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Success

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Four things for success work and pray, think and believe.  Norman Vincent Peale #rafikfarouk

Iron

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The good Lord made us all out of iron.  Then he turns up the heat to forge some of us into steel.  Marie Osmond #rafikfarouk

Enough

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You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.  William Blake #rafikfarouk

Life

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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.  Abraham Lincoln #rafikfarouk

Discernment

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Seeing reality for what it is is what we call discernment.  The work of discernment is very hard.  Lewis B. Smedes #rafikfarouk

Morales

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The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.  John Dewey #rafikfarouk

Unity

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Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.  Mattie Stepanek #rafikfarouk

Rewarded

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People are rewarded in public for what they practice for years in private. Tony Robbins #rafikfarouk

Advice

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It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.  Logan Pearsall Smith #rafikfarouk

Smooth

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The course of true love never did run smooth.  William Shakespeare #rafikfarouk

Strategy

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All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.  Sun Tzu #rafikfarouk

New day

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The sun is new each day.  Heraclitus #rafikfarouk

Wise Men

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Wise men speak because they have something to say;  Fools because they have to say something.  Plato #rafikfarouk

Expect nothing

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Do everything with good heart and expect nothing in return,  only then you will never be disappointed.  Sylvia Plath #rafikfarouk!

Will

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The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will.  Vince Lombardi #rafikfarouk

Men

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Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things.  When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather ourselves, that is, our ideas about things.  Epictetus #rafikfarouk

Difficulty

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​​There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. ​​ Publius Terentius Afer #rafikfarouk

Friendship

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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.  C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves #rafikfarouk

Influence

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There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.  Julie Taymor #rafikfarouk

Worth

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Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.  Eleanor Roosevelt #rafikfarouk

Character

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Sports do not build character.  They reveal it.  Heywood Broun #rafikfarouk

Expression

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Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.  Brenda Ueland #rafikfarouk

Best

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I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.  Abraham Lincoln #Rafikfarouk

Bitter or Better

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You either get bitter or you get better. It’s that simple.  You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down.  The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you. #rafikfarouk

The future

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The future belongs to those who know where they belong.  Eleanor Roosevelt #Rafikfarouk

Clear

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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.  Warren Buffett #rafikfarouk

Progress

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You can't sit on the lid of progress. If you do, you will be blown to pieces.  Henry J. Kaiser #rafikfarouk

Life

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May you live everyday of your life.  Jonathan Swift #Rafikfarouk

Love your parents

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Love your parents. We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old. Unknown #rafikfarouk

Prudence

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Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.   Amos Bronson Alcott #rafikfarouk

Patience

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Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.  Joyce Meyer #rafikfarouk

Act of Kindness

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A random act of kindness, no matter how small,  can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.  Roy T. Bennett #rafikfarouk

Excellence

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Excellence is never an accident.  It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution;  it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.  Aristotle #rafikfarouk

Opportunities

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon #rafikfarouk

Reflect

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Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.  Charles Dickens #rafikfarouk

Look up

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A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.  C.S. Lewis #rafikfarouk

Character

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Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.  John C. Maxwell #rafikfarouk

Perfection

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We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.  Pierre Corneille #rafikfarouk

Understand

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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.  Elbert Hubbard #rafikfarouk

Truth

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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end,  may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.  Blaise Pascal #rafikfarouk

Wisdom

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Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.  Hermann Hesse #Rafikfarouk

Content

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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.  Socrates #rafikfarouk

Complacency

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Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.  Aesop #rafikfarouk

Ripples

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I alone cannot change the world,  but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.  Mother Teresa #Rafikfarouk

Sunshine

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Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.  Walt Whitman #rafikfarouk

Your Future

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There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.  C.S. Lewis #rafikfarouk

Colors

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The best thing about the worst time of your life is that you get to see the true colors of the people you care for. Unknown Author #rafikfarouk

Travel

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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. Anita Desai #rafikfarouk

Improving

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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings  so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.  Socrates #rafikfarouk

God is awake

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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.  Victor Hugo #Rafikfarouk