First you had to learn to stand: a process involving constantly falling down, then getting back up. You laughed sometimes and cried at other times. Somehow there was a determination and conviction that you would succeed, no matter what. 首先,你要

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Jerry was the kind of guy who was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. One day I went up to Jerry and asked him, I dont get it! You cant be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it? Jerry replied, Each morning I

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In 1982 Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and floating in a life raft, alone. His supplies were few. His chances were small. Yet when three fishermen fo

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Markita Andrews, the greatest saleswoman in the world today, 玛奇塔.安德鲁斯。是现今世界上最优秀的女推销员。 has generated more than eighty thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old. 从她七岁以

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Davey wanted to play baseball. But fifty years ago, in his small town, he couldnt find enough players for two full teams or an empty lot big enough for a field. And when he played ball in his back yard, he just broke windows and got into trouble. So

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One day a rich father took his young son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, how

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It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together inside the storm doo

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One day, an old beggar went to the village. He knocked at the door of a rich man to beg for food. This was a big house and at the side was built a granary with a big padlock. The owner of the house was a miser and he was known for never helping anyon

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Once upon a time, there was a foolish boy who had a bag full of beautiful marbles. Now this boy was quite proud of his marbles. In fact, he thought so much of them that he would neither play with them himself nor would he let anyone else play with th

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Once there was a very religious and skillful potter whose pottery was well-known far and wide. However, he was not satisfied with his finely crafted but fragile pottery. He thought if the pottery made by him could be unbreakable, his reputation and h

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Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. 从前,有一个健壮的伐木工人

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There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day he had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next

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One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. 一天,时间管理专家为一群学生讲课。他现场做了演示,给学生们留下了

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I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth removed. The young ma

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A miller and his son were one day taking their donkey to the market for sale. 一天,磨坊主和他的儿子牵着驴去集市,准备把驴卖掉。 On the road they met a man riding a horse who said to them, How stupid you are; you have a donke

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生活中的我们总是过多地关注我们身边的人,我们的家人和朋友,而对于陌生的人,我们大多选择冷漠。我们已经习惯冷漠,可是,你可曾经想过那些你认为与你毫无关系的人正是别人深爱的

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A couple, John and Mary, had two lovely children. John had just been asked to go on a business trip and would be gone for several days. Mary would go along too. They hired a reliable woman to care for the children and made the trip, returning home a

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The story goes that a certain court jester went too far one day and insulted his king. The king became so infuriated he sentenced the jester to be executed. His court prayed upon the king to have mercy for thes man who had served him well for so many

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A long time ago, in Egypt lived a famous mystical person named Zun-Nun. A young man came to visit him and asked,Teacher, I do not understand why people like you when you dress in such a simple way? 很久以前,在埃及生活着一位著名的神秘

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A very special teacher in a high school had a husband who died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight shined through the classroom windows

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