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“The formative period for building character for eternity is in the nursery. The mother is queen of that realm and sways a scepter more potent than that of kings or priests.”
“Encouraged people achieve the best; dominated people achieve second best; neglected people achieve the least.”
“God put me on Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I'm so far behind I will never die!”
“To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.”
“Acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs, bring you an inner peace and tranquillity -- instead of anger and resentment.”
“Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.”
“A mom's hug lasts long after she lets go.”
“A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip”
“Birth does not lead to greatness, but the cultivation of virtues by a person leads him to greatness.”
“One boy is worth half a man. Two boys are worth half a boy. Three boys are no help at all.”
“Girls are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the trees. The boys don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples that are on the ground that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think there is something wrong with them, when, in reality, they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right boy to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.”
“Childhood is short, maturity is forever.”
“Childhood is the most beautiful of all life's seasons.”
“Childhood is not a stage of life but an opportunity for growth.”
“Death: to stop sinning suddenly.”
“A good man dies when a boy goes wrong.”
“You'll never achieve your dreams if they don't become goals.”
“Your dreams come true when you act to turn them into realities.”
“Yesterday is but a vision, and tomorrow is only a dream. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a dream of hope.”
“No dream comes true until you wake up and go to work.”
“No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.”
“The key to happiness is having dreams. The key to success is making your dreams come true.”
“Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there's a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living.”
“Divorce: The past tense of marriage.”
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