Thought for Today - Compassionate Soul

"A compassionate soul will travel great distances and scale high walls in order to understand another point of view." ~Thought for Today-UK

Maria Calvo - doorstep

"Do not let the shadows of your past darken the doorstep of your future. Forgive and Forget and TRUST in God." ~Maria Calvo

Daniella Kessler Quotes

‎"When you feel left out, there is comfort to be had in knowing that you are loved." ~Daniella Kessler

"Your power and light is within you, look inward towards yourself." ~Daniella Kessler

David Burns - You

"There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you" ~David Burns

W. Clement Stone Quotes

"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star." ~W. Clement Stone

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity." ~W. Clement Stone

"Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying." ~W. Clement Stone

"Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance." ~Clement Stone

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." ~W. Clement Stone

"When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions." ~W. Clement Stone

"When you discover your mission...it will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it." ~W. Clement Stone

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Thought for Today - Determination

"Determination is an unbroken line, a backbone. Without determination life becomes scattered. Determination makes you sit up straight and love everything." ~Thought for Today-UK

Real Live Preacher - Integrity

"Integrity combined with faithfulness is a powerful force and worthy of great respect." ~Real Live Preacher

DR. DAVID VISCOTT Quotes

"If we are the sum of everything that happens to us, to limit a person's experience is to limit their growth." ~Dr. David Viscott, Pulitzer Prize Psychiatrist (1938-1996)

"If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed." ~David Viscott

"Indeed, to take on the burden of sentry, guarding another person's borders, is to interfere with that person's life lesson." ~Dr. David Viscott, Psychiatrist (Inspiration Line - Blessing the Obstacles).

"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." ~David Viscott

"You cannot protect anyone from themselves; you cannot protect anyone from life. You cannot spare a loved one the confrontation with their own mortality, their own stupidity or their own emptiness.

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Marianne LaFrance - smile

"The smile is the most scientifically studied human facial expression." ~Marianne LaFrance, Yale psychology professor (Lip Service), O Magazine

Jennifer Margulis - as it seems

"What goes from ear to ear isn't as simple as it seems." ~Jennifer Margulis

Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

"Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure." ~Alfred North Whitehead

"Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it." ~A.N. Whitehead

“If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer” ~Alfred North Whitehead

"Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended." ~Alfred North Whitehead

"Knowledge does not keep any better than fish.” ~Alfred North Whitehead

"Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up." ~Alfred Whitehead

“Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.” ~Alfred North Whitehead

“The pupil's mind is a growing organism...it is not a box to be ruthlessly packed with alien ideas.” ~Alfred North Whitehead

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Curtis Rufus Quintus - Habit

“Habit is stronger than nature. [Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]” ~Quintus Curtius Rufus (Curtis Rufus Quintus)

Woody Allen Quotes

"Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem." ~Woody Allen

"I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens." ~Woody Allen

"If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe." ~Woody Allen

"It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune." ~Woody Allen

"Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable." ~Woody Allen

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons." ~Woody Allen

"More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly." ~Woody Allen

"The only way to be happy is to love to suffer." ~Woody Allen

"The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have." ~Woody Allen

"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred." ~Woody Allen (1935-)

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Thomas L. Odem Jr - smile

“If the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of joy within your heart. Then in living - I have made my mark.” ~Thomas L. Odem Jr

Jodi Picoult Quotes

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"Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look." ~Jodi Picoult

"For every lady who thinks we all want a girl like Angelina Jolie, all skinny elbows and angles, the truth is, we'd rather curl up with someone who's soft when a guy wraps his arms around her; a woman who might have a smear of flour on her shirt the whole day and not notice or care, a woman who doesn't feel like an exotic vacation but is the home we can't wait to come back to." ~Jodi Picoult, Handle With Care

"If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over—only living with the mistakes you've made." ~Jodi Piccoult

"… if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them." ~Jodi Picoult

"Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them." ~Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper.

“Love is not a because, it’s a no matter what.” ~Jodi Picoult (Second Glance)

"Some lessons can't be taught, they simply have to be learned." ~Jodi Picoult

"The act of reading is a partnership. the author builds a house, but the reader makes it a home." ~J. Picoult

"The shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl." ~Jodi Picoult

"There’s always going to be bad stuff out there. But here’s the amazing thing—light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can’t stick the dark into the light." ~Jodi Picoult

"The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second." ~Jodi Picoult

"You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact they're not." ~Jodi Picoult

"You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page." ~Jodi Picoult

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Thought for Today - Self-Confidence

"Self-confidence is to know your way around yourself so instinctively that you always have a strength to draw on. Somewhere inside, from the stillness, you always find something that can meet your need. Self-confidence runs much deeper than nerves." ~Thought for Today-UK

KOFI ANNAN Quotes

"All is not well. Science tells us that if we do not take the right action now, climate change will bring havoc, even within our lifetime." ~Kofi Annan

"Education is peace-building by another name. Here's why." ~Kofi Annan

"Education is the most effective form of defense spending there is." ~Kofi Annan

"Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance." ~Kofi Annan

"Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family." ~Kofi Annan

"Let us remember that every person who is infected, whatever the reason, is a fellow human being with human rights and human needs." ~Kofi Annan

"More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development." ~Kofi Annan

"There were governments that were not willing to make the concessions necessary, there were spoilers also in the group, let's be quite honest about that, ... I've tried to get them to understand that in our interconnected world, we need to look at issues in much broader terms rather than narrow national interests." ~Kofi Annan

"Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations." ~Kofi Annan

“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race” ~Kofi Annan

"Without ending the oppression of women, we will never bring an end to extreme poverty." ~Kofi Annan

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Hafiz of Shiraz Quotes

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"A day of silence can be a pilgrimage in itself." ~Hafiz

"A poet is someone who can pour light into a spoon, and then raise it to nourish your beautiful,  parched holy mouth." ~Hafiz 

 "Awake, my dear. Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light and let it breathe." ~Hafiz Shirazi

    

"Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth 'You owe Me'. Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the Whole sky." ~Hafiz

"Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you. ~Hafiz

"Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.” ~Hafiz

"For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one. And bring some peace into your beautiful eyes." ~Hafiz

"Forgiveness is part of the treasure you need to craft your falcon wings and return to your true realm of Divine freedom." ~Hafiz

"I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist,  a Jew." ~Hafez

"I once asked a bird, "How is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness?" The bird responded, 'Love lifts me'." ~Hafiz

"I sometimes forget that I was created for joy. My mind is too busy. My heart is too heavy. Heavy for me to remember that I have been called to dance the sacred dance for life. I was created to smile, to love, to be lifted up, and lift others up. O sacred one, untangle my feet from all that ensnares. Free my soul. That we might dance. And that our dancing might be contagious." ~Hafiz

"I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being." ~Hafiz of Shiraz

"Love sometimes wants to do us a great favour: hold us upside down and shake all the nonesense out." ~Hafiz

"Love will surely bust you wide open into an unfettered, blooming new galaxy" ~Hafiz

"May the gratitude in my heart kiss all the universe." ~Hafiz

"One regret, dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough." ~Hafiz

"Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” ~Hafiz

"The heart is the thousand-stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love." ~Hafiz

"The words you speak become the house you live in." ~Hafiz

"This place where you are right now God circled on a map for you." ~Hafiz

"We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!" ~Hafiz

"What we speak becomes the house we live in." ~Hafiz

"Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends." ~Hafiz

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"And still, after all this time,
The sun never says to the earth,
'You owe me.'
Look what happens with
A love like that,
It lights the whole sky."
~Hafiz

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"I know the voice of depression
Still calls to you.
I know those habits that can ruin your life
Still send their invitations.
But you are with the Friend now
And look so much stronger.
You can stay that way
And even bloom!"
~Hafiz

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"One day the sun admitted,
I am just a shadow.
I wish I could show you
The Infinite Incandescence
That has cast my brilliant image!
I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The astonishing Light
Of your own Being"
-Hafiz

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"Run my dear,
from anything that
May not strengthen
Your budding wings.
Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender
Vision of your beautiful
Heart."
~Hafiz


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Gemma Wiseman - Winter

"Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist." ~Gemma Wiseman

Sir Theodore Martin - elixir of life

"Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man." ~Sir Theodore Martin

Willard Gibbs - sum

"The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts." ~Willard Gibbs

Bob Newhart - be a child

"I think you should be a child for as long as you can. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun." ~Bob Newhart

Jim Fiebig - Age

"Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone." ~Jim Fiebig

Victor Papanek - design

"The only important thing about design is how it relates to people." ~Victor Papanek

Thomas Wolfe Quotes

“Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.” ~Thomas Wolfe

"You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity." ~Thomas Wolfe

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