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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Seneca

Roman Philosopher

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People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.
Think big anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack if you help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

Dr. Kent M. Keith

American Author and Inspirational Speaker

*Please note that this passage, also known as 'The Paradoxical Commandments' is often attributed to Mother Teresa or to Bishop Abel Muzorewa. We encourage you to visit Dr. Keith's website for more information about its origin.

Among my most prized possessions are the words that I have never spoken.

Orson Rega Card

The future belongs to those
who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt

American First Lady

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Nothing should be prized more highly
than the value of each day.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German Poet

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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American Poet

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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

Mahatma Gandhi

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It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

John Ruskin

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There are only two ways of spreading light -
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton

American Novelist

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