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body.
- Cavities, also known as ‘dental caries,’ are recesses and holes in teeth that can lead to tooth loss if left untreated.
- People who clean, repair, and in other ways care for teeth are called ‘dentists.’
- Braces can help straighten or align crooked teeth.
- People who install and adjust braces are called ‘orthodontists.’
Can you think of other teeth and dental care facts?
 
Power Drill
 
There was a young dentist who thrilled
To the sound of a tooth being filled;
     He would practice, they said
     Every night in his shed . . .
With an old power drill he’s skilled.
 
By Author Unknown
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Dentist: So are you doing anything fun for the holiday?
Patient: Fasdfsfwer aweorijsladf asdfewo waoefief . . .
Dentist: Oh, sounds fun!
 
Tooth Care Guidelines
- Brush your teeth either at least twice a day or within 20 minutes after each meal to ensure optimal dental health.
- Replace your toothbrush with a new one once every three months, because the bristles wear down with use and tiny microorganisms can grow in them over time.
- Thoroughly rinse your toothbrush after brushing and place it where it can dry completely.
- Flossing on a daily basis ensures healthy gums and teeth.
- Visit your dentist once every six months and any other time you feel a need to.
- Children as well as adults can have their teeth straightened and aligned by orthodontists.
What can you add to this list?
 
Although He Didn’t Like The Taste
 
Although he didn’t like the taste,
     George brushed his teeth with pickle paste.
Not ever was his mouth so clean,
     Not ever were his teeth so green.
 
By Arnold Lobel (Arnold Stark Lobel (1933 - 1987))
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Ruth: What did the tooth say to the dentist?
Russ: “Fill ’er up!”
 
I’ve been Brushing
 
I’ve been brushing with my toothbrush,
     Brushing every day.
I’ve been brushing with my toothbrush,
     It’s how I fight decay.
All my teeth are gonna sparkle,
     How proud I will be.
Every time I want to smile, my
     Teeth will shine for me!
Always brush your teeth,
     Every single day.
Keep those cavities away!
     Use your brush and paste,
Just the way you should,
     Keep your smile looking good!
 
By Author Unknown: can be sung to the same tune as that of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”

“Visit your dentist twice a year. Your dentist is sad and lonely when you are away. Having you as a patient makes your dentist happy, and seeing you makes your dentist’s smile big and bright!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
Do you need encouragement to brush your teeth? Visit https://www.2min2x.org/.
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Do dentists go to other dentists, or do they just do it themselves?
 
There was never yet a philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently.
-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Much Ado About Nothing” (1598 - 1599), Act 5, scene 1
 
What You Need To Know Before Visiting A Dentist
-Your teeth do not grow back. Find a dentist who is not aggressive in treating your teeth, and who will do the least amount of dental work necessary.
-Your oral health is linked to your overall health. Bad teeth and gums are linked to many chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
-Dental materials are different. Some dental materials are better than others are. Better materials may cost more; however, they can last longer and save you time and money in the long-run.
-Your teeth are the best. No artificial material is better than your own teeth. Take excellent care of your teeth.
-Do not wait until your teeth hurt to schedule a dentist appointment.
What can you add to this list?
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The Colgate-Palmolive Company claims ‘Tooth Fairy’ as a registered trademark. No word yet on how the Tooth Fairy feels about this infringement . . .
 
A patient called his dentist for an appointment. “So sorry,” said the dentist, “not today. I have eighteen cavities to fill.” With that, the dentist hung up the phone, picked up his golf bag, and headed out.
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There is not enough smiling going on in the world today. You can help to correct this situation by becoming a dentist, oral hygienist, dental assistant, orthodontist, periodontist, X-ray technician, dental office receptionist, or other professional who works with dental and oral hygiene. We would be remiss if we failed to mention the other smile care specialists, including the dental lab technicians who make dentures, partials, crowns, and implants.
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“Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it’s awfully hard to get it back in.” -H. R. Haldeman (Harry Robbins ‘Bob’ Haldeman (1926 - 1993))
 
Rich: What are the six most frightening words in the English language?
Mitch: “The dentist will see you now.”
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Brush Your Teeth
 
Brush, brush, brush your teeth.
     At least two times a day.
Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning,
     Fighting tooth decay.
Floss, floss, floss your teeth.
     Every single day.
Gently, gently, gently, gently,
     Whisking plaque away.
Rinse, rinse, rinse your teeth
     Every single day.
Swishing, swishing, swishing, swishing,
     Fighting tooth decay.
 
By Author Unknown: can be sung to the same tune as that of, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”

Brushing
 
Here’s my toothpaste, here’s my brush
     I won’t hurry, I won’t rush.
Working hard to keep teeth clean
     Front and back and in between
When I brush for quite a while
     I will have a happy smile.
 
By Author Unknown (can be sung to the same tune as that of, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)
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Dentures: Two rows of artificial ivories that may be removed periodically to frighten one’s grandchildren or provide accompaniment to Spanish music.
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“Be true to your teeth and they won’t be false to you.” -Author Unknown
 
Teeth And Dentists Quiz
- What is the hardest substance in the human body?
- What are people who install and adjust braces called?
- How often should a person brush his or her teeth?
- How often should a person schedule a visit to a dentist’s office?
 
Hansel: What is a dentist’s favorite day of the week?
Gretel: Toothsday!
 
Teeth And Dentists Quiz Answers
- The hardest substance in the human body is tooth enamel.
- People who install and adjust braces are called orthodontists.
- A person should brush his or her teeth a minimum of twice each day.
- A person should schedule a visit to a dentist’s office every six months or more often when necessary.
 
A man walked into a dentist’s work area during a surgery and said, “Excuse me, can you help me? I keep thinking that I am a moth.” “You don’t need a dentist; you need a psychiatrist.” “Yes, I know.” “So why did you come in here?” “The light was on . . .”
 
Brushing My Teeth
Up and down and round and round
     I brush my teeth to keep them sound;
To keep them sound and clean and white,
     I brush them morning, noon, and night.
By Author Unknown
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Tooth Fairy uses lost and missing teeth to make fairy dust, which she then shares with the other fairies, including the Forest Fairies, the Animal Helper Fairies, and the Garden Fairies . . . but sadly, not with the Pirate Fairies, because as Tooth Fairy says, “They’re just too far out to sea for me with my tiny wings to reach!”
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Strange
 
Did it ever seem strange to you, Ruth,
That fairies would pay for a tooth?
     They could carve them, I guess,
     Or collect, more or less,
Or somebody’s stretching the truth.
 
By Author Unknown
 
Patient: The tooth you just pulled was not the bad one.
Dentist: Be patient, I am now getting closer to the right one.
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Dentists . . . making the world a better place, one smile at a time . . .
 
Overheard: Somewhere, there is a dentist who can’t wait to meet you!
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We are MFOL! . . . all this mention of teeth and dentists makes us want to go brush our teeth, so we will leave you to the next article . . .

Self-Concept And Self-Identity

​“We have all been placed on this Earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else’s idea of life.” -James Van Praagh (born 1958)
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“Looking for who I am is who I am.” -Tom Spanbauer (born 1946): “The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon” (1991)
 
“Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?” -Danielle LaPorte (born 1969)
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“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
 
“I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist . . . I am a person who does those things.” -Edward Gorey (Edward St. John Gorey (1925 - 2000))
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“You are the stories and incidents that you never tell to anyone. You are the thoughts that you get while standing under the shower. You are those memories that won’t let you sleep at night peacefully. You are those words that you will never say while speaking with someone. You are those scars that you always hide from everyone. You are those little secrets that you will never let the world know. You are everything that you hide under the identity that you call the real you.” -Akshay Vasu at https://akshayvasu.com/
 
“You were born an original work of art. Stay original.” -Suzy Kassem (born 1975)
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People travel to wonder at the height of mountains,
at the huge waves of the sea,
at the long courses of rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars;
and they pass by themselves without wondering.
-Augustine of Hippo (also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (C.E. 354 - C.E. 430))
 
“Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” -Harvey Fierstein (Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born 1952))
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“Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“You have to be brave to be yourself.” -Author Unknown
 
“One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in, and where you want to go.” -Sheila Murray Bethel (born 1965)
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“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Hamlet” (1600 - 1601), Act iv, Scene 5, Line 43
 
“Don’t let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.” -Melissa Etheridge
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“Always remember who you are, even if someone tells you otherwise.” -Author Unknown
 
“Are you what others say and think you are? Or are you who you are regardless of what others say and think?” -Richelle E. Goodrich (Richelle Elaine Goodrich (born 1968)): “Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year” (23 June 2015)
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“An individual’s self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change . . . A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life.” -Joyce Brothers (Joyce Diane Brothers (1927 - 2013))
 
“Be yourself, but always your better self.” -Karl G. Maeser
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“How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflections? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then shalt thou know what is in thee.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“We don’t know who we are until we see what we can do.” -Martha Grimes (born 1931)
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“Our sense of identity is in large measure conferred on us by others in the ways they treat or mistreat us, recognize or ignore us, praise us or punish us. Some people make us timid and shy . . . In some groups we are made leaders, while in others we are reduced to being followers . . . Without realizing it, we often behave in ways that confirm the beliefs others have about us. Those subjective beliefs create new realities for us. We often become who other people think we are, in their eyes and in our behavior.” -Philip Zimbardo (Philip George Zimbardo (born 1933)): “The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil” (2007)
 
“Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.” -Roy Bennett: “The Light in the Heart” (25 February 2016)
 
“Act as if you are the person you want to be.” -Bernie Siegel
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“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900))
 
“You, being yourself, unknowingly inspire others to be themselves.” -Mooji
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“Regard not so much what the World thinks of thee, as what thou thinkest of thyself.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734)
 
“Look to see what you are doing today. Is this how you choose to define yourself?” -Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943)
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“You are what you believe yourself to be.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)

Who can that be . . .
 
“I wish I knew who I am.” -Sarah Zettel (born 1966): “Dust Girl” (2012) at http://www.sarahzettel.com/
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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you’ll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” -Rudyard Kipling (Joseph Rudyard ‘Rudyard’ Kipling (1865 - 1936)) (June 1935): as quoted in Arthur Gordon: ‘Interview with an Immortal’ published in “Reader’s Digest” (July 1959), interview later reprinted as ‘Six Hours with Rudyard Kipling’ published in the “Kipling Society” (June 1967) journal, Vol. XXXIV, No. 162, pages 5 through 8
 
“You can’t let other people tell you who you are. You have to decide that for yourself.” -Author Unknown
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“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.” -Cary Grant (pseudonym of Archibald Alexander Leach (1904 - 1986))
 
“Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.” -Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888)
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“The hardest battle you’re ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.” -Leo F. Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))
 
“The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.” -Richard Grant (Richard E. Grant (born 1957 as Richard Grant Esterhuysen)) at https://www.richard-e-grant.com/
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“Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at anytime and be yourself.” -Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
 
“What people think about you is not important. What you think about yourself means everything.” -Author Unknown
 
“Don’t let other people tell you who you are.” -Diane Sawyer (Lila Diane Sawyer (born 1945))
 
“Never sacrifice who you are just because someone else has a problem with it.” -Author Unknown
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“Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.” -Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)
 
“What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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“Don’t let other people decide who you are.” -Bob Goff
 
“The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.” -Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926 - 2004)
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” -Bernard M. Baruch (Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870 - 1965))
 
“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936))
 
“If we have no identity apart from our jobs, we are truly vulnerable.” -Dan Miller: “The Rudder of the Day: Stories & Wisdom to Kick Start Your Workday” (2003) at https://www.48days.com/
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“Focus on what you are, not on what you are not.” -Author Unknown
 
“We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
 
“I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.” -Cary Grant (pseudonym of Archibald Alexander Leach (1904 - 1986))
 
“Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have.” -Doris Mortman (born 1944)
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“We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.” -Virginia Satir (Virginia Pagenkopf Satir (1916 - 1988))
 
“Be the person you really are and not the person you’ve allowed yourself to become.” -Christine M. Knight: “Life Song” (201)
 
“Those without heritage, history, and place are subject to exploitation, manipulation, and deception.” -Wayne Gerard Trotman (born 1964) at http://www.waynegerardtrotman.com/
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“Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
 
“It is the individual who knows how little he knows about himself who stands a reasonable chance of finding out something about himself.” -S. I. Hayakawa (Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa (1906 - 1992))
 
Today you are You!
That is truer than true!
There is no one alive . . .
. . . who is You-er than you!
-Dr. Seuss (pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991)): “Happy Birthday to You!” (1987)
 
“I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfangus Theophilus Mozart (1756 - 1791))
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“Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904): “Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct” (1859), page 362
 
“What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.” -Paul Valéry (Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules ‘Paul’ Valéry (1871 - 1945))
 
“What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself.” -Anna Jameson (Anna Brownell Jameson (1794 - 1860))
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“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” -Shannon L. Alder at https://www.shannonalder.com/
 
“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.” -André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 - 1951))
 
“Don’t accept that others know you better than yourself.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
 
“Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made.” -Jacques Barzun (Jacques Martin Barzun (1907 - 2012)): “From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life” (2000)
 
“Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.” -Carol Mosely-Braun (Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun (born 1947))
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“How hurtful it can be to deny one’s true self and live a life of lies just to appease others.” -June Ahern at http://www.juneahern.com/
 
“When I look around, I always learn something: to be always yourself, and to express yourself, to have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” -Bruce Lee (pseudonym of Lee Jun-fan (1940 - 1973)): radio interview (1972) with Ted Thomas
 
“By all resources realize yourself . . . Fetters fall off of themselves when the knowledge of self is gained.” -A. L. Linall, Junior
 
“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.” -Ralph Ellison (Ralph Waldo Ellison (1913 - 1994)): “Invisible Man” (14 April 1952), chapter 11
 
“I am a free human being with an independent will.” -Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855): “Jane Eyre” (16 October 1847)
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“You shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do.” -Author Unknown
 
“This above all: to thine own self be true.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” (1600 - 1601), Act 1, scene 3, lines 78 through 80; words of fictional character Polonius
 
“To get back to the person I am, I had to reject so much of who I was told that I was.” -Allyson Dinneen: “Notes from Your Therapists” (25 November 2018)
 
“Be not another, if you can be yourself.” -Paracelsus (born Phillip von Hohenheim, later adopting the name Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493 - 1541))
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“So who do I want to be tomorrow?” -Paula Hawkins (born 1972): “The Girl on the Train” (6 January 2015)
 
“If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“Knowing who you are and who you can become impacts how you view your options for the future.” -Emily Grabatin: “Dare to Decide: Discovering Peace, Clarity and Courage at Life’s Crossroads” (17 July 2020) at https://www.emilygrabatin.ca/
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“So far as other people are concerned, you are your behavior. So far as you are concerned, you are your feelings.” -Peter Honey (born 1937) at https://peterhoney.org/
 
“Life isn’t always about finding yourself. More often than not, it’s about discovering who God created you to be.” -David A. R. White (David Andrew Roy White (born 1970)): “Between Heaven and Hollywood: Chasing Your God-Given Dream” (25 October 2016)
 
“You can live a lifetime and at the end of it know more about other people that you know about yourself.” -Beryl Markham (born Beryl Clutterbuck (1902 - 1986))
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“Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” -Author Unknown: originally said by a high school teacher to Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945)) at https://lesbrown.com/
 
“Never allow yourself to be defined by someone else’s opinion of you.” -Author Unknown
 
“‘Who are you?’ someone asks. ‘I am the story of my self,’ comes the answer.” -N. Scott Momaday (Navarre Scotte Momaday (born Novarro Scotte Mammedaty (1934 - 2024)))
 
“You are what you are and not what people think you are.” -O. W. Polen (Olly W. Polen (1920 - 2010))
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“Maybe you are what you can’t not be.” -John Green (John Michael Green (born 1977)): “Turtles All the Way Down” (10 October 2017)
 
“We would be wise to remember that the world’s definition of us will always diminish God’s design within us.” -Craig D. Lounsbrough (born 1959) at https://www.craiglpc.com/
 
“Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that attitude, follow it.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
 
“Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?” -Frank J. Giblin, II: as quoted in “Reader’s Digest”
 
“When you stop living your life based on what others think of you, real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self-acceptance opened.” -Shannon L. Alder at https://www.shannonalder.com/
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“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.” -Neil Gaiman (Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born 1960 as Neil Richard Gaiman)): keynote address (17 May 2012) at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
 
“Your perceptions about yourself - your character, your essence, and the actions you take - will play a big role in what kind of life you are living and where you will find yourself in time. When you line up your perceptions and your actions, you can create the life you dream.” -Laya Saul: “You Don’t Have to Learn Everything the Hard Way” (1 January 2004)
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“Follow your own star!” -Dante degli Alighieri (also known as Durante Alighieri or simply Dante (about 1265 - 1321))
 
This is MFOL! . . . where you decide who you are . . . and then if you like, keep everyone else guessing . . .

