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 Play out the game, act well your part, and if the gods have blundered, we will not.  Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable. Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser. An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. Not all of his relationships were meant to end . . . Once he sent a postcard and inadvertently wrote "Wish you were her." Today's sales should be better than yesterday's - and worse than tomorrow's. Divorce is a game played by lawyers. The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use. Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. As you express joy, you draw it out of those you meet, creating joyful people and joyful events. The greater the joy you express, the more joy you experience. I used to want to shoot my age. Now I would just like to shoot my temperature. Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach. When the historian, Charles A. Beard was asked about the lessons from history, he said there were four: 1. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. 2. Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. 3. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small. 4. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. There is only one way to end a self-pity cycle: stop comparing yourself to others, and simply follow Christ. If you cry "Forward," you must make plain in what direction to go. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it. Keep your thoughts right, for as you think, so are you. Therefore, think only those things that will make the world better, and you unashamed. Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up. What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road? 
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