Jill Rathborne - micro-inequities

"The problem is these biases are often subtle. It’s these micro-inequities that do the most damage – the small, seemingly inconsequential ways in which people are mexcluded or discounted that, over time, erode confidence, value and worth and reinforce a culture that is not inclusive." ~astrophysicist Jill Rathborne on biases in the world of science

Newal Kto Moh - birthplace

"Not honoring your feelings is also the breeding ground for poor boundary setting; the birthplace of anger and resentment of others!" ~Newal Kto Moh

Sydney Eddison Quotes

"Gardens are a form of autobiography." ~Sydney Eddison

"If I could have only two perennials for the many shady places in my garden, they would be hostas and ferns. Few pairings are so ideal." ~Sydney Eddison

"Of all the shade plantings, the woodland garden is the most forgiving and the one dearest to my heart." ~Sydney Eddison

"The garden has been part of my life every day, in every season and in all weather. It has witnessed my greatest joys and absorbed my deepest sorrows." ~Sydney Eddison 

William Hale White Quotes

“Face what you think you believe and you will be surprised.” ~William Hale White

"When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for the taking and did not take, my heart is like to break." ~William Hale White

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Wilfted Beaver - persistence

"Failure is usually the line of least persistence." ~Wilfred Beaver

Harry Hepner - timeless values

"Once we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life." ~Harry Hepner

Matt Sweetwood Quotes

"Birthday’s are a free opportunity to make a child feel special on their day.” ~Matt Sweetwood

“Loving dads ultimately raise their daughters to find love in another. That ensures our daughters will feel the love they deserve, long after we’re gone.” ~Matt Sweetwood

Source: Little Things, FB

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Malcolm W. Little - success

"The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you." ~Malcolm. W. Little

Frederick Hudson Ecker - job

“I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a good job.” ~Frederick Hudson Ecker

John Travolta on Parenting

"Parents should cherish every moment with their kids." ~John Travolta in his heart-warming tribute to his late son.

“They say the hardest thing in the world is losing a parent. I can now say that isn’t true. The hardest thing in the world is losing a child. Someone you raised and watched grow every day. Someone you taught how to walk and talk. Someone you showed how to love. It’s the worst thing to ever happen to anyone.” ~John Travolta

"Spend time with your parents and parents spend time with your children. Treat them well. Because, one day, when you look up from your phone, they won’t be there anymore." ~John Travolta

"Take chances and go live life. Tell the ones you love, that you love them every day. Don’t take any moment for granted. Life is worth living.” ~John Travolta

"We have to stop and be thankful for our children and children should stop and be thankful for their parents. Because, life is very short.” ~John Travolta

"What I truly learned most of all is, live and love everyday like it’s your last. Because, one day, it will be.” ~John Travolta

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Dr. David Agus Quotes

"An amazing study came out showing that every year you delay retirement you reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's by 3 percent." ~Dr. David Agus

"But all the science in the world won't help people who don't help themselves." ~Dr. David Agus

"No matter how short it is get up and go to bed at the same time. Your body strives for that regularity." ~Dr. David Agus

"Sitting is the new smoking. If you exercise at the gym, it's great. But sitting for five hours a day is the same on a health basis as smoking a pack of cigarettes." ~Dr. David Agus

"The amazing thing about a diet, no matter what fad a diet you pay attention to what you eat and what you're doing." ~Dr. David Agus

"Through a combination of technological developments such as DNA editing and personal responsibility like getting flu shots or sitting for shorter periods of time, humans can live longer, more productive lives." ~Dr. David Agus

"What we want to do ... is live long and live quality." ~Dr. David Agus

"While medical advances that seem like science fiction are helping people live longer lives, don't forget about the little things that you can do on daily basis to increase your odds." ~Dr. David Agus

Bio: Professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California; a leading cancer specialist, author on "The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health."

Source: CNBC
By Matthew J. Belvedere | CNBC – Jan 14, 2016

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Celine Dion - greatest reward

"My greatest reward is my children. Unless you are a mom you don't know what you're missing or what it even is really... It gives you true meaning to your life and it's the most important job. But no other mother can be a better mother for my children than me." ~Celine Dion (After multiple rounds of IVF, Dion and Angélil happily welcomed fraternal twin boys: Nelson, named for South African President Nelson Mandela, and Eddy, named for French songwriter Edd Marnay, arrived on October 23)

Emma Thompson - unique

"He was, above all things, a rare and unique human being and we shall not see his like again” ~Emma Thompson on Alan Rickman's death (Sense and Sensibility)

Quotes on PRINCIPLES

"It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it." ~Arnold Toynbee

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Quotes on JUDGMENT

"A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage." ~Robert McNamara

"As we get older and our inner compass develops, we become less interested in the opinions and judgments of others." ~Kay Mo

“Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.” ~Albert Camus, (Algerian philosopher based in France)

"Each person you meet is in a specific stage of their life, a stage you may have passed or not yet reached. Judging them by your standards and experience is therefore not only unfair, but could lead to unnecessary anger and frustration." ~Anon

"Everyone has a reason for their beliefs. Every single person on this earth has a story, and sadly, some people don't think their story matters through being bullied into silence. Everybody's story matters in this world. We just have to adapt and listen without judgment. That's how we all learn from one another, and I believe is the reason we are all put here. To learn and love one another despite our differences.‪" ~Alison Amethyst Dalziel, August 14, 2018, FB comment ‬

"I am not here to judge what stage of enlightenment or overcoming anger you're at. I'm just here to listen, to perceive, to learn. " ~Drei Toledo, (Filipino Catharsis)

"If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay."~Imee Marcos

"If we judged one another only by our flaws, there would be no one in the world left to love." ~ Marinela Reka

"Judge yourself no longer for your past. All of our past has been of use to give us the life experience, knowledge, and wisdom we now have." ~James Blanchard Cisneros

"Judge yourself no longer. Instead thank all your ‘negative’ thoughts and emotions for showing you that what they offer you, you truly do not want." ~James Blanchard Cisneros

"Judgment is a negative frequency." ~Stephen the world left to love." ~Marinela Reka

"Kindness acknowledges our humanity without making any assumptions or judgments ~ it just accepts what is and extends the helping hand or simply smiles a greeting to brighten the day..." ~Caloy Bueno

"On judgment day, if God asks me 'How can you convince me that you did something for the least of your brethren?' I'd say, I came out with the Hacienda Luisita decision to favour the farmers, and I lost my job for it.'" ~Chief Justice Renato Corona

"Really listening and suspending one's own judgment is necessary in order to understand other people on their own terms. As we have noted, this is a process that requires trust and builds trust." ~Mary Field Belenky

"Shakespeare shows us how different leadership styles favor different times, situations, and cultures. He leaves us with the challenge to make a judgment call on which leadership style best suits us and the environment in which we are operating." ~David G Pumphrey

"The mind of compassion knows no bitterness nor judgment. No good nor bad, no right nor wrong. Only the wish for all beings to be happy." ~Guan Yin

"The only difference between a flower and a weed is judgment." ~Dr Wayne Dyer

"The only judgment we should accept with all our hearts are those from the ones we love." ~George Daniel Anos

“What does it mean to hold space for someone else? It means that we are willing to walk alongside another person in whatever journey they’re on without judging them, making them feel inadequate, trying to fix them, or trying to impact the outcome. When we hold space for other people, we open our hearts, offer unconditional support, and let go of judgment and control.” ~Heather Plett

"When gratitude replaces judgment, peace spreads throughout your body, gentleness embraces your soul, wisdom fills your mind. Let gratitude replace judgment and your whole experience of life will take a turn for the better." ~Neale Donald Walsch

"When injustice becomes LAW, resistance becomes DUTY." ~wake up world

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RELATED QUOTES

"A judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case  he is himself on trial." ~Philo

"Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself." ~Henry James (1843-1916)

“Dogs don’t make judgments about physical appearance or abilities, and they don’t care how big your house is or what you do for a living. They care about the quality of your character and your capacity to love.” ~Elizabeth Eiler

“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees.” ~Benjamin Franklin

"It is so easy to identify and judge the bad behavior and wrongdoings of another person. It is far more difficult, and even more important, to see and consider how your own prior bad acts have attracted certain people, situations, and experiences into your own life." ~Iyanla Vanzant

"No one has the right to judge, because no one really knows what you'd been through. They may have heard stories, but they don't know what you felt in your heart." ~Anon

"People is like a book. It has so many chapters in their lives. Let’s not judge anyone from what we see and heard. Read the whole book and know the full story before we do. I think it’s being kind." ~Emilio Laxamana Aguinaldo

"People judge best when they condemn." ~Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Philippines (2016)

”Seeing things from a different point of view can help us understand why other people act the way they do. We, too often judge people without having all the facts.” - Sean Covey (from Yogi Alejandro)

"The only reason we learn their past is not to judge or punish, but to understand how they need to be loved." ~George Daniel Anos

"The only thing worse than judging others, is judging them incorrectly." ~ A.D. Williams

"Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge." ~C.G. Jung

“We judge people and initiatives by their results, and we expect events to happen for good, understandable reason. But our clear visions of inevitability are often only illusions.” ~from THE DRUNKARD'S WALK: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow

”We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.” -Queen Rania of Jordan (from Yogi Alejo)

"When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion." ~Marshall Rosenberg

"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

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Quotes on TECHNOLOGY

"The present technology goes so fast forward, that people cannot catch it up. In a few years we will be like a tribes from caves, but with laser guns..." ~Anon

