“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
“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
“experience, and most of those experiences are painful and costly. If you can learn from someone else’s pain and expense, you are a wise person, indeed. I would encourage you to read this book, cover-to-cover, but also keep it as a reference text using the sections and individual columns as a resource you can revisit as your life journey calls for specific wisdom. It is my hope that this is not a one-time encounter that you and I are having. My hope is, in the coming months and years as you travel toward your own personal”
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Jim Stovall
“Love is a treasure for which we can never pay. The only way we keep it is to give it away.”
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Jim Stovall
“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
“Struggles often serve to release the wisdom, patience, and strength we all possess but too seldom demonstrate.”
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Jim Stovall
“Our memories are not totally fact or completely fiction. They are a conglomeration of the thoughts that we put together to explain to ourselves who we are. Just like a beautiful flower garden will look totally different in daylight as opposed to dark, the memories of our past are held hostage by our perspective.”
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Jim Stovall
“—DON M. GREEN is Executive Director of the nonprofit Napoleon Hill Foundation, a position he has held for fourteen years. Don is a board member of The University of Virginia/Wise and president of the University of Virginia/Wise Foundation Board. Prior to his position with the Napoleon Hill Foundation, he was a bank”
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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
“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
“it is more important how you change the lives of those whom you touch every day than whether or not you change the world.”
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Jim Stovall
“The journey of life is a matter of traveling well rather than reaching a destination.”
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Jim Stovall
“reserved. This book is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. This book”
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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
