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Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no
matter, the road is life. Jack Kerouac
If you dont get lost, theres a chance you may never be found. Anonymous
Know yourself. Dont accept your dogs admiration as conclusive evidence that you are
wonderful. Ann Landers
Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes. Hugh Prather
If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into
what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our
convictions. Anonymous
To travel alone is to find the answers youve been seeking and discover the
questions to all your unfounded thoughts.
quit work, take a leave of absence from work or school, and buy that one-way ticket tonowhere.
I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary
Anne Radmacher Hershey
There are no uninteresting destinations, only incurious travelers. theres nothing wrong
about exploring a place that will never be a hot new destination.
I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine. ~Caskie Stinnett
If youre not living on the edge, youre taking up too much space.~ Unknown
The life you have led doesnt need to be the only life you have.~ Anna Quindlen
We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lost sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to
see a rainbow on the way.
Living on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun.
Embrace the detours.
Kevin Charbonneau
A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.
-- Earl Wilson
Better to ask twice than lose your way once.
I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap
It is easier to stay out than get out.
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Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
- Will Rogers.
Think of yourself as a toy train. All toy trains de-rail now and then. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and
get back on track.
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far it is possible to go." --
T.S. Eliot
"Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast." -- Tom Peters
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? ~Robert
H. Schuller
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way
down. ~Ray Bradbury
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert
integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-
safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the
ordinary.--Sir Cecil Beaton
The galleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no
fights. They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down
in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they try
many things. The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness andthe spirit of adventure. He is the one who never tries anything. His
is the brake on the wheel of progress. And yet it cannot be truly
said he makes no mistakes, because his biggest mistake is the very
fact that he tries nothing, does nothing, except criticize those who
do things.--Gen. David M. Shoup
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out
on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the
center.--Kurt Vonnegut
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you
don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're
always in the same place.--Nora Roberts
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It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.--Sister
Elizabeth Kenny
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be
bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any ofyourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored
territory.--Alan Alda
You have to fail in order to practice being brave.--Mary Tyler Moore
Take ... the path that runs along the cliff--that one, the one without
any guardrails. Take that path, and know the exhilaration of the ride
and the pride you feel when you reach the end will inspire you to
take that path again and again. And that experience ... every day,will make you more fulfilled, more complete, and more alive.--Harry
Beckwith (What Clients Love: A Field Guide to Growing Your
Business)
Take risks ... be willing to put your mind and your spirit, your time
and your energy, your stomach and your emotions on the line. To
search for a safe place, to search for an end to a rainbow, is to
search for a place that you will hate once you find it. The soul must
be nourished along with the bank account and the resume. The bestnourishment for any soul is to create your own risks.--Jim Lehrer
Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!
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I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them
ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by
room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be
patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to
walk through the rooms of our lives...not looking for flaws,
but for potential.
- Ellen Goodman
Ring out the old. Invite in the new. As we say goodbye to one year, we can look forward to the hope
and possibilities of another one.
""Years will pass..memories would last. Cherish the good ones and ignore what gives
pain..Celebrate New Year in a cheerful spirit, by not regretting or feeling proud of gains." "
By -Priyanka Gulati
Being happy is a now experience, not an if only or a
when I experience.
You have brains in your head, you have feet in your
shoes you can steer yourself in any direction you
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choose. Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So
get on your way.
Dr. Seuss
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want
is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks
down. - Oprah Winfrey
Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens
by chance or by means of good luck. Illness, injury,
love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer
stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul.Without the small tests, whatever they may be, life
would be like a smoothly paved straight, flat road
to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but
dull and utterly pointless.
Sometimes when things are falling apart, they are just falling into place. Anonymous
People who urge you to be realistic generally want you to accept their version of reality.
Anonymous
From Doug Firebaugh: Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better
tomorrow.
From Zig Ziglar: The definition of success is getting many of the things money can buy and
all the things money cant buy.
17 RULES TO LIVE BY
1. Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much youhave going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play
and you will finally be able to move forward toward the life that God intended for
you...with grace, strength, courage and confidence.
2. Today, and every day, deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of
success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is
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expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually
you will become indispensable. Exercise your privilege to go the extra miles, and
enjoy all the rewards you receive. You deserve them!
3. Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at it
too long. Mistakes are life's way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional
blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all,
and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your
blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit.
Your turn will come.
4. Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded
by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your children need
models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten when you constantly strive to
present your best side to your children. And even if you have failed at all else in the
eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.
5. Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections
that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that
you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your
thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider defeat again. Let
the vision in your heart be in your life's blueprint. Smile!
6. Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible
traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you aretempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it,
the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.
7. Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you
must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your
attitude and plans for yourself and your future. You can never win when you wear the
ugly cloak of self-pity, and the sour sound of whining will certainly frighten away any
opportunity for success. Never again. There is a better way.
8. Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportantthings that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This
applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration.
You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to
accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busywork.
No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not
tomorrow!
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9. Live this day as if it will be your last. Remember that you will only find
"tomorrow" on the calendars of fools. Forget yesterday's defeats, and ignore the
problems of tomorrow. This is it. Doomsday. All you have. Make it the best day of
your year. The saddest words you can ever utter are, "If I had my life to live over
again..." Take the baton, now. Run with it! This is your day!
10. Beginning today, treat everyone you meet, friend or foe, loved one or stranger, as
if they were going to be dead at midnight. Extend to each person, no matter how
trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can
muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same
again.
11. Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but
as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help
you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat of the moment. Banish tension
and concern and worry with laughter at your predicaments, thus freeing your mind to
think clearly toward the solution that is certain to come. Never take yourself too
seriously.
12. Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional
few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you
can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what
you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your
trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special.Act it. Never neglect the little things.
13. Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift
from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to
finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and
positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never
happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to
fail.
14. You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day - notlong and difficult projects, but chores that will take you, step by step, toward your
rainbow. Write them down, if you must, but limit your list so that you won't have to
drag today's undone matters into tomorrow. Remember that you cannot build your
pyramid in twenty-four hours. Be patient. Never allow your day to become so
cluttered that you neglect your most important goal - to do the best you can, enjoy this
day and rest satisfied with what you have accomplished.
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15. Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and
defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no
character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can
have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be
sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealousy and envy.
Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child
can pull it to pieces.
16. Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will
own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you
must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be
discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would
never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and
prosper.
17. Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for
peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no
happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug.
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on
yourself.
-- Og Mandino -- From A Better Way to Live
Seems like I've been here before, can't remember whenI get this funny feeling, we'll be together again;
No straight lines make up my life, all my roads have bends;
No clearcut beginnings; so far, no dead ends.--Tom Chapin
("Circles")