Inspirational Quote Post

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I personally read 3-5 quotes every 2 hours during the business day to remind myself to reach for greatness, and I look forward to turning this discussion into a section of the network that will inspire us all.

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
Dale Carnegie

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 4:57pm: Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 4:58pm: Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 4:58pm: It used to take courage--indeed, it was the act of courage par excellence--to leave the comforts of home and family and go out into the world seeking adventure. Today there are fewer places to discover, and the real adventure is to stay at home.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 4:59pm: That's what an army is -- a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their mass, and from their officers.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 4:59pm: Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have 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 the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 4:59pm: Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 5:00pm: Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 5:00pm: The men and women who have the right ideals... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 5:00pm: Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who is its object; justice is love serving only Him who is its object, and therefore rightly ruling; prudence is love making wise distinction between what hinders and what helps itself.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 5:00pm: The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth --the power to love --although I have put it last, is the rarest.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 5:01pm: Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

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Permalink Reply by KARYNE Add me as a friend! on February 22, 2009 at 5:01pm: To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

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