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    “Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.” ~ Carl Sandburg

      “You don’t really pay for things with money, you pay for them with time. In five years, I’ll have put enough away to buy that vacation house we want. Then I’ll slow down. That means the house will cost you five years – one-twelfth of your adult life. Translate the dollar value of the house, car, or anything else into time, and then see if it’s still worth it.” ~ Charles Spezzano, Author

        “Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people area able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

          “Good people are good because they have come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success.” ~ William Saroyan

            “While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes, learning from them, and becoming superior.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

              “Cats do what cats do, ducks do what ducks do, and eagles do what eagles, do. If you take a duck and ask it to do an eagles’ job, shame on you. As a leader, your job is to help your ducks to become better ducks and your eagles better eagles – to put individuals in the right places and help them reach their potential.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                “Don’t waste your time trying to turn ducks into eagles. Hire people who already have the motivation and drive to be eagles and then just let them soar.” ~ Jim Rohn

                  “Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders size the opportunity to change things for the better.” ~ Harry S. Truman

                    “People may teach what they know, but they reproduce what they are.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                      “The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers.” ~ Max Depree

                        “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial.  We should count time by heart-throbs.  He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.” ~ Phillip James Bailey

                          “How easily we can forget how precious life is!  So long as we can remember, we’ve just been here, being alive.  Unlike other things for which we have a good comparison– black to white, day to night, good to bad– we are so immersed in life that we can see it only in the context of itself.  We don’t see life as compared to anything, to not-being, for example, to never having been born.  Life just is. But life itself is a gift.  It’s a compliment just being born: to feel, breathe, think, play, dance, sing, work, make love, for this particular lifetime.  Today, let’s give thanks for life.  For life itself. For simply being born!” ~ Daphne Rose Kingma

                            “I like to walk alone on country paths,
                            rice plants and wild grasses on both sides,
                            putting each foot down on the earth
                            in mindfulness, knowing
                            that I walk on the wondrous earth.
                            In such moments, existence is a miraculous
                            and mysterious reality.

                            People usually consider walking on water
                            or in thin air a miracle.
                            But I think the real miracle
                            is not to walk either on water or in thin air,
                            but to walk on earth.
                            Every day we are engaged in a miracle
                            which we don’t even recognize:
                            a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves,
                            the black, curious eyes of a child–
                            our own two eyes.
                            All is a miracle.”

                            ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

                              “Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much.  For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.” ~ A. J. Cronin

                                “You won’t be happy with more until you’re happy with what you’ve got.” ~ Viki King

                                  “Make it a habit to tell people thank you.  To express your appreciation,  sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return.  Truly appreciate those around you,  and you’ll soon find many others around you.  Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.” ~ Ralph Marston

                                    “If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.” ~ Harold Kushner

                                      “It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment.” ~ Naomi Williams

                                        “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” ~ Cicero

                                          “None of those material possessions do anything to make your life any better… I know a lot of people who have a lot of everything, and they’re absolutely the most miserable people in the world.  So it won’t do anything for you unless you’re a happy person and can have peace with yourself.” ~ Lenny Kravitz