Editormum's Inspirations

Friday, December 16, 2005

What Is Integrity?

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. Oprah Winfrey Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 15, 2005

Circumstances or Attitude?

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life. John Miller Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

How Do You Live Your Life?

There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. Alfred Korzybski Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Life's Adventure

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. Sir... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 12, 2005

Achieve the Impossible

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you will be doing the impossible. St. Francis of Assisi Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 11, 2005

Exceptional People

Eagles don't flock. You have to find them one at a time. Ross Perot Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 10, 2005

Revealing Character

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 9, 2005

Handling Petty Annoyances

"...it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life." Evelyn Underhill Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 8, 2005

When People Expect a Lot of You....

It's a beautiful thing when people expect something decent of you. It means you've given them reason for confidence. Expectation is a blessing, not a curse. Reader's Digest Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2005

Death of a Nation

If we lose the virile, manly qualities, and sink into a nation of mere hucksters, putting gain over national honor, and subordinating everything to mere ease of life, then we shall indeed reach a condition worse than that of the ancient civilisations in the years of their decay. Theodore Roosevelt Sign in to see full entry.

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