~ QUOTE OF THE DAY ~

An unshared life is not living. He who shares does not lessen,
but greatens, his life.

Rabbi Stephen S. Wise


The aim of life is self-development, to realize one's nature
perfectly.

Oscar Wilde


We must always remember each day of our life that it's no dress rehearsal so make the most of it!

Author: Roto 4


Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any
other fragile and precious thing.

Randolph S. Bourne (1886-1918) American Writer


Fear of failure will absolutely destroy you.
You will walk down the middle of the street.
You will never take chances. You never go
down the little side street that you look at
and say. "That looks interesting. But I don't
know that street. I'll stay right here and
just walk this straight line."

Jack Lemmon in The Achievement Factors


To the analytical mind, the universe is broken apart. It is split into the
known and unknown, into the seen and unseen. But, in the mystic
contemplation, all things are seen as one. The mystic mind tends to hold
the world together.


Abraham Joshua Heschel


Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm." - Publilus Syrus

A professional is someone who can do his best work when
he doesn't feel like it.

Alistair Cooke


The dream begins with a teacher who believes
in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the
next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp
stick called 'truth.'

Dan Rather


If you limit your choices only to what
seems possible or reasonable, you
disconnect yourself from what you truly
want, and all that is left is compromise.
Robert Fritz


Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
Mother Teresa


I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty
to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer


Once out of all the gray days of my life I have looked into the heart of
reality; I have witnessed the truth; I have seen life as it really is -
ravishingly, ecstatically, madly beautiful, and filled to overflowing with a
wild joy, and a value unspeakable.
Margaret Prescott Montague


"... our spiritual progress is not to be measured by how many
lessons we receive, or even by how many of them we learn, but by
our willingness to look in the mirror when it is handed to us."
Paul Ferrini


If we love.....
If we love our children, we must love our earth with tender care and
pass it on, diverse and beautiful, so that on a warm spring day 10,000
years hence they can feel peace in a sea of grass,
can watch a bee visit a flower,
can hear a sandpiper call in the sky,
and can find joy in being alive.

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
Rudyard Kipling


I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.
Persian saying, Ancient


Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere,
and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself.
~ Author unknown ~


We shall find peace. We shall hear angels.
We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
~ Anton Chekov


"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein


"Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples."
George Burns


"Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself."
Roseanne


"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house."
Rod Stewart


"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
Napoleon Bonaparte


"If you cannot read this, please ask the flight attendant for assistance."
United Airlines Flight Safety Brochure


"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time."
Steven Wright


" No birth is an accident,
No experience is without meaning,
And no life is without value."
Gary Zukav

I think; therefore I am. - Rene Descartes


Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. - Greek proverb


It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. - Oliver Wendell Holmes


I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. - Voltaire


The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided. - Casey Stengal


Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. - W. C. Fields

Do not handicap your children
by making their lives easy. -- Robert Heinlein


Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others,
you should put a good deal
of thought into the happiness that you
are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt


Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without
coming away better and happier.
Mother Theresa


The saints are the sinners who keep on going.
Robert Louis Stevenson


Actions lie louder than words.
-- Carolyn Wells


Instant gratification takes too long.
-- Carrie Fisher


People say they always want a little bit of a challenge but everytime a challenge comes along they wish they would've taken the easy way out.
Author: Nikole Flannery


He who forgives ends the argument.
African Proverb


"Change is inevitable, growth is intentional."
-- Glenda Cloud


"What we see depends mainly on what we look for."
-- Sir John Lubbock


"Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich." - Sarah Bernhardt



"Work is not man's punishment! It is his reward and his strength,
his glory and his pleasure."
George Sand (1804-1876); French writer.


One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick.
Rabbi Harold Kushner


If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.
- Anonymous


If we don't change, we don't grow.

If we don't grow, we are not really living.

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
Gail Sheehy


"The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy, the gloom of somebody else."
~Arnold Bennett~


"You can always tell luck from ability by its duration."
~Author Unknown~


"The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance."
~Laurence J. Peter~


"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
~Pablo Picasso~


"Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share, and sought advantage over no one."
~Robert Brault~


"Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries."
~Corita Kent~


"The most important part of vehicle maintenance is clean windows - so
if you are broken down, you can still enjoy the beauty of the view."

Dan Eldon, 1970-1993
Artist and Photojournalist

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others
transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso


If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your
envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
Glenn Clark


We work to become, not to acquire.
Author: Elbert Hubbard


A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be,
he must be.
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) American Psychologist


Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take
the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in opinions and
ideas about what love is or should be. When you love, everything will come right. Love has its own action. Love, and you will know the blessings of it. Keep away from the authority who tells you what love is and what it is not. No authority knows and he who knows cannot tell. Love, and there is understanding.
J. Krishnamurti


"We should have no regrets. The past is finished. There is
nothing to be gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us
in the experiences it brought us was something we had to
know."
Rebecca Beard, Author


If it is to be, it is up to me." - Author Unknown


Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
Albert Schweitzer


You have to be able to look at yourself in the mirror every day and say, "I did the best I could."
Bonnie Reitz


Be civil to all;
sociable to many;
familiar with few;
friend to one;
enemy to none.

Benjamin Franklin

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I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as
confirmations of fortitude.
Oprah Winfrey

"Observe always that everything is the result of a change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and to make new ones like them." (Marcus Aurelius)


He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead.
Author: Unknown


Humor is the great thing, the saving thing.


The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away,
and a sunny spirit takes their place.
Mark Twain


"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones,
you'll start having positive results."
Willie Nelson, Singer and Songwriter


"Your resistance is not in the way
it is the way"
Rod Newton

And as Rick Jarow puts it:

"We are not obliged to go outside of ourselves to find
our "calling"; instead, our authentic work will grow out
of the very symptoms that currently block the way."


There is a vitality, a
life force, an energy, a
quickening, that is
translated through you
into action, and
because there is only
one of you in all time,
this expression is
unique. And if you
block it, it will never
exist through any other
medium and it will be
lost. Graham, Martha


This above all;
to thine own self
be true.
William Shakespeare


"To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly."
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784); English writer.


"What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy." Voltaire


"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,
or sailed to an uncharted land,
or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."
~~ Helen Keller ~~


"Work is not man's punishment! It is his reward and his strength,
his glory and his pleasure."
George Sand (1804-1876); French writer.

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." (Victor Borge)


When the pupil is ready, the teacher will appear.
Author: Unknown


No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and
good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being
helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop


A man becomes the song he sings.
Irish proverb


"I will write myself into well-being."
Nancy Mair


"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher


Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
Lord Byron


If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost; that is
where they should be. Now put the
foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau


"Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted." - Author Unknown


We all moan.....
We all moan and groan about the loss of the quality of life through the
destruction of our ecology, and yet each one of us, in our own little
comfortable ways, contributes daily to that destruction.
It's time now to awaken in each one of us the respect and attention our
beloved Mother deserves.
-Ed Asner,
American actor

"If you haven't any charity in your heart,
you have the worst kind of heart trouble."
Bob Hope


"A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives."
Jackie Robinson


"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word,
a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
Leo Buscaglia


"In helping others, we shall help ourselves,
for whatever good we give out completes the circle and
comes back to us."
Flora Edwards


"Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid."
Albert Schweitzer


"Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine."
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850); French writer.


Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a
state of mind. Some of us, no
matter how much money we have, will
never be free enough to take time to
stop and eat the heart of the watermelon.
And some of us will be rich without
ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game. -- Harvey Mackay


This the last of human freedoms--to choose
one's attitude in any given
set of circumstances, to choose ones own way.
Victor Frankl

Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Robert H. Schuller


Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt


"Observe always that everything is the result of a change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and to make new ones like them." (Marcus Aurelius)

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." -- Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)


"The tree that never had to fight for sun and sky and air and light,
That stood out in the open plain and always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest king, but died a scrubby thing.
Good timber does not grow with ease.
The stronger the wind, the stronger the tree."
- Author Unknown


"Be mindful of how you approach time. Watching the clock is not the same as watching the sun rise."
-- Sophia Bedford-Pierce


I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin,
I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.
Beverly Sills

Sensible people get paid for playing - that is the art of life.
Alan Watts


"It never occurs to me that there are things that I can't do."
Whoopi Goldberg, Actress


There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up
of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind
deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us,
has entered into the make-up of our character and of our
thoughts, as well as our success.
George Matthew Adams


You must not only aim aright, but draw the bow with all your might.
Henry David Thoreau


Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
-Albert Einstein


Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble. -Arabic Parable.


The love for all living creatures is the noblest attribute of man. -Charles Darwin.


If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they do not, they never were.
-Anon.


The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -Eleanor Roosevelt.


Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. -Buddha


Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
~Bernice Johnson Reagon

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had
them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to
stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan


The choice between love and fear is made every moment in our hearts and minds. That is where the peace process begins. Without peace within, peace in the world is an empty wish. Like love, peace is extended. It cannot be brought from the world to the heart. It must be brought from each heart to another, and thus to all mankind.

