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What the new year brings you depends, to a great deal, on what you bring to the new year.
~ Vern McClelland
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or possessions.
– Albert Einstein
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Life is too short; spend time with your family. You can make more money, you can’t make more time.
– Steve
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
– Robert Brault, American operatic tenor
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Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
– Bernard Baruch
“Be more concerned about your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
– Coach John Wooden (1910-2010)
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People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.
~ Harper Lee – from To kill a mockingbird
“If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.”
– Bob Marley
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