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#1. I tell people that I'm not necessarily any good, it's just that there is nobody like me. I just promise you will not be bored.

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#2. Times of calamity and distress have always been producers of the greatest men. The hardest steel is produced from the hottest fire; the brightest star shreds the darkest night.

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#3. After all, the seeds of depression cannot take root in a grateful heart.

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#4. My smile has become my calling card. It is, after all, the most potent weapon I possess.

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#5. A life filled with opportunities and encouragement finds more and more opportunities and encouragement, and success becomes inevitable.

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#6. The most dangerous thing any nation faces is a citizenry capable of trusting a liar to lead them.

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#7. The culture you live in today is the culture you have allowed. That is true of your family, and it is true of your country.
Never forget that you will shape the culture in which you exist, or the culture you allow will determine how and - maybe someday - if you are allowed to exist.

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#8. We begin to forgive by choosing to forgive ... by deciding, not by feeling. Our feelings don't lead us to forgive. Most times, our feelings lead us the other way. That's why a person has to decide to forgive first. Our feelings always follow along behind our decisions.

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#9. Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.

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#10. It's time to stop letting your history control your destiny.

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#11. Most people think it takes a long time to change. It doesn't. Change is immediate! Instantaneous! It may take a long time to decide to change ... but change happens in a heartbeat!

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#12. Be kind to yourself and congratulate yourself for small success.A small step cover a big distance-enjoy the journey of life.

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#13. If, in fact, it is what's inside us that makes all the difference, then the difference is made when we choose what goes inside." ~ The Traveler's Gift

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#14. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape.

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#15. The difference in the past and history is that the past is set in stone history is just an account from the guy with the strongest axe

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#16. I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all.

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#17. I was not called to be a preacher. I am a speaker who is a Christian. I'm not a Christian speaker.

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#18. I believe persistence is a major key to success in any great endeavor. I want to remind folks to PERSIST in whatever they are tackling at the moment!

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#19. Everybody wants to make a difference, but nobody wants to be different. And you simply cannot have one without the other.

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#20. I just think it's amazing that a person could lose everything, chasing nothing.

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#21. Then the old man's face hardened. "What about you young man?" he asked flatly. "Would you like to get what you deserve?" Jones let that question hang in the air for a moment, then sighed, shook his head, and said "Me? I surely don't want what I deserve. I'm hoping for mercy, not justice.

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#22. While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.

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#23. People who other people value get job offers, they get opportunities, and they get encouragement all because they are valued.

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#24. A wise man will cultivate a servant's spirit, for that particular attribute attracts people like no other. As I humbly serve others, their wisdom will be freely shared with me. Often, the person who develops a servant's spirit becomes wealthy beyond measure.

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#25. Only true remorse and "Will you forgive me?" can press the reset button.

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#26. In times of adversity, you don't have a problem to deal with; you have a choice to make.

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#27. People tend to read books about a guy who goes back in time or a guy who is living under a pier.

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#28. Jesus is Jesus. So, I'm not sure I'd get into the business of making somebody into Jesus. That's just me.

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#29. Even a small amount of perspective can change our lives. Because even the smallest amount of perspective can change how we are able to navigate hard times.

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#30. I have faith in my future. I do not look left or right. I look forward. I can only persist.

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#31. Ask yourself this question everyday: What is it about me that other people would change if they could?

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#32. Most people equate value with money, and money does have value. But the highest value-the most important value-is the value you create with your life and how you use it for others.

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#33. When I choose to smile I become the master of my emotions.

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#34. First we make a choice. Then our choices make us.

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#35. Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success.

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#36. Most people live under the misconception that it takes a long time to change. This is not true. It can take a long time to prepare to change or to decide to change or even to want to change. Change itself, however, happens in a heartbeat.

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#37. You read, and the things you listen to or watch on radio or television. Of

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#38. Poor is the man whose future depends on the opinions and permission of others. Remember this, if you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing!

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#39. While it is true that most people never see or understand the difference they make, or sometimes only imagine their actions having a tiny effect, every single action a person takes has far-reaching consequences.

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#40. Everything you do matters. Every move you make, every action you take ... matters. Not just to you, or your family, or your business or hometown. Everything you do matters to all of us forever.

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#41. Failure exists only for the person who quits. I do not quit.

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#42. I now know that criticism is part of the price paid for leaping past mediocrity.

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#43. Truth is like a wild animal; let it loose and it will defend itself!

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#44. Historians have determined that had Chamberlain not charged that day, the rebels would have won at Gettysburg.

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#45. How would you create a fortune?' and the first step would be to serve others. I would put myself in a position, by serving others, to be around people who could help me, guide me, and share their wisdom and experience with me.

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#46. I am not a "Christian author." I am an author who is a Christian. While my books reflect my faith, they are not intended as teaching tools for a Christian audience per se. My books are stories created around principles that work for everyone and they work every time.

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#47. He who serves the most grows the fastest. I

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#48. Character, not circumstance, make a man.

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#49. Your time on this earth is a gift to be used wisely. Don't squander your words or your thoughts. Consider that even the simplest actions you take for your lives matter beyond measure ... and they matter forever.

