He who knows not and knows not that he knows not - he is a fool - shun him.
He who knows not and knows that he knows not - he is a child - teach him.
He who knows and knows that he knows - his is wise - follow him.
(Arabic Maxim)

WINNER VS. LOSER
The winner is always part of the answer.
The loser is always part of the problem.

The winner always has a program.
The loser always has an excuse.

The winner says "Let me do it for you."
The loser says "That's not my job."

The winner sees an answer for every problem.
The loser sees a problem for every answer.

The winner sees a green near every sand trap.
The loser see two or three sand traps near every green.

The winner says "It may be difficult, but it's possible."
The loser says "It may be possible, but it's too difficult."
BE A WINNER!


Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute!
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it!
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Only engage and then the mind grows heated.
BEGIN and then the work will be completed.

MATURITY
Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence.
Maturity is patience. It is the willingness to pass up immediate pleasure in favour of a long-term gain.
Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks.
Maturity is the capacity to face unpleasantness and frustration, discomfort and defeat, without complaint or collapse.
Maturity is being big enough to say, "I was wrong." And, when right, the mature person need not experience the satisfaction of saying, "I told you so."
Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. The immature spend their lives exploring endless possibilities and then do nothing.
Maturity means dependability, keeping one's word and coming through in a crisis. The immature are masters of their alibi. They are the confused and the conflicted. Their lives are a maze of broken promises, former friends, unfinished business and good intentions that somehow never materialize.
Maturity is the art of living in peace with what we cannot change, the courage to change what should be changed and the wisdom to know the difference.

25 THINGS YOU'LL NEED TO KNOW AFTER HIGH SCHOOL:
1. Don't sweat the small stuff, and remember most stuff is small.
2. The most boring word in any language is "I".
3. Nobody is indispensable, especially you.
4. Life is full of surprises. Just say "never" and you'll see.
5. People are more important than things.
6. Persistence will get you almost anything eventually.
7. Nobody can make you happy. Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
8. There's so much bad in the best of us and so much good in the worst of us that it doesn't behoove any of us to talk about the rest of us.
9. Live by what you trust, not what you fear.
10.Character counts. Family matters.
11.Eating out with small children isn't worth it, even if someone else is paying.
12.If you wait to have kids until you can afford them, you probably never will.
13.Baby kittens don't begin to open their eyes for six weeks after birth. Men generally take about 26 years.
14.The world would run a lot smoother is more men knew how to dance.
15.Television ruins more minds that drugs.
16.Sometimes there is more to gain in being wrong than right.
17.Life is so much simpler when you tell the truth.
18.People who do the world's real work don't usually wear neckties.
19.A good joke beats a pill for a lot of ailments.
20.There are no substitutes for fresh air, sunshine and exercise.
21.A smile is the cheapest way to improve your looks, even if you teeth are crooked.
22.May you live life so there is standing room only at your funeral.
23.Mothers always know best, but sometimes father know too.
24.Forgive yourself, your friends and your enemies. You're all only human.
25.If you don't do anything else in life, love someone and let someone love you.

IF by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too.
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,or being lied about, don't deal in lies.
Or being hated, don't give way to hating and yet don't look too good nor talk too wise.

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master, if you think and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with triumph or disaster and treat those two imposters just the same.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken, twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, and stoop and build 'em up with worn out tools.

If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk them on one turn of pitch and toss
And lose - and start again at your beginnings and never breathe a word about your loss.
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone
And so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them: "Hold on."

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue or walk with kings nor lose the common touch.
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men count on you, but none too much.
If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run,
Yours is the earth and everything that's in it and - what is more - you'll be a man my son!