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Society, dead or alive, can have no charm without intimacy and no intimacy without an interest in trifles. -Arthur BalfourWhen to the sessions of sweet, solemn thoughtI summon up remembrance of things past,I sight the lack of many a thing I sought.But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,All losses are restored and sorrows end. -William ShakespeareGiven the bombardment of ads, faxes, e-mails and competing letters assaulting the potential donors' senses, your challenge is to capture the readers' interestswith an opening line that crashes through. Ask a provocative question. Make a bold statement. Share a fascinating anecdote. Do whatever it takes to get in stepwith your reader, seize their attention and keep them reading. -Steve BrownIf nothing is serious, nothing is funny. -Oscar WildeI have every sympathy with the American who was so horrified by what he had readof the effects of smoking that he gave up reading. -Henry G. Strauss

There is no certain future. -Bob WoodwardNo gains without pains. -Adlai StevensonNo occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culturecomparable to that of the garden. -Thomas Jefferson

He had come to that time in his life (it varies for every man) when a human being gives himself over to his demon or to his genius, according to a mysterious law which orders him either to destroy or to surpass himself. -Marguerite YourcenarGenius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. -F. Scott Fitzge

raldWhat might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When thechild grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy willbecome a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have

to begin everything again, from zero. -Pablo PicassoGenius is intensity. -Honore BalzacYou give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. -Kahlil GibranSince the mind is a specific biocomputer, it needs specific instructions and directions. The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along theway, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. -Denis Waitley

Better aim at the moon than shoot into the well. -American proverb(Goals are) tangible action items. -Rick PitinoBefore we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it. -La RochefoucauldFor goals to be realistic they must be measurable. -Unknown.Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes, and seeing them gratified. He that labors in any great or laudable undertaking has his fatigues first supported by hope, and afterwards rewarded by joy.--Samuel JohnsonHe who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy day. The orderly arrangement of his time is like a ray of light which darts itself

through all his occupations. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merrily to the chance of incidents, all things lie huddled together in one chaos, which admits of neither distribution nor a review. -VictorHugo

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a singleoverriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one object

ive. -Dwight D. EisenhowerThe tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. -Benjamin E. MaysIn teacher--student partnerships . . . success depends on a common understanding

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of clear goals. -UnknownEvery moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you. -Mohandas GandhiThe mind's direction is more important than its progress. -Joseph JoubertIt seems hard to look into God's cards, but I cannot for a moment believe that he plays dice and makes use of telepathic means as the current quantum theory alleges he does. -Albert EinsteinThe will of God prevails . . . by His mere quite power on the minds of the now contestants, he could have either saved or destroyed the union without a human contest . . . -Abraham LincolnMy religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frailand feeble mind. -Albert EinsteinIf someone were to ask me whether I believed in God, or saw God, or had a particular relationship with God, I would reply that I don't separate God from my world in my thinking. I feel that God is everywhere. That's why I never feel separated from God or feel I must seek God, any more than a fish in the ocean feels itmust seek water. In a sense, God is the "ocean" in which we live. -Robert FulghumGod--the Unmoved Mover. -AristotleJehovah's self transcends his noblest works.Earth's ponderous wheels would break, her axles snap,If freighted with the load of Deity. -Charles H. Spurgeon

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.-The Bible, Psalm 19:1Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone andeverything for yourself. -Henry James

The function of government is to help and develop the individual. -UnknownThe design and end of government (is) freedom and security. -Thomas PaineDoing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right. -Lydon B. JohnsonGovernment is not reason, it is not eloquence--it is force. -George WashingtonNo government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as of duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former only. If our government ever fails it will be from this weakness. -Thomas Jefferson