Make your "yes" mean yes,
and your "no" mean no.
- John Wooden
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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- John Wooden
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden 
You can't live a perfect day without doing something
for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden
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You can't let praise or criticism get to you.
It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
- John Wooden
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,
because your character is what you really are,
while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
- John Wooden
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
- John Wooden
Do not let what you cannot do
interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden
Youngsters need good models more than they need critics.
- John Wooden
Beating an opponent is not a goal,
but a by-product of success.
- John Wooden
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
- John Wooden
Success comes from knowing that
you did your best to become the best
that you are capable of becoming.
- John Wooden
Don't let what you cannot do
interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating.
Youngsters need good models more than they need critics.
It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.
- John Wooden
A coach is someone who can give correction
without causing resentment.
- John Wooden
You don't have the power to make life "fair,"
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love one another but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores of your souls.
- Khalil Gibran
The greatest mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing you will make one.
- Elbert Hubbard
If you want to make peace with your enemy,
you have to work with your enemy.
Then he becomes your partner.
- Nelson Mandela
What we think, we become.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world.
- The Buddha
Curiosity takes courage.
The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.
Pay Attention.
Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
What do we live for, if it is not
to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot
Circumstance does not make the man: it reveals him to himself.
- James Allen
If (s)he's an apple and you're an orange,
celebrate your differences -
make a great fruit salad.
Love isn't about being the same -
it's about being sweet with each other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
It costs you nothing to make another happy -
and you gain your true self through the act of spreading joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth;
not going all the way, and not starting.
- The Buddha
Inner peace is a choice -
make that choice today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We can never obtain peace in the outer world
until we make peace with ourselves.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
We make a living by what we get.
We make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill
Every decision you make ...
is a decision about Who You Are.
- Neale Donald Walsch
The most central ingredient in the recipe
for living Simply An Inspired Life
is to Make Joyful CHOICES.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Great people are those who make others feel
that they, too, can become great.
- Mark Twain
The best way to destroy an enemy
is to make him a friend.
- Abraham Lincoln
When you make a world tolerable for yourself,
you make a world tolerable for others.
- Anais Nin
Exercise free-will.
CHOOSE each and every action you make,
every thought you think,
and every emotion you feel.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
- St Francis of Assisi
Believe you can - and then make it happen.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It's your life - live your own goals,
your own values, your own life.
Be of service to others,
but make your own decisions.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth
- not going all the way and not starting.
- The Buddha
From what we get, we can make a living:
what we give, however makes a life.
- Arthur Ashe
There's a point... when you have to choose
whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life,
or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.
- Leonardo da Vinci
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die.
And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
The trick is in what one emphasizes.
We either make ourselves miserable,
or we make ourselves happy.
The amount of work is the same.
- Carlos Castaneda
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves,
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson
If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely.
It is absolutely touch and go.
Each one of us could make the difference.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.
- Horace Traubel
Every decision you make - every decision -
is not a decision about what to do.
It's a decision about Who You Are.
When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes.
You begin to see life in a new way.
All events, occurrences, and situations
turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.
- Neale Donald Walsch
Indifferent to whether your mood is grumpy or cheerful,
Nature always sings her passionate song of joyful celebration.
You can never stop the happy song of life,
so join the celebration -
sing along, dance, make love,
smile your biggest smile, and cheer on God's music.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying
Well-behaved women seldom make history.
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Two little words that can make the difference: START NOW.
- Mary C. Crowley
To be yourself in a world that
is constantly trying to make you something else
is the greatest accomplishment.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there
who will try to discourage you.
Don't listen to them.
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
If thou wilt make a man happy,
add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
- Epicurus
You can conquer almost any fear
if you will only make up your mind to do so.
For remember, fear doesn't exist
anywhere except in the mind.
- Dale Carnegie
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words;
it is expressed in the choices one makes...
and the choices we make
are ultimately our responsibility.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Make your important choices in life
based on your values and your long-term objectives
rather than on a need for approval.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
The biggest mistake we could ever make in our lives
is to think we work for anybody but ourselves.
- Brian Tracy
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Am I not destroying my enemies
when I make friends of them?
- Abraham Lincoln
I must dedicate my life to teaching my people,
for only education would make their lot less bitter,
their latent power more strong.
- Jimmy Yen
He who is persistent will realize God.
So try your best to make meditation
a regular experience in your life.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
Make Today count. Today - each Today -
is the most important day of your life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We act as though comfort and luxury
were the chief requirements of life,
when all that we need to make us really happy
is something to be enthusiastic about.
- Charles Kingsley
People are just as happy
as they make up their minds to be.
- Abraham Lincoln
Things turn out best for the people
who make the best of the way things turn out.
- Art Linkletter
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