Money is what you'd get on beautifully without if only other people weren't so crazy about it.

Margaret Case Harriman

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Voltaire

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Mae West

"... Never been afraid to Love at the speed I've been Living... "

Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Thomas Alva Edison

Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

Ambrose Bierce

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself.

Mark Twain

Saturday morning, a little breeze going through the truck cabin, taking a little cruise, listening to the truck's performance products... Hmm hmm hmm - thankful to God to be awake in Texas!

"Integrity is the essence of everything successful."

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Did you know...
... that today is Bicycle Around the World Day? In 1884, Thomas Stevens started a bicycle trip around the world. The trip took him over two years and nine months to complete!

Beautiful time in Puebla, Mexico!
Texas - The G-Force is I. The house and easy to ROCk the cloud! :-)

Beautiful time in Puebla, Mexico!
Texas - The G-Force us I. The house and easy to ROCk the cloud! :-)

... The Mexican government... Well it will take years before they realize the impact I have had on/in their governments future!

Gary Dean Masters :-)

Ladies and Gentlemen; Gary Dean Masters has returned to the United States of America! - Unofficially the Mexican government is thankful...

Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Dale Carnegie

I'm gonna make it...
or I'm gonna take it!

Gary Dean Masters

Prayers going out to the SPURS! Make it happen!
It's Friday morning! Thank God!
Be COOL, Be LOOSE!

Gary Dean Masters

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."

Dr. Seuss

Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

Robert Orben

Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.

"It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right."

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of Roget's Thesaurus? In 1852, Peter Roget published the first edition of his thesaurus.

Trivia fans: Roget's general inquisitiveness and his Victorian faith in social and personal improvement led him to publish learned articles on sewer sanitation, magnetism, bees, geology, and how the knight might be moved to every square on the chessboard.

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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

Margaret Thatcher

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.

I'm gonna make it....
or I'm gonna take it!
Gary Dean Masters

Nerds don't just happen to dress informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity.
Paul Graham

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Good Thursday morning! Smile!
Give thanks for your friends, your job, your place in life... give thanks! - Make it a great day!
Gary Dean Masters

"... I'm alive and well on the planet surface... " - James T. Kirk

I have not lost my mind - it's backed up on disk somewhere.
Unknown

Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice.
Unknown

After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done.
Unknown

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
John Adams

Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.
Muhammad Ali

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.
Margaret Thatcher

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.
Gore Vidal

"Fear can be really exciting!" - Gary Dean Masters

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.

George Bernard Shaw

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little. – W. R. Inge

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." - Maria Robinson

Did you know...
... that today is National Sense of Smell Day? Use your sense
of smell today to smell something delicious, erotic, strange, and/or new!

Starting today opportunity no longer knocks... It kicks down the door!

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. - Henry Ford

Did you know...
... that today is the anniversary of Sybil Ludington's Ride? In 1777, Sybil Ludington, a 16-year-old woman, rode her horse
from New York to Connecticut to rally her father's militia. She rode 40 miles, more than twice the distance of Paul Revere, into the damp hours of darkness. This is especially remarkable because modern day endurance horse riders using lightweight saddles can barely ride such distances in daylight over well-marked courses.

"I never worked a day in my life. It was all fun!" - Thomas Edison

"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy." - Kalu Kalu

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. - Seneca

The book you don't read won't help. - Jim Rohn

"... another year and you'll be happy... "

Only one thing, is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. - Mark Twain

Only one thing, is impossible for god: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. - Mark Twain

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

Love is like a piece of gold, hard to find and hard to hold!

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. - Mark Twain

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. - Ambrose Bierce

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get to the office. - Robert Frost

"Everyone has special talents, and it is our duty to find ours
and use them well." - John Templeton

Did you know...
... that today is the Seeing Eye Dog's Birthday? The first seeing eye dog, Buddy, was given to his owner, Morris Frank, in 1928. Buddy helped Mr. Frank fight for the rights of people with special challenges, including the right to bring service animals into restaurants, onto airplanes, and other places where pets are not typically allowed.

