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Introduction
1 When you rule your mind, you rule your world—Bill Provost
2 Where there is no vision, the people perish—Proverbs 29:18
3 Love has the patience to endure the fault we cannot cure —J. Jelinek
4 There are more possibilities in the universe than one can imagine—Anonymous
5 As you give, so shall you receive—The Golden Rule (Matthew 7:12 and Luke 6:31)
1 Your life becomes what you think—Marcus Aurelius
2 Love given is love received—John M. Templeton
3 To be forgiven, one must first forgive—John M. Templeton
4 An attitude of gratitude creates blessings —John M. Templeton
5 You fear what you do not understand—Anonymous
1 Nothing can bring you peace but yourself —Ralph Waldo Emerson
2 Listen to learn—Alcoholics Anonymous
3 Wisdom is born of mistakes; confront error and learn —J. Jelinek
4 Humility leads to prayer as well as progress and brings you in tune with the Infinite—John M. Templeton
5 Failing to plan is planning to fail—Ben Franklin
1 Beautiful thoughts build a beautiful soul —John M. Templeton
2 Progress depends on diligence and perseverance —John M. Templeton
3 Love thy neighbor as thyself—Matthew 19:19
4 To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it —Confucius
5 Enthusiasm facilitates achievement—John M. Templeton
1 By giving you grow—John M. Templeton
2 Lost time is never found again—Ben Franklin
3 The family that prays together stays together —Common Saying
4 If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again —William Edward Hickson
5 It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness —Motto of the Christophers
1 It is better to love than be loved—St. Francis
2 Thanksgiving leads to having more to give thanks for —John M. Templeton
3 You cannot be lonely if you help the lonely —John M. Templeton
4 You are sought after if you reflect love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control —John M. Templeton
5 A smile breeds a smile—Ted Engstrom
1 Great heroes are humble—John M. Templeton
2 Agape given grows; agape hoarded dwindles —John M. Templeton
3 A measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere—John M. Templeton
4 What the mind can conceive, it may achieve —Anonymous
5 By prayer you receive spiritual energy—John M. Templeton
1 What appears to us as the impossible may be simply the untried —Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2 I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him —Booker T. Washington
3 Real success means not to remain satisfied with any limited goal —Seyyed Hossein Nasr
4 Enthusiasm is contagious—John M. Templeton
5 Small attempts repeated will complete any undertaking —Og Mandino
1 Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it—Ted Engstrom
2 The unexamined life is not worth living—Socrates
3 You are only as good as your word—John M. Templeton
4 Tithing often brings prosperity and honor —John M. Templeton
5 Self control wins the race—Anonymous
1 Freedom is a fact of life—Anonymous
2 By asserting our will, many a closed door will open before us —Seyyed Hossein Nasr
3 Count your blessings and you will have an attitude of gratitude —John M. Templeton
4 We learn more by welcoming criticism than by rendering judgment —J. Jelinek
5 Ask not what you can expect from life; ask what life expects from you —Viktor Frankel
1 You find what you look for: good or evil, problems or solutions —John M. Templeton
2 Every ending is a new beginning—Susan Hayward
3 The only way to have a friend is to be a friend —Ralph Waldo Emerson
4 Man is what he believes—Anton Chekhov
5 Our quantity of spiritual knowledge is smaller than Ptolemy’s knowledge of astronomy—John M. Templeton
1 Helpfulness, not willfulness, brings rewards—Anonymous
2 Birds of a feather flock together—Robert Burton
3 Crime doesn’t pay—Anonymous
4 You can make opposition work for you—Anonymous
5 No one knows what he can do until he tries —Publilius Syrus
1 ‘Tis the part of the wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket —Miguel de Cervantes
2 Thoughts are things—Charles Fillmore
3 As within, so without—Hermetic principle
4 Thanksgiving, not complaining, attracts people to you —John M. Templeton
5 Perseverance makes the difference between success and defeat —Anonymous
1 The secret of a productive life can be sought and found —John M. Templeton
2 Happiness is always a by-product—John M. Templeton
3 The way to mend the bad world is to create the right world —Ralph Waldo Emerson
4 It is better to praise than to criticize—John M. Templeton
