“You’ve got to win in your mind before you win in your life.” –
John Addison

“The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.” –
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is  in the small decisions you and I make every day that make our destiny.” –
Anthony Robbins

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” -
Denis Waitley

“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to  the things you want to see happen.” –
Frank Lloyd Wright

“Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.” –
Booker T. Washington

“You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn’t right. We all start with all there is. It’s how we use it that makes things possible.” –
Henry Ford

“You can do it if you believe you can.” –
Napoleon Hill

“The meaning of life is to give life meaning.” -
Ken Hudgins

“Until   you  make   peace  with   who   you   are,   you’ll   never   be   content   with  what  you have.” -
Doris Mortman

“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.” -
Lyndon B. Johnson

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“Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill.” – Zig Ziglar

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and  convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King.

“Commitment   is   that   turning point   in your   life when you seize  the moment  and convert it into an opportunity to alter your destiny.” – Denis Waitley

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” – Stephen Covey

“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.” – Zig Ziglar

“A dream is a wish your heart makes.” – Walt Disney

“Where like is, there God is also.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“When we look for the excellent in others, we learn the best in ourselves.” – Martin Walsh

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The magnitude of our social problems will require that all citizens and institutions make a commitment to volunteering as a way of life and as a primary opportunity make needed change.— George Romney, former Michigan governor

We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give. —Winston Churchill

How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving. — James Cash Penny

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. — Booker T. Washington

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. — Henrik Ibsen, poet and playwright

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfull, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. — Margaret Mead, anthropologist

Everyone can be fantastic because anyone can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t even have to make your subject and and your verb agree to serve… You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by like. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

You cannot help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself. — General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. — Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl

There is no better investment of time and money that in the life of a child. They are the future. — Alma Powell

Seek to do excellent, and you will find that happiness will run after you. — James Freeman Clarke

No man can become rich without himself enriching others. — Andrew Carnegie

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life- the children; those who are in the twilight of life- the elderly; and those who are in the shadow of life-the sick, the needy and the handicapped. — Hubert Humphrey

We can do no fantastic things, only small things with fantastic like. — Mother Theresa

There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through sharing together, praying together, suffering together and working together. — Mother Theresa

Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain like for one another. —Erma Bombeck

The miracle is this – the more we share, the more we have. — Leonard Nimoy

It is one of the most gorgeous compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Volunteering makes a national character in which the community and the nation take on a spirit of compassion, comradeship and confidence. — Brian O’Connell Never before has man had such a fantastic capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world. — President John F. Kennedy

Citizen service is the very American thought that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a right community, with all of us working together. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed sense of obligation, a new sense of duty, a new season of service…— former President Bill Clinton

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“The best and most gorgeous things in this world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller

“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start
each day by affirming peaceful, contented and pleased attitudes and your days will
tend to be pleasant and successful.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton

“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.” – Henrik Ibsen

“Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.” – Robert Half

“The way to choose happiness is to follow what is right and real and the truth for you.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe,
your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing there is a solution paves the way to a
solution.” – Dr. David Schwartz

“The secret  of  success  is  to be ready when your opportunity comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli

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“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey

“People know you for what you’ve done, not for what you plot to do.” – Unknown Author

“There are two fantastic days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we learn why.” – William Barclay

“Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life.” – Billy Mills

“Be yourself. The world worships the original.” – Ingrid Bergman

“There   is  only  one   success,   to  be  able   to   spend   your   life   in  your  own way.”   – Christopher Morley

“We will either find a way, or make one!” – Hannibal

“Who has  never   tasted what   is  bitter  does  not   know what   is   sweet.”   -  German Proverb

“They can because they reckon they can.” – Virgil

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The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress.
Hubert de Givenchy

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.
George Santayana

Today, fashion is really about sensuality-how a woman feels on the inside. In the ’80s women used suits
with exaggerated shoulders and waists to make a strong impression. Women are now more comfortable
with themselves and their bodies-they no longer feel the need to hide behind their clothes.
Donna Karan

There is no fashion for the ancient.
Coco Chanel

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Respect is like in plain clothes.
Frankie Byrne

Fashion is made to become unfashionable.
Coco Chanel

The lamb started to follow the wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Aesop

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitchfork.
Jonathan Swift

When his wife questioned him to change clothes to meet the German Ambassador: If they want to see me, here I
am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits.
Albert Einstein

Clothes don’t make a man, but clothes have got many a man a excellent job.
Herbert Harold Vreeland

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women’s clothes. Men who like women never
notice what they wear.
Anatole France

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion.
Seneca

Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it’s open to anyone who
owns hideous clothing.
Dave Barry

While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence – which,
I believe, does make the woman.
Mary Kay Ashe

Above all, remember that the most vital thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut
jeans; it’s an open mind.
Gail Rubin Bereny

The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates.
Dave Barry

The dress is a vase which the body follows. My clothes are like modules in which bodies go.
Pierre Cardin

I wear my sort of clothes to save me the distress of deciding which clothes to wear.
Katharine Hepburn

Clothes make the man. Naked people have small or no influence on society.
Mark Twain

The expression a woman wears on her face is more vital than the clothes she wears on her back.
Dale Carnegie

Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make ourselves its slave.
Napoleon Bonaparte

What a deformed thief this fashion is.
William Shakespeare

Art produces hideous things which frequently become more gorgeous with time. Fashion, on the other hand,
produces gorgeous things which always become hideous with time.
Jean Cocteau

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
Oscar Wilde

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“We’re taking action against evil people. Because this fantastic nation of many religions understands, our war is not against Islam, or against faith practiced by the Muslim people. Our war is a war against evil. This is clearly a case of excellent versus evil, and make no mistake about it — excellent will prevail.”

