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Thought-of-the-Day
November 2016 Archive

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DATE THOUGHT OF THE DAY
11/01/16"I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built." - George Washington
11/02/16"The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly." - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
11/03/16"Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value." - Albert Einstein
11/04/16"Who, being loved, is poor?" - Oscar Wilde
11/05/16"Mistakes should be examined, learned from, and discarded; not dwelled upon and stored." - Tim Fargo
11/06/16"Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand." - Emily Kimbrough
11/07/16"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse." - Florence Nightingale
11/08/16"Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters." - Abraham Lincoln
11/09/16"The lesson will always repeat itself, unless you see yourself as the problem -- not others." - Shannon Alder
11/10/16"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." - G.K. Chesterton
11/11/16"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell from The Power of Myth
11/12/16"Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people." - William Butler Yeats
11/13/16"Change has to come for life to struggle forward." - Helen Hollick
11/14/16"You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes." - John Wooden
11/15/16"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light." - Albert Schweitzer
11/16/16"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anais Nin
11/17/16"Life is about making an impact, not making an income." - Kevin Kruse
11/18/16"In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these." - Paul Harvey
11/19/16"Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness." - James Thurber
11/20/16"Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards." - Anonymous
11/21/16"Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon." - Susan Ertz
11/22/16"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank
11/23/16"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens." - Carl Jung
11/24/16"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues." - Cicero
11/25/16"He who angers you conquers you." - Elizabeth Kenny
11/26/16"In most cases the best outcome will happen if government gets out of the way and lets people pursue their own needs, interests and pleasures." - Adam Smith
11/27/16"Non nobis solum nati sumus. (We are not born for ourselves alone)." - Marcus Tullius Cicero
11/28/16"One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised." - Chinua Achebe
11/29/16"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out." - Stephen R. Covey
11/30/16"Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." - Samuel Butler


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