Hear the music ... Before the song is over."

"You are a bright shining star, wish you would realise that. Promise that you will not hold back anymore. You've got to make the most of the time you have got, the most of every second. Don't run away from things because they scare you. It's good to be scared once in a while. Take care of yourself and be happy, you deserve all the happiness you can get."

"Those who believe ... achieve"

"Bright candles promise a brand new year of happiness in the making, good times for the taking ... And so many dreams just waiting to come true. So make a wish and realise that dream"

"You do not fear what could be you fear the unknown. Don't fear as you could miss the opportunity of a lifetime"

"The beginning is always today" [Mary Wollstonecraft]

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" [Vincent van Gogh]

"The greatest grief's are those we cause ourselves" [Sophocles]

"Custom is king over all" [Pinda]

"To vanquish without danger is to triumph without glory" [Pierre Corneille]

"Friends are born, not made" [Henry Adams]

"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything" [Wyatt Earp]

"Dreams, ideas, and plans not only are an escape, they give me purpose, a reason to hang on" [Steven Patrick Callahan]

"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously" [Hubert H. Humphrey]

"Let us have faith that right makes might" [Abraham Lincoln]

"It's the joy of giving that brings the magic of Christmas and turns grey winter skies into blue" [thisisthebarmyarmy.co.uk Christmas message, first seen 2002]

"Every problem has a gift for you in its hands" [Richard Bach]

"Today's promise is tomorrow's hope"

"No man is an island, entire of itself'" [John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, 1624]

"..And hope and history rhyme. So hope for a great sea-change" [Seamus Heaney, The Cure at Troy, 1990]

"Make each moment a precious and memorable memory that will last a life time"

" To not believe in something, you must believe in the first place it is there"

"Whats a vision without a belief? What's a belief without the passion? What's the passion without the ability?"

"I am left here as you go, with one thing to live for...your memory will take me on and I will do you proud. You were the one for me in the life I once knew and when ever I lose a tear, I close my eyes and feel you with me. My heart was once yours, now it beats alone, alone in this world but together once more. Maybe you come back in my dreams, maybe you come back in my mind, but in my eyes you have gone, but I know that someplace, someplace of sheer wonder I will meet you again"

"And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand."

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just" [Abraham Lincoln]

"Make every moment, a well lived moment"

"Do or do not; there is no try" [Yoda, Stars Wars]

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment" [Buddha]

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one" [John Lennon, Imagine]

"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within" [James Baldwin]

"You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers" [John J. Plomp]

"You see things; and you say, , 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'" [George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah]

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

"We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne" [Marcus Aurelius]

"Always be a little kinder than necessary" [James M. Barrie]

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity" [Albert Einstein]

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars" [Les Brown]

"Good looks open doors, but they don't keep you in the room" [Todd Coomber]

"We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up" [Phyllis Diller]

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" [Albert Einstein]

"In youth we learn; in age we understand" [Maria Ebner-Eschenbach]

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one" [Malcolm S. Forbes]

"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there" [Indira Gandhi]

" Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms."

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there" [Arthur Godfrey]

" We all start with dreams, we all grow up with dreams. You have them now, but how many of these dreams ever come true and we let them die? Never let your dreams go and never let anyone tell you your dreams are impossible"

"Always be a little kinder than necessary" [James M. Barrie]

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

"It only takes a minute to make a moment of a lifetime"

"Don't let the fear of the moment, keep you from the memory of a lifetime"

"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God"

"Make every moment a well lived moment"

"My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it as it is and why it exists as all" [Stephen Hawking]

"I am the LORD, and there is no one else, there is no God beside me"

"You manage things; you lead people" [Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, United States Navy]

"There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet" [William Halsey]

"An inferiority complex would be a blessing, if only the right people had it" [Alan Reed]

"Don't risk something that is worth keeping"

"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart" [Donald Laird]

"Make your life a mission-not an intermission" [Arnold Glasgow]

"Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster" [William Bridges]

"The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner."

"It is surprising what people can do when they have to, and how little most people will do when they don't have to" [Walter Linn]

"Yesterday's the past, tomorrows the future, but today is a gift. That's why its called the present" [Bill Keane]

"For a time they become Gods and Heroes"

"To lose is not to be defeated, to surrender is the real failure" [Australian National Sports Museum, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia]

"You're the elite, the top of the tree, but being a Lion is not about being individual. If you go out there on your own you will fail. If we can combine our strengths and work together, then we can achieve anything. - How do you want to be remembered?"

"Here is their spirit, in the heart of the land they loved; and here we guard the record which they themselves made" [Charles Bean, Australian Official Historian, First World War, Australia National War Museum - Canberra, ACT]

"When you go through difficulties in life one of two things happen; either you become a better person or you fall apart. The hardships face in life make you stronger and the one of the most important things to hold in life is a fresh perspective on life"

"The heart of marriage is memories and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savour your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the Gods"

"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?"

"The life you have led in the past doesn't have to be the only life you lead"

"Think about the good things that have happened, not the bad stuff"

"The truth is more valuable if it takes a few years to find it"

"Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, as sense of spiritual deadness" [Shakti Gawain]

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away"

"Sometimes you have to believe what is in your heart. You cannot see it or touch it but you must believe in it"

"If you believe enough in your heart, even the improbable is probable"

"Demand the best. Be the best. Excellence as standard. On the journey to performance sustainability"

"It's not a part of life, it is life. Football's in out DNA"

"Life is just a place we spend between games"

"Inspiring potential, realising dreams, excellence is habit. Making life. Better!"

"Inspiring Potential, Fullfilling Dreams" [The Manchester United Foundation slogan]

"How foolish it is to strive after worldly things. It is a great deal wiser to simply present yourself honestly and faithfully to the gods, in perfect simplicity" [Marcus Aurelius]

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