Words of Wisdom

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1. Slide 1: WORDS OF WISDOM TO RELECT UPON Alpine Lake, Gunnison National 1 Forest, Colorado
2. Slide 2: Alexander Pope (English poet, 1680-1744) Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. A little learning is a dangerous thing. Autumn Colors a Rushing River 2
3. Slide 3: Thomas Edison (1846 - 1931): I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Brilliant Colors of Denali, National Park, Alaska 3
4. Slide 4: Winston Churchill (1874-1965): The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. Friends forever, golden retriever puppies 4
5. Slide 5: Abraham Lincoln: Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. Blue Nile Falls, Ethiopia 5
6. Slide 6: Norman Vincent Peale: Believe that you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact. 6 Garden of the Gods, Colorado, Springs Colorado
7. Slide 7: Ray Kroc: The quality of an individual is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. Cumberland Falls, Kentucky 7
8. Slide 8: Albert Schweitzer: Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden 8
9. Slide 9: Thomas Jefferson: Whenever you do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly. Peaceful Countryside 9
10. Slide 10: Confucius: The journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step. Pacific Breezes, Kalalau Valley Kauai, Hawaii 10
11. Slide 11: Aristotle: We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us. Montgomery woods 11
12. Slide 12: Image Lake Glacier Peak Wilderness, Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt: When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. 12
13. Slide 13: Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Australia John F. Kennedy: The time to repair a roof is when the sun is shining. 13
14. Slide 14: National parks, great smoky mountains, Tennessee John Wooden: Failure to prepare is preparing to fail 14
15. Slide 15: Yosemite, National Park, California Henry Ford: Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. 15
16. Slide 16: George Carlin: Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be. Oregon, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills 16
17. Slide 17: The End May We Grow In Wisdom! Oregon, Mount Hood, northeast flank 17