Myrtle Vergotine - Good night

"Morning may make us a bit tense, afternoon makes us tired, evening makes us engage, but only night makes us rest, so close your eyes and enjoy your dreams." ~Myrtle Vergotine

Bible Verses

But as it is written, “ Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” ~I Corinthians 2:9

Muhammad Ali - a champion

"I hated every minute of training but I said, don't quit. suffer now and live the rest of your life like a champion." ~Muhammad Ali

Louise Hay - turn it around

"No matter what life gives you, you can turn it around." ~Louise Hay

You are the light of the world.
Follow your inner star to sparkle and shine in your own unique way.
You have a beautiful soul, and an outer body and a personality.
But your soul is the center.
Your soul is the part of you that’s eternal.
Your soul can’t be hurt or destroyed.
It can only be enriched by whatever your life experiences are.
I believe that laughing, singing, and dancing are natural, normal spontaneous expressions.
So, don’t worry, be happy, and dance your way through life.

Source: Positive Thoughts

Innerspace Quotes

"Every action has its seed in a thought and every thought is a creation of the thinker, the soul. I choose what thoughts I want to create and as is my thinking so is my experience in life. Going within, I touch the stillness and pure love that lie at the core of my being and every thought that I create is of benefit to myself and of benefit to humanity." ~Innerspace

"Your serenity is based on taking responsibility without taking blame, and letting go without giving up." ~Innerspace

Joan Chittister - do good

"It's one thing to do good; it's another thing to be good. It's possible, perhaps, to do good simply out of principle, but it's impossible to really be good that way--not if goodness is a quality of the heart and not simply an exercise of the will." ~Joan Chittister

Herman Melville - true places

"It is not down in any map, true places never are." ~Herman Melville

R. D. Laing - avoid pain

“There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.” ~R. D. Laing

Dana Bate - Wisdom

"Wisdom flutters through the mind like a butterfly only to be captured in someone's net and pinned to the wall in the dead form of words." ~Dana Bate

Aesop - shadow

"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow." ~ Aesop (Shadow Quote)

Polly Berrien - loving

“The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving." ~Polly Berrien Berends:

Quotes From the Vagabond Journeys

"Sometimes creativity is a compulsion not an ambition." ~ Ed Norton


"The very essence of love demands that we give it away." ~Woodeene Koenig-Bricker

Neil Armstrong - man on the moon

"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." ~Neil Armstrong (step and leap)

Ellen Kreidman - no string attached

"Unqualified love means there are no prerequisites, no contingencies, no requirements for your love. It is a gift given with no strings attached." ~Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D.

Anais Nin - tolerant world

"When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable to others." ~Anais Nin

Thought for Today

Contentment
Contentment is a great virtue, though it may not attract one's attention at first. Those who are truly content are usually quiet about it. It is a pleasure to be in their company, because they are full, peaceful, and generous.

James Bryce - Patriotism

"Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong." ~James Bryce

Stephen Nachmanovitch - play

"Creative work is play.Stephen Nachmanovitch It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form." ~Stephen Nachmanovitch

Pietro Aretino - Self awareness

“I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.”~Pietro Aretino

Bernard Baruch - before you go to bed

"One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody, everything, every night before you go to bed." ~Bernard Baruch

Anon - LIFETIME RELATIONSHIPS

"LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant." ~Author Unknown from the Positive Thoughts

George Washington - celestial fire

"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience." ~George Washington

Yogi Berra - keep looking

"You can see a lot by just looking." ~Yogi Berra

David Starr Jordan - wisdom

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it." ~David Starr Jordan

Ben Barry - beauty

"We have the power to challenge and redefine beauty every day through our words and actions." ~Ben Barry

Joseph Joubert - prudent

"Chance generally favors the prudent." ~Joseph Joubert

Pablo Picasso Quotes

"I'm always doing things I can't do; that's how I get to do them" ~Pablo Picasso

“Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?” ~Pablo Picasso on Painting

Bruce Lee - wise man and a fool

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer." ~Bruce Lee

Jill Hanna Quotes

"Contentment is not something to be gained by possession. You can not work simply at being content, but must work at making a difference. True contentment is gained by the difference you make in the lives of others." ~Jill Hanna

"We are not defined by our trials, but by how we face them. We are all afraid; bravery is a choice, that though you may lose, you shall never be defeated." ~Jill Hanna

Michel de Montaigne - good marriage

"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband." ~Michel de Montaigne

Antonio Porchia - road

"Before I travelled my road I was my road." ~Antonio Porchia

Bram Mesland -enjoy every moment

“Keep your love tightly and do not think too hard about your relationship, because doubt will separate you from your love. Enjoy every moment together.” ~Bram Mesland

Samuel Johnson - kindness

"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not." ~Samuel Johnson

Edward Abbey- drink and shrink

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“A drink a day keeps the shrink away” ~Edward Abbey

Bernard M. Baruch - opinions and facts

“Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” ~Bernard M. Baruch

Adele Basheer - destiny

"Listen to the sound of your soul. The truth of your destiny lives in your heart." ~Adele Basheer

Robert Brault - beyond capability

"How often in life we complete a task that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it." ~Robert Brault

Fran Lebowitz - Life

"Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep." ~Fran Lebowitz

Education Quotes

"Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled." ~ Wu Ting-Fang

"Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't." ~Pete Seeger  

Philip Whitmore Snr - real man

"Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy!" ~Philip Whitmore Snr

Max Eastman - sense of humor

"It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor." ~Max Eastman

Laurie R. King - tears

"Tears wash away the fear and cool the hate." ~Laurie R. King

Bob Hope - charity

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

Wilson Mizner - plagiarism and research

"When you steal from one author, it's plagiarism. When you steal from many, it's research." ~Wilson Mizner

I Quotes

"I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance." ~Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

"I can't complain but sometimes I still do." ~Joe Walsh

"I can't criticize what I don't understand. If you want to call this art you've got the benefit of all my doubts." ~ Charles Rosin

"I can't think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn't help just a little bit." ~Susan Glasee

"I do not dream at night, I dream all day, I dream for a living." ~Steven Spielberg

"I feel sorry for people who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning it is as good as they are going to feel all day." ~Frank Sinatra

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set I go into the other room and read a book." ~Groucho Marx

"I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn’t judge you." ~Debra Winger

"I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving and receiving - not giving and taking." ~Joyce Grenfell

"I have often depended on the blindness of strangers." ~Adrienne E. Gusoff

"I have such poor vision I can date anybody." ~Garry Shandling

"I have thought too much to stoop to action." ~Adam De Lisle

"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion." ~Themistocles

"I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers someone is taking the time to plant some." ~Herbert Rappaport

"I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent" ~Ashleigh Brilliant

Virginia Woolfe - humor

"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue." ~Virginia Woolfe

Alan Cohen Quotes

“Enlightenment does not ask you to be perfect; it simply asks you to find perfection right where you stand.” ~Alan Cohen 

“You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.” ~Alan Cohen

Noah benShea Quotes

"Things don't have to be good for us to be great." ~Noah benShea

"What grows never grows old" ~Noah benShea

Sidney Goff - speak reasonably

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.” ~Sidