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Jim Genovese

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ERIC SCHMIDT Let each of us lead a revolution of support in the lives of others.
BRYANT MCGILL We have a fundamental imperative in our lives to matter to others, to serve others, and to support e...
TOM HAYES Some people walk into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts. Others walk into our lives and w...
ANONYMOUS Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for tho...
ORSON SCOTT CARD To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we ...
ELIZABETH BIBESCO To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we ...
ELIZABETH BIBESCO We're not competitive in academic support. Everyone was really honest about what was working for the...
SHARI ACHO We are experiencing a human catastrophe of immense proportions, ... We pray today for those who have...
C. HUGHES There's not a blueprint for me to follow.
ADAM LAMBERT To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives cast for a part we do not even know th...
ELIZABETH BIBESCO They can save their own lives. And others.
LINDA LOPEZ The first principle of recovery is the empowerment of the survivor. She must be the author and arbit...
JUDITH LEWIS HERMAN She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.
C.S. LEWIS Never go tapping into the lives of others like you know them and their story! Their story is not you...
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE Stand up for the underdog, the 'loser.' Sometimes having the strength to show loving support for una...
ALEXANDRA KATEHAKIS One guard died at the scene, two others are fighting for their lives.
EUGENE OPPERMAN For their analogy to work, Jim would be defending Best Buy, not suing them.
MARK ANTHONY To be poetic is how u get somebody as a girl around you...

"Dexter: You seem uncertain. I...
DEYTH BANGER Self-destructiveness may be a primary form of communication for those who do not yet have ways to ta...
JAMES A. CHU We think this is truly a body blow, not only to the (Genovese family) membership, but the leadership...
MARK MERSHON Cat people are different, to the extent that they generally are not conformists. How could they be, ...
LOUIS CAMUTI When you apply for local scholarships, people know you, and they want to support their kids and thei...
BARB MACGILLIVRAY Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe for others.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe for others.
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let othe...
JIM ROHN Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let other...
JIM ROHN Let others lead small lives, but not you.. Let others argue over small things, but not you.. Let oth...
JIM ROHN I strongly support not just citizenship classes but also teaching children how the law works and the...
CHERIE BLAIR I am so so very glad that this has a happy ending. And I just want to thank everyone for their praye...
ED SMART Often a patient will think they want a sicknote, when the best advice a critical friend can give mig...
ALAN JOHNSON I am stupid, am I not? What more can I want? If you ask them who is brave--who is true--who is just-...
JOSEPH CONRAD Women tend to have recognition and peer group support - recognition from friends and family that thi...
JAMES LEVINE Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let other...
JIM ROHN That's pretty typical of Jim, putting others before himself.
ED LONEY Give yourself for the course of living for others, improving their lives, becoming a deliverer to a ...
SUNDAY ADELAJA If a woman makes a unilateral decision to bring pregnancy to term, and the biological father does no...
KAREN DECROW Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l...
JUSTINA CHEN He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE We don't want to treat our customers as a second-class person. We want everyone to have a drink in t...
ERNEST GLUCK He that scatters Thorns, let him not go barefoot
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I...
RAFAEL YGLESIAS It is not blindly pushing your own agenda that will enrich the world. It’s is your ability and wil...
RASHEED OGUNLARU If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clea...
PAULO COELHO My advice for people who travel and want to share their adventures with others is to think carefully...
JENNIFER CROCKER It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard
PHAEDRUS We have to use this opportunity to support and to encourage the support of people (to get) back to t...
JAMIE MCGOLDRICK Do not keep a running mentality yourself. Avoid using a probing mentality on others. Instead have a ...
APURVA GAGLANI Some people's lives are affected by what happens to their person or their property; but for others f...
WILLA SIBERT CATHER Looking back, I've always enjoyed hearing about the lives of other people, their experience thro...
TAMRON HALL The Jefferson Awards are a way to tell readers about people who have made a difference in their live...
