A Single Failure
“In any case, you mustn’t confuse a single failure with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Tender is the Night”
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We Must Be Hatched
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on … Continue reading →
The Best Tombstone
“A good character is the best tombstone. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.” – Charles Spurgeon
Continue reading →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
Continue reading →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 →Learning to Dance in the Rain
“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”
Continue reading →Winning the Game
“God never promised we’d be ahead at halftime. He just promised we’d win the game.”
Continue reading →Stop Trying to be Happy
“If only we’d stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.” – Edith Wharton
Continue reading →Quiet Minds
“Quiet minds can’t be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
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