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Try To See The Joyful Side Of Life. One Must See The Pain Of Life With Clear Eyes, And Help All He Can; But There Is Also Lots Of Joy, And On Should See That, Too.

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The Mind Quickly Responds To Teaching And Discipline. You Can Make The Mind Give You Back Anything You Want.

Think Joy, Talk Joy, Practice Joy, Share Joy, Saturate Your Mind With Joy, And You Will Have The Time Of Your Life Today And Every Day All Your Life.

When Every Physical And Mental Resources Is Focused, One's Power To Solve A Problem Multiplies Tremendously.

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Trouble Is Here. It Is For A Purpose. Use It For The Purpose For Which It Was Intended - To Help You Grow. Thank God For Your Troubles.

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Just As We May Learn From Our Successes (how To Do It) So Also Can We Learn From Our Mistakes (how Not To Do It). It Just Isn't In The Cards That Anybody Should Get By Forever Without Making Mistakes And Perhaps Sometimes Making Costly Ones.

Never Tell Yourself ... I Can't Go On. If You Do You're Licked, And By Your Own Thinking Too.

Don't Duck The Most Difficult Problems. That Just Ensures That The Hardest Part Will Be Left When You Are Most Tired. Get The Big One Done - It's Downhill From Then On.

When The Student Is Ready, The Messenger Appears.

It Is Said That History Turns On Small Hinges. A Human Career, Too, Results From An Accumulating Series Of Decisions About Large And Small Matters Over A Period Of Years. But The Catch Is That You Can Never Know When A Seemingly Small Decision May Prove To Be, From The Vantage Of Later Years, The Big Decision Of Your Life.

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Any Action Is Better Than No Action At All.

Watch Your Manner Of Speech If You Wish To Develop A Peaceful State Of Mind.

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We Live In The Midst Of The Greatest Scientific Civilization In The History Of The World. But The Greatest Wisdom Walking Our Streets Is Not In Any Laboratory Scientist, But The Wisdom Of Jesus Christ.

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