Linda Della Donna Quotes

"Let the chips fall where they may." ~

"One of the things I like about me after I feel slighted or hurt by an action of an unsuspecting good-natured friend, is my ability to pick myself up, dust myself off, and face a new day refreshed and secure in the knowledge that I am being the best I can be." ~Linda Della Donna

Allison Halliday, Joanne Hambert - gardening

"Gardening is a wonderful occupation and teaches you many things in subtle ways. The benefits are great and rewarding. Being surrounded by nature and beauty, is joy enough
when shared with friends and other plant lovers." ~Allison Halliday and Joanne Hambert, Authors, Country Style Magazine

Grant Denyer - dinner

"The secret to a good dinner is belly laughs." ~Grant Denyer, Channel Seven, Sunrise Weather Reporter, New Idea Magazine

Jessica Rowe Quotes

"The best way to live your life is to live it well." ~Jessica Rowe, Channel Seven Newsreader, New Idea Magazine

"Tough times make you appreciate all the good things you have" ~Jessica Rowe, Channel Seven Newsreader, New Idea Magazine

Shakti Gawain Quotes

"Anything in life that we don't accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it." ~Shakti Gawain

"Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you." ~Shakti Gawain

"My primary relationship is with myself--all others are mirrors of it. As I learn to love myself, I automatically receive the love and appreciation that I desire from others.  If I am committed to myself and to living my truth, I will attract others with equal commitment. My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.  As I learn to love myself, I receive the love I desire from others." ~Shakti Gawain

"Our life is a reflection of what we believe we deserve. As we deepen our acceptance of and open ourselves to the Infinite love of the universe, a new power flows through us, releasing us from the bondage of our old way of life."
~Shakti Gawain

"Problems are messages." ~Shakti Gawain

"Rather than blaming ourselves for the things we do not like in our life, we now realize we are manifesting our reality and have the power to change it." ~Shakti Gawain

"The key to independence lies in knowing that at every moment, in every instance, we are creating our life. The more we acknowledge this truth, the more power and freedom we experience." ~Shakti Gawain

"The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be." ~Shakti Gawain

"The most powerful thing you can do to change the world is to change your own beliefs about the nature of life, people, and reality to something more positive … and begin to act accordingly." ~Shakti Gawain

"The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf." ~Shakti Gawain

"There is a wise being living inside of you. It is your intuitive self. Focus your awareness into a deep place in your body, a place where your "gut feelings" reside. You can communicate with it by silently talking to it, making requests, or asking questions. Then relax, don't think too hard with your mind, and be open to receiving answers. They are usually very simple and relate to the present moment, not the past or the future, and they feel right." ~Shakti Gawain, from Living Life Fully

"Trust your instinct, every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness." ~Shakti Gawain

"We always attract into our lives whatever we think about most, believe  most strongly, expect on the deepest level, and imagine most vividly." ~Shakti Gawain

"We have been accustomed to thinking that we have to get something from outside us in order to be happy, but in truth it works the other way: we must learn to contact our inner source of happiness and satisfaction and flow it outward to share with others--not because it is virtuous to do so, but because it really feels good." ~ Shakti Gawain

"We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other people’s models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open." ~Shakti Gawain

"What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly." ~Shakti Gawain

"When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously." ~Shakti Gawain

"When we create something, we always create it first in a thought form. If we are basically positive in attitude, expecting and envisioning pleasure, satisfaction and happiness, we will attract and create people, situations, and events which conform to our positive expectations." ~Shakti Gawain — Bestselling author and a pioneer in personal growth and consciousness

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Calvin Coolidge Quotes

"It takes a great man to be a good listener." ~Calvin Coolidge (TFBFG 2014/mpw)

"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good." ~President Calvin Coolidge

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." ~Calvin Coolidge — 30th President of the United States (1872-1933)

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Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey Quotes

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"As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way." ~Mary Anne Radmacher

"As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way." ~Mary Anne Radmacher

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

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow'." ~Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey — Contemporary American poet, writer and artist

