Day #214 - Look how others treat strangers.

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"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can."  ---John Wesley

Day #214 - Look how others treat strangers.

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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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Day #211 - Reserve your judgment.

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"One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils.  The thing to do is to supply light and not heat."  ---Woodrow Wilson

Day #211 - Reserve your judgment.

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Day #209 - Support your government, but remain skeptical.

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"No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades---that of government.  ---Socrates

Day #209 - Support your government, but remain skeptical..

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"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 #205 - Control your desires.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Our desires always increase with our possessions.  The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us."  ---Samuel Johnson

Day #205 - Control your desires.

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Day #204 - Avoid apathy.

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"Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all---the apathy of human beings."  ---Helen Keller

Day #204 - Avoid apathy.

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Day #202 - Live life completely from moment to moment.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"My candle burns at both its ends;
It will not last the night;
But of, my foes, and oh, my friends---
It gives a lovely light." ---Edna St. Vincent Millay
      

Day #202 - Live life completely from moment to moment.

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Day #201 - Be a friend to others.

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"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 #199 - Be a master of your destiny.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"If you create an act, you create a habit.  If you create a habit, you create character.  If you create a character, you create a destiny." ---Andre Maurois

Day #199 - Be a master of your destiny.

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Day #198 - Be willing to work hard.

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"Continuous effort---not strength or intelligence---is the key to unlocking our potential." ---Liane Cordes

Day #198 - Be willing to work hard.

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Day #196 - Reduce your anxiety.

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"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 #194 - Make progress every day of your life.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"When Pablo Casals reached ninety-five, a young reporter threw him a question, 'Mr. Casals, you are ninety-five and the greatest cellist who ever lived.  Why do you still practice six hours a day?'  And Mr. Casals answered, 'Because I think I'm making progress.'"  ---Anonymous

Day #194 - Make progress every day of 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 #187 - Resist the temptation of doing nothing

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Life is inherently risky. there is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing." ---Denis Waitley

Day #187 - Resist the temptation of doing nothing. 

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Day #186 - Never forget those who helped you get where you are

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it." ---Ralph Marston

Day #186 - Never forget those who helped you get where you are. 

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