Remain Cool and Unruffled
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Cultivate Gratitude
“In times of doubt and indecision, cultivate gratitude.” – Wallace D. Wattles
Continue reading →Keep Digging in the Manure
“I am by nature an eternal optimist, as well as persistent. Put me in a room full of manure and I will keep digging until I find the pony.” – Richard Sheridan
Continue reading →Champions Keep Playing
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
Continue reading →Tempted to Gamble
“If I am never tempted, and cannot even imagine myself being tempted, to gamble, this does not mean that I am better than those who are. The timidity and pessimism which exempt me from that temptation themselves tempt me to … Continue reading →
Failing to Try
“We will fail when we fail to try.” – Rosa Parks
Continue reading →Divine Support
“I can well believe that you were divinely supported at the time of your terrible calamity. People often are. It is afterwards, when the new and bleaker life is beginning to be a routine, that one often feels one has … Continue reading →
When Things Go Wrong
“When things go wrong, don’t go with them.” – Les Brown
Continue reading →Small Thoughts
“Sometimes we wonder why we aren’t happy, why we make sinful choices, why we feel distant from God. Often it’s because we have small thoughts about God and magnified thoughts of ourselves, our wants, our rights, our accomplishments.” – Nancy … Continue reading →
Present Blessings and Past Misfortunes
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which everyone has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all people have some.” – Charles Dickens
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