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A bad example undermines good words.
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don’t need it.
- NFIB’s ‘My Business’ April/May 2006
A belief is not merely an idea that the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind.
- Robert Bolton
A careless word may kindly strife, a cruel word may wreck a life; a timely word may lessen stress, a loving word may heal and bless.
- Anon
A candle loses none of its light by lighting another.
A change in behavior begins with a change in the heart.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A closed mind is a dying mind.
- Edna Ferber / Writer / 1887-1968
A conversation not grounded in honesty is not real communication.
- Ismail Royer / Editor
A faith that costs nothing and demands nothing is worth nothing.
A faithful friend is the medicine of life.
- The Bible
A final thought…You can either complain that rose bushes have thorns – or rejoice that thorn bushes have roses.
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
- John D. Rockefeller
A good attitude – it’s your choice.
A good boss is someone who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
A good leader knows the way, shows the way, and goes the way.
A good motive turns bad on the hinge of selfishness.
A good plan today is better than a great plan tomorrow.
- General Patton
A good supervisor knows how to step on your toes without messing up your shine.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
A good test of character: when you do something wrong, do you accept the blame?
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
- Sydney Smith
A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short.
- Andre Maurois / Writer / 1885-1967
A heartfelt greeting can energize the weary and encourage the lonely.
A helping hand can lighten another’s burden.
A kind word is the oil that takes the friction out of life.
A lie may cover your tracks, but it cannot hide the truth.
A little encouragement can spark a great accomplishment.
A little kindness can make a big difference.
A little wisdom is better than a lot of wealth.
A man always has two reasons for what he does – a good one, and the real one.
- J.P. Morgan / Financier and Philanthropist / 1837-1913
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
- Oscar Wilde
A man first starts cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
- Herb Caen
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man may cease to be lucky, for that is beyond his control; but he should not cease to be dishonest.
- Charles XII
A man’s heart plans his way, but the lord directs his steps.
A merry heart is good medicine with no bad side effects.
A pat on the back, though only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.
- Author unknown
A person all wrapped up in himself generally makes a pretty small package.
- E. Joseph Cossman
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
- Joe DiMaggio / 1914-1999
A person is about as big as the things that make him angry.
A person of integrity has nothing to hide.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
A person who has no fire in his heart cannot warm others.
A person who loses his temper, usually loses.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
- Duke Ellington
A rut is a grave with no ends.
- Alan Lampkin
A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.
- John Steinbeck
A single candle can light a thousand more without diminishing itself.
- Hillel The Elder / Scholar / c. 30 B.C. – 10 A.D.
A single day is enough to make us a little larger, or another time, a little smaller.
- Paul Klee
A single kind word will keep on warm for years.
A single light can provide hope in the darkest night
A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.
- Morris Dender
A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike it at all.
- Josh Billings
A small town is a place where everyone knows whose check is good and whose husband is not.
- Sid Ascher
A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it.
- Author unknown
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A song in the heart puts a smile on the face.
A spark of encouragement can rekindle warmth in the heart.
A stumble may prevent a fall.
- English Proverb
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times - with the same person.
A temper is a good thing to have provided you don’t try to give it to someone else.
- Napoleon Hill
A thankful person enjoys a blessing twice - when it’s received, and when it’s remembered.
A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
- William Arthur Ward / Educator
A true friend will help you keep going when you feel like giving up.
A true friend will put a finger on your faults without rubbing them in.
A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.
- Cullen Hightower / Sales professional
A warning heeded is a disaster avoided.
A wealthy man is a man content with what he has.
A wealthy person is a person free enough of the stress of debt to have the time and attitude necessary to enjoy the richness of the present life.
- Lee Milteer
A well-chosen word can speak volumes.
A well-timed silence is more eloquent than words.
A wise man asks questions more freely than he tries to answer them.
- Napoleon Hill
A wise person will make more opportunities than seem to exist.
- Sir Francis Bacon
A word from your mouth speaks volumes about your heart.
A word of encouragement can make the difference between giving up and going on.
Action is the antidote to despair.
- Joan Baez
Adding up your blessings will multiply your joy.
Adversities are often blessings in disguise.
Adversity is the test of true friendship.
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is an honest man.
- Henry Fielding
Age is mind over matter; if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
- Jack Benny
Agreements prevent disagreements.
- Harvey Mackay
All knowledge is based on perception.
- Leonardo Pevinei
All of nature is a grand symphony conducted by the creator.
All things must change to something new, to something strange.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
All truth goes through 3 steps. First it is ridiculed, then it is violently opposed, finally it is accepted as self-evident.
- Arthur Schepenhauer
All work and no play will take the joy of life away
Almost all our unhappiness is the result of comparing ourselves with others.
