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Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are. Drive carefully It’s not only cars that can be recalled by their maker. A loser is a window washer on the 44th floor who steps back to admire his work.. Friends may come and go, b...

Character is what you are. Reputation is what peop...

If we let outer events influence our moods, we become their slaves. We lose our freedom. We let our happiness be determined by outer forces. On the other hand, we can free ourselves from outer influences. We can choose to be happy, and we can do a lo...

If we let outer events influence our moods, we bec...

When you are happy, minor unpleasant events usually do not disturb you. When you are unhappy, you feel as if everything is against you. You may compensate for it by eating chocolate and sweets because this gives you pleasure; yet you stay unhappy. A ...

When you are happy, minor unpleasant events usuall...

TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables. TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell "crocodile?" LENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L" TEACHER: No, that's wrong GLENN: Maybe it s wrong, but you...

TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multipl...

Most people keep thinking the same kind of thoughts, and visualize the same mental images in an unconscious automatic manner. This means keep viewing the same movie in their minds, and consequently go on creating and living the same kind of life. You...

Most people keep thinking the same kind of thought...

3. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under ...

3. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each ru...

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. A croco...

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but ...

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. The longest one-syllable word in the English ...

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime...

In the 4th century A.H. (10th Century A.D.), Jabir al-Battani discovered the phenomenon of predictable annual solar eclipses. Muhammad b. Malik's poem, Alfiyah Ibn Malik contains exactly one thousand verses explaining everything you need to know abou...

In the 4th century A.H. (10th Century A.D.), Jabir...

Upon further analysis of various verses, he discovered that this is consistent throughout the whole Qur'an, where it says one thing is like another. See below for astonishing result of the words mentioned number of times in Arabic Qur'an: Dunia (one ...

Upon further analysis of various verses, he discov...

Not so for Dalya Aglan. The 16-year-old, in the course of a biology class, was given the low down by her biology teacher on pregnancy, menstruation, and sexual maturation amongst adolescents at her Muslim school in Montreal, Canada. “She talked about...

Not so for Dalya Aglan. The 16-year-old, in the co...

For the past several years, many psychiatrists, sociological researchers, and parents have recommended that we seriously consider banning the physical punishment of children. The most important reason, according to Dr. Peter Newell, coordinator of th...

For the past several years, many psychiatrists, so...