Tom Walsh Quotes

#1. For today, i'll hold on to my dreams and respect them.

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#2. We must trust that what we're doing has a purpose. We must realize that we're not here to make kids conform or perform, but that we're here to help them to develop their own unique skills and talents, not the ones we want them to have or the ones we think they should have.

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#3. It is well said that we're just borrowing this planet from our children - and what kind of condition are we going to return it in when we pass on?

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#4. Today, I am glad that I'm me - I'm glad that I was born who I am, that I've learned what I've learned, and that I've become who I am. I am happy and grateful for my life, and I shall not waste time comparing it with the lives of others, for I am I, and I am very glad of that fact!

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#5. Hurry is a thief, pure and simple. And sometimes when we complain about the absence of certain things in our lives, we really aren't missing those things at all - rather, we just don't notice them when they're there because we fly right by them on our way to something else.

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#6. One must learn by doing the thing; though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. -Sophocles

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#7. Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are.

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#8. Just for today, i'll try to maintain a positive perspective, no matter what the situation ...

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#9. Just for today, i'll do something nice for someone who's not expecting it.

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#10. The world never lacks beauty. We sometimes lack the awareness necessary to notice and appreciate it.

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#11. Day Thirty-five just for today, i'll remember that kind words accomplish much more than harsh words.

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#12. Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness, and understanding you can muster, and do so with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. Og Mandino

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#13. But no matter how life looks at the moment, if we trust that it looks this way for a reason that will help us and others in the future, we can deal with this moment with a much stronger sense of purpose and acceptance.

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