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Adversity

"It is not hard to live through a day if you can live through a moment. What creates despair is the imagination, which pretends there is a future, and insists on predicting millions of moments, thousands of days, and so drains you that you cannot live the moment at hand." ~Andre Dubus

Fairy tales

"Fairy tales are more than true; not because the tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." ~G.K. Chesterton

Life

"Life loves to be taken by the lapel & told, 'I'm with you, kid.  Let's go!" ~Maya Angelou

Change

"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine." ~Robert c. Gallagher

Targets

"The marksman hitteth the mark partly by pulling, partly by letting go." ~Egyptian Proverb

Regrets

"Enter tomorrow with no regrets." From a long time friend and confidant (PCB)

My way

"I did it my way." ~Frank Sinatra

Enjoy!

"All I can say about life is, oh God, enjoy it!" ~Bob Newhart

Happiness

“Why are  you unhappy ? Because 99.9 percent of everything  you  think, and of everything  you  do, is for yourself—and there isn't one.” ~Wei Wu Wei

Fear

"A fear avoided lingers for eternity.  A fear confronted dies in a second." ~Walt Goodridge

Business

"You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart." ~Thomas J. Watson Sr.

Perfection

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." ~Yogi Berra

Thinkers

"The 'if' thinker broods over a difficulty or a setback.  The 'how' thinker wastes no energy on postmortem's when trouble or even disaster hits him. He immediately starts looking for the best solution." ~Norman Vincent Peale

Friendship

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." ~George Washington

Miracles

"There are two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." ~Albert Einstein

Daring

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult." ~Seneca

Attitude

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." ~Thomas Jefferson

Ourselves

"I don't need a man to rectify my existence.  The most profound relationship we'll ever have is the one with ourselves." ~Shirley MacLaine

Reason

"I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we're not wise enough to see it." ~Oprah

Wasted time

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." ~Auguste Rodin