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Golden Threads of a Successful Life

·        "People who know the most know that they know so little, while people who know nothing want to take all day to tell you about it.

·        Self-improvement can be harmful if you are doing it to look better.  If you live your life helping others look better, you'll become better without even trying.

·        If you give in order to get something, you're not really giving - you're  trading.

·        Big people are always giving someone credit and taking blame; little people are always seeking credit and giving blame.

·        Don't worry about having to make a right decision.  Make it and then work to make it right.

·         An attitude of gratitude should flavor everything you do.  Learning to be thankful is the golden thread woven through every successful life (Gray, Stephens & Van Diest, p. 30, 2001)."

Reference:  Gray, A.; Stephens, S. & Van Diest, J. (2001).  Lists to live by: for everything that really matters.  Sisters, OR:  Multnomah Publishers.

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Created: 2008-04-02, Updated: 2008-11-12