BILL ROBERTS Most people do not take care of their lives, because they don’t value life.
SUNDAY ADELAJA Jim is a good friend of mine, but we want to beat their tail off just like anybody else we play.
BUDDY GOULDSMITH We want the essays written for the Take The Challenge contest to inspire others on the road to a hom...
CARA HEIDEN I want Bolivians to support their president.
CARLOS MESA Jim didn't want an impersonation,
JOAQUIN PHOENIX Invite someone to do something fun.
ELIZABETH B. KNAUS As others have copied our blueprint, we have departed from it. They are investing heavily in improvi...
NANCY PELOSI The more others encounter us honoring the boundaries we have set for our lives, the more they will k...
DANNY SILK Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for...
NATAN SHARANSKY We must have a blueprint not only for a guided economy but for a social order based on justice and e...
SUKARNO We could not have done this without Jim (Johnson).
LARRY GUTSHALL I'm not comfortable with making an honorary name for Jim Kelly on Mason Road. I think Charles Mason ...
GARRY THOMAS Some are built to live their lives looking into numbers others into people; yet others make the choi...
N. S. COLE Any incumbent running for re-election that needs our support will get it.
CARL FORTI We are so blessed. People are coming in support and in honor of the students who lost their lives.
DEBBIE MADAR Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations are not ...
ELLEN G. WHITE Never surrender your hopes and dreams to the fateful limitations others have placed on their own liv...
ANTHON ST. MAARTEN I just want to thank all my fans for their loyalty and support-for coming out to the shows and buyin...
EDGAR WINTER Anybody that lives in America and has parents with a moderate amount of wealth can be spoiled. I see...
WYATT RUSSELL I think these numbers relate to women having responsibility in their lives, of more women having to ...
JAN SCOTT We want staff functions to support line decisions and maximize their impact.
JACK GREENBERG Giving advice to others is not really as helpful as if you yourself act upon that.
VIKRANT PARSAI The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that ...
DOROTHY ALLISON Individuals often turn to poetry, not only to glean strength
and perspective from the words of...
ABERJHANI It underscores the notion that we've rid Jim Crow of much of our society. But Jim Crow still lives i...
HUGH PRICE It underscores the notion that we've rid Jim Crow of much of our society, ... But Jim Crow still liv...
HUGH PRICE I want people to understand they have to live their own lives the way they want to and not just do w...
STEPHEN CURRY Some rescue groups are highly organized, experienced, well-funded, nearly professional. Others are s...
JON KATZ First and foremost, Operation TIPS is a program under development, and its blueprint is not yet fina...
BARBARA COMSTOCK I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon...
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI Like Americans, people outside America want fun, want an emotional compensation for the utilitariani...
TODD GITLIN Many frustrated people try to live their lives as others have defined them.
HENRY CLOUD There are people who happily welcome change in their lives. However, there are some who do not seem ...
MAICHEE SUMMER I want to slap the government for making running water an expense. Everyone should be able to shower...
NERISSA IRVING Be careful who you support in your causes. There are those who manipulate the good intentions of oth...
DETECTIVE DAVID LOVE But when thou findest sensibility of heart, joined with softness of manners, an accomplished mind, a...
NOAH WEBSTER You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don...
SUE GRAFTON Blueprint of a Lady
BILLIE HOLIDAY Some people drop out along the way and you need others to stay for a support group,
ALLISON ADAMS We've come a long way from the days of Jim Crow, and yes, we elected a black president, but raci...
BOB BECKEL Kevin was too easy a target. Barry Manilow was right to tone his delivery down, but the advice didn'...
DON WALLER LRA is a blueprint for how companies put together an integration strategy.
CHRISTINE MARTINO I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. ...
BRIAN SANDOVAL I want to thank the chairman, Terry Brown, the board, the staff and most of all the fans for their s...
ALAN PARDEW Life is not just about betterment of one’s own life. It is important to make yourself stronger so ...
