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Joi Pearson- "Just because its raining outside doesn't mean rain on my parade!"

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Susan Polis Schutz- This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.
Susan Polis Schutz is an American poet and producer of greeting cards. She was born in Peekskill, NY, in 1944.

A longtime activist for women's rights and antiwar causes, she initially worked as a freelance writer. In 1971, she turned her hobby of writing poetry into a commercial venture by founding (with husband Stephen Schutz) the greeting card and poster company Blue Mountain Arts.
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Edward de Bono - "Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it."
Edward de Bono (born May 19, 1933, in Malta) is a Maltese physician, author, inventor, and consultant. He is best known as the originator of the term lateral thinking (structured creativity) and the leading proponent of the deliberate teaching of thinking in schools.
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Bernard Baruch - "Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why."Bernard Mannes Baruch (pronounced /bəˈɹuk/) (August 18, 1870 – June 20, 1965) was a Jewish-American financier, stock market speculator, statesman, and presidential advisor. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising Democratic presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters. He is well known for having coined the term "Cold War" in 1947 to describe relations between the United States and the Soviet Union from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s.

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Believe

Here is a great poem taken from the book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

"If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you like to win, but you think you can't,
It is almost certain you won't

If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow's will
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are,
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!"
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Can We Handle the Truth?

I was watching a great movie "A Few Good Men" and in that movie Jack Nicholson says, "Because you cannot handle the truth. . ."


After watching this movie I noticed that a friend of mine had a few questions about the truth and I responded by stating the line from the movie. . . this was her response:

"your status is interesting and right on point with mine at the moment. i feel you overall but to take your quote/thought to the next level, who do you think the truth hurts more the person who feels the need to lie, or the people surrounding the liar? sometimes i think the truth may sting for a moment for those surrounding people, but the biggest battle is within the liar because reality was too much to handle to begin with. just my thought anyway. . ."

and my response back to her:

"yeah the biggest battle is within the liar but 9 times out 10 they have been lying for so long that they do not know what reality is and that is what hurts the most. there are some people that are in this world and there whole life is a lie but we don't know it. i would rather know the truth but then again can i handle it? i have asked myself this over and over and i know that it depends on the current situation and of course who is delivering the honesty! either way it is going to hurt and sting like a bee bite but then maybe i can base the rest of my life on the truth and not the lies that you have so blatantly made me believe. . .
just my thoughts. . . good response thanks!"

So I thought that our discussion opened up a few questions in my mind - so I would pose the questions for open discussion, what do you think?

Can we handle the truth or can we not handle the truth

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Saint Francis de Sales - "Be who you are and be that well."
Saint Francis de Sales (French: Saint François de Sales) (August 21, 1567 – December 28, 1622) was Bishop of Geneva and a Roman Catholic saint. He worked to convert Protestants back to Catholicism, and was an accomplished preacher. He is known also for his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, particularly Introduction to the Devout Life.
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Bill Cosby - "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."
William Henry Cosby Jr., Ed.D. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a vanguard role in the 1960s action show I Spy. He later starred in his own series, The Bill Cosby Show, in 1969. He was one of the major characters on the children's television show The Electric Company for its first two seasons, and created the humorous educational cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in the city. Cosby also acted in numerous films
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Orison Swett Marden - Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.


Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924) was an American writer associated with the New Thought Movement. He also held a degree in medicine, and was a successful hotel owner.
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James M. Barrie - "Life is a long lesson in humility."
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish author and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. He is also credited with popularising the name "Wendy", which was very uncommon before he gave it to the heroine of Peter Pan.[1] He was made a baronet in 1913; his baronetcy was not inherited. He was made a member of the Order of Merit in 1922.
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Robert Half - "Not admiring a mistake is a bigger mistake."
Founded in 1948, Robert Half Finance & Accounting is the world's first and largest specialized financial recruitment service.

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Anthony Robbins- Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision. --
Anthony Robbins (born Anthony J. Mahavick February 29, 1960) is an American self-help writer, entrepreneur, professional speaker and occasional actor. He became well known through bestselling self-help book, Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement. The first edition was published by Fawcett Columbine (Ballantine Books) in 1987.
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Stewart Udall - "We have, I fear, confused power with greatness." Udall served as Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1969, when he described his nation's ecological attitudes as the "myth of superabundance"... (Clink on his name for more history on Stewart Udall! Read More!

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William Christopher Handy - "Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it."

William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a blues composer and musician, often known as the "Father of the Blues".
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Edward de Bono - "Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it."
Edward de Bono (born May 19, 1933, in Malta) is a Maltese physician, author, inventor, and consultant. He is best known as the originator of the term lateral thinking (structured creativity) and the leading proponent of the deliberate teaching of thinking in schools.
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I'M STRONG AND I CAN ENDURE- I WILL SEE THE FINISH LINE, I WILL END THIS RACE!

I'VE BEEN FACED WITH TOUGH TIMES BUT NOBODY CAN BREAK ME, 2 YEARS AGO GOD TOOK MY BEST FRIEND AND I HAVE STILL FOUND PEACE. . .
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EVERYDAY'S A NEW DAY FILLED WITH BLESSINGS AND OPPORTUNITY- I WILL FOCUS AND STAY TRUE TO ME! I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE MY GOALS AND DREAMS A REALITY. MY VISION IS CLEAR, MY PURPOSE IS KNOWN: GOD I THANK YOU FROR GIVING ME A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING! I THANK YOU FOR BLESSING ME WITH A GIFT THAT IS ALL MY OWN; MY DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD HAS ALREADY BEEN SET BY YOU NOW ALL I NEED TO DO IS "MAKE IT HAPPEN!"

GOD, YOU ARE ON MY TEAM AND YOU ARE ALL I NEED- I AM A WINNER, AND YOU ARE MY PROVIDER. KNOWING THAT REMINDS ME THAT MY FAITH AND MY REWARDS ARE ALREADY THERE. YOU ARE THE TRUTH AND I AM A MESSENGER SENT INTO THE WORLD WITH YOUR MESSAGE. EVERY MOMENT I WILL SMILE, AND BE HAPPY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SET MY MIND AT EASE!

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Quotes

One truism in life is you cannot change who you are . . . and though you may try remember that who you are trying to be might not be the person that you are meant to be!


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Words of Wisdom

Success

If you wish to be out front
Then act as if you were behind.

- Lao-Tzu -

Confidence

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

- Dale Carnegie -

Passion

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.

- Unknown Author -

Faith

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.

- Mary Manin Morrissey -

Achieve

Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle.

- Abraham Lincoln -

Opportunity

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

- Alexander Graham Bell -

Perseverance

Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.

- Unknown Author -

Obstacles

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

- Thomas Carlyle -
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