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Page 2 of 4 Prosperity doth best discover vice but adversity doth best discover virtue. - Sir Francis Bacon Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall. - Tobias G. Smollett When you find yourself in a hole … stop digging Anonymous The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist the opportunity in every difficulty. - L. P. Jacks A smooth sea never made a skilful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms of adversity like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill and fortitude for the voyager. The martyrs of ancient time, in bracing their minds to outward calamities, acquired a loftiness of purpose and a moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness and security. - Anonymous CHANGE Change is inevitable. In a progressive country, change is constant. - Benjamin Disraeli The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. - Joseph Campbell Don’t fear moving ... only fear standing still – anonymous CHARACTER Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit;Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny. -Samuel Smiles Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland Good character is that quality which makes one dependable whether being truthful when it is to one's advantage to be a little less than truthful which makes one courageous when faced with great obstacles, which endows one with the firmness of wise self-discipline. - Arthur S. Adams Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back. - Abigail can Buren An honest man is the noblest work of God. - Alexander Pope No legacy is so rich as honesty. - William Shakespeare Virtue does not always demand a heavy sacrifice – only willingness to make it when necessary. - Frederick Dunn Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. - Abraham Lincoln Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect. - Marcus Aurelius Those who wish to sing always find a song. - Swedish Proverb Hold yourself responsible to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. - Henry Ward Beecher The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else. - Geoffrey Gaberino Average is your enemy. - Pearce ‘Rocky’ Lane It is not enough to be good if you have the ability to be better. - Alberta Lee Cox A happy person is not a person with a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. - Hugh Downs Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of travelling. - Margaret Lee Runback No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect. - George Bernard Shaw Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them is simple fidelity to what each day brings. - A. W. Dunning Wisdom, compassion and courage – these are the three universally recognised moral qualities of men. - Confucius A cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing, it was here first. - Mark Twain |
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