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Choice Words of Wisdom
Adventure is not outside man;
it is within.
- George Eliot
Action may not always bring happiness,
but there is no happiness without action.
- Benjamin Disraeli
There is no beauty
but the beauty of action.
- Proverb
The gem cannot be polished
without friction,
nor man be perfected without trials.
-Danish Proverb
Obstacles are great incentives.
-Jules Michelet
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything.
They just make the best of everything."
The greatest wealth is health.
If you have health,
you probably will be happy,
and if you have health and happiness,
you have all the wealth you need,
even if it is not all you want
you have good health,
or even tolerably good health,
be very grateful and joyful,
and be compassionate toward
those whose health is failing.
The wise old owl
Sat in an oak.
The more he saw,
The less he spoke.
The less he spoke,
The more he heard.
Why can't we be like
That wise old bird?
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
- Norman Cousins
My religion is very simple.
My religion is kindness.
- The Dalai Lama
Be the change you want to see in the world
- Ghandi
What progress, you ask, have I made?
I have begun to be a friend to myself.
-Hecato, Greek philosopher
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Energy and persistence conquer all things.
-Benjamin Franklin
Happiness depends more
on the inward disposition of mind
than on outward circumstances.
-Benjamin Franklin
Knowledge of what is possible
is the beginning of happiness.
-George Santayana