OPPOSITION

YOU CAN'T MAKE REAL SUCCESS WITHOUT MAKING REAL ENEMIES.  YOU CAN'T HOLD A STRONG POSITION WITHOUT STRONG AND CONTINUED OPPOSITION.  YOU CAN'T SEEM RIGHT TO ANY IF YOU CAN'T SEEM WRONG TO MANY.

A USEFUL LIFE CAN'T BE ENTIRELY PEACEFUL AND CAREFREE.  YOU MUST DO YOUR DUTY AS YOU SEE IT.

THE GREATER YOU ARE, THE GREATER THE PENALTY OF YOUR PROGRESS.  THE FURTHER YOU GO AND THE WIDER YOUR RANGE THE MORE YOU INCREASE THE POINTS OF CONTACT WITH WHICH YOU MUST RECKON, THEREFORE YOU MULTIPLY YOUR BATTLES AGAINST MISCONCEPTION AND SLANDER AND ENVY AND MALICE.

SO LONG AS YOU ASPIRE, OTHERS WILL CONSPIRE; SO LONG AS YOU TRY, OTHERS WILL VIE.  YOU'LL HAVE HOSTILITY TO FACE IN VERY PLACE AND AT EVERY PACE.

GO STRAIGHT AHEAD TO YOUR GOAL.  AS LONG AS YOUR CONSCIENCE ISN'T ASHAMED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS A FRIEND, DON'T GIVE A RAP FOR YOUR ENEMIES.

AUTHOR UNKOWN

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PEOPLE ARE OFTEN UNREASONABLE, ILLOGICAL, AND SELF-CENTERED;
FORGIVE THEM ANYWAY.

IF YOU ARE KIND, PEOPLE MAY ACCUSE YOU OF SELFISH, ULTERIOR MOTIVES;
BE KIND ANYWAY.

IF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL, YOU WILL WIN SOME FALSE FRIENDS AND SOME TRUE ENEMIES;
SUCCEED ANYWAY,

IF YOU ARE HONEST AND FRANK, PEOPLE MAY CHEAT YOU;
BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY.

WHAT YOU SPEND YEARS BUILDING, SOMEONE COULD DESTROY OVERNIGHT;
BUILD ANYWAY.

IF YOU FIND SERENITY AND HAPPINESS, THERE MAY BE JEALOUSY;
BE HAPPY ANYWAY.

THE GOOD YOU DO TODAY, PEOPLE WILL OFTEN FORGET TOMORROW;
DO GOOD ANYWAY.

GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU HAVE, AND IT MAY NEVER BE ENOUGH;
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU'VE GOT ANYWAY.

YOU SEE, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, IT IS BETWEEN YOU AND GOD;
IT WAS NEVER BETWEEN YOU AND THEM ANYWAY.

FROM AN "OLE TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN MAN"

My Forgetter

My forgetter's getting better

But my remember is broke

To you that may seem funny

But, to me, that is no joke

For when I'm "here" I'm wondering

If I really should be "there"

And, when I try to think it through,

I haven't got a Prayer!

Oft times I walk into a room,

Say "what am I here for?"

I wrack my brain, but all in vain

A zero, is my score.

At times I put something away

Where it is safe, but, See!

The person it is safest from

Is, generally, me!

When shopping I may see someone,

Say "HI" and have a chat,

Then, when the person walks away

I ask myself, "who was that?"

Yes, my forgetter's getting better

While my rememeberer is broke,

And it's driving me plumb crazy

And that isn't any joke!

Tell me many of you haven't been there and felt that!!!
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