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All posts tagged with “Today's Encouragement.”
Today's Encouragement: Many of life's failures ...
08/20/24 at 03:00 AMMany of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ~ Thomas Edison
Today's Encouragement: When tempted to fight fire with fire ...
08/19/24 at 03:00 AMWhen tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that firefighters usually use water. ~ Unknown
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08/18/24 at 03:40 AMJust one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. ~Dalai Lama
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08/17/24 at 03:50 AMThe mountains are calling, and I must go. ~John Muir
Today's Encouragement: Back to school continued - Let us remember ...
08/16/24 at 03:00 AM"Back to school" continued ... Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. ~ Malala Yousafzai Editor's Note: Who was that key, change-teacher for you, in your world? If still living, reach out and voice your thanks! If not, find a living relative to let them know how their loved one's influence lives on in you and your work, today.
Today's Encouragement: Back to school ...
08/15/24 at 03:00 AMFor all back-to-school parents, grandparents, and more: You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. ~ Dr. Seuss, Oh the Place You'll Go!
Today's Encouragement: Endings matter ...
08/14/24 at 03:00 AMEndings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind. ~ Atul Gawande, in Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Today's Encouragement: You don't have to be great ...
08/13/24 at 03:00 AMYou don't have to be great to start. But you have to start to BE GREAT!
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08/12/24 at 03:00 AMTime zones were created for people much smarter than me…
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08/11/24 at 03:00 AMThe trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed secures your life also against being opened up and transformed. ~Frederick Buechner, The Sacred Journey
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08/10/24 at 03:00 AMSometimes I look back on my life and I am seriously impressed I am still alive.
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08/09/24 at 03:00 AMPassion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal. ~Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player and three-time gold medalist
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08/08/24 at 03:00 AMAre you going to stand or are you going to crumble? In the face of everything, stand still. ~Gabby Douglas, American gymnast and three-time gold medalist
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08/07/24 at 03:00 AMWithout passion, you won’t do something 100%. That’s the bottom line. ~Apolo Ohno, American speed skater and eight-time medalist
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08/06/24 at 03:00 AMWinning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before. ~Bonnie Blair, American speed skater and five-time gold medalist
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08/05/24 at 03:00 AMPickleball is a lot like life. The one who serves the most usually wins...
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08/04/24 at 03:00 AMNever rob your character to enrich your pocket. ~James Lendall Basford, Seven Seventy Seven Sensations, 1897
Today's Encouragement: If you want to be the best ...
08/02/24 at 03:00 AMIf you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do. ~ Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, the most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Click here for his post-Olympic Foundation, with its vision "to save lives and help build healthier families."
Today's Encouragement: When you first get a hill in sight ...
08/01/24 at 03:00 AMWhen you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side. ~ Florence Griffeth Joyner, also known as Flo-Jo, Olympic runner 1984 and 1988, in Time's 2020 list of the most influential women of the past century.
Today's Encouragement: I'd rather regret the risks ...
07/31/24 at 03:00 AMI'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all. ~ Simone Biles, Olympic medalist, gymnastics, 2016, 2021, 2024
Today's Encouragement: from Celine Dion
07/30/24 at 03:00 AMLife imposes things on you that you can't control, but you still have the choice of how you're going to live through this. ~ Céline Dion, returned to the world stage Friday at the 2024 Paris Olympics' opening ceremony, and the gravity of the moment was not lost on her.
Today's Encouragement: Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning ...
07/29/24 at 03:00 AMPassion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal. ~ Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player and three-time gold medalist
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07/28/24 at 03:00 AMSomeday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying. He said, “I was finally the husband, that most the time I wasn’t. And I became a friend a friend would like to have…” ~Tim McGraw, Live Like You Were Dying