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“Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -- and we will make the goal. ”

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”

—Ashley Smith (b. 1978), author, speaker

“Appreciation, acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.”

“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.”

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. you only need a heart full of grace. a soul generated by love.”

—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-68), American civil rights leader

“As my mother says, 'You give back, you don’t give up.' You can always choose to help others. If you do, it will change you. ”

“There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.”

“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.”

“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.”

“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.”

“Every person in this life has something to teach me -- and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening.”

“Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.”

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.”

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

“Dreams come in a size too big so that we may grow into them.”

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

Anais Nin (1903-1977), author, diarist

“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.”

“Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.”

“Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.”

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”

“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”

"A full soul loatheth an honeycomb,but to the hungry soul every bitter is sweet"

"If a tree fall toward the south,or toward the north,in the place where the tree falleth,there it shall be"

"If the clouds be full of rain,they empty themselves upon the earth"

"Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire"

"A threefold cord is not quickly broken"

"Three can keep a secret except two are dead"

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“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”

Colin Powell (b. 1937), 65th US Secretary of State

"There is none so deaf as those who do hear"