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This document contains 136 proverbs and sayings on a variety of topics such as knowledge, discipline, failure, communication, leadership, and life lessons. Some key themes that emerge are: the importance of continuous learning and using knowledge; making failures a learning experience; effective communication and positive self-image being important for leaders; and maintaining a sense of humor and optimism when facing challenges. Overall, the proverbs preach living life to the fullest and emphasize virtues like hard work, perseverance, and positivity.

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This document contains 136 proverbs and sayings on a variety of topics such as knowledge, discipline, failure, communication, leadership, and life lessons. Some key themes that emerge are: the importance of continuous learning and using knowledge; making failures a learning experience; effective communication and positive self-image being important for leaders; and maintaining a sense of humor and optimism when facing challenges. Overall, the proverbs preach living life to the fullest and emphasize virtues like hard work, perseverance, and positivity.

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Think Often Knowledge is power Repetition is success Always see the end results You are NEVER free to the CONSEQUENCES Think often to know, understand, realize and appreciate the values of things animate and inanimate To will is to be able Time and tide waits for no man Beauty is only skin deep Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder To get love you must be a lovable person Be better each day Little knowledge is dangerous Without discipline little is achieved In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is the king A stich in time saves nine Dont count the chickens before they hatch The blind leading the blind Knowledge is never complete Gods beauty peeping through his creations The glory of God is man fully alive The more you try, the better you will be Hunger is the best sauce Right activity is happiness Children are good observers but bad interpreters Knowledge that is not used is useless Destructiveness is the outcome of unlived life Your future is your present You will be what you will be Make your failures as stepping stones to success Never take no for an answer Think well, speak better and do your best You receive what you give Dream the impossible dreams and make them come true The more problems you meet, the more solutions you will acquire The most common quality of most successful man is communication skills The valiant taste death but once Discouragement is one of the worst enemies of men Cowards die many times before their death No pain no gain An obedient man will speak of victory Disobedient men will speak of defeat A hungry man is an angry man He who size well prays well

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Where there is love, there is no burden It is more blessed to give than to receive Develop the best in a person by appreciation and encouragement Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself What I know is that I know nothing (Socrates) If you keep on fighting, victory is unavoidable It never rains but it pours Always count your blessings Hatred is self-destructive Do your work with pride, honor, dignity, zeal and zest The heart of a fool is in his mouth The mouth of the wise is in his heart Nothing to fear but fear itself If you want enemies excel your enemies If you want friends let your enemies excel you I dont want to hurt or harm you, but to help and make you happy The hand that strikes is not to hurt but to heal Actions speak louder than words People who smile tend to manage, teach and sell more effectively and to raise happy children You have to be interested in people if you want to be successful in anything Thoughts can make our lives more interesting, exciting and satisfying Thoughts can give insights and inspiration and transform ones life The expression we wear on our face is more important than the clothes we wear Be hearty in approbation and lavish in your praise to all A smile says I like you, you make me happy, Im glad to see you, Im pleased to see you, I feel great to see you, I love you. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a sacrifice, offer it. Life is love, enjoy it. Life is a life, live it. Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God Opportunities never come to those who wait. They are captured by those who dare to attack We need to be interested in the future. Thats where we are going to spend the rest of our lives Whatever my lifes dream, I shall eventually succeed because I have put my whole heart into my dream You can learn to distinguish between yourself and your behavior. Your behavior may be bad or you may have failed, but you are not bad or a failure. Most people tend to over-identify themselves with their actions. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR IF YOU HAVE A POSITIVE SELF-CONCEPT Peoples self-image play an important role in the make-up of their personality and leadership behaviors Inadequate self-acceptance and negative self-image result from minds by negative and distorted perceptions acquired throughout life, especially experiences of childhood Successful leaders use words and phrases that look to the positive side of every situation When people speak, their conversation REFLECTS THE STATE of their minds.

81. If people want self-confidence they need to talk confidently. They develop WINNING ATTITUDES. 82. Someone said, Words are the most powerful drugs by humanity. The way people verbalize affects the way they think and act. Words do have a HYPNOTIC effect 83. People either master their thoughts or their thoughts master them 84. Absence makes the heart grow fonder 85. Some individuals do not seem happy unless they are MISERABLE 86. Setting priorities is the MOST IMPORTANT SKILL in time management. 87. Priorities: a. A high importance or value b. A moderate importance or value c. A low importance or value 88. Every pearl is the result of an oysters victory over an irritation. You too, can make pearls out of irritations in your life 89. A good laugh is a great sanity INSURANCE. Great leaders know that laughing can actually benefit their health, both physically and emotionally. It relieves tension, provides a healthy emotional outlet, diminishes boredom and makes life more enjoyable 90. HUMOUR breaks tensions, lifts moods, mends relationships and relieves pain. Wise leaders know the value of a sense of humor when crises hit. They become effective in resolving problems 91. A sense of humor also helps people to see crises as both challenge and opportunity. They represent a change of attitude 92. Effective leaders have learned to look at a crisis not as a disaster to avoid but as a potential opportunity to work to their advantage 93. Early to bed, early to rise, and you will make your neighbors suspicious 94. I never learned anything talking, I only learned things when I ask questions 95. Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever 96. If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of mans most precious gifts. A SELECTIVE MEMORY 97. The shortest distances between two points is rarely found in SPEECHES or SERMONS 98. The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. 99. Very often a CHANGE OF SELF is needed more than a CHANGE OF SCENE 100. We protest against unjust criticism, but we accept unearned applause 101. Flattery is saying to someone what he thinks about himself. 102. Lives of great men all remind us that we can make our lives sublime. And departing, leave behind us foot-prints on the sands of time 103. The humble knowledge of yourself is the SURER WAY to God, than the deepest search of science 104. Speech is silver, silence is golden 105. Always have a grateful heart 106. One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anyone (Mother Teresa) 107. The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose (R. Shuman) 108. Those who make PEACEFUL REVOLUTIONS IMPOSSIBLE will make VIOLENT REVOLUTIONS INEVITABLE

