WORDS

Words are the voice of the heart. ……. Confucius

Use soft Words and hard arguments. ……Author Unknown

Words, once they're printed, have a life of their own. ……. Carol Burnett,

Words are the only things that last forever. …….William Hazlitt

My Words fly up, my thoughts remain below;
Words without thoughts never to heaven go. …….. William Shakespeare

Short Words are best;
and the old words when short are best of all. ……..Winston Churchill

The Law is but Words and paper,
without the hands of swordsmen. ………. James Harrington

SHAME

I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered in Shame. Psalm 34: 4-5

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. ……..Marcus Tullius Cicero

Having been poor is no Shame,
but being ashamed of it: -Is. …….Benjamin Franklin

The more things a man is Ashamed of,
the more respectable he is. …...George Bernard Shaw

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. ……… Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If a man fools me once, Shame on him.If he fools me twice, Shame on me. ……..Chinese Proverb

Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists,
in order to exploit the human race. ……..Blake Edwards

Acting is half shame, half glory.
Shame at exhibiting yourself; Glory when you can forget yourself. …….John Gielgud

Your enemies will be clothed in Shame,
and the tents of the wicked will be no more. …….. Job 8:22

He was not borne to Shame.
Upon his brow, Shame is ashamed to sit. …….William Shakespeare

It is the false Shame of fools to try
to conceal wounds that have not healed. …….Horace

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame …….Benjamin Franklin

Let us not be ashamed to speak
what we shame not to think. ……Michel de Montaigne

What makes the pain we feel from Shame and jealousy so cutting,
is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them. …….Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is no shame in being wrong,
only in failing to correct our mistakes. ……..George Soros

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive.
And no Shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace. ………. M. J. Rose

CHEATING

Instead, you yourselves Cheat and do wrong,
and you do this to your brothers. ……1 Corinthians 6:6

I would prefer even to fail with honor, than win by Cheating. ……..Sophocles

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself. …….Philip James Bailey

If you're not learning while you're earning,
you're Cheating yourself of the better portion of your just compensation. ….Napoleon Hill

He that cheats another is a knave; but he that cheats himself is a fool. …..Karl G. Maeser

He will cheat without scruple, who can, without fear. …….Benjamin Franklin

Win if you can, lose if you must, but always Cheat. ……Jesse Ventura

‘tis my opinion every man Cheats in his own way;
And he is only honest, who is not discovered. Susannah Centilivre

In order to preserve your self-respect,
It is sometimes necessary to lie and Cheat. …….Robert Byrne

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat God. .......Johann Kasper

He who is Cheated twice by the same man,
Is an accomplice of the cheater. ……Author Unknown

Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well.
We Cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can.
……George Allen

Someone who believes that the world is always Cheating him is right;
He is missing the wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something …...Eric Hoffer

It is better to suffer wrong, than do it;
And happier to be sometimes Cheated, than not to trust. …….Samuel Johnson

It is impossible for a man to be Cheated by anyone but himself. ……. Ralph Waldo Emerson

CHOICES

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Choices are the hinges of destiny …….Pythagoras
Leadership demands that we make tough Choices. ………Alan Autry

Our lives are a sum total of the Choices we have made. ……. Wayne Dyer

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices;
and we have to accept the consequences of every deed,
word, and thought throughout our lifetime. ……….Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

We seal our fate with the Choices we take;
but don't give a second thought to the chances we take. ……..Gloria Estefan

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable,
you disconnect yourself from what you truly want,
and all that is left is compromise. …….Robert Fritz

You always have two Choices:
Your commitment, versus your fear. ………..Sammy Davis, Jr.

Success is a Choice. …….Rick Pitino

Our Choices are largely based on survival. ……..Neale Donald Walsch

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his Choices. ………Jean-Paul Sartre

The strongest principle of growth lies in human Choice. …….George Eliot

Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate Choice. …….Author Unknown

Mankind’s greatest gift and also its greatest curse,
Is that we have free Choice. …….Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

What we call the secret of happiness,
is no more a secret than our willingness to Choose life. ……Leo Buscaglia

In every single thing you do, you are choosing a direction. Your life is a product of Choices. …….Dr. Kathleen Hall,

LEARNING

I’ve learnt much from my teacher, more from my colleagues,
but most from my students. …….. Rabbi Yochanan

