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The good and the bad

“How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to mind the events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time." ~Anne Frank

Disagreement and kindness

"Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right." ~Haruki Murakami

Phantoms

"Hope and fear are both phantoms" Tao Te Ching, by Stephen Mitchell

Difficulties

"Confront the difficult while it is still easy." Tao Te Ching, by Stephen Mitchell

Friendship

"...nothing delights the mind so much as fond and loyal friendship. What a blessing it is to have hearts that are ready and willing to receive all your secrets in safety, with whom you are less afraid to share knowledge of something than keep it to yourself, whose conversation soothes your distress, whose advice helps you make up your mind, whose cheerfulness dissolves your sorrow, whose very appearance cheers you up!" Source: On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

I'm on team "Half Full"!

"People who describe the glass as half full are not delusional optimists. In fact, they are more based in reality because they are describing a substance that is actually in the glass. They are describing reality as it is. The cynic who describes the glass as half empty is focusing their energy on something that is not actually there." The Art of Possibility, by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander

Indian proverb

"Every time you wake up and ask yourself, 'What good things am I going to do today?' remember that, when the sun goes down at sunset, it will take a part of your life with it."

Light up others

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” ~James Heller

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