Remarks by the President George W. Bush at a Town Hall Meeting with Citizens of Ontario Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, California January 5, 2002

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“Eid is a time of joy, after a season of fasting and prayer and reflection. Each year, the end of Ramadan means celebration and thanksgiving for millions of Americans. And your joy during this season enriches the life of our fantastic country. This year, Eid is celebrated at the same time as Hanukkah and Advent. So it’s a excellent time for people of these fantastic faiths, Islam, Judaism and Christianity, to remember how much we have in common: devotion to family, a commitment to care for those in need, a belief in God and His justice, and the hope for peace on earth.”

Remarks by the President in Honor of Eid Al-Fitr The Diplomatic Reception Room December 17, 2001

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“The teachings of many faiths share much in common. And people of many faiths are united in our commitments to like our families, to protect our children, and to build a more peaceful world. In the coming year, let us resolve to seize opportunities to work together in a spirit of friendship and cooperation. Through our combined efforts, we can end terrorism and rid our civilization of the damaging effects of hatred and intolerance, ultimately achieving a brighter future for all.”

President’s Message for Eid al-Fitr December 13, 2001

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“According to Muslim teachings, God first revealed His word in the Holy Qur’an to the prophet, Muhammad, during the month of Ramadan. That word has guided billions of believers across the centuries, and those believers built a culture of learning and literature and science. All the world continues to benefit from this faith and its achievements.”

Remarks by the President George W. Bush At Iftaar Dinner The State Dining Room, Washington, D.C. November 19, 2001

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“The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one God, as revealed through The Holy Qur’an. It teaches the value and the importance of charity, mercy, and peace.”

President George W. Bush’s Message for Ramadan November 15, 2001

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“This new enemy seeks to ruin our freedom and impose its views. We value life; the terrorists ruthlessly ruin it. We value education; the terrorists do not believe women should be educated or should have health care, or should leave their homes. We value the right to speak our minds; for the terrorists, free expression can be grounds for execution. We respect people of all faiths and welcome the free practice of religion; our enemy wants to dictate how to reckon and how to worship even to their fellow Muslims.”

President George W. Bush Addresses the Nation World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia November 8, 2001

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“All of us here today know this: We do not fight Islam, we fight against evil.”

Remarks by President George W. Bush to the Warsaw Conference on Combating Terrorism November 6, 2001

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“I have assured His Majesty that our war is against evil, not against Islam. There are thousands of Muslims who proudly call themselves Americans, and they know what I know — that the Muslim faith is based upon peace and like and compassion. The exact opposite of the teachings of the al Qaeda organization, which is based upon evil and despise and destruction.”

Remarks by President George W. Bush and His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan The Oval Office, Washington, D.C. September 28, 2001

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“Americans know we fight not a religion; ours is not a campaign against the Muslim faith. Ours is a campaign against evil.”

President George W. Bush Remarks by the President to Airline Employees O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois September 27, 2001

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“The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends; it is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists, and every government that supports them.”

President George W. Bush’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. September 20, 2001

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“I’ve made it clear, Madam President, that the war against terrorism is not a war against Muslims, nor is it a war against Arabs. It’s a war against evil people who conduct crimes against innocent people.”

Remarks by President George W. Bush and President Megawati of Indonesia The Oval Office, Washington, D.C. September 19, 2001

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“The face of terror is not the right faith of Islam. That’s not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don’t represent peace. They represent evil and war.”

Remarks by the President at Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. September 17, 2001

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“Slow down and take the time to really see what is going on around you right now, right where you are. You may be missing something wonderful.” -
Michael Thomas

“If you can imagine it, you can make it. If you can dream it, you can become it.” -
William Arthur Ward

“Recipe for success: Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.” -
William A. Ward

“Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.” -
Napoleon Hill

“Success of life depends upon keeping one’s mind open to opportunity and seizing it when it comes.” -
Alice Foote MacDougall

“Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it.” -
David Guy Powers

“To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind.
To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test you limits, that is the courage to succeed.” -
Bernard Edmonds

“Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.” -
Burton Hills

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“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

”A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must be undaunted when the going gets tough.” – Ronald Reagan

“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”- General George S. Patton

”The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” – Ray Kroc

”It is not honest to question of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.” – Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

”He who has never learned to obey cannot be a excellent commander.”- Aristotle

“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.” – Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974

“I have to follow them. I am their leader.”- Alexandre-Auguste Ledru-Rollin, Leader of the French Revolution of 1848

”People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those people who sit still and inquire, why wasn’t it done the other way?” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” – Harry Truman

”The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.“- Kenneth Blanchard

”A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.“- Unknown Author

“To lead people, walk beside them … As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves’.”- Lao Tzu

“The best [leader] is the one who has sense enough to pick excellent men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“A excellent leader takes a small more than his share of the blame, a small less than his share of the credit.” – Arnold H. Glasgow

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“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
- Robert Francis Kennedy

“It’s not failure, but low aim is crime.”
- Lowell

“Success is that ancient ABC — ability, breaks, and courage.”
- Charles Luckman

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”
- Beverly Sills

“The only time you don’t fail is the last time you try anything — and it works.”
- William Strong

“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
- Henry David Thoreau

“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the right failure.”
- George E. Woodberry

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