Chita Padilla Evardone - Words to Ponder By

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(Francisco D Manga - Sunrise in Iligan City)

"Happy New Year to Everyone!

In a few hours we'll bid goodbye to 2011 and hopefully forget its tragedies, particularly the Sendong Experience.

It's time to reflect the goodness of the Lord and to thank His countless blessings.

For the victims, it may take years to recover from the trauma it has brought forth unequaled damage: physically, economically, emotionally etc, yet, I strongly believe that an overwhelming goodness will flow into Iligan, as He always promised.

It was a "storm" sent forth to wash out, cleanse and purge the corruption and greed and the evil that's rooted among us - from our leaders down to its constituents.

It was a wake-up call for us to take care of our environment, a detoxifying agent, a bittersweet pill for the moral and economic recovery/transformation of Iligan and its people; paving way for beautiful things to happen.

I can feel it blossoming in the overwhelming kindness, tinabangay (cooperation) and goodness of our citizens in our country and around the world as shown during the tragedy.

And hopefully, it will awaken our city officials of their main duty to serve the people, especially at these critical times, and, the sprouting abundantly of our talented intellectuals ready to help and lead Iligan in any way they can.

With high hopes, we cheer for a New year, a new life and a new Iligan!!!

(Arise Iligan!)

~Chita Padilla Evardone, MSU-IIT Iligan City Faculty Member

Source: Facebook, CW-Iligan Forum

Hamilton Wright Mabie Quotes

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!" ~Hamilton Wright Mabie

"New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights." ~Hamilton Wright Mabie

"The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has." ~Hamilton Wright Mabie

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Harold J. Smith - learn from mistakes

"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them." ~Harold J. Smith

Martin Brown - courage

"We must have courage to bet on our ideas, take the calculated risk, and take action!" ~Martin Brown 

Alfred Chandler -strategy

"Unless structure follows strategy, inefficiency results." ~Alfred Chandler

Michael Phelps - goals

"I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time" ~Michael Phelps

Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

“Ideas too sometimes fall from the tree before they are ripe.” ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.” ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity.” ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

“The eternal life is given to those who live in the present.” ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

“The sole remaining task for philosophy is the analysis of language.” ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

"The world is independent of my will." ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

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"You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks."  ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

Patti Smith - enthusiasm

“If we keep our little flame alive, our first feeling of enthusiasm of who we are, without the influence or intervention of others, we will prevail.” ~Patti Smith

John D. Rockefeller Quotes

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." ~John D. Rockefeller

"Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty." ~John D. Rockefeller

"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity." ~John D. Rockefeller

"I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure." ~John D. Rockefeller

"I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature." ~John Rockefeller

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” ~John D. Rockefeller (from Chicken Soup for the Soul)

"Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim." ~John D. Rockefeller

"The secret to success is to do common things uncommonly well." ~John D. Rockefeller

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Tom Blair - Silence

"Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence." ~Tom Blair

Bo Bennett -Quotes

"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity." ~Bo Bennett

"Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done." ~Bo Bennett

Rabbi Hadar Margolin - contented heart

"People carry around yesterday's disappointments and tomorrow's worries like weights around their necks. Learn to let go of them, and fill your heart with contentment of the present." ~Rabbi Hadar Margolin

Marvin Isidore C Macatol - Forest

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Kenneth-Carmelita Macatol Enriquez - Trees

"Trees are like HANDS that would catch the rain and deliver them back gently to our aquifers and rivers & prevent floods.:

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St. Francis of Assisi Quotes

"A cat purring on your lap is more healing than any drug in the world, as the vibrations you receiving are of pure love and contentment." ~St. Francis of Assisi

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle." ~St. Francis of Assisi

"He who works with his hands is a labourer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist." ~St. Francis of Assisi

"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love." ~St. Francis of Assisi

"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love." ~Francis of Assisi

"Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission-to be of service to them wherever they require it." ~St. Francis of Assisi

"Our hands imbibe like roots, so I place them on what is beautiful in this world. And I fold them in prayer, and they draw from the heavens Light." ~St Francis of Assisi

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage." ~Francis of Assisi

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." ~St. Francis of Assisi

"The cat purring on your lap is more healing than any drug in the world, as the vibrations you are receiving are of pure love and contentment." ~St. Francis of Assisi

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JANE ADDAMS Quotes

"Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men." ~Jane Addams, 1860-1935, Nobel Prize Winner 

"Time is a traveler. Where did it go? It left, but it didn't leave you empty handed. No! It left you with the gift of beautiful memories, that you can keep in your heart for safe keeping, to cherish forever, and ever." ~Jane Adams ©2005.

