“Success lies in the balance between seeking and striving on one hand and being peaceful and content on the other.”
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Jim Stovall
“OUR LEGACIES Every footprint that we take Makes a change where we have passed. Small things there beneath our heel Are changing where the print was cast. What then could any difference make When ruthless paths our courses take? Beneath our heel some things will bend Without the strength to rise again. Joye Kanelakos”
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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 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
“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
“You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start.”
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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
“things in this life can be separated into two categories: Things that are valuable and things that matter.”
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Jim Stovall
“It is impossible to experience fear, hate, or defeat when we are laughing.”
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Jim Stovall
“Pursue your dreams as if you will live forever, and consider your legacy as if this will be your final day.”
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Jim Stovall
“Happiness is often elusive and fleeting. There are three elements that, when combined, always result in happiness. Like a three-legged stool, they work in tandem. Any two of the three”
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Jim Stovall
“the desire and hunger for education is the key to real learning.”
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Jim Stovall
“Laughter is good medicine for the soul. Our world is desperately in need of more such medicine.”
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Jim Stovall
“A journey may be long or short, but it must start at the very spot one finds oneself.”
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Jim Stovall
“There is absolutely nothing that can replace money in the things that money does, but regarding the rest of the things in the world, money is absolutely useless.”
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Jim Stovall