Paul Ferrini


"When you get in a tight place and everything goes against you, till it
seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up
then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

~ Harriet Beecher Stowe


If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and
endeavors to lead the life which he has imagined, he will meet
with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau


A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Francis Bacon


Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after
the emotion with which it was made has passed.

Brian Tracy


"I've never met a healthy person who worried much about his
health, or a good person who worried much about his soul."

JOHN B.S. HALDANE

"According to a brand new study by Italian scientists, eating one or more pizzas a week dramatically decreases the chance of getting cancer - mainly because it's hard to get cancer after dying from a heart attack."

-Conan O'Brien


Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you.
Madeline Bridges


A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
-- Winston Churchill


Don't wait for the last judgment; it takes place every day.
-- Albert Camus


The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
-- Unknown


I am so evil that heaven won't take me and hell is afraid I'll take over.
-- Unknown(T-shirt)


A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.
-- Gustave Flaubert


Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out.
-- Anton Chekhov


The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share
your riches, but to reveal to him his own.

Benjamin Disraeli

Shared this on another forum, but it also belongs here. c.i.
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Have you ever wondered where the phrase "You gotta be shittin' me" came
from?
Well, it just so happens to have originated through the Father of our
Country. Way back, George Washington was crossing the Delaware River
with his troops. There were 33 in Washington's boat. It was extremely
dark and storming furiously and the water was tossing them about.
Finally, Washington grabbed Corporal Peters and stationed him at the
front of the boat with a lantern. He ordered him to keep swinging it so
they could see where they were heading. Corporal Peters, through the
driving rain and cold, continued swinging the lantern back and forth,
back and forth. Then a big gust of wind and wave hit and threw Corporal
Peters and his lantern into the Delaware. Washington and his troops
searched for nearly an hour trying to find Corporal Peters, but to no
avail. All of them felt terrible, for the corporal had been one of
their favorites. Sometime later, Washington and his troops landed on
the other side, wet and totally exhausted. He rallied the troops and
told them they must go on. Another hour later, one of his men said,
"General, I see lights ahead!" They trudged towards the lights and came
upon a huge house. What they didn't know was that this was a house of
ill repute hidden in the forest to serve all who came. General
Washington pounded on the door, his men crowding around him. The door
swung open, and much to his surprise stood a beautiful woman. A huge
smile came across her face to see so many men standing there.Washington
was the first to speak, "Madam, I'm General George Washington and these
are my men. We're tired, wet, exhausted and desperately need warmth and
comfort." Again, the Madam looked at all the men standing there, and
with a broad smile on her face, said, "Well, General, you have come to
the right place. We can surely give you warmth and comfort. How many
men do you have?"
Washington replied, "Well, madam, there are 32 of us without Peters."
And the Madam said, "You gotta be shittin me!"

"The consummate truth of life is that we alter our destiny
by altering our thoughts. The mind is our most crucial
resource, our crowning asset, our ultimate arena of
battle."
Dennis Deaton


Try not to become a man of success.
Rather become a man of value.
Albert Einstein


A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm,
that after they have lost all they are sure to lose in mixing with
the world, enough may still remain to prompt and support them through
great actions.
Julius C. Hare (1795-1855) English Cleric


The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and
not on our circumstances. We carry the seed of one or the other about with
us in our minds wherever we go.
Martha Washington


Love is a fruit in season at all
times, and within the reach
of every hand.
Mother Teresa


Begin today! No matter how feeble
the light, let it shine as best it may.
The world may need just that
quality of light which you have.
Henry C. Blinn

When you take a flower in your hand and really look
at it, it's your world for the moment.

Georgia O'Keefe



At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

Dame Rose Macaulay (1881 - 1958)



There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience.

Euripedes



"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.
Where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless."

~~ Eric Hoffer



"I'm realistic -- I expect miracles."
~~ Wayne Dyer


That best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)



He who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds
are not found in polished stones. They are made.

-- Henry B. Wilson


"A man must keep a little back shop where he can be
himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know
true freedom."

Michel de Montaigne, French Essayist


Only dreamers can teach us to soar.

Anne Marie Pierce



We need time to dream, time to remember, and time to reach the
infinite. Time to be.

Gladys Taber


It takes a person who is wide awake to make their dream come true.

Roger Babson


There are victories of the soul and spirit. Because of these, sometimes even when you lose, you win.


Elie Wiesel

Misti, I've used the saying, "I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a boy who had no feet" as my anchor throughout my childhood. We came from very modest backgrounds, and that had great meaning for me. c.i.

I have learned this at least by my experiments; that if one advances
confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life
which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common
hours.
Henry David Thoreau

Misti, Did you know that Thoreau's writing was the basis for Gandhi's non-violence protests? c.i.