RESPECT 09/04/09
1.) You first must respect yourself before you can respect others, because if you do not, you will never know what respect is.
2.) Respect is a precious gift, once it is earned it is confirmed that it is deserved.
3.) Respect and morals come hand in hand, they are the reflections of our souls.
4.) When executed properly, respect pervades all aspects of a life.
5.) Respect determines that worth of something.
HAPPINESS 09/11/09
1.) You create your own happiness, so make the best out of everything and keep control of your life.
2.) Happiness is not based upon riches and power, it is dependent on the little things in life that keep us going, a sound mind and good health.
3.) Happiness is forgetting your worst memories and remembering the best.
4.) Don't just pursue happiness, when you come across it take hold of it and never let it go.
5.) Find happiness within yourself and you will find happiness throughout the world.
DISCOVERY 09/18/09
1.) Sometimes the only thing it takes to make a person great is for them to discover their true selves.
2.) There is an endless amount of discovery in a lifetime, so do not give up until you find the one that makes you happy.
3.) My deepest fear is that our curiosity for discovery will not lead to progression but will result in our self destruction.
4.) Discovery is the key to the wonders of the world.
5.) It does not take a wise man to know the directions for the way to discovery, it takes a brave soul with the desire to gain knowledge.
HUMILITY 09/25/09
1.) Only those who are strong enough to show humility can have self worth.
2.) A confident man can be boastful and proud but the only man worthy of self assurance is one that displays humility.
3.) To cause humility in a pompous man is to destroy him, never fail to find errors in your self image.
4.) Humility is too often seen as a weakness, but the wise know it is a virtue to be learned.
5.) Humility does not mean the belittlement of a person, underestimation can be just as false as overestimation, it means knowing the true value of one's merit.
LAUGHTER 10/02/09
1.) If laughter is the best medicine, then a melancholy stained heart is the worst disease
2.) Laughter is the best abdominal workout around.
3.)Including laughter in your daily routine is a great investment for a happy and fulfilling life
4.) He who has laughter on his side, keeps great company.
5.) Love has its own song, laughter.
EDUCATION 10/09/09
1.) Education is like a tootsie pop, you never know how many licks it will take you until you get to the answer.
2.) An education is the most expensive thing a person could own because it will never lose its value.
3.) Ignorance is not bliss, it is a hindrance; an education is the key to euphoria.
4.) A man is not stupid because he has failed attempts in his education, a man is stupid because he fails to attempt to have an education.
5.) The goal of education is not knowledge, but to provoke curiosity; because the wisest teachers have learned that a man hungry for knowledge will learn much more.
VICTORY 10/30/09
1.) The reason there is an "I" in victory is because only "I"can decide whether or not I will be victorious.
2.) The only time you can smell blood, sweat, and tears is after a victory!
3.) If you can accept losing, you cannot win; if you deny all doubt, you will find victory.
4.) Victory is not won in miles, but in inches; that is why only the most steadfast can bear to defend every inch of every mile to get to the top.
5.) Victory is not defined by boundaries, victory is what sets the boundaries.
ACCOMPLISHMENT 11/06/09
1.) A person is not defined by what they fail to accomplish but by the efforts they put into trying to accomplish something.
2.) Mama was right, you can accomplish whatever you set your mind on.
3.) Accomplishment is more satifying that hot cocoa on a cold winter's night.
4.) People of accomplishment do not just let things happen to them, they are the "go-getters", they are what happen to things.
5.) To stand up in a world that is constantly trying to push you down is the greatest accomplishment.
COMPROMISE 11/13/09
1.) Compromise is being able to accept the times you are at fault and allowing the other man to be right.
2.) Compromise requires an open mind, a man with a closed man will never get what he wants.
3.) Compromise is not a sign of submission or weakness, it is an act of strategy and appeal.
4.) Some things simply cannot be compromised, morals and religion.
5.) Sometimes is takes the sacrifice of compromise to make progress towards your goals.
REDEMPTION 11/20/09
1.) One must first seek redemption from themselves before they ask of it from others.
2.) Redemption is sought out by many but only given to those who are truly sorry for their wrongdoings.
3.) Redemption is revealing the light of truth in our darkest hours.