MSU-IIT - kindness of strangers

"The biggest evacuation center here for families displaced by Tropical Storm “Sendong” may be likened to a well-oiled machine fueled by the kindness of strangers." ~Officials of Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT)

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer

Scarlett Pitt Quotes

"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs." ~Scarlett Pitt

"Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other." ~Scarlett Pitt

"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive." ~Scarlett Pitt

"Rejoice in what you have, and know that fresh new experiences are always ahead" ~Scarlett Pitt

"The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think." ~Scarlett Pitt

"You can't undo what you did in the past. But you can start a new future. Have faith, be confident, and step forward." ~Scarlett Pitt

Johnny Carson Quotes

“If variety if the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam” ~Johnny Carson

"Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: "Are You Ready?" ~Johnny Carson

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INGRID BERGMAN Quotes

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." ~Ingrid Bergman

"Getting old is like climbing a mountain,  you get a little out of breath,   but the view  is much better." ~Ingrid Bergman 

"Happiness lies in good health and a bad memory." ~Ingrid Bergman

"You must train your intuition … you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly, what to say, what to decide." ~Ingrid Bergman


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Leah C. Dancel - difference

"It is my desire to make a difference for my woeful country perpetrated with crocodiles and vultures." ~Leah C. Dancel, Twitter, 26 December 2011

Steve Goodier Quotes

"My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present." ~Steve Goodier

"No one is without a friend who knows how to be a friend." ~Steve Goodier

"Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less." ~Steve Goodier 

"We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don't have to stay down." ~Steve Goodier

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Roy D. Chapin Jr. - preparation

"Be ready when opportunity comes...Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.— Roy D. Chapin Jr.

Jerry Brown -Life

"Life just is. You have to flow with it. Give yourself to the moment. Let it happen." ~Jerry Brown

Eleanor Hamilton - compliment

"A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver." ~Eleanor Hamilton

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Quotes

"At the door of every happy, contended man somebody should stand with a little hammer, constantly tapping, to remind him that unhappy people exist, that however happy he may be, sooner or later life will show him its claws, some calamity will befall him — illness, poverty, loss — and nobody will hear or see, just as he doesn't hear or see others now." ~Anton Chekhov, Five Little Stories

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." ~Anton Chekhov

"I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky." ~Anton Chekhov

“If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.” ~Anton Chekhov, Notebook of Anton Chekhov

“In all the universe, nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit”~Anton Chekhov

"It doesn't matter that your painting is small. Kopecks are also small, but when a lot are put together they make a ruble. Each painting displayed in a gallery and each good book that makes it into a library, no matter how small they may be, serves a great cause: accretion of the national wealth." ~Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian author, playwright.

"Passion must be concealed in a society where cold reserve and indifference are the signs of good breeding." ~Anton Chekhov

"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy." ~Anton Chekhov

"Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism." ~Anton Chekhov

"We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds." ~Anton Chekhov

"Wisdom ... comes not from age, but from education and learning." ~Anton Chekhov 

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Bruno Bettelheim Quotes

“If we hope to live not just from moment to moment, but in true consciousness of our existence, then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives.” ~from "The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales" by Bruno Bettelheim

"The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them." ~Bruno Bettelheim (20th century), Austrian-U.S. child psychologist. A Good Enough Parent, ch. 2 (1987).

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Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

"Faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows - standing without, you can see no glory, nor can imagine any, but standing within every ray of light reveals a harmony of unspeakable splendors. " ~Nathaniel Hawthorne (Inspirational Quotes)

"From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Generosity is the flower of justice." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as sunshine autumn by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air." ~ Nataniel Hawthorne

"I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could share or conceive of who had never taken part in the process of creation. It was one of the most bewitching sights in the world to observe a hill of beans thrusting aside the soil, or a rose of early peas just peeping forth sufficiently to trace a line of delicate green." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from and Old Manse

"It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual life upon another; each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his object". ~Nathaniel Hawthorne 
"Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-beam of God's care for every separate need." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne (from Butterflies and Pebbles)

[Hawthorne explores the transformative power of love in this quote. Love, in all its forms, has the ability to illuminate the darkness within and around individuals, infusing their lives with warmth, joy, and purpose. Whether it is the excitement of new love or the reawakening of love long dormant, its radiance extends beyond the confines of the heart, influencing one's interactions with the world. This quote celebrates the transformative and uplifting nature of love, portraying it as a force capable of bringing light to even the darkest of circumstances. From Eng.  Lit.]

"No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true." -from Nathaniel Hawthorne's THE SCARLET LETTER, first published on this day in 1850 from Everyman's Library

   [Hawthorne delves into the idea of authenticity and the consequences of living a double life. This quote highlights the internal conflict that arises when individuals present different personas to different audiences. Over time, the boundary between the true self and the façade blurs, causing confusion and a loss of identity. It speaks to the moral and psychological toll of living inauthentically and the importance of embracing one's true self. From Eng.  Lit.]

"Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

"She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom". ~Nathaniel Hawthorne[This quote encapsulates the transformative journey of Hester Prynne, the protagonist of "The Scarlet Letter." After enduring public shame and ostracism for her adultery, Hester experiences a sense of liberation when she embraces her identity and rejects societal expectations. The weight of societal judgment and guilt is lifted, allowing her to discover a newfound sense of freedom and self-acceptance. It illustrates the paradoxical nature of freedom—sometimes it is only truly appreciated in contrast to the constraints that precede it. From Eng. Lit.]
"The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

"We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep". ~Nathaniel Hawthorne    [This quote suggests a profound truth about human existence. It implies that even when we are awake and going about our daily lives, we are often unaware or unconscious of our true desires, motivations, and inner selves. Our actions may be guided by subconscious impulses or societal expectations, leading us to metaphorically "walk in our sleep." This introspective observation invites readers to contemplate the duality of consciousness and the complexities of human nature. from Eng. Lit.]
"What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self!" ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"The Scarlet Letter" 
It was published on March 16, 1850, propelling Nathaniel Hawthorne to literary fame at age 45. The bestseller explores the themes of sin and redemption through the story of Hester Prynne, who faces public humiliation for committing adultery in a Puritan society. The book is considered one of the greatest works of American literature.

Nikolai Berdyaev - truth

"There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world." ~Nikolai Berdyaev

Pierre Auguste Renoir Quotes

"The pain passes, but the beauty remains". ~Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

"You come to nature with all her theories, and she knocks them all flat." ~Pierre Auguste Renoir

John Denver Quotes

"I would make my job a work of art. I would like whatever it is that I'm doing - everyone's experience of me, everyone's interaction with me, everyone's discussion, conversation, relationship with me - [to be] an event within which they get to see who they are. I would make of my life a work of art." ~John Denver

"Love is a light that shines from heart to heart." ~John Denver

Robyn Banks - paradox

"I just decided that the whole world is just a revolving paradox. It contradicts itself day in and day out and we all just keep spinning with it." ~Robyn Banks, FB, Orange NSW

John Kerry - climate change

 Logwashed, aftermath of Typhoon Sendong

“Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.” ~Senator John Kerry on Climate change

News Item:

Sendong aftermath still stings Iligan five days after the tropical storm hit

A man walks along the banks of Mandulog River in Iligan City on Thursday, five days after Tropical Storm Sendong hit Iligan Ciity and neighboring Cagayan de Oro. Sendong caused flashfloods that buried homes, leaving over 1,000 people dead and thousands more missing. (Manman Dejeto, GMA)

Mark Nepo Quotes

"Doing small things with love is the atom of bravery." ~Mark Nepo

"Honest friends are doorways to our souls, and loving friends are the grasses that soften our world." ~Mark Nepo

“Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature.” ~Mark Nepo

"Poetry is the unexpected utterance of the soul." ~Mark Nepo

"The flower doesn't dream of the bee... it blossoms and the bee comes." ~Mark Nepo

"There are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths." ~Mark Nepo

"To encourage is to help the heart unfold." ~Mark Nepo

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Bonnie Przybylski - umph

"The difference between try and triumph is a little 'umph!'" ~Bonnie Przybylski

Jimmy Johnson - take a chance

"Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?" ~Jimmy Johnson

A. C. Benson Quotes

"As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow." ~A. C. Benson

"Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene." ~A. C. Benson

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Marshall McLuhan Quotes

"A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding." ~Marshall McLuhan

"There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew."  ~Marshall McLuhan

Charles Browder - ideas

“The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.” ~Charles Browder on Creativity

Edward Everett Hale Quotes

"Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace or after ages of conflict and war, but come it will, and abide it will, so long as the principles by which it was acquired are held sacred." ~Edward Everett

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do." ~Edward Everett

"Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three: all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have." ~Edward Everett Hale

"The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life." ~Edward Everett Hale

“To look up and not down, To look forward and not back, To look out and not in--and To lend a hand.” ~Edward Everett Hale on Progress

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Thought for Today - Creating Thoughts Of Benefit

"Acts of virtue emerge from deep within, from an inner sanctuary of silence from which inspiration flows. Every action has its seed in a thought and every thought is a creation of the thinker, the soul. I choose what thoughts I want to create and as is my thinking so are my actions and also my experience in life. Going within, I touch the stillness and pure love that lie at the core of my being and every thought that I create is of benefit to myself and of benefit to humanity." ~Thought for Today-UK

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Quotes

“All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind that only pleases the sight but does not captivate the affections.” ~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

