Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Lift The World Upward With Encouragement

We are the protagonists and authors of our own drama.
It is up to us; there is no one left to blame -- neither
the "system", not our leaders, nor our parents.
- Rebecca McClen Novick

Youth's for an hour,
beauty's a flower,
But love is the jewel
that wins the world.
- Moira O'Neill

The happy people are those who are producing something.
The bored people are those who are consuming much and
producing nothing.
- William Ralph Inge

Those who are lifting the world upward and onward
are those who encourage more than criticize.
- Elizabeth Harrison

Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns
them into prunes.
- Frank Lloyd Wright

It is only reason that teaches silence;
the heart teaches us to speak.
- Jean Paul Richter

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in
the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long
term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.
- Brian Tracy

To say "Well done!" to any bit of good work is to take hold
of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them
beyond our knowledge.
- Phillips Brooks