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Monday, June 24, 2024

The trick is growing up without growing old. - Casey Stengel Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. - Walt Disney It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. - e. e. cummings It's what you learn after you know it all that... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 23, 2024

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. - Stanislaw Jerszy Lec Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it. - Robert Heinlein Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves. - Zig... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 22, 2024

The Main Thing is to Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing. - Stephen Covey Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer. - Denis Waitley Clarity affords focus. - Thomas Leonard Instead of focusing on that... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 21, 2024

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. - Pema Chodron My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects. - Robert M. Hutchins Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.- Paramahansa Yogananda Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly. - Gilbert (G. K.) Chesterton Today's affirmation: I go gently into the world and radiate kindness. Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

"People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things." Edmund Hillary Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation, and this means we must develop a world perspective. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Loyalty to the family must be... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 17, 2024

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? - George Eliot I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou There is nothing better than the encouragement of a... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. - Aristotle One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. - Michael J. Fox (afflicted with Parkinson's disease at age 30) A truly American sentiment recognizes... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 15, 2024

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. - Robert Ingersoll Remember, you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today. -... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 14, 2024

Clarity affords focus. - Thomas Leonard In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. A nd the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. - Eleanor Roosevelt Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus... Sign in to see full entry.

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