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Most people reserve celebration

For some future "special day."

I choose to celebrate each and

Every day as a special day.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

 

Efforts and courage

are not enough

Without purpose and

direction.

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 

Liberty without learning

is always in peril;

Learning without liberty

is always in vain.

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 

The ancient Greek definition

of happiness

Was the full use of your

powers along lines

Of excellence.

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 

For in the final analysis,

our most basic common link,

Is that we all inhabit

this small planet,

we all breathe the same air,

we all cherish our children’s

futures,

And we are all mortal.

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 

All of us have in our veins

the exact same percentage

Of salt in our blood that

exists in the ocean,

and therefore,

We have Salt in our blood,

in our sweat, in our tears.

We are tied to the ocean,

and when we go back to the sea…

Whether it is to sail or to

watch it…

we are going back from

Whence we came.

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 

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If it can be done to

John F. Kennedy in 1963,

it can be done to another

president in the future.

And we can't afford to have

coup d'etats in America,

no matter how cleverly

orchestrated and sinisterly

contrived they may be.

That cannot be permitted to happen.

And the way you prevent that from

happening is to expose those

elements of government and society

in this country that were

responsible for the killing of

John F. Kennedy.

Dr. Cyril Wecht

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and Iconic Collaborations

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I saw God Today – George Strait

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112024 From the archives...

The only limit to our

realization of tomorrow

Will be our doubts of

today.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

A negative mind never

attracts happiness

Or material success,

but it will attract

their opposites.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

 

The best years of your

life are the ones in which you

Decide your problems are your own.

You do not blame them on your

mother, the ecology,

or the President.

You realize that you control

Your own destiny.

- Albert Ellis

Enthusiasm in our daily work

lightens effort and turns even

labor into pleasant tasks.

- Stanley Baldwin

 

It’s not whether you get

knocked down,

It’s whether you get up.

- Coach Vince Lombardi

 

Most people fail in life

not because they

Aim too high and miss,

but because they

Aim too low and hit.

- Les Brown

 

Our opportunity is to

soar our Spirit.

To see Light and Joy

in everything.

To spread our wings

and fly boldly.

To give thanks for rainbows

and butterflies …

our symbols of renewal

and rebirth.

To offer daily Thanksgiving …

For ourselves, our family, 

our friends, our community,

For the whole world.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A belief in God is

fundamental.

Upon it rest the influences

That control life.

- William Jennings Bryan

 

If we desire rules to

govern our

Spiritual development

We turn back to the Sermon

On the Mount.

- William Jennings Bryan

 

If there is no God there

is no hereafter.

When, therefore,

one drives God out of

The universe he closes

the door of hope

Upon himself.

- William Jennings Bryan

 

The Rock of Ages is more

important

Than the age of rocks.

- William Jennings Bryan

 

Take each day and push

Forward with no limits!

Success is waiting.

- Nathaniel Peat

 

When preparation meets

With opportunities,

Destiny is born

- Anonymous

 

Never leave that till tomorrow,

Which you can do today.

- Benjamin Franklin

 

Just like waves in the ocean

Come and go,

No challenge is permanent.

Problems will come and go too.

We must enjoy the challenges

Just like we enjoy the waves.

- RVM

 

Like success,

Failure is many things

To many people. 

With a positive mental attitude,

Failure is a learning experience,

A rung on the ladder,

A plateau at which to get your

Thoughts in order and prepare

To try again.

- W. Clement Stone  

 

You don’t have to win the game

Or the race to be a champion.

Actually, your true competition

In life is yourself.

If you strive to constantly

improve,

To make each day better,

To make someone else’s load a

Little lighter,

And to make someone’s day a

Little brighter,

Then you will be living the

Life of a true champion.

- Jace Carlton

 

Greatness is not found

In possessions, power,

Position or prestige. 

It is discovered in goodness,

Humility, service,

and character.

- William Arthur Ward

 

Not the owner of many

Possessions will you be

Right to call happy …

He more rightly deserves

The name of happy who

Knows how to use the

Gods' gifts wisely and to

Put up with rough poverty,

And who fears dishonor

More than death.

- Horace

 

The smallest good deed

Is better than the

Grandest good intention.

- Duguet

 

Living without failure

is impossible.

Don’t give up until

failure is no longer

possible.

- Chase Reynolds

 

Enthusiasm is a power

that can give dreams to

the dreamless,

life to the lifeless,

and hope to the hopeless.

- RVM

 

The biggest thing is to

Focus on winning football.

Don’t get caught in all the

Clutter.

- Coach Nick Saban

 

We have a goal for how many

Explosive plays that we want

to make.

We don’t want to make those

Explosive plays at the expense

of making poor decisions that

are going to turn into

Turnovers and interceptions.

