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365 DAYS of WERDER Th.Brownes PRECEPTS r 26) n QUE 4 EVERY Dy f of the YEAR ABOUT i COURAGE, FRIENDSHIP LOVE, ane KINDNESS ALFRED A. KNOPF NEW YORK January 2 And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around yeu because the gteotest Seclets ate always hidden it the most ually gloves. Those. whe dont bekeve in Magic will fever fad it —Roald Dahl Three things in human life are important the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind. Henry James No man is an island, entire of itself. —John Donne JANUARY 6 All you need is love. —John Lennon and Paul MeCartney Somewhere, ary wcred; a alii iy) a JANUARY 11 Dor't tell me. The SKy's the Lime lhen there's Footprints On The Moon. —Paul Brandt JANUARY 12 How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. —Anne Frank However long the isto hoy : g irra night cee Dra ae cate the dawn Ii will break. Just be who you want to be, not what roya Ceo want to see. NOT All }W0St 0 KE IOs) JANUARY 18 Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world. Annie Lennox: January 19 You ore beaver Aan you helieve, steonget than you See, toh matlet than you think. Christopher Robin (A. A, Milne) January 20 Have you hada kindness shown? Pass it on. Henry Burton The mirac s not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the rade There is no shame in not knowing. The shame lies in not finding out. Assyrian proverb JANUARY 24 JANUARY 25 No act of ‘To thine kindness, own self no matter be true. a how small, is ever wasted. Ne aa ar aS Sh) alreddy Taken, Laughter is sunshine; it chases neconsenone winter from the human face. Know thyself. copy - Dustin FN) THINGS be ee wet THAT SHINE vel: be, . a AND MOVE to be yourself. TOWARD THEM. =~ May 17 May 18 If your ship doesn’t All we are saying is give : peace a chance. come in, John Lennon swim out to it. —Jonathan Winters The purpose of life is a Believe life of purpose. ee irom be ted! Youre Free fo make Your Own Choices, but er CUNY LYN roa eee nes COMMSEQUENEES of Ct leet e Making a million friends is not a miracle the miracle is to make such a friend who can stand with you when millions are against you. The wind is blowing. Adore the wind! Pythagoras —Desiderins Erasmus A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books. —Chinese proverb love fe : aNd it will love Bartell you back SOU MT “ —Madelin May 29 MAY 30 Is it so small a thing ‘To have enjoyed the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done; To have advanced true friends, and beat down baffling foes? Mark Twain —Matthew Arnold RUE Just follow the day and reach for the sun! JUNE 4 Start by doing the necessary, saying, I don’t know. then the possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Ignorance is not Ignorance is saying, I don’t want to know. St, Francis of Assisi —Unksown / J tH ie Keeley , @27 & nae Oe eT Perererena nt Cat thas Poneto Se ok oasis wile dior ; JUNE JUNE? Follow every Life moves forward. If rainbow, you keep looking back, Till you find you won't be able to see your dream. where you're going. ) Rodgers and Hammerstein, —Ghutle ceeroll The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. Ralph Waldo Emerson JUNE» One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. Lewis Carroll Whether you believe you can or believe you can’t, you are absolutely right. Henry Ford Fall seven Times. Frank ap eight. —Japanese proverb The most beautiful thing we can experience is CTs ea Tee source of all true art Eo iota Albert Einstein Be humble, for you are Ceca y Prana Ce Coa Cee made of sta: JUNE 14 JUNE 15 We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for In a gentle way, you can shake the world. song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens. .. . Mahatma Gandhi —Johannes Kepler JUNE 16 Yor life fy PO 3 SP vote 34, lo \ STS —Clate jUNE 17 Even 6 You don'y Win, listen 4, the small Voice inside OF Yd thar sye You QE djways g winner, Josh TUNE te When we know how to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the hearts of others. —Denis Diderot JUNE 20 ‘Thank you to life that has given me so much. It’s given me the strength of my weary feet, With which I have walked through cities and puddles, Beaches and deserts, Mountains and plains. . . Violeta Parra, “Gracias a la Vida" HuNE 21 The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo Buonarroti june 22 He who travels has stories to tell. Gaelic provers JUN 2s Courage is found in unlikely places IRR Tolkien Every day, i rn _ . ~ Sail the ocean in Sco] 5 Even when others s way, lena ON the Shore, getting = better and ee better. Emile Cout aan on BUR aol De aus oR Beene ae the details of daily life. COoLOAFUL. L\FE \S CLIT Senate JUNE 28 HuNe 29 How many things are Kindness is looked upon like snow. as quite It beautifies impossible every thing until they have actually been effected? Kati Gibran it covers, —Pliny the Elder Every dey may nok be gleness, but Prece's sometning glorious in every day. Find the glory Caleb Practice random kindness and a senseless act beauty. guy It is always easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them. Alfred Adler juny s Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. Les Brown, Unknown juny 7 Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. —Henry Ward Beecher SPOR CRRC Cr C a of life from tonight: always to Sees Uc a eceeneD JM, Barr pucy a At the end of the game, pawns and kings go back into the same box Italian proverb To the world, You are one person. Bub te one person, Yeu may ve the WOWLPY @ C7 e V C7 ? 