"As the viper, though it kills with it, does not deserve to be blamed for the poison it carries, as it is a gift of nature, neither do I deserve reproach for being beautiful." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"Can there be hope where fear is?" ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

“Delay always heeds danger.” ~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra on Delay

“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.” ~Miguel de Cervantes

"Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds." ~Miguel de Cervantes

"He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.” ~Miguel de Cervantes

“He who sings scares away his woes.” ~Cervantes  

"I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.” ~Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) on Drinking

"I know that everything beautiful attracts love, but I cannot see how, by reason of being loved, that which is loved for its beauty is bound to love that which loves it." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"If a governor comes out of his government rich, they say he has been a thief; and if he comes out poor, that he has been a noodle and a blockhead." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt "It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds; and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"Love is invisible, and comes in and goes out as he likes, without anyone calling him to account for what he does." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"Love not what you are but what you may become. " ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

“Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.” ~Miguel de Cervantes 

"The TRUTH may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water." ~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don

Richard Needham - sensible and wise

"A sensible man knows you can't please everybody. A wise man knows you can't please anybody." ~Richard Needham

Henry S. Haskins - faith

"Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine." ~Henry S. Haskins

Cheryl Janecky Quotes

"Genius is simply focus on a topic long enough to discover your own unique talent with in." ~Cheryl Janecky

"Good fortune is the natural Flow of Life. Follow your heart. Begin Now. Commit to continue NS live happily." ~Cheryl Janecky

"Happiness is good health and a bad memory." ~Ingrid Bergman from Cheryl Janecky (Twitter)

"If you place a low value on yourself, you seal your fate, for no one ever raises your price." ~Cheryl Janecky

"Living in harmony with Natural Cycles enhances your creative power. Learn to flow with seasons." ~Cheryl Janecky

"Only you know what feels best. Only you can find your own path to it. Ignore others and mayhem of life. Live your vision." ~Cheryl Janecky

"Opportunity is the door to your future. Act and grow in a new direction or the door closes and you feel stuck." ~Cheryl Janecky

"Path finders are more valuable than fault finders." ~Cheryl Janecky

"Strength isn't measured by what you control. Your strength is shown by how little control the outside world has on you." ~Cheryl Janecky

"The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light." ~Cheryl Janecky

"You don't need specific details to begin: just the feeling of exhilaration and expecting it to turn out okay for you." ~Cheryl Janecky

"Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself." ~Cheryl Janecky

"Your reasoning mind will steal your thunder and spoil your future. Only follow Inspiration." ~Cheryl Janecky

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Liesl Schillinger - root cause

“The bottom line is that anger causes pain. As long as we're trying to treat the pain, the root cause—whatever it is that's annoyed or infuriated you—will remain.” ~Liesl Schillinger

Thought for Today on Angels

"An angel's face is still because there are no lies inside. Truth makes it a straight, simple face whose beauty lies not in its form but in the feeling it gives you." ~Thought for Today-UK

"Acceptance gives me the experience of being like an angel: never judging, never criticising and never worrying." ~Thought for Today-UK

Marissa David Lagbas - Greed

Compliment from CW-FB

 "GREED for MONEY is worst....I hope this time seeing and watching those helpless flood victims will turn our greedy hearts into a heart burning with love." ~Marissa David Lagbas, City of Waterfalls Group, Iligan City, FB - 21 December 2011 on Flash Flood Tragedy 16 December 2011.

Morihei Ueshiba Quotes

“A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for peace.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.”~Morihei Ueshiba

“All things, material and spiritual, originate from one source and are related as if they were one family. The past, present, and future are all contained in the life force. The universe emerged and developed from one source, and we evolved through the optimal process of unification and harmonization.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Can there really be a martial art in which one downs his attacker with a smile?” ~Morihei Ueshiba

  

"Do not fail to learn from the pure voice of an ever-flowing mountain stream splashing over the rocks." ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

"Everything -- even mountains, rivers, plants, and trees, -- should be your teacher." ~Morihei Ueshiba

"Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something." ~Morihei Ueshiba

"If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“In your training, do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum of ten years to master the basics and advance to the first rung. Never think of yourself as an all-knowing, perfected master; you must continue to train daily with your friends and students and progress together in the Art of Peace.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Iron is full of impurities that weaken it: through forging, it becomes steel and is transformed into a razor-sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

"Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead." ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Study the teachings of the pine tree, the bamboo, and the plum blossom. The pine is evergreen, firmly rooted, and venerable. The bamboo is strong, resilient, unbreakable. The plum blossom is hardy, fragrant, and elegant.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“The true meaning of the 'samurai' is one who serves and adheres to the power of love.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Those who are enlightened never stop forging themselves.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

"Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything." ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Warriorship is none other than the vitality that sustains all life.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

