c.i., no, I didn't, very interesting!
Misti, The only reason I know about Gandhi is the result of a paper I wrote in college - over forty years ago. Here's a link that explains it more fully. c.i.
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap4/thoreau.html
In my lifetime,
I hope to develop
Arms that are strong,
Hands that are gentle,
Ears that will listen,
Eyes that are kind,
A mind full of wisdom,
A heart that understands,
A tongue that will speak softly.
Unknown
Be glad of life
because it gives you the
chance to love,
to work, to play, and
to look up at the stars.
Henry Van Dyke
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important
thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
Eleanor Roosevelt
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying
over your head, but you can prevent them from building
nests in your hair.
Author Unknown
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Forgiveness has nothing to do with releasing another person from
responsibility. It has only to do with releasing yourself from perpetual
torment.
Stephen Zanichkowsky
"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."
Frank A Clark
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the
plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
Logan Pearsall Smith
"When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past?"
Robert Half
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy , not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all
cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let
the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
"When I am anxious it is because I am living in the future. When I am depressed it is because I am living in the past."
-Author Unknown
"And the day came
when the risk it took
to remain tight in the bud
was more painful than
the risk it took to blossom"
- Anais Nin
"when in doubt, deny, deny, deny."
"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments
in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the
graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved.
The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to
the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in,
sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are
measured by these."
Susan B. Anthony, Women's Rights Advocate
The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets
up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The
saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world,
himself a light.
Felix Adler
"I think that whenever soul is present, it's because what you're doing, whom you're with, where you are, evokes love without your thinking about it. You are totally absorbed in the place or person or event, without ego and without judgment."
Jean Shinoda Bolen
Nothing is worth more than this day.
Johann von Goethe
"I have learned through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to
conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy, even
so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can move the
world."
Mahatma Gandhi
Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you
may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life.
What is it you would let go of today?
Mary Manin Morrissey author
Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare.
But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.
Author: Saadi of Shiraz (c. 1200 AD)
Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person
apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand
you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own
way and time -- just like it does for you and me.
Sara Paddison, The Hidden Power of the Heart, (c) 1998, HeartMath
"Forget the resolutions. Forget control and discipline...too much work. Instead try experimenting. Go in search of something to fall in love with...something about yourself, your career, your spouse."
Dale Dauten
"Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things."
Albert Einstein
"To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart."
Pearl S. Buck
"Always aim higher than you believe you can reach. So often, you'll
discover that when your talents are set free by your imagination, you
can achieve any goal.
If people offer their help or wisdom as you go through life, accept it
gratefully. You can learn much from those who have gone before you.
But never be afraid or hesitant to step off the accepted path and head
off in your own direction, if your heart tells you that it's the right
way for you.
Always believe that you will ultimately succeed at whatever you do, and
never forget the value of persistence, discipline, and determination.
You are meant to be whatever you dream of becoming."
Edmund O'Neill
"Set out each day believing in your dreams. Know without a doubt that
you were made for amazing things."
Josh Hinds
"If you can dream it, you can do it.
Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse."
Walt Disney
"Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical
reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true."
Napoleon Hill
"The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you."
Tom Bradley
"We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more
impossible dreams."
Jesse Jackson
Climb high, climb far, your goal the sky, your aim the star. ---Anonymous
"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have
reached the top. Then you will see how low it was."
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. First Lady
"The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not
that of having had one."
~ Seneca
