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1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………….......3
2. The POWER OF ENTHUSIASM……………………………………...........4
3. HOLD ON YOUR DREAMS……………………………………………….6
4. CHERISH YOUR FRIENDS………………………………………………8
5. SEEK MOMENTS OF SOLITUDE……………………………………….11
6. SHOOT FOR THE MOON………………………………………………..13
7. ATTITUDE CAN SHAPE YOUR LIFE…………………………….........15
8. PROBLEMS ARE FOR SOLVING………………………………………17
9. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR MISTAKES…………………………19
10. JUST DO IT…………………………………………………………..21
11. NEVER GIVE UP…………………………………………………….23
12. FACE UP TO FEAR………………………………………………….25
13. UNDERSTAND SORROW, UNDERSTAND JOY…………………28
14. LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED………………………………………….30
15. GENIUS OR HARD WORK……………………………………………
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16. BEGIN BY BELIEVING……………………………………………..34
17. ALWAYS BE YOURSELF………………………………………………….36
18. STOP and PONDER Life’s MEANING………………………………….39
19. LET NATURE ENLARGE YOUR SPIRIT………………………………41
20. LEND A HELPING HAND……………………………………………….43
21. LEARN TO FORGIVE…………………………………………………….47
22. YOU CAN DO MORE THAN YOU THINK ……………………………………..48
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INTRODUCTION
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The Power of Enthusiasm
If you are not getting as much from life as you want to,
then examine the state of your enthusiasm.
-Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884 to 1962, First lady of USA, writer and Diplomat
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Live all you can: it’s a mistake not to.
It doesn’t matter what you do in particular, so long as
you had your life.
If you haven't had that, what have you had?
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Hold on to Your Dreams
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The Future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of
their dreams.
-Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884 to 1962, First lady of USA, writer and Diplomat
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Cherish Your Friends
I have learned that a good friend is the purest of all gods’ gifts
for it is a love that has no exchange or payment.
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One’s friends are that part of human race with which one can be
human.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world
walks out.
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We take core of our health,
we lay up money,
we make our room tight and our clothing sufficient; but who
provides wisely that he shall not want in the best property of all
-friends?
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Seek Moments of Solitude
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know
that everything in this life has a purpose.
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Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is the
true parent of genius.
I am sure of this that by going much alone a man will get more
of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom
that is in books.
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SHOOT FOR THE MOON
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step;
only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his
right road
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Our aspirations are our possibilities
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ATTITUDE CAN SHAPE YOUR LIFE
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of
hell, a hell of heaven.
Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.
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In the midst of winter,
I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.
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PROBLEMS ARE FOR SOLVING
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Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom;
indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom.
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and
spiritually.
It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems
that we learn
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MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR MISTAKES
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We learn wisdom from failure much more than success.
We often discover what we WILL do,
By finding out what we will NOT do.
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JUST DO IT
Do the thing
and you will have Power!.
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Sometimes the only way for me to find out what it is
I want to do is go Ahead and
do something.
Then the moment I start to act, my feelings become clear.
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NEVER GIVE UP
We haven't failed.
We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we're that
much closer to finding what will.
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− Mother Teresa of Calcutta, 1910-1997 Yugoslav-Born Missionary
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till
it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give
up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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FACE UP TO FEAR
Fear is a question.
What are you afraid of and why?
Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore
them.
− Martin Luther King. Jr, 1929-1968 American Civil Right Leader & Minister
-Helen Keller, 1880-1968 Blind and Deaf American Writer and Scholar
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Facing it, always facing it.
That's the way to get through, Face it.
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your
own fears.
- Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884 to 1962, First lady of USA, writer and Diplomat
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Courage is resistance to fear,
Mastery of fear,
not absence of fear.
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UNDERSTAND SORROW, UNDERSTAND JOY
The deeper the sorrow that carves into your being, the more joy
you can contain.
Joy and sorrow are inseparable.
Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in
sorrow, then this light is nearest to us.
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When it is dark enough,
You can see the stars.
- Mathew 5:4
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy
of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling
the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which
life implies
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LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED
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In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette
which provides the meaning of life and art?
It is the color of love.
− Corinthians 13:4-5
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GENIUS OR HARD WORK
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Men give me credit for some genius.
All the genius I have is this: when
I have a subject in mind,
I study it profoundly.
Day and night it is before me.
My mind becomes pervaded with it.... the effort
Which
I have made is what people are pleased to call genius.
It is the fruit of labor and thought.
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BEGIN BY BELIEVING
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Believe that life is worth living,
And your belief will help create the fact.