"Lean forward into your life. Catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life." ~Mary Ann Radmacher

"Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen Hard.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is."
~Mary Anne Radmacher

"She Danced.
She Sang.
She Took.
She Gave.
She Loved.
She Created.
She Dissented.
She Enlivened.
She Saw.
She Grew.
She Sweated.
She Changed.
She Learned.
She Laughed.
She Shed her skin.
She Bled on the pages of her days.
She walked through walls.
She LIVED with Intention."
~Mary Anne Radmacher / Living Eulogy

"Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow." ~Mary Anne Radmacher

"Speak quietly to yourself and promise there will be better days. Whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are extending your best effort. Console your bruised and tender spirit with reminders of many other successes. Offer comfort in practical and tangible ways--as if you were encouraging your dearest friend. Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly." ~Mary Ann Radmacher

"There are no small acts of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world." ~Mary Anne Radmacher

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W. Edwards Deming Quotes

"All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride." ~W. Edwards Deming

"Life is but a never ending personal development." ~W.Edward Deming

‪"Quality is everyone's responsibility." ~W. Edwards Deming‬

"The most important things cannot be measured.” ~William Edwards Deming

"When asked what single event was most helpful in developing the Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein replied, 'Figuring out how to think about the problem'." ~W. Edwards Deming — American consultant, statistician and educator (1900-1993)

BIOGRAPHY

William Edwards Deming was an American statistician, professor, author, lecturer, and consultant. (Wikipedia)

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MARK TWAIN Quotes

"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins torain." ~Mark Twain

"A classic is something everybody wants to have read, but no one wants to read." ~Mark Twain

"A lie can travel around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain

"A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." ~Mark Twain

"A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation." ~Mark Twain

"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way." ~Mark Twain

"A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." ~Mark Twain

"Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often." ~Mark Twain

"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." ~Mark Twain

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter." ~Mark Twain

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure." ~Mark Twain

"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything in which it is poured." ~Mark Twain

"Be good and you will be lonely." ~Mark Twain

"Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." ~Mark Twain

“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.” ~Mark Twain

"Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education." ~Mark Twain.

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." ~Mark Twain

"Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of paradise." ~Mark Twain on Age

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

"Death is the starlit strip between the companionship of yesterday and the reunion of tomorrow." – Mark Twain

“Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”  ~ Mark Twain

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The World owes you nothing. It was here first." ~Mark Twain

"Drag your thoughts away from your troubles: by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it." ~Mark Twain

"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned." ~Mark Twain (1835-1910)

"Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy, and is captured by the shoemaker whom the mercenaries and millionaires make into a king. The people invent their oppressors, and the oppressors serve the function for which they are invented." ~Mark Twain

"Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." ~Mark Twain

"Everyone has a dark side which he never shows to anybody." ~Mark Twain

"Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody." ~Mark Twain

"Faith is believing what you know ain't so." ~Mark Twain (1835-1910)

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the hell that has crushed it." ~Mark Twain

"Genius has no youth, but starts with the ripeness of age and old experience." ~Mark Twain

"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." ~Mark Twain

“Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.” ~Mark Twain

“Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.” ~Mark Twain

"God has put something noble and good into every heart His hand created." ~Mark Twain

"Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person." ~Mark Twain

"Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from bad decisions." ~Mark Twain  

"Good friends,  good books, and a sleepyhead conscience. This is the ideal life. " ~Mark Twain 

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get to the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with." ~Mark Twain

“Habit is a habit, and not to be flung out the window by man, but coaxed downstairs, a step at a time.” ~Mark Twain (1835-1910)

"Half-truths are the most destructive of lies." ~Mark Twain

"Heaven goes by favour; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ~Mark Twain

"History doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes." ~Mark Twain

"History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably." ~Mark Twain

"How far we travel in life matters far less than those we meet along the way." ~Mark Twain

"Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing." ~Mark Twain

"Humor is tragedy plus time." ~Mark Twain

"Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place." ~Mark Twain

"I can live for two months on a good compliment." ~Mark Twain

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." ~Mark Twain

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places." ~Mark Twain

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." ~Mark Twain

“I like to think that to one in sympathy with nature, each season, in turn, seems the loveliest.” — Mark Twain 

  
"If a man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat." ~Mark Twain

"If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.” ~Mark Twain

"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed." ~Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain

“If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it." ~Mark Twain

"If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way." ~Mark Twain

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between the dog and a man." ~Mark Twain

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." ~Mark Twain

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” ~Mark Twain

"In all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane" ~Mark Twain

"Independence is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes." ~Mark Twain

"It ain't what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." ~Mark Twain 

"It is better to deserve an honor and not receive it, than to receive one and not deserve it!" ~Mark Twain

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." ~Mark Twain

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

"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." ~Mark Twain

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and  remove all doubt." ~Mark Twain 

"It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions." ~Mark Twain

“It is not likely that any complete life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person that lived it." ~Mark Twain

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

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." ~Mark Twain

"It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech." ~Mark Twain

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." ~Mark Twain

"Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great." ~Mark Twain

"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the and the blind can see." ~Mark Twain

"Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom." ~Mark Twain

 "Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile." ~Mark Twain  (Serendipity Rules)

"Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman rally knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century." ~Mark Twain

"Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul." ~Mark Twain

"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." ~Mark Twain

"Necessity is the mother of taking chances.” ~Mark Twain

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” ~Mark Twain

"Never argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their Level they will beat you with experience." ~Mark Twain

"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot" ~Mark Twain

"No church property is taxed so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit in the public income this caused." ~Mark Twain

"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid." ~Mark Twain (1835-1910)

"Optomist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness." ~Mark Twain (1835-1910)

"Politics is the only profession where you can lie, cheat and steal, and still be respected." ~Mark Twain 

"Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason." ~Mark Twain

"Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed." ~Mark Twain

"Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great." ~Mark Twain

"Sacred cows make the best hamburgers." ~Mark Twain

"Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~Mark Twain

"Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination." ~Mark Twain

"Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth." ~Mark Twain

"Teaching is like trying to hold 35 corks underwater at once." ~Mark Twain

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up." ~Mark Twain

"The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can DO wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot." ~Mark Twain

"The human race has only one really effective weapon, that's laughter. The moment it arises, all our hardnesses yield, our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place." ~Mark Twain

‎"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." ~Mark Twain

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." ~Mark Twain 

"The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten." ~Mark Twain on Diplomacy

"The real task of a friend is to assist you if you are wrong. Everyone is on your side when you're in the right". ~Mark Twain

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." ~Mark Twain

"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven." ~Mark Twain

"The secret to getting ahead is to get started." ~Mark Twain

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." ~Mark Twain

"The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession." ~Mark Twain

"The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself." ~Mark Twain

"There has been only one Christian. They caught and crucified him early." ~Mark Twain

"There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable." ~Mark Twain

"They are always on deck when there is a miracle to the fore-so as to get up in the picture, perhaps. Angels are as fond of that as a fire company; look at the old masters." ~Mark Twain

"To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with." ~Mark Twain

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness." ~Mark Twain

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you DIDN'T do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~Mark Twain (1835-1910)

"We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions: one private, which we are afraid to express; and another one—the one we use—which we force ourselves to wear . . . until habit makes us comfortable in it, and the custom of defending it presently makes us love it, adore it, and forget how pitifully we came by it." ~Mark Twain (1885)

"We are strange beings. We seem to go free, but we go in chains - chains of training, custom, convention, association, environment - in a world, circumstance - and against these bonds the strongest of us struggle in vain." ~Mark Twain

"We build a fire in a powder magazine, then double the fire department to put it out. We inflame wild beasts with the smell of blood, and then innocently wonder at the wave of brutal appetite that sweeps the land as a consequence." ~Speech (Mark Twain )R

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." ~Mark Twain

"When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder." ~Mark Twain

“When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.” ~Mark Twain

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." ~Mark Twain

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" ~Mark Twain

"Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the people involved." ~Mark Twain

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

"Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe." ~Mark Twain

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been." ~Mark Twain

"You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus" ~Mark Twain

"You can't reason with the heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns." ~Mark Twain

“You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear.” ~Mark Twain

BIO  

"Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter of which has often been called the "Great American Novel". Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Pudd'nhead Wilson. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada."