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NICHOLAS MEYER Some people spend the best part of their lives living the dreams of others
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LIN LAING Everyone is in such a hurry. People haven’t found meaning in their lives, so they’re running all...
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JIM GENOVESE Telling people how to get better is aggressive; answering them when they ask is kind.
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JIM GENOVESE Rather than redoubling an effort that is not working, reassess the problem instead.
JIM GENOVESE Opposites define each other and are inextricably intertwined.
JIM GENOVESE Paint what you love, and you'll love what you paint.
JIM GENOVESE When God paints with me, my work is divine, and when I paint alone its not.
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JIM GENOVESE You cannot grow a lotus on a granite rock. So too you cannot grow loving kindness in a granite heart...
JIM GENOVESE Remember me not for great deeds, but great kindness.
JIM GENOVESE We all have been given an inner voice to guide us. All we have to do is listen.
JIM GENOVESE When emotions shout down intuition, think, then act. When intuition prevails, act then think.
JIM GENOVESE A skill you don't use, you'll lose.
JIM GENOVESE The only way I can bounce back is to hit bottom.
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JIM GENOVESE Focus on the present because you will live there the rest of your life.
JIM GENOVESE It's encouraging to know you have choices, but discouraging to know you can't blame others.
JIM GENOVESE Respond, don't react.
JIM GENOVESE Don't expect perfection, it will never happen. You can expect progress if you keep working at it.
JIM GENOVESE Everything takes too long for someone who is impatient.
JIM GENOVESE To conquer the dragon of fear, you must have the courage to crawl into his mouth, thereby conquering...
JIM GENOVESE Learning is maximised when the number of errors you make equals the number correct.
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JIM GENOVESE There is no knowledge so great it can't be improved.
JIM GENOVESE When you can't win, and when you can't lose, open your heart and mind. There may be another solution...
JIM GENOVESE If I focus on my own defects, other's defects won't bother me.
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JIM GENOVESE Patient, consistent effort solves problems.
JIM GENOVESE Beware of solving the problem, but not finding the best solution. The best is always simple.
JIM GENOVESE Don't seek a solution, seek the best solution.
JIM GENOVESE We all ready know all the answers, we just can't find them.
JIM GENOVESE When you find the best solution it is often very easy, and everyone will say 'Anyone could do that.'
JIM GENOVESE Worry is a thief that steals the energy needed to solve the problem.
JIM GENOVESE Letting fear run your life leads to a short term solution and a long term problem.
JIM GENOVESE Most often the solution is not hard. The hard part is recognizing the problem.
JIM GENOVESE If you don't investigate a problem before solving it, any solution will do.
JIM GENOVESE I can't solve the problems of the world, but being the best person I can be will certainly lessen th...
JIM GENOVESE Don't waste energy feeling sorry for yourself; use it to solve the problem.
JIM GENOVESE If I learn from my mistakes, I turn problems into rewards.
JIM GENOVESE Seek the problem, and the solution becomes evident.
JIM GENOVESE While problem solving, think slower to move faster.
JIM GENOVESE The problem is not where you are, but what you are.
JIM GENOVESE If a problem is easy to solve, the progress is fast, and the reward is small. If the problem is hard...
JIM GENOVESE Sometimes it will take more time, sometims less, but in time I will always solve the problem.
JIM GENOVESE You have to know what the problem is before you can solve it.
JIM GENOVESE I really don't know anything, but I am learning a lot.
JIM GENOVESE Life is good if you think it is.
JIM GENOVESE To use your whole brain, quiet the raucous conscious mind so the unconscious one can think.
JIM GENOVESE Finding the solution to a problem is really more about understanding the problem than the solution.
JIM GENOVESE Time brings the answers to all problems
JIM GENOVESE Go with the flow even if there are rapids ahead.
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JIM GENOVESE Yesterday is full of sorrow and regret, tomorrow is full of fear, but today is full of happiness, if...