Chuck Norris

Ghosts sit around campfires and tell Chuck Norris stories.
 
“Running from your fear can be more painful than facing it, for better or worse.” -Chuck Norris
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It is considered a great accomplishment to go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. Chuck Norris can go up Niagara Falls in a cardboard box.
 
“If you want to accomplish anything in life, you can’t just sit back and hope it will happen. You’ve got to make it happen.” -Chuck Norris
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Chuck Norris can clap with one hand.
 
If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you do.
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Carlos Ray ‘Chuck’ Norris was born on 10 March 1940. He became an American Martial Artist and has been 6-times World Black Belt Karate Champion and an actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a Martial Artist and founded his own Martial Arts school, called Chun Kuk Do. Mr. Norris has appeared in several action movies.
 
“People have a hard time believing that, but not having a father around, being shy, I just never participated in sports much.” -Chuck Norris
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There once was a street named after Chuck Norris, but it was changed because nobody crosses Chuck Norris.
 
Chuck Norris has appeared in a number of action films, such as “Way of the Dragon” in which he starred alongside Bruce Lee, and he was The Cannon Group’s leading talent in the 1980’s. He acted the starring role in the television series “Walker, Texas Ranger” from 1993 to 2001.
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“My whole goal in my film career is to project a positive image on the screen, that I hope people will enjoy watching.” -Chuck Norris
 
“I’m a people’s actor, not a critics’ actor, and I always have been.” -Chuck Norris
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Chuck Norris once built a spaceship out of a paperclip and flew it to Jupiter.
 
Jack was nimble, Jack was quick, but Jack still couldn’t dodge the Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
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“Good morals lead to good laws.” -Chuck Norris
 
When it is raining, Chuck Norris does not need an umbrella. The raindrops avoid him.
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Chuck Norris never has to balance his household budget. One look from Chuck, and it balances itself.
 
Chuck Norris was the first westerner to be given the rank of 8th Degree Black Belt Grand Master in Taekwondo. He also has black belts in Judo, Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, and Tang Soo Do.

Become a better you! Chuck Norris wants you to get in shape and lose weight and become more confidant, all through an intense, dedicated program of Martial Arts, which is the training of both mind and body.
 
Chuck Norris can tell you how to get to Sesame Street.
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Chuck Norris has never worn glasses in his life. If he can’t see it, then it doesn’t exist.
 
Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
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When Chuck Norris does division, there are no remainders.
 
Chuck Norris is never the rotten egg when somebody yells, “Last one there is a rotten egg!”
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Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.
 
“People whine, ‘I haven’t succeeded because I haven’t had the breaks.’ You create your own breaks.” -Chuck Norris
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Chuck Norris can start a fire with an ice cube.
 
Chuck Norris can eat rice using only one chopstick.
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Carlos Ray ‘Chuck’ Norris, Junior was born on 10 March 1940. He became an American Martial Artist and has been 6-times World Black Belt Karate Champion and an actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a Martial Artist and founded his own Martial Arts school, called Chun Kuk Do. Mr. Norris has appeared in several action films. As a result of his ‘tough guy’ image, an internet phenomenon began in 2005 known as Chuck Norris facts, ascribing various implausible or even impossible feats to Mr. Norris.
 
Vera: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Harvey: Chuck Norris.
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Chuck Norris’ calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd, because no one fools Chuck Norris.
 
“Karate is the best thing you can do for your child.” -Chuck Norris
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“Martial arts was really the first thing in my life that I followed through on and accomplished a degree of proficiency for.” -Chuck Norris
 
Chuck Norris can do a wheelie on a unicycle.
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Chuck Norris is ‘The best a man can get.’
 
“Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.” -Chuck Norris
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​Chuck Norris wakes up his alarm clock.
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Before the boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks inside his closet and under his bed for Chuck Norris.
 
“Many people want and need someone to identify with, a man who is self-reliant, stands on his own two feet, and is not afraid to face adversity. They want to believe in me, just as I believed in John Wayne when I was a boy.” -Chuck Norris and Joe Hyams: “The Secret of Inner Strength: My Story (1988)
 
Chuck Norris doesn’t wear a watch. He decides what time it is.
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“Sometimes the things we want most are the hardest to get. That means you need to be even more determined to succeed. That’s what it takes to be a winner. You have to want it bad enough to stick with it no matter how tough things get.” -Chuck Norris
 
No matter what your mother always said, Chuck Norris can tune a fish.
 
“Use God’s mighty weapons, not those made by men, to knock down the devil’s strongholds.” -Chuck Norris
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“I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You’ve got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it.” -Chuck Norris
 
It was once believed that Chuck Norris actually lost a fight to a pirate, but that is a lie, created by Chuck Norris himself, to lure more pirates to him. Pirates never were very smart.
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Chuck Norris knows the last digit of pi.
 
“I’ve always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you’ve got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.” -Chuck Norris
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“The three key components for success are as follows: Psychological Preparedness, Physical Conditioning, Mental Toughness.” -Chuck Norris
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Chuck Norris sleeps with a night-light, not because he’s afraid of the dark, but because the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris.
 
Chuck Norris is a devout Christian and a political conservative. He has written several books on Christianity and has supported a number of Republican candidates and causes, as well as a column for the conservative website WorldNetDaily.
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Chuck Norris knows how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie-Pop lollipop.
 
Chuck Norris can eat just one potato chip.
 
“If I had said, “I don’t stand a chance,” one thing is clear: I wouldn’t have.” -Chuck Norris
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Chuck Norris can unscramble an egg.

So you think you can be like Chuck Norris . . . how high can you kick?
 
“One of my life’s principles is to develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways and to help others do the same.” - Chuck Norris
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Chuck Norris is the reason Waldo is hiding.
 
Chuck Norris is simultaneously a noun and a verb.
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“Always remember that your success begins inside you: If you can’t see it first, no one else ever will.” -Chuck Norris
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Chuck Norris has legitimate credentials in Martial Arts. Some of his past students are probably familiar to you. They include The Osmonds - yes, those Osmonds - as well as Bob Barker, Steve McQueen, and Priscilla Presley.
 
Chuck Norris once threw a boomerang. It was too scared to come back.
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Chuck Norris got a perfect score on his Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT), simply by writing Chuck Norris for every answer.
 
Maybe he should change his name from Chuck Norris to Tough Norris?
 
Chuck Norris doesn’t have to cross the road - the other side comes over to him.
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Chuck Norris makes onions cry.
 
“Focus on what it is that you want, set a realistic goal. Start setting goals that you feel you can accomplish. Don’t try to go right to the top in one leap. Every time you accomplish a goal you develop the strength and wisdom to accomplish the next one.” -Chuck Norris
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“I’m a very religious person.” -Chuck Norris
 
The only time Chuck Norris was ever wrong was when he thought he had made a mistake.
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“When I got into the film business, my aim was to adopt a positive persona, of a guy who fights against injustice. And it saved me, because my acting was atrocious to say the least!” -Chuck Norris
 
If you feel like people ignore you sometimes, it is probably because you are not Chuck Norris.
 
Chuck Norris can build a snowman out of rain.
 
“A lot of people give up just before they’re about to make it. You know, you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.” -Chuck Norris
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Chuck Norris once shot down an enemy fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, “Bang!”
 
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
 
Chuck Norris can believe it is butter.
 
“People study martial arts for many reasons, sometimes all the wrong reasons. For example, I have had potential students come to my dojo with a belligerent and cocky attitude. When I ask why they want to study my art, their response has indicated to me that their goal is to learn to fight, which is the antithesis of the philosophy I hope to instill: I want them to know how to defend themselves if necessary, but to avoid fighting whenever possible because they will have nothing to prove by fighting.” -Chuck Norris
 
When Chuck Norris enters a room, he doesn’t switch the lights on, he turns the dark off.
 
“No one’s perfect. And we’ve all made our mistakes and you just have to live with them and try not to make them again.” -Chuck Norris
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The only thing Chuck Norris says in a job interview is, “Hi. I’m Chuck Norris and I start tomorrow. Any questions?”
 
Chuck Norris can recite the alphabet not only forward and backward, but also upside down and inside out.
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Arnold: Who would win in a fight between King Kong and Godzilla?
Rocky: Neither, because Chuck Norris never lets his pets fight.
 
“We’re all human beings. And we all have our prejudices and so forth, but the thing is, let’s be tolerant with each other. And if we could do that, there would be a lot more peace in our world today.” -Chuck Norris
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Chuck Norris uses a stunt double when making movies - for crying scenes.
 
Chuck Norris can read minds but he does not do so because he doesn’t care what people think.
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“The only time you lose at something is when you don’t learn from that experience.” -Chuck Norris
 
Chuck Norris is a published author. Among his literary works are “Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America, and “A Threat to Justice.”
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Chuck Norris does not have an ESC key on his computer, because there is no escape from Chuck Norris.
 
“I’m aware of the made-up declarations about me that have recently begun to appear on the Internet and in emails as ‘Chuck Norris facts.’ I’ve seen some of them. Some are funny. Some are pretty far out. Being more a student of the Wild West than the wild world of the Internet, I’m not quite sure what to make of it. It’s quite surprising. I do know that boys will be boys, and I neither take offense nor take these things too seriously. Who knows, maybe these made-up one-liners will prompt young people to seek out the real facts as found in my recent autobiographical book, “Against All Odds”? They may even be interested enough to check out my novels set in the Old West, “The Justice Riders,” released this month. I’m very proud of these literary efforts.” -Chuck Norris: as posted on the Chuck Norris website (2005)
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​Once each year, on 24 December, Chuck Norris puts on a red and white suit and rides all around the world in a flying sleigh pulled by magical reindeer . . . so you had better watch out . . . and be good for goodness’ sake!
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Chuck Norris once won a game of ‘Connect 4’ in just 3 moves.
 
If you work in an office with Chuck Norris, don’t ask him for the three-hole-punch.
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Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He stares them down until they give him the information he wants.
 
If at first you don’t succeed, you are not Chuck Norris.
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Chuck Norris’ Gmail account is gmail@chucknorris.com.
 
Chuck Norris never has to ask for directions when he is driving.
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If you can spell Chuck Norris in a game of Scrabble, you win . . . forever.
 
Chuck Norris can walk through walls, see in total darkness, teleport without a starship, travel in time, and see around corners. He can also fly without needing wings, an engine, a propulsion system . . . or even a cape.
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“Anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way.” -Chuck Norris
 
“I think you can learn from history.” -Chuck Norris
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“It’s amazing because people come up to me and say, ‘Chuck, you’re the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.’ When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.” -Chuck Norris
 
When Chuck Norris crosses the street, the cars have to look both ways.
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Chuck Norris can bake a cake in a freezer.
 
Chuck Norris doesn’t call the wrong number. You answer the wrong phone.
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Chuck Norris can draw a circle with a ruler.
 
“A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can’t do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.” -Chuck Norris
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They found Chuck Norris’ diary. It is now known as the “Guinness Book of World Records.”

​Are you interested, for yourself or others, in Martial Arts, as a system of self-defense, athletics, and competitions, and as system which instills self-discipline and self-confidence, and has other benefits?
 
Visit the Chuck Norris System Website at https://www.ufaf.org/
 
From the website:
The United Fighting Arts Federation™ (UFAF) is an increasingly worldwide martial arts membership organization founded by Mr. Chuck Norris. UFAF is the governing body of the Chuck Norris System (CNS), UFAF Krav Maga (UFAF KM), and UFAF Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (UFAF BJJ), overseeing the growth, development, and certification in these dynamic styles.
 
Also available now for the first time, Mr. Norris has opened the United Fighting Arts Federation to ALL martial artists around the world, regardless of style, with the announcement of the UFAF Affiliate Program. UFAF Affiliates have access to world class training curriculum, school owner business programs, and training events with leaders and innovators of today's martial arts world!
 
To learn more about UFAF, including the benefits of membership, visit https://www.ufaf.org/about_ufaf.htm
 
To find a school near you, visit the school finder at https://www.ufaf.org/school_page.asp

​Chuck Norris refers to himself in the fourth person.
 
Life can be tough, but Chuck Norris is tougher.
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Chuck Norris destroyed the Periodic Table, because Chuck Norris only recognizes the element of surprise.
 
When there’s a meteor shower, Chuck Norris grabs a bar of soap.
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Chuck Norris can count to 10,000 on one finger.
 
“There is no finish line. When you reach one goal, find a new one.” -Chuck Norris
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When the people at Google cannot find information, they ‘Norris it.’
 
When asked how many pushups he can do, Chuck Norris responded, “All of them.”
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“Run while you still have the chance.” -Chuck Norris
 
We are MFOL! . . . and we cannot say anything more at this time . . . because we’re too busy running from Chuck Norris!

