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"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
— John Wooden

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"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit."
— John Wooden

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"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. "
— John R. Wooden

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"You can’t live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
— John Wooden

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"The people who turn out best are those people who make the best out of the way things turn out."
— John Wooden

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"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
— John Wooden

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"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
— John Wooden

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"“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.”"
— John Wooden

tags: books
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"Make every day your masterpiece. "
— John Wooden

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"Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail"
— Coach John Wooden

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"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
— John Wooden

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"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. "
— John Wooden

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"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: cry, crying, experience, happiness, joy, life, optimism, sadness, smile, smiling
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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
— Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln

tags: wisdom
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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain

tags: literacy
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"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."
— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage
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"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
— C.S. Lewis

tags: christianity, religion, sun
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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
— Maya Angelou

tags: angelou, maya
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"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."
— Mother Teresa

tags: actions, can-do, great-love, great-things, inspirational, love, small-things
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"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: integrity
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
— Thomas A. Edison

tags: edison, failure, inspirational
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"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: dreams
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"Try a little harder to be a little better."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

tags: inspirational
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"Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"If Life Gets Too Hard To Stand, Kneel."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"You have not failed until you quit trying."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"Be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful."
— Gordon B. Hinckley (Way to Be! : 9 Rules For Living the Good Life)

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"Work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him."
— Gordon B. Hinckley (Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes)

tags: god, prayer
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"The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served."
— Gordon B. Hinckley (Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes)

tags: service
139 people liked it

"Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

tags: happiness
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"It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book...from the reading of 'good books' there comes a richness of life that can be obtained in no other way."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others...."
— Gordon B Hinckley

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"It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

tags: adversity, hope, trust
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"The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?"
— Gordon B. Hinckley (Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes)

tags: forgiveness, maturity, mercy
58 people liked it

"My plea...is a plea to save the children. Too many of them walk with pain and fear, in loneliness and despair. Children need sunlight...They need kindness and refreshment and affection. Every home, regardless of the cost of the house, can provide an environment of love which will be an environment of salvation."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"Forget yourself and get to work."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice"
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"The remedy for most marital stress is not in divorce. It is in repentance and forgiveness, in sincere expressions of charity and service. It is not in separation. It is in simple integrity that leads a man and a woman to square up their shoulders and meet their obligations. It is found in the Golden Rule, a time-honored principle that should first and foremost find expression in marriage."
— Gordon B. Hinckley (Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes)

tags: divorce, marriage
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"The greatness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"It is not so much the major events as the small day-to-day decisions that map the course of our living. . . Our lives are, in reality, the sum total of our seemingly unimportant decisions and of our capacity to live by those decisions."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

tags: inspirational, life, wisdom
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"There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are children of God, that God expects us to do something with our lives, and that He will give us help when help is sought."
— Gordon B. Hinckley (Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes)

tags: help, motivation
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"Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

tags: inspirational
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"Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others"
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should walk with the knowledge that we will need help every step of the way."
— Gordon B. Hinckley

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"Integrity is at the heart of commerce in the world in which we live. Honesty and integrity comprise the very underpinnings of society.....Indeed, the strength and safety of any organization-including the family-lie in the integrity of its members. Without personal integrity, there can be no confidence. Without confidence, there can be no prospect of permanent success."
— Gordon B. Hinckley (Standing Something Cd: Ten Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts And Homes)

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