Born: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, Missouri, U.S.

Died: April 21, 1910, Stormfield House, Redding, Connecticut, U.S.

Pen name: Mark Twain, Josh, Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass

Occupation: Writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, lecturer

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Dr. George Sheehan Quotes

"Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant." -Dr. George Sheehan

"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be." ~George Sheehan — American physician, author and philosopher of fitness (1918-1993)

Thought for Today - Keep It Simple

"To be simple means to be completely pure: to have royalty and greatness whilst being ordinary." ~Thought for Today-UK

Hesiod - best thing to do

"It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy." ~Hesiod

Thought for Today - Choose Feelings

"If your days seem filled with unwanted negative feelings, there is only one cure. When they come, choose them. Don't ask why, don't wonder how, don't fight them and never put yourself down for having them. But most of all never blame someone else for how you feel. If you do, it means you are still fast asleep and your choice is to be a victim. When the feelings come, even big disturbing emotional feelings say, "I choose this feeling" and know it comes because of something you have thought or done in the past, perhaps a certain belief that you have learned or an attachment that is threatened. Choice does not mean you want the feelings, but it does mean you are taking responsibility for them. And that is the beginning of self mastery. It is the first step to the healing and resolving of your emotions. But only the first step. Try this today and then ask yourself what the next step might be. If you are really interested to know, you will come to know!" ~Thought for Today-UK

Sri da Avabhas - intention

"All doubt, despair, and fear become insignificant once the intention of life becomes love, rather than dependence on love." ~Sri da Avabhas (Adi DA Samraj)

Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. Quotes

"A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular." ~Adlai E. Stevenson

"Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation." ~Adlai Stevenson I

"Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one." ~Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

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Dr. Barbara DeAngelis Quotes "Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them and they bless you, the giver." ~Barbara De Angelis (1951-)

"If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself." ~Barbara De Angelis

"In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body." ~Barbara De Angelis

"It takes a lot of courage to be the same person on outside that you are on the inside." ~Barbara DeAngelis

“Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.” ~Barbara De Angelis

"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.” ~Barbara De Angelis

"Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred." ~Barbara De Angelis

"Take the journey from your head to your heart." ~Dr. Barbara De Angelis

"The journey between who you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place." ~Barbara De Angelis

"The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place." ~Barbara De Angelis

"The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present." ~Barbara De Angelis

"The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue." ~Barbara de Angelis

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

"We need to find the courage to say 'NO' to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity." ~Dr. Barbara DeAngelis

"Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away." ~Barbara De Angelis

"You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back." ~Barbara De Angelis

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Brendan Francis - listen

"A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him." – Brendan Francis

Margaret Gibb - praying

"We must move from asking God to take care of the things that are breaking our hearts, to praying about the things that are breaking His heart." ~Margaret Gibb

Thought for Today - Giving

"With habits, never give in or we lose our dignity, With the self, never give up or we lose our destiny, With others never give your worst or you will never develop your best. The saying, "what we give is what we receive". The lesson: Just to give." ~Thought for Today-UK

Thought for Today - inner beauty

"Making up our mind means ensuring that our thoughts are positive and our feelings towards others are filled with good wishes. When we do, others begin to sense a deeper beauty emanating from behind the skin. This is inner beauty." ~Thought for Today-UK

Andrew Alden - interpretation

"Before speaking, consider the interpretation of your words as well as their intent." ~Andrew Alden

Pictorial Quotes

Botany Bay, 28 July 2011

"The art of living can be observed, and thereby taught" ~Gary Seierstad, 16 June 2011