“When you lose your desire for things that do not matter, you will be free.” ~Morihei Ueshiba

"Your spirit is the true shield." ~Morihei Ueshiba

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George Washington Carver Quotes

"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom." ~George Washington Carver

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these." ~George Washington Carver

"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in." ~George Washington Carver

"No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it." ~George Washington Carver

“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong. Sometime in life you will have been all of these.” ~George Washington Carver

"There is no shortcut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything." ~George Washington Carver (1864-1943)

"When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." ~George Washington Carver

"Where there is no vision, there is no hope." ~George Washington Carver

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Quotes on COURAGE

"Courage is the atom of change." ~Bettina R. Flores

"Courage and optimism are blessings we so often ignore and forego when they're free instruments made available for us. But those who take it, make possible of the impossible, good of the bad and make life worth living." ~Norma Hennessy

"Courage comes the moment you decide to walk through the unavoidable storms in your life rather than sidestepping them. By experiencing whatever it is your soul needs to learn, you earn strength, gain confidence and wisdom to share. Then you are able to encourage and uplift another soul caught in the storms of life." ~Lisa K. Fox

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Courage is admitting that you're afraid and facing that fear directly. It's being strong enough to ask for help and humble enough to accept it.

Courage is being responsible for your own actions and admitting your own mistakes without placing blame on others. It's relying not on others for your success, but on your own skills and efforts.

Courage is daring to take a first step, a big leap, or a different path. It's attempting to do something that no one has done before and all others thought impossible.

Courage is keeping heart in the face of disappointment and looking at defeat not as an end but as a new beginning. It's believing that things will ultimately get better even as they get worse.

Courage is refusing to quit even when you're intimidated by impossibility. It's choosing a goal, sticking with it, and finding solutions to the problems.

Courage is standing up for what you believe in without worrying about the opinions of others. It's following your own heart, living your own life, and settling for nothing less than the best for yourself.

Courage is thinking big, aiming high, and shooting far. It's taking a dream and doing anything, risking everything, and stopping at nothing to it make it a reality." ~Caroline Kent~

"Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain." ~Diane de Poitiers, Right from the Rooms

"Courage is being afraid but doing what you have to anyway." ~Dr. Who

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared." ~Eddie Rickenbacker

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers." ~Dorothy Bernard

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers." ~Karl Barth

"Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use." ~Ruth Gordon

"Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment." ~Napoleon Bonaparte

"Courage is looking fear right in the eye and saying, Get the hell out of my way, I’ve got things to do." ~Anon

"Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength." ~Napoleon Bonaparte

"Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength." ~Theodore Roosevelt

“Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.” ~Rollo May

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." ~Ambrose Redmoon

"Courage is not the absence of fear or despair, but the strength to conquer them." ~Anon

"Courage is reclaiming your life after a devastating event robs you of your confidence and self-esteem. It is facing tomorrow with a firm resolve to reach deep within yourself to find another strength, another talent. ... It is taking yourself to another level of your own existence where you are once again whole, productive, special..." ~Catherine Britton

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear." ~Mark Twain

"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death." ~Harold Wilson

"Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success." ~~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.” ~Tom Krause

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others." ~Aristotle

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage." ~Maya Angelou

"Courage is when you are in pain but you keep on living anyway." ~from OBSERVE

"Courage knows no limits, cowardice does." ~Pres. RR Duterte, State of the Nation Address, 25 July 2016

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” ~Brené Brown


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"A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right rather than what is easy." ~Suze Orman

"Breathe in the winds of courage that each day you may discover in fresh ways what it is to soar above this sacred earth and sweetly land in her arms at dusk." ~Mary Anne Radmacher

"Each time we face fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Eccentricity has always abounded where strength of character
 has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has
 generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental 
vigor, and moral courage which it contained.  That so few now
 dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time." ~John Stuart Mill

"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction." ~John F Kennedy 

"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the unknown place where it leads." ~Erica Jong ‪

"Faith could give you courage to face anything even on roads to nowhere." ~Noel Tan

"Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty." ~Brené Brown

"Genius is talent set on fire by courage." ~Henry Van Dyke

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake." ~Victor Hugo

"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew." ~Saint Francis de Sales

"Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness." ~Anon

“He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.” ~René G. Torres

"Healers are spiritual warriors who have found the courage to defeat the darkness of their soul, awakening and rising from the depths of their deepest fears, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes. Reborn with a wisdom and strength that creates a light that shines bright enough to help, encourage and inspire others out of their own darkness." ~Melanie Koulouris

“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” ~Tori Amos

"I have an ocean of courage buried somewhere inside me. I know this because I taste the salt every time I cry." ~Tyler Knott Gregson

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it" ~Nelson Mandela from Long Walk to freedom, 1994 ‪LTL

"If God gave our soldiers the spirit of courage, to protect us from our enemies and fight for our freedom, He gave you guys the heart of compassion, of serving, and of giving." ~Jovybev Aquino

"If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it." ~John Irving

“If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” ~David Viscott

"If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle to others then you deserve a love deeper than the ocean itself." ~Nikita Gill

"If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed." ~David Viscott

"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare." ~Mark Twain

"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power." ~Alan Cohen

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." ~EE Cummings

"It takes courage to keep walking when the path is obscured by confusion. Trust. Believe. And just keep walking. The way will be revealed!" ~Sue Krebs of Soul Speaking

“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

"It takes courage to make a hard choice. Without courage, all other virtues are meaningless." ~Jose Alejandrino

"It takes courage to sit with our own shadow, seeing what aspects of self we find unacceptable, inviting them to speak to us. To hold with tenderness the fears we are tempted to project outward, to refuse to let them (largely unconsciously) run our individual or collective lives. . . . this is what preserves life and protects us all." ~Oriah "Mountain Dreamer" House (c) 2016

"It takes courage to stand and fight for something, but sometimes it can take even more than courage to walk away and leave things behind." ~Wings of Love

"Let me have the courage to honor myself. And know that how I feel is valid. No matter how another may choose to react to my truth." ~Robin Korth

"LIFE is sometimes unpredictable. But you can't live your life afraid of what you think will come next, find the courage to move forward and enjoy this beautiful life of yours." ~Lynne Taylor, UDandR

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." ~Anais Nin

“Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it empowers us to develop courage; to trust that courage and build bridges with it; to trust those bridges and cross over them so we can attempt to reach each other.” ~Maya Angelou

"May I have the courage today to live the life I would love ...to postpone my dream no longer. But do at last what I came here for and waste my heart on fear no more. " ~John O’Donohue

"May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits." ~Harley King

"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them." ~Bruce Lee

“Morale is a state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.” ~George Marshall

"Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have." ~Lord Greville

"Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed." ~Dale Carnegie

"Never take someone's feelings for granted because you never know how much courage that they took to show it to you." ~Anon

"One man with courage makes a majority." ~Andrew Jackson

"Only the soft whisper of the wind reminds us how faith and courage serve us through the test of times." ~Imelda Deinla

"Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave." ~Mary Tyler Moore

"People get discouraged. They should remember, from me, it takes courage not to be discouraged.” ~Ben Ferencz, a son of Romanian Jewish immigrants who found refuge in the United States

"Softness is not weakness. It takes courage to stay delicate in a world this cruel. ~Beau Taplin

"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"The brave die never, though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”
~Minot J. Savage

"The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable." ~Paul Tillich

"The greatest act of courage is to be and to own all of who you are—without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth of who you are." ~Debbie Ford

"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." ~Robert Green Ingersoll

"The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility." ~Thomas Spencer Monson

“The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder

"The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage." ~Thucydides 

 "The sign of a healthy mind is not denial, but facing the cold, hard truths head on. Courage requires critical thinking and acting on new knowledge despite fear." ~Jake Colebrook

"The stories of past courage...can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul." ~John F. Kennedy

"The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on." ~Charles Dickens

"The test of tolerance comes when we are in a majority; the test of courage comes when we are in a minority." ~Ralph Stockman

"There is great COURAGE in being vulnerable. The truth is everyone is not perfect, we will always be judged. When we allow ourselves to be honest and visible to those around us it opens up the door for deeper connections and understanding...sometimes I hear the words 'Me too, I thought I was the only one'. So try it, it takes practice and find your courage to be yourself." ~Di Riseborough-Intuitive Life Strategist

"There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage." ~Seneca the Younger

"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me." ~Jane Austen

"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it." ~Albert Camus

"Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night's lodging. Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment." ~Steve Maraboli

"Today, I call upon my Higher Power to deliver me from the impossible to the possible; from darkness to light, and from fear to courage." ~Bryant McGill

"Travel is never a matter of money but of courage." ~Paulo Coelho, *Aleph*

"True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher." ~John Petit-Senn

"We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity." ~Barbara De Angelis

"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face. We must do that which we think we cannot." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

"We make our world significant by the courage of our questions." ~Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

"We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it." ~Sharon Salzberg

"We need to find courage and speak against the evils in our communities. Even if they are friends, family or half of ourselves." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao, September 25, 2017

"When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back." ~Paulo Coelho

"When you choose courage in the face of fear, you defy the things that hold you back from greatness." ~Janine Shepherd - How to Heal a Broken Body and a Broken Spirit