Good night! I hope everyone had a blessed Easter! Sweet Dreams! :-)

"... A trick I learned from an old friend."

Goals help you channel your energy into action. - Les Brown

Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you. - R. Kiyosaki

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." - Auguste Rodin

"... I'm running to Your arms... "

The road to success is always under construction. - Anonymous

The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?" - Sigmund Freud

Time is God's way of keeping everything from happening at once. - Anonymous

Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got. - Sophia Loren

There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be. - Pearl S. Buck

I'm a personality as well as an actress. Show me an actress who isn't a personality, and you'll show me a woman who isn't a star. - Katharine Hepburn

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief. - Sigmund Freud

"...He is risen..."

Best wishes for a Blessed and Happy Easter!

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It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know. - Tony Robbins

Frankly, I'm more of a researcher, teacher, motivator, and coach than I am an entrepreneur. - David Allen

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." - Jawaharlal Nehru

Did you know...
... that today is Teenage Bill of Rights Day? In 1999, 70,000
teenagers gathered together in the Silverdome at Pontiac,
Michigan, to sign the Acquire the Fire Teenage Bill of Rights.
These rights include: 1. We will live with honor. 2. We will be honest and tell the truth. 3. We will take responsibility for our actions. Share this with a special teenager in your life.

Everything in life is luck. - Donald Trump

Hard work + proper planning = luck. - Gary Dean Masters

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make. - Donald Trump

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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. - Dale Carnegie

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. - Napoleon Hill

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. - Thomas Edison

Forgive those who have hurt you. - Les Brown

"If it's sanity you're after, there's no recipe like laughter." - Henry Rutherford Elliot

"If it's sanity you're after, there's no recipe like laughter." - Henry Rutherford Elliot

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of New Coke? In 1985, Coca-Cola
announced it was changing the secret formula for Coke and
creating a New Coke. The American public's reaction to the
change was poor, and Coca-Cola executives announced the return of the original formula on July 10, less than three months
after New Coke's introduction.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Lost time is never found again. - Benjamin Franklin

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Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. - Katherine Mansfield

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it!

What you do today creates every tomorrow.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. - Da Vinci

Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is. - Barbara Bush

A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it. - Albert Einstein

Without music, life would be a mistake. - Friedrich Nietzsche

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further. - Wernher von Braun

Tolerance can lead to learning something. – Jakob Dylan

"... hold on loosely, but don't let go... "

"... hold in loosely, but dot let go... "

It's Thursday, make it worth the price you pay!
Smile and make it a great day!
Be COOL, Be LOOSE! - Gary Dean Masters

Really listening and suspending one's own judgment is necessary in order to understand other people on their own terms... This is a process that requires trust and builds trust. - Mary Field Belenky

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic. – Jean Sibelius

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. - Mark Twain

You've only got three choices in life:
give up, give in, or give it all you've got. - Unknown

Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. - Ambrose Bierce

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. - Mark Twain

"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars." - Henry Van Dyke

Did you know...
... that today is Kindergarten Day? This day celebrates the
birthday of Friedrich Froebel (1782), who began the first
kindergarten in 1837 in Blankenburg, Germany. The first
kindergarten in a public school in the U.S. was started in St.
Louis, Missouri, in 1873.

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. - Baltasar Gracian

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. - Henry Ford

Some people make headlines while others make history. - Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. – Indian Proverb

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." - Michael Jordan

Did you know...
... that today is the Birth of Air Jordan? In the 1986 playoffs, Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scored 63 points to erase Elgin Baylor's playoff scoring record. Even with his heroic effort, the Boston Celtics still won 135-131. "TV Guide" called this game "the birth of Air Jordan."

