Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - July 19, 2016
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
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Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)  
To try to be better is to be better.
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Charlotte Cushman (1816 - 1876), quoted in O Magazine, December 2003  
Why do we have to wait for special moments to say nice things or tell people we care about them?
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Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 12-09-05  
Trust that your child is trying to be the best he can be and that he will do this more readily without your criticism. Know that he usually sees his own faults without you continually pointing them out.
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Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011  

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