"When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way." ~Paulo Coelho

"With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity." ~Mark Twain

"Without fear there cannot be courage." ~Christopher Paolini

"You can always die. It is living that takes real courage." ~Watsuki Nobuhiro

"You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

"You have to have the courage to go into that place of unknowing—the non-conceptual, vertical dimension. And then the other dimension of you—the horizontal dimension—can operate much more effectively, fruitfully, harmoniously, compassionately in this world." ~Eckhart Tolle

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Dame Rose Macaulay Quotes

"At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived." ~Dame Rose Macaulay

"He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful." ~Dame Rose Macaulay

Dave Checkett - character

“Success builds character, failure reveals it” ~Dave Checkett

Robert Fulford - future

"I have seen the future and it doesn't work." ~Robert Fulford

Rudy Tomjanovich - heart of a champion

“Never underestimate the heart of a champion.” ~Rudy Tomjanovich on Basketball

Thought for Today - Working on Rebuilding Relationships

"It’s easy to speak negatively when we do not like something about someone. We often react without thinking and become angry. Our words and behaviour become negative or insulting. This further widens the gap damaging the relationship. When someone does something undesirable. I first need to understand the behaviour. Every person has a reason to behave the way he or she does even if I cannot understand it at the time. The more I react to the other person and the bad behaviour, the greater the distance between us. To mend the relationship I need to remind myself of the other person’s good qualities." ~Thought for Today-UK

Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes

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“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” ~Frank Lloyd Wright  

Other Quotes:

"Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities." ~Frank Lloyd Wright

"Less is only more where more is no good." ~Frank Lloyd Wright 

"Space is the breath of art." ~Frank Lloyd Wright

"The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes." ~Frank Lloyd Wright

"The thing always happens that you believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen." ~Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959)

"The truth is more important than the facts." ~Frank Lloyd Wright

"You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having." ~Frank Lloyd Wright

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Thought for Today - Trustee Consciousness

"We all have a relationship with everything. Obviously the relationship we have with the people and objects in our immediate vicinity is more intimate than the rest of the world. For most of us the most common relationship is possession. In our minds we think we own and possess things like cars and houses and carpets and golf clubs etc. This thinking easily spreads into jobs and tasks and positions and perhaps even other people. "I want you", and "You are mine alone", is the essence of many romantic film scripts and song lyrics. What we forget is that this relationship is wrong. It is not possible to possess anything. Care for..yes. Use...yes. But possess...no. You can't take it with you when you go, so we say! And yet it's the idea of possession which lies at the heart of all fear, war and conflict. Can you see it? Fear of loss, fear of not acquiring what we have already decided is ours in our minds. So what is a better relationship we can choose which takes all the fear away. Be a trustee. Everything comes to us in trust, for us to use and then to set it free. The consciousness of trustee sets us free of the tension of grasping and guarding. To see ourselves as trustees of everything that we receive, including our bodies, encourages our innate capacity to 'care for with dignity'. It is a much more relaxing way of relating to the things which we are privileged to receive in life." ~Thought for Today-UK
 

BOB MARLEY Quotes

"A lot of people become unattractive once you find out how they think." ~Bob Marley 

"Don’t gain the world and lose your soul. Wisdom is better than silver and gold.”
-Bob Marley

"I don’t have prejudice against myself. I’m not on the white man’s side, or the black man’s side. I’m on God’s side – the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.” ~Bob Marley

“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief, and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!” ~Bob Marley

"Me only have one ambition, Y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all." ~Bob Marley

“None but ourselves can free our minds.” ~Bob Marley

"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." ~Bob Marley

"One love, one heart, one destiny." ~Bob Marley

"Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?" ~Bob Marley

"She's not perfect - you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there." ~Bob Marley

"Some people feel the rain, others just get wet." ~Bob Marley

"Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah." ~Bob Marley

"The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her." ~Bob Marley

"The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race." ~Bob Marley

"The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively." ~Bob Marley

"The problem today is people don't cherish good people, they try to use them." ~Bob Marley 

"The truth is everybody is going to hurt you, you just got to find the ones worth suffering for." ~Bob Marley

"“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect – you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break – her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.” ~Bob Marley

"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have." ~Bob Marley

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John Bunyan Quotes

"A man there was, and they called him mad;
the more he gave, the more he had." ~John Bunyan

"Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom." ~John Bunyan on Proverbs

"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart." ~John Bunyan

"Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake." ~John Bunyan

"Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan." ~John Bunyan

"You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." ~John Bunyan

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Anna Sewell Quotes

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"God had given men reason, by which they could find out things for themselves; but He had given animals knowledge which did not depend on reason, and which was much more perfect in its way, and by which they had often saved the lives of men." ~Black Beauty (The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell)

“My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.” ~Anna Sewell, Black Beauty (Everyman's Library)

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J.R. Morales -to live and die for

