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There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. Marcel Pagnol
Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin. Hansen Grace We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. Jean-Paul Sartre Insist on yourself. Never imitate. Ralph Waldo Emerson Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy. Wayne Dyer
The best way to predict the future is to create it. Peter Drucker
It is not the length of life, but the depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. Michel de Montaigne
The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable. Seneca
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends. John Churton Collins
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius. Ovid
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labour does the body. Seneca
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier
There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody. Herbert Bayard Swope
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience. Elbert Hubbard
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. Frank Lloyd Wright
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,the stream always wins - not through strength, but through persistence. Buddha
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. Horace
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. Orison Swett Marden
Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve. Wilfred Peterson
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Herman Cain
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. Mark Twain
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. Oscar Wilde Contact John Cowburn : john [at] johncowburn.com
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