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Tony Narams - don't stop in the storm

"No matter the number of times you fail you must be determined to succeed. You must not lose hope. Don't stop in your storm. Don't give up so easily." ~Tony Narams

Robert von Musil - what one becomes

"One does what one is; one becomes what one does." ~Robert von Musil, Kleine Prosa

Dr. Hans Selye - old age

"What makes me so certain that the natural human lifespan is far in excess of the actual one is this. Among all my autopsies (and I have performed over 1000), I have never seen a person who died of old age. In fact, I do not think that anyone has ever died of old age yet. We invariably die because one vital part has worn out too early in proportion to the rest of the body." ~Dr. Hans Selye

Max Stirner - freedom

"Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man’s lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one’s self." ~Max Stirner

Bernard Iddings Bell - free man

"The free man is not he who defies the rules…but he who, recognizing the compulsions inherent in his being, seeks rather to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest each day’s experience." ~Bernard Iddings Bell, D.D.

Quotes from MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. ~Hippocrates

"Although many patients are convinced of the importance of food in both causing and relieving their problems, many doctors' knowledge of nutrition is rudimentary." ~Mark Lucock (on ending his review of the science of folic acid p211)

"If we will seriously take on the task of educating Filipinos on reproductive health, and providing them the means this will not be a viable undertaking. The government must be solidly secular and rational." ~Dr. Ethel Pineda

"If you quit, you get nothing done." ~Dr. Norberto Lingling Uy, Philippine Cardiologist

"It is not... That some people do not know 
what to do with truth when it is offered to them, But the tragic fate is to reach, after patient search, a condition of mind-blindness, in which The truth is not recognized, though it stares you in the face." ~Sir William Osler, physician, 1849-1919

“Many human clinical studies and population studies, involving large numbers of individuals, have confirmed that tea consumption contributes to reduced obesity and weight maintenance.” ~DR. TISSA AMARAKOON and PROF. ROBERT F. GRIMBLE (TEA And YOUR HEALTH)

"Never has there been a safe vaccine, never will there be a safe vaccine, and it is not possible to have a safe vaccine. The reasoning for that is the actual process of vaccination defies the natural function of the immune system of living beings." ~Dr. Suzanne Humpries

"No disease can, including cancer, can exist in an alkaline environment." ~Dr. Otto Warburg, 1931 Nobel Prize Winner for cancer discovery

"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)

“Talking out loud actually improves control over a task, above and beyond what is achieved by inner speech. Much of this benefit appears to come from simply hearing oneself, as auditory commands seem to be better controllers of behaviour than written ones." ~Dr Paloma Mari-Beffa (A senior lecturer of psychology at Bangor University based her research on people who talk to themselves while planning and organising their actions may have higher cognitive function than those who don’t.)

"The physician's high and only mission is to restore the sick to health." ~Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843)

"We can lead happy, healthy, productive lives without being the current culture's idea of an ideal shape." ~Dr. Rick Kausman

"What makes me so certain that the natural human lifespan is far in excess of the actual one is this. Among all my autopsies (and I have performed over 1000), I have never seen a person who died of old age. In fact, I do not think that anyone has ever died of old age yet. We invariably die because one vital part has worn out too early in proportion to the rest of the body." ~Dr. Hans Selye

"Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm." ~Hippocrates

DR. DAVID AGUS

"An amazing study came out showing that every year you delay retirement you reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's by 3 percent." ~Dr. David Agus

"But all the science in the world won't help people who don't help themselves." ~Dr. David Agus

"No matter how short it is get up and go to bed at the same time. Your body strives for that regularity." ~Dr. David Agus

"Sitting is the new smoking. If you exercise at the gym, it's great. But sitting for five hours a day is the same on a health basis as smoking a pack of cigarettes." ~Dr. David Agus

"The amazing thing about a diet, no matter what fad a diet you pay attention to what you eat and what you're doing." ~Dr. David Agus

"The difference between pulmonia and pneumonia: Both are "of the same entity-- the correct spelling is "pneumonia" and refers to inflammation of the lungs, usually caused by infections, but also can be caused chemical or physical injury (such as burns or trauma)." ~Dr. Benjamin Young, MD, PhD (The Body dot com )

"Through a combination of technological developments such as DNA editing and personal responsibility like getting flu shots or sitting for shorter periods of time, humans can live longer, more productive lives." ~Dr. David Agus

"What we want to do ... is live long and live quality." ~Dr. David Agus

"While medical advances that seem like science fiction are helping people live longer lives, don't forget about the little things that you can do on daily basis to increase your odds." ~Dr. David Agus

Bio: Professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California; a leading cancer specialist, author on "The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health."

