Positive Quote Of The Day August 2022

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."- Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973) American Aviator and Business Executive

"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American essayist

"The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift."- Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684) French Playwright

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"We tend to make courage too dramatic. Courage is often doing something simple, unpleasant, or boring again and again until we get it down pat. People who are physically challenged and who have the determination to get around their handicaps are great examples because their courage makes them test their limits every day."- Dave Thomas (1932 - 2002) American Businessman, Founder of Wendy's International Restaurant Chain

"Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time."- Aristotle (384 - 322) BC

The secret of success lies in constantly pursuing your purpose with hard work and singleminded devotion. The peak you intend to reach may be the highest.
Amrit Bansal, From Stagnation to Vibrant Living

"He felt that he could forgive anything to anyone, because happiness was the greatest agent of purification."- Ayn Rand (1905-1982) Russian-American Writer and Philosopher

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"Individual commitment to a group effort, that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."- Vince Lombardi (1913 - 1970) American Football Coach

"You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it. That's the only way to get to the top."- Emil Zatopek (1922 - 2000) Czech Middle Distance Runner

"I never doubted not only that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade - Commenting on his 8 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, during which he was tortured over 20 times."- James Stockdale (1923 - 2005) American Naval Officer and Prisoner of War

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"Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do. But I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there."- Venus Williams (B - 1980) US tennis champion

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