"A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill."
--- Scottish Proverb
"A closed mind is like a closed book, just a block of wood."
--- Chinese Proverb
"A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it."
--- Anonymous
"Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much."
--- Oscar Wilde
"Do what is expected of you ... 'and then some'."
--- Paul H Dunn
"Do or do not, there is no try."
--- Yoda (Star Wars)
"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
--- Thomas Alva Edison
"Great minds have purposes, other have wishes."
--- Washington Irving
"How many slams in an old screen door?
Depends how loud you shut it.
How many slices in a loaf of bread?
Depends how thin you slice it.
How much good inside a day?
Depends how good you live 'em.
How much love inside a friend?
Depends how much you give 'em."
--- Author Unknown
"I have not yet begun to fight."
--- John Paul Jones
"If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time."
--- Author Unknown
"If you want to make your dreams come true, don't sleep."
--- Yiddish Proverb
"It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed than to be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally."
--- Neal A Maxwell
"It is not the load that weighs us down, it's the way we carry it."
--- Author Unknown
"Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than
those who try to do nothing and succeed."
--- Author Unknown
"No one is really successful who is not happy."
--- Hartman Rector Jr
"No one is so eager to gain new experience as he who doesn't know how to make use of the old ones."
--- Marie Ebner von Eschenbach, Austrian Writer (1830-1916)
"Nobody gets a big idea when he is not relaxed, and nobody gets a big idea when he is relaxed all the time."
--- Edward Blakeslee
"Some people see things as they are and say why, I dream things that never were and say why not?"
--- Robert F Kennedy
"Success results when preparation meets opportunity."
--- Joseph B Wirthlin
"The course of our lives is not determined by great awesome decisions. Our direction is set by the little day-to-day choices which chart the track on which we run."
--- Gordon B. Hinkley
"The foundation of a noble character is integrity."
--- David O McKay
"Though the way was steep and long
And through a dark and lonely land,
God placed upon my lips a song
And put a lantern in my hand.
--- Hugh B. Brown
"To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done."
--- Author Unknown
"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."
--- African Proverb
"When your dreams turn to dust... vacuum."
--- Author Unknown
"While the Lord will magnify us in both subtle and dramatic ways, he can only guide our footsteps if we move our feet."
--- Marion G Romney
"With celestial sigt, trials impossible to change become possible to endure."
--- Russell M Nelson
"You've failed many times, although you may not remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim, didn't you? Did you hit the ball the first time you swung a bat? Heavy hitters, the ones who hit the most home runs, also strike out a lot. R. H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York caught on. English novelist John Creasey got 753 rejection slips before he published 564 books. Babe Ruth Struck out 1,330 times, but he also hit 714 home runs. Don't worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try."
--- Wall Street Journal
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