Source: CNBC
By Matthew J. Belvedere | CNBC – Thu, Jan 14, 2016

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Steve Harvey Quotes

"But remember what drives a man; real men do what they have to do to make sure their people are taken care of, clothed, housed, and reasonably sastisfied, and if they're doing anything less than that, they're not men.” ~Steve Harvey

"You are never too old to reinvent yourself." ~Steve Harvey

Ihab Hassan - glass of rain

"Unknowingly, we plow the dust of stars, blown about us by the wind, and drink the universe in a glass of rain." ~Ihab Hassan

PROVERB FOR TODAY

"The morning is wiser than the evening." ~Russian Proverb

Greg Anderson - journey

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity, but in doing it." ~Greg Anderson

Frank Harris - strong people

"Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind." ~Frank Harris

Suzanne Moore - life

"That door. He unlocked it. For me, for you. For us. He gave us everything. He gave us ideas, ideas above our station. All THE ideas and a specific one. Of life. The stellar idea that we can create ourselves whoever we are. He let us be more than we ever knew possible. There is nothing greater. Nothing." ~Suzanne Moore on David Bowie

Phyllis Hunt - milestone

"Self acceptance is a real milestone in our lives." ~Phyllis Hunt

Joan Crawford - warm your heart

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” ~Joan Crawford

Richard Dreyfuss - Moral, Immoral and Amoral

"My dad once told me, ‘There’s three types of people. Moral people know the difference between right and wrong and do right. Immoral people know right and wrong and choose to do wrong. Amoral people don’t know the difference.’" ~Richard Dreyfuss

Jason Brown - currency

"Love is the most wonderful currency that you can give anyone.” ~Jason Brown (former pro NFL Football player)

MY BEST PICK FOR TODAY

"Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Gottman Quotes

“Behind every complaint there is deep personal longing.” – John Gottman

"The truth is, trying to resolve a conflict can sometimes create more problems than it fixes. Some battles are simply not worth fighting. And sometimes the most optimal relationship strategy is one of 'live and let live'." ~John Gottman

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PAUSE TO CONSIDER: living death

“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

Harriet Lerner Quotes

“The strongest relationships are between two people who can live without each other but don't want to.” ~Harriet Lerner

"We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern." ~Harriet Lerner

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Quotes on OPPORTUNITY

"A woman who walks with purpose doesn't have to chase people or opportunities. Her light causes people and opportunities to pursue her." ~Dr. Farrah Gray

"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” ~Bettie Friedan

“But sometimes illumination comes to our rescue at the very moment when all seems lost; we have knocked at every door and they open on nothing until, at last, we stumble unconsciously against the only one through which we can enter the kingdom we have sought in vain a hundred years - and it opens.” ~Marcel Proust, "In Search of Lost Time."

"Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent." -Dr. Laurence J. Peter

"Every day is a new opportunity for joy, learning, and growth. Make every second count. Live with passion." ~Susan Shumsky

"Everyday is perfect because each living day gives us the opportunity to grow." ~Yesu Ben

"Every day, Life gives you another opportunity to begin again... with a little more wisdom and experience than you had yesterday." ~Ruth McPherson

“Every problem is a character-building opportunity “ ~Rick Warren

"Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it." ~Viktor Frankl

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently." ~Henry Ford

"Find your passion and your discipline and let them meet opportunity." ~Bill Courtney 

"Float like clouds in the sky.

They're really attracted to people. 

If you're looking for an opportunity, you're really looking for a person." 

~Reid Hoffman 

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity." ~Khalil Gibran, from SAND AND FOAM (1926)

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” ~William Arthur Ward

"Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them." ~Charles Caleb Colton

"Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us everyday." ~Rick Warren

"Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily." ~Sally Koch

"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity." ~Hippocrates

"I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Everyone has bad breaks, but everyone also has opportunities. People who can smile at their breaks and grab their chances get on." ~Samuel Goldwyn

"If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade." ~Thomas J. Peters

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." ~Milton Berle

‪"It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared." ~Whitney Young Jr.‬

"It is impossible to comfort others without feeling more settled and calm yourself. Tonight be open to that opportunity and when it appears, say “yes!” ~Begin with Yes

"Life's true gift lies in your freedom to design it beautifully. With each rise of the sun, you get to chase the opportunity to fill your days with meaning—to live your life the way you choose." ~from Success dot com via Haizer Adrias Libcat, FB

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity" ~Seneca (Roman philosopher)

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nobody gets through life without losing someone they love, someone they need, or something they thought was meant to be. But it is this losses that make us stronger and eventually move us toward future opportunities." ~Quotes Gate

"None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner,
waiting to change all the tenor of our lives." ~Kathleen Norris

"Opportunity is a bird that never perches.” ~Claude Maxwell MacDonald

"Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment." ~Ambrose Bierce

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

"Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter." ~B.C. Forbes

"Reading opens doors to a world of choice and opportunity." ~The Indigenous Literacy Foundation

