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"Back
in the 1950's, one of the best ways struggling new talent could
start on the road to fame and fortune was to appear on a nationally
televised program called the "Ted Mack Amateur Hour." A singer from
Tennessee tried out for the show, but failed the audition. Today
few people under 50 remember the "Ted Mack Amateur Hour" or any
of the "winners" of the audition the singer failed, but every year
the legend of the young man from Tennessee -- Elvis Presley -- grows."
-- Jessica Hatchigan
"Our patience will achieve more than our force." -- Edmund
Burke
"Out
of difficulties grow miracles." -- Jean
De La Bruyere
"God's
gifts put man's best dreams to shame." -- Elizabeth Barrett
Browning
Singer
Tony Bennett has weathered both personal and professional ups and
downs in his career which has spanned five decades. Now 71 and considered
to be at the top of his game, Bennett defines integrity in one's
work as "doing something very well so someone will want it," and
says, "If you put integrity first, then you're balanced. Then you're
never thrown if someone says, 'We're not doing that anymore.' I
say,'Well, you're not doing it, but I am.'"
"What
the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly."
-- Lao Tsu
"We
are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing
how to tip ourselves over and let the Beautiful Stuff out."
-- Ray Bradbury
"Wealth
is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into
artifacts that "advantage" human life." -- R.
Buckminster Fuller
"Someone's
opinion of you does not have to become your reality." -- Les Brown
"Be
inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling;
not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as
we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny." -- William
E. Gladstone
"Reflect
upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your
past misfortunes, of which all men have some." -- Charles
Dickens
"The
life given us by nature is short, but the memory of a life well
spent is eternal." -- Cicero
"The
most wasted of all days is one without laughter." -- E.
E. Cummings
"Creativity
is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones
to keep." -- Scott Adams, The
Dilbert Principle
"Many
risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are
postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This
does not mean that one should say, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed
ahead!" That is foolish and self-destructive. . . . But don't sit
back waiting for the perfect moment. It almost never comes."
-- David Viscott, Risking
"We
must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the
pain of regret or disappointment." -- Jim Rohn
"Speak
when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever
regret." -- Ambrose Bierce
"Life
is too short to be small." -- Benjamin
Disraeli
"It
is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers
equal to our tasks." -- Helen Keller
"No
winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn." -- Hal
Borland
"Hope
is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes
strongly has within him the gift of miracles." -- Samuel
Smiles
"To
educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing
for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that
stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter
of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is
directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action
for the expression of gratitude." -- Albert
Schweitzer
"Gratitude
unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough,
and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion
to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home,
a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings
peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." -- Melody
Beattie
"The
great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a
tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would
not reach maturity for 100 years.The Marshall replied, "In that
case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon!" -- John
F. Kennedy
"Develop
serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending
upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can
talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our
speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be
peaceful." -- Norman Vincent Peale
"The
real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back.
That's real glory. That's the essence of it." -- Vince
Lombardi
"Someone
may have stolen your dream when it was young and fresh and you were
innocent. Anger is natural. Grief is appropriate. Healing is mandatory.
Restoration is possible." -- Jane Rubietta
(rom Quiet Places)
"Fall
seven times; stand up eight." -- Japanese
Proverb
"Never
think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think
that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning."
-- Anthony Trollope
"The
game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words
return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy." --
Florence Scovel Shinn
"When
you get in a tight place and everything goes against you, till it
seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give
up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will
turn." -- Harriet Beecher Stowe
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