2011 California Community Colleges Chancellors Ofce

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What if you knew for certain that everything you
are presently worried about would work out okay?
What if you knew that you had the inner wisdom to
handle any life situation that came along, that even
if something difcult came your way, you would
still be okay, and that you had a constant source of
abundance fowing to you at all times. What if you
didnt have to worry? What would you do?
Lynn Robinson
2011 California Community Colleges Chancellors Ofce
Inspiration
Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didnt do than by
the ones you did do. So throw of the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade
winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
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2011 California Community Colleges Chancellors Ofce
Inspiration
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Ah, but a mans reach should exceed his grasp,
or whats a heaven for?
Robert Browning
2011 California Community Colleges Chancellors Ofce
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
Pablo Picasso
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at
all. Security is mostly a superstition. It does
not exist in nature.
Helen Keller
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Watch for your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch for your words, for they become actions.
Watch for your actions, for they become habits.
Watch for your habits, for they become character.
Watch for your character, for it becomes your destinty.
Anonymous
2011 California Community Colleges Chancellors Ofce
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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity
and importance and should be undertaken
with painstaking excellence.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he
should sweep streets even as Michelangelo
painted, or Beethoven composed music, or
Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep
streets so well that all the hosts of heaven
and earth will pause to say, here lived a great
street sweeper who did his job well.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
2011 California Community Colleges Chancellors Ofce
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Most folks are about as happy as they make
up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln
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We all have dreams. But inorder to make dreams come
into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination,
dedication, self-discipline, and efort.
Jesse Owens
You can always dream, and your dreams will come
true, but you have to make them come true.
Michael Jackson
You face the biggest challenge of all: To have the
courage to seek your big dream regardless of what
anyone says. You are the only person alive who can
see your big picture and even you cant see it all.
Oprah Winfrey
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Whatever course you decide upon, there is always
someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are
always difculties arising which tempt you to believe
that your critics are right. To map out a course of
action and follow it to an end requires courage.
Ralph Waldo Emerson