Difficulty And Ease

​“Sometimes people choose to do things not because they are easy, but because they are difficult.” -Author Unknown
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“Have you ever noticed how most things, though certainly not all, turn out to be easier than we had thought they would be once we get started, and the next thing you know, they have been done?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
“When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.” -Isak Dinesen (pseudonym of Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (1885 - 1962))
 
“Difficult doesn’t mean impossible, it simply means you have to work harder.” -Author Unknown
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“Just because something is difficult does not mean you should not do it.” -Author Unknown
 
“Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))
 
“I’m not telling you it is going to be easy; I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.” -Author Unknown
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“Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.” -Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818): letter (27 November 1775) to John Adams
 
“All things are difficult before they are easy.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 560
 
“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do. Not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our ability to do has increased.” -David O. McKay (David Oman McKay (1873 - 1970))
 
“We often arrive at ease by first going through difficulty.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
“The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.” [translation to English]
“La distance n’y fait rien; il n’y a que le premier pas qui coute.” [original French]
-Marie de Vichy-Chamrond (1697 - 1780): letter (7 July 1763) to Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
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“I attempt a difficult work; but there is no excellence without difficulty.” [translation to English]
“Ardua molimur; sed nulla nisi ardua virtus.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17 or 18)): “Ars Amatoria,” II, 537
 
“Take the gentle path.” -George Herbert (1593 - 1633)

“It never becomes easy; it becomes possible.” -Agnes de Mille (1905 - 1993)
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“Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924))
 
“Everything is difficult at first.” -Author Unknown
 
“I am always looking for an easier way of doing everything . . . not that I’m lazy, but that it gives me more life-energy to put into other things.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger or simply Seneca (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
 
“If you want to make an easy job harder, just keep putting it off.” -William James (1842 - 1910): as quoted in “The Letters of William James” (1920), ‘To Carl Stumpf’ (1 January 1886)
 
“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard think makes it impossible.” -George C. Lorimer (George Claude Lorimer (1838 - 1904))
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“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” -Henry Ford (1863-1947)
 
“There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.” - Publius Terentius Afer (also known simply as Terence (185 B.C.E. - 159 B.C.E.)): “Heauton Timoroumenos” (English: “The Self-Tormentor”)
 
“Don’t you find it easier to do hard things when you stop to think love-thoughts? Love makes the burden light.” -Frank T. Bayley: “Little Ten-Minutes” (1903)
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“If your path is more difficult, it is because your calling is higher.” -Author Unknown
 
“A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.” -William Cowper (1731 - 1800): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
 
“Nothing is easy to the unwilling.” -Nikki Giovanni (Yolande Cornelia ‘Nikki’ Giovanni, Junior (born 1943))
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“The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make people stronger.” -David Starr Jordan (1851 - 1931)
 
“Sometimes there’s only the hard way.” -Mary E. Pearson
 
“In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win, we find only danger, hard work, and iron resolution.” -Wendall Willkie (Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892 - 1944))
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“There is no fruit that is not bitter before it is ripe.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)
 
“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.” -Jack Penn
 
“Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half results. It produces no results. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.” -Hamilton Holt
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“If you only do what is easy, you will always remain weak.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison)
 
“Difficulties are God’s errands; and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God’s confidence, - as a compliment from God.” -Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (1834 - 1909): “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 107
 
“You’re not meant to do what’s easy, you’re meant to challenge yourself.” -Author Unknown
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“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.” -Marie Curie (Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867 - 1934))
 
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” -Beverly Sills (1929 - 2007)
 
“It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.” -Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
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“The level path is easy, but it will not bring you to the mountaintop.” -Idel Dreimer at lumpenbangenpiano.com
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“In this age which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is in the long run the easiest.” -Henry Miller (Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980))
 
“Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me most good.” -Lucy Larcom (1824 - 1893): “A New England Girlhood” (1889)
 
“Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))
 
“There is such a choice of difficulties, that I own myself at a loss how to determine.” -James Wolfe: dispatch to Pitt (2 September 1759)
 
“When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.” -Creighton W. Abrams (Creighton Williams Abrams, Junior (1914 - 1974))
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“One thing you learn the hard way is that there is no easy way.” -Author Unknown

“The most difficult jobs look easy until you try to do them.” -William Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981)): as quoted in Ted Landphair: “Featherisms” (6 October 2008)
 
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how but very difficult when you do.” -Edgar Degas (born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas (1834 - 1917))
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“‘Do the hardest things first,’ is the motto hanging above the desk of a very successful business man. This man has told me that that single short sentence has wrought a revolution in his life . . . Don’t fall into the habit of putting off unpleasant duties and evading disagreeable or difficult tasks, until the ghosts of them block your path at every turn.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924)): “Making Life a Masterpiece” (1916)
 
“Oh! when I can do hard things, I like to do them a great deal better than I do easy things.” -Chauncey Giles: “The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story” (1868)
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“Let us remember then that we were made to do hard things, not easy, for if we do nothing but what is easy we will not go forward; then, as there is no standing still in the universe, we will degenerate, so that by doing something a little harder each time we prepare ourselves against something really hard.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Agricultural Journal” (1921) of British Columbia, Canada
 
“Don’t be an easy-doing child, do hard things too. Remember a blacksmith never got a big muscle by hammering an inch nail, but by swinging a heavy hammer while beating out an iron bar. Sometimes we must run hard roads, through briers, over sharp stones, and any which way.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in the “Sunday School Helper” (1897)
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“If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.” -Louis Brandeis (Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856 - 1941))
 
“Once we truly know that life is difficult - once we truly understand and accept it - then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, it no longer matters.” -M. Scott Peck (Morgan Scott Peck (1936 - 2005)): “The Road Less Traveled” (1978)
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“As we learn to do things well we love to do them, and after doing a few things that are quite hard to do we become very fond of doing hard things. I hope these little children will always love to do hard things.” -Sara E. Wiltse: “Kindergarten Stories and Morning Talks” (1890)
 
“Don’t confuse your path with your destination. Just because it’s stormy now doesn’t mean that you aren’t headed for sunshine.” -Author Unknown
 
“It seems to me the road called life . . . it’s not easy like told in fairytales, life can’t be changed by kissing a toad.” -Julie Hebert: “Bumpy Road Called Life” poem
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“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
 
“Obstacles are great incentives.” -Jules Michelet (1798 - 1874)
 
“Looking back we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.” -Dan Millman (Daniel Jay ‘Dan’ Millman (born 1946))
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“Work hard to make things easier.” -Pete Carril (Peter Joseph ‘Pete’ Carril (born 1930))
 
“It is much more exciting to do hard things; anybody can do easy things.” -Freda Pepper (about 1940)
 
“It’s easy if you try.” -Author Unknown
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We are MFOL! . . . that wasn’t difficult at all . . . tee-hee-hee . . . tee-hee-hee . . .

Continuing And Progressing

​“Happiness and self-confidence come naturally when you feel yourself moving and progressing toward becoming the very best person you can possibly be.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
 
“Every day you can take a tiny step in the right direction.” -Author Unknown
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“I’ve always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.” -Beverly Sills (pseudonym of Belle Miriam ‘Bubbles’ Silverman (1929 - 2007)): “Beverly: An Autobiography” (1988), page 356
 
“Don’t worry if you’re not where you want to be yet. Great things take time.” -Author Unknown
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“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.): “Sophist” (360 B.C.E.)
 
“A little progress each day can add up to big results.” -Author Unknown
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If you can’t fly then run,
If you can’t run then walk,
If you can’t walk then crawl,
But whatever you do,
You have to keep
Moving forward.
-Author Unknown
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“I didn’t come this far to only come this far.” -Author Unknown
 
“It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
 
“Little progress can be made merely by repressing what is bad. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.” -Author Unknown
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“Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things ready-made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends anymore.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944))
 
“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
 
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” -Author Unknown
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“It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.” -Confucius (a fifteenth-century Portuguese Jesuit scholars’ rendering of the Chinese name K’ung Fu-tzu or K’ung Ch’iu into Classical Latin (English: Master K’ung) (about 551 B.C.E. - about 479 B.C.E.))
 
“In the final analysis, there is no solution to man’s progress but the day’s honest work, the day’s honest decisions, the day’s generous utterances, and the day’s good deed.” -Clare Boothe Luce (1903 -1987)
 
“By the time it came to the edge of the Forest the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, ‘There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.’” -A. A. Milne (Alan Alexander Milne (1882 - 1956)): “The House at Pooh Corner” (1928): Chapter Six
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“In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.” -Booker T. Washington (Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 - 1915)): “Up from Slavery” (1901), Chapter XIV: ‘The Atlanta Exposition Address’
 
“I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am - and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.” -Henry J. Kaiser (Henry John Kaiser (1882 - 1967))
 
“All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind. Don’t be afraid of being out of tune with your environment, and above all pray God that you are not afraid to live, to live hard and fast. To my way of thinking, it is not the years in your life but the life in your years that count in the long run. You’ll have more fun, you’ll do more and you’ll get more, you’ll give more satisfaction the more you know, the more you have worked, and the more you have lived. For yours is a great adventure at a stirring time in the annals of men.” -Adlai Stevenson (Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900 - 1965)): “The Educated Citizen” (22 March 1954) address at Princeton University
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“Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them.” [translation to English]
“Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.” [original Latin]
-Publius Vergilius Maro (also known simply as Vergil or Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.)): “Aeneid” (29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), ‘Book VI,’ line 95
 
“All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount difficulties and stand up manfully against misfortune.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904): “Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct” (1861), page 312
 
“Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done.” -Russell W. Davenport
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“Be content with what you have, but never with what you are.” -Author Unknown
 
“If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.” -Banksy
 
“Results happen over time, not overnight. Work hard, stay consistent, and be patient.” -Author Unknown
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“Great ideas are the fuel of progress. Act on your ideas. Ideas in action solve problems, achieve goals and, as much as anything can, assure a happy life.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

​To reach a goal, we must continue onward . . . standing still and wishing accomplishes nothing . . .
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“He who moves not forward goes backward.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“You are making progress if each mistake is a new one.” -Author Unknown
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“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done. Then they begin to hope it can be done. Then they see it can be done. Then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.” -Frances Hodgson Burnett (Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (1849 - 1924))
 
“All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.” -Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794): “The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: Volume 1” (1776), Chapter 71
 
“Sometimes we have one thing we have left undone which occupies our minds so completely that we cannot do all of the other many things we also must do. It seems that only if we deliberately take the time and effort to complete or finish that one thing which blocks all other progress, can we then move on to accomplish other things. Sometimes it is simply a chore or talking to one specific person about some specific matter.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Progress is not created by contented people.” -Frank Tyger (1929 - 2011)
 
“Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job.” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))
 
“In order to get from what was to what will be, you must go through what is.” -Author Unknown
 
“It is by tiny steps that we ascend [to] the stars.” -Jack Leedstrom
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“Strive for progress, not perfection.” -Author Unknown
 
“If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere* long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.” -Samuel Butler (also known as Samuel Butler the Younger (1835 - 1902))
ere: before*
 
“Experience teaches that men are often so much governed by what they are accustomed to see and practice, that the simplest and most obvious improvements, in the most ordinary occupations, are adopted with hesitation, reluctance, and by slow gradations.” -Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804): “Report on Manufactures” (5 December 1791)
 
“The course of true anything never does run smooth.” -Samuel Butler (also known as Samuel Butler the Younger (1835 - 1902))
 
“Little by little, one travels far.” -J. R. R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 - 1973))
 
“I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday.” -Author Unknown
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“If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.” -Robert G. Ingersoll (Robert Green ‘Bob’ Ingersoll (1833 - 1899))
 
“It’s not who you are that holds you back. It’s who you think you’re not that does.” -Author Unknown
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“Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.” -Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske (1924 - 2014))
 
“The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “Scenes of Clerical Life” (1858), ‘Janet’s Repentance,’ Chapter 10
 
“When we feel stuck, going nowhere - even starting to slip backward - we may actually be backing up to get a running start.” -Dan Millman (Daniel Jay ‘Dan’ Millman (born 1946)) at https://www.peacefulwarrior.com/
 
“Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.” -James Thurber (James Grover Thurber (1894 - 1961))
 
“Every moment of one’s existence, one is growing into more or retreating into less.” -Norman Mailer (Norman Kingsley Mailer (pseudonym of Nachem Malech Mailer (1923 - 2007)))
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“Look at your past. Your past has determined where you are at this moment. What you do today will determine where you are tomorrow. Are you moving forward or standing still?” -Tom Hopkins (born 1944)
 
“Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” -Author Unknown
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“Following-through is the only thing that separates dreamers from people that accomplish great things.” -Gene Hayden
 
“It is by those who have suffered that the world has been advanced.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))
 
“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.” -Glenn Clark
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“Not to go back is somewhat to advance.” -Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
 
“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don’t just stick there scowling at the problem. But don’t make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people’s words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.” -Hilary Mantel
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“Start from wherever you are. You can go anywhere - you decide what direction.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Day by day, moment by moment, and experience by experience, we work and we make progress, until the past pulls us back less and less.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.” -Louis L’Amour (born Louis Dearborn LaMoore (1908 - 1988))
 
“Take pride in how far you have come, have faith in how far you can go.” -Author Unknown
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“Our business in life is not to get ahead of other people, but to get ahead of ourselves.” -Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858 - 1901)
 
“We should not only make progress but we should keep happy and harmonious.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924)): “How to Get What You Want” (1917)
 
“The power of a man increases steadily by continuing in one direction.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
 
“Do not let time pass without accomplishing something. Otherwise you will regret it when your hair turns gray.” -Yue Fei (C.E. 1103 - C.E. 1141)
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“You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.” -Frederick Douglass (pseudonym of Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (1817 - 1895)): “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” (1881); type of work: autobiography
 
“We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.” -James F. Clarke (James Freeman Clarke (1810 - 1888)): as quoted in Maturin M. Ballou: “Edge-Tools of Speech” (1886), page 397
 
“Win or lose, every time you do something in life be positive about it, be proud of the progress you’re making.” -Troy Mullins (2018)
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“Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.” -Jules Verne
 
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950): “Man and Superman” (1903) play, ‘Maxims for Revolutionists’
 
“It does not matter how long it takes you as long as you never give up.” -Author Unknown
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“The most important thing is not where we are but where we are going.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn, and walking back to the right road.” -C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963))
 
“Where will you be in five years? Develop a plan, and then activate that plan to put yourself where you want to be in five years. Be sure to update your five-year plan at least annually in order to stay ahead of the game.” -Tom Hopkins (born 1944)
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“Not to go back is somewhat to advance.” -Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.))
 
“We conquer - not in any brilliant fashion - we conquer by continuing.” -George Matheson (1842 - 1906)
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“Keep on going, and chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))
 
“The distance a person goes is not as important as the direction.” -Author Unknown
 
“There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.” -Norman Mailer (Norman Kingsley Mailer (pseudonym of Nachem Malech Mailer (1923 - 2007)))
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“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))
 
“Success each day should be judged by the seeds sown, not the harvest reaped.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947))
 
“I may not be there yet, but I’m on my way!” -Author Unknown
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“We do more talking progress than we do progressing.” -Will Rogers (William Penn Adair ‘Will’ Rogers (1879 - 1935)): as quoted in Ben Yagoda: “Will Rogers: A Biography” (1993)
 
“All progress occurs because people dare to be different.” -Harry Millner
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“Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion; while nothing is so foolish and baseless.” -Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 - 1881)
 
“Stop this Progress!” -H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946)): “Things to Come” (1936) movie; line spoken by fictional character Theotocopulos
 
“The issue of time is not what we have done but what we have become. It soon becomes apparent that the critical element is progress, not longevity. The question is not how much time we have logged, but how far we have progressed.” -Dallin H. Oaks (Dallin Harris Oaks (born 1932))
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“It takes many inches to make a mile. We can only move by inches, one inch at a time. It’s when we look miles ahead and wonder ‘how are we going to get so far?’ that we fail to move forward at all. The paradox is that we can choose to live life ‘in the rear view mirror’ and remain so far back that moving forward, even an inch, is most difficult. Most important, we must always keep in mind that anytime we suffer a setback while moving forward, it will always be just a matter of inches, and not miles.” -Rick Beneteau (Richard ‘Rick’ Beneteau) at https://richardbeneteau.com/
 
“The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): as quoted in Evan Esar: “The Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1951), page 103
 
“Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.” -Henry Miller (Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980))
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“I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison)
 
“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious . . . and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” -Walt Disney (Walter Elias ‘Walt’ Disney (1901 - 1965)): as quoted in “Meet the Robinsons” (30 March 2007), movie closing credits; also in Jane Sutcliffe: “Walt Disney” (2009), page 45
 
“Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.” -Kahlil Gibran: “A Handful of Sand on the Shore,” as quoted in Karen Fiala: “Alterquest: the Alternative Quest for Answers” (2006), page 127
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“And gain is gain, however small.” -Robert Browning (1812 - 1889): “Paracelsus” (1835), Part 4
 
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
 
“Do your best every day, and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.” -Horatio W. Dresser (Horatio Willis Dresser (1866 - 1954))
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Superheroes

“Ask yourself who you want to help today, then put on your cape and do it.” -Scottie Somers
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Judy: Who can leap higher than a tall building?
Jody: Anybody, because tall buildings cannot leap!
 