"Science and experience have also shown that no race is inherently superior to others, and this myth has been equally exploded whenever blacks and whites are given equal opportunity for development." ~Nelson Mandela from an essay entitled 'Whither the Black Consciousness Movement', written on Robben Island, 1978 ‪LTL

"Sometimes, a break from a preoccupation offers an opportunity for learning, and maybe, even relearning." ~Bryan Ng Co

"Sometimes we are limited more by attitude than by opportunities." ~from Small Things are God's Blessings

"Take a trip alone. Don't miss the opportunity to learn something about yourself." ~Anon

“This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins''.” ~Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“This new day has greeted us with no rules; unconditional opportunity. Do not dilute the power of this new day with the hardship of yesterday. Greet this day the way it has greeted you; with open arms and endless possibility.” ~Steve Maraboli

"To leap at life's boundless opportunities, you must do in order to be." ~Stuart Avery Gold

"We are always surrounded by doors of opportunity. That’s the way life is. Often, opportunities do not come in packages wrapped in the colors we expected. When an unexpected surprise happens, we refuse to see it and so we miss the opportunity. Sometimes we are so focused on a goal far out in the future that we do not see what is right in front of us, or we get so busy hurrying and rushing around that we lose all perspective." ~Anne Wilson Schaef

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

"With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose." ~Wayne Dyer

"Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities." ~Sue Ebaugh

"You can do something extraordinary, and something that a lot of people can't do. And if you have the opportunity to work on your gifts, it seems like a crime not to. I mean, it's just weakness to quit because something becomes too hard." ~Morgan Matson

"You have to carefully choose the opportunity and make sure that history would be on your side." ~Nelson Mandela from a conversation with Richard Stengel, 5 April 1993 ‪

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Ralph Stockman - courage and tolerance

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

Quotes on OBEDIENCE

"Obedience alone gives the right to command." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach Quotes

“I think he’s a breath of fresh air, he made us feel very relaxed, the contestants. It makes us show our personalities a little bit more. I think that benefits everybody, especially the viewers.”

“Maybe the way it was written, it was a little confusing. I understand. It was his first time to judge a pageant, but it’s OK. He’s human. People make mistakes.”

“It’s live television. People make mistakes and Steve Harvey was very gracious to apologize. I accept his apology and I think it speaks a lot about his character.”

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OTHERS

"Ladies, don’t mind the little imperfections because those are the things that get noticed first. And to be noticed means to be unique." ~PW, November 3, 2016

"No matter the location, no matter which country I'm visiting, each place has something beautiful and unique. I hope to travel to as many different places as possible to see everything this Earth has to offer." ~Pia Wurtzbach

"Sometimes there's nothing better than just taking a walk and wandering around." ~Pia A. Wurtzbach, 29 November 2016

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BIO

Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach from the Philippines (Iligan City, MINDANAO) appeared on “Good Morning America” this morning to discuss the controversial events of this year’s pageant. (2016)

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Wendi O'Driscoll Gosper - change

"Time , experiences and maturity change a person. Who you are today could be totally different to who you were yesterday depending on a lot of things." ~Wendi O'Driscoll Gosper, FB 2016 on Constance Hall blog

Wendy Garden Quotes

"Australia is a country surrounded by some of the world’s most beautiful beaches. From ocean beaches characterised by rough surf to suburban beaches hugging sleepy bays and inlets, the coastline is both varied and largely unspoilt. The beaches are also readily accessible and 85% of Australians live within 30km of the coast." ~Wendy Garden

"The beach is a magical place and most Australians come under its spell at some point in their lives. Children spend a big part of their growing years building sandcastles and paddling in the shallows while teenagers hang out exploring their sexuality. For many, the promise of glistening white sand and cool salty water is a refreshing antidote to the sweltering heat of long summer days. As our cities grow taller and more congested, the pleasures of vast sandy stretches, expansive blue waters and wide open sky have an otherworldly allure." ~Wendy Garden

"Australia’s beaches occupy a privileged place in the national psyche, embodying all that is understood to be breezy and inclusive about the nation. Unlike international beaches where private ownership can restrict access, the beaches along Australia’s coastlines are largely public land and this has given rise to perceptions of an essentially egalitarian space. The beach is seen as a great equaliser, where racial, social and gender differences are subordinate to the common pursuit of pleasure in the surf and sun." ~Wendy Garden, Guardian Australia

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Kody Keplinger - let life happen

"You can't control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen." ~Kody Keplinger

Ruth McPherson - wisdom and experience

"Every day, Life gives you another opportunity to begin again... with a little more wisdom and experience than you had yesterday." ~Ruth McPherson

