FORGIVENESS

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart . . . Forgiveness saves expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. Hannah Mor

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honore de Balzac

To err is human, to forgive, divine. Alexander Pope

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. Josh Billings

As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind. Isabelle Holland

EXERCISE

Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states. Carol Welch

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs. Joan Welsh

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. Edward Stanley

If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all. Joey Adams

I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing. Marsha Doble

LAUGHTER!

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.
James M. Barrie

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either. Wayne Dyer

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. Victor Borge

You don't stop laughing because grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. Michael Pritchard

Humor helps us to think out of the box. The average child laughs about 400 times per day, the average adult laughs only 15 times per day. What happened to the other 385 laughs? USA Today

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. EE Cummings

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything --even poverty--you can survive it. Bill Cosby

Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused. Anonymous

A good laugh is sunshine in the house. William Makepeace Thackeray

He who laughs, lasts. Mary Pettibone Poole

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful. Bob Hope

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself. Charles Schultz

Seven days without laughter makes one weak. Joel Goodman

The two best physicians of them all - Dr Laughter and Dr Sleep. Gregory Dean Jr

In case you ever run out of gift ideas, here's a little tip: give me your laugh. Whether it's mischievous, tender, loud, or quiet, simply give me a laugh from your heart. Your laughter brings me never-ending joy. Helmut Walch

If its sanity you are after there is no recipe like laughter. Henry Elliot

If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. Erma Bombeck

You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself. Ethel Barrymore

Laughter is a highly addictive, positive, contagious: if somebody starts, it's very difficult to stop. Robert Holden

The head thinks, the hands labor, but it's the heart that laughs. Liz Curtis Higgs

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. Mark Twain

Laughter is the best medicine! Unknown

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. William A. Ward

You cannot hold back a good laugh any more than you can the tide. Both are forces of nature. William Rotsler

The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain

Laughter is an instant vacation! Milton Berle

Laughter is part of the human survival kit. David Nathan

Laughter is the best way to make somebody's heart beat. Robert Holden

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PLAY

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Plato

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. Heraclitus

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. George Bernard Shaw

Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold. Joseph Chilton Pearce

Play is not always an activity. It is a state of mind! Anonymous

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. John Bay

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. Carl Jung

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father. Roger von Oech

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DREAM

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. John Updike

You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. Richard Bach

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt

If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way. Lance Armstrong

May the most you wish for be the least you get. Irish toast

May you get all your wishes but one; So you will always have something to strive for! Irish toast

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion

If you always do what you always did - you'll always get what you always got! Unknown.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Charles Kingsley

 

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SING

The bird of joy that “perches in the soul” never stops singing – we just stop listening. Charlotte Davis Kasl

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops, at all. Emily Dickison

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INSPIRE

If you're going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. Colin Powell

The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficult. Winston Churchill

If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be. Yogi Berra

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FRIENDSHIP

Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship to formula. Laughter and love, pain and loneliness, the challenge of beauty and truth: these will always surpass the scientific mastery of nature. Louis Orr (speech to the American Medical Association, 6/6/60)

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself. Isaac Bashevis Singer

Never lose a chance to say a kind word. William Makepeace Thackeray

Look to be treated by others as you have treated others. Publilius Syrus

Never have a companion who casts you in the shade. Baltasar Gracian

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain

Power is the ability to do good things for others. Brooke Astor

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. Unknown

A friend is a present you give yourself. Robert Louis Stevenson

The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. Eleanor Roosevelt

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain

The fragrance always remains on the hand that gives the rose. Gandhi

May you be poor in misfortune,
Rich in blessings,
Slow to make enemies,
And quick to make friends. Irish toast

Value friendship for what there is in it, not for what can be gotten out of it. H.Clay Trumbull

If someone listens, or stretches out a hand or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen. Loretta Girzartis

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves. Lydia M. Child

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HAPPINESS

Some pursue happiness, others create it. Anonymous

A well-spent day brings happy sleep. Leonardo da Vinci

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. Ashley Montagu

Happiness is not a state to arrive at - but a manner of traveling. Margaret Lee Runbeck

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down. Beverly Sills

It is never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy. Jane Fonda

All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin. Lord Byron

Happiness is a warm puppy. Charles Schulz

Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other. - Brian Tracy

To be happy, drop the words if only and substitute instead the words next time. Smiley Blanton, M.D.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness. Bertrand Russell

Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank

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SMILE

Too often we under estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Leo Buscaglia

It takes seventeen muscles to smile and fourty three to frown. Saying

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LEAD

Prepare for joy – speak your truth, care for yourself, expand your knowledge, nurture your friendships, let people love you, take on new adventures, go where your heart leads you. Charlotte Davis Kasl

Act on your desire to be a true leader by being as quietly effective as possible. Catch someone doing something right! Wayne W. Dyer

Infinite patience produces immediate results. Wayne W. Dyer

To help yourself make a decision, flip a coin. It’s not where it lands that matters – it’s how you feel about it. Now you know what you really want! Chef Cheryl

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PERSPECTIVE / CHOOSE YOUR ATTITUDE

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. William James

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, openly different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin

Let us go singing as far as we go; the road will be less tedious. Virgil

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. Amy Tan

A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative. submitted by P.Katz

The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere. Ralph Waldo Emerson

A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. Unknown

It has been estimated that the average person has sixty thousand separate thoughts each and every day. The problem with this is that we have the same sixty thousand thoughts today that we had yesterday, and we’ll repeat them again tomorrow. Wayne W. Dyer

Men are disturbed not by things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen. Epictetus

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. Ziggy

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. Henry Ford

Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. Denis Waitley

A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day. Anonymous

Your day goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. Anonymous

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FOREVER YOUNG

To Age! To Age! Why does one care?
As the wrinkles grow longer gray
graces your hair.
Life should be simple because when push comes to shove,
The only one counting is the Good Lord above! Irish Toast

Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. Wall Stress Journal

Never too old to learn. Latin proverb

It is never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot

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SIMPLIFY

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe. Unknown

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LOVE

Love your life. Henry David Thoreau

There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. Mother Teresa

It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart. Anonymous

We are most alive when we're in love. John Updike, author

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LOVE YOURSELF

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost. Martha Graham

Be a friend to yourself and others will. Scottish Proverb

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt

An individual's self concept is the core of his personality. If affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change, the choice of friends, mates, and careers. It is no exaggeration to say that a strong, positive self-image is the nest possible preparation for success in life. Dr. Joyce Brothers

The delights of self-discovery are always available. Gail Sheehy

Until you make peace with who you are, you will never be content with what you have. Doris Mortman

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. Sophia Loren

Remind yourself daily that you are a divine creation and entitled to be treated lovingly by others, as well as by yourself. Wayne W. Dyer

Beauty comes in all sizes — not just size 5. Roseanne

I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect 'cause I like me....I think I'm kind of cool. Whoopi Goldbert

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LOOK AHEAD

A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there. H. Stanley Judd

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. James Hillman

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor

Fear . is forward. No one is afraid of yesterday. Renata Adler

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly. Oprah Winfrey

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SHINE

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It’s what sunflowers do. Helen Keller

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LIVE

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin. Grace Hansen

Life itself is the proper binge. Julia Child

Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favour. Robert Frost (1874-1963)

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas Alva Edison

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. Henry David Thoreau

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now! Joan Baez

May you live all the days of your life. Jonathon Swift

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined! Henry David Thoreau

Life is full of things you don't think you can do until you do them! Unknown

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FEEL

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Carl W. Buechner

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CHANGE

The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you refuse to take the turn. Anon

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. English Proverb

Man's mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. Pauline Kezer

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BE THANKFUL

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein

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KINDNESS

If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you? Unknown

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. William Hazlitt
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Theresa

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. Sally Koch

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DO IT YOUR WAY

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out what he has to do. Goethe

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

Too often we jump to the conclusion that something is impossible simply because we cannot see the solution…..No one knows enough to be a pessimist. Wayne W Dyer

Learn to cultivate your own garden. Voltaire

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TAKING CARE

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
Josh Billings

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. Arabian Proverb

The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around.... Throughout history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing. Larry Dossey

Time is what we want most, but... what we use worst. William Penn

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. E.F. Schumacker

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo DaVinci

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. Edwin Way Teale

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. Thomas Szasz, "Personal Conduct," The Second Sin, 1973

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. Lucille Ball

Take the time to come home to yourself every day. Robin Casarjean

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen carefully. Littlefoot's mother, Land Before Time