You will learn something every day if you pay attention. ……..Ray LeBlond

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. …….Chinese Proverb

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. ………Henry Ford

Learning without thought is labor lost;
Thought without learning is perilous. …….Confucius

I have never in my life learned anything
from any man who agreed with me. ……Dudley Field Malone

It is not hard to learn more.
What is hard is to unlearn when you discover yourself wrong. …….Martin H. Fischer

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much,
are the three pillars of Learning. ……Benjamin Disraeli

Whoso neglects Learning in his youth,Loses the past and is dead for the future. …….Euripides

Beware of the man who works hard to Learn something;
Learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. …….Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

The first step in seeking happiness is Learning. ……Dalai Lama

The purpose of Learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies,
can continue growing as we continue to live. ……..Mortimer Adler

Learning is not attained by chance;
It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ……Abigail Adams

Even the wisest mind has something yet to Learn. ……George Santayana

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught,
as that every child should be given the wish to Learn. ………. John Lubbock

EXAGGERATION

Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness. ……Voltaire

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. …….Kahlil Gibran

There are people so addicted to exaggeration
they can't tell the truth without lying. ……..Josh Billings

Man is inclined to Exaggerate almost everything;
- except his own mistakes. …….Author Unknown

We Exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike.
We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. ……..Honore de Balzac

Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. ……..Eliza Cook

Love is a gross Exaggeration of the difference
between one person and everybody else. ……George Bernard Shaw

LESSONS

There are no mistakes or failures; -only Lessons …….Denis Waitley

The greatest Lesson in life;
is to know that even fools can sometimes be right ……..Horace

The Lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated,
in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap. …….Spiro T. Agnew

There are no regrets in life; - just Lessons. ……Jennifer Aniston

Life deals you a lot of Lessons;
Some people learn from it, some people don't. ……..Brett Favre

He who follows his Lessons tastes a profound peace. …….Moliere

Lessons are not given, they are taken. ……..Cesare Pavese

STRESS

Give your Stress wings and let it fly away. …….Carin Hartness

Stress is the trash of modern life;
- we all generate it but if you don't dispose of it properly,
it will pile up and overtake your life. …….Danzae Pace

Stress is who you think you should be.
Relaxation is who you are. ……..Chinese Proverb

Stress is an admission of weakness,
a cry of defeat to the world. …..Carrie Latet

Stress is poison. ……Agavé Powers

Much of the Stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do.
It comes from not finishing what they've started. …….David Allen

Stress is an ignorant state.
It believes that everything is an emergency. …..Natalie Goldberg

In times of great Stress or adversity,
it's always best to keep busy,
to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. …….Lee Iacocca

MISTAKE

A man who has committed a Mstake and doesn't correct it,
is committing another Mistake. ……Confucius

Be thankful for your Mistakes;
They will teach you valuable lessons. ……..Author Unknown

The greatest Mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing you will make one. …….Elbert Hubbard

Anyone who has never made a Mistake has never tried anything new. ……Albert Einstein

Mistakes are the portals of discovery. …….James Joyce

A life spent in making Mistakes is not only more honorable,
but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ……George Bernard Shaw

It is very easy to forgive others their Mistakes;
it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own. ……Jessamyn West

Mistakes are life's way of teaching you. …….Og Mandino

GO

Go to your bosom: Knock there,
and ask your heart what it doth know ……. William Shakespeare

To Go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. …….Confucius

Time stays, we Go. …… H. L. Mencken

Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. …… Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's really important to Go back to where you come from. ……….Henry Thomas

As far as men Go, it is not what they are that interests me,
but what they can become. ……..Jean-Paul Sartre

There's only so far you can Go before you say enough is enough. .......Jennifer Granholm

Go with your fate, but not beyond.
Beyond leads to dark places. ……… Mary Renault

Wherever you go, Go with all your heart. …..Confucius

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must Go over to theirs;
It is necessary to follow, in order to lead. ……….William Hazlitt

You've got to Go out on a limb sometimes;
because that's where the fruit is. .......Will Rogers

The faster you Go, the shorter you are. …….Albert Einstein

Don’t Go around saying the world owes you a living;
The world owes you nothing: it was here first. ……Mark Twain