"The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back." - Dale Carnegie

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Good Tuesday morning!
You woke up today, give thanks and Smile!
Be COOL, Be LOOSE! - Gary Dean Masters

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. - Japanese Proverb

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If you can dream it, you can do it. - Walt Disney

When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. - Voltaire

Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments. - Kevin Costner

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. - Gerry Spence

To freely bloom - that is my definition of success. - Gerry Spence

Contentment is the only real wealth. - Alfred Nobel

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. - Mae West

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. - James Branch Cabell

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make
anything." - Edward Phelps

"If men could regard the events of their own lives with more
open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain." - Andre Maurois

Did you know...
... that today is Fingerprinting Adoption Day? In 1902, Denmark became the first country to adopt fingerprinting as a way to identify criminals. The first documented fingerprints
were taken in India in 1858 by Sir William J. Hershel.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. - W. Churchill

"... It's better late than never... "

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Lack of money is the root of all evil. - George Bernard Shaw

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability." - Henry Ford

Did you know...
... that today is Ford Mustang Day? The Mustang automobile was unveiled on this date in 1964 at the New York World's Fair. By the end of the day Ford had sold over 22,000 Mustangs. Within two years over a million Mustangs had sold!

"Chance favors those in motion."

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Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character. - Tony Robbins

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. - W. Churchill

Thank God it's Friday! Best wishes for a great day and a beautiful weekend! Be COOL, Be LOOSE! - Gary Dean Masters

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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same. - Audrey Hepburn

From sublime to ridiculousness there is only one step. - Napoleon

There are three ways to get something done; do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it. - Mona Crane

Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help. - Homer

I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures. - Earl Warren

"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death." - Leonardo da Vinci

Did you know...
... that today is Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday? One of the
Renaissance's greatest artists and thinkers, Leonardo da Vinci
was born on April 15, 1452, in Florence, Italy. Besides painting the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper," da Vinci also designed the first parachute.
Happy birthday, Leonardo!

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"But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?" - Albert Camus

Did you know...
... that today is Discovery of the Location of Happiness? In 2301 B.C., Hi Ling Su, a Chinese scholar and saint, discovered
that happiness lies in the heart, not somewhere outside ourselves.

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic. – Jean Sibelius

If you're going through hell, keep going. - Winston Churchill

You've only got three choices in life: give up, give in, or give it all you've got. - Unknown

Man: An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. - Ambrose Bierce

My life is my message. - Mahatma Gandhi

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. - Mark Twain

Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home. - Sir Francis Bacon

Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home. - Sir Francis Bacon

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. - Sir Francis Bacon

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. - Margaret Thatcher

It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. - Harry S. Truman

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. - Mae West

"... sometimes gotta stop, gotta pause it... "

"... Running out!"

"... something's are just overrated... "

"... may fortune favor the foolish!" - James T. Kirk

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. – Anonymous

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. - Henry C. Link

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. - Elbert Hubbard

Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault. - Dr. David M. Burns

If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down. - Mary Pickford

A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing. - Joey Adams

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. - Mark Twain

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong. - Muhammad Ali

"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself." - Mark Twain

"I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get." - Anne Tyler

My doctor gave me two weeks to live. I hope they are in August. - Ronnie Shakes

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure." - Gene Perret

Did you know...
... that today is Grandfathers in Space Day? On April 13, 2002, the world's first pair of spacewalking grandfathers,
named the Silver Team, took the first space walk outside the
international space station. They were the Shuttle Atlantis
astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin.

"If the only thing you are being called is an S.O.B., then you better get your butt out there and do a better job!" - Gary Dean Masters

"... an empty heart takes so little to fill... "

"If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old." - James A. Garfield

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. - P. J. O'Rourke

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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. - Mark Twain

Beauty: The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. - Ambrose Bierce

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi

History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. - Ambrose Bierce

"We all have our time machines, some take us back, they're called memories; and some take us forward, they're called dreams."

Did you know...
... that today is the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight!

