WORDS OF WISDOM
ACCUMULATED ALONG THE WAY

Glamour isn't greatness, applause isn't fame, prominence isn't eminence.

The man of the hour isn't apt to be the man of the ages.

A stone may sparkle but that doesn't make it a diamond.

People may have money but that doesn't make them a success.

It's the seemingly unimportant people who determine the course of history.

The greatest forces in the universe are never spectacular.

Summer showers do more good than hurricanes but they don't get a lot of publicity.

The world would soon die but for the fidelity, loyalty, creativity and commitment of those whose names are un-honored and unsung.

When you think you're too small to do big things, try doing small things with a big heart.

Do you see difficulties in every opportunity or opportunity in every difficulty?

Always speak the truth and you'll never have to be concerned with your memory.

Every man's work is a portrait of himself.

Friends are made by many acts — and lost by only one.

He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.

Worry is the interest paid on trouble before it's due.

Except for occasional emergencies, there is not much that one can do for another other than helping him to help himself.

Little and often fills the purse.

The only consistently bright life is the consistently right life.

Each new day is an opportunity to start all over again — to cleanse our minds and hearts and to clarify our vision. And let us not clutter today with the leavings of other days.

It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Don't speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Anyone who is always feeling sorrow for themselves should be.

To understand is to forgive.

There are only two races in the world, men and women.

The smile on your face is the light in the window that tells people that you are at home.

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

We always complain that our days are few, but act like there is no end of them.

The spirit is not born to perish, but ever will thrive and flourish.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than it is to open it and prove it.

Some people have deep pockets and short arms.

No matter how good things get, people's capacity to make themselves unhappy is always equal to it.

Only those that can see the invisible can do the impossible.

Being wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Happiness consists not in possessing much, but in being content with what we possess. He who wants little always has enough.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Make your weaknesses work for you as a strength.

Thoughts direct the eyes and eyes direct the soul.

We can give without loving, but cannot love without giving.

You can judge a man by his enemies as well as by his friends.

Those who influences the thoughts of the time, influences the thoughts of all the times that follow.

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