JIM GENOVESE Fear invokes resistance. Gentleness invokes cooperation.
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JIM GENOVESE Art should come from the soul, not the mind.
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JIM GENOVESE You learn art by doing art while focusing on improvement.
JIM GENOVESE Art speaks to people without words, one soul to another.
JIM GENOVESE The enemy within is like a ghost - hard to see and even harder to believe exists.
JIM GENOVESE Practising mistakes really improves my ability to make them.
JIM GENOVESE Practice without direction achieves little.
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JIM GENOVESE Observe your thoughts, perceptions, and physical responses to become enlightened.
JIM GENOVESE Part of the process of getting what you want is learning what you don't want.
JIM GENOVESE Trying to change things we can't is as frustrating as accepting things we can.
JIM GENOVESE The other person's reactions are their problem, but my reaction can become mine.
JIM GENOVESE Until you can see the big picture, the individual parts won't make sense.
JIM GENOVESE The past is full of of regret, the future fear, and the present joy.
JIM GENOVESE Engage life! That's the only way to fully enjoy it.
JIM GENOVESE Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow.
JIM GENOVESE Don't resist life, flow with it.
JIM GENOVESE Stay in the present. It is here we learn from our past, and create our future.
JIM GENOVESE Technique is only the beginning not the end in learning art.
JIM GENOVESE It is enough knowing the problem to solve the problem.
JIM GENOVESE Focus on your big problems and pay attention to your small ones.
JIM GENOVESE The simplest solution is the best.
JIM GENOVESE Don't wait for the right time to do something because it never comes.
JIM GENOVESE If what I am doing isn't working, I must change what I am doing to improve the situation.
JIM GENOVESE Reality never changes; its how we think about it that determines how we feel about it.
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JIM GENOVESE Complaining never cured anything.
JIM GENOVESE Logic sucks. It ruins the illusions I create so I don't have to take responsibility.
JIM GENOVESE Try not, be.
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JIM GENOVESE When life seems to be moving to fast, you need to slow down.
JIM GENOVESE If you focus on the next task, you'll never be overwhelmed.
JIM GENOVESE The feelings of uncertainty and defeat are signposts that victory is just ahead.
JIM GENOVESE I am of two minds: the thinking mind and the experiencing mind.
JIM GENOVESE Your never to old to grow young.
JIM GENOVESE Carefully pick your projects, because you create your life with them.
JIM GENOVESE There are only two ways to learn patience - slowly and not at all.
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JIM GENOVESE The fallacy with the phrase 'us verses them' is there is no them.
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JIM GENOVESE Speculation is just premeditated disappointment.
JIM GENOVESE You cannot see the things to come that are beyond your experience.
JIM GENOVESE I used to be so bad I was good, now I am so good I'm bad.
JIM GENOVESE Your perception is the only thing determining whether your life is good or bad.
JIM GENOVESE You're the only one who knows your world.
JIM GENOVESE Reality as we perceive it is a small pinch of truth, and a large dose of our thoughts.
JIM GENOVESE I think, therefore it is.
JIM GENOVESE Look at what a person does, not what they say.
JIM GENOVESE The measure of a person is not what they say but what they do.
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JIM GENOVESE I am only limited by what I haven't yet learned
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JIM GENOVESE Know yourself, because that is where your answers are.
JIM GENOVESE Change is an enemy or friend, depending on whether I am happy or sad.
JIM GENOVESE When everyone looks weird to you, who's weird?
JIM GENOVESE To know yourself is to know the world.
JIM GENOVESE The universe within us is the gateway to the universe outside us.
JIM GENOVESE I don't know about this guy Santa, but I sure like him.
JIM GENOVESE Death is the reward for living.
JIM GENOVESE Escape the prison of your thoughts into the vastness of reality.
JIM GENOVESE The more you engage life, the more you live life.
JIM GENOVESE Luck is another name for God.