"Gentlemen, may the wind be at our backs!" - James T. Kirk

Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth. – Anonymous

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Optimist: A proponent of the doctrine that black is white. - Ambrose Bierce

In Heaven all the interesting people are missing. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Da Vinci

Being busy does not always mean real work. - Thomas Edison

No one can persuade another to change.

"When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take
the step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe
that one of two things will happen. There will be something
solid for us to stand on or we will be taught to fly." - Patrick Overton

Did you know...
... that today is Chocolate for Health Day? In 2000, studies
revealed that cocoa beans contain large amounts of natural
antioxidants that help to reduce the risk of cardiovascular
disease. But then us chocolate lovers around the world already
knew that! :-)

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When you don't have any money, the problem is food.
When you have money, it's sex.
When you have both it's health. - J. P. Donleavy

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. - Danny Kaye

There is no passion to be found playing small... - Mandela

When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex.
When you have both it's health. - J. P. Donleavy

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Future: That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. - Ambrose Bierce

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. - George Bernard Shaw

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course. - George Bernard Shaw

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. - Aristotle

To love someone is to identify with them. - Aristotle

"The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love." - Hubert H. Humphrey

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. - Thomas Edison

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. - W. Churchill

"You learn something every day if you pay attention." - Ray LeBlond

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A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. - R. Kiyosaki

You can't let other people tell you who you are. You have to decide that for yourself.

Develop success from failures. - Dale Carnegie

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic. - Dale Carnegie

"... you don't know what it does to me... "

"Never have been afraid to love at the speed I've been living..."

You can do anything, but not everything. - David Allen

"You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year." - Henry Ford

If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be. – Anonymous

It's Friday, thank God! Today is going to be fast and furious! - "Be COOL, Be LOO$E!" - Gary Dean Masters

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? - Mae West

In youth we learn; in age we understand. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. - Albert Einstein

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. - Henry Ford

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. - Ambrose Bierce

"It is hard to let old beliefs go. They are familiar. We are
comfortable with them and have spent years building systems
and developing habits that depend on them. Like a man who has worn eyeglasses so long that he forgets he has them on, we forget that the world looks to us the way it does because we
have become used to seeing it that way through a particular
set of lenses. Today, however, we need new lenses. And we need to throw the old ones away." - Kenichi Ohmae

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"Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!" - Thomas Edison

Goals are good.
Achieving them is better. :-)

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. – Buckminster Fuller

"My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe." - Jimmy Durante

Did you know...
... that today is Festival of Pure Brightness Day? This Chinese festival celebrates the pure brightness of inner life. At this time of year the weather has begun to turn warm, and the earth is once again covered with green. People love to go to the outskirts of cities to walk on the grass, fly kites and appreciate the beauty of spring. Celebrate your own pure brightness today!

The snake will always bite back. - Jake Roberts

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way. - Jean Anouilh

Never wound a snake; kill it. - Harriet Tubman

Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way. - Kate Seredy

If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes. - Ross Perot

I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane. - Kristin Davis

I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy. - W. C. Fields

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. - W. C. Fields

Some men see things the way they are and ask, 'Why?'
I dream things that never were, and ask 'Why not?' – George Bernard Shaw

Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. - Homer

"No matter how talented you are, not everybody is going to like you. But that's life, just stay strong."

‎"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." - C.S. Lewis

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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. - W. Clement Stone

"Persistence breaks Resistance."

Pray diligently! Work hard! Enjoy your surroundings. Smile. Stay focused. It will come in due time! - Gary Dean Masters

"A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to
carry through life." - John Hancock

"Sometimes you gotta roll with it up front, ..."

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You can't let other people tell you who you are. You have to decide that for yourself.

“The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.”- Denis Waitley

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. – Albert Einstein

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. - Elbert Hubbard

Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. - Ambrose Bierce

Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. - Douglas Adams

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie; deliberate, contrived and disbonest - but the myth; persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. - Borrowed and shared.

Opportunity knocks once, then it's gone... temptation, likes to lean on the doorbell! - Borrowed and shared.

