"Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you." ~Arnold Palmer
"Non Degener Addam" (I add without loss)
4/30/12
Arnold Palmer Quotes
Greta Garbo - life
“Every one of us lives his life just once; if we are honest, to live once is enough” ~Greta Garbo
Laurence Binyon - Lest we forget
"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget" ~Laurence Binyon
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget" ~Laurence Binyon
Violette Leduc - Summer
Photo Credit: Motivating Inspiration
"I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer.
My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music.
It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips."
~Violette Leduc
My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music.
It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips."
~Violette Leduc
Charles Dudley Warner Quotes
“Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently .” ~Charles Dudley Warner
"Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough." ~Charles Dudley Warner
"The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something good for the world." ~Charles Dudley Warner
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John Owen - life
"The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh." ~John Owen
Evelyn Scott - light
"To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows out a light." ~Evelyn Scott
Phillip Brooks Quotes
"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." ~Phillips Brooks
"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men [a stronger person]. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle." ~Phillips Brooks
"Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful." ~Phillip Brooks
"Happiness is the natural flower of duty." ~Phillips Brooks
"I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back." ~Phillip Brooks
"You never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided." ~Phillip Brooks
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"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men [a stronger person]. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle." ~Phillips Brooks
"Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful." ~Phillip Brooks
"Happiness is the natural flower of duty." ~Phillips Brooks
"I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back." ~Phillip Brooks
"You never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided." ~Phillip Brooks
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Marie De Vichy-Chaconne - first step
"It is only the first step that is difficult." ~Marie De Vichy-Chaconne
Thought for Today - Unique Gifts
"Becoming aware of own gifts and those of others fills life with beauty. When I am aware of others' unique gifts, I can encourage them to develop them. Using my own gifts enriches others as well as myself. At times of need, I am able to draw on these qualities." ~Thought for Today-UK
4/25/12
Flavia Quotes
"Beautiful memories tell our story, and wrap themselves in ribbons of the heart." ~ Flavia
"Cut not the wings of your dreams, for they are the heartbeat and the freedom of your soul." ~Flavia
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some move our souls to dance. They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same." ~Flavia
"Cut not the wings of your dreams, for they are the heartbeat and the freedom of your soul." ~Flavia
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some move our souls to dance. They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same." ~Flavia
Dale Archer - foundation
"When you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness." ~Dale Archer
Thought for Today - Aim
"When water flows in one direction, it generates energy. The wind, when it blows in one direction, also generates energy. Sun rays, when focused, generate energy. In the same way, when we have an aim and objective, our actions become directed, focused. A current of consistent actions flowing in the direction of one's aim becomes increasingly powerful at each second. The intellectual capital invested in that will generate the dividends of increased happiness." ~Thought for Today-UK
EDWARD ABBEY Quotes
"Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter." ~Edward Abbey
“I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.” ~Edward Abbey
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." ~Edward Abbey
"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit." ~Edward Abbey
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"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit." ~Edward Abbey
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Marsha Petrie Sue - attitude
"Non-participation gives us hardening of the attitude. Life goes on, and if we do not participate, life still goes on. If a negative attitude is not getting us where we want to go, then why not change the attitude? Reshaping attitudes is possible. Awareness is the key initial step." ~Marsha Petrie Sue
D. Elton Trueblood - human life
"A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit." ~D. Elton Trueblood
Karen Clodfelder - change with age
"As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that will never change. . . I will always keep falling in love with you." ~Karen Clodfelder
Robert Bridges - rainbow clouds
"I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds." ~Robert Bridges
Gail Blackman - Live WISE
“We are not victims by nature...we are programmed to be victims...for good reason...if we truly embraced our power, we would never be controlled. Live WISE~” ~Gail Blackman
Christina Stead - rich people
"If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around." ~Christina Stead
Lord Greville - courage
"Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have." ~Lord Greville
4/24/12
William C. Bryant Quotes
"A sculptor wields
The chisel,
and the stricken marble grows
To beauty."
~William C. Bryant
"All that tread, the globe are but a handful to the tribes, that slumber in its bosom." ~William C. Bryant
“Glorious are the woods in their latest gold and crimson.” ~ William C. Bryant
"Remorse is virtue’s root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness." ~William C. Bryant
"The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within." ~William C. Bryant
"The little windflower, whose just opened eye is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at." ~William C. Bryant
"The moon is at her full, and riding high,
Floods the calm fields with light.
The airs that hover in the summer sky
Are all asleep tonight."
~William C. Bryant
"There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye;
There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by."
~William C. Bryant
"Thine eyes are springs in whose serene
And silent waters heaven is seen.
Their lashes are the herbs that look
On their young figures in the brook."
~William C. Bryant
"To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language." ~William C. Bryant
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"Remorse is virtue’s root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness." ~William C. Bryant
"The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within." ~William C. Bryant
"The little windflower, whose just opened eye is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at." ~William C. Bryant
"The moon is at her full, and riding high,
Floods the calm fields with light.
The airs that hover in the summer sky
Are all asleep tonight."
~William C. Bryant
"There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye;
There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by."
~William C. Bryant
"Thine eyes are springs in whose serene
And silent waters heaven is seen.
Their lashes are the herbs that look
On their young figures in the brook."
~William C. Bryant
"To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language." ~William C. Bryant
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4/23/12
Jeanne C. Stein - life
"Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we're here we may as well dance." ~Jeanne C. Stein
"Life may not be the party we hoped for. But while we’re here, we should dance anyway." ~Jeanne C Stein
Jakushitsu - awakening
"Rather than spend aeons without an awakening, have no second thoughts." ~Jakushitsu
Dr. Royal Lee - human civilisation
"One of the biggest tragedies of human civilization is the precedents of chemical therapy over nutrition. It's a substitution of artificial therapy over nature, of poisons over food, in which we are feeding people poisons trying to correct the reactions of starvation." ~Dr. Royal Lee (1951)
Thought for Today - Mindful Moments
"Most of us are of sound mind, but many of us have trouble maintaining a note of harmony and peace. Most of us know how to think, but few of us are able to control our thoughts. We all have the capacity to be creative, to image new ideas, but few of us are able to do it together and co-create in harmony with each other. We could all do with some mental training so that we may use the most powerful energy in the universe, the mind, which is always at our instant disposal. We can begin with mindfulness. It's a simple way to gently help our mind go where it is best to go, do what is the best thing to do. It begins by simply being fully aware of what you are doing. Mostly we are not fully aware, as our minds wander into the past and then into possible futures. We spend most of our time watching others and so rarely fully focus on what we are actually doing ourselves. Next time you sit down to a meal, watch your self. Be aware of only what you are eating. Every time your mind wants to wander, bring it gently and lovingly back to the action and sensation of eating. Then do the same when cleaning, when writing, when working. The more you do it stronger and more focused and more rational will be your concentration, the more natural will be your actions, the more peaceful you will feel, and the more relaxed you will be, no matter what you are doing." ~Thought for Today-UK
Emanouhl Quotes
“Fear of the unknown comes before understanding but wanting to know is followed by wisdom.” ~Emanouhl
“Sometimes I feel very tall even though in reality, I am quite small.” ~Emanouhl
“Sometimes I feel very tall even though in reality, I am quite small.” ~Emanouhl
Mark Van Doren Quotes
"Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king." ~Mark Van Doren
"Wit is the only wall between us and the dark." ~Mark Van Doren
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BODHIDHARMA Quotes
"If you don't find a teacher soon, you'll live this life in vain." ~Bodhidharma
". . . the fools of this world prefer to look for sages far away. They don't believe that the wisdom of their own mind is the sage . . . the sutras say, "Mind is the teaching." But people of no understanding don't believe in their own mind or that by understanding this teaching they can become a sage. They prefer to look for distant knowledge and long for things in space, buddha-images, light, incense, and colors. They fall prey to falsehood and lose their minds to insanity." ~Bodhidharma
"The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included. It's like the root of a tree. All a tree's fruit and flowers, branches and leaves depend on its root. If you nourish its root, a tree multiplies. If you cut its root, it dies. … Those who understand the mind reach enlightenment with minimum effort." ~Bodhidharma
"When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. This is true vision and true understanding." ~Bodhidharma
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4/22/12
Arkansas Patti - badge of age
"As acne and insecurity are badges of youth, pain apparently is the badge of age for some. I will learn to wear it proudly since it is not optional. If I am nothing, I am an adapter." ~Arkansas Patti, The New Sixty Blog
Aaron Copland - music
"To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable." ~Aaron Copland
Quotes on GENEROSITY
"Generosity is a beautiful garden without wall." ~Anon
"A generous person always sends someone away happier than when they arrived." ~Anon
"A generous person lives in a generous world. A selfish person lives in a selfish world." ~Anon
"A generous person speaks more kindly to his enemies than an ungenerous person does to his friends." ~Anon
"A hand extended in generosity is stronger than one that is closed into a fist." ~Anon
"A simple act of generosity is capable of wiping out the lean years and makes the spirit shine again." ~Anon
"A world without generosity is no more imaginable than a year without its seasons." ~Anon
"Arise cheerfully and live the day in happy readiness to be generous." ~Anon
"Be generous with your heart. The more we spontaneously give, the more connected and enriched we will feel. What if we use each other as our living temples, and put our best offering foot forward to see what direction life points us? I believe that if we live in a state of offering — even if we think we have nothing to offer — life blesses us and we feel more at peace with who we are and what we have." ~Agapi Stassinopoulos
"Be smart if you can, funny if you want to, but be generous-that is essential." ~Anon
"...but our very openness and generosity and tolerance can be used against us, to demean us, to mock us, to spite us and in fact, even to harm us and to make us look small in front of the world. "~Jyothi Menon
"Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate." ~Harry Browne
"Generosity can be the first step toward cultivating a nurturing and compassionate heart." ~Anon
"Generosity does not measure; it just gives." ~Anon
"Generosity flows from a loving heart, not from a leather-bound checkbook." ~Anon
"Generosity is a beautiful poem without words." ~Anon
"Generosity is a higher revelation than philosophy." ~Anon
"Generosity is a network of invisible threads of kindness, linking us together." ~Anon
"Generosity is about being yourself in every thought and deed." ~Anon
"Generosity is clapping and cheering the person who got the breaks that you narrowly missed." ~Anon
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." ~Kahlil Gibran
"Generosity is giving someone an inch and secretly hoping that they take a mile." ~Anon
"Generosity is impoverished by impatience." ~Anon
"Generosity is its own motive." ~Anon
"Generosity is like looking through a wide-angle lens that allows you a view of the whole of humanity." ~Anon
"Generosity is never a single act; it must be a continuum, a thousand small actions that bring about a slow transformation." ~Anon
"Generosity is not just something you do in your spare time." ~Anon
"Generosity is real when we make room in our heart for someone to grow." ~Anon
"Generosity is the feeling of smiling on the inside." ~Anon
"Generosity is the flower of justice." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Generosity is the golden chain of good deeds that binds the world together. ~Anon
"Generosity is the oil which keeps the spirit burning." ~Anon
"Generosity is the only thing we can be good at without practicing first." ~Anon
"Generosity is the perfect solution to the puzzle of human existence." ~Anon
"Generosity is the rent we pay for living on earth." ~Anon
"Generosity is watering someone else's garden when you could be watering your own." ~Anon
"Generosity makes ordinary people extraordinary." ~Anon
"Generosity means loving people more than they deserve." ~Anon
"Generosity means opening your mind, even when it's empty." ~Anon
"Generous people make the best teachers because they share their knowledge instead of showing what they know." ~Anon
"Generosity provided the way out of every situation that has no way out." ~Anon
"Generosity removes the rust from the mind and allows our thoughts to shine through our actions." ~Anon
"Generosity walks hand in hand with vulnerability; it can make you feel quite exposed, if you're doing it right." ~Anon
"If you gradually open your heart, little by little you will discover that we find ourselves when we practice generosity." ~Anon
"In solitude, they will discover the love that might otherwise arrive unnoticed. In solitude, they will understand and respect the love that left them. In solitude, they will be able to decide whether it is worth asking that lost love to come back or if they should simply let it go and set off along a new path. In solitude, they will learn that saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue." ~Paulo Coelho
"It takes a generous and courageous person to stand their ground when walking away would give them the greater benefit." ~Anon
"Lavishness lasts until the money runs out, but generosity lasts a lifetime." ~Anon
"Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us." ~Pablo Neruda
"Life without generosity is like a tree without blossoms or fruit." ~Anon
"Make generosity your religion." ~Abib
"No act of generosity was ever accomplished without two things: enthusiasm and humility." ~Anon
"No one is so underserving that a generous mind cannot find something to offer them." ~Anon
"Poverty might steal your wealth, but it can't touch your generosity." ~Anon
"Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out." ~Frank Clark
"Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present." ~Albert Camus
"Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways, it can change someone's life forever." ~Margaret Cho
"The generous person finds peace and then passes it on." ~Anon
"The highest manifestation of practical wisdom is a generous mind." ~Anon
"The most generous thing you can for someone is not to share your riches, but to guide them towards their own." ~Anon
"The secret of generosity is admiring without desiring." ~Anon
"The secret of generosity is when you use your extra energy to help someone else, rather than to get to the top first." ~Anon
"The whole secret of generosity lies in learning how to use your eyes, your hands, and your heart." ~Anon
"True generosity helps you rise above any anxiety about its outcome." ~Anon
"Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"When it costs the most, generosity is worth the most." ~Anon
"When you're feeling generous, don't promise more than you can realistically deliver." ~Joanne Madeline Moore
"Where there is generosity there will be abundance even amid scarcity." ~Anon
"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for generosity." ~Anon
RELATED QUOTES
"It's only the giving that makes you what you are." ~Ian Anderson
"Life isn't about getting and having, it's about giving and being." ~Kevin Kruse
"The Art of giving is a mastery of tranquility." ~Anon
"When you give without expecting anything in return, love and kindness is released into the universe on the wings of angels." ~Robert Clancy
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DAISAKU IKEDA Quotes
"A person fully awakened to the jewel-like dignity of their own life is capable of truly respecting that same treasure in others." ~Daisaku Ikeda
"By becoming happy ourselves, we can send invisible 'waves' of happiness to those who have passed away." ~Daisaku Ikeda
"Each time you fall down, just get back up. If you can pick yourself up, you can also move forward." ~Daisaku Ikeda
"It is what in one's heart and the substance of one's actions that counts." ~Daisaku Ikeda
[ONLY human beings can have ideals. Our difficult struggles amid the severe realities of life alone cannot inspire hope. To build a house, to make a good marriage – these, too, are ideals. In life, we must have ideals. And among these, the ideal of kosen-rufu(the spread of Peace and Happiness) is the loftiest.
