Esteves Family Merlina, Margaret Gwyneth & Gilbert

Words to live by

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Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. - Abraham Lincoln

The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it. - Swedish Proverb

I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. - Roy Croft

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time. - Joe Girard

For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness or abilities that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. - William Penn

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.  Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend. - Albert Camus

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. - Alexander Graham Bell

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. - Henry Ford

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. - Buddha

Whenever you get knocked down in the game of life, immediately get up, get better and get going again. - Greg Hickman

Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish. - Brian Tracy

Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. - Mary Kay Ash

Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. - Orison Swett Marden

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. - Denis Waitley

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more. - Brother David Steindl-Rast

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. - Reinhold Niebuhr

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. - George Bernard Shaw

The highest form of wisdom is kindness. - The Talmud quotes

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. - George S. Patton

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.  - Vince Lombardi

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. - Peter F. Drucker

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