109. Once you get people laughing, they are listening and you can tell them almost anything ( H. Gardner) 110. Dont find fault, find a remedy (H. Ford) 111. Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness Ive discovered, is everything in life (I. Singer) 112. A man would DO NOTHING if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault (C. Newman) 113. The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary (A. Brilliant) 114. Education is not training but rather the process that equips you to entertain yourself, a friend and an idea (W. Sterling) 115. In order to continue your education, you will have to develop new habits and dont mind being contradicted (Ebner) 116. The GROWTH OF WISDOM may be gauged accurately by the DECLINE OF ILL TEMPER (F. Nietzsche) 117. Life is for one generation; a good name is forever (Japanese Proverb) 118. No two persons ever read the same book (E. Wilson) 119. Without books : a. God is silent b. Justice dormant c. Natural science at a stand still d. Philosophy lame e. Letters dumb f. And all things involved in darkness (Literacy House in Lucknow) 120. The only way to keep health is to eat what you dont want rink what you dont like and do what you dont want to do! (Mark Twain) 121. SIGN : An amplifier who suffer in silence (Orbems Comedy) 122. The best clothes are invisible. They make you notice the person (K. Hamnett) 123. Silent gratitude isnt very much use to anyone (G B Stern) 124. The game of life is a game of BOOMERANGS. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy ( F S Shinn) 125. A sense of curiosity is natures original school of education (S Blanton) 126. True love is a commitment, and any commitment implies effort. Love is giving, planning together, offering what one is and what one has (E Rojas) 127. Darn! Its only five oclock Darn! Its already five oclock The words only and already make all the difference (J Doyere) 128. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing ( H Haskins) 129. A shortcut is often the quickest way to some place you were not going (Classic Crossword Puzzles) 130. There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness (Han Suyin) 131. No one can walk backward into the future (Hergesheimer) 132. He who hesitates is last (Moe West) 133. If you count all your assets, you always show a profit ( R Quillen)

134. You can buy a persons hand, but you cannot buy his heart. You can buy his back, but you cannot buy his brains 135. That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which give everything its value (Thomas Paine) 136. A person who doesnt read is no better off than a person who cant read 137. Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth 138. We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience (Teilhard de Chardin) 139. I dont want to be beautiful and break hearts. I want to be a cardiologist and mend hearts! (Daughter to Father) 140. Almost anything that you do will be insignificant but it is very important that you do it (M K Gandhi) 141. A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile in the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral (Antoine Exupery) 142. Take calculated risk. That is quite different from being rash or reckless (G G Patton Jr.) 143. The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual. Achievements, but MORAL acts to return love for hate, to include the excluded and to say, I was wrong 144. Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much that we feel little (D.H. Lawrence) 145. Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesnt blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look there and see a man who wont cheat, then you know he never will (J Mac Donald) 146. What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has GENIUS, POWER and MAGIC in it (Goethe) 147. Dreams are not aimless patchworks of fantasy caused by disrupted sleep, but serve some functional vital to our mental life. MAN NEEDS to DREAM 148. If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, wed all be millionaires (Van Buren) 149. Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness and laryngitis (W. A Ward) 150. What we are seeking so frantically elsewhere may turn out to be the horse we have been riding all along (Harvey Cox) 151. In justice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice (H L Meccken) 152. Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit (B Williams) 153. Life is not dated merely by years. Events are sometimes the best calendars ( B. Disreali) 154. Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects (A H Glasow) 155. I make the most of all that comes and least of all that goes (S. Teasdale) 156. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity (O Winfrey) 157. In the race for quality, there is no finish line (D T Keams) 158. We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are (Max D Pree) 159. The trouble with most sound advice is that its 99% sound and 1% advice (PF Cullip)

160. Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses (G W Carver) 161. I couldnt repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder (Mechanic to Car Owner) 162. The meaning of life cannot be told; it has to happen to a person (I Progoff) 163. Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed (L Fudim) 164. You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation (Plato) 165. Never miss a chance to keep your mouth shut (R N Peck) 166. Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt (K Hubboard) 167. I faithfully promise to oppose bravely all that is stupid and bigoted and cruel. Toleration is the highest virtue. Humility comes next 168. What you are shouts so loudly in my ears, I cannot hear what you say 169. The best vision is insight (M. S. Forbes) 170. Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger but it wont taste good (J Perterno) 171. The present is the past rolled up for action and the past is the present unrolled for understanding (A Durant) 172. Make it a point to do something every day that you dont want to do. This is the golden rule in ACQUIRING the habit of doing your duty without pain (Mark Twain) 173. Character is what you know you are, not what others think you are (M Collins) 174. Sometimes the little things in life are the hardest to take. You can sit on a mountain more comfortably than on a tack (Robesonia) 175. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval (Mark Twain) 176. No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist (Oscar Wilde) 177. A fanatic is someone who cant change his mind and wont change the subject (Winston Churchill) 178. Talk not of wasted affection. Affection is NEVER wasted (H W Longfellow) 179. The greatest Hero is he who makes his enemy his friend (The Talmud) 180. Real success is finding your life in the work that you love (D MacCullough) 181. A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kite rises against, not with the wind ( J Neal) 182. The soul will have no rainbow had the eyes no tears (J Cheney) 183. The heart is the toughest part of body. Tenderness is in the hands (C Forche) 184. Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can go so far, but faith has no limits (B Pascal) 185. ABILITY is what youre capable of doing. MOTIVATION determines you do. ATTITUDE determines how well you do it (L Hotze) 186. When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby (Nigerian proverb) 187. Theres only one thing worse than being on the wrong side of the argument; being on the right side with nobody listening (Funny Funny World) 188. Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them (H Miiler) 189. Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales (B Langenfield)

190. Until you make peace with who you are, youll never be content with what you have (D. Mortman) 191. To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing. That is enough for one mans life (T.S. Elliot) 192. A winner makes commitments, a loser makes promises (F Tjinhaete) 193. The person who formulates and lives by observing things will always find a new way of facing life (R B Marx) 194. We dont inherit our expressions, they are the signature of the years ( D C Fisher) 195. Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side (C McDonald) 196. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science ( A Einstein) 197. One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is a cat only has nine lives (Mark Twain) 198. What great thing would you attempt if you knew that you could not fail? (R.H. Schuller) 199. A mind once expanded, can never be contracted to its original size (Emerson) 200. Remember when you love yourself, you are a greater gift to someone else 201. The man with no virtue is his own enemy and is afraid of solitude (Aristotle) 202. To be a charismatic person, you need training 203. If you dont love yourself, you cannot expect others to love you 204. Determine where you are going and how to get there will be obvious 205. When you love yourself, it is joyful to be alone 206. Every man I meet is my superior in some way in that I can learn from him 207. 95% of the people are led by the 5% because they have vision, not just a job to do 208. Relationships are mirrors of ourselves. They reflect our inner selves 209. The greatest gifts we can give to our children is to be a good example and to help them to form a strong belief system 210. Imagination is more powerful that knowledge 211. Some of Gods greatest gifts are unanswered prayers 212. Its amazing how much you can hear when no one is saying anything (W A Ward) 213. Action without knowledge is like a boat on dry land (Lamour) 214. The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated (W James) 215. I shall pass this way but once, any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again 216. Abortion is the greatest misery of our time (Mother Teresa) 217. When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing 218. Love in dreams is easy, but love in reality is harsh and dreadful thing (Dostoeski) 219. Love does not dominate; it cultivates (Goethe) 220. Take time i. to work, it is the price of success ii. to think, it is the source of power iii. to play, it the the secret of perpetual youth iv. to read, it is the fountain of wisdom

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v. to laugh, it is the music of the soul vi. take time for GOD, it is lifes lasting investment Personal Success plan : i. CRYSTALLIZE your thinking ii. DEVELOP a plan iii. DEVELOP a sincere desire iv. DEVELOP supreme self-confidence v. DEVELOP a dogged determination to follow through Ways to cope with STRESS i. Ostrich Approach : refuses to see or denies the existence of problems\ ii. Chicken Approach : sees problems but runs away from them iii. Bulldog Approach : sees problems, sticks around but does not deal with them iv. Ant Approach : sees problem, assumes responsibility and CONFRONTS them (Ants work at problems little by little until they overcome or remove them) Effective leaders need determination and persistence. Six ways to make people like you i. Become genuinely interested in the other person ii. Smile iii. Remember that a persons name is to that person the sweetest and the most important sound in any language iv. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves v. Talk in terms of the other persons interest vi. Make the other person feel important and do it sincerely Techniques in handling people i. Dont criticize, condemn or complain ii. Give honest and sincere appreciation iii. Arouse in the other person an eager want Win people to your way of thinking i. The only way to the best of an argument is to avoid it ii. Show respect for the other persons opinion. NEVER say You are wrong iii. If you are wrong admit it quickly and emphatically iv. Begin in a friendly way v. Get the other person saying, Yes, yes, IMMEDIATELY vi. Let the other person do a great deal of talking vii. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers viii. Try honestly to see things from the other persons point of view ix. Be sympathetic with the other persons ideas and desires x. Appeal to the nobler motives xi. Dramatize your ideas xii. Throw down a challenge The chief cause of problems is solutions

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