Overheard: I am not saying I am Batman, I am just saying that no one has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.
 
Superman first appeared in “Action Comics no. 1” (June 1938).
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“The superhero’s mission is to fight evil and protect the innocent; this fight is universal, prosocial, and selfless.” -Robin S. Rosenberg
 
Myrna: What is Batman’s favorite part of a joke?
Verna: The ‘punch’ line!
 
We have a great idea for a new superhero: Spudman. Like all potato people, he has many ‘eyes’ so he can simultaneously see in all directions without having to turn and look. His secret hideout is underground in a farm field, although he is often spotted in the produce section at grocery stores. He has to contend with a number of villainous chefs who want to turn him into garlic mashed potatoes, onion-potato cakes, a bacon-and-chives topped stuffed baked potato, or other fabulous foodstuffs, while he tries to save the people of Vegopolis from a massive celery famine, all the while being distracted by Sweet Potato and Candied Yam, both of whom are competing for his attention . . . what’s that . . . oh, gotta go, the boss is yelling at us to stop goofing around and get back to work!
 
Kirby: How does the butler Alfred Pennyworth call Batman to dinner?
Herbie: “Dinner-dinner-dinner-dinner-dinner-dinner-Batman!!!” (Sing it to the tune of the 1960’s “Batman” television show theme music to get the full effect of the joke.)
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Eunice: Why is Superman’s shirt so tight?
Eustice: Because it is a size ‘S’!
 
People tend to think they are physically stronger when wearing Superman t-shirts.
 
Superboy: Why could Batman and Robin not go fishing?
Superman: Why?
Superboy: Because Robin ate all the worms!
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Every episode of the television show “Seinfeld” has a Superman picture, action figure, or reference somewhere in it.
 
Spiderman went to the video rental store and asked if he could have “Batman Forever.” The clerk said, “No, just 24 hours like everyone else.”
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Overheard: If I could be a superhero, I would be called Ironic. That way, when there is any trouble and I am running away from it, people would say, “Isn’t that Ironic?”
 
Emma: How does Spiderman repair holes in his costume?
Emmit: With super glue!
 
“What is a superhero? They’re supposed to represent hope, opportunity, and strength for everybody.” -Aldis Hodge
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“If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn’t be that, I’d want to be a superhero.” -Vin Diesel
 
Archie: What is green and sour and flies?
Archibald: Super Pickle!
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Alvin: What is Spiderman’s favorite month?
Vincent: Webruary.
 
“Not all superheroes wear capes . . . some of them wear funny hats.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Charlene: What would you get if Batman and his sidekick Robin were run over by a herd of stampeding elephants?
Darlene: Flatman and Ribbon.
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The unassuming Clark Kent wears regular-people clothes, but when he becomes Superman, he rapidly changes into a colorful red-and-blue spandex suit with a cape - so what does he do with his regular clothes when he is in super-mode? Rumor has it that he wears his superhero outfit under his regular clothes, and that he has a hidden pocket in his cape, into which he places his super-neatly-folded regular clothes. Mystery solved!
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Jingle Bells, Batman smells,
     Robin laid an egg,
The bat-mobile lost its wheels,
     And Joker got away!
-Author Unknown
 
Customer: Where do superheroes shop for groceries?
Cashier: At the Supermarket!
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Darla: Why did the superhero cross the superhighway?
Marla: To get to the supermarket.
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“I need a day when there aren’t twenty crises to deal with, but I don’t see that coming any time soon.” -Iron Man
 
Superman, also known as Clark Kent, was created in 1934 by Jerome ‘Jerry’ Siegel, a graduate of Glenville High School in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. Mr. Siegel’s partner, Joseph ‘Joe’ Shuster, improved the character with tights, a cape, and a handsome face. They moved to New York City, where they faced hard times and sold all rights to the comic-strip character to DC Comics for a mere $130. In June 1938, the first Superman comic appeared, and the muscle-bound flying man ‘really took off.’
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“Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.” -Batman
 
Merlin: What was Batman doing in a tree?
Marlena: Looking for Robin.
 
“We must be careful with our words; we’re like superheroes and words are like our super powers. Super powers should always be used to help others.” -Dianna Hardy
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Superheroes wear costumes made of space-age materials such as Spandex and Mylar.
 
As the mild-mannered Clark Kent, Superman is afraid of girls. He is probably worried that he will run into the one he stole the red-and-blue outfit he wears from.
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Amy: Why did Batman cross the road?
Jamie: To be a good example by showing people how to cross safely!
 
“Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!” -George Lother, making the program introduction for the “Superman” radio show (first broadcast 12 February 1940)

​It’s just an ordinary day in the life of a superhero . . . who lives by the code, “Do a good deed each day.”
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The Lone Ranger + Time Travel Machine = Batman?
 
“DC Comics is reviving Superman’s old outfit. I never understood Superman’s clothes. We all got used to the fact that he wears his underpants over the leotard. But why do his underpants have a belt on them?” -Jay Leno (James Douglas Muir ‘Jay’ Leno (born 1950))
 
The name ‘Clark Kent’ (Superman) was derived from the names of actors Clark Gable and Kent Taylor.
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Ernest: What is the difference between the Green Lantern and a leprechaun?
Nestor: Nothing; they are both fictional characters.
 
In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil’s might,
Beware my power . . .
Green Lantern’s light!
-Green Lantern
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“There is a right and a wrong in the universe, and the distinction is not hard to make.” -Superman
 
Mathilda: Where do superheroes hold their annual convention?
Hilda: Cape Town.
 
“I made a choice, this is my path.” -Spiderman
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“Superheroes are fascinating to many children, and we can help them know it’s not an imaginary superself but each person’s real self that does the really important things in life.” -Fred Rogers (Fred McFeely Rogers (also known as Mr. Rogers (1928 - 2003)))
 
Does ‘Spiderman’ have a ‘website’?
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“Not everyone is meant to make a difference. But for me, the choice to lead an ordinary life is no longer an option.” -Spiderman
 
Unlikely Superheroes
- Vacuum Cleaner Sales & Repair Man: He not only sells you a vacuum cleaner, but he also fixes it if is ever broken.
- Shoe Collector Woman: Travels through the air in a flying shoe and throws shoes at criminals.
- Hysterical Parrot: Shows up and causes so much chaos and confusion that villains give up and flee the scene.
- Ironman: Saves people by removing the wrinkles from their clothes, as for example, just before their job interviews and weddings.
- The Historian: Has the power to become any person in history.
- The Caped Politician: Watches over polling places to make sure nobody cheats by voting more than once.
- The Cheapskate: A superhero who saves the world by showing people how to do everything for less money.
- The Element: A superhero who can become anything on the Periodic Table.
- The Grenade: A superhero who explodes and then later reassembles.
- The Ponderer: A superhero who stands by with his finger to his cheek and once in a while says, “Hmmm . . .”
- Catwoman: Lives in a mobile home with 41 cats, and you can imagine the rest.
Can you think of others?

William Moulton Marston was the creator of the fictional superhero character Wonder Woman. Additionally, he invented the polygraph, also known as ‘the lie detector.’ Perhaps then it is then no coincidence that Wonder Woman possesses a ‘golden lasso of truth’?
 
Things Robin, The Boy Wonder, Never Said
- We’re doomed for sure this time, Batman!
- You’re Batman, I’m Robin - let’s just flap our wings and fly out of this predicament.
- So, I’ve been trying to figure this out, Batman - are you really half man, half bat, or is that just a costume?
- After we finish our next crime-fighting caper, can we stop at the ice cream shop for Sundaes?
Can you think of others things Robin never said?
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If Iron Man and the Silver Surfer ever teamed up, would they become ‘alloys’?
 
Why do superheroes wear their underpants on the outside of their clothes? Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman all wear elaborate costumes. The trio of superhero characters was created between 1935 and 1945. They were meant to be men and women of action, so their costumes were based on the men and women of action of the time. Superman’s costume was originally like that of a circus strongman. Wonder Woman’s was modeled on the costume of a trapeze artist. Their costumes were meant to be flashy and exciting and glamorous. Batman’s costume was based more on the black-and-white ‘film noir’ movies of the times, which were about dark avengers who skulked about in the shadows, scaring the wits out of criminals (Sounds like fun, right? Maybe you should consider a career in law enforcement.). Because Batman was meant to be a scary character, his costume made him look like a creepy creature from the shadows. Those costume styles stuck and became clichéd, particularly since the three characters had become instant hits of that time period. So, when new superheroes began to arrive, they also tended to have capes and tights just like circus-strongman Superman wears, or colorful trapeze outfits like Wonder Woman wears, or dark cloaks and scary masks like Batman wears. Because superhero creators are competitive, the result over time was that superhero costumes became more and more show-offish. And, what looks like underwear worn on the outside of their superhero costumes is actually tight shorts commonly worn by circus performers of the time, which gave them freedom of movement as they did their stunts to entertain audiences. What may look like belts holding up their ‘underpants’ are ‘utility belts’ which can hold any number of tools and devices the superheroes deploy in their crime-fighting adventures.
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“It’s every boy’s dream to play a superhero.” -Sam Heughan
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This looks like a job for a superhero . . . or perhaps it is a job for you . . .
 
“Intelligence is a privilege, and it needs to be used for the greater good of people.” -Dr. Octopus
 
“You only have your thoughts and dreams ahead of you. You are someone. You mean something.” -Batman
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Legal disclaimer on an actual superhero costume: Wearing this costume does not enable its wearer to fly.
 
Heather: Where does Spiderman hang out?
Heath: On the worldwide web.
 
Some superheroes have sidekicks, or partners, and some superheroes have no sidekicks.
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Thaddeus: Why did Batman go to the pet shop?
Tad: To buy a Robin.
 
“It sounds clichéd, but superheroes can be lonely, vain, arrogant, and proud. Often they overcome these human frailties for the greater good.” -Tom Hiddleston
 
“Life is locomotion.  If you’re not moving, you’re not living.”  -The Flash
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Superman climbed the Empire State Building to challenge King Kong to a fight. King Kong said, “I don’t have time - I’ve got to catch a plane!”
 
Superheroes Quiz
- What characteristics or traits do superheroes have in common with you?
- If you were a superhero, what would you choose as your alter-ego name?
- Which superhero would you like to have lunch with?
- If you were a superhero, what would your costume look like?
- Other than as entertainment, do superheroes serve any useful purpose?
- What people from history most resemble superheroes?
 
Mel: What was Batman’s ‘real’ name?
Nel: Bruce Wayne.
 
Overheard: If I could be any superhero, I would be Aluminum Man, and so my superpower would be ‘foiling’ crime . . . If you could have one superpower, which would you choose?
 
Hope: How many caped crusaders does it take to change a light bulb?
Faith: None; for some reason, they actually seem to prefer the dark.
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“It’s never as bad as it seems. You’re much stronger than you think you are. Trust me.” -Superman: “Being Superman”
 
Aaron: What position did Bruce Wayne play on his little-league team?
Erin: He was the batboy.
 
“Which will hold greater rule over you? Your fear or your curiosity?” -Wonder Woman
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Despite his name, ‘Spiderman’ does not eat bugs. He eats regular people food, just like the rest of us do.
 
“When you decide not to be afraid, you can find friends in super unexpected places.” -Ms. Marvel
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“If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He’s everything that I’m not.” -Stephen Hawking (Stephen William Hawking (1942 - 2018))
 
“I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” -Superman
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“You’re going to make a difference. A lot of times it won’t be huge, it won’t be visible even. But it will matter just the same.” -James Gordon
 
“Being a superhero is a lot of fun.” -Chris Hemsworth
 
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The Spoken Word And Speaking

“The best conversationalists are curious about everything. That’s why they are good at listening and why they have broad horizons - they’re always learning something new.” -Larry King
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“Words fail me. Thank goodness I can make gestures.” -Mark Hughes
 
“Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.” -Paul J. Meyer (Paul James Meyer, Senior (1928 - 2009)) at https://PaulJMeyer.com/
 
“Whenever I meet people for the first time, I assume that they have a great story to tell and that it’s my job to find it.” -Sarah, Duchess of York (born Sarah Margaret Ferguson in 1959): “What I Know Now: Simple Lessons Learned the Hard Way” (2003)
 
In spoken communications, which includes conversations, there are two main parts: 1. Speaking, and 2. Listening. Ideally, each participant spends some time speaking and some time listening.
 
Sign in a shop: For Your Convenience, Our Staff Is Fluent In Monosyllabic Grunts!
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“Conversation takes practice; the more we do it, the better we get, and the more easily we do it.” -Susan RoAne (born Susan Rosenberg in about 1945) at https://www.susanroane.com/
 
“There is a disease terrible that strikes 10 out of 1 people 15 every minutes. Vocal Dyslexia it’s called. An elment I’ve been lifing all my fight. It can warn without striking and has no regard for case, read, or crolor. Symptoms include speechaled garb, backs coming out wordward, and an inability to sent a complete putence together. The victims: innocent people like thou and me. Sadly, Vocal Dyslexia is wilding liek spreadfire and there is no cureful symp, butthere is hope. The dyslexia foundation has recommended these things 3: 3rd: at the first trub of signale phonsult a confition; 2nd: stay in bed and drink flenty of pluids; 1st: read as can as you much. For more information write: 999 Teenfifth Street, Grand Mapids, Ricaghan. Thank you muchy ver.” -Author Unknown
 
“Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.” -Padgett Powell
 
“Every conversation is an opportunity for success.” -Debra Fine
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“Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.” -Anna Brownell Jameson (1794 - 1860)
 
Overheard: Say it straight, simple, and with a smile.
 
“The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next, good sense, the third, good humor, and the fourth, wit.” -William Temple (1628 - 1699)
 
“A conversation is so much more than words, a conversation is eyes, smiles, the silences between words.” -Annika Thor
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“A soft answer turneth away wrath.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Proverbs,’ chapter 15, verse 1
 
How To Be A Good Conversationalist
- Make eye contact.
- Allow the other person to speak his or her mind.
- Ask questions and allow the other person to answer.
- Do not interrupt a person when he or she is speaking if at all possible.
- Use polite words and do not use offensive language such as cursing and swearing.
- Do not use slang, jargon, abbreviations, or other nonstandard and obscure terms or words.
- Show an interest in what the other person is saying.
- Speak in a calm, civil tone.
- Be agreeable even when you disagree.
- Be polite so that you always leave them liking you.
What can you add to this list?
 
