"Wise Words"

LEARN TO SERVE

"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 don’t have to know the second theory of thermo-dynamics to serve.
You only need a heart full of grace.
A soul generated by "love!"

Martin Luther King, Jnr

AN IRISH FRIENDSHIP WISH

May there always be work for your hands to do;
May your purse "always" hold a coin or two;
May the sun always shine on your windowpane;
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend always be near;
And may God fill your heart with gladness and cheer.

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PERSISTENCE

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
"Talent" will not;
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
"Genius" will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
"Education" will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan "Press On" has solved and always will solve
the problems of the human race.

Calvin Coolridge

EVERY MINUTE

"For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness!"

Ralph Waldo Emmerson

TRUTH

"He/She who speaks the truth, often needs a "fast" horse!"

Ancient Proverb

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THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. "
--Norman Vincent Peale

"He who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under a tree."
-- Sunshine Magazine

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."
-- Calvin Coolidge

"Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display--so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn't the holly, it isn't the snow. It isn't the tree not the firelight's glow. It's the warmth that comes to the hearts of men when the Christmas spirit returns again."
-- Unknown

"Somehow, not only for Christmas, but all the long year through, the joy that you give to others, is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing, the poor and lonely and sad, the more of your heart's possessing, returns to you glad."
-- John Greenleaf Whittier

"Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind."
-- Mary Ellen Chase

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."
-- Hamilton Wright Mabi

"Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years... Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart."
-- George Mathhew Adams

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DISCIPLINE

"For every disciplined effort, there are multiple rewards."

Jim Rohn

LOOK TO THE MOUNTAINTOP

"Whatever life's challenges you may face, remember always look to the mountaintop, for in doing so you look to greatness. Remember this and let
no problem, no matter how great it may seem, discourage you, nor let anything less than the mountaintop distract you."

Alfonso Ortiz

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