“The determination to win is the better part of winning.” ~Daisaku Ikeda
"There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart." ~Daisaku Ikeda
"What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy, and how much we’ve grown as people." ~Daisaku Ikeda
"When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled." ~Daisaku Ikeda
THE prime point of my life is that I am the disciple of [late] President Toda. This is my point of departure and the point that I return to do everything I undertake. Precisely because I have this immovable prime point, there is nothing that I am afraid of, and nothing can perturb me. I am free of confusion, and am in no danger of succumbing to arrogance. I hope that each of you will firmly establish your spiritual prime point. For therein lies the key to your proudly scaling the high mountains of human life.
EVERYONE dies eventually. Almost none of us here or of the several billion other people on the planet at this moment will still be alive a hundred years from now. This is a stern reality that nothing can change. When we deeply recognize this truth, it becomes impossible for us to squander our lives.
RESPECTING others is an indication of one’s depth as a person, the strength and profundity of one’s character. If you are demanding of yourself, you can be kind to others. The person who works hardest is the most accepting of others. In contrast, those who are slipshod and undisciplined themselves are usually hard on others. Those who have never worked hard themselves tend to demand that others do so."
~Daisaku Ikeda-]
"Resolve to be the 'sun'. Then no matter what problems you may face, the dawn will always break, fine weather will always return, and spring will never fail to come." ~Daisaku Ikeda
“The determination to win is the better part of winning.” ~Daisaku Ikeda
"There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart." ~Daisaku Ikeda
"What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy, and how much we’ve grown as people." ~Daisaku Ikeda
“When facing adversity, we may think we’ve reached our limit, but actually the more trying the circumstances, the closer we are to making a breakthrough. The darker the night, the nearer the dawn. Victory in life is decided by that last concentrated burst of energy filled with the resolve to win." ~Daisaku Ikeda
"When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled." ~Daisaku Ikeda
"When you're in a dark place, you sometimes tend to think you've been buried. Perhaps, you've been planted " ~Daisaku Ikeda, Bloom
"WISDOM is tremendously important for living each day in a wise and productive manner, instead of just letting the time slip lazily. And faith is the inexhaustible source from which such wisdom flows." ~Daisaku Ikeda
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"WISDOM is tremendously important for living each day in a wise and productive manner, instead of just letting the time slip lazily. And faith is the inexhaustible source from which such wisdom flows." ~Daisaku Ikeda
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
"In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are His gift to all alike." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)
"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
”The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
"The heart has no tears to give, it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
“The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
"There are in this world blessed souls, whose sorrows all spring up into joys for others; whose earthly hopes, laid in the grave with many tears, are the seed from which spring healing flowers and balm for the desolate and the distressed." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization…” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
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James Whitcomb Riley Quotes and Poetry
"Dear Lord! Kind Lord!
Gracious Lord! I pray
thou wilt look on all I love,
tenderly today!
Weed their hearts of weariness;
scatter every care,
down a wake of angel wings
winnowing the air.
Bring unto the sorrowing
all release from pain;
let the lips of laughter
overflow again;
and with all the needy
O divine, I pray,
this vast treasure of content
that is mine today!
~James Whitcomb Riley
"The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come." ~James Whitcomb Riley
Claude M. Bristol - sweeping obstacles
“It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.” ~Claude M. Bristol
Ani Difranco Quotes
"I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap." ~Ani DiFranco
"My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do." ~Ani Difranco
"My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do." ~Ani Difranco
Mario Andretti - desire
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” ~Mario Andretti
Harry S. Truman Quotes
"I studied the lives of great men and women, and I found that the people who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work." ~Harry S. Truman
"Intense feeling too often obscures the truth." ~Harry S Truman
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” ~Harry S. Truman
"Start slow and taper off." ~Harry S. Truman on Advice / experience / wisdom
"The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all." ~Harry Truman
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Thought for Today - Think In A New Way
"Your thoughts guide you to your destiny. If you always think the same you will always get to the same place. Think in a new way and you will be a new person. Give happiness to all and you will live in peace. Create peace in your mind and you will create a world of peace around you." ~Thought for Today-UK
Pat Riley Quotes
“A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.” ~Pat Riley on Winning
"There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength." ~Pat Riley
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Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes
"Forgiveness is the final form of love." ~Reinhold Niebuhr
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” ~Reinhold Niebuhr
"Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone, therefore are saved by love." ~Reinhold Niebuhr
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Luke Poyner - enthusiasm
"If you have the desire, passion and enthusiasm to do something, nothing in the world will stop you." ~Luke Poyner
Liane Cardes - potential
“Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.” ~Liane Cardes
Trey Patty - goal
“When the goal is in sight, all your physical pain disappears, and your mental determination shall carry you the rest of the way.” ~Trey Patty
Thought for Today - Changing Times
"It is wise to bend rather than to break. Those who change will get spiritual wisdom. Conversely, those who have wisdom will decide to change. Change is the first law of Nature. In fact, change is the mark of Time." ~Thought for Today-UK
Garry Marshall - mistakes
"It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile." ~Garry Marshall
Louis Camuti - handkerchief
“A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to.” ~Louis Camuti
Agnetha Faltskog - path
“My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.” ~Agnetha Faltskog
Chanakya Quotes
"A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night." ~Chanakya
"A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode." ~Chanakya
"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first." ~Chanakya
"Do not be upright in your dealings, for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing." ~Chanakya
"Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution." ~Chanakya
"Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth." ~Chanakya
"Having a place to go is Home;
Having someone to love is Family;
Having both is a blessing." ~Chanakya
"He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby." ~Chanakya
"Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness." ~Chanakya
"O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet." ~Chanakya
"Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune." ~Chanakya
"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction." ~Chanakya
"There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy." ~Chanakya
"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth." ~Chanakya
"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends." ~Chanakya
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"A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode." ~Chanakya
"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first." ~Chanakya
"Do not be upright in your dealings, for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing." ~Chanakya
"Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution." ~Chanakya
"Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth." ~Chanakya
"Having a place to go is Home;
Having someone to love is Family;
Having both is a blessing." ~Chanakya
"He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby." ~Chanakya
"Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness." ~Chanakya
"O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet." ~Chanakya
"Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune." ~Chanakya
"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction." ~Chanakya
"There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy." ~Chanakya
"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth." ~Chanakya
"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends." ~Chanakya
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Mike Conner - life
“Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win…” ~Mike Conner
4/16/12
Max Ehrmann Quotes
"Go placidly amid the noise and haste." ~Max Ehrmann
"With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy." ~Max Ehrmann
"With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy." ~Max Ehrmann
Thought for Today - Serving Others
"The secret of finding deep fulfilment lies in serving others. The boss who looks after his staff and customers as he would his own family is a successful boss and a happy human being." ~Thought for Today-UK
Jesse Dylan - life
"When you awaken love and laughter in your life, your mind lets go of fear and anxiety, and your happy spirit becomes the healing balm that transforms every aspect of your human experience." ~Jesse Dylan
Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
"A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity." ~Robert A. Heinlein
"A motion to adjourn is always in order." ~Robert Heinlein
"Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy." -R Heinlein
"Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done." ~Robert A. Heinlein
"Human beings hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn, and not often, on their own, the hard way." ~Heinlein
"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own." ~Robert Heinlein
"May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live." ~Robert A. Heinlein
"Never try to outstubborn a cat.” ~Robert A. Heinlein
“The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.” ~Robert A. Heinlein
"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once." ~Robert A. Heinlein
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J.M. Power - dreams
"If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up." ~J.M. Power
David Grayson - contentment
"Contentment, and indeed usefulness, comes as the infallible result of great acceptances, great humilities - of not trying to make ourselves this or that, but of surrendering ourselves to the fullness of life - of letting life flow through us." ~David Grayson
Blanche Richardson - reading
"Make a designated time for reading every day: Find a comfortable space, away from distractions of people and noise and daily pressures. There's evidence that reading lowers your blood pressure, and that reduces stress." ~Blanche Richardson
Oprah Winfrey Quotes
" Education is the key to unlocking the world. It is the passport to freedom. " ~Oprah Winfrey
Fred Rogers Quotes
Fred McFeely Rogers (Mister Rogers)
"A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved." ~Fred Rogers
"All of us have special ones who have loved us into being. Would you just take, along with me, ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are....Ten seconds of silence." ~Fred Rogers
"Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. ” ~Fred Rogers
"As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has-or ever will have-something inside that is unique to all time." ~Fred Rogers
"At the center of the Universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything that we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service." ~Fred Rogers
"Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent outlets. It takes strength to face our sadness and to grieve and to let our grief and our anger flow in tears when they need to. It takes strength to talk about our feelings and to reach out for help and comfort when we need it." ~Fred Rogers
"Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.” ~Fred Rogers
"I feel so strongly that deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complex." ~Fred Rogers
"I recently learned that in an average lifetime a person walks about sixty-five thousand miles. That's two and a half times around the world. I wonder where your steps will take you. I wonder how you'll use the rest of the miles you're given." ~Fred Rogers
"I think everybody longs to be loved and longs to know that he or she is lovable and, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they are loved and capable of loving." ~Fred Rogers
“If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” ~Fred Rogers
“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” ~Fred (Mr.) Rogers
"I'm convinced that when we help our children find healthy ways of dealing with their feelings ― ways that don't hurt them or anyone else ― we're helping to make our world a safer, better place." ~Mister Rogers
"In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers." ~Fred Rogers
"Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered . . . just one kind word to another person." ~Fred Rogers
"Life is for service.” ~Fred Rogers
"Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a prerequisite of love. One of the most essential ways of saying 'I love you' is being a receptive listener." ~Fred Rogers
"Love begins with listening." ~Fred Rogers
“Music is the one art we all have inside. We may not be able to play an instrument, but we can sing along or clap or tap our feet. Have you ever seen a baby bouncing up and down in the crib in time to some music? When you think of it, some of that baby's first messages from his or her parents may have been lullabies, or at least the music of their speaking voices. All of us have had the experience of hearing a tune from childhood and having that melody evoke a memory or a feeling. The music we hear early on tends to stay with us all our lives.” ~Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.” ~Fred Rogers
"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood." ~Fred Rogers
"Real strength has to do with helping others." ~Fred Rogers
"Some days, doing "the best we can" may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn't perfect on any front-and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else." ~Fred Rogers
"The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.” ~Fred Rogers
"The connections we make in the course of a life--maybe that's what heaven is.” ~Fred Rogers
"The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.” ~Fred Rogers
"The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted." ~Fred Rogers
"The real issue in life is not how many blessings we have, but what we do with our blessings. Some people have many blessings and hoard them. Some have few and give everything away." ~Fred Rogers
"There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind." ~Fred Rogers
"We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are." ~Fred Rogers
"We Don't always succeed in what we try, certainly not by the world's standards, but I think you'll find it's the willingness to keep trying that matters most." ~Fred Rogers
"We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes." ~Fred Rogers
"What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then." ~Fred Rogers
“Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we're acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.” ~Fred Rogers
"Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.” ~Fred Rogers
"You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you." ~Fred Rogers
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General George Marshall Quotes
"Morale is a state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope."~George Marshall~
"When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective." ~General George Marshall
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Walter Bagehot - life
"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." ~Walter Bagehot
James Conant - turtle
"Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out." ~James Conant
Thought for Today - Cheerfulness
"Cheerfulness keeps up the spirit of the one who possesses it, and brings a smile to the lips of others." ~Thought for Today-UK
Susan Santucci Quotes
"Expand your gratitude for everything in the world and you will discover more grace. Gratitude keeps grace flowing through your life." ~Susan Santucci
"You have within you all of the strength and wisdom you could ever need. Never doubt that. Never fear to draw upon it." ~Susan Santucci
"You have within you all of the strength and wisdom you could ever need. Never doubt that. Never fear to draw upon it." ~Susan Santucci
4/15/12
Shad Helmstetter - You Are
“You are everything that is, your thoughts, your life, your dreams come true. You are everything you choose to be. You are as unlimited as the endless universe.” ~Shad Helmstetter
Eric Butterworth Quotes
"A true desire is not to have but to be. We are true creatures in potential, and the true purpose of desire is to unfold that wholeness, to become what we can be." ~Eric Butterworth
"Don’t go through life, grow through life. " ~Eric Butterworth
"God can only do for you what He can do through you." ~Eric Butterworth
