By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you’ve achieved – and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses – you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.
—Jack Canfield
My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.
–Joseph Brotherton
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.
—Katharine Hepburn
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
–Lucille Ball
As I am preparing to send my heart on deployment, I am reminded of this:
Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great.
—Roger de Bussy-Rabutin
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