Positive Thoughts

[Fishmanpa]

"Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can be aroused by two things: first, an idea which takes the imagination by storm; and second, a definite, intelligible plan for carrying that idea into action."

- Arnold Toynbee
(1889-1975)

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[Fishmanpa]

"Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment."

- Tom Morris (1821 - 1908)
Scottish golfer

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[GiantMogwai]

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

Frank Herbert - Dune

[Fishmanpa]

"The true rewards of leadership come from striving to look up to a higher moral standard..Good leaders sometimes, in fact, quite often, lose in the material world. They go right ahead anyway, knowing that they are going to lose. Are they tilting at windmills? Do they have a 'can't do' attitude instead of a 'can-do' attitude? Of course not. They are committed to defending the right values. And the right values are seldom safe, easy, or advantageous."

- H. Norman Schwarzkopf

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[Fishmanpa]

"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
American poet

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[Fishmanpa]

"We tend to make courage too dramatic. Courage is often doing something simple, unpleasant, or boring again and again until we get it down pat. People who are physically challenged and who have the determination to get around their handicaps are great examples because their courage makes them test their limits every day."

- Dave Thomas (1932 - 2002)
American Businessman, Founder of Wendy's International Restaurant Chain

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[Fishmanpa]

"The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift."

- Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684)
French Playwright

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[Fishmanpa]

"We've all got to go to school, I expect, and we don't all get the same lesson to learn, but the one we do get is our'n, 'taint nobody else's, and if it's real hard, why, it shows the teacher thinks we're capable."

- Rose Terry Cooke (1827 - 1892)
American author and poet

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[Fishmanpa]

"Purity of soul cannot be lost without consent."

- St. Augustine (354 - 430)
Saint

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[Fishmanpa]

"Moral courage is a virtue of higher cast and nobler origin than physical. It springs from a consciousness of virtue and renders a man, in the pursuit or defense of right, superior to the fear of reproach, opposition, or contempt."

- Samuel Goodrich (1793 - 1860)
American author

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