“When trying to make your way through a crowd of people, and you find that saying, ‘Excuse me,’ or ‘Pardon me,’ isn’t getting you anywhere, just say, ‘Beep, beep!’ because everybody, regardless of language or dialect, speaks and understands car.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Fine words butter no parsnips.” -Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
 
“Keep your conversation throughout the day consistent with what you really want to happen.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
 
Be careful of the words you say,
     And keep them soft and sweet.
For you never know from day to day,
     Which ones you’ll have to eat.
-Author Unknown
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“Talk is cheap, and that’s why barbers give it away for free with haircuts.” -Author Unknown
 
“After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?” -Russell Hoban (Russell Conwell Hoban (1925 - 2011))
 
“When in doubt, mumble.” -Author Unknown
 
“Conversation is an exchange of thoughts that leave all parties to it a grain wiser.” -Alfred Whitney Griswold (Alfred Whitney ‘Whitney’ Griswold 1906 - 1963)
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“It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance who knows what you know. I see so many new folks nowadays who seem to have neither past nor future. Conversation has got to have some root in the past, or else you have got to explain every remark you make, and it wears a person out.” -Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909)
 
THINK Before You Speak
 
T: Is it True?
H: Is it Helpful?
I: Is it Inspiring?
N: Is it Necessary?
K: Is it Kind?
 
By Author Unknown
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“For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk.” -Stephen Hawking (Stephen William Hawking (1942 - 2018))
 
“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” -Robert McCloskey
 
“Learning to speak, therefore, and the power it brings of intelligent converse with others, is a most impressive further step along the path of independence.” -Maria Montessori
 
“I’m trying to elevate small talk to medium talk.” -Larry David
 
“Things cat people do: You answer your cat’s random meows with, ‘Yes, yes, I know!’” -Author Unknown
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“Language was given to us that we might say pleasant things to each other.” -Author Unknown
 
“Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.” -Robert Benchley (Robert Charles Benchley (1889 - 1945))
 
“The best of life is conversation, and the greatest success is confidence, or perfect understanding between sincere people.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
“Grunts and squeals were fine in the beginning, but eventually humans needed more precise means of communication . . . and so, words were invented, which were a combination of grunts and squeals.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
“There are two kinds of people who don’t say much: those who are quiet and those who talk a lot.” -Author Unknown
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On average, women say 7,000 words per day. Men on average manage slightly more than 2,000 words in a day. However, this is neither good nor bad. Men and women are different, and therefore do things differently based on their plans and goals. Women place priority in connections with other people, which they do primarily through communication. Men place importance in accomplishment, using communication primarily as a means to that end, and in fact, are quite likely to talk while at the same time doing something.
 
“A great conversation is the bridge between minds.” -Author Unknown
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“If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))
 
“Everyone hears only what they understand.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.): as attributed in Darius Lyman: “The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin” (1856): “Sententiae,” Maxim 1073
 
“Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.” -Margaret Wheatley
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And I oft have heard defended -
Little said is soonest mended.
-George Wither (1588 - 1667): “The Shepherd’s Hunting” (1615)
 
“I felt it shelter to speak to you.” -Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
 
“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years’ mere study of books.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882): “Hyperion” (1839), Chapter VII
 
“Eventually it may be possible for humans to speak with another species.” -John Lily: “Man and Dolphins” (1961)
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“If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secret of getting along - whether it be in business, family relations, or life itself.” -Bernard Meltzer (Bernard C. Meltzer (1916 - 1998))
 
“Men’s conversation is like their life.” [translation to English]
“Talis hominibus est oratio qualis vita.” [original Latin]
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “Epistolæ Ad Lucilium,” 114
 
“Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.” -John Andrew Holmes (1773 - 1843): “Wisdom in Small Doses” (1927)
 
“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable.” -David Augsburger (David W. Augsburger (born 1938))
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“The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.” -Author Unknown
 
“Before you say something, stop and think how you’d feel if someone said that to you.” -Author Unknown
 
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Book of Proverbs,’ chapter 25, verse 11
 
“The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” -Dorothy Nevill (Dorothy Fanny Nevill (1826 - 1913)): “Under Five Reigns” (1910), page 26
 
“Don’t take up a man’s time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.” -Edgar W. Howe (Edgar Watson ‘Ed’ Howe, also known as E. W. Howe (1853 - 1937)): “Country Town Sayings” (1911)
 
Riddle: What can you break with just one word?
Answer: Silence.
 
“While the spoken word stands for something, the written word stands for something that stands for something.” -Author Unknown
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“If nobody spoke unless they had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965))

“He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.” -Sydney Smith (1771- 1845)
 
“Before beginning any conversation, ask yourself if this is the proper time, place, and person to have the conversation with. If you use wild hand gestures when you talk, make an effort to keep your hands under control so that you do not appear to be physically menacing or ridiculous to the other person. Understand that you have goals in talking to people, and they also have their goals, and the best conversations are those in which both people move closer to achieving their goals.” -Author Unknown
 
“Chatter is not quite conversation.” -Charles M. Schulz (Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz (1922 - 2000))
 
“There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592))
 
“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.” -William Penn (1644 - 1718)
 
“People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before some things are spoken - the manner, the place, and the time.” -Robert Southey (1774 - 1843): as attributed in S. Austin Allibone: “Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay” (1880)
 
“When we speak harshly or yell at people, the words can hit their ears so hard that they bounce right off them and are not heard, or are interpreted by their instinctual defenses as threats. If we speak reasonably and calmly, we have a chance of being heard and understood.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
“I can hold conversations by myself. What do you call this?” -Alice Oseman (Alice May Oseman (born 1994)): “Solitaire” (2014) book
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“Everyone should be quick to listen. Slow to speak.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible” (NIV), ‘James,’ chapter 1, verse 19
 
“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.” -Diogenes Laërtius (lived about C.E. 3rd century)
 
“The secret of success in conversation is to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.” -Author Unknown
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Plato: What can you hold without ever touching it?
Aristotle: A conversation.
 
“In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.” -Marcus Porcius Cato (also known as Cato the Elder (233 B.C.E. - 148 B.C.E.)): as quoted in “Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations” (1922), page 137
 
“The words you speak today should be soft and tender, for tomorrow you may have to eat them.” -Author Unknown
 
“Conversation is the image of the mind; as the man, so is his speech.” [translation to English]
“Sermo animi est imago; qualis vir, talis et oratio est.” [original Latin]
-Publilius Syrus (also known simply as Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)): “Maxims”
 
“Life is a conversation. Make it a good one.” -Glennon Doyle Melton
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“We’re always talking about talking, but we never seem to get around to actually talking.” -Author Unknown
 
“To disagree, one does not have to be disagreeable.” -Barry M. Goldwater and Jack Casserly: “Goldwater” (12 October 1988)
 
“Contradiction and flattery both make poor conversation.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man’s observation, not overturning it.” -Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873))
 
“One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing.” -Frank Sheed
 
“If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.” -Marge Piercy (born 1936)
 
“Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion.” -Dwight MacDonald
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“The value of the average conversation could be enormously improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.” -André Maurois (born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (1885 - 1967))
 
“Some people live in harsh surroundings filled with difficult or impossible people, and so they have lost the ability to engage in conversation and can only do what everyone around them is doing, which is to ‘bark’ at people. Because people do not like to be barked at, they stop listening to each other, and when problems arise, solutions are never found.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
“One good conversation can shift the direction of the change forever.” -Linda Lambert
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“Miss not the discourse of the elders.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Ecclesiaticus,’ chapter VIII, verse 9
 
“To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.” -François de La Rochefoucauld (also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680))
 
“It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world.” -Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909): “The Country of Pointed Firs and Other Fiction” (1896)
 
“A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.” -Lisa Kirk (born Elsie Kirk (1925 - 1990))
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“There is only one rule for being a good talker: learn to listen.” -Christopher Morley (Christopher Darlington Morley (1890 - 1957)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
 
“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.” -Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900))
 
With good and gentle humour’d hearts
I choose to chat where e’er I come;
Whate’er the subject be that starts . . .
-John Byrom: “Miscellaneous Poems by John Byrom” (1773), Volume I, page 78, ‘Careless Content,’ Stanza II
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“Change the conversation of the world by dwelling on what’s gone right.” -Mary Anne Radmacher (born 1957)
 
We are MFOL! . . . now let us all engage in happy talk, serious talk, silly talk . . . or we could just make wild animal noises . . .

Hopes And Dreams

“Love the life you have while you create the life of your dreams.” -Hal Elrod (Hal Austin Elrod (born 1979)) at https://halelrod.com/
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“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” -Lu Xun (also known as Lusin (1881 - 1936)): as quoted in Lin Yutang, editor and translator, “The Wisdom of China and India” (1942), ‘The Epigrams of Lusin’
 
“To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” [translation to English]
“Pour accomplir de grandes choses il ne suffit pas d’agir, il faut rêver; il ne suffit pas de calculer, il faut croire.” [original French]
-Anatole France (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault (1844 - 1924)): “Discours de réception, Séance De L’académie Française” (24 December 1896) (introductory speech at a session of the French Academy), commenting on Ferdinand de Lesseps’ work on the Suez Canal
 
“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” -Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
 
“Everything begins as a dream.” -Author Unknown
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“Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))
 
“Hope has two beautiful daughters, named Anger and Courage; Anger at the way things are, and Courage to change them.” -Augustine of Hippo (also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (C.E. 354 - C.E. 430))
 
“You need hope to get you going, but then by taking action, you generate more hope. It’s a circular thing.” -Jane Goodall: “The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times” (2021), page 10
 
“HOPE: Hanging Onto Positive Expectations.” -Author Unknown
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“The hopeful man sees success where others see failure; sunshine where others see shadows and storm.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))
 
“The Sun always shines above the clouds.” -Paul F. Davis at https://PaulFDavis.com/
 
“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.” -Flavia Weedn (Flavia Marie Register Weedn (1929 - 2015)): “Flavia and the Dream Maker” (1988) at flaviastore.archivea.com
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“Hope costs nothing.” -Colette (Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (1873 - 1954))
 
“Here I possessed nothing in the world. I was no more than a mortal strayed between sand and stars, conscious of the single blessing of breathing. And yet I discovered myself filled with dreams.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944)) at https://www.antoinedesaintexupery.com/
 
“Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” -Helen Keller (Helen Adams Keller (1880 - 1968))
 
“Dream. Then Do.” -Ferdi Scheepers
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“Do all you can to make your dreams come true.” -Joel Osteen (born 1963)
 
“Hold on to your dreams, for they are, in a sense, the stuff of which reality is made. It is through our dreams that we maintain the possibility of a better, more meaningful life.” -Leo Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))
 
“Dreams come a size too big so you can grow into them.” -Author Unknown
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“Have big dreams. You will grow into them.” -Author Unknown
 
“No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.” -Author Unknown
 
“Hope is not the lucky gift of circumstance or disposition, but a virtue like faith and love, to be practiced whether or not we find it easy or even natural, because it is necessary to our survival as human beings.” -Clara Park
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“What steps could you take right now to begin turning your dreams into realities?” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
 
“While there’s life, there’s hope.” -Publius Terentius Afer (also known simply as Terence (185 B.C.E. - 159 B.C.E.)): “Heuton timoroumenos,” line 981
 
“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” -Gail Devers
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“The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.” -Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955)
 
“Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.” -John Updike (John Hoyer Updike (1932 - 2009)): Self-Consciousness: Memoirs” (1989), Chapter 3
 
“Hope doesn’t require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do . . . just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))
 
“Don’t lose hope. When the Sun goes down, the stars come out.” -Author Unknown
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Hope, like the gleaming taper’s light,
     Adorns and cheers our way;
And still, as darker grows the night,
     Emits a brighter ray.
-Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774): “The Captivity, An Oratorio” (1764), Act II, scene 1
 
“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” -Dale E. Turner (Dale Emerson Turner (1917 - 2006)) at https://www.reverenddaleturner.org/
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“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
 
“When the world says, ‘Give up,’ Hope whispers, ‘Try one more time.’” -Author Unknown
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“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” -Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980)
 
“Set out each day believing in your dreams. Know without a doubt that you were made for amazing things.” -Josh Hinds (Josh Stephen Hinds (born 1973))
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“Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, of sickness, or captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable; nor does it appear that the happiest lot of terrestrial existence can set us above the want of this general blessing; or that life, when the gifts of nature and of fortune are accumulated upon it, would not still be wretched, were it not elevated and delighted by the expectation of some new possession, of some enjoyment yet behind, by which the wish shall at last be satisfied, and the heart filled up to its utmost extent.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in “The Rambler” (1750 - 1752), Number 67 (6 November 1750)
 
“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))
 
“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” -Christopher Reeve (Christopher D’Olier Reeve (1952 - 2004))
 
“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.” -Léo Joseph Suenens (1904 - 1996)
 
“At the darkest moment comes the light.” -Joseph Campbell (Joseph John Campbell (1904 - 1987)): “The Power of Myth” book based on “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth” television documentary (broadcast 21 through 26 June 1988), Chapter 2: ‘The Journey Inward’
 
“Hope is something that brings sunshine into the shadows of our lives. It is our link to a better tomorrow. When hope is gone, so too is our force, and when hope is kept alive, so too is our determination to go on.” -Author Unknown: dedication to George Mahdesian (1927 - 1998)
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“One’s thoughts turn towards Hope.” -Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452 - 1519)): as quoted in Edward MacCurdy, translator: “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci” (1938), ‘Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations’
 
“In all things it is better to hope than to despair.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
 
“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.” -Bo Bennett (Robert Foster ‘Bo’ Bennett (born 1972))
 
“Dreams are necessary to life.” -Anaïs Nin (born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903 - 1977))
 
“Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous.” -Thornton Wilder (Thornton Niven Wilder (1897 - 1975))
 
“Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021)): “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (1991)
 
“Hope ever urges on, and tells us to-morrow will be better.” [translation to English]
“Spes fovet, et fore eras semper ait melius.” [original Latin]
-Tibullus: “Carmina,” II, 6, 20
 
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” -Thích Nhất Hanh (born 1926 as Nguyễn Xuân Bảo)
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“It may be that those who do most, dream most.” -Stephen Butler Leacock (1869 - 1944)
 
‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -
I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest sea -
Yet, never - in extremity -
It asked a crumb of me -
-Emily Dickinson (Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830 - 1886)): as published in Thomas H. Johnson, editor: “The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson” (1960), Poem 254
 
“He who has hope has everything.” -Author Unknown
 
“The path to a dream is paved with sacrifices and lined with determination. And although it has many stumbling blocks along the way and may go in more than one direction, it is marked with faith. It is traveled by belief in you and others but requires courage, persistence, and hard work. It is conquered with a willingness to face challenges and take chances, to fail and try again and again. Along the way, you may have to confront doubts, setbacks, and unfairness. But when the path comes to an end, you will find that there is no greater joy than making your dream come true.” -Author Unknown
 
“Nature has fixed no limits on our hopes.” -Bjōrk: ‘Hope’ on “Volta” (2007)
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“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work; you don’t give up.” -Anne ‘Annie’ Lamott (born 1954)
 
“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll marvel at the energy that comes out of you.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
 
“Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.” -Richard Wilkins (Richard Stephen Wilkins (born 1954))
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“The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912): “As a Man Thinketh” (1902), ‘Visions and Ideals’
 
“Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” -Helen Keller (Helen Adams Keller (1880 - 1968)): “Optimism” (1903)
 
“There is always hope.” -Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson: “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” film (2002) film based on J. R. R. Tolkien: “The Lord of the Rings” published as three volumes, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” “The Two Towers,” and “Return of the King” (29 July 1954 to 20 October 1955)
 
“I have had dreams and I have had nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams.” -Jonas Salk (Jonas Edward Salk (1914 - 1995))
 
“Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.” -Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990)
 
