"Remember man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up."
~John C. Maxwell
"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place." ~unknown
"Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you." ~Alduos Huxley
"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same." ~Francesca Reigler
"Things aren't always as they appear. Sometimes what seems to be the end if really just a new beginning. Like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly." ~unknown
"Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers." ~unknown
"Only as I reach can I grow, only as far as I see can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be." ~Karen Raven
"If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it." ~Mary Engelbreit
"Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize." ~Elizabeth Harrison"Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do."
~H. Jackson Brown, Jr."Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can." ~unknown
"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose; for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down." ~Mary Pickford
"Circumstances don't matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?" ~Bashar
"You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we help one another, everybody wins." ~Jim Stovall
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill
"A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure." ~unknown
"If a condescending joke is truly funny, make yourself the subject. You will increase the number of people laughing by at least one." ~Joe Harsel
"Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn so that we see ourselves as we really are." ~Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
"Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge." ~unknown
"To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have." ~Ken S. Keyes,Jr.
"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning." ~Ivy Baker Priest
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." ~Alexander Graham Bell
"It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it." ~Wally Amos
"He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts." ~Samuel Johnson
"Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it." ~Jess Lair
Be strong and brave for these two qualities will give fortitude to overcome any challenge that may seem insurmountable. But above all, do not be too proud to ask for help from the seen and the unseen. ~Denna J. Shelton
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This is a great collection of quotes. Thanks for posting it.
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