1.
Optimism is your natural condition; optimism comes from love.
Consider pessimism to be a warning sign of a weakened heart.
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2.
Regret is a waste of energy. The past has given you the present
that will be opened in the future. Be resigned to the past,
attentive to the present and hopeful for the future.
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3.
Pursue happiness, not only pleasure. Make time for the
important, not only the urgent.
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4.
Hold fast to your high regard for others; don't let their weaknesses
lower your opinion of them. Look for the best in people and they will
come up to your estimation of them.
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5.
Take the worst part of something and transform it so it becomes the
best part, whether you are renovating your home or your personality.
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6.
Uphold your honor at any cost. Hold your ideal high in all
circumstances. You may fail to live up to your ideal, but do not
lower your ideal to the height of your ability.
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7.
Do not take advantage of a person's ignorance. Seek not pleasure
through the pain of another, life through the death of another, gain
through the loss of another, nor honor through the humiliation of
another. Influence no one to do wrong.
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8.
Do nothing which will make your conscience feel guilty. A clear
conscience gives the strength of a lion, but the guilty conscience
might turn a lion into a rabbit.
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