“It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier. Desiring is helpful, but work and desire are invincible.” -Thomas Robert Gaines (1877 - 1965)
 
“Of all the people I have ever known, those who have pursued their dreams and failed have lived a much more fulfilling life than those who have put their dreams on a shelf for fear of failure.” -Author Unknown
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“The only thing that stands in between you and your dreams is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.” -Joel Brown at https://www.IAmJoelBrown.com/
 
“Hope is like the Sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904): “Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct” (1861), page 67
 
The heart bowed down by weight of woe
     To weakest hope will cling.
-Alfred Bunn: “Bohemian Girl” as quoted in “Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations” (1922), pages 375 through 378
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“Hope is as cheap as Despair.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2542
 
“The hopes of men have been justly called waking dreams.” -Basil (C.E. 330 - C.E. 379): letter to Gregory of Nazianzus: as quoted in S. Baring-Gould (Sabine Baring-Gould (1834 - 1924)): “The Lives of the Saints” (1873)
 
“Dream big and dare to fail.” -Norman D. Vaughan
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“At every crossroad, follow your dream. It is courageous to let your heart lead the way.” -Thomas Leland (1722 - 1785)
 
“Never stop believing in hope because miracles happen every day.” -Author Unknown
 
Our greatest good, and what we least can spare,
     Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear.
-John Armstrong: “Art of Preserving Health” (1744), Book IV, line 318
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“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947))
 
“When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” -Carol Burnett (Carol Creighton Burnett (born 1933))
 
“Dreams can come true if you take the time to think about what you want in life.” -Author Unknown
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“My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.” [translation to English]
“Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Heroides,” XVIII, 178
 
“Every moment is another chance to make your dreams come true.” -Author Unknown
 
“Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“False hope is better than no hope at all.” -Lois Greiman (Lois Denise Greiman (born 1959))
 
“Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.” -Erik Erikson (1902 - 1994)
 
“I’ve always said there’s no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes and dreams, but in order to that we do need to have friends. We need those who believe in us. Friends are those who believe in us and who want to help us whatever it is that we are trying to achieve.” -Aung San Suu Kyi: “Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech” (22 October 2013) Strasbourg
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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.” -J. K. Rowling (pseudonym of Joanne ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965)): “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (1997)
 
“Where there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in “The Rambler” (6 April 1751), Number 110
 
“Hope is never lost. There are always possibilities.” -Pavel Chekov
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“For hope is but the dream of those that wake.” -Matthew Prior (1664 - 1721): “Solomon on the Vanity of the World,” book iii, line 102
 
“All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))
 
“If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.” -Clement of Alexandria (also known as Titus Flavius Clemens (about C.E. 150 - about C.E. 215))
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“Successful people are dreamers who have found a dream too exciting, too important, to remain in the realm of fantasy. Day by day, hour by hour, they toil in the service of their dream until they can see it with their eyes and touch it with their hands.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
 
“All men of action are dreamers.” -James G. Huneker (James Gibbons Huneker (1860 - 1921))
 
“Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.” -Tom Clancy (Thomas Leo Clancy, Junior (1947 - 2013))
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“Trust your hopes, not your fears.” -David Mahoney (David Joseph Mahoney, Junior (1923 - 2000))
 
“Never laugh at anyone’s dreams. People who don’t have dreams don’t have much.” -Author Unknown
 
“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” -Suzanne Collins
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“Hope never abandons you; you abandon it.” -George Weinberg (1929 - 2017)
 
“Great Hopes make great Men.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 1759
 
“Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” -Gloria Steinem (born 1934)
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“People too weak to follow their own dreams typically tend to find a way to discourage yours.” -Author Unknown
 
“Always chase your dreams instead of running from your fears.” -Author Unknown
 
“If you don’t have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?” -Oscar Hammerstein
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“If it were not for Hopes, the Heart would break.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages And Proverbs” (1732), number 2689
 
“Hope against hope, and ask till ye receive.” -James Montgomery: “The World Before the Flood,” Canto V
 
“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” -Carl Sandburg (Carl Augustus Sandburg (1878 - 1967))
 
“Once you choose hope, anything is possible.” -Christopher Reeve (Christopher D’Olier Reeve (1952 - 2004))
 
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” -Tom Fitzgerald (Thomas Bartholomew Fizgerald, Junior (1932 - 2022)): as quoted in Dave Smith: “Disney Trivia from the Vault” (2012), page 243; quotation misattributed to Walt Disney in the “Science of Imagineering” DVD series and by others
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“Everything that is done in the world is done by the hopeful. No matter your age. No matter your circumstances. No matter your financial wealth. Without hope, nothing is possible. But with hope . . . well . . . watch out.” -Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
 
“Your dreams tell you what to do; your reason tells you how to do it.” -Jonas Salk (1914 - 1995)
 
“Hope is what enables us to keep going in the face of adversity. It is what we desire to happen, but we must be prepared to work hard to make it so.” -Jane Goodall: “The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times” (2021), page 8
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“Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): letter (8 June 1762) as quoted in James Boswell: “The Life of Samuel Johnson” (1791), Volume 1, page 103
 
“Don’t tell people your dreams; show them.” -Author Unknown
 
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places - and there are many - where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” -Howard Zinn (1922 - 2010): “A Power Governments Cannot Suppress” (1 December 2006), page 270
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Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832): “Faust” (1806) lines 214 and 215, as translated by John Anster (1835)
 
“In both children and adults, there can be a hard-to-deny link between a robust sense of hope and either work productivity or academic achievement.” -Jeffrey Kluger (born 1954)
 
I live in hope and that I think do all
     Who come into this world.
-Robert Bridges: “The Growth of Love” (1898), Sonnet 63
 
“Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.” -attributed to Coco Chanel (Gabrielle Bonheur ‘Coco’ Chanel (1883 - 1971))
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“There is nothing like a dream to create the future.” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))
 
“Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.” -Joy Page
 
“Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there’s a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living.” -Author Unknown
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Goals And Planning

“Take your dreams up off the shelf! Put your goals in front of you, and follow them. Focus. Strive. This is what you should be doing; this is what you are here for! You are here to dream, and to live your dreams! This is how things were meant to be. It is time to get back to basics. The essence of your life is your dream! What have you always been dreaming about, ever since you were a youngster? Visualize it, define it, and then go for it! Become happy and share that happiness with the world.” -Author Unknown
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“The most important thing about having goals is having one.” -Geoffrey Abert
 
“I have come up with a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel.” -Rowan Atkinson (born 1955): “Black Adder the Third” (British television show)
 
“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.jimrohn.com/
 
“If ‘Plan A’ fails, remember there are twenty-five more letters.” -Claire Cook
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“One simple mental trick has changed my life. A wise retired railway worker named Danny Breslin told me about it. When you are faced with a task you do not want to perform, do not think of the task as a whole. Do not focus on the hardest part of it. Instead, ask yourself, ‘What is the least I can do towards accomplishing this task? What is the irreducible minimum?’ Do that and you have started on the task itself. So, for instance, if you are procrastinating about a letter you have to write, put aside the thought of the letter itself and what you will say in it. Instead, think of the least you can do towards it, which is getting a pen and paper ready. By doing this you will usually find that you can then actually start writing the letter itself.” -Celia Haddon (born 1945)
 
“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” -Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
 
“Some goals are so worthy, it’s glorious even to fail.” -Author Unknown
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When any great design thou dost intend,
Think on the means, the manner, and the end.
-John Denham (1615 - 1669): “Of Prudence”
 
“The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something; whereas the strongest, by dispersing his over many, may fail to accomplish anything.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
 
“Plan your work and work your plan.” -Author Unknown
 
“Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.” -Belva Davis (born as Belvagene Melton in 1932) at http://www.belvadavis.com/
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“It takes a mad genius to reach some goals.” -Daniel Akst (born 1956)
 
“We rarely succeed at anything unless we have fun doing it.” -Author Unknown
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“Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose.” -Paul J. Meyer (Paul James Meyer, Senior (1928 - 2009)) at https://PaulJMeyer.com/
 
Work diligently toward a goal;
     On plans and dreams often dwell;
Don’t wait until you are thirsty,
     Before you dig a well.
-Rosemary Perry
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“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” -H. L. Hunt (Haroldson Lafayette ‘H. L.’ Hunt, Junior (1889 - 1974))
 
“Goals give us purpose, which, in turn, motivates us to make ourselves the best version in all aspects of your life.” -Hannah Bronfman
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“The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.” -Claude M. Bristol (Claude Myron Bristol (1891 - 1951))
 
“The vital, successful people I have met all had one common characteristic. They had a plan.” -Marilyn Van Derbur (Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur (born 1937))
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​“People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
 
“You will have wonderful surges forward. Then there must be a time of consolidating before the next forward surge. Accept this as part of the process and never become downhearted.” -Eileen Caddy (1917 - 2006)
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“I love it when a plan comes together.” -Author Unknown: “A-Team” (1983 - 1987) television series; catch phrase of character John ‘Hannibal’ Smith (portrayed by actor George Peppard (1928 - 1994))
 
“The basic goal-reaching principle is to understand that you go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will be able to see farther.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“What you get by reaching your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012)): “Biscuits, Fleas, and Pump Handles” (1974), ‘Segment 4: Goals,’ Chapter 4: Reaching Your Goals, page 171

​Achieving Your Goals
 
1. Break your goals into smaller parts.
- Many people abandon their goals because the goals are too big and vague.
- Break goals down into smaller parts.
- Decide on concrete and measurable actions.
- Have solid ideas of what a successful completion of a goal looks like.
2. Commit time daily to goals.
- You do not have necessarily have to commit hours at a time to accomplish a goal, you just have to be focused.
- The greatest advances often occur as the sum total of a series of small efforts.
- Commit to spending at least 15 minutes a day on specific goals.
- Do something that moves you closer to accomplishing your goals.
3. Talk to yourself.
- Repetition is the root of success.
- Remind yourself of your goals every day.
- Turn your most important goal into a one-sentence affirmation.
- Phrase it as though you have already accomplished your goal.
- Repeat regularly and it becomes your natural way of thinking.
4. Make a serious commitment to your goals.
- Make yourself accountable by telling a few trustworthy people of your plans.
- Hope they become interested in your progress and check in with you.
- This will inspire you to keep going and overcome obstacles.
- It is hard not to achieve goals when others are watching and encouraging us.
5. Write your goals down.
- If you write goals down, they are more likely to come to pass.
- Invest time and energy writing your goals down.
- Putting goals on paper makes you more committed to the outcome.
- Reread your goals list periodically.
- It is beneficial to cross items off when they are completed.
6. Review your goals and your progress weekly.
- Re-evaluate each goal as circumstances change.
- If your priorities change, drop goals from your list or add new ones.
- Ask yourself ‘why’ if you have not made progress; find out what is in your way.
- Question if unachieved goals are still important to you.
7. If possible, find a friend.
- Try to get friends to help out with your project.
- Offer to reciprocate and help your friend in return.
- Two can get more done in a shorter period of time than one.
- You hold each other accountable to accomplishing your goals.
8. Reward yourself.
- As you plan your goals, attach specific rewards to each goal.
- The reward should be commensurate with the amount of work.
- Be consistent about rewarding yourself for every accomplishment.
- Each completion deserves a reward, no matter how small.
9.Take time to enjoy success.
- Take time to acknowledge the fact that you have accomplished a goal.
- Don’t simply charge into the next task or in time, you will likely burn out.
- Remember the time and effort you invested.
- Savor the feeling of completion.
- Refresh and renew your enthusiasm before you continue.

​Make a written plan . . . and re-read it often . . .
 
“You can do anything you want in your life and in your career if you have written goals and a plan to get there, and also the commitment to follow through.” -Carol Halsey
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“Cultivate the habit of setting clearly-defined written goals; they are the road maps that guide you to your destination.” -Roy T. Bennett
 
The goal shapes the plan.
The plan shapes the action.
The action achieves the results.
The results bring success.
-Author Unknown
 
“You must keep your mind on the objective, not on the obstacle.” -William Randolph Hearst (1863 - 1951)
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“Do you know people who are doing absolutely nothing with their lives, such as neighbors, relatives, co-workers, and others? Do they spend their days watching television, scrolling through social media posts, or hanging out with other similar people, also known as ‘the wrong crowd,’ and chattering about sports, celebrities, politicians, and criminals? Do they never talk about what they are doing, and only talk about what other people are doing? Do they have a lot of bad habits and few or no good habits? Beware of them! You cannot lift them out of their circumstances, which they themselves created, and you cannot hope to motivate them as you are motivated. If you try, you might lose yourself and who you are in the process. If these do-nothing and never-do-well people find out you have goals, they will try to talk you out of them, disparage you, tell you that you are incapable of doing them, even try to ruin you. Never let them break your resolve, and do not let these people make you into one of them. You are an active person, and a doer! Stay with your goals no matter what, and if you can find people who are doing something with their lives, gravitate towards them instead.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
“Laboring toward distant aims sets the mind in a higher key and puts us at our best.” -Charles H. Parkhurst (Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842 - 1933))
 
“Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions, these can be changed as your priorities change, new ones added, and others dropped.” -O. Carl Simonton (Oscar Carl Simonton, Junior (1942 - 2009))
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“The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures, and emotions as if we’ve already achieved them.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://www.deniswaitley.com/
 
“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))
 
“Don’t let anyone steal your dream. It’s your dream, not theirs.” -Dan Zadra (Daniel W. Zadra, Senior (born 1946)) at http://zadracreative.com/
 
“Each step forward is one less step that has to be taken.” -Brian Adams
 
“Goals seem impossible only when you are not heading toward them.” -Mike Hawkins
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Write Down Your Goals!
 
If you don’t write your goal down on paper,
Beware, it may try to be an escaper.
But when you do write your goal in your journal,
What you have done is planted a kernel.
And everyone, who knows anything knows,
That what a man reaps is what a man sows!
So write down your hopes and journal your goals
And press on through the highs and the lows.
Through the thick and through the thin,
If you never, never quit - eventually you win.
In every failure is a seed of success,
So keep trying, keep trying -
And you’ll be the best.
Write down your goals
And surprise the rest.
 
