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 Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:25pm: The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
-Baltasar Gracian; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:25pm: The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
-Charles Dudley Warner (1829 - 1900), 'Eleventh Study,' Backlog Studies, 1873; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:26pm: A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver.
-Eleanor Hamilton; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:26pm: There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
-Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Medea, 431 B.C.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:27pm: One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
-George Eliot (1819 - 1880); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:27pm: Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:27pm: Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.
-John Wesley (1703 - 1791); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:28pm: Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
-Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:28pm: Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.
-Lenore Hershey; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:28pm: You try to give away what you want yourself.
-Lois McMaster Bujold, "Memory", 1996; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:29pm: If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.
-Margaret Cho, weblog, 03-09-04; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Min. Sandra Weeks on November 20, 2008 at 4:29pm: If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
-Norman Douglas; ▶ Reply to This