"They say to free your body... you have to free your mind... so come on... check this out... "

I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others. - Jennifer Louden

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. - Mark Twain

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. - Aldous Huxley

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. - Henry Ford

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18. - Albert Einstein

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. - Henry Ford

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Inside of every problem lies an opportunity. - R. Kiyosaki

SUCCESS
Success does not come to you, you go to it.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. - Isaac Asimov

"Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity." - Colin Powell

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. - Aldous Hux

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit. - Jacqueline Cochran

Nobody has ever bet enough on a winning horse. - Richard Sasuly

Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhauer

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It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. - Henry Ford

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain

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Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process. - Jim Rohn. quote

"... The Good Book says it's better to give than receive... "

Great and good are seldom the same man. - W. Churchill quote

Those that talk down to you are just trying to walk tall by making you feel small. Rise above...

... do not worry about tomorrow: for tomorrow will worry about it's own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. - Jim Rohn quote

Never let your failures go to your heart or your successes go to your head. - Unknown quote

Best wishes for a peaceful and blessed Sunday! - Gary Dean Masters

"... We all get caught up in this fast paced world; we all move so quickly chasing after something that at some point in our past had meaning... Today, are you going in the right direction? Most importantly... Do you know where you are going? Do you know how to get there?" - Gary Dean Masters

Love is a quality, not a quantity. - Vanna Bonta

The best doctors in the world are:
Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. - Jonathan Swift

Facing a mirror you see merely your own countenance; facing your child you finally understand how everyone else has seen you. - Daniel Raeburn

Friendship: A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul. - Ambrose Bierce

Doctors are the same as lawyers;
the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. - Anton Chekhov

I love Thanksgiving turkey... it's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts. - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein

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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me. - Steve Martin

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde

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Once a week, do a thorough review of all your projects in as much detail as you need to. - David Allen quote

"Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right." - Aldous Huxley

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"... you've got to show her, don't tell her, she's your one and only... "

"Trust: you will get, what you give!" - Gary Dean Masters quote

You've only got three choices in life: give up, give in, or give it all you've got. - Unknown quote

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. - Jim Rohn quote

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. - Jackie Robinson

Effective leadership is putting first things first. - Stephen Covey

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It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life. - Caesar quote

Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. - E. Nightingale

"... there is a time and a season for everything. It may be a time of new beginnings, a time of growth, a time of reaping the harvest of hard work, or a time to rest. Trust this beautiful order. Everything in its time."

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“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” —Henry David Thoreau quote

We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything. - Thomas Edison quote

You have to think anyway, so why not think big? - Donald Trump

"... quotes are... the cream of our learning." - Zig Ziglar

”The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Best wishes for a peaceful and pleasant Saturday! "Be COOL, Be LOOSE!" - Gary Dean Masters @VeridianPatch

Beat wishes for a peaceful and pleasant Saturday! "Be COOL, Be LOOSE!" - Gary Dean Masters @VeridianPatch

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. - Paulo Coelho

Follow your purpose. It's your life!

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. - Henry Ford

Excellence always sells. - E. Nightingale

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. - Da Vinci

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." - Zig Ziglar

Did you know...
... that today is Taily Day? In Scotland, April Fools' Day
lasts two days, with the second day known as Taily Day. On this
day, April Fools' pranks involve the posterior or butt... making you, what else, the butt of the joke. ;-)

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. - Tony Robbins

The point is that you can’t be too greedy. - Donald Trump

The point is that you can’t be too greedy. - Donald Trump:

It's Friday, thank God! - Gary Dean Masters

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. - Henry Ford

Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong. - Muhammad Ali

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"... It's a hollow feeling, when it comes to dealing friends... "

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one." - Dolly Parton

Did you know...
... that today, as well as being April Fools' Day in many
countries, is the beginning of National Laugh at Work Week?
Job stress got you down? Try laughing the tension away. A good laugh increases productivity, teamwork, employee retention, and job satisfaction. So start laughing! :-)