BEVERAGE: COFFEE Quotes

COFFEE

"Bliss in a cup. Ahhh that feeling when the first sip of coffee touches your soul." ~Silver Lining of Your Cloud

“Coffee is the common man’s gold, and like gold, it brings to every person the feeling of luxury and nobility.” ~Anon

"Coffee never knew it would taste so nice and sweet, before it met milk and sugar. We are good as individuals but become better, when we meet and blend with the right people." ~The Meaning of Life

"Coffee with a friend is like capturing happiness in a cup." ~Counsellor and Professional Life Coach

“Everyone has a cup of coffee every day, but I'm not sure everyone understands how it gets there, and how the choice of what you drink makes a massive difference at the beginning to the grower.” ~Hugh Jackman

"Enjoying the simple pleasures of a coffee, a creek and a camp miles from anyone is the perfect way to start any day." ~lifted from ps-grabthemaps

 

“Fancy things never appealed to me. I like the sweet, simple things. I like to watch the sunrise on my old front porch with a warm cup of coffee. I like good books on rainy afternoons. I like to grow things. And I like the way it feels to be surrounded by real friends and people I love.” ~Brooke Hampton

“I’m pieces of all the places I have been, and the people I have loved … I’ve been stitched together by song lyrics, book quotes, adventures, late night conversations, and the smell of coffee.” ~Brooke Hampton

"I hope there are days when your coffee tastes like magic, your playlist makes you dance, strangers make you smile, and the night sky touches your soul. I hope there are days when you fall in love with being alive." ~Brooke Hampton

"I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism." ~Abigail Reynolds, Pemberley By The Sea

"I only drink champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not." ~Coco Chanel

"If today gets difficult, remember the smell of coffee, the way sunlight bounces off a window, the sound of your favourite person's laugh, the feeling when a song you love comes on, the colour of the sky at dusk, and that we are here to take care of each other." ~Nanea Hoffman

"If you can't say anything nice, then you haven't had your coffee yet." ~Silver Lining of Your Cloud

"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence." ~Robert Fripp

"MY COFFEE: I'm only as strong as the coffee I drink, the hairspray I use, and the friends I have." ~Silver Lining of Your Cloud

"Our coffee is an experience that chalk is unable to convey." ~Anon

"Sometimes life, like coffee, requires pressure, patience, and precision  - to reveal what's most essential." ~Leaf in Light

"Speaking for myself, my morning cup of coffee is the spark that fuels my daily fire. It wakes me up. It makes me feel, well, human." ~Leon Della Bosca from Your Life Choices

"Tea has not the arrogance of wine, the self-consciousness of coffee, nor the simpering innocence of cocoa.” ~Okakura Kakuzo

 

"To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions." ~Silver Lining of Your Cloud

“Today’s goals: Coffee and kindness. Maybe two coffees, and then kindness.” ~Nanea Hoffman

Henri Juntila- How you live masters most

"One day, your heart will stop beating,  and none of your fears will matter. What will matter is how you lived." ~Henri Juntila 

Susanne West - Poetry

"Poetry is a place where the Infinite meets the finite and they celebrate their reunion." ~Susanne West (2023)

Janet Dickens -

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"The wings of transformation are born of patience and struggle." ~Janet Dickens

Lee Maynard - Autumn

"I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it." ~Lee Maynard

Stu Mittleman - Old Age

"We are not limited by our old age; we are liberated by it." ~Stu Mittleman

Ralph B. Perry - Age

"Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience." ~Ralph B. Perry

Barbara de Portago

"Good cheekbones are the brassiere of old age." ~Barbara de Portago 

WILLIAM JAMES QUOTES

 

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." ~William James 

"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." ~William James 

"Compared with what we ought to be, we are half awake." ~William James, "The Energies of Men" (1907)

"Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice." ~William James 

"He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had tried and failed." ~William James,  The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

"How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness, is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure." ~William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)

"If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience." ~William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)

"The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one." ~William James, The Letters of William James

"We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep." ~William James

"Whenever you are in conflict with someone,  there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude." ~William James 

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BIO

Psychologist and philosopher William James (1842-1910) is often referred to as the father of American psychology. His landmark textbook, The Principles of Psychology, is considered a classic text and one of the most significant works in psychology history. In addition to his work as a teacher and researcher, James was also known as a writer of great eloquence. Wilhelm Wundt, who is called the founder of modern psychology, famously remarked that James's Principles was beautiful.

William James is considered one of the most important American thinkers of the 19th century. He influenced American writers.

