attitude

“Two thoughts that decide your attitude in life - one, what you think of yourself when you do not have everything and two, what you think of others when you have everything”

deeds

A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds”

O Lord

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. Douglas MacArthur

Always

Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it. Douglas MacArthur

Quitting

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. Douglas MacArthur

better world

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding. Douglas MacArthur

Art of living

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Marcus Aurelius

Talent

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me". Erma Bombeck

Life

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. Josh Billings

Life

Life is wasted on the living.
Douglas Adams

Dealing People

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
Lord Chesterfield

Dealing People

A good deed is never lost: he who sows courtesy reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness gathers love.Basil

Dealing with People

You must look into other people as well as at them. Lord Chesterfield

Happy thought

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."- Oscar Wilde

Read

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."- Mark Twain

once in a life

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. - Rene Descartes

Cheerful

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.- Martha Washington

Goals

Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures."- James Cash Penney

Decide

"The indispensable first step to getting the
things you want out of life is this:
decide what you want."
- Ben Stein

Success

“Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standard to success”