~The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other~ Burton Hillis (Better Homes and Gardens)
~Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful~ Norman Vincent Peale
~There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions~ Bill McKibben
~Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day~ Helen Steiner Rice
~Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most~ Ruth Carter Stapleton
~People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing~ Dale Carnegie
~Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human~ Anthony Robbins
~Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun~ Mary Lou Cook
~When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things~ Unknown
~We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you the strength. It's being nice to people and having a lot of fun and laughing harder than anything, hopefully every single day of your life~ Drew Barrymore
~Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
~Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent~ Marilyn vos Savant
~Never let your head hang down.NEVER GIVE UP AND SIT DOWN AND GRIEVE.Find another way~ Satchel Paige
~Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong~ Ella Fitzgerald
~Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up~ Unknown
~I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm~ Henry Truman
~Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away~ Denis Waitley
~Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do~ Norman Vincent Peale
~A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one~ Unknown
~Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius~ Isaac Disraeli
~You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives~ Clay P. Bedford
~He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger~ Confucius
~The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn~ John Lubbock
~The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn~ Alvin Toffler
~The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live~ Morris Adler
~ Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared~ Buddha
~Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give~ Norman MacEwan
~ If you share your light with the world, truth and goodness will be your constant companions~ Micheal Teal
~There is no delight in owning anything unshared~ Seneca
~A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside~ Denis Waitley
~Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people~ Nido Qubein
~Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstances~ Bruce Barton
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark~ Michelangelo
~All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts~ James Allen
~The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat~ Napoleon Hill
~Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted~ David Bly
~Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win~ Nadia Comaneci
~Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love~ Steve Pavlina
~The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished~ Unknown
~Hard work is the key to success, so work diligently on any project you undertake. If you truly want to be successful, be prepared to give up your leisure time and work past 5 PM and on weekends. Also, have faith in yourself. If you come up with a new idea that you believe in, don't allow other people to discourage you from pursuing it~ Charles Lazarus
~Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into~ Wayne Dyer
~When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears~ Anthony Robbins
~Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
~Piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true success is based on a constant flow of giving and receiving. In fact, if you look up affluence in the dictionary, you'll see its root is a Latin phrase meaning "to flow with abundance". So in order to be truly affluent, you must always let what you have received flow back into the world~ Russell Simmons
~Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving~ W. Clement Stone
~Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child~ Laurens Van der Post
~More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity~ Francois Gautier
~Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height~ Mahatma Gandhi
~The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being~ Dag Hammarskjold
~Most people have come to prefer certain of life’s experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may come wrapped in plain and even ugly paper. In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all costs, we may be left without intimacy or compassion; in rejecting change and risk we often cheat ourselves of the quest; in denying our suffering we may never know our strength or our greatness~ Rachel Naomi Remen
~Walking your talk is a great way to motivate yourself. No one likes to live a lie. Be honest with yourself, and you will find the motivation to do what you advise others to do~ Vince Poscente
~Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated~ Lou Holtz
~People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily~ Zig Ziglar
~People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents~ Andrew Carnegie
~The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself~ Sir Alexander Paterson
~Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives~ William A. Foster
~Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out~ Bob Moawad
~Quality is not an act, it is a habit~ Aristotle
~Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers~ Anthony Robbins
~Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort~ John Ruskin
~ Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards~ Elbert Hubbard
~I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy~ Rabindranath Tagore
~The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others~ Mahatma Gandhi
~There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well~ Walter Reuther
~The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
~When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened~ John M. Richardson, Jr.
~Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past~ Gary Ryan Blair
~The future is purchased by the present~ Samuel Johnson
~Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future~ Denis Waitley
~The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in~ Annie Lennox
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