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(Your own life will appreciate it.)

I propose, that as of today,

YOUYOU

HOLD FAST TO DREAMSHOLD FAST TO DREAMS, , for if your dreams die,for if your dreams die,Life is a broken winged birdLife is a broken winged birdThat cannot fly.That cannot fly.

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Search for knowledge :

Read more

Meet more people

Travel

Visit Museums

Watch documentaries

Try out new things

Visit the places you love.

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Each time you admire a beautiful view,Mark it by joining your index finger and thumbLater, when you need beauty, you will find it in repeating that same simple gesture.

Spend more time with your family and friendsSEE AND DO THINGS TOGETHER

Do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live

is a special occasion.

eat your favourite foods

Use your crystal goblets.

Always remember that

Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;

It is not only about survival.

Remove from your vocabulary phrases like “one of these days” and “someday”.

Let’s write right now, this very moment, that letter we thought of writing “one of these days”.

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Do not delay anything Especially not the things that add

laughter and joy to your life.

Do not save your best perfume, Use it every time you feel you want it.

Tell your families and friendshow much you love them.

And while you do,Touch their arm and look in their eyes.

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Bear in mind that Every day, Every hour,

and Every minute are special.

AND YOU DON’T KNOW IF IT WILL BE YOUR LAST

Remember:Remember:

PEACE COMES FROM WHAT WE DO TOGETHER,

NOT FROM WHAT WE DREAM TOGETHER

Remember :Remember :

The adversary The adversary who fights you who fights you the hardest,the hardest,

Is often the oneIs often the onewho is the most who is the most convinced thatconvinced thatyou are rightyou are right(Irving Stone)(Irving Stone)

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Face your limitations, then move on to fieldsFace your limitations, then move on to fields

In which you can become master of your materialsIn which you can become master of your materials(Irving Stone)(Irving Stone)

I’ve also saved a couple of inspiring words for you,I’ve also saved a couple of inspiring words for you,

If, after finishing this presentation you estimate If, after finishing this presentation you estimate my little compilation has been of any help to you ,my little compilation has been of any help to you ,

Please let me know at :Please let me know at :Dean_Amory@hotmail.com

Thank you – Danke – Merci – Dank U – Gracias - Grazie

No stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass can be retentive No stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass can be retentive to the strength of spirit. If I know this, that part of tyranny to the strength of spirit. If I know this, that part of tyranny that I do bear, I can shake off at pleasure.that I do bear, I can shake off at pleasure.

If love is a flame, surely work is the fuel

Far better it is to dare mighty things,Far better it is to dare mighty things,To win glorious triumphs,To win glorious triumphs,Even though checkered by failure,Even though checkered by failure,Than to take rank with those poor spiritsThan to take rank with those poor spiritsWho neither enjoy much, nor suffer much,Who neither enjoy much, nor suffer much,Because they live in the great twilightBecause they live in the great twilightThat knows neither victory, nor defeatThat knows neither victory, nor defeat(Theodore Roosevelt)(Theodore Roosevelt)

THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGINATION IS TO FLOW,

NOT TO FREEZE

But what are men who grasp at praise sublime,But what are men who grasp at praise sublime,But bubbles on the rapid stream of time,But bubbles on the rapid stream of time,That rise and fall and swell ... And are no more :That rise and fall and swell ... And are no more :Born and forgotten, ten thousand in an hour.Born and forgotten, ten thousand in an hour.

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Who are we ?Who are we ?We live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star, We live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star, lost in a galaxy, tucked away in some forgotten corner of a lost in a galaxy, tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

We make our world significant by the courage of We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.our questions and the depth of our answers.(Carl Sagan)(Carl Sagan)

We cannot turn the man who has to work into We cannot turn the man who has to work into one who can simply afford to enjoy life to the one who can simply afford to enjoy life to the full and take optimal care of his health.full and take optimal care of his health.

It is not the disease that is incurable,It is not the disease that is incurable,it is a man’s social standing and his obligations it is a man’s social standing and his obligations that often become an incurable diseasethat often become an incurable disease(Irving Stone)(Irving Stone)

Imagine there is no heavenIt’s easy if you tryNo hell below us, above us only sky.Imagine all the people living for today ...

Imagine there is no countriesIt isn’t hard to doNothing to kill or die for and no religion tooImagine all the people living life in peace ...

Imagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of menImagine all the people sharing all the world ...

You may say I’m a dreamerBut I’m not the only oneI hope some day you’ll join usAnd the world will be as one(John Lennon)

If one advances confidentlyIf one advances confidentlyin the direction of his dreams,in the direction of his dreams,he will meet he will meet with a success unexpectedwith a success unexpectedin common hoursin common hours(Henry David Thoreau)(Henry David Thoreau)

Don’t wait Don’t wait for a problemfor a problemto come to you,to come to you,for it may arrive atfor it may arrive atan inconvenient time.an inconvenient time.

Instead, Instead, make the searchmake the searchyourself, so that youyourself, so that youare the aggressor.are the aggressor.

Work through Work through the puzzling, the puzzling, recalcitrant materialsrecalcitrant materialson your own terms.on your own terms.(Sigmund Freud)(Sigmund Freud)

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Dreams come true when we start doing things together,Dreams come true when we start doing things together,Instead of just dreaming them together.Instead of just dreaming them together.

For evilFor evilto become alive, to become alive, it first needs it first needs to be endorsed to be endorsed by the willby the will

For good people, For good people, in order to allow in order to allow evil to prevail, all evil to prevail, all they have to do is they have to do is lean back.lean back.

Boredom is a state of mind, justified only in people Boredom is a state of mind, justified only in people that have seen everything, experienced everything, that have seen everything, experienced everything, done everything, and know everything.done everything, and know everything.

Some see things as they are and say : “Why ?”Some see things as they are and say : “Why ?”I dream of things as they could be and say: “Why Not?”I dream of things as they could be and say: “Why Not?”

Men, at some time, are masters of their fates;Men, at some time, are masters of their fates;the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,but in ourselves, that we are underlings.but in ourselves, that we are underlings.(W. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, I.2137-140, Cassius speaking)(W. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, I.2137-140, Cassius speaking)

Cowards dieCowards diemany times many times before their deaths,before their deaths,

The valiantThe valiantnever taste of deathnever taste of deathbut oncebut once(W. Shakespeare – (W. Shakespeare – J. Caesar, II.2 37/37)J. Caesar, II.2 37/37)

There is a tide in the affairs of men, which,There is a tide in the affairs of men, which,taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries.in shallows and in miseries.(W. Shakespeare, J. Caesar, IV:3 216/220, Brutus speaking)(W. Shakespeare, J. Caesar, IV:3 216/220, Brutus speaking)

It is strange, how oftentimes, to win us to our harm, It is strange, how oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths; the instruments of darkness tell us truths; win us with honest trifles, win us with honest trifles, to betray us in deepest consequence.to betray us in deepest consequence.(W. Shakespeare, Macbeth, I.3.120, Banquo speaking)(W. Shakespeare, Macbeth, I.3.120, Banquo speaking)

Air, Earth and Ocean, to astonished day,Air, Earth and Ocean, to astonished day,One scene of blood, one mighty tomb display !One scene of blood, one mighty tomb display !From Hunger’s arm the shafts are hurled,From Hunger’s arm the shafts are hurled,And one great Slaughterhouse the warring worldAnd one great Slaughterhouse the warring world(Erasmus Darwin)(Erasmus Darwin)

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