Although the outlook may be bleak, the uplook is always bright.
Always do right- this will gratify some, and astonish the rest.
- Mark Twain
Always keep a cool head and a warm heart.
Always keep your head up but keep your nose at a friendly level.
- Author unknown
Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
- Abraham Lincoln / U.S. President / 1809-1865
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
- Harry S. Truman
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea who’s time has come.
- Victor Hugo / Histoire d’un Crime / 1852
An optimist is the human personification of spring.
- Susan J. Bissonette
And I can live my life on earth contented to the end, if but a few shall know my worth and proudly call me friend.
And so we turn the page over / To think of starting. This is all there is.
- John Ashbery
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.
Anger is often more harmful than the injury that caused it.
Anger is only one letter away from danger.
Anger is the only thing to put off till tomorrow.
- Slovakian proverb
Any time is the right time to let someone know you care.
Anyone can be angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not easy.
- Aristotle
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
- Publilius Syrus
Anything that appears effortless, takes a lot of work.
- Aron
Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
- Voltaire
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
- John F. Kennedy / 1917-1963
As you go through life, concentrate on the roses instead of the thorns.
As you think, so shall you be.
Ask God for good judgment and courage to face unexpected events; to follow the teachings of Scripture is the best, most effective defense.
- Hess
Avoid company where it is not profitable or necessary, and in those occasions, speak little, and last.
- William Penn
Be as gracious in receiving as you are in giving.
Be careful how you look at the world; it is like that.
- E. Heller
Be careful of what you wish. If man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.
- Benjamin Franklin
Be grateful for the doors of opportunity – and for the friends who oil the hinges.
Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Be kind. Remember, everyone you meet may be fighting a hard battle.
- T.H. Thompson
Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.
- David Starr Jordan / Educator and writer / 1851-1931
Be not elated by fortune, be not depressed by adversity.
- Cleobulus / Ancient philosoper
Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours.
Be slow to judge others, but quick to judge yourself.
Be smarter than other people – just don’t tell them so.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
- Gandhi
Be wise – Do right.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
- The Bible
Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?
- Frank J. Giblin II
Beautiful character begins in the heart.
Before two people get married, they should be required to wallpaper a room together.
- Contributed by Steve Schurr / Hastings, Nebraska
Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
- Harvey Mackay
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are indeed.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Believers stand strong when they don’t stand alone.
Better are the blows of an enemy than the false kisses of a friend.
- Thomas `a Becket
Better than counting the years is making all your years count.
Better to hear a hard truth than a soft lie.
Better twice measured than once wrong.
- Danish proverb
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
- Tryon Edwards / Theologian / 1809-1894
Beware the barrenness of a busy day.
Big lessons can be learned from little children.
[B]lame only provides a temporary balm. It’s a long way from solutions.
- Dawn Turner Trice / Journalist
Brooding over the past paralyzes the present and bankrupts the future.
Buck-passing usually turns out to be a boomerang.
But every house where Love abides, and Friendship is a guest, is surely home, and home sweet home: for there the heart can rest.
- Henry Van Dyke / “A Home Song”
But in the mud and scum of things; there always, always something sings.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.
- 2 Chronicles 15:7
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
- Jane Howard / Writer / 1935-1996
Careers, like rockets, don’t always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working on the engines.
- Gary Sinise
Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth.…Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.
- Noela Evans
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- Joshua J. Marine
Change brings freshness.
Change happens in the boiler room of our emotions, so find out how to light their fires.
- Jeff Dewar
Change starts when someone sees the next step.
- William Drayton
Change yourself, and your work will seem different.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Character can be sold out, however, it cannot be purchased.
- God’s Little Devotional Book: Success
Character must be thoughtfully nurtured, consistently cultivated, and carefully guarded.
- God’s Little Devotional Book: Success
Check small things.
- Colin Powell
Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.
- Lady Bird Johnson / First Lady
Children are more likely to do what you do than to do what you say.
Children let their parents down if they forget who brought them up.
Children’s ears may be closed to advice, but their eyes are open to example.
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.
- Mark Twain
Coming together is a start; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
Commitment comes with a cost.
Commitment: The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Compassion is love in action.
Compassion never goes out of fashion.
Compromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof.
- James Russell Lowell / Editor and poet / 1819-1891
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy / U.S. President
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
- H. L. Mencken / Editor and writer / 1880-1956
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.
- Jacob M. Braude
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
- Oscar Wilde
Contentment is in the soil in which joy thrives.
Contentment is priceless.
Cooperation – friendship – Love. These can only be attained by giving them away.
- Napoleon Hill
Count that day lost in which you’ve not done something good
for another.
Count your blessings – not your troubles.
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