There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.”
When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us.
Character is perfectly educated will. - Novalis
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done? - George Carlin
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. - Solon
A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. - Tim Cahill
Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep. - Walter Scott
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends. - Oscar Wilde
If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends. - Merry Browne
Success will come to the side that has the last man standing. - Philippe Petain
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love. - David McCullough
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. - Aristotle
To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success. - Anna Pavlova
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The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed. - Nelson Boswell
Success is a two-bladed golden sword - it knights one and stabs one at the same time. - Mae West
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A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it. - Oscar Wilde
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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. - Gen. Colin L. Powell
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Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head. - John C Maxwell
I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying "flee at once - all is discovered." They all left town immediately. - Mark Twain
Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything. - Erica Jong
A problem occurs when people want the benefits of a relationship with God without the responsibilities of a relationship with God. - Jim Herring
Never design your character like a garden where anyone can walk. Design your character like the sky where everyone's desire is to reach. - Unknown
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