"In order to be successful in the new year, stay focused, develop a positive attitude and be passionate with your dreams." ~Bamigboye Olurotimi
"Non Degener Addam" (I add without loss)
1/30/21
Sarah Bernhardt - Life and energy
"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. " ~Sarah Bernhardt
Amanda German - Norms and notions
"We learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what 'just is' isn't always justice." ~Amanda Gorman
1/29/21
LI BAI Quotes
"A lonely cloud floats leisurely by. We never tire of looking at each other - Only the mountain and I." ~Li Bai
“Shade and light are different in every valley.” ~Li Bai
Camilla Eyring Kimball - Happy life
"You do not find the happy life. You make it." ~Camilla Eyring Kimball
William E. Vaughan - Optimist
"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves." ~William E. Vaughan
1/28/21
Belinda Baker - Shared humanness and humanity
"If we are able to look into another's eyes, talk to them, walk in their shoes for a moment. Understand their hopes and dreams. Their sadness. Their wins and losses. To make time to learn where they have been and where they are heading. If we can see that we all laugh, hope and cry and hurt the same. Perhaps we can know and understand each other a little better. Then with that understanding maybe we can treat each other, talk to each other and interact together with more understanding, empathy and wisdom. Coming together in a united circle of our shared humanness and humanity." ~Belinda Baker
MAY SARTON Quotes
"Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace." ~May Sarton
"Gardening is so easy in the spring. Everything is exploding into green and foliage and colorful blooms." ~May Sarton
"The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room, not to try to be or do anything whatever." ~Mary Sarton
“There is no place more intimate than the spirit alone.” ~May Sarton, Ode to solitude, 1938
"Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, as without light, nothing flowers." ~May Sarton
1/27/21
Quotes from the Movie FORREST GUMP
“Don’t ever let anybody tell you they’re better than you.” ~Mrs. Gump (Forrest Gump Movie)
1/26/21
Etel Adnan - The logic of dreams
"The logic of dreams is superior to the one we exercise while awake. In dreams the mind at last finds its courage: it dares what we do not dare.” ~Etel Adnan, Poet, painter, philosopher (who hasn't ceased making into her 90s, on dreaming and creativity.)
Gao Xingjian - Literature
"It’s in literature that true life can be found. It’s under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth." ~Gao Xingjian
1/25/21
Jennifer Lee - Set your soul on fire
“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” ~Jennifer Lee
Quotes from Jean-Pierre Simeón
“A poem? I don’t know much about that.
But I know one, and it is hot like fresh bread.
When you eat it, a little is always left over.”
~Mrs. Round, the baker
“A poem … is when you are in love and have the sky in your mouth.” ~Lolo, bicycle shop owner, knows everything, laughs all the time, and is always in love. He repairs tire and sing.
“A poem is when you hear the heartbeat of a stone.” ~Old Mahmoud, who comes from the desert and waters his rhododendrons every morning at 9 o’clock.”