By Al Argo
 
“A goal is created three times. First, as a mental picture. Second, when written down to add clarity and dimension. And third, when you take action towards its achievement.” -Gary Ryan Blair
 
“As you begin to define your life in terms of goals, you automatically increase your level of excitement, aliveness, enthusiasm, self-confidence, and self-motivation.” -Author Unknown
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“Have the dogged determination to follow through to achieve your goal; regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say, think, or do.” -Paul J. Meyer (Paul James Meyer, Senior (1928 - 2009)) at https://PaulJMeyer.com/
 
“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))

“Goals that are not written down are just wishes.” -Author Unknown
 
“Reduce your plan to writing . . . The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970))
 
“Once you have a clear objective, think and talk only in terms of ‘How?’” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
 
“If you have no goals, another day of your life just passes you by.” -Author Unknown
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“To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done.” -Richard G. Scott (Richard Gordon Scott (1928 - 2015))
 
“Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals.” -Bo Bennett (Robert Foster ‘Bo’ Bennett (born 1972))
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“Even if I don’t reach all my goals, I’ve gone higher than I would have if I hadn’t set any.” -Danielle Fotopoulos (Danielle Ruth Garrett Fotopoulos (born 1976))
 
“You can achieve almost any goal if you just do what other successful people have done to achieve the same goals before you.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
 
“You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.” -Charles C. Noble
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“The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://www.deniswaitley.com/
 
“Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))
 
“The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.” -Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
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“The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.” -Lee Iacocca (Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca (1924 - 2019))
 
“Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them.” -Ronald McNair (1950 - 1986)
 
“Find a peaceful place where you can make plans for the future. Clear away all distractions: everything within your visual field, everything in your periphery vision, all noises . . . now get to the work of considering what you want to achieve, writing it down in simple yet specific words.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.” -Alvin Toffler (1928 - 2016)
 
“Define your goals in terms of the activities necessary to achieve them, and concentrate on those activities.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
 
“Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small steps.” -David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945)
 
“You can do what you want to do, accomplish what you want to accomplish, attain any reasonable objective you may have in mind - not all of a sudden, perhaps not in one swift and sweeping act of achievement - but you can do it gradually, day by day and play by play, if you want to do it, if you work to do it, over a sufficiently long period of time.” -William E. Holler (William E. ‘Bill’ Holler (1888 - 1969))
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“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” -Bill Copeland
 
“Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.” -Friedrich von Schiller (Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805))
 
“Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be.” -Diana Rankin
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“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” -John Dewey (1859 - 1952)
 
“Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. It is the key to all fulfillment and achievement.” -Paul J. Meyer (Paul James Meyer, Senior (1928 - 2009)) at https://PaulJMeyer.com/
 
“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” -Pablo Picasso (Pablo Diego Jose Francisco do Paulo Juan Nepomuceno Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad (1881 - 1973))
 
“If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.” -Jane Goodall (born 1934)
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“Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There’s no telling what will happen when you act upon them.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com
 
“There is only one perfect time to start working towards a goal: right now.” -Byron Pulsifer (Byron R. Pulsifer) at https://www.QuotesChristian.com
 
“I will do one thing today.” -Authors Unknown
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Haikus

The sun came out again
It made everyone smile
Even the flowers looked happy
-A.D. in California
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Sea Turtles
 
In the deep blue sea
Sea turtles are roaming free
And glad to be
 
By Author Unknown
 
dandelion seed
floating in the summer breeze
carries special wish
-David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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I hope you enjoy
haiku as much as I do
and have fun all day
-Author Unknown
 
Yes, what you have just read is a haiku, as are the following.
 
The cat ran inside
He chased the gray mouse around
Little paws, pit pat!
-A.D. in California
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I don’t have a clue -
How does one write a haiku?
It’s so confusing!
-Author Unknown
 
Row, row, row your boat,
Row gently, row merrily,
Life is but a dream.
-David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966): adaptation of the song “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” to haiku form
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I’ll give it a try
So that perhaps by and by
A haiku will come from me
-Author Unknown
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“He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who completes ten is a master.” -Bashō (Matsuo Bashō (1644 - 1694))
 
man struggles with lid,
at last bottle is open . . .
he’s superhero!
-David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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​Well, hello there, and welcome! You have entered the amazing world of haiku, more examples of which follow this short learning section. There is no time to waste, so let us just jump in and get started right away with these important words . . .
 
What is the origin of haiku? A renga is a collaborative (people working together), linked-verse poem of Japanese origin that has an opening stanza called hokku. Masaoka Shiki (1867 - 1902), a Japanese poet, was a force in reviving hokku, building upon the work of earlier poets in using it as a standalone form, which he renamed with his own newly created word: haiku, which is a contraction of the Japanese phrase ‘haikai no ku’ meaning ‘light verse.’
 
Fun Facts About Haiku
- A haiku is a brief ‘economical’ poem that is rhyme optional, title optional, capitalization optional, and often requires little or no punctuation.
- Haiku is pronounced as ‘high-koo.’
- ‘Haiku’ is the singular form of the word, with the formal plural form ‘haiku,’ though the informal plural form ‘haikus’ is also recognized.
- Haiku began in Japan and has since spread around the world.
- Haiku is written in Japanese as 俳句.
- Haiku poetry initially focused on aspects of nature within their seasons, though some recent haikus have other subjects, such as people and their life circumstances, inspiration, humor, and whatever else minds can imagine.
- Haikus can have different forms, or structures.
- The ‘English haiku,’ also known as a ‘5-7-5 haiku,’ is a common haiku form, and follows a pattern of 3 lines -
  Line 1 has 5 syllables.
  Line 2 has 7 syllables.
  Line 3 has 5 syllables.
- The aim of haiku is to create imagery, or mental pictures, in the minds of readers or listeners, and sometimes to evoke emotions or feelings or have other effects, by using descriptive words to capture the moment’s impression, much as a camera might capture a moment in a photograph.
 
Haiku exists in a strict sense, as well as in a less-strict sense.
 
Starting with the strictest sense of the word, haiku is poetry composed of 17 Japanese ‘on’ (morae) or ‘sounds,’ working together to capture for all time a fleeting moment’s impression of the natural world within its season. Among the 17 ‘on’ is one or a tiny few called the ‘kigo,’ either a word or phrase, which places the haiku in its season. For example, the kigo ‘sakura’ meaning ‘cherry blossoms’ hints at the season of Spring; ‘fuji’ meaning ‘wisteria’ creates in the mind a picture of Summer; ‘tsuki’ meaning ‘moon, is an often brightly-illuminated orb visible in the nighttime sky through the bare tree branches in the season of Autumn; and ‘samushi’ meaning ‘cold,’ is a feeling or a tactile sensation in Winter.
 
Now let us consider the less-strict sense of haiku. The ‘ons’ or ‘sounds’ in the Japanese language do not always readily translate to an equivalent in English and other languages, so in translating Japanese, the shortcut of substituting syllables for ons is used. Rather than being composed of 17 sounds more or less, most haikus and translations of haikus are commonly set to 17 syllables.
 
Haiku in the Japanese language, written as single line poems, have an intuitive ‘break’ within the line, recognizable to native speakers and readers of Japanese due to the cadence or rhymical nature of the Japanese language. Because the break in the line can be unapparent to rhythmically-challenged speakers and readers of other languages, the single-line form haiku is broken into the 3-line form to assist them.
 
While haiku was originally meant for describing nature and seasons, there are variants and takeoffs on the original intent, and while many haiku are still written about nature, some are also written on a variety of other subjects.
 
And that’s just the way it is! Yes, we have omitted much more that can be known about haiku, a smidgeon of which can be found in other spots in this article and even more will be found in future revisions of this article. On www.MakeFunOfLife.net, the haiku are mostly of the less-strict sort, which are, luckily enough for us, still considered by many to be haiku; otherwise, we might be laughed at for being haiku-ku.

Five syllables here
And seven syllables here
Five syllables here
-Author Unknown
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Pandas
 
The black and white bears
sitting under leafy trees
eating bamboo shoots
 
By Rebecca Schauer
 
wolf in sheep’s clothing
meets sheep in wolf’s clothing
confusion abounds
-Author Unknown
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Spring wind combs
here and there -
the weeping willow’s hair
-Bashō (Matsuo Bashō (1644 - 1694))
 
Haikus can be intended not as an end in themselves, but as a starting point to stimulate classroom discussion on a particular subject.
 
With every gust of wind
the butterfly changes its place
on the willow
-Bashō (Matsuo Bashō (1644 - 1694))
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A snapshot of downtown Ukiah, California, United States of America. The haiku was not invented here, but it is celebrated here . . . more about that later . . .
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Haiku.
Haiku, who?
Bless you!
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After weeks of watching the roof leak
I fixed it tonight
by moving a single board
-Gary Snyder
 
Advice for those in
a difficult position
First, be flexible
-Author Unknown
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While the subject of many haikus is nature, as for example, trees, rabbits, flowers, or breezes, other subjects can be used. A senryū (pronounced sen-ree-yoo), also known as a ‘human haiku,’ is a haiku poem that has as its subject human nature, irony, or humor, rather than the natural world. Like a haiku, it is composed of three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
 
I’m sure I’ll feel great
once this workout is over
right now, not so much
-Author Unknown
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The laundry piles up.
I cannot keep up with it.
Will someone please help me?
-Mrs. Cline
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Once beyond the gate
I too am a traveler
in the Autumn twilight.
-Buson (Yosa Buson, also Yosa no Buson (1716 - 1783))
 
The following is a humorous (that’s what we’ve been told!) crossover poem, either a Haiku-Limerick or a Limerick-Haiku.
 
there was a young man
from Cork who got Limericks
and Haikus confused
-Attributed to Douglas J. Steele
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The humor lies in its dual structure: it reads like a limerick when spoken aloud, yet its lines are in 5-7-5 syllable pattern, and it visually follows the haiku format, creating a playful confusion between the two poetic forms.
 
A carpenter’s son
Left the Woodworkers’ Union
Formed new splinter group
-Guy Ben-Moshe
 
Ice
 
Water, when a rock
Is as a cold winter
And spelled i, c, e
 
By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Haikus are easy
But sometimes don’t make much sense
Hippopotamus
-Author Unknown
 
Winter Solitude
 
Winter solitude -
in a world of one color
the sound of wind.
 
By Bashō (Matsuo Bashō (1644 - 1694))
 
Clarinet players
Are smarter than trombonists
Because they can reed
-Guy Ben-Moshe
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The ocean is big,
And also it is really,
Really, really wet.
-Author Unknown
 
Wanna* go outside.
Oh no! Help! I got outside!
Let me back inside!
-Author Unknown
*wanna: want to
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So much work to do
I begin
by putting it off
-John Brandi: “Weeding the Cosmos” (1994); type of work: collected haikus by a single author
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Ukiah is haiku spelled backwards. It is a deliberate ‘anagram’ of the word for the form of poetry called ‘haiku.’ Anagrams are made by taking the letters in a word or phrase and rearranging them to spell another word or phrase. Ukiah is the name of a city where an annual haiku festival is held, in an afternoon devoted to haiku poems. A program of music is followed by a presentation of certificates and awards for the winning haikus. Poets of all ages read their winning poems. A reception with refreshments follows, during which the audience has the opportunity to read through an exhibit of selected poems submitted to the festival. You can learn how to submit haikus online for the next annual Ukiah Haiku Festival at www.ukiahaiku.org. Good luck with your entries!
 
Ukiah
 
Blue sky, clouds, oak trees,
Sunshine almost every day . . .
This is Ukiah
 
By Author Unknown
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The lemon pickers
And the orchard owners had
A bitter dispute
-Guy Ben-Moshe
 
Is “Haiku!” the sound made by a sneezing poet?
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This haiku poem
Is written about a sneeze -
And ends with, “Atchoo!”
-David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
A giant frog and I
Glare at each other
Sitting face to face
In silence
-Issa
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You use computers,
Tablets, mobiles, cameras -
Why not write letters?
-Author Unknown
 
A poem, or a stanza within a poem consisting of one line only, is usually called a monostich. However, a one-line haiku is more frequently referred to as a monoku, created the same way that a three-line haiku is created, but bringing the lines together. As has been noted elsewhere in this article, the single-line form of haiku is the form that has been recognized traditionally in Japan. Following is an example.
 
Old pond: frog jump in water-sound [translation to English]
Furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto [original Japanese in English characters]
古池や蛙飛び込む水の音 [original Japanese in Japanese characters]
-Bashō (Matsuo Bashō (1644 - 1694))
 
A 3-line rendition, in a variant translation to English from the original Japanese of the above poem, follows.
 
An old pond
A frog jumps in
The sound of water
[translation to English set in 3 lines]
-Bashō (Matsuo Bashō (1644 - 1694))
 
In the following haiku, the author has slightly modified the usual 3-line, 5-7-5 syllable-count ‘English haiku’ form by using punctuation and by indenting the second and thirds lines, using an innovative variant form with a visually natural flow.
 
Absence of problems
   does not lead to happiness.
      Dealing with them does.
-J. Benson: “Haiku to Live by: Life Affirming Messages, to Hearten Your Day” (2010) book, 54 pages in length
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Based in Tokyo, Japan, the Haiku International Association has a website, in the visitor’s choice of either a Japanese or an English version. Visitors can read haikus submitted from people around the world, find out about news and upcoming events, learn about various haiku contests, become a member, and more. Visit https://www.haiku-hia.com/index_en.html.
 
What kind of person can write haiku? If you can count on your fingers while sounding out the syllables in words, you can write haiku.
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Writer of haikus
Will never be said of me
I will dig ditches
-David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
My breakfast today,
bacon, eggs, and ice water.
I feel so healthy.
-Author Unknown
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Now how about you -
Please won’t you write a haiku?
It’s more fun than bugs!
-Author Unknown
 
Walking around
an early spring garden -
going nowhere.
-Kyoshi
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My cow gives less milk
now that it has been eaten
by a fierce dragon
-Author Unknown
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Some of the haikus shown in this article tend to be a little on the silly side, perhaps because that is the side of life we often find ourselves on here at www.MakeFunOfLife.net. Most haikus, however, are about nature and other somewhat serious subjects. Still, creating silly haikus could be a good beginning point, until you have mastered the art of haiku writing. Whatever is begun as play, and is later taken up as a serious endeavor without ever completely losing the element of play, has a good chance of being wildly successful.
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First Winter Rain
 
First Winter rain -
even the monkey
seems to want a raincoat.
 
By Bashō (Matsuo Bashō (1644 - 1694))
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And Now One Last Haiku
 
Please share your haikus
With us - we’d love to read them,
And get to know you!
 
By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
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Wishes And Wishing

If you could have one wish granted, what would it be?
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“May you get all your wishes but one, so you always have something to strive for.” -Author Unknown: Irish blessing
 
“We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
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“Work while others are wishing.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))
 
Far better to do a thing, than to merely wish for it,
     Far better to work for it, than to merely long for it.
Unfulfilled wishes fade to nothing, going nowhere,
     While actual attainments can lead on to ever more.
-David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Wishing Objects
- Birthday cake candles
- Coins tossed into wishing wells or fountains
- Dandelion seed tufts
- Stars
- Stones
- Wishbones
Can you think of other wishing objects?
 
“Dare to dream! If you did not have the capability to make your wildest wishes come true, your mind would not have the capacity to conjure such ideas in the first place. There is no limitation on what you can potentially achieve, except for the limitation you choose to impose on your own imagination. What you believe to be possible will always come to pass - to the extent that you deem it possible. It really is as simple as that.” -Anthon St. Maarten
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Some see a weed, some see a wish . . . have you ever made a wish on a dandelion flower that has gone to seed, and then blew the tiny seed-carrying tufts off to be carried away by the breeze?
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I’ve often wished that I had clear,
     For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house to lodge a friend,
     A river at my garden’s end,
A terrace walk, and half a rood
     Of land, set out to plant a wood.
-Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745): “Imitation of Horace,” Book II, Satire 6
 
“If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite.” -Author Unknown
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“If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible.” -Søren Kierkegaard (Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855))
 
“Better do it than wish it done.” -Author Unknown
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“We can do whatever we wish to do, provided our wish is strong enough. But the tremendous effort needed - one doesn’t always want to make it - does one? . . . But what else can be done? What’s the alternative? What do you want most to do? That’s what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.” -Katherine Mansfield (pseudonym of Kathleen Mansfield Murry (born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (1888 - 1923))) at http://www.katherinemansfield.com/
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“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” -James Kelly: “Scottish Proverbs” (1721)
 
Wishes
 
If wishes were horses,
     Beggars would ride.
If turnips were watches,
     I’d wear one by my side.
If ‘ifs’ and ‘ands’
     Were pots and pans,
There’d be no work
     For tinkers’ hands!
 
