MESSAGE #1018 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT PAOLO PEZZO

I ride
for
passion.
Cycling
is
too hard
to do
just
for
the money.

Paolo Pezzo
Olympic gold medalist
mountain biking

MESSAGE #1017 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT AGATHA CHRISTIE

I have sometimes been
wildly,
despairingly,
acutely miserable,
racked with sorrow,
but
through it all,
I still know
quite certainly
that just
to be alive
is a
grand thing.

Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
all-time best-selling writer

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MESSAGE #1016 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOHN STEINBECK

It is
a common experience
that
a problem
difficult
at night
is resolved
in the morning
after
the committee
of sleep
has worked on it.

John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

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MESSAGE #1015 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BOB McMURRAY

Acting
professionally
breeds
professionalism.

Bob McMurray
Canadian artist

MESSAGE #1014 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ED AGRESTA II

Failure
follows those
who
fail
to
follow through.

Ed Agresta
world’s greatest
motivational speaker

MESSAGE #1013 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ED AGRESTA

Don’t
count
the days –
make the days
count.

Ed Agresta
Founder & CEO
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(609) 660-8156

MESSAGE #1012 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COLETTE

What a
wonderful life
I’ve had.
I only wish
I’d realized
it
sooner.

Colette (1873-1954)
French novelist

MESSAGE #1011 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOSEPH ADDISON

The three
grand essentials
to happiness
are
something to do,
something to love,
and
something to hope for.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
English essayist,
poet, & politician

MESSAGE #1010 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT THOMAS JEFFERSON

Nothing
gives
a person
so much
advantage
over
another
as
to remain
always cool
and
unruffled
under
all circumstances.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
the third president
of the United States

MESSAGE #1009 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DAN GABLE

Gold medals
are not
really
made of gold.
They’re made
of
sweat,
determination,
and
a hard-to-find
alloy
called
guts.

Dan Gable
Olympic Gold Medalist
wrestling

Thanks to Tom & Isabel Murphy

MESSAGE #1008 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GENERAL GEORGE PATTON

You
are not beaten
until
you
admit it.

George Patton
U.S. Army officer (1885-1945)

MESSAGE #1007 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GRACIE ALLEN

Never
place
a period
where
God
has placed
a comma.

Gracie Allen (1895-1964)
American comedienne

MESSAGE #1006 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ROSA PARKS

Each person
must live
their
life
as a model
for others.

Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
African American
civil rights activist

MESSAGE #1005 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT TERAH COX

Let
discipline
come from
a sense of
purpose
rather than
a feeling of
guilt.

Terah Cox
writer and speaker

MESSAGE #1004 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GANDHI

Action
expresses
priorities.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
spiritual & political leader of India

MESSAGE #1003 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MOTHER TERESA

If you
judge
people,
you have
no time
to love
them.

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
Albanian Catholic nun

MESSAGE #1002 -- HOW TO BE THE NEXT ANNA QUINDLEN

Once I got
a fortune cookie
that said,
“To remember
is
to understand.”
A good judge
remembers
what it was like
to be
a lawyer.
A good boss
remembers
what it was like
to be
an employee.
A good parent
remembers
what it was like
to be
a child.”

Anna Quindlen
American writer

MESSAGE #1001 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

When
I was young,
I admired
clever people.
Now that
I am old,
I admire
thoughtful people.

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972)
American rabbi
& leading Jewish theologian

MESSAGE #1000 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BARBRA STREISAND

Thank God
there were
a couple of people
in my life
who said,
“Go on,
go on -
you can do it!”

Barbra Streisand
singer,
actress,
film maker

MESSAGE #999 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT

It’s a
tough racket.
It can be
pretty heartbreaking,
and
you really have to,
deep down,
have a toughness
to yourself,
or
you’re not going
to be able
to survive
in the theater.

Edward Albee
American playwright

MESSAGE #998 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

A single
thankful thought
towards heaven
is
the most perfect
of all
prayers.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1881)
German writer & philosopher

MESSAGE #997 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MEISTER ECKHART

If
the only prayer
you
ever say
in
your life
is
“Thank you,”
it
will be
enough.

Meister Eckhart (1260-1327)
German theologian,
philosopher,
& mystic

MESSAGE #996 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WOODY ALLEN

The talent
for
being happy
is
appreciating
and
liking
what you
have,
instead of
what you
don’t have.

Woody Allen
filmmaker,
comedian,
& writer

MESSAGE #995 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LIONEL HAMPTON

Gratitude
is
when
memory
is stored
in the
heart
and not
in the
mind.

Lionel Hampton (1908-2002)
jazz musician

MESSAGE #994 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LOUIS L’AMOUR

There
will come
a time
when
you believe
everything
is
finished.
That
will be
the
beginning.

Louis L’Amour (1908-1988)
American author
of western novels

MESSAGE #993 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BRUCE BARTON

The big rewards
come to
those
who travel
the second,
undemanded
mile.

Bruce Barton (1886-1967)
author, advertising executive,
& politician

MESSAGE #992 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JULIE ANDREWS

Perseverance is
failing
19 times
and
succeeding
the 20th!

Julie Andrews
entertainer

Thanks, Sue Brooks

MESSAGE #991 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR

I try
to do
the right thing
at the right time.
They may just be
little things,
but usually
they make
the difference
between
winning and losing.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
highest scorer
in the history of
pro basketball

MESSAGE #990 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LUCILLE BALL

One of the things
I learned
the hard way
was that
it doesn’t pay
to get discouraged.
Keeping busy
and
making optimism
a way of life
can restore
your faith
in yourself.

Lucille Ball (1911-1989)
entertainer

MESSAGE #989 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT KAREN LAMB

A year from
now
you may wish
you had started
today.

Karen Lamb
former First Lady
of Milwaukee

MESSAGE #988 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT OPRAH

Turn
your wounds
into
wisdom.

Oprah Winfrey
TV talk show host
and producer