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Skill
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed. -- Henry Ford
Balancing Act
Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it. -- Hunter S. Thompson
Taking Chances
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often. -- Brian Tracy
Perseverance
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. -- Samuel Johnson
Love
Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? -Richard Bach
Positive Attitude
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. -Wade Boggs
Trust
All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Honest and Money
Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it. -Mark Twain
Being a Leader
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. -Lao Tzu
War
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bad Company
It is better to be alone than in bad company. -George Washington
Virus
Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. -Maya Angelou
Jealousy
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. -William Penn
Motivation
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. -Zig Ziglar
Success
I never dreamed of success, i worked for it. -Estee Lauder
Strength
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. -Bruce Lee
Trick to Life
The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead. -- Marjorie Pay Hinckley
Lack of Love
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. -Friedrich Nietzsche
True Wisdom
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. -Socrates
Failure of Leadership
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. Colin Powell ...
Just Listen
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. Doug Larson
Take it or leave it
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle
Ancient Attitudes
"One legislator accused me of having a nineteenth-century attitude on law and order. That is a totally false charge. I have an eighteenth-century attitude. That is when the Founding Fathers made it clear that the safety of law-abiding citizens should be one ...
Death
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. -Leonardo da Vinci
Patience and Peace
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. -Victor Hugo