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Words to Live

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things money can't buy. If you removed the rocks, the brook would lose its song. There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks all of them. One thing you can give and still keep is your word. We're all faced with…

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Zig Ziglar

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things money can't buy. If you removed the rocks, the brook would lose its song. There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks all of them. One thing you can give and still keep is your word. We're all faced with a series of great opportunities, brilliantly disguised as "impossible situations." If we fill our hours with regrets over the failures of yesterday, and worries over the problems of tomorrow, we have no time in which to be thankful for the laughter and the sunshine, the love and the joy of today. If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. There are two ways to get to the top of an oak tree: Catch that first limb and climb, or find a good, healthy acorn and sit on it.