"We are human in expression, but divine in creation and limitless in potentiality." –Eric Butterworth
"We don’t change what we are, we change what we think what we are. " ~Eric Butterworth
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Barry Lopez - gifts
"For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles." ~Barry Lopez
Thought for Today - All Will Be Well
"Amidst the earthquakes of unexpected situations, the hurricanes of unreasonable behaviour, when fortune strikes against me, I will remain unmoved, knowing that finally all will be well." ~Thought for Today-UK
E. L. Doctorow Quotes
“History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“We dress them [children] in the presumptions of the world. They are the bright small face of hope. They are the last belief we have, the belief in making them believe.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.” ~E. L. Doctorow (American Author and Editor, b.1931)
"Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go." ~E. L. Doctorow
“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“You can't remember sex. You can remember the fact of it, and recall the setting, and even the details, but the sex of the sex cannot be remembered, the substantive truth of it, it is by nature self-erasing, you can remember its anatomy and be left with a judgment as to the degree of your liking of it, but whatever it is as a splurge of being, as a loss, as a charge of the conviction of love stopping your heart like your execution, there is no memory of it in the brain, only the deduction that it happened and that time passed, leaving you with a silhouette that you want to fill in again.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“You could go for miles without seeing an end to the procession of troops and horses and wagons, ... An eagle aloft in the April winds high over the landscape would only see something iridescently blue and side-winding that looked like the floodplain of a river.” ~E. L. Doctorow
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“In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“We dress them [children] in the presumptions of the world. They are the bright small face of hope. They are the last belief we have, the belief in making them believe.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.” ~E. L. Doctorow (American Author and Editor, b.1931)
"Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go." ~E. L. Doctorow
“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“You can't remember sex. You can remember the fact of it, and recall the setting, and even the details, but the sex of the sex cannot be remembered, the substantive truth of it, it is by nature self-erasing, you can remember its anatomy and be left with a judgment as to the degree of your liking of it, but whatever it is as a splurge of being, as a loss, as a charge of the conviction of love stopping your heart like your execution, there is no memory of it in the brain, only the deduction that it happened and that time passed, leaving you with a silhouette that you want to fill in again.” ~E. L. Doctorow
“You could go for miles without seeing an end to the procession of troops and horses and wagons, ... An eagle aloft in the April winds high over the landscape would only see something iridescently blue and side-winding that looked like the floodplain of a river.” ~E. L. Doctorow
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CHUANG TZU Quotes
"First, gain control of the body... Then control the mind. Attain one-pointedness. Then the harmony of heaven will come down and dwell in you... You will be radiant with Life. You will rest in Tao." ~Chuang Tzu
"Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate." ~Chuang-Tzu
"Great understanding is broad and unhurried; Small understanding is cramped and busy." ~Chuang-Tzu
"In doing good, avoid fame. In doing bad, avoid disgrace. Pursue a middle course as your principle." ~Chuang-Tzu
"Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course." ~Chuang Tzu
"Pleasant and composed, he seemed content." ~Chuang Tzu
"In doing good, avoid fame. In doing bad, avoid disgrace. Pursue a middle course as your principle." ~Chuang-Tzu
"Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course." ~Chuang Tzu
"Pleasant and composed, he seemed content." ~Chuang Tzu
“That which fills the universe I regard as my body, and that which directs the universe I see as my own nature.” ~Chuang Tzu
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"The sound of the water says what I think." ~Chuang Tzu
"The tree I planted in the village of nothingness must be huge by now." ~Chuang Tzu
"To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." ~Chuang Tzŭ
"The tree I planted in the village of nothingness must be huge by now." ~Chuang Tzu
"To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." ~Chuang Tzŭ
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4/14/12
Thought for Today on Heart
"An honest heart is an open heart. If we are dishonest in any way with ourselves or with others, it means we are in hiding. There is a wall, a barrier behind which we conceal something of ourselves. Subtle tension will be our companion, and while most of us learn to live with it, it drains our energy and tightens our muscles. On the other hand don't be too honest with others - feel their pulse - sometimes others are not ready to hear what's in your heart. But know that when you are honest you will experience a level of inner relaxation that you had forgotten was even possible." ~Thought for Today-UK
"Have a heart so pure it can sweeten a sour mood and elevate a falling star." ~Thought for Today-UK
"I express my care and concern by responding to situations with a cool head and to people with a warm heart. If I remain aware that as fellow human beings we are all part of one family, and that even the smallest of gestures can make a difference in people's lives, I am always blessed with a caring heart. It takes so little to show that I care yet it can mean so much." ~Thought for Today-UK
Yellow Rose from dear old Nancy's garden
2 April 2012
2 April 2012
"The heart is like a flower - unless it is open it cannot release its fragrance into the world. The fragrance of the heart is made up of the qualities and virtues of our spirit. Most of us have learned how to keep our heart closed in a world that would trample all over us if we let it. Being open hearted today seems to require tremendous courage. It is a courage which comes only when we realise that no one can hurt us, no matter what they say or do. They may hurt our body, but if we have realised we are spirit, nothing outside can touch us, if we so decide. Little by little, practice opening your heart to those you think have hurt you. Realise it wasn't them that hurt you, it was yourself. And it taught you not to trust and you closed your heart. A closed heart is in need of opening. And when you do, you will have begun to heal yourself." ~Thought for Today-UK
"To handle yourself, use your head. To handle others, use your heart." ~Thought for Today-UK
Vince Passaro - books
"I look back now with amazement at the small accidents that put certain books before me." ~Vince Passaro
Stine in Ontario - letter
"A handwritten letter is a joy to receive!" ~Stine in Ontario, Canada (comment to my blog)
Sandy Carlson Quotes
"I learned early to cut and run. Later, I learned to stand and then to walk." ~Sandy Carlson
"I love it when it seems the sun seems to be melting through a rent in the canopy of blue and white, as if it preferred the sound and feel of the surf to the cold, vast openness of space. There's no end to wbat's wonderful about the sky, the beach, the possibilities." ~Sandy Carlson, Skywatch: It's Complicated
"Letters are fun and important. I find the hard part is holding the pen because I am so used to typing." ~Sandy Carlson, Blogger
"I love it when it seems the sun seems to be melting through a rent in the canopy of blue and white, as if it preferred the sound and feel of the surf to the cold, vast openness of space. There's no end to wbat's wonderful about the sky, the beach, the possibilities." ~Sandy Carlson, Skywatch: It's Complicated
"Letters are fun and important. I find the hard part is holding the pen because I am so used to typing." ~Sandy Carlson, Blogger
Shelli Johnson - keep going
"Grab onto somebody’s hand, hold your breath, and keep going." ~Shelli Johnson
Michael Jackson Quotes
"If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with." ~Michael Jackson
"If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make that change." ~Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009)
"In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way." Michael Jackson
"The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work." ~Michael Jackson
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Oliver James - own terms
"Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for." ~Oliver James
Cheryl Strayed Quotes
"But I wasn't here to keep myself from having to say I am not afraid. I'd come, I realized, to stare that fear down, to stare everything down, really...I couldn't do that while tagging along with someone else." ~Cheryl Strayed
