“I defy you to find a statue or a monument ever erected to anyone because they were realistic. All dreamers, all achievers, all great people kept their child-like faith in their own dream and their ability to carry it out, and these great people had an inordinate gift to disregard the word's cries for reality.”
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Jim Stovall
“When we can learn from our own problems, we begin to deal with life. When we can learn from other people’s problems, we begin to master life.”
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Jim Stovall
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Jim Stovall
“... sometimes in life, you either laugh or you cry. And I prefer to laugh.”
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Jim Stovall
“In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others.”
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Jim Stovall
“In those times when we yearn to have more in our lives, we should dwell on the things we already have. In doing so, we will often find that our lives are already full to overflowing.”
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Jim Stovall
“by literally millions whether in newspapers, magazines or today’s popular social media such as emails and Facebook. Through the generosity of Jim who is contributing his many years of work to be published in a book by the non-profit Napoleon”
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Jim Stovall
“Only when we try to understand one another's suffering can we begin to bring each other joy.”
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Jim Stovall
“If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future.”
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Jim Stovall
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if no one is watching.”
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Jim Stovall
“Instead of looking to find a friend, seek situations where you can be a friend, and you will always find what you are looking for.”
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Jim Stovall
“Every day is a gift because it can either be the first day of the rest of our life or be our last day here on earth.”
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Jim Stovall
“wife and two children on the spot of barren dirt that hours before had been his home and everything he owned, he spoke the words I will keep with me always. He said, “We have lost absolutely everything. We have nothing left other than the clothes on our backs.” Then, after a brief pause, he continued, “But I guess we are lucky since our whole family is safe and sound. We have everything important.” To have lost everything and still have everything seems contradictory, but it’s not. As I reflect on the lessons presented by the young father, I realize that we all spend a lot of time accumulating things that in the final”
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Jim Stovall
“In life’s journey, the things we keep we eventually lose, while the things we give away, we always have.”
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Jim Stovall