4.) Those who pursue redemption do not wish to forget, they intend on remembering to learn from their mistakes.
5.) The only thing that can liberate a heavy guilt stricken soul is redemption.
SINCERITY 12/05/09
1.) Sincerity is the emotions that are expressed and felt from the heart, not thought by mind.
2.) One who practices sincerity is true to themselves and have a virtue pure as snow.
3.) Sincerity exposes the vulnerable spirit of an honest man, which almost always results in an evil individual destroying him.
4.) It is hard to understand sincerity unless you have experienced that expression of sincerity yourself.
5.) Sincerity is putting all the cards out on the table and being satisfied no matter if you win or lose.
HOPE 12/11/09
1.) Hope is never losing sight of the things you want the most in life.
2.) Hope is that last thin string that allows you to hold on to that something you never want to let go of.
3.) Sometimes hope is the only thing that keeps people going, it is the light that guides them through their darkest tunnels.
4.) Hope is not a belief, it is a feeling that cannot be denied because you know that what your hoping for is almost close enough to reach out and grab.
5.) The only way to move forward in life is to hope for better things to come your way tomorrow.
PROMISE 12/18/09
1.) Although there are those who see a promise only as a set of meaningless words, a promise is spoken contract of trust.
2.) Promises are like money: easy to make, hard to keep.
3.) Promises are much like debts but the form of payment is your reputation and character.
4.) One can only promise the things that they can actually deliver, if they exceed expectations it is a job well done, if they fall short of what is expected it is a lie.
5.) People who are selfish should not make promises because it is hard to do for someone else if you only think about yourself.
RECOGNITION 01/22/10
1.) Recognition is giving respect to the hardworkers that deserve it.
2.) Often times, the people most deserving of recognition are the ones that never ask for it.
3.) Recognizing your strengths is not just looking at the things that you do good, it also means realizing your weaknesses.
4.) To strive for recognition is respectable, but to be dissatisfied without it only shows a lack of self-confidence.
5.) Recognition is a reward and rewards are never given out haphazardly, so never chose your actions haphazardly.
EXCELLENCE 01/29/10
1.) The only seed that blooms in excellence is that of dedication and hard work.
2.) Excellence is a constant battle with limitations, and allowing yourself to look them in the eye and say "You will never win against me."
3.) The hardest thing in pursuing excellence is greeting your failures.
4.) Excellence is not just judged on who wins or loses, but on who tries their hardest.
5.) Those who do not allow excellence to become a humbling experience, allow it to boost their egos and are no longer true successors.
GOSSIP 02/05/10
1.) A mind less cultivated is a mouth fertilized with gossip.
2.) Odds are that the people whom you gossip with will be the same individuals that gossip about you.
3.) Gossip is only cheating yourself from knowing the truth.
4.) The only thing worthy of someone's trust is their own two eyes, not gossip and lies.
5.) The language of monsters is gossip.
TOLERANCE 03/12/10
1.) The world’s strongest man could have the lowest capacity for tolerance, because it is not solely based on physical strength but also on what the mind can endure.
2.) Tolerance takes patients; and patients is what allows the eyes and heart to see the things that the mind tries to look past.
3.) For every thing that is tolerated, there is a new one learned.
4.) The only people that can truly understand the meaning of tolerance are parents and teachers.
5.) Tolerance is just another form of respect, one does not need to accept or agree with something to tolerate it, they only need to understand it.
Wisdom 03/19/10
1.) Wisdom is not a simple enlightenment of knowledge, it is a deep understanding that can only be developed through experience.
2.) We are made wise by the questions we ask and gain wisdom through the things we come to terms with.
3.) Wisdom is knowing the difference between life's truth and life's lies.
4.) Wisdom is very rarely learned through succesful attempts but instead, tends to be a result of our failed ones.
5.) Wisdom is the only determinate that one should use to judge.
MORALITY 3/26/10
1.) Immorality can be the death of us.
2.) Only true morals prevail when tested.
3.) Morality is a result of an individual's environment and how they respond to it.
4.) If a decision weighs on your conscious, perhaps it was not of moral selection.
5.) Morality is like rose, it is beauitful when you possess it but if you use it the wrong way it hurts like thorns.
CONTINUITY 4/2/10
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