Emily White - Loneliness

"Loneliness is not a private matter." ~Emily White

THOUGHT TO PONDER: Stillness and Sanctuary

"Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself." ~Hermann Hesse

Alan Turing Quotes

"A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human." ~Alan Turing

"Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity." ~Alan Turing

"Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition." ~Alan Turing

"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." ~Alan Turing

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Annabel Crabb - tribute

"My house, where my partner and I and our three children live, is a glorious tribute to all the things that are more important than housework." ~Annabel Crabb, The Wife Drought author, journalist

Stephen Marche - attitude

"Housework is the only political problem in which doing less and not caring are the solution, where apathy is the most sensible and progressive attitude”. ~Stephen Marche, Canadian writer

Our Daily Bread - trust God

"When we pray, we may not see how God is working or understand how He will bring good through it all. So we have to trust Him. We relinquish our rights and let God do what is best." ~Our Daily Bread

Quotes on MEMORIES and NOSTALGIA

Memories

"A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor." ~Alexander Smith

"A song will outlive all sermons in the memory." ~Henry Giles

"A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope." ~Charles M. Schulz

"A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.” ~Brian Jacques, Redwall

"As long as we have friendship,
today is beautiful. As long as we have memories,
yesterday remains. As long as we have hope,
tomorrow awaits." ~Anon

"As we grow older, real beauty travels from the face to the heart, appeal turns to charm, hurt turns to wisdom, and great moments to shared memories. The true beauty of life is not how happy you are now, but how happy others are because of you." ~Kelly's Treehouse

"But the most beautiful things in life are not just things. They are people and places, memories and pictures. They're feelings and moments and smiles and laughters." ~Mindset Creator

“Coming home seemed to have started the healing process. No longer vivid and garish, the memories seemed to be covered in gossemer, fading behind a curtain of time and forgiveness.” ~Karen Fowler, Memories For Sale

"During the times that hurt the most, it is important to remember that the people we lose are never gone from us. They will always exist in the hearts of those they loved, in memories and in their legacy that will continue on forever." ~Tobin Brothers

"Go as many places as you can, whenever you can. You can always make money. You can't always make memories. Take vacations." ~DEMIC

"He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying." ~Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

"Home is where your favorite memories are." ~Anon

“In the life of everyone there is a limited number of experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with a die; and in the long years after, they can be called up in detail, and every emotion that was stirred by them can be lived through anew; these are the tragedies of life.” ~James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

"It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you’re capable of far more than you have imagined. Visit your soul; don’t visit your past." ~Paulo Coelho

"Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories." ~Cathy Allen

"Love leaves a memory no one can steal." ~Anon

"Memory is a network of brain cells which stretches across different regions of the brain and is constantly being updated. This constant updating is an important function that allows us humans to learn new things and to problem-solve, among other skills." ~Life Coach Code (9 Eyeopening Psychology Facts About You, Others and Reality)

"Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us, it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears." ~Rollo May

"Memory is the scribe of the soul." ~Aristotle

"Memories are gifts. We place them in the hearts of others to be unwrapped when we are no longer around." ~Susan Gale

"Memories are hand-me-downs from generation to generation. They may not seem special at the time they're given, but they become more and more priceless as years go by." ~Susan Gale Wickes

"Memories are just like a stack of China wares. We cannot just pull-off one because it might damage the rest!" ~Larry P. Silva

"Memories are made of photographs." ~Leah C. Dancel, May 28, 2022

"Memories are the most beautiful pictures our minds can paint and nothing can ever erase them." ~The Journey Home

"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others." ~Rosa Parks

"Most of us do not purposely create our legacies. We live our lives, follow our hearts, try to bravely do what our hearts tell us, and when we die, we are remembered by the collection of stories and memories that make up our lives." ~Krizette Laureta Chu, on How You Will Be Remembered When You Die

"My memories mean a lot to me, and I hold them close to my heart." ~Radhika Apte  

“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.” ~Haruki Murakami

"None of us know how much time we have left on this earth. What is left in the end are your actions, the memories you left behind and how you made people feel. And what you want to leave behind is people to remember you with love." ~Brigitte Nicole

"Nothing like music, song and dance to make a memory last." ~Joffre Balce 

"Oftentimes, the best and sweetest memories are moments when we pause for a while, smile, and treasure a time worth remembering!" ~Rado Gatchalian

"One day you'll be just a memory for some people. Do your best to be good one." ~Anon

"One must never fail to remember where one has been." ~George Daniel Anos

"One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good." ~Gretchen Rubin

"Photos capture our memories in print, but our memories are always with us in our minds." ~Catherine Pulsifer

"Please, please remember to slow down in life, appreciate those around you and take the time to make memories of the things that matter.” ~Anon

"Seeing old photographs, we get to travel back to all the beautiful memories we made, which will keep tugging at our heartstrings forever." ~Odo Valdez