3s co e Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create eXeX-Ld aA If something stands to be gained, nothing will be lost. Miguel de C Deke mnadion iS Xhe wake-ve cail 40 the human will. Anthony Robbins The sun’ll come out tomorrow. —Anoie (Martin Charnin) Ride on! Rough-shod The best if need be, smooth-shod if things - ve a that will do, but ride on! in life Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race! are not things. —Charles Dickens Ginny Moore rf you want to learn about the world 90 out sh it —Mae You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. —Seott Adams svcd does et come Swoudh Believe you grades, degrees or “ distinc ions, [+ comes , . Ynrovgh experiences you're halfway can and frat expand. Your . belief in Whal is there. POSSIBLE — Theodore Roosevelt Mates An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine but because people fail to see it. James Michener There is no wealth but life. John Ruskin head a9 etl SE pl ra ere puny 28 Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you. African proverb jury 29 The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together. Carl Sager juny 30 J. M. Barrie August 1 Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I-can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Lotsa May Aleott AUGUST 4 Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt. Norman Cousins august + I am part of all that I have met. —Alfred, Lord Tennyson AUGUST s Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. Matsuo Bash You can never cross the ocean AT ee ern PN Comore Tere to lose sight of the shore Cee one Pee te ee ue ua PoSerur ec RSriciies orn da You don't get harmony when everyone Sings the Same noxe. august 1 ALWAYS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE PRESENCE OF WONDER. —E. B. White I cannot do all the good that the world needs, but the world needs all the good that I can do. Jana Stanfield The sage has ‘The splendid achievements one advantage: of the intellect, like the soul, He is immortal. are everlasting. If this is not his —Sallust century, many others will be. Baltasar Graciin WE THINGS THAT MAKE Mle Digfereny ARE THE THINGS THAT INAKE ME MVE, Piglet (A.A. Milne) We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to estimate them by their beauty. It always seems impossible until it is done. Nelson Mandela A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. Bruce Lee If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together African Yesternight the Cae cece b sun went hence, Cee And yet is here today. John Donne Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. ON ld auiae oe Wont Vere) DORON Ea a Unknown The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. Rabindranath Tagore Very little is needed to make Estep) oN asa Kon Nothing in Nature is unbeautiful. SEPTEMBER Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise. Horace The wisest men follow their own course. — Euripides Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. —Georye Bernard Shaw Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. Kahlil Gibran The secret of Accept what you can't change. Change what you Tae (oat ProTMUn Im OLE Late done is to act! rare SEPTEMBER § You can’t, have a Rainbow SEPTEMBER 10 If there is no struggle, there is no progress. —Frederick Douglass SEPTEMBER 11 our of the Light and, DARK a a rake. Walt Whitman SEPTEMBER 12 Never hesitate to tell the truth. And never, ever give in or give up. —Rella Absug SEPTEMBER 15 Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection. Tavis Salley I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. | believe you have to be better than you thought you could be. Ken Venturi Vim Being, ace 'S DUN, Cool * Alexis Sometimes the questions Y & guests ou are a conductor the oat of light: are simple. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle —Dr. Seuss Strong people Knowledge is love ERM astm G TT don’t put others CCR NK mtlag rate ee Se Rd To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning. Henry David Thoreau | believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. —Martin Luther King, J. Theat others how You Want +0 be treated Proverb Nothing happens unless first a dream. —Carl Sandburg b Doing your M bet j5 The \ [-) best you i | can do Come forth into the light of things. Let Nature be your teacher. William Wordsworth Ah! the immensity of the value of persons to each other, and of kind deeds and affectionate inventions between them, for the making of happiness! James Vila Blake, ry thar ros Palo on Ab lL Can See. rary There are always flowers for those who want to see them, Henri Matisse I do not believe in a fate that falls Your deeds are your ‘on men however they act; but | do believe in a fate that falls on monuments them unless they act, ee ere e G. K. Chesterton This better to be in the dark with a ériend than to be in the light without one, John What you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while. Unknown RS cry cCn am OVER, FEATS ae Be bold enough to use your voice, brave enough to listen to your heart, and strong enough to live the life you've always imagined. Unknown Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. Silly Koch INVITE OTHERS TO WONDER WiTH YOU. Austin Kleom, Stel Like on Arist, oeTORER 10 ocroner 9 Kindness is the golden chain by If you can’t change your J fate, change your attitude. which society is ) Amy Tan bound together. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Rise above the little things. John Burroughs Father Faber l ask not fora fe area? , lighter burden, xa will not HLS seeond chance bo, but for broader ——_, 3? shoulders. — —Jewish proverb Daniel crower ts Love truth, but pardon error. Voltaire What makes night within us may leave stars. Victor Hugo Normal ix tings om & washing Anachine. Unknown eevee cere Sone RCN ervey Peon nara try-angle. Seek not, my soul, immortal life, but make the most of what is within thy reach, Pindar ocToRER 21 We make our world ificant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers. Carl Sagan ee ie Cl of mathe Cae Pec nae irre) Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. lan Maclaren Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I am in, therein to be content Helen Keller It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exupéry Even the darkest hour has only sixty minutes. —Morris Mandel e mind everything. What you think you become. oem) Constant kindness can sind out whast Pec ean SU craic EA rhea red your gitk ‘SS COE a Pees oe eee and Tour kul ik. an Katy Perry ROVEMBER It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. Seneca NOVEMBER 4 No one 15 Jood of everything but everyone 15 Qood at Something. NOVEMBER 5 In kindness is encompassed every variety of wisdom. Ernesto Sibato. NOVEMBER & NOVEMBER 9 Whar Fe Gives you If opportunity doesn’t lernans, eee beeteyccers Wa kee OUD Z —aiton Berle Jurca Be uniqued N. O world, | am in tune with every note of thy great harmony. Marcus Aurelins My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. Dalai Lama Today, fill your cup of life with sunshine and laughter. Cont NovEMBER 13 Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction. Robert Brault CIE gotta Icky T? costs not h¥ng meta ty be diktannt, wer Change, to be nee. To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. —Reba McEntire The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the ible. achievement pos —Mary Baker Eddy NOVEMBER 20 it yee don't Know, eu should ask. Hailey TO dove ANOTHER PERSON Is To see THE FACE OF GoD es Misérables, The Masicol (Alai in Boublil) Kindness ean become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer What this world needs is anew kind of army—the army of the kind. —Cleveland Amory And the song, from beginning to end, | found again in the heart of a friend. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. Unknown NOVEMBER 27 Good deeds Can lesd ta more ed cleeds which can leod ge deeds a ever wally lead back to you! Nicole oan NG oS ON anne Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. aneacat Ds, DECEMBER Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back. Marcel Proust The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention. Unknown I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship. —Lomiss May Aleott On that best portion of 2 good mar’s life, His little, nameless, unremembered, acts Of kindness and of love. William Wordsworth By perseverance, the snail reached the ark. DECEMBER 7 I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. Thomas Jefferson DECEMBER & Live learned Fhat Life is like a. book. Seme times We must clesea chapter and begit the neact ene DECEMBER 9 Goure The « bid, Spread your wings ANd Soar above the Clouds. Mairead All our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to Serer eseCeamooCor rs oar You are never too old Injustice anywhere is a threat ty set oncther goal to justice everywhere. or to deeom ® New Martin Luther King, Jr dream. =. 8, Lewis Pate a5 Whe an JeCeTeam cone: you Accert hate to Yiek 7 4% one day at o Lime. —Brody —Charles M. Schulz For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. Audrey Hepburn True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by. =£. S. Bouton 2 a Nothing will work TE (P50) unless you do NT Pes —royeeeton eal CovRs, LAL TS a ARR. Tolkies To give service toa single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. —Mahatema Gandhi One IHttle word Can light ue Someone's day, Ainsley prOR Zl aliadt liens good where you are; Teme Mad Leos good put together that overwhelm the world. Happiness resides not in possessions, ETT eran Tee euteental Desmond Tarn in the soul. DECEMBER 24 DECEMBER 25 A single sunbeam in greatness, but groatness is enough in goodness. to drive — enn away many shadows. Goodness does not consist St. Francis of Assist A big Year+ is daerraned to MaKe our farts grou. Christina Dream your dreams, but when you act, plant your feet firmly on the ground. Noel Clarasé DOT anes

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