Hugh B. Brown - Night

"Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible.’’ ~Hugh B. Brown

Kenneth Behring - Pure and kind heart

“We must not assume that every person out there is greedy or selfish. We need to make room and give every person an opportunity to prove that they have pure and kind hearts. People with these kind souls are worth investing in." ~Kenneth Behring 

Ernest Rutherford - Stamp collecting

“All science is either physics or stamp collecting.” ~Ernest Rutherford

Georges Rodenbach - Act of writing

"The act of writing itself is like an act of love. There is contact. There is exchange too. We no longer know whether the words come out of the ink onto the page, or whether they emerge from the page itself where they were sleeping, the ink merely giving them colour." ~Georges Rodenbach, The Bells of Bruges

Eunjin Jang - Life

"Life is bearable when you have someone to write, and someone who writes you back." ~Eunjin Jang

Caroline George - Words

"It was through words I found you. Through words, I reach you. And through words, I beg to keep you close." ~Caroline George, Dearest Josephine

Mwanandeke Kindembo - Musician

"A musician is similar to someone who wrote a letter to the loved one. Then decided to read read it out loud instead of sending it." ~Mwanandeke Kindembo

Bryan Dyson - On Life

"Life is like juggling 5 balls: work, family, health, friends and spirit. Work is a rubber ball - it will bounce back. The rest are glass. Drop one, and it's foreverchanged." ~BryanDyson, CEO, Coca-Cola

Bernard Leach - Pots

For Irene and Matt 

“Good pots require the ardor of vocation and the devotion of a lifetime”. ~Bernard Leach

Elton John - Music

"Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.” ~Elton John

NESTOR PUNZALAN CRISOSTOMO Quotes

"Per unit weight, the world's most expensive piece of material is a postage stamp." ~Nestor Punzalan Crisostomo 

"The three most frequently-cited reasons for collecting stamps are knowledge, fun and investment." ~Nestor Punzalan Crisostomo 

ON POSITIVE THOUGHTS

"Positive thoughts always makes it Wonderful, Beautiful and Lovely! Let's make it that way." ~NPC

Chryssie Swarbrick - Legend of home country

"From birth, the legend of our "home" country is woven through everything we do. We are raised to miss a place we have never been to before." ~Chryssie Swarbrick

Pastor Eduardo Lapiz Quotes

"A clean heart is the best spa." ~Ed Lapiz

"Accept the force of gravity. 

 It rules us all." 

~Ed Lapiz

"Enjoy life whenever you can. Enjoy within limits. " ~Ed Lapiz 

"Find happiness in God's presence." ~Pastor Eduardo Lapiz 

"Fortify your life with a positive attitude and optimism." ~Ed Lapiz 

"Happiness brings out laughter. Laughter can induce happiness. " ~Pastor Eduardo Lapiz 

"Inner peace gives man the time and space to hear God,  to know God." ~Ed Lapiz 

"It is God who gives beauty." ~Ed Lapiz 

"Laughter celebrates happiness; Laughter can balance sadness Laughter can anaesthetise from pain." 

~Pastor Eduardo Lapiz

"Love people, but do not be too attached." ~Pastor Eduardo Lapiz 

"Make peace with neighbours." ~Ed Lapiz 

"Promote goodwill through speech." ~Ed Lapiz

Ed Lapiz' Sermon 

"Righteousness is the best therapy." ~Ed Lapiz

"Some people are cut out for singleness." ~Ed Lapiz 

"The preciseness of the Universe exhibits logic; that it is designed and is not a random accident." ~Pastor Eduardo Lapiz 

"Thoughts, words and attitude are prayers too." ~Pastor Eduardo Lapiz 

"Unfaithfulness is the number one destroyer of marriage." ~Ed Lapiz 

"We move in orbits, enjoy the ride." ~Ed Lapiz

"We must discipline our thoughts."~Ed Lapiz 

"What is known is little. 

What is unknown is immense."

~Ed Lapiz 

"Worry bites

Worry chokes 

Worry kills."

~Pastor Eduardo Lapziz 

PILIPINO

"Ang panaginip ay bunga ng maraming alalahanin." ~Banal na Bibliya 

 

Adam Danyal - People

"People are the heart and soul of every company. Your hard work and dedication fuel the power of any business. Lead the weak with strength. Stay well and powerful." ~Adam Danyal 

Louie Schwartzberg - Beauty

Azalea

From my front edge 

September 11, 2023

"You can find a lot of beauty when you slow down and notice all the wonderful things unfolding right before your eyes." ~Louie Schwartzberg, TED, 3 September 2023