Words of Wisdom 15 (Jul 14 - Feb 15)

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People who want to be rich, fall into all sorts of temptations and traps.

They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them.

1 Timothy 6:9

Source: Life Changing Words

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When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are.
- Richard Hooker, 1554-1600

I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she will make the same effort, and have the same hope and faith.
- Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948

Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.
Josh Billings, 1818-1885


Source: www.selfgrowth.com

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“How can you think yourself a great man, when the first accident that comes along can wipe you out completely.”

— Euripides

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"The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation."
-- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President

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"In calm water, every ship has a good captain."

-- Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th U.S. President

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Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
- Margaret Lee Runbeck, 1905-1956

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.
- Hamilton Wright Mabie, 1846-1916

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882

Source: www.selfgrowth.com

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"Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner."

- Lao Tzu

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The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

- Walter Bagehot

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Independence is a great gift. Use it to your best ability.

If you use others to hold you up, you will never learn to live for yourself, and you will always need someone else to do everything for you.

- Steve Pallas

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"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are."
-- Malcolm Forbes