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Index_card_top “There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is merely the comparison of one state to the other. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.”
 
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870);
Writer, Author
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Index_card_top “If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.”
 
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804);
First Us Secretary Of The Treasury


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Index_card_top “Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously. Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.”
 
Swami Sivananda (1887-1963);
Spiritual Leader, Author, Physician
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Index_card_top “There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.”
 
Phyllis Bottome (1884-1963);
Novelist


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Index_card_top “We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.”
 
William J. Brennan, Jr. (1906-1997);
Former Associate Justice Of The Us Supreme Court


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Index_card_top “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
 
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882);
Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist
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Index_card_top “If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long.”
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832);
Philosopher, Scientist, Author
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Index_card_top “The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.”
 
Doug Horton -


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Index_card_top “Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.”
 
Washington Irving (1783-1859);
Author
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Index_card_top “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
 
Confucius (551-479);
Philosopher
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Index_card_top “No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”
 
Voltaire (1694-1778);
Philosopher, Essayist
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Index_card_top “Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. ”
 
Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993);
Preacher, Author
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“Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
 
Charles Dickens (1812-1870);
Novelist
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Index_card_top “People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.”
 
Bethany Hamilton (born 1990);
Surfer


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“Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved. ”
 
Will Rogers (1879-1935);
Actor, Comic, Columnist
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“When it rains, most birds head for shelter; the Eagle is the only bird that, in order to avoid the rain, starts flying above the cloud.”
 
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“Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the summit. It is the whole process of reaching for a goal and, sometimes, it begins with failure.”
 
Erik Weihenmayer (born 1968);
Blind Climber, Motivational Speaker, Author


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“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
 
Maya Angelou (born 1928);
Poet, Dancer, Producer, Playwright, Director, Author
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“To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.”
 
Gail Sheehy - Author


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“It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity. ”
 
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944);
French Author


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