Words of the wise . . . and others . . . to be updated occasionally
Win some, learn some – Jason Mraz
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You don’t always have to hold your head higher than your heart – Jack Johnson
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“Sometimes we don’t do things we want to do so that others won’t know we want to do them.” – Ivy Walker, “The Village
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Laugh until your heart overflows – Dove Chocolate
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If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul. – Anonymous
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For a little boy with a hammer, everything is a nail.
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“I also knew there would be some things that would never be dimmed by distance or time, compounded of values that would never be forgotten. The joys and challenges of the wilderness, the sense of being a part of the country and of an era that was gone. The freedom we had known, silence, timelessness, beauty, companionship and loyalty and the feeling of fullness and completion that was ours at the end. . . “
–Sigurd F. Olson
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Fantastic!” – Doctor Who
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“People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered,
LOVE THEM ANYWAY
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives,
DO GOOD ANYWAY
If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies,
SUCCEED ANYWAY
The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow,
DO GOOD ANYWAY
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable,
BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY
What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight,
BUILD ANYWAY
People really need help but may attack you if you help them,
HELP PEOPLE ANYWAY
Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth,
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU’VE GOT ANYWAY” – Kent M. Keith
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“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” – Mohandas Ghandi
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“Did you see what he just did? We just snuck the fullback over. We just stepped on their faces with a hobnail boot and broke their noses. We crushed their faces!”- Larry Munson