"People can be like sunsets. The closer down to earth they are, the more beautiful they become!" ~Gary Seierstad, Poet, Writer - 12 April 2011

I am an island postcard, Leah!
Complete with pretty words,
and just itching to be sent to someone! 
~Gary Seierstad, 10 March 2012

 Gary Seierstad on an Island Cruise

August 2011

"May a night light bring you bliss. 
For when the day is over done, 

Friendship shines just like the sun." ~Gary Seierstad 

ChinaAirlines to Manila
6 October 2011

May your life ever be blessed with pillowy calmness!" ~Gary Seierstad - 9 January 2012

Taipei, Taiwan
China Airlines, 24 November 2011

"Traveling like you did surely gives a better sense for what's out there in the world, as well as helps one appreciate what one has" ~Gary Seierstad - 15 January 2012

N.O. Tate - power of tenacity

"We all struggle, we all fall. But, it is especially disheartening to watch the struggles of a disabled person, who, when attempting to learn a new skill, has to repeat the same exercise over and over again until their mind/body connection becomes firmly established. We should not turn our eyes from their struggles because we could learn much from them about the power of tenacity." ~N.O. Tate

Thomas Alva Edison Quotes

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." ~Thomas A. Edison

"I am not discouraged because every wrong attempt discarded is a step forward." ~Thomas A. Edison

"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world." ~Thomas A. Edison

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." ~Thomas Edison

"I NEVER FAILED EVEN ONCE, it just happened to be a 2,000-step process." ~Thomas Edison (when asked how it felt to fail 2,000 times before successfully inventing the light bulb)

"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." ~Thomas Alva Edison

"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless." ~Thomas A. Edison

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. " ~Thomas A. Edison

"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages." ~Thomas Edison

"OPPORTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK." ~Thomas Edison

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." ~Thomas Edison

"Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress." -Thomas Edison

"The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around." ~Thomas Edison

"The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." ~Thomas Edison

"The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do." ~Thomas Edison

"There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start anew." ~Thomas Edison

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." ~Thomas Edison

"What a man’s mind can create, man’s character can control." ~Thomas Edison

"Your worth consists in what you are and not what you have." ~Thomas Edison

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Leonard Jacobson Quotes

"Letting go is growing up" ~Leonard Jacobson

To let go isn't to forget, not to think about, or ignore. It doesn't leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or regret.

Letting go isn't about winning or losing. It's not about pride and it's not about how you appear, and it's not obsessing or dwelling on the past.

Letting go isn't blocking memories or thinking sad thoughts, and it doesn't leave emptiness, hurt, or sadness. It's not about giving in or giving up.

Letting go isn't about loss and it's not about defeat. To let go is to cherish the memories, but to overcome and move on. It is having an open mind and confidence in the future.

Letting go is learning and experiencing and growing. To let go is to be thankful for the experiences that made you laugh, made you cry, and made you grow. It's about all that you have, all that you had, and all that you will soon gain.

Letting go is having the courage to accept change, and the strength to keep moving. Letting go is growing up. It is realizing that the heart can sometimes be the most potent remedy.

To let go is to open a door, and to clear a path and set yourself free.

~Leonard Jacobson~

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OTHERS

"If you really want to help, then help others to be more present. Help others to free themselves from the past. Help others to take responsibility for themselves. Help them to see how they are creating their own suffering. Every now and then, you will encounter innocent ones who are suffering through no fault of their own, particularly animals and children. Do not hesitate! Help them." ~Leonard Jacobson

"The ego is often deeply involved in the desire to help others. If you do not want your ego to be involved in this way, do not be available for others unless you really want to be available. Do not feel that you should be available. Don't sacrifice yourself in any way. Don't go against your true feelings. Don't carry the cross for anyone else. Make sure that there's no sense that helping others makes you a better person or that it will gain you easy access into Heaven. Don't be a martyr." ~Leonard Jacobson

"The past is gone. The future never arrives. In truth, there is no life outside of this moment." ~Leonard Jacobson

"The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not." ~Leonard Jacobson

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