Taking care of the ball and

Managing the game is more

important than that.

- Coach Nick Saban

 

There are two pains in life.

There is the pain of

discipline

And the pain of disappointment.

If you can handle the pain of

discipline,

Then you'll never have to deal

with the pain of disappointment,

You play for your team and what

Your team can do.

You want your team to dominate

so that they can be successful.

You really want to win on your

ability to execute,

not on someone else's inability…

You don't really want anything

bad to happen to the other team.

You just want your team to play

well.

- Coach Nick Saban

 

History can’t help us

Win the next game.

- Coach Nick Saban

 

ROLL TIDE!

Beat O.U.!

 

 

 

 

 

 

111924 From the archives...

Our problems are man-made,

therefore, they may be solved

by man.

No problem of human destiny

Are beyond human beings.

- John F. Kennedy

 

There are risks and costs to a

program of action.

But they are far less than the

long-range risks and costs of

comfortable inaction.

- John F. Kennedy

 

Let us think of education as the

means of developing

Our greatest abilities, because

in each of us there is a private

hope and dream which fulfilled,

can be translated into benefit

for everyone and greater

Strength for our nation.

- John F. Kennedy

 

And so, my fellow Americans…

Ask not what your Country can

do for you…

Ask what you can do for your

Country.

My fellow citizens of the world…

Ask not what America will do for you,

But what together we can do for the

Freedom of man.

- John F. Kennedy

 

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The worship most acceptable

to God

Comes from a thankful and

cheerful heart.

- Plutarch

 

God has two dwellings.

one in heaven,

And the other in meek

and thankful hearts.

- Walton

 

Gratitude is the inward feeling

of kindness received.
Thankfulness is the natural

impulse to express that feeling.
Thanksgiving is the following

of that impulse.

- Henry Van Dyke

 

Our greatest weakness lies

in giving up.

The most certain way to

succeed is always

To try just one more time.

- Thomas Edison

 

Your chances of success in

any undertaking

Can always be measured by

your belief in yourself.

- Robert Collier

 

If you concentrate on finding

whatever is good

In every situation, you will

discover that your life

Will suddenly be filled with

gratitude,

A feeling that nurtures the soul.

- Harold S. Kushner

 

You simply will not be the

same person

Two months from now after

consciously

Giving thanks each day for

the abundance

That exists in your life.

And you will have set in

motion an ancient

Spiritual law…

The more you have and

are grateful for,

The more will be given you.

- Sarah Ban Breathnach

 

Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily loads us with benefits,
The God of our salvation!

- Psalm 68:19

 

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Being joyful isn’t what makes

you grateful.

Being grateful is what makes

you joyful.

- Ann Voskamp

 

Acknowledging the good that

you already have

In your life is the foundation

for all abundance.

- Eckhart Tolle

 

Real joy is not found in having

the best of everything

But in trusting that God is

making the best of everything.

- Ann Voskamp

 

When grief is deepest,

Words are fewest.

- Ann Voskamp

 

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All it takes

Is all you got.

- Marc Davis

 

It’s not what you do

Once in a while,

It’s what you day in

And day out that makes

The difference.

- Jenny Craig

 

Happiness is different

From pleasure.

Happiness has something

To do with struggling and

Enduring and accomplishing.

- George Sheehan

 

Whatever you do,

Do with kindness.

Whatever you say,

Say with kindness.

Wherever you go,

Radiate kindness.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

 

Nothing brings me more

Happiness than trying to

Help the most vulnerable

People in society.

It is a goal and an essential

Part of my life …

A kind of destiny.

Whoever is in distress can

Call on me.

I will come running wherever

They are.

- Princess Diana

 

I take every opportunity

To articulate to others

the ways that they have

Blessed and influenced me.

I hold sweet memories of

Making the opportunity

to thank teachers who

Have influenced me.

I encourage everyone to

Seize opportunities to tell

People who have made a 

Gift of knowledge or influence.

- Mary Anne Radmacher

 

There is no such thing

As bad weather,

Just soft people.

- Bill Bowerman

 

You don't have the

Power to make life "fair,"

but you do have the

Power to make life joyful.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

 

People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou

 

How do you want

To be remembered?

Live life full out …

Begin today.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

 

Ideas are a dime a dozen.

People who put them into

Action is priceless.

- Anonymous

 

It’s not how much we have,

But how much we enjoy that

Makes happiness.

- Charles Spurgeon

 

Dare to dream,

But even more importantly,

Dare to put action behinds

Your dreams.

Your willingness to try is the

Difference maker.

- Josh Hinds

 

Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous 

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The Cross – Anne Wilson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39UafwUH4Gg