JIM GENOVESE Parenting is helping your child become all he or she can be.
JIM GENOVESE If you don't ask the right question, you'll never get the right answer.
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JIM GENOVESE If life gives you a squabble of children, let me make a game.
JIM GENOVESE A gift wrapped in strings, not ribbons is not a gift.
JIM GENOVESE Curiosity is a great teacher.
JIM GENOVESE If I could just stop being a bad influence on myself, I know I could be better.
JIM GENOVESE People try to find themselves by looking outward for solutions when the answers lie within.
JIM GENOVESE Any virtue taken to the extreme becomes a vice; unfortunately it doesn't work the other way.
JIM GENOVESE Judge a person not on what they say they are going to do but on what they accomplish.
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JIM GENOVESE When the answer is beyond what I know, I must open my mind and heart to find it.
JIM GENOVESE The only thing you'll ever need to change your life is you.
JIM GENOVESE When working with a group, I can only meet my needs by meeting the group's needs too.
JIM GENOVESE A pessimist is someone who expects the worst, and is disgruntled when it doesn't happen.
JIM GENOVESE Only the present is real.
JIM GENOVESE The path most walked on is the easiest one to use, but probably not the best.
JIM GENOVESE Expertise is made up of more practice and more refinement.
JIM GENOVESE God gives us enemies so we will appreciate those who love us.
JIM GENOVESE Trying to control people is like trying to heard cats. It's not a good idea.
JIM GENOVESE Do your part, and God will do the rest.
JIM GENOVESE The level of expertise you reach in any endeavour is limited by your level of interest in it.
JIM GENOVESE Don't expect to have a sane conversation with someone who is acting insanely.
JIM GENOVESE We achieve our best results when instinct and experience meet.
JIM GENOVESE Every face is beautiful when it smiles back.
JIM GENOVESE The time to start is now.
JIM GENOVESE Love your neighbour as you love yourself, only works if you love yourself.
JIM GENOVESE We find what we look for.
JIM GENOVESE Any step in the right direction, no matter how small, is a good step.
JIM GENOVESE Trying to hard impedes progress.
JIM GENOVESE Without challenges and change there can be no progress.
JIM GENOVESE In the bad times, we work hard to change. In the good times, we forget to change.
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JIM GENOVESE If you are willing to take responsibility for your own misery, then you can stop it.
JIM GENOVESE Your mind expresses your emotions through your body. To know your emotions, know your body.
JIM GENOVESE Keep trying something new. You never know if you like it otherwise.
JIM GENOVESE Failure is a great motivator to open my mind, broaden my scope and learn.
JIM GENOVESE The goal of learning is to practice what you've learned.
JIM GENOVESE Wishes are free, unless you forget they are not real for then they become expensive.
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JIM GENOVESE If you live life to the fullest, you'll never want for anything.
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JIM GENOVESE Act, don't react.
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JIM GENOVESE Before gathering the facts it is easy to get upset and hard to resolve the issue.
JIM GENOVESE Just because I don't know how to do it, doesn't mean it can't be done.
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JIM GENOVESE Ending my suffering is an inside job.
JIM GENOVESE You can't keep love or misery unless you give them away.
JIM GENOVESE When self interest and community need conflict, let the greater good guide you.
JIM GENOVESE The result of trying to fix others is frustration; the result of trying to fix ourselves is wisdom.
JIM GENOVESE If all become one, each becomes none, but if one is all, then each becomes everything.
JIM GENOVESE Duality is like the head and tail of a coin. In reality both form only one coin.
JIM GENOVESE Take care of yourself because it is an inside job.
JIM GENOVESE You do to yourself what you do to others.
JIM GENOVESE If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right.
JIM GENOVESE Intuition points you in the right direction; hard work gets you there.
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JIM GENOVESE Don't waste time thinking about what others should do, but focus thinking about what you can do.
JIM GENOVESE Often the lowest hanging fruit is not the sweetest.
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