Motivational / Inspirational Comment Thread...

Iron sharpens iron. If you have a motivational or inspirational quote or story please share it with all of us in the comment section below.

Here are some of my personal favorites:

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"Success is achieved in inches, not miles." - John C. Maxwell
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"You can use most any measure when you are speaking of success. You can measure it in a fancy home, expensive car or dress. But the measure of your real success is one you cannot spend; it is the way your child describes you when talking to a friend." - Martin Buxbaum
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"Measures of Success"

To carry money without spending it;
To bear an injustice without retaliating;
To do one's duty when critical eyes watch;
To keep at a job until it is finished;
To do the work, and let others receive the recognition;
To accept criticism without letting it whip you;
To rise above those who want to push you down;
To love when hate is all about you;
To follow God when others put detour signs in your path;
To have a peace of heart and mind because you have given God your best.

-- Author Unknown
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I've saved the BEST for last ;) ...

"To live content with small means;
To seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion;
To be worthy , not respectable, and wealthy, not rich;
To study hard, think quietly,
Talk gently,
Act frankly;
To listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart;
To bear all cheerfully,
Do all bravely,
Await occasions,
Hurry never.
In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common.

THIS IS TO BE MY SYMPHONY - Willam Henry Channing

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