Source: THIS IS A POEM THAT HEALS FISH via Brainpickings
Amy Alcott - Play your game
July 1, 2020
"Concentrate, play your game, and don’t be afraid to win." ~Amy Alcott
1/24/21
Nouman Ali Khan - Ego problem
“If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then you have an ego problem.” ~Nouman Ali Khan
Stuti Tandon Quotes
“Arrange the colours of your life in a way that someone’s conspiracy can’t fade them.” ~Stuti Tandon
“Being a writer taught me … that I can judge my own stuff’s worth and destroy the unnecessary thoughts of my mind.” ~Stuti Tandon
“Criticisers judge other criticisers for criticising differently.” ~Stuti Tandon
“Everytime I step forward towards the success … I get to know the more clear image of someone’s true colours.” ~Stuti Tandon
“You can’t be perfect in everything you do. It’s alright to make mistakes. God hasn’t created the Instructions of Perfection in your body. But blessed you well enough to think that ‘Learners are the Winners.’” ~Stuti Tandon
Harold Coffin - Count your blessings
“Envy is the art of counting the other fellow’s blessings instead of your own.” ~Harold Coffin via Everyday Power
1/21/21
N. Scott Momaday - Landscape
“The landscape of the American West has to be seen to believed and has to be believed to be seen.” ~N. Scott Momaday
1/20/21
Karl Jaspers - Landscape
Casula NSW
October 31, 2018
"The soul of a landscape, the spirits of the elements, the genius of every place will be revealed to a loving view of nature." ~Karl Jaspers
Aaron Rose - Light
Shaol Bay
December 18, 2020
"In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary." ~Aaron Rose
David R. Brower Quotes
Hacking River
Audley - Royal National Park
January 15, 2021
"Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever.” ~David R. Brower
“The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we.” ~David R. Brower
"We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations.” ~David Brower
1/19/21
Gideon V. Pena - Job
"Whenever you lack the energy to go back to work, remember the days when you prayed and wished so hard to have that job. " ~Gideon V. Pena, FB, Note to self
Maggie Khun - Speak your mind
"Dare to stand before those you fear and speak your mind, even if your voice shakes. " ~Maggie Khun
Mark Helprin - River
Hacking River
Audley Village
Royal National Park
January 15, 2021
"A good river is nature's life work in song." ~Mark Helprin
Campbell Scott - High desert
"The high desert has an effect on people. The place has a way of swallowing you up." ~Campbell Scott
Art Wolfe - Corners of the sky
Audley - Royal National Park
January 15, 2021
"It is in the wild places, where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky, the human spirit is fed." ~Art Wolfe
Gregory Maguire - Eye, light and shadows
"The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say." ~Gregory Maguire
1/15/21
TRENT PARKE Quotes
“I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical.” ~Trent Parke
“I use photography as a way to help me understand why I am here. The camera helps me to see.” ~Trent Parke
1/13/21
Andrew Delbanco - Attached by love
“All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.” ~Andrew Delbanco
1/10/21
Nicole Williams - A chance to change
MY FIRST XPT JOURNEY TO BRISBANE VIA SYDNEY
May 19, 2019
“Every morning, we get a chance to be. A chance to change. A chance to be better. Your past is your past. Leave it there. Get on with your future part.” ~Nicole Williams lifted from Relationship Rules
Vesta Mangun - Take time to pray
“The most important people today are the men and women of prayer. Not those who talk about prayer, nor those who say they believe in prayer, but those who take time to pray.” ~Vesta Mangun
1/9/21
Bahe Yoga - Infuse grace and ease
“Be kind to yourself this year. Infuse grace and ease into your hopes and dreams. You might fail, you might succeed, but you will definitely grow.” ~Bahe Yoga
1/3/21
Katarina Witt - Sunrise in the mountains
LAKE JINDABYNE
July 19, 2019
“I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.” ~Katarina Witt
THOUGHT FOR TODAY FROM H. JACKSON BROWN JR. - SAIL AWAY
Blog Cover Featured in January 3, 2021
“Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
1/2/21
FEATURED QUOTE FROM EMILIO LAXAMANA AGUINALDO
“May the flames of love from the heart of mankind, engulf and extinguish the hatred and prejudice of many people on earth and set their hearts on fire with love and kindness to their neighbours, that will please God to bring peace to our chaotic world.” ~Emilio Laxamana Aguinaldo
1/1/21
Peter Porter - Library
Paddington Library
Paddington NSW
September 21, 2019
“Much have I travelled in the realms of gold for which I thank the Paddington and Westminster Libraries.” ~Peter Porter
Richard L. Evans - Children
August 15, 2020
Katoomba NSW
“Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling you cherished them.” ~Richard L. Evans
Mary Kunhardt Lodge - Library
Max Webber Library
Blacktown NSW
July 17 2018
"A library is a place vibrating with ideas .” ~Mary Kunhardt Lodge
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