5 Laughter is the best medicine—Norman Cousins
1 Humility, like darkness, reveals the heavenly light —Henry David Thoreau
2 Use wisely your power of choice—Og Mandino
3 If you do not know what you want to achieve with your life, you may not achieve much—John M. Templeton
4 More is wrought by prayer than this world dreams of —Alfred Lord Tennyson
5 Everything and everyone around you is your teacher —Ken Keyes
1 Hitch your wagon to a star!—Ralph Waldo Emerson
2 The price of greatness is responsibility—Winston Churchill
3 Good words are worth much and cost little —George Herbert
4 You can never solve a problem on the same level as the problem —Emmet Fox
5 Happy relationships depend not on finding the right person, but on being the right person—Eric Butterworth
1 We receive freely when we give freely—Anonymous
2 The truth will make you free—John 8:32
3 If you would find gold, you must search where gold is —William Juneau
4 Habit is the best of servants, the worst of masters—J. Jelinek
5 You cannot discover new oceans until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore—Anonymous
1 No one’s education is ever complete—John M. Templeton
2 Accentuate theo positive; eliminate the negative —Johnny Mercer
3 Forgiving upliftsh the forgiver—John M. Templeton
4 The lightf of understanding dissolves the phantom of fear —Ellie Harold
5 Only oneh thing is more powerful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience! —John M. Templeton
1 Make yourselfe necessary to the world and mankind will give you bread—Ralph Waldo Emerson
2 Happiness comesr from spiritual wealth, not material wealth —John M. Templeton
3 Thoughts heldn in mind produce after their kind —Charles Fillmore
4 Progress requiresh change—John M. Templeton
5 Fortune knockst at the door of those who are prepared —Anonymous
1 A goode reputation is more valuable than money —Publilius Syrus
2 To errs is human, to forgive is divine—Alexander Pope
3 Never don anything that you’ll have to punish yourself for —Anonymous
4 Reverse the word evil and you have the word live —Phinius P. Quimby
5 He who has a “why” for which to live, can bear with almost any “how”—Friedrich Nietzsche
1 All that we are is the result of what we have thought —Buddha
2 Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled —Wentworth Roscommon
3 You have the most powerful weapons on earth—love and prayer —John M. Templeton
4 Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent—Eleanor Roosevelt
5 No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave —Calvin Coolidge
1 Material progress needs entrepreneurs —John M. Templeton
2 As you are active in blessing others, they find their burdens easier to bear—John M. Templeton
3 Expect the best and your positive outlook opens the door to opportunity—John M. Templeton
4 When anger reigns, negative consequences occur —Charles D. Lelly
5 The wise person looks within his heart and finds eternal peace —Hindu proverb
1 Preparedness is a step to success—John M. Templeton
2 You are on the road to success if you realize that failure is only a detour—Corrie Ten Boom
3 Thanksgiving leads to giving and forgiving, and to spiritual growth —John M. Templeton
4 There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer —Emmet Fox
5 Self-control leads to success—John M. Templeton
1 Your thoughts are like boomerangs—Eileen Caddy
2 You make yourself and others suffer just as much when you take offense as when you give offense—Ken Keyes
3 Little things mean a lot—Edith Linderman
4 To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have—Ken Keyes
5 Honesty is the best policy—Miguel de Cervantes
1 Your prayers can be answered by “Yes,” but also by “No,” and by “alternatives”—Ruth Stafford Peale
2 Healthy minds tend to cause healthy bodies, and vice versa —John M. Templeton
3 Outward beauty is transient, but inner beauty lasting —Seyyed Hossein Nasr
4 A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes —Anonymous
5 Help yourself by helping others—John M. Templeton
1 You create your own reality—Jane Roberts
2 A task takes as long as there is time to do it —Parkinson’s Law
3 Often, a pat on the back works better than a kick in the pants —William Juneau
4 Give credit and help to all who have helped you —John M. Templeton
5 Thoughts can crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstance—Anonymous
1 You can build your own heaven or hell on earth—John M. Templeton
2 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger —Proverbs 15:1
3 The pen is mightier than the sword—E. G. Bulwer-Lytton