"Simple moments with your grandchildren often become priceless memories." ~Anon

“So much of our early gladness vanishes utterly from our memory: we can never recall the joy with which we laid our heads on our mother's bosom or rode on our father's back in childhood. Doubtless that joy is wrought up into our nature, as the sunlight of long-past mornings is wrought up in the soft mellowness of the apricot, but it is gone for ever from our imagination, and we can only BELIEVE in the joy of childhood.” ~George Eliot, Adam Bede

"Some days the memories still knock the wind out of me." ~Anon

"Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming." ~Joseph B. Wirthlin

"‪Some memories of the past brings joy and so comforting to remember." ~‬Emilio Laxamana Aguinaldo

“Some of my earliest and fondest memories of my mother are of her kneeling at the side of per bed every night and praying. As a child, I would always get very close to her as she prayed. I would put my ear as close as I could to her mouth and try my best to hear what she was saying to God, but I never could make out the words. Today, being married to an addict myself, I'm pretty sure I know exactly what she was praying.” ~Barbara Bice, Just Right

"Some of life's best memories are made with your shoes off…." ~Susan Gale

“Sometimes, it's better to bunk a class and enjoy with friends, because now, when I look back, marks never make me laugh, but memories do.” ~A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory." ~Dr. Seuss

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” ~Leonardo da Vinci

"Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)

"Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them." ~Bob Dylan

"The best memories are always made around the table." ~KESHinang Malupit, July 5, 2020

"The best thing about memories is making them." ~Amy Rees Anderso

"The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new." ~Marcus Porcius Cato

"The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories" ~Og Mandino

"The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by." ~Alek Wek

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting” ― Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

"The sun glints through the pines, and the heart is pierced in a moment of beauty and strange pain, like a memory of paradise. After that day. . . we become seekers." ~Peter Matthiessen

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” ~Lois Lowry, The Giver. (from Haizer Adrias Libcat)

"There is an ancient Indian saying that something lives only as long as the last person who remembers it. My people have come to trust memory over history. Memory, like fire, is radiant and immutable while history serves only those who seek to control it, those who douse the flame of memory in order to put out the dangerous fire of truth. Beware these men for they are dangerous themselves and unwise. Their false history is written in the blood of those who might remember and of those who seek the truth." ~Floyd Red Crow Westerman

"Time moves in one direction, memory in another." ~William Gibson

"We didn't realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun." ~Winnie the Pooh

"We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory." ~Georges Duhamel

"We never understand the real value of someone until that someone becomes a memory." ~Anon

"We should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life...." ~John McDonald

"What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life - to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?" ~George Eliot

"Wishing you peace to bring comfort, courage to face the days ahead and loving memories to forever hold in your heart." ~Anon

"You can buy children anything in the world, but nothing will compare to the memories you make with them." ~Grandparents dot com

"You can not separate the old furniture from the memories and the memories from the old furniture." ~Mehmet Murat Ildan

NOSTALGIA

"Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days." ~Doug Larson

“Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect." Doug Larson

RELATED QUOTES

"If you remember anything of me, after I leave this world, remember that I loved even when it was foolish. That I cared even when it was unwanted. When my body is gone remember my heart." ~Anon

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed." ~Charles Schulz

"Forgetting is the first step to completely removing something from our cultural collective memory. A society that remembers is a healthier society than one that keeps restarting from scratch.” ~Todd McGrain, an art professor at Cornell University

"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

“Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.” ~Mahatma Gandhi

"The best thing about memories is making them." ~Anon

"Then there's the sacred part of me that remembers the pain, but waits with a hopeful, open heart for love to remember its way home." ~Jody Doty

"There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and forget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.” ~Anne Frank

"Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs." ~George Eliot

"We all have a wonderful memory to look back to and marvel at how gracious and good our God is." ~Romeo Balingcongan

"We should always remember, the future is not somewhere we are going, it is something we are creating." ~Ian Lowe, ACF President, 2004-2014

"Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories." ~Steven Wright

"Wide sea, that one continuous murmur breeds along the pebbled shore of memory!" ~John Keats

"Without history, there is no memory. Without memory, there is no future. If we don't learn from the past, we repeat the same mistakes again." ~Max Eisen, now 91 Holocaust Survivor, then 15 in 1944 Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Poland. An excerpt from the movie: The Accountant of Auschwitz and his book: By Chance Alone

VERSE

"Your life was a blessing,
Your memory a treasure,
You are loved beyond words
And missed beyond measure."
~Anon from Creating Connections

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Simon Greenberg - sublimed mystery

"One does not need to fast for days and meditate for hours at a time to experience the sense of sublime mystery which constantly envelops us. All one need do is to notice intelligently, if even for a brief moment, a blossoming tree, a forest flooded with autumn colors, an infant smiling." ~Simon Greenberg

