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20 July , 2008

- There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher. - Robin S. Sharma (The monk who sold his Ferrari)
- The price of greatness is responsibility over each of your thoughts - Winston Churchill
- The happiest people are rarely the richest, or most beautiful, or even the most talented…Their eyes are turned outward; they are aware, compassionate. They have the capacity to love. - Jane Canfield
- Hate is an acid that corrodes its container. - Tonya Baker
- If men speak ill of you, live so that no one will believe them. - Anonymous
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14 July , 2008

- There is no such thing as objective reality or “the real world”. There are no absolutes. The face of your greatest enemy might be the face of my finest friend. An event that appears to be a tragedy to one might reveal the seeds of unlimited opportunity to another. What really separates people who are habitually upbeat and optimistic from those who are consistently miserable is how the circumstances of life are interpreted and processed. - Robin S. Sharma (The monk who sold his Ferrari)
- Why drown in a saucer when there’s a whole ocean out there? - Piet Smit
- Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people grow old only by deserting their ideals. - Samuel Ullman
- You don’t have to blow out the other fellow’s light to let your own shine. - Bernard M. Baruch
- Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. - Plutarch
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6 July , 2008

- Worry drains the mind of much of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul. - Robin S. Sharma (The monk who sold his Ferrari)
- The operation of instinct is far more sure and simple than that of reason. - Edward Gibbon
- Don’t wait for the storm to pass, instead learn to dance in the rain. Adopt an attitude of gratitude. - ET @ 5G’s Daily Quotes
- Love is a fire. But whether it’s going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell. - Joan Crawford
- Being an optimist after you’ve got everything you want doesn’t count. - Frank McKinney Hubbard
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28 June , 2008

- Never overlook the power of simplicity. - Robin S. Sharma (The monk who sold his Ferrari)
- Most people live - whether physically, intellectually or morally - in a very restricted circle of their potential being. We all have reservoirs of life to draw upon of which we do not dream. - William James
- Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. - Mark Twain
- No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much. - Jean Paul Richter
- Whatever else is or is not true, this one thing is certain - man is not what he was meant to be. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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21 June , 2008

- On Death: His time had come and I do not question his exit. I enjoyed our time together and cherish the memories. - Robin S. Sharma (The monk who sold his Ferrari)
- The trouble with people who have broken a habit is that they usually have the pieces mounted and framed. - Ivern Boyett
- The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. - C.S. Lewis
- Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- It’s not as important to make a living as it is to make a life. - Hugh Ross
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