By Author Unknown
 
“If wishes were horses, I’d need a very big stable.” -Greg Curtis
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“The most important thing in life is to stop saying, ‘I wish,’ and start saying, ‘I will.’” -Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870)): “David Copperfield” (1849 - 1850)
 
“What man really wishes to do he will find a means of doing.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
 
“Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.” -Alexander Woollcott (Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (1887 - 1943)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
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“Make a wish . . . then make it happen!” -Author Unknown
 
“He who works shall have what he wills.” -Lailah Gifty Akita
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Wish Upon A Star
 
Starlight, star bright,
     The first star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
     Have the wish I wish tonight.
 
By Author Unknown
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“Few wishes come true by themselves.” -June Smith
 
“There’s no point having wishes if you don’t at least try to do them.” -Sally Nicholls (born 1943): “Ways to Live Forever” (2008) at http://www.sallynicholls.com/
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“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor ‘Eleanor’ Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))
 
“Will you look back on life and say, ‘I wish I had,’ or ‘I’m glad I did’?” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“If you have but one wish, let it be for an idea.” -Percy Sutton
 
“Instead of wishing that your life could be different, get up and make it happen.” -Alex Fitel: “Excuses: How to Stop Making Them and Start Living”
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“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good and we must hunger after them.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “The Mill on the Floss” (1860)
 
“It is always wise to stop wishing for things long enough to enjoy the fragrance of those now flowering.” -Patricia Clafford (Mary ‘Patricia’ (Wise) Clafford (1900 - 1998)))
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“Any Fish You Wish.” -Author Unknown: sign at Larry’s Fish House in “The Flamingo Kid” (21 December 1984) movie
 
This one makes a net,
     This one stands and wishes.
Would you like to make a bet -
     Which one gets the fishes?
-Author Unknown
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“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don’t let yourself indulge in vain wishes.” -Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
 
“Everything can be achieved through gradual steps - one small step at a time: overcoming fears, fulfilling dreams . . . anything you wish to be different from the way it is.” -A. J. Darkholme: “Rise of the Morningstar”
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“Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach (born 1947) at http://www.sarahbanbreathnach.com/
 
“As you are, so shall you wish. As you wish, so shall you be.” -Author Unknown
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“There are five types of wishes: to have, to give, to meet, to be, and to go.” -Author Unknown

It’s your birthday . . . close your eyes and make a wish . . . and blow out the candles! What did you wish for - wait, it’s a ‘secret’ wish, so you can’t tell anyone or it might not come true!
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“Do not wish it were easier, wish you were better.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))
 
“I’ve wished for things and never really had the chance . . . It’s time to stop dreaming and do something about it. You’ve got to know what you want, then . . . go.” -Deb Caletti (Debora Lynn Caletti (born 1963)): “The Six Rules of Maybe” (16 March 2010) at https://www.debcaletti.com/
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“Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.” -Clementine Paddleford (1898 - 1967)

Away With Wishing!
 
If wishing were being, we’d all be beautiful,
     Healthy and wealthy, wise and dutiful;
If wishing were having - what pleasure untold;
     With a heartful of joy and purseful of gold!
 
But wishes, alas! are but empty bubbles,
     And the longing heart may teem with troubles,
So idle wishing is vain, forsooth
     As the endless search for the fountain of youth.
 
But work that holds wealth may be had for the taking,
     Though it may not bring health, ‘tis a balm for heart-aching;
And study makes wise, and love, people say,
     Gives the beauty that’s truest, which lasts for aye.
 
Then away with wishing; and ho! for labor!
     And ho! for love - each one for his neighbor!
For a life of labor and study and love
     Is the life that fits for the joy above.
 
By Emma C. Dowd (1851 - 1938)
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“I wish I knew the good of wishing.” -Henry S. Leigh (Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1837 - 1883)): “Carols of Cockayne” (1869), ‘Wishing,’ page 156
 
Wishing is all fine and dandy,
     As long as you don’t make it handy.
Wishing is for you to dream,
     If you want success, you’re better to scheme.
-Julie Hebert: “I Wish”
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“Wishes are the easy pleasures of the poor.” -Douglas Jerrold (Douglas William Jerrold (1803 - 1857))
 
“Stop wishing, start doing.” -Author Unknown
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“They told us not to wish in the first place, not to aspire, not to try; to be quiet, to play nice, to shoot low, and aspire not at all. They are always wrong. Follow your dreams. Make your wishes. Create the future. And above all, believe in yourself.” -J. Michael Straczynski
 
“Don’t wish for it . . . work for it!” -Author Unknown
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“We wish upon stars, coins tossed into fountains and wishing wells, birthday candles, wishbones, and dandelion tufts . . . perhaps it is time we placed our wishes upon hard work and made our dreams come true.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Work will win when wishy washy wishing won’t.” -Thomas S. Monson (Thomas Spencer Monson (1927 - 2018))
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“Make your wish list, then take the action steps to make each and every one of your wishes a reality. Don’t wait, get started today, this very moment.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
 
“Wishers and woulders be small householders.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Vulgaria Stambrigi” (published by Wynkyn de Worde (early 16th century))
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“A wish is a desire without an attempt.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Farmer’s Digest” and in “Reader’s Digest”
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“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and to be that perfectly.” -Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
 
“Wishes are not just idle thoughts - they are reflections of inner truth, passion, and the courage to pursue dreams. When aligned with action, belief, and perseverance, they become powerful forces of creation.” -Author Unknown
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“You don’t get what you want in life just by wishing.” -Author Unknown
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“Wishing consumes as much energy as planning.” -Author Unknown
 
“Make a wish, it might come true.” -Author Unknown
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“An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904)
 
“Great minds have purpose. Others have wishes.” -Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
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“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936)): “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” (1977)
 
Henry: There ain’t no such thing as magic, is there?
Bollie: I guess not, Henry. Or maybe . . . maybe there is magic. And maybe there’s wishes, too. I guess the trouble is . . . there’s not enough people around to believe . . .
-Rod Serling (Rodman Edward Serling (1924 - 1975)): “The Twilight Zone,” episode 27: ‘The Big Tall Wish’ (8 April 1960)
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Adversities And Persevering

“If you are ever in real trouble, don’t panic. Sit down and think about it. Remember two things, always. There must be some way out of it, and there must be humor in it somewhere.” -Louise Fitzhugh (Louise Perkins Fitzhugh (1928 - 1974))
 
“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.” -Isak Dinesen (pseudonym of Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (1885 - 1962))
 
“Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.” -Katharine Hepburn (Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907 - 2003))
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“Our way is not soft grass, it’s a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the Sun.” -Ruth Westheimer (born 1928)
 
“Some falls are means the happier to arise.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Cymbeline, King of Britain” (1609), Act IV, scene 2, line 2822; words of character Caius Lucius, general of the Roman forces
 
“Life is tough, but I’m tougher.” -Author Unknown
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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” -Frank Leahy (1908 - 1973): as quoted in the “Daily Mail” (4 May 1954) newspaper of Charleston, West Virginia
 
“Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times.” -Barbara Rose
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“Trouble can always be borne when it is shared.” -Katherine Paterson (born 1932): “The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks” (1 January 1990)
 
“Determination, patience, and courage are the only things needed to improve any situation.” -Author Unknown
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“No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): ‘Sir Walter Scott,’ published in the “London and Westminster Review” (12 November 1838)
 
“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” [translation to English]
“Confragosa in fastigium dignitatis via est.” [original Latin]
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “Epistles,” letter to Lucilius
 
“I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.” -Gillian Anderson (Gillian Leigh Anderson (born 1968))
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“The highest grades of humanity have passed through the millstones more than once.” -Henry S. Haskins (Henry Stanley Haskins (1875 - 1957)): as quoted in Albert Jay Nock, editor: “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), book originally published anonymously, page 92
 
“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” -Author Unknown
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“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.” -C. H. Spurgeon (Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)): “The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon” (1889), ‘Proverbs,’ page 89
 
“Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved.” -Marvin J. Ashton (Marvin Jeremy Ashton (1915 - 1994)): as quoted in “Ensign” (November 1984), page 22
 
“If things go wrong, don’t go with them.” -Roger Babson (Roger Ward Babson (1875 - 1967))
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“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles. But most of them never happened.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): as attributed in “Reader’s Digest” (April 1934) and in Alex Ayres, editor: “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain” (1987)
 
“People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.” -William Faulkner (William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner (1897 - 1962))
 
“No life is so hard that you can’t make it easier by the way you take it.” -Ellen Glasgow (1873 - 1945)
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“There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown helpless about them.” -Clare Boothe Luce (1903 - 1987)
 
“Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.” -C. H. Spurgeon (Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892))
 
“Remember, if you ever get into a difficult situation, you can always count on your fingers and toes!” -Author Unknown
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“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940))
 
“Through difficulty to heights.” [English]
“Per ardua ad alta.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” -Bernice Reagon (Bernice Johnson Reagon (born 1942))
 
“Adversity in immunological doses has its uses; more than that crushes.” -John Updike (John Hoyer Updike (1932 - 2009))

When your life is difficult, just remember this furry fellow, who lives in a garbage can. Of course, your expectations in life may be a little different than his . . .
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“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” -C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963))

The Test Of A Man
 
There’s little satisfaction to be
     gained from doing things
That hold no difficulties: it’s the tough
     old task that brings
Keen sense of worth and power to the
     man who wins the fight;
His failures test his courage and his
     problems prove his might:
Until a man has conquered loss and
     overcome defeat,
He can not fully understand just why
     success is sweet.
 
I’m thankful for my disappointments,
     for the battles lost,
And for mistakes that seemed to charge
     an overwhelming cost:
I’m thankful for the days of doubt
     when it was hard to see
That all things work together for the
     good that is to be;
I’m glad for all that Life has brought,
     because today I know
That men must brave adversities if
     they would greater grow.
 
By O. Lawrence Hawthorne (Orin Lawrence Hawthorne (1890 - 1956))
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“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” -Lou Holtz (Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz (born 1937))
 
“Every adversity can make you bitter or better.” -Mary Kay Mueller (born 1953)
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“While troubles will come, they are always temporary - nothing lasts forever. Thus, there is the famous legend that King Solomon, the wisest man of all times, had a ring inscribed with the words, ‘This too shall pass.’” -Aryeh Kaplan (Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu Kaplan (1934 - 1983))
 
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor can man be perfected without trials.” -Confucius (a fifteenth-century Portuguese Jesuit scholars’ rendering of the Chinese name K’ung Fu-tzu or K’ung Ch’iu into Classical Latin (English: Master K’ung) (about 551 B.C.E. - about 479 B.C.E.))
 
“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again.” -Author Unknown: “The Bible,” ‘Proverbs,’ chapter 24, verse 16
 
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” -B. C. Forbes (Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ Forbes (1880 - 1954)): as quoted in “Forbes” (1958)
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“I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.” -Will Rogers (William Penn Adair ‘Will’ Rogers (1879 - 1935))
 
“If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through.” -Author Unknown
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“It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)): “The Moon and Sixpence” (1919), Chapter 17
 
“The brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks.” -Author Unknown
 
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” -William E. Channing (William Ellery Channing (1780 - 1842)): “Self-Culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838” (1839), page 42
 
“Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.” -Author Unknown
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“People don’t ever seem to realize that doing what’s right’s no guarantee against misfortune.” -William McFee (1881 - 1966)
 
“There is no education like adversity.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
 
“I have never known anyone to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.” -Lou Holtz (Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz (born 1937))
 
“Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.” -James Buckham (1858 - 1908): as quoted in Mary Allette Ayer, editor: “Keep up Your Courage: Key-Notes to Success” (1908)
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“Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles.” -Arnold Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1991))
 
“The mind which does not wholly sink under misfortune rises above it, more lofty than before, and is strengthened by affliction.” -Richard Chenevix Trench (known simply as Richard Trench until 1873 (1807 - 1886)): “An Essay Upon National Character” (1832), book I, part II, chapter III
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“He that falls to-day, may be up again to-morrow.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2097
 
“Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn’t make me stronger.” -Lou Holtz (Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz (born 1937))
 
“Adversity is no match for tenacity.” -Author Unknown

“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” -Peter Marshall (1902 - 1949)
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“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.” -Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Satires” (about 35 B.C.E. and 30 B.C.E.)
 
“What on Earth would a man do with himself if something did not stand in his way?” -H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946))
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“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” -Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774): “The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East by Lien Chi Altangi” (1762), Letter VII and Letter XXII
 
“Life begins to become truly livable once we have learned how to get back up after we stumble and fall. The mastery of that knowledge may come about only following many falls but it finally comes to us and softens the pain and humiliation on each occasion that we stumble after that, and so we are able to face life with some courage because of what we have learned after falling. Everything eventually becomes easier with time and experience.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Strong men are made by opposition; like kites they go up against the wind.” -Frank Harris (born James Thomas Harris (1855 - 1931)): “Oscar Wilde” (1916), chapter 6, page 59
 
“If there is no struggle there is no progress.” -Frederick Douglass (pseudonym of Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (1817 - 1895)): personal letter (30 March 1849) to Gerrit Smith
 
“The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that precedes the victory.” -Karen Bliss Livingston (born 1963)
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“The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments, we fall and get crushed.” -Clarence Day (1874 - 1935)
 
“I admire people who choose to shine even after all the storms they’ve been through.” -Author Unknown
 
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger (Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born 1947)) at http://www.schwarzenegger.com/
 
“Life has its peaks and its valleys.” -Author Unknown
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“When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a moment longer, never give up then - for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” -Harriet Beecher Stowe (Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)): “Old Town Folks” (1869), chapter 39: ‘Last Days in Cloudland’
 
“Never let life’s hardships disturb you . . . no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.” -Nichiren Daishonen (1222 - 1282)
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“Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))
 
“If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.” -Solon (about 630 B.C.E. - about 560 B.C.E.)
 
“Defeat is nothing but the first step to something better.” -Author Unknown
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“Fight the good fight with all thy might.” -John S. B. Monsell (John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1811 - 1875)): “Fight the Good Fight” (1863) hymn
 
“The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904)
 
“However hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better.” -Benjamin E. Mays (Benjamin Elijah Mays (1894 - 1984)): as quoted in Dorothy Winbush Riley: “My Soul Looks Back, ’Less I Forget” (1995)
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“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
 
“I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.” -J. C. Penney (James Cash ‘J. C.’ Penney, Junior (1875 - 1971))
 
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” -Walter Elliott
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“The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.” -William J. H. Boetcker (William John Henry Boetcker (1873 - 1962))
 
“I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.” -John D. Rockefeller (John Davison Rockefeller, Senior (1839 - 1937)): as quoted in Orison Swett Marden: “How They Succeeded” (1901)
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“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.” -Robert Leighton (1611 - 1684)
 
“One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.” -George H. Allen (George Herbert Allen, Senior (1918 - 1990))
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“Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amidst joy.” -Felicia Hemans (Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793 - 1835))
 
“Those who turn back know only the ordeal, but those who persevere remember the adventure.” -Milo Arnold
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“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” -Molière (pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622 - 1673))
 
“The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.” -Richard G. Scott
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“With every victory over adversity, you grow in wisdom, stature, and experience. You become a better, bigger person each time you meet a problem.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002))
 
“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.” -Robert Tew
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“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” -Dolly Parton (Dolly Rebecca Parton (born 1946)): as quoted in Bob Phillips: “Phillips’ Book of Great Thoughts” (1993), page 264
 
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