Natalie Cole Quotes

“I think that I am a walking testimony that you can have scars. You can go through turbulent times and still have victory in your life.” ~Natalie Cole (RIP)

"Take a look in the mirror. Look at yourself.But don't you look too close. ... you might see the person that you hate the most." ~Natalie Cole

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Mustafa Alam - gentleman

"A good man knows when he has a special lady. He always puts her first, and never puts her last. He might buy her flowers and roses but most importantly show appreciation of having her in his life. Everyday, he tells her how beautiful she is, and how much he loves her. He makes her feel beautiful and he treats her very well like a lady, because a good man is a gentleman." ~Mustafa Alam, FB

Mark Joseph Williams - beach

"...the beach is the playground and theatre - space of summer." ~Mark Joseph Williams from The Guardian Australia

FROM MY DESK

"There's only one thing sweet among the people. They never run out of anything to complain. Most are plain
unteachable. It's okay to be "easy going" but sometimes there's got to be a boundary." ~LCD, 4 January 2016

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Sally Claridge Teixeira

"Where we hold peace in our heart.... so peace can reign upon earth... we are the creators and we are the peacemakers... the choice is ours." ~Sally Claridge Teixeira

Bhalchandra Quotes

"There is always a touch of sadness around the most beautiful things in life !." ~Bhalchandra

"To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and never ever try to understand her !." ~Bhalchandra

"Wise people always think wisely and never otherwise !." ~Bhalchandra

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James Ben Shahali - Born to do

"The waste of life is always a shame, but the whales are not to blame here, they were only doing what they are born to do: kill for food." ~James Ben Shahali, environmental activist and spokesman for Greenpeace Canada

JOKERS MATTER

"A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast." ~Groucho Marx

"A clown sees life simply, without complications." ~George Bishop

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Nancy Thompson Quotes

"I was responsible for the life of another human, someone completely dependent on me. It was now my job to help this person navigate a new country, a new language, new food, new schools. And a new concept: that a parent could belong to her, a parent she could trust, a parent who would always be there for her, a parent whose job it was to help her grow, a parent who would love her." ~Nancy Thompson

"There’s a belief in China that when children are born, a red thread connects them to all the people who will be important in their lives. As the child gets older, the thread grows shorter, drawing the child closer to those people. I’d like to believe it’s a thread woven of love, hope and fearlessness." ~Nancy Thompson

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Ismail Haniyeh - truth

“Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.” ~Ismail Haniyeh

Emma Brockes - version of solitude

"When two people read books in each other’s company it is considered companionable silence, or mutual intellectual interest, or a romantic version of solitude from which one is sure they will surface shortly to discuss what they have read and marvel at each other’s insights." ~Emma Brockes

Becky Walsh - Relationships

"Relationships are our greatest learning tool if you analyse ourselves in reaction to others, rather than analysing others to see if they can change enough to be a perfect match for us. There are no perfect matches, but there are connections with meaning. Unfortunately, most of us don't know the meaning of the love we have, until long after it is over." ~Becky Walsh

The Law of Attraction - Do Not Disturb

"Once you feel avoided by someone, never disturb them again. Because the one who think that you are disturbing them, will never know how much you care for them." ~The Law Of Attraction

Christopher McCandless - joy of life

"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." ~Christopher McCandless

Shaun Casey - concerns of life

"As we enter the New Year, pause if you can, and listen to the stories of those around you, situated among the ordinary concerns of life." ~Shaun Casey, Special Representative for Secretary Kerry's Office of Religion and Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

Rock of Ages Movie - keep believing

"Sometimes things that are lost can be found again. Don't stop believing." ~Rock Of Ages the movie

Our Daily Bread - Our Protector

"God formed the earth, created everything in it, and knows every detail of His masterpiece. He is perfect and powerful, yet He wants to know you intimately. He wants you to call on Him, and He will be your protector. Your rescuer. Your refuge." ~Our Daily Bread

Tony Dorsett - something

"To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you." ~Tony Dorsett

Suzanne Muller-Heinz - communication

"If you tend to hesitate or step over bringing up difficult issues or having the “tough” conversations, the relationship is not going to work anyway! Part of loving and honoring yourself is speaking up. But when is the right time to do that? My rule of thumb is this: if it is on your mind, it’s worth talking about." ~Suzanne Muller-Heinz

Joseph Stalin - Education

"Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed." ~Joseph Stalin

Matt Haig Quotes

"How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music." ~Matt Haig 

“Reading isn’t important because it helps get you a job. It’s important because it gives you room to exist beyond the reality you’re given.” ~Matt Haig 

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THE ORDER OF PEN 

"Wherever you are, at any moment, try and find something beautiful. A face, a line out of a poem, the clouds out of a window, some graffiti, a wind farm. Beauty cleans the mind." ~Matt Haig

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