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Character Building, Vol. I Desk Signs...
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THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS IN LIFE...
Aren't really things at all.
IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH...
You don't have to remember anything!
BE MODERATE IN
ALL THINGS...
Especially moderation!
YOU CAN CATCH MORE FLIES WITH
HONEY
THAN WITH VINEGAR...
But who wants to catch a whole
bunch of flies anyway!
LIVE A GOOD,
HONORABLE LIFE...
Then when you get older and think back,
you'll be able to enjoy it a second time!
BE YOURSELF!
An original is always worth more than a copy!
HARD WORK SPOTLIGHTS THE
CHARACTER OF PEOPLE...
Some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their
noses, and some don't turn up at all.
A PERSON IS LIKE A TEABAG...
Only in hot water do you realize
how strong they are!
MENTAL FLOSS...
Prevents moral decay!
IT ISN'T WHAT YOU KNOW
THAT COUNTS...
It's what you think of in time!
HE WHO HOOTS WITH THE
OWLS AT NIGHT...
Cannot soar with the eagles in the morning!
NOT GETTING WHAT
YOU WANT...
Is sometimes a remarkable stroke of luck!
BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE SOMEONE
YOU SHOULD WALK A MILE IN
THEIR SHOES...
That way, if they find out you're a mile away
and you have their shoes!
SIMPLY BEING DIFFERENT
ISN'T WRONG...
Don't try to be a duckling if you
were born to be a swan!
ATTITUDES ARE
CONTAGIOUS...
Is yours worth catching!
GOOD JUDGMENT COMES
FROM EXPERIENCE...
Experience comes from bad judgment!
FIND THE KEY TO YOURSELF...
And every door in the world is open to you!
THE MAIN THING IN LIFE...
Is to keep the main thing, the main thing!
YOU WILL OFTEN BE SORRY
FOR SAYING A HARSH WORD...
But you will never regret saying a kind one!
LOOK FOR GOOD
EVERYWHERE...
Trouble will show up on its own!
TREAT EVERY DAY AS
YOUR LAST...
Someday you'll be right!
"MOST PEOPLE ARE ABOUT
AS HAPPY...
As they make up their minds to be!"
...Abraham
Lincoln
"BELIEVE THAT LIFE IS
WORTH LIVING...
And your belief will help create the facts!"
...William
James
"PEOPLE ARE LIKE STAINED-
GLASS WINDOWS...
They sparkle and shine when the sun is
out,
but
when the darkness sets in, their true
beauty
is revealed only if there is light within."
...Elizabeth
Kubler-Ross
"ALWAYS DO RIGHT...
This will gratify some people,
and astonish the rest."
...Mark
Twain
"YOU HAVE TO BE YOURSELF...
Be very honest about who and what you
are.
And if people still like you, that's fine.
If they don't, that's their problem!"
...Sting
"CHARACTER IS DOING
WHAT'S RIGHT...
When nobody's looking!"
...J.C.
Watts
"ALL THAT IS NECESSARY FOR
THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL...
Is for enough good men to do nothing."
...Edmund
Burke
"FAITH IN OURSELVES...
Unlocks those hidden powers that all
of
us have, but that so few of us use."
...Albert
Schweitzer
LUCK
IS...
Laboring Under Correct Knowledge
"LIFE IS WHAT WE MAKE IT...
... always has been, always will be."
...Grandma
Moses
CONSERVE
ENERGY!
17
muscles to smile
47 muscles to frown
"NEVER DOUBT...
That a small group of thoughtful, committed
people can change the world. Indeed,
it is the only thing that ever has!"
...Margaret
Mead
"IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO
SWALLOW A FROG...
Swallow it first thing in the morning.
If there
are two frogs, swallow the big one first!"
...Mark
Twain
"WE ARE HERE ON EARTH TO
DO GOOD FOR OTHERS...
What the others are here for, I don't know."
...W.H.
Auden
THE
FOUR RULES FOR SUCCESS...
#1...
#2...
#3...
#4...
Show up
Pay attention
Ask questions
Repeat the above!
"THERE IS MORE TO LIFE...
Than increasing its speed."
...Mahatma
Gandhi
"LIFE ISN'T FAIR...
It's just fairer than death, that's all."
...William
Goldman
"IT IS GOOD TO HAVE AN END
TO JOURNEY TOWARD...
But it is the journey that matters in the end."
...Ursula
LeGuin
FEAR
IS...
False Expectations Appearing Real
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