An elder Cherokee Native American was teaching his
grandchildren about life. He said to them, "A fight
is going on inside me...It is a terrible fight,
and it is between two wolves. One wolf represents
fear, anger,envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies,
pride and superiority. The other wolf stands for joy,
peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity,
truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going
on inside of you and every other person too."

They thought about it for a minute and then one child
asked his Grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old
Cherokee simply replied..."The one I feed."

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"It is not the critic that counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles.
Or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement.
And at worst, If he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those
cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

— President Theodore Roosevelt, "The Man in the Arena", Paris, 1910

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"The heights some men
have reached and kept.
Were not attained
in sudden flight.
For they, when
their companions slept.
Kept pushing onward
through the night."
-Sir Edmond Hillary on Mount Everest.

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"Dream Big and Dare to Fail"
Norman D. Vaughn
-Feb 16th 2001 in his Chicago speech
-Vaughn is the only surving member of
Admiral Byrd's 1928-1930 expedition to Antarctica.

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"The quality of a person's
life is in direct relation
to their commitment to excellence"
-Tom Landry

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"The song remains the same"
-Robert Plant/Jimmy Page

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"For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only son,
that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal life."
John 3:16

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