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#50. I'm not saying find someone and ask them if you can mow their grass for ten dollars. I'm saying find weeds that need pulling and pull them.

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#51. Are you smiling when you talk? Try it today, and I guarantee you will notice a difference in your life.

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#52. This was getting out of control. I was about to back out of the room when

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#53. Most people spend so much time fearing the things that are never going to happen or can't be controlled that they have no energy to deal with the few things they can actually handle.

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#54. When you put emphasis on compromise rather than on principle, you end up with 2/3 of the principles being implemented.

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#55. I had always been able to make people laugh in school, so I really developed that and worked on it and I got pretty good at it and it turned into a career.

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#56. When people have something proven to them, and they see that it really benefits them, they don't have to be looking for a change or be at rock bottom. When they see something proven that is of benefit to them, they'll turn around 180 degrees and never look back.

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#57. If you do not want an average life, you must be on guard against, and quietly suspicious of, conclusions made by conventional thinking.

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#58. Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And the only sure way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and be nothing.

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#59. getting ahead of me, but that is correct. Say it

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#60. All people - all lives - are either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed for a crisis.

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#61. Life is like a game of Monopoly. You may own hotels on Boardwalk or you may be renting on Baltic Avenue. But in the end, it all goes back in the box. The next generation will be getting out all your stuff and playing with it or fighting over it.

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#62. No matter how long it takes or how desperately a person battles or denies, the truth always-always-makes itself known.

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#63. My life - my personality, my habits, even my speech - is a combination of the books I choose to read, the people I choose to listen to, and the thoughts I choose to tolerate in my mind

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#64. By your hand the people shall live

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#65. We can't stay here. When I am faced with the choice of doing nothing or doing something, I will always choose to act.

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#66. To be great at whatever it is that you do, it's going to take some discipline to separate yourself from the average.

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#67. It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy.

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#68. When faced with a decision, many people say they are waiting for God. But I understand, in most cases, God is waiting for me.

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#69. I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice.

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#70. I will not waste time on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement.

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#71. It isn't until you forgive what's in the past that you'll be able to receive the gift of the present

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#72. He did, however, put in me the ability to make a decision and then make it right.

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#73. Those who are critical of my goals and dreams simply do not understand the higher purpose to which I have been called.

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#74. Learning's purest form," Jones replied, "is realized by the individual who continues a quest beyond the classroom, fueled by a passion to discern wisdom. Wisdom - genuine truth - holds the key to refining one's thinking.

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#75. As children, we were afraid of the dark. Now as adults, we are afraid of the light. We are afraid to step out. We are afraid to become more.

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#76. God moves mountains to create the opportunity of His choosing. It is up to you to be ready to move yourself.

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#77. What I'm doing when I'm doing my speaking engagements is that I'm delivering serious material with humor. So, instead of delivering humor without a particular point other than to entertain people, I'm delivering comedy in a serious way.

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#78. The very beating of your heart has meaning and purpose. Your actions have value far greater than silver or gold.

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#79. Life itself is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest- well, that is a choice.

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#80. If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs. If I associate with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights. I am an eagle. It is my destiny to fly.

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#81. Things: your perspective or beliefs about yourself, and a quality we can call "like-ability." Like-ability can be defined as the ability to build rapport so that others listen to you. We listen to the people we like.

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#82. Until a person takes responsibility for where he is, there is no basis for moving on. The bad news is that the past was in your hands, but the good news is that the future, my friend, is also in your hands.

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#83. You are where you are because of your thinking. Your thinking dictates your decisions. Decisions are choices.

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#84. One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present. That ability can give you a completely different perspective on what the future might look like.

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#85. Wisdom is what separates average people from extraordinary people.

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#86. Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults.

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#87. The way a person thinks is the key to everything that follows -- good or bad, success or failure. A person's thinking -- the way he thinks -- is the foundation structure upon which a life is built. Thinking guides decisions. Thinking -- how a person thinks -- determines every choice.

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#88. People who are labeled as disrespectful do not get the same opportunities afforded to those who are labeled as respectful.

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#89. There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.

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#90. Always remember: science first!

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#91. What is it about me that other people would change if they could? He

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#92. We think in our society today that the way people change is that they have to have a deep desire to change or that the way they change is they have to hit rock bottom. But neither of those things is true.

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#93. When you don't know what to do, do something. I know you don't know what to do and I know you can't do everything right now, but you can do something.

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#94. To avoid regret, you do and say and express every good thing you can possibly do and say and express to those you love. 'Cause you're going to find there isn't always time to whisper good-bye.

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#95. I guarantee you there is someone in your life that deserves more appreciation. Who is it? Find that person and let them know!

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#96. The words It's not my fault! should never again come from your mouth. The words It's not my fault! have been symbolically written on the gravestones of unsuccessful people ever since Eve took her first bite of the apple.

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#97. There was a difference between a German and a Nazi," Mr. Newman stated. "The Kriegsmarine had a lot of Germans ... not so many Nazis.

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#98. Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, you can unlock the secrets to what made them great.

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#99. The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that, at the moment, don't seem like a big deal.

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#100. We're not trying to raise good kids. We're trying to raise kids who become great adults. That's a very different thing. We all know parents who had kids that when they turned 18 left the house and went nuts.

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