If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
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If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.
It's like anything in life, visualizing the old man you're going to become: As long as you have a clear picture of that - the life you want to lead - eventually you'll probably get there.
Misery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted.
One can never tell what will be the result of faithful service rendered, nor do we know when it will come back to us or to those with whom we are associated. The reward may not come at the time, but in dividends later. I believe we will never lose anything in life by giving service, by making sacrifices, and doing the right thing.
I really do believe that anything in life - any obstacle or challenge - can be made better with humor.
Liberals tend to understand that a person can be lucky or unlucky in all matters relevant to his success. Conservatives, however, often make a religious fetish of individualism. Many seem to have absolutely no awareness of how fortunate one must be to succeed at anything in life, no matter how hard one works. One must be lucky to be able to work. One must be lucky to be intelligent, physically healthy, and not bankrupted in middle age by the illness of a spouse.
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