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Progress.

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good. -Calvin Coolidge.

Judgement.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat thosewho can do nothing for them or to them. -Malcolm Forbes.

Maturity !

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures forlong-term values. -Joshua L. Liebman

Living.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. -Norman MacFinan.

Go Gently.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. -Ralph W. Sockman.

Age...

Age, is a matter of the mind... If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Love.

Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart. -Charles Dickens.

How to Know a Man.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice how he acts when he loses money. -New England Proverb.

Keep Walking.

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. -Buddhist Proverb.

Courage.

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. -David Viscott.

Dream.

The Dream is not what you see in sleep, Dream is the thing which does not let you sleep. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

To calm the hunger.

If you want to calm the hunger of a man for a day, give him a fish. If you want to calm his hunger for life, teach him how to fish. -Chinese proverb.

Death.

Death comes to all. But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. -George Fabricius.

Measure of Man

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Miracle.

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought inour life, or in the life of another. -Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer.

Character Development.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Hellen Keller.

True Compassion

If we only practice compassion on the mind level, we run a great risk of our compassion being just talk. As we know, talk is cheap. To develop true compassion we have to put our money where our mouth is. -Gehlek Rinpoche.

Giving Up !

Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is whatmakes it permanent. -Marilyn vos Savant.