“... sometimes in life, you either laugh or you cry. And I prefer to laugh.”
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Jim Stovall
“The journey of life is a matter of traveling well rather than reaching a destination.”
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Jim Stovall
“Success lies in the balance between seeking and striving on one hand and being peaceful and content on the other.”
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Jim Stovall
“It is impossible to experience fear, hate, or defeat when we are laughing.”
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Jim Stovall
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if no one is watching.”
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Jim Stovall
“Remember that a wish held fervently turns into belief, and a belief held diligently becomes reality.”
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Jim Stovall
“Instead of looking to find a friend, seek situations where you can be a friend, and you will always find what you are looking for.”
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Jim Stovall
“I defy you to find a statue or a monument ever erected to anyone because they were realistic. All dreamers, all achievers, all great people kept their child-like faith in their own dream and their ability to carry it out, and these great people had an inordinate gift to disregard the word's cries for reality.”
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Jim Stovall
“Our memories are not totally fact or completely fiction. They are a conglomeration of the thoughts that we put together to explain to ourselves who we are. Just like a beautiful flower garden will look totally different in daylight as opposed to dark, the memories of our past are held hostage by our perspective.”
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Jim Stovall
“Some friendships are a legacy left to us by those who have gone before. Other friendships are legacies we will leave behind.”
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Jim Stovall
“manageable problem. “If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this fact, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future.”
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Jim Stovall
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Jim Stovall
“the desire and hunger for education is the key to real learning.”
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Jim Stovall