"I didn't run away from my life. I went deeper into it." ~Chery Strayed
"I felt something growing in me that was strong and real." ~Cheryl Strayed
"I only felt that inspite of all the things I'd done wrong, in getting myself here, I'd done right." ~Cheryl Strayed
"I walked all those miles, I learned all those lessons. It’s as if my new life was the gift I got at the end of a long struggle." ~Cheryl Strayed
"I was trying to find a new home in the world." ~Cheryl Strayed
"I'd walk and think about my entire life. I'd find my strength again, far from everything that had made my life ridiculous." ~Cheryl Strayed
"Of all the things I'd been skeptical about, I didn't feel skeptical about this: the wilderness had a clarity that includied me." ~Cheryl Strayed
"Perhaps being amidst the undesecrated beauty of the wilderness meant I too could be undesecrated, regardless of what I'd lost of what had been taken from me." ~Cheryl Strayed
"You will learn a lot from yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love." ~Cheryl Strayed
"Uncertain as I was as I pushed forward, I felt right in my pushing, as if the effort itself meant something." ~Cheryl Strayed
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Steven Espinosa Quotes
"Don't waste your energy on being angry. Waste your energy on being happy, you'll sleep better." ~Steven Espinosa
"Enjoy each shower like it was your last, you'll never know when your life's water will end." ~Steven Espinosa
"Love commands the universe. Man only resorts to control when love is missing." ~Steven Espinosa
"Understand the simplicity of life and then you'll be enriched." ~Steven Espinosa
"Understand to love the qualities of life not the quantities." ~Steven Espinosa
"When you have an open mind the great idea comes right in." ~Steven Espinosa
"With every breath I take brings me closer to the day I will no longer be able to breath. I will embrace my new air." ~Steven Espinosa
"Enjoy each shower like it was your last, you'll never know when your life's water will end." ~Steven Espinosa
"Love commands the universe. Man only resorts to control when love is missing." ~Steven Espinosa
"Understand the simplicity of life and then you'll be enriched." ~Steven Espinosa
"Understand to love the qualities of life not the quantities." ~Steven Espinosa
"When you have an open mind the great idea comes right in." ~Steven Espinosa
"With every breath I take brings me closer to the day I will no longer be able to breath. I will embrace my new air." ~Steven Espinosa
Nurse Arlene Quotes
"The best part of a holiday be it short or long, is waking up early and appreciating each sway of the tree branches and leaves while the clouds lazily move in the blue sky." ~Arlene aka Shali Jun
"We all go through seasons and no matter what season we might be in, there is a Living God willing to hold our hand as we each minute passes around." ~Arlene Raulji (Nurse Lene)
"You are a miracle from the Lord, my answered prayer and love of my life. I pronounce blessings, prosperity and good health all the days of your life." ~Nurse Arlene
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Roger Nash Baldwin - deed
"The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.— Roger Nash Baldwin
4/12/12
Debrena Jackson Gandy - joy
"Having more joy does not necessarily require a life overhaul—you may just need to create more space in your life for moments of joy." ~Debrena Jackson Gandy
Thought for Today - Freedom
"The true hero not only frees the self, but has the capacity to free others from their dragons. Ultimately freedom is something that cannot be gained through systems, roles, positions, ideas or relationships. It can certainly never be achieved by acts of violence in the name of "freedom and justice". Freedom comes as a result of responsible choices over time. Ultimately it is a state of being not action." ~Thought for Today-UK
Quotes UNATTRIBUTED
"A calm heart is life to the fleshly organism." ~Unattributed
"A good conscience is a very soft pillow." ~Unattributed
"A lack of love causes many forms of sickness, if you wish to be healed, bring love to where there is none." ~
"A new broom always sweeps clean." ~Unattributed
"As long as we can see the same sky, breathe the same air, step on the same planet, then you and I are not impossible." ~
"Always trust your gut. It knows what your head hasn't yet figured out." ~(SFM)
“Be careful not to hurt people, they can begin to love you less. The pain you cause can chisel their hearts, until there's nothing left.” ~Unattributed from Maybe One Day
"Be thankful for everyone who comes into your life...even the difficult ones.You can learn something from every situation." ~Unattributed
"Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you.' ~
"Don't let the judgment of someone who sits on a high horse make you doubt your purpose or keep you from pursuing your dreams." ~Unattributed
"Do not reopen the door that God has clearly closed for your own good." ~
"Every second brings a fresh beginning, every hour holds a new promise, every night our dreams can bring hope, and every day is what you." ~from Any Lengths
"Everyone grows in their own time!" ~Unattributed from Happiness with ease
"Find delight in lowliness of mind, and unpretentiousness of the heart! It has great value and is to be esteemed." ~Unattributed
"For me, happiness is knowing that I am strong, capable, confident, secure, loving, and compassionate; it is knowing that within me is everything I need to handle whatever life sends my way, and that not only will I be okay, I will thrive." ~Unattributed
"Get things positive in your mind and heart, and then keep them positive." ~Unattributed
"Give all you can then quit and replenish. Otherwise, you'll watch someone else walk away with you in their pockets." ~Unattributed
"In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold yours." ~Unattributed
"In every drop of water, there is a story of life." ~Unattributed
"Joy is an attitude. It is the presence of love...for self and others. It comes from a feeling of inner peace, the ability to give and receive, and appreciation of the self and others. It is a state of gratitude and compassion, a feeling of connection to your higher self." ~Unattributed
"Knowing when to walk away, is wisdom. Being able to walk away, is courage. Walking away with your head held high, is dignity." ~Unattributed
"Ladies, never go for the guy who catches your eyes, but go for the guy that captures your heart." ~
"Life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is." ~
"Life is like TWITTER. I just have to POST what I feel, RETWEET the good memories, DELETE the drama, and FOLLOW my dreams." ~
"Most of the pain that we are dealing with are really only thoughts" ~
"Never search your happiness in others, it will make you feel alone. Search it in yourself, you will feel happy even when you are left alone." ~
"Only gradualness is gentle enough to liberate long-standing tangles." ~
"Remember... even if everything is wrong in your life today, as long as you are alive with love in your heart, you will always get another chance to start over tomorrow. A new beginning...a new dream...a new hope." ~from Unique Quotes
"Small things are God's blessings." ~
"Sometimes music is all you need to make you feel better." ~ Unattributed
"The hurt will not go away if you cling to the memory of pain, you need to let go, and give life another chance." ~
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~
"The strength of a mind focused, can overcome the most arduous of obstacles to it's sought for achievements!" ~Unattributed by Ken Brown
"The talents of your heart are worth more than all the gold in the world, bring them forth fearlessly." ~
"The universal values of fairness became sacrificed to the greed of a few, in spite of rhetoric to the contrary, the feeling of unfairness became a feeling of betrayal." ~Unattributed from Maguid Maruhom
"True friends are always together in spirit." ~ Unattributed by Small Things are God's Blessings
"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realise how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us." ~
"TRUST the voice of inward guidance.. I Believe it's how GOD speaks to us." ~Unattributed
"What you give from your heart, it always comes back to the heart, for love always finds its way back home." ~
"When love is real, it doesn't lie, cheat, pretend, hurt you or make you feel unwanted. It's supposed to be a cure to all your worries." ~
"When nothing is left to say, it doesn't mean things went wrong. Sometimes, unspoken messages are better language of the heart." ~Unattributed
"When times are difficult, remind yourself that no pain comes to you without a purpose." ~Unattributed from Lita Yu Fernandez
"Within us all lies great strength but we don't always know it is there until being strong is our only option." ~Unattributed
“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.” ~Unattributed (from Poems and Quotes)
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Unattributed by Arlene Collado
"You cannot upload love. You cannot download time. And you cannot google all the answers in life. So log out to the worldly deeds and just LOG IN to God. You will surely LIKE the status of your life. FAITHBOOK." ~Unattributed from Arlene Collado