A leader takes people where they want to go;
A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go,
-But ought to be. ……..Rosalyn Carter

Don’t Go through life; Grow through life. ……Eric Butterworth

FREEDOM

Freedom consists not in doing what we like,
but in having the right to do what we ought. ……Pope John Paul II

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed;
it must be achieved. …….Franklin D. Roosevelt


Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men;
So it must be daily earned and refreshed;
else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. ……Dwight D. Eisenhower

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. …….Abraham Lincoln

There are two freedoms:
- the false, where a man is free to do what he likes;
-the true, where he is free to do what he ought. ……..Charles Kingsley

We must be free not because we claim freedom,
but because we practice it. …….William Faulkner

Let freedom never perish in your hands. ……..Joseph Addison

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. …….Mohandas Gandhi

What then is Freedom?
- The power to live as one wishes. ........Marcus Tullius Cicero

Without Freedom, no one really has a name. …….Milton Acorda

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves. ……Nietzsche

Freedom is not worth having;
if it does not include the Freedom to make mistakes. ………Mahatma Gandhi

The Freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all. …….Friedrich Durrenmatt

We cannot defend Freedom abroad by deserting it at home. …….Edward R. Murrow

When freedom does not have a purpose,
when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law
engraved in the hearts of men and women,
when it does not listen to the voice of conscience,
it turns against humanity and society. ……Pope John Paul II

CHARITY

Charity suffers long, and is kind; Charity envies not;
Charity vaults not itself, is not puffed up. ……. I Corinthians 13:4

Charity, well directed, should begin at home. ……Joaquin Miller

Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything. - Walt Whitman

The practice of Charity will bind us;
It will bind all men in one great brotherhood. ……Conrad Hilton

Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands. ……Joseph Addison

The smallest act of Charity shall stand us in great stead. …..Francis Atterbury

True Charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion;
it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation. ……Hosea Ballou

The Charities of life are scattered everywhere;
Enameling the vales of human beings as the flowers paint the meadows.
They are not the fruit of study, nor the privilege of refinement,
and need no trumpet in the receiver. ……Francis Beaumont

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;
But the greatest of these is Charity. ……I Corinthians 13:13

True Charity, a plant divinely nursed. …..William Cowper

The highest exercise of Charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
…….. Joseph Stevens Buckminster

He who receives Charity, should never forget it;
he who does one, should never remember it. …….Pierre Charron

A rich man without Charity is a rogue;
and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool. …..Henry Fielding

The man who cannot live with charity, sharing other men's pain,
is punished by feeling his own, with intolerable anguish. …….Cesare Pavese

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor;
than his claim to your Charity. ………Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn

In Faith and Hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is Charity. …….Alexander Pope

FAMILY

Other things may changes us,
But we start and end with Family. …….Anthony Brandt

As the family goes, so goes the nation;
and so goes the whole world in which we live. ……Pope John Paul II

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which
I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. ……..Thomas Jefferson

Families are the compass that guide us.
They are the inspiration to reach great heights,
and our comfort when we occasionally falter. …….Brad Henry

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. …….John Bowring

I don't care how poor a man is;
if he has family, he's rich. ….Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford,

You don't choose your family.
They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ……Bishop Desmond Tutu

EXCELLENCE

The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to Excellence,
regardless of their chosen field of endeavor ……..Vince Lombardi

Excellence is not an act but a habit. …….Aristotle

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential;
... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal Excellence. …….. Confucius

Excellence encourages one about life generally;
it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. ……… George Eliot

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days. …….. Ted W. Engstrom

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection.
Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. ……..Michael J. Fox

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. …… John W. Gardner

Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. ….. Steve Jobs

SERVICE

Be silent as to Services you render;
But speak of favors you have received ……Seneca

Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction,
than any other venture of life. ……..Carrie Chapman Catt

Service is the rent you pay for room on this earth. …….Shirley Chisholm

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. ……Dalai Lama

Every human being feels pleasure in doing good to another. ………Thomas Jefferson

Life's most persistent and urgent question is,
What are you doing for others? ……Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is no greater calling than to Serve your Brother.
And, no greater satisfaction than to have done it well. ……. Walter Reuther

COMFORT

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they Comfort me. …….Psalms 23:4

The lust for Comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest,
and then becomes a host, and then a master. …..Kahlil Gibran