4 Worry achieves nothing and wastes valuable time —John M. Templeton
5 The greatness is not in me; I am in the greatness —Anonymous
1 Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone—Ella Wheeler Wilcox
2 If nothing is ventured, nothing is gained —Sir John Heywood
3 Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom —Thomas Jefferson
4 A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame others—Ted Engstrom
5 A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder —Eileen Caddy
1 Joy provides assurance; envy brings loneliness —John M. Templeton
2 All sunshine makes a desert—Oriental Proverb
3 Whether you think you can or not, you are right —Henry Ford
4 The mind can make a heaven into a hell, or a hell into a heaven —John Milton
5 No man is free who is not master of himself—Epictetus
1 It is by forgetting self that one finds self—St. Francis
2 Leave no stone unturned—Euripides
3 What we focus on expands—Arnold Patent
4 As you think, so you are—Charles Fillmore
5 You choose the path you want to walk down —John M. Templeton
1 Destructive language tends to produce destructive results —John M. Templeton
2 Success feeds on itself and creates more success —John M. Templeton
3 Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today —Lord Chesterfield
4 Nothing is interesting if you are not interested —John M. Templeton
5 What is done is done—William Shakespeare
1 We can become bitter or better as a result of our experiences —Eric Butterworth
2 Joy is not in things, but is in you—John M. Templeton
3 Misfortunes can be blessings—John M. Templeton
4 Happiness pursued, eludes; happiness given, returns —John M. Templeton
5 Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure —Brian Adams
1 By their fruits, you shall know them—Matthew 7:16
2 Optimism has its roots in the abiding goodness —Anonymous
3 If you think you know it all, you are less likely to learn more —John M. Templeton
4 We carry within us the wonders that we seek without us —Eric Butterworth
5 The shadow of ignorance is fear—J. Jelinek
1 You’re either part of the problem or part of the solution —Eldridge Cleaver
2 A loving person lives in a loving world—Ken Keyes
3 The borrower is a servant to the lender—Proverbs 22:57
4 Whatever you have, you must use it or lose it—Henry Ford
5 It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice —John M. Templeton
1 Those who seldom make mistakes seldom make discoveries —John M. Templeton
2 The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he would never be found out—Thomas Macaulay
3 Change your mind to change your life —John M. Templeton
4 Progress and growth are impossible if you always do things the way you’ve always done things—Wayne Dyer
5 It is more blessed to give than to receive—Acts 20:35
1 Holding onto grievances is a decision to suffer —Gerald Jampolsky
2 The seven deadly sins are pride, lust, sloth, envy, anger, covetousness, and gluttony—St. Gregory
3 Appearances are often deceiving—Aesop
4 Zeal is the inward fire of the soul that urges you onward toward your goal—Charles Fillmore
5 Minds are like parachutes—they only function when they are open—Dick Sutphen
1 You are more defined by what comes out of your mouth than by what goes in—Anonymous
2 The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step —Lao Tzu
3 The dark of night is not the end of the world—Anonymous
4 Love conquers all things—Virgil
5 Count your blessings every day and they will grow and multiply like well-tended plants—William Juneau
1 You never really lose until you stop trying—Mike Ditka
2 Everyone should keep in reserve an alternate plan for livelihood—John M. Templeton
3 If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep walking—Buddhist proverb
4 The unknown is not unknowable and is vastly greater than the known—John M. Templeton
5 Forgiveness benefits both the giver and the receiver —John M. Templeton
1 Humility opens the door to progress —John M. Templeton
2 Your dreams can come true when you activate them —John M. Templeton
3 Work is love made visible—Kahlil Gibran
4 For every effect, there is a cause—Hermetic Principle
5 Those who do good do well—John M. Templeton
1 Focus on where you want to go instead of where you have been —John M. Templeton
2 You get back what you give out—John M. Templeton
3 Thanksgiving opens the door to spiritual growth —John M. Templeton
4 The more love we give, the more love we have left —John M. Templeton
5 Every useful life is a ministry—John M. Templeton
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