Make a difference.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee." --Marian Wright Edelman

Day #270 - Make a difference.

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Keep reaching for the stars.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." --Harriet Tubman

Day #269 - Keep reaching for the stars.

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Work hard.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it.  Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it.  If you do, you'll win --- if you don't you won't." --Bruce Jenner

Day #268 - Work hard.

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Day #230 - Make your circumstances.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.  I don't believe in circumstances.  The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."  --George Bernard Shaw

Day #230 - Make your circumstances.

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Say #226 - Maintain your enthusiasm.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

If you want to be happy,
          Begin where you are,
Don't wait for some rapture
          That's future and far.
Begin to be joyous, begin to be glad
          And soon you'll forget
That you ever were sad. 
                        --Anonymous

Day #226 - Maintain your enthusiasm.

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Day #224 - Think before you speak.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts.  I wonder why we think faster than we speak.  Probably so we can think twice."  --Bill Watterson

Day #224 - Think before you speak.

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Day #219 - Always choose joy.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure."  ---Lawana Blackwell

Day #219 - Always choose joy.

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Day #213 - Enjoy the best years of your life.

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"The moment you wake up is the instant you realize that the teacher is in you and that all your happiness, as well as all of your problems, are your own."  ---Richard L. Weaver II

Day #213 - Enjoy the best years of your life.

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SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration." ---Thomas Alva Edison

Day #208 - Do not strive for genius.

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Day #201 - Be a friend to others.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."  ---Laurence J. Peter

Day #201 - Be a friend to others.

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Day #196 - Reduce your anxiety.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Anxiety is the feeling of apprehension you have before doing anything to which you are unaccustomed, and the best way you have of reducing your nervousness is by active and continuous preparation so that whatever it is you want to accomplish can be approached with a feeling of complete confidence and assurance.  ---Richard L. Weaver II

Day #196 - Reduce your anxiety.

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Day #195 - Give meaning to your life.

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"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning." ---Mitch Albom

Day #195 - Give meaning to your life.

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Day #193 - Look fear in the face.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every
experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror.
I can take the next thing that comes along.' . . . You must
do the thing you think you cannot do. ---Eleanor Roosevelt

Day #193 - Look fear in the face.

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Day #191 - Set high standards.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom.  If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness.  Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to."  ---Greg Anderson

Day #191 - Set high standards.

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Day #189 - Do it now.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Courage has genius, power, and magic in it;
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated.
Begin it, and the work will be completed."
                                                        ---Anonymous

Day #189 - Do it now.

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Day #188 - Never let floors become ceilings.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction." ---Charles Francis Adams

Day #188 - Never let floors become ceilings. 

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Day #185 - Engage in careful planning

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success." ---Alexander Graham Bell

Day #185 - Engage in careful planning. 

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Day #180 - Be careful of any advice you give

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Old men are fond of giving good advice, to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples." ---La Rochefoucauld


Day #180 - Be careful of any advice you give. 

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Day #179 - Tolerate ignorance

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." ---Galileo Galilei

Day #179 - Tolerate ignorance. 

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Day #177 - Cultivate courage.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." ---Eleanor Roosevelt

Day #177 - Cultivate courage. 

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