Best of Twitter — 23 Feb 2010

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

Bob Hope

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Success on any major scale requires a clear vision and consistent action.

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Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Henry David Thoreau

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The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do. -John Holt

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Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions.All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Napoleon Hill

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Adversity is preparation for greatness. I will accept this preparation.

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“Feel the feelings and drop the story.”  ~Pema Chodron

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“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels.” Proverbs 1:5

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“Love is the heart’s immortal thirst to be completely known and all-forgiven” Henry
Van Dyke (1852-1933), American poet and writer.

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“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.” – Bob Dylan.

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

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There are 6 billion people in the world and every single one is a diamond in some stage of being polished. Life is either going to polish you up or grind you down. And the difference between the two lies in how much hope you have, how much faith you have in the fact that you do carry something special on the inside, that’s waiting to get out. Many give up, not knowing they were only 10 minutes from triumph.

Perry Marshall

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An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. -Arnold Glasow