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ALWAYS BE YOURSELF
- Jewish Proverb
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This above all___ to thine own self true,
And it must follow, as night follows day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
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Being myself includes taking risks with myself,
Taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways
Of “being myself”, so that I can see who it is
I want to be.
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STOP and PONDER Life’s MEANING
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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You must understand the whole of life;
Is not just one little part of it.
That is why must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is
why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer; and
understand, for all that is life.
There are two things to aim for in life: first to get what you want; and
after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
- Logan Pearsall Mith, 1865-1946 American-born British Wit, Writer and Critic
Is it so small a thing?
To have envoy’s the sun,
To have lived light
In the spring,
To have loved, to have thought, to have done?
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We have to steer our life's course.
Whatever you’re calling is in life!
The whole purpose of being here is to figure out what that is as soon as
possible, so you go about the business being on track, of not being owned
by what your mother said, what society said, whatever people think a
woman is supposed to be.....
when you can exceed other people's expectations and be defined by your
own!
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LET NATURE ENLARGE YOUR SPIRIT
Come forth into the light of things, Let nature be your teacher.
There can be no very black misery to him who lives in the midst of nature
and his senses still.
All through my life, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a
child.
Love all God's creation, both the whole and every grain of sand.
Love every, every ray of light.
Love the animals, love the plants, and love each separate thing.
If you love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of god in all.......
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Every part of this earth is scared to my people.
Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore,
Every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and every humming is holy
in the memory of my people.
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LEND A HELPING HAND
Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid.
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We can be cured of depression in only fourteen days
If every day we will try to think of how we can be helpful to others.
I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there be any
kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being,
let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again.
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YOU CAN DO MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU CAN
Love not what you are but what you may become
If we did all the things we are capable of doing we would truly astound
ourselves.
No matter what your level of ability, you have more potential than
you can ever develop in a lifetime.
- Anonymous
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Compared to what we ought to be we are only half awake.
We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental
resources.
Stating the thing broadly, the human individual has lives for within his
limits.
He possesses power of various sorts which he habitually fails to use.
I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself
I cannot be easy unless. I am striving to bring into existence
Or clearing the way for it.
To be what we are,
And to become what we are capable of becoming
Is the only end in life?
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LEARN TO FORGIVE
The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.
- Chinese proverb
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For my part, I believe in forgiveness of sins
And
The redemption of ignorance.
- Martin Luther King, Jr, 1929-1968 American Civil Rights Leader and Minister
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MAKE YOUR OWN HAPPINESS
Happiness is a butterfly
Which when pursued,
Is always beyond our grasp,
But which,
If you sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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The happiest people seem to be those
Who are producing something;
The bored people are those
Who are consuming much and producing nothing.
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SECRET OF SUCCESS
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Our problem is that we make the mistakes of comparing
Ourselves with other people.
You are not inferior or SUPERIOR.
To any human being..... You do not determine your success
By comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your
Success by accomplishments to your capabilities.
You are 'number one' when you do the best you can with what you have.
You must never conclude, even though everything goes wrong, that you
can not succeed.
Even at the worst there is a way out, a hidden secret that can turn failure
into success and Despair into happiness.
No situation is so dark that there is not a ray of light
What is success?
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure he betrayal of false
friends;
To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life breathed easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.
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EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF GIVING
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The heart of the giver
Makes the gift
Dear and precious.
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REFLECT ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP
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I do my things, and you do your things,
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations.
And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
You are you and I am I.
And if by chance we find echo other, it's beautiful.
If not, it can't be helped.
You haven't learned life's lesson very well if you haven't noticed
That you can give the tone or color, or decide the reaction you want of
people in advance. It's unbelievably simple. If you want them to take an
interest in you, take an interest in them first. If you want to make them
nervous, become nervous yourself.......It's simple as that.
People will treat you as you treat them.
It us no secret.
Look about you.
You can prove it with the next person you meet.
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MAGIC OF MIND
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A man is what he thinks about
All day long.
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One man
Who has a mind and knows it
Can always beat ten men
Who haven't and don't.
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FIND TRUTHS IN BOOK
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All that mankind has done, thought or been
is lying in magic preservation
in the pages of books.
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GROW OLD POSITIVELY
-Helen Keller, 1880-1968 Blind and Deaf American writer AND scholar
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One of the many things nobody ever tells you
About middle age is that it's such a nice change
From being young.
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The Five Miles Press Pty Ltd.
950 Stud Road, Rowville
Victoria 3178 Australia
Email: Publishing@fivemile.com.au
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