Realize that life is difficult.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.  It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it.  Once we truly know that life is difficult --- once we truly understand and accept it --- then life is no longer difficult.  Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters." --M.Scott Peck

Day #271 - Realize that life is difficult.

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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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Overcome your biggest obstacle to forward progress---yourself.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"We must overcome the notion that we must be ordinary . . . it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre." --Uta Hagen

Day #267 - Overcome your biggest obstacle to forward progress --- yourself.

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Appreciate matters of the heart.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak; than a heart that cannot love." --Robert Tizon

Day #266 - Appreciate matters of the heart.

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Use all your resources.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Ability is what you're capable of doing.  Motivation determines what you do.  Attitude determines how well you do it." --Lou Holtz

Day #265 - Use all your resources.

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Think carefully before you speak.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall." --Oliver Wendell Holmes


Day #264 - Think carefully before you speak.

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Do what is necessary to come alive.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Don't ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.  Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." --Howard Thurman

Day #263 - Do what is necessary to come alive.

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Make the best of your best.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.  Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.  If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." --Dale Carnegie

Day #262 - Make the best your best.

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Do not fear the shadow of uncertainty.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom


"Fear less, hope more;

Whine less, breathe more;

Talk less, say more;

Hate less, love more;

And all good things are yours." --Swedish Proverb


Day #261 - Do not fear the shadow of uncertainty.

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Don't wait for heaven to get a life.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Life is like a taxi.  The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still." --Lou Erickson

Day #260 - Don't wait for heaven to get a life.

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Go for the glory.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Every day you may make progress.  Every step may be fruitful.  Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path.  You know you will never get to the end of the journey.  But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb." --Winston Churchill

Day #259 - Go for the glory.

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Seek fellowship.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them." --Virginia Woolf

Day #258 - Seek fellowship.

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Eliminate selfishness.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere." --Blaise Pascal

Day #257 - Eliminate selfishness.

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Show prudence in all that you do.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies?  Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes." --Saskya Pandita 

Day #256 - Show prudence in all that you do.

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Have patience.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." --John Quincy Adams

Day #255 - Have patience.

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Avoid all jealousy.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time." --Arab Proverb

Day #254 - Avoid all jealousy.

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Work your way through difficulties.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them." --Phyllis Bottome

Day #251 - Work your way through difficulties.

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Demonstrate charity.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service." --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Day #250 - Demonstrate charity.

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