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    “People don’t just get upset.  They contribute to their upsetness.” ~ Albert Ellis

      “Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter.  Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

        “One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this:  To rise above the little things.” ~ John Burroughs

          “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

            “Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground.  Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it…” ~ Wilferd Peterson

              “One cannot lead a life that is truly excellent without feeling that one belongs to something greater and more permanent than oneself.” ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

                “In time, all things work to your advantage when you pursue them with an open heart.”~ Miyomoto Musashi

                  “You can only fight the way you practice.” ~ Miyomoto Musashi

                    “To know ten thousand things, know one well.” ~ Miyomoto Musashi

                      “It is difficult to understand the universe if you study only one planet.” ~ Miyomoto Musashi

                        “You have to keep training if you want to improve.  It’s a fair game.  If you practice, you improve.  You can’t buy it.” ~ Chow Hung-Yuen

                          “Only through training will a person learn his own weaknesses… He who is aware of his weaknesses will remain master of himself in any situation.” ~ Gichin Funakoshi

                            “It’s not the number of years you put in, it’s the number of hours.” ~ Paul McClellan

                              “Thoughts become words.  Words become actions.  Actions become habits.  Habits become character.  Character becomes your destiny.” ~ Proverb

                                “If you don’t think too good, then don’t think too much.” ~ Ted Williams

                                If You Think You’re Beaten, You Are

                                  If you think you are beaten, you are

                                  If you think that you dare not, you don’t

                                  If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t,

                                  It’s almost certain you won’t.

                                  If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost

                                  For out in the world you’ll find

                                  Success begins with a fellow’s will.

                                  It’s all in the state of mind.

                                  Life’s battles don’t always go

                                  To the stronger or faster man;

                                  But sooner or later the man who wins

                                  Is the man who thinks he can.

                                  ~ Arnold Palmer, Golfer

                                    “Every athlete hears two competing voices.  One is a negative critic, and the other is a positive coach.  Which voice we listen to is a matter of choice.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

                                      “What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.” ~ Willie Mays

                                        “When you know both yourself as well as your competition, you are never in danger. To know yourself and not others, gives you half a chance of winning.  Knowing neither yourself or your competition puts you in a position to lose.” ~ Sun-Tzu

                                          “Effort is one of the things that gives meaning to life.  Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.  It would be an impoverished existence if you were not willing to value things and commit yourself to working toward them.” ~ Carol Dweck