“You will know what to live for when you determine what you're willing to die for.” ~J.R. Morales

Margaret Walker Quotes

"Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go." ~Margaret Walker

"Love stretches your heart and makes you big inside." ~Margaret Walker

"When a good soloist to sing this song cannot be found, let Robert Burns' tender poem of Love be expressed in harmony with both men and women." ~Margaret Walker

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WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Quotes

"But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams." ~William Butler Yeats

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” ~William Butler Yeats

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ~William Butler Yeats

"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure, nor this thing nor that, but simply growth." ~W.B. Yeats

"I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love." ~William Butler Yeats

"I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." ~W.B. Yeats

"I spit into the face of time that has transfigured me.” ~W. B. Yeats

"If what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we are branches of the same tree." ~William Butler Yeats

"In books lies the soul of the whole past time the articulate audible voice of the past when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream." ~William Butler Yeats

"Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph." ~William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939)

"Man is in love and loves what vanishes,
What more is there to say?" ~WB Yeats

"The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." ~W.B. Yeats

"The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober." ~William Butler Yeats

"Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold .... surly some revelation is at hand." ~W.B. Yeats

"Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses." ~William Butler Yeats

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"Down by the sally gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the sally gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree."
~William Butler Yeats

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"Peace comes dropping slow
Dropping from the veils of the morning
To where the crickets sing."
~William Butler Yeats

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"There are no strangers here;
Only friends you haven't yet met."
~William Butler Yeats

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Corrie Pikul - body language

“You can use body language to tell your story the way you want, with a happier and more satisfying ending.” ~Corrie Pikul

John Connolly Quotes

"The nature of compassion isn't coming to terms with your own suffering and applying it to others. It's knowing that other folks around you suffer and no matter what happens to you, no matter how lucky or unlucky you are, they keep suffering. And if you can do something about that, then you do it, and you do it without whining. You do it because it's the right thing to do." ~John Connolly

“There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness.” ~John Connolly

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Laurence G. Boldt - joy

“Money should not cost you your joy.” ~Laurence G. Boldt

Dr. Robert Holden Quotes

"A grievance is a sign of mistaken identity. If you hold on to a grievance, it must be because you think you are a victim." ~Robert Holden

"Be kind to yourself. Life always gets better when you treat yourself better." ~Robert Holden

"Before we practice gratitude, we are in the dark, and there appears to be very
little to be grateful for. Once we begin, a new light dawns, sometimes a brilliant
light, a light as bright as Heaven itself." ~Robert Holden

"For as long as you overlook the joy of your own true nature, no amount of satisfaction or pleasure will fulfill you." ~Robert Holden

"Give this day as much appreciation as you imagine you would give to the best day of your life. If you do this, even for just one hour, you will surely “regain” and “take back” all of the gifts you could so easily have overlooked." ~Robert Holden

"Happiness does not have to be deserved, earned, worked for or paid for; it simply has to be accepted." ~Robert Holden

"Happiness is a spiritual path. The more you learn about true happiness, the more you discover the truth of who you are, what is important, and what your life is for." ~Robert Holden Ph. D. (Positive Thoughts)

"Happiness is found in loving the truth in people." ~Robert Holden

"Happiness is never far away if you stay close to your values and your ethics." ~Robert Holden

"Happiness is not in things; happiness is in you." ~Robert Holden

"Laughter is the best way to make somebody's heart beat." ~Robert Holden

"People who give their best time, energy, and attention to their most important relationships experience more happiness." ~Robert Holden 

"The final (and only) act of healing is to accept that there is nothing wrong with you. You might be suffering from psychology; for example, your mind gives you a hard time, and you worry yourself sick. Even so, the truth of who you are is still okay." ~Robert Holden

"The greatest stress in out society is that we've set happiness upon the horizon instead of in our heart. In doing so, we've turned happiness into a race, a chase, and a finish line that we will one day, hopefully, eventually, finally, arrive at." ~Robert Holden

"The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see." ~Dr. Robert Holden

"The mirror cannot change without you. And the world is only a mirror." ~Robert Holden

"The world is only a mirror. You will only see in the world what you're prepared to see in yourself—nothing more and nothing less." ~Robert Holden

"There is a happiness within you that is beyond time and space." ~Robert Holden

"There is a world of difference between searching for happiness and following your joy. Following your joy is about listening to your heart’s desires, noticing what truly inspires you, and recognizing your soul’s purpose. A good starting point is to reflect on the question “When am I at my happiest?" ~Robert Holden Ph. D.

"To be happy, love must mean more to you than anything." ~Robert Holden

"Truth is a pathless land, and happiness is a journey without distance." ~Robert Holden

"You have to stop going, doing and chasing and start spending more time being with yourself." ~Dr. Robert Holden

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