Lessons to Live By... Richard Graeser

Sayings to use for those difficult times:

"You either make the dust or you eat the dust." Dennis Tiefeld

"There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." Oscar Wilde

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

"A man is as big as the thing that annoys him." Albert H. Edwards

"No one can make you feel less of yourself without your permission.”  Eleanor Roosevelt

"Of those who fail, most fail not realizing how close they were to success.”  Unknown

"As bees extract honey from tyme, one of the driest and sturdiest of herbs, so reasonable men will realize profit and advantage from the most difficult of circumstances.”  Plutarch

"One of mans last freedoms is to decide his own attitude in any given situation.”  Victor Frankl

"Every man is questioned by life and to answer to life he must answer for his own life, to respond to life he must be responsible.”  Victor Frankl

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great acheivements are accomplished is a blessed warm fog.”  Joseph Conrad

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”  Helen Keller

"Life is short make fun of it.”  Unknown

"When wrestling a gorilla, you don't give up when you're tired—you give up when the gorilla is tired."  Unknown

"No matter how difficult your life is always project a positive wonderful attitude.”  Unknown

"Life by the inch is a cinch, life by the yard is hard. If you think you can, you can; if you think you can't, you're right.”  Unknown

"Genius is 2% inspiration and 98% perspiration.”  Unknown

"There is no beginning so small, which with continued application will not be made large.”  Plutarch

"The supreme happiness in life is the belief that you are loved for yourself, or inspite of yourself.”  Victor Hugo

"To fail O.K., To give up no way.”  Richard L. Graeser

Morning Mantra:

You are a magnificent human being; you are without equal in the entire universe. Your mind and body are so uniquely constructed that no feat of engineering could ever duplicate the uniqueness of yourself. Your will is the strongest force in the universe and the power of your mind knows no bounds; therefore, you will to use the power of your mind for your highest good and the highest good of the universe.

Be terrific,
Richard L. Graeser

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