A chip on the shoulder - nice proverbs ...

Inspiring others towards happiness brings you happiness. 

Plain and simple.
The more you help others find their joy today,

the more you're insured to experience a life worth living.

~Unknown~

 

"What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity?

Our attitude toward it.

 Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity." ~J. Sidlow Baxter~

 "A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life."
 ~John Hancock~

 

The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and

convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.

~Martin Luther King Jr~

 
"From the depths of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves

to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength." ~Cesar Chavez~

"The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies,

 and emotions to link  Pain or pleasure to whatever we choose.
 By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly

change our Behaviors."

~Anthony Robbins~

 

"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs
And pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking
You with a sharp stick called 'truth.'"  ~Dan Rather~ 
"I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome,

I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come.

 I grew in all my difficulties."~James Cash Penney~ 

 You've gotta have hope.

   Without hope life is meaningless.

Without hope life is meaning less and less.

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“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.” - Joseph Campbell, 1904 ~ 1987

The ILLITERATE  of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read & write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn" - Alvin Toffler

Intelligence is when you spot a flaw in your boss’s reasoning. Wisdom is when you refrain from pointing it out." - James Dent

“It is wiser to find out than to suppose” - Mark Twain quotes

“The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.” - Robert Frost quotes

“Your intelligence is measured by those around you; if you spend your days with idiots you seal your own fate.” - anonymous

“The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason” - Marya Mannes quotes

“Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way” - Marcel Proust quotes

“Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise” - Benjamin Franklin quotes

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
- Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Swiss political philosopher and essayist.

Without wisdom, knowledge is more stupid than ignorance. - Unknown Source

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. - Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.

Some folks are wise and some otherwise - Josh Billings (1815-1885) American humorist and lecturer.

The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone. - Napoleon I (1769-1821) Napoleon Bonaparte. French general.
“It is too bad that stupidity isn’t painful.” - amberella Anton LaVey quotes

“Stupidity should be painful.”

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I am not sure about the the universe.” - Albert Einstein quotes

“If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit. (Matthew 15:14)”

“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.” - Robert Frost quotes (American poet, 1874-1963)

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason. - Voltaire

Reason gains all people by compelling none. - Aaron Hill

Strong reasons make strong actions. - William Shakespeare

The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. He is the man who has lost everything except his reason. - Gilbert K. Chesterton