“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
—Fredrick Koeing
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“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
—Fredrick Koeing
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“To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.” ~~ Anatole France
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Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left. ~Hubert Humphrey
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Tagged away, counts. what you do, friend, take, what you have let.
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.
- Leonard Cohen
If our world were as we perceive it should be, we would never be inspired to be creative or adventurous. Let us give thanks that our world is designed to challenge us and to bring out the best of the human spirit.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on the Treasure Island.
Walt Disney
Have you read any good books lately. Take Professor Owl’s Book Challenge, that is to read just five pages a day then you can go out to play. Write and let us know what you read and how you liked the books.
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Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.
John Wooden, the first person ever enshrined as the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (1961) and as a coach (1973).
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Misfortune can force you into doing things you should be doing anyway. Lessons come from adversity. Anything can happen to anyone… You can find a new lease on life – more meaning than you thought possible in simple things… Let go. Live in the moment. Go forward.
Christopher Reeve
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“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller
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“It always seems impossible until its done.”
—Nelson Mandela
(1918-); former President of South Africa
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.”
-Goethe, philosopher