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us. ……Oscar Wilde

For in a dearth of Comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least. …….Sir Winston D’Avenant

Comfort, like the golden sun,
Dispels the sullen shade with her sweet influence,And cheers the melancholy house of care. …….Nicholas Rowe

Comfort and prosperity has never enriched the world,
As much as adversity has. ……Billy Graham

A scholar who cherishes the love of Comfort,
Is not fit to be deemed a scholar ……Lao Tzu

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. ……Aesop

The superior man thinks always of virtue;
the common man thinks of Comfort. ……...Confucius

Cure sometimes, treat often, Comfort always. ……… Hippocrates

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion,
without the discomfort of thought. ……. John F. Kennedy

Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion,
but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. …….Gilbert Murray

Consider any individual at any period of his life,
and you will always find him preoccupied,
with fresh plans to increase his Comfort. ……. Alexis de Tocqueville

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and Comfort;
- the opening; terror. ……. Andy Rooney

There's no comfort in the truth;
Pain is all you'll find. ……..George Michael

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom,
will soon lose its freedom;
and, the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too. ….W. Somerset Maugham

COMPLAIN

Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns,
be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ………Proverb

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. …..Samuel Johnson

You can overcome anything if you don't Complain. …….Bernard M. Baruch

Complainers may change their complaints,
but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. …….Mason Cooley

People that pay for things never complain.
It's the guy you give something to that you can't please. …….Will Rogers

People won't have time for you if you are always complaining. …..Stephen Hawkings

The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. ….Zig Zigler

Had we not faults of our own,
We should take less pleasure in Complaining of others. …….Francois Fenelon


I had no shoes and Complained, until I met a man who had no feet. ……Indian Proverb

Constant Complaint is the poorest sort of pay;
For all the comforts we enjoy. …….Benjamin Franklin

The man who Complains about the way the ball bounced,
Is likely the one who dropped it. ……Lou Holtz

When people Complain of life,
It is almost always because they ask for impossible things. ……..Ernest Renan

Complaining is like arrows shot into the air without a target;
They only fall back upon our heads and destroy us. ……Sir William Temple

This life is not for Complaint, but for satisfaction. ……Henry David Thoreau

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, Complaining;
You make progress by implementing ideas. ……..Shirley Chisholm

COMPASSION

The due of Compassion is a tear. ……..Lord Byron

Compassion brings us to a stop,
and for a moment we rise above ourselves. …….Mason Cooley

I truly believe that Compassion provides the basis of human survival. ……Dalai Lama


The path to guidance is one of Love and Compassion. The Báb, ( Siyyid Alí Muhammad)

It is a man’s sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man;
Until he extends his Compassion to all living things, he himself will not find peace.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. …….Henry Ward Beecher

Have Compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike;
each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little. ........Buddha

Compassion is not weakness;
and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. ………Hubert H. Humphrey

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic,
between good and evil proceeding within us. ………Eric Hoffer

The strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use. …..Ricky Williams

It is much easier to show compassion to animals.
They are never wicked. ……..Haile Selassie

The whole idea of Compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence
of all these living beings;
which are all part of one another and all involved in one another. ……Thomas Merton

It takes a true believer to be Compassionate;
No greater burden can be borne by an individual
than to know no one cares or understands. …..Arthur Stainbach

By Compassion we make others’ misery, our own;
And so by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also. ……Thomas Brown, Sr.

PARADOX

Only one thing is certain; That is, nothing is certain.
If this statement is true, It is also false. ……Ancient Paradox

I have found this Paradox;
that if you love until it hurts,
there will be no more hurt, only more love. ……Mother Teresa

Life is a Paradox;
You’re damned if you do, and damned if you don’t ……Nancy Cartwright.

It is a Paradox that every dictator has climbed to power;
on the ladder of free speech. …..Herbert Hoover.

The most tragic Paradox of our time is to be found in the failure
of nations to recognize the imperatives of internationalism. ……Earl Warren

Man is in fact nailed down, like Christ on the Cross,
to a grid of Paradoxes. …..Vaclav Havel

The Paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling,
as the one which exists only in the mind's eye. …..Shana Alexander

The place which may seem like the end,
may also be the beginning. …….Ivy Baker Priest