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Unattributed by Philip Reyes, FB
"A heart is like water that exist in many forms." ~
"Every man needs a woman when he's having a bad time, because just the game of chess, the queen protects the king." ~
"Friendship is like a book. It takes a few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write." ~Unattributed
"Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting. It means the memories last, even if contact is lost." ~
"Going to the gym will not make you slim as going to church will make you holy." ~
"How I wish I can learn to be a cat who can be content with so little and at the same time be so wise." ~
"I see myself as a crayon, I may not be your favorite color, but I know someday, you will need me to complete your picture." ~
"If someone seriously wants to be a part of your life, they will seriously make an effort to be in it. No Reasons. No Excuses." ~
"Not everybody is going to appreciate all that you do for them. You have to decide who is worth your kindness." ~
"Sleeping is hard when your mind is full of thoughts." ~
"The best way to knock a chip off a man's shoulder is to pat him on the back." ~Unattributed by Mr. Keith Curry, Glenroi Heights Public School, published in school newsletter 3 May 1994
"...the only reason people hold onto memories so tight is because memories are the only things that don't change when everybody does." ~
"Whatever you hear is never quite as interesting as what you overhear." ~Unattributed by Mr. Keith Curry, Glenroi Heights Public School, published in school newsletter 3 May 1994
"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." ~Unattributed
"When you give yourself to someone who doesn’t respect you, you surrender pieces of your soul that you’ll never get back. There comes a point when you have to let go and stop trying with some people. If someone wants you in their life, they’ll find a way to put you there. Sometimes you just need to let go and accept the fact that they don’t care for you the way you care for them. Let them leave your life quietly. Letting go is oftentimes easier than holding on. We think it’s too hard to let go, until we actually do. Then we ask ourselves, “Why didn’t I do this sooner?” ~
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"A good conscience is a very soft pillow." ~Unattributed
"A lack of love causes many forms of sickness, if you wish to be healed, bring love to where there is none." ~
"A new broom always sweeps clean." ~Unattributed
"As long as we can see the same sky, breathe the same air, step on the same planet, then you and I are not impossible." ~
"Always trust your gut. It knows what your head hasn't yet figured out." ~(SFM)
“Be careful not to hurt people, they can begin to love you less. The pain you cause can chisel their hearts, until there's nothing left.” ~Unattributed from Maybe One Day
"Be thankful for everyone who comes into your life...even the difficult ones.You can learn something from every situation." ~Unattributed
"Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you.' ~
"Don't let the judgment of someone who sits on a high horse make you doubt your purpose or keep you from pursuing your dreams." ~Unattributed
"Do not reopen the door that God has clearly closed for your own good." ~
"Every second brings a fresh beginning, every hour holds a new promise, every night our dreams can bring hope, and every day is what you." ~from Any Lengths
"Everyone grows in their own time!" ~Unattributed from Happiness with ease
"Find delight in lowliness of mind, and unpretentiousness of the heart! It has great value and is to be esteemed." ~Unattributed
"For me, happiness is knowing that I am strong, capable, confident, secure, loving, and compassionate; it is knowing that within me is everything I need to handle whatever life sends my way, and that not only will I be okay, I will thrive." ~Unattributed
"Get things positive in your mind and heart, and then keep them positive." ~Unattributed
"Give all you can then quit and replenish. Otherwise, you'll watch someone else walk away with you in their pockets." ~Unattributed
"In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold yours." ~Unattributed
"In every drop of water, there is a story of life." ~Unattributed
"Joy is an attitude. It is the presence of love...for self and others. It comes from a feeling of inner peace, the ability to give and receive, and appreciation of the self and others. It is a state of gratitude and compassion, a feeling of connection to your higher self." ~Unattributed
"Knowing when to walk away, is wisdom. Being able to walk away, is courage. Walking away with your head held high, is dignity." ~Unattributed
"Ladies, never go for the guy who catches your eyes, but go for the guy that captures your heart." ~
"Life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is." ~
"Life is like TWITTER. I just have to POST what I feel, RETWEET the good memories, DELETE the drama, and FOLLOW my dreams." ~
"Most of the pain that we are dealing with are really only thoughts" ~
"Never search your happiness in others, it will make you feel alone. Search it in yourself, you will feel happy even when you are left alone." ~
"Only gradualness is gentle enough to liberate long-standing tangles." ~
"Remember... even if everything is wrong in your life today, as long as you are alive with love in your heart, you will always get another chance to start over tomorrow. A new beginning...a new dream...a new hope." ~from Unique Quotes
"Small things are God's blessings." ~
"Sometimes music is all you need to make you feel better." ~ Unattributed
"The hurt will not go away if you cling to the memory of pain, you need to let go, and give life another chance." ~
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~
"The strength of a mind focused, can overcome the most arduous of obstacles to it's sought for achievements!" ~Unattributed by Ken Brown
"The talents of your heart are worth more than all the gold in the world, bring them forth fearlessly." ~
"The universal values of fairness became sacrificed to the greed of a few, in spite of rhetoric to the contrary, the feeling of unfairness became a feeling of betrayal." ~Unattributed from Maguid Maruhom
"True friends are always together in spirit." ~ Unattributed by Small Things are God's Blessings
"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realise how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us." ~
"TRUST the voice of inward guidance.. I Believe it's how GOD speaks to us." ~Unattributed
"What you give from your heart, it always comes back to the heart, for love always finds its way back home." ~
"When love is real, it doesn't lie, cheat, pretend, hurt you or make you feel unwanted. It's supposed to be a cure to all your worries." ~
"When nothing is left to say, it doesn't mean things went wrong. Sometimes, unspoken messages are better language of the heart." ~Unattributed
"When times are difficult, remind yourself that no pain comes to you without a purpose." ~Unattributed from Lita Yu Fernandez
"Within us all lies great strength but we don't always know it is there until being strong is our only option." ~Unattributed
“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.” ~Unattributed (from Poems and Quotes)
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Unattributed by Arlene Collado
"You cannot upload love. You cannot download time. And you cannot google all the answers in life. So log out to the worldly deeds and just LOG IN to God. You will surely LIKE the status of your life. FAITHBOOK." ~Unattributed from Arlene Collado
༺♥༻༺♥༻༺♥༻༺♥༻༺♥༻
Unattributed by Philip Reyes, FB
"A heart is like water that exist in many forms." ~
"Every man needs a woman when he's having a bad time, because just the game of chess, the queen protects the king." ~
"Friendship is like a book. It takes a few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write." ~Unattributed
"Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting. It means the memories last, even if contact is lost." ~
"Going to the gym will not make you slim as going to church will make you holy." ~
"How I wish I can learn to be a cat who can be content with so little and at the same time be so wise." ~
"I see myself as a crayon, I may not be your favorite color, but I know someday, you will need me to complete your picture." ~
"If someone seriously wants to be a part of your life, they will seriously make an effort to be in it. No Reasons. No Excuses." ~
"Not everybody is going to appreciate all that you do for them. You have to decide who is worth your kindness." ~
"Sleeping is hard when your mind is full of thoughts." ~
"The best way to knock a chip off a man's shoulder is to pat him on the back." ~Unattributed by Mr. Keith Curry, Glenroi Heights Public School, published in school newsletter 3 May 1994
"...the only reason people hold onto memories so tight is because memories are the only things that don't change when everybody does." ~
"Whatever you hear is never quite as interesting as what you overhear." ~Unattributed by Mr. Keith Curry, Glenroi Heights Public School, published in school newsletter 3 May 1994
"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." ~Unattributed
"When you give yourself to someone who doesn’t respect you, you surrender pieces of your soul that you’ll never get back. There comes a point when you have to let go and stop trying with some people. If someone wants you in their life, they’ll find a way to put you there. Sometimes you just need to let go and accept the fact that they don’t care for you the way you care for them. Let them leave your life quietly. Letting go is oftentimes easier than holding on. We think it’s too hard to let go, until we actually do. Then we ask ourselves, “Why didn’t I do this sooner?” ~
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4/10/12
Thought for Today - Sparks of Purity
"Words! They are all around me! I see them. I use them. Harsh words, soothing words, biting words; words that give pain and sorrow; words that give joy and pleasure. They are vital to communication. When words are spoken there are reactions, negative or positive. Either thoughts are triggered or emotions fired or actions performed. Words colour our behaviour. And how lovely it is to hear words that are calm and free from rancour and aggression. To hear words that lift the soul and leave it with renewed vigour. Such words are the sparks of purity. It is important to remember that my speech indicates what is in my mind. As the thinking, so the words uttered. Mental calmness makes my words calm. A pure mind makes for pure words. It is said that speech may exalt someone to kingship or send him to the gallows. I should never let myself indulge in false, bitter and vicious speech. My words should reflect my true, inner nature, that of purity and peace. Words, once spoken, can never be recalled. They reverberate all around, beyond our control. Today, as I utter words, what effect will they have on those who hear them? Will they be the words that are poisonous and cause pain? Or will my tongue be like that of the nightingale, sweet and so, so very soothing and lovely to the ear?" ~Thought for Today-UK
Stephen Pierce - what you can do
"Never let what you cannot do stop you from doing what you CAN do!" ~Stephen Pierce
Lyn Karol - laugh
"Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at." ~Lyn Karol
Kristin Gaudette - love
"The most fascinating people to meet are those who have conquered their own ego enough to understand the only real truth to life is love." ~Kristin Gaudette
John Donne Quotes
"God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his Sabbath." ~John Donne
"No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee." ~John Donne
"No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face." ~John Donne
"Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls. For, thus friends absent speak." ~John Donne
"The day breaks not, it is my heart." ~John Donne
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"Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls. For, thus friends absent speak." ~John Donne
"The day breaks not, it is my heart." ~John Donne
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Ralph Bunche - noble ideals
"Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals." ~Ralph Bunche
William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
"A good laugh is sunshine in the house." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"And my heart throbbed with an exquisite bliss." ~William Thackeray (British Novelist died 1863, his last words)
"Good humour may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"I am tempted to think that to be despised by her sex is a very great compliment to a woman." ~William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
"It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"Never lose a chance of saying a kind word." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"Remember it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman." ~William Thackeray
"It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"Never lose a chance of saying a kind word." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"Remember it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman." ~William Thackeray
"The greatest tyrants over women are women." ~William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
"The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice." ~William Makepeace Thackeray (July 18, 1811—December 24, 1863) in Vanity Fair
"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best." ~William M. Thackeray on Love
"When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole." ~William Makepeace Thackeray
"When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise." ~William Makepeace Thackeray from BrainyQuote
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Pablo Casals Quotes
”Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.” ~Pablo Casals
"I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its greatest significance." ~Pablo Casals
"It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it." ~Pablo Casals
"The love of one's country is a natural thing. But why should love stop at the border" ~Pablo Casals
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Marguerite Sallee - Vision
"To create real change in this world, you have to have a VISION, and you have to have enormous perseverance. You've got to be too stupid to quit. " ~Marguerite Sallee
Elwyn Brooks White - world
"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." ~Elwyn Brooks White
Jacques Prévert Quotes
"Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it." ~Jacques Prevert
"Millions and millions of years would still not give me half enough time to describe that tiny instant of all eternity when you put your arms around me and I put my arms around you." ~Jacques Prévert
"Millions and millions of years would still not give me half enough time to describe that tiny instant of all eternity when you put your arms around me and I put my arms around you." ~Jacques Prévert
Mary Lou Randour - compassion
"The goal of compassion is not to care because someone is like us but to care because they are themselves." ~Mary Lou Randour
Wilam - true love
"We look forward to the time when the power to love, will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. The greatest science in the world, in heaven and on earth, is true love." ~Wilam
Ernest Renan Quotes
"Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking" ~Ernest Renan
"When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it." ~Ernest Renan
"When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it." ~Ernest Renan
Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes
“As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.” ~Daniel J. Boorstin on Politics/Government
"Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know." ~Daniel J. Boorstin
"Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be." ~Daniel J. Boorstin
"The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life." ~Daniel J. Boorstin
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” ~Daniel J. Boorstin
"The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge" ~Daniel J Boorstin
"The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge" ~Daniel J Boorstin
"The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing." ~Daniel J. Boorstin
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Robert Staughton Lynd - imaginary
"I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear." ~Robert Staughton Lynd
MIRABEL OSLER Quotes
"Gardening in the mind is a gentle vice with an impetus of its own; it may not be as potent as actually making one, but there is a whole different threshold where gardening in the head can fill our winter tranquility with unrest." ~Mirabel Osler
"There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling." ~Mirabel Osler
Robert Earle Howells - thoughts
"Sometimes the loudest noise is the chatter of thoughts inside our heads." ~Robert Earle Howells
A. K. Raha - love
"When you start loving what you are learning, it will no longer look like work. Everything will fall in place after that. Just fall in love." ~A. K. Raha
Thought for Today - Do It Now
"Why do we delay doing what we know we need to do? Is it because we feel we 'have to' to do it? Is it because we cannot clearly see the benefits? Is it because we will need to move some twigs in the nest of our comfort zone? Is it because we fool ourselves into waiting till we feel like doing it? Is it because someone else might be more advantaged than us? Is it because we are just plain lazy? It's probably a bit of all of those. But one thing is for sure - you've already done it in your mind! And as long as there is a gap between your thoughts and your actions then there will be an inner tension which is draining your power - whether you are aware of it or not. Do it, delegate it or dump it!" ~Thought for Today-UK
Aldo Leopold Quotes
"To those devoid of imagination, a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part." ~Aldo Leopold
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