~ QUOTE OF THE DAY ~

~ May 15, 2003 ~


"You can achieve anything you want in life if you have the courage
to dream it, the intelligence to make a realistic plan, and the will to
see that plan through to the end."

~ Sidney A. Friedman
(1935-, American Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, Author)


"Have you ever noticed how shore birds and gulls face into the wind when they are at rest on the beach? Of course - it keeps their feathers in perfect position. A good philosophy is to face your troubles; don't let them ruffle your feathers."


~ Eleanor E. Dater

~ May 16, 2003 ~


"Deep listening from the heart is one half of true communication.
Speaking from the heart is the other half."

~ Sara Paddison, Hidden Power of the Heart


"The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had."

~ unknown


"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when adults are afraid of the light."

~ Plato

~ May 19, 2003 ~


"We usually see only the things we are looking for - so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not."

~ Eric Hoffer, 1902 - 1983

"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution."

~ Kahlil Gibran

"Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment."

~ Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769 - 1821

Hmm Eric Hofer, the longshoreman/sociologist.

My undergraduate sociology prof. was enamoured of EH and especially his book, 'The True Believer'.

Here's a little description of Hoffer and 'The True Believer' .

Actually it's from the back cover of the book's latest edition. (it was originally published 50+ years ago but is still surprisingly relevant)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060505915/ref=lib_rd_ss_TBCV/102-3422468-6540169?v=glance&s=books&vi=reader&img=10#reader-link

Jjorge, thank you for the link, it is very interesting and all this from a man who is self-educated! Amazing!

~ May 21, 2003 ~


"Conquer yourself. Till you have done this, you are but a slave;
for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite
as to your own." ~

~ Richard E. Burton


"Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together."

~ Vista M. Kelly


"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an
indomitable will."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

~ May 22, 2003 ~

"If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the
spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more
dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more
daisies."

~ Nadine Stair


"Don't hurry. Don't worry. You are only here for a short visit,
so don't forget to stop and smell the flowers."

~ Walter Hagan



"Everyone and everything around you is your teacher."

~ Ken Keyes Jr.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived
(Henry David Thoreau)

Jjorge, love it!

~ May 23, 2003 ~

Men of few words are the best men,"
--Shakespeare (Henry V)

". . . the real great man is the man who makes everyone feel great."
--G. K. Chesterton

". . . everything that can be said can be said clearly."
--Ludwig Wittgenstein

You must believe in yourself:

"It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes."
--Sally Field

"It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not."
--Anon

"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them."
--Michael Jordan

"Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend."
--Laertius Diogenes

"Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead to sovereign power."
--Lord Tennyson

"It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid."
--James A. Michener

Don't work yourself sick:

"So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health."
--A.J. Reb Materi

~ May 27, 2003 ~


"The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is
protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the
one that stands in the open where it is compelled to
struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and
the scorching sun."

~ Napoleon Hill



"Life is simply what you make it, never compromise what you believe in for anyone. Live your life to the fullest, always believe that you can be whatever you want to be. If you find something in life that you love, stick with it; don't give it up! Last but not least, don't let anyone steal your joy because it's yours and it belongs to you."

~ LaTonya Bowie

~ May 28, 2003 ~


"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order
to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with
a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich
the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."

~ Woodrow Wilson

"What was hard to bear is sweet to remember."

~ Portuguese proverb

"When you give away a little piece of your heart, you're giving
away the only thing you can give away, which, after you do, you got more
left than you had before you gave some of it away."

~ Don Hutson
(American Sales Trainer)

~ May 30, 2003 ~

"What keeps you from believing that the universe is yours? Reach out,
embrace it. I say "sky's the limit!" So get your bag, get your stuff,
and head for the stars...I'll meet you out there."

~ Maura Beatty


"Success is living up to your potential. That's all. Wake up with a smile and go after life & Live it, enjoy it, taste it, smell it, feel it."

~ Joe Kapp

"But men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon ploughed into the soil for compost...they are employed, as it says in an old book, laying up treasures which moth and rust will corrupt and thieves break through and steal. It is a fool's life, as they will find when they get to the end of it, if not before"
(Henry David Thoreau)

Ahhhhhhhhh Jjorge, how true! Wonderful quote, and I thank you for posting it!

Misti

Glad you liked it. In the same vein:


"...I also have in my mind that seemingly wealthy, but most terribly impoverished class of all, who have accumulated dross, but know not how to use it,or get rid of it, and thus have forged their own golden or silver fetters."
(Henry David Thoreau)

~ May 31, 2003 ~


"God enters by a private door into every individual."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson



"Simplicity is the key to brilliance."

~ Bruce Lee


"Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause."

~ Voltaire

~ June 2, 2003 ~


"It is not what we see and touch or that which
others do for us which makes us happy;
it is that which we think and feel and do,
first for the other fellow and then for ourselves."

~ Helen Keller


"All things appear and disappear because of the
concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists
entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything
else."

~ Buddha

that is def beautiful please keep going with them.