Thoughts—Winning at Life	
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Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of 
you.     — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is like a ten-speed bike.  Most of us have gears 
we never use.   —Charles M. Schulz
No one is either rich or poor who has not helped 
himself to be so.    —German saying
Do what you can, with what you have, where you 
are.   — Theodore Roosevelt
I didn’t belong as a kid, and that always bothered 
me.  If only I’d known that my differentness would 
be an asset (good gift), then my childhood would 
have been much easier.  — Bette Midler
According to the theory of flight, the bumble bee is 
unable to fly.  This is because the size, weight, and 
shape of its body compared to total wing spread 
makes flying impossible.  But the bumble bee, not 
knowing these truths, goes ahead and flies anyway.
They can because they think they can.     —Virgil
If you can dream it, you can do it.   —Walt Disney
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your 
consent.   —Eleanor Roosevelt
Man is the only animal that suffers from the disease 
of self-hatred.   —Montaigne
Knock the "t" off the "can’t."    — George Reeves	
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a 
single step.      — Chinese saying
Winning isn't getting ahead of others.  It's getting 
ahead of yourself.   —Roger Staubach
If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well 
better find some way that is going to be interesting.   
   — Katharine Hepburn
People of success rarely sat back and let things 
happen to them.  They go out and happen to things.
   —Elinor Smith
I believe there's an inner power that makes winners 
or losers; and the winners are the ones who really 
listen to the truth of their hearts.   — S. Stallone
I was raised to feel what someone wanted me to be 
and then to be that kind of person.  It took me a long 
time to learn to not to judge myself through 
someone else's eyes.   — Sally Field
Let me listen to me and not to them.   — G. Stein
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. 
    —Vince Lombardi
1. Schulz:  How is life like a ten-speed bike?
2. Midler:  a) What did she wish she knew?  
 b) Why?
3. Roosevelt: What does it take to make you feel 	
inferior?	
4. Reeves:  What should you knock off "can’t"?
5. Chinese Saying:  How must a journey begin?
6. Smith:  What do people of success do?
7. Stallone:  Who are the winners?
8. Field:  What took her a long time to learn?
9. Stein: Listen to whom and not to whom?
10. Lombardi: What 2 things are habits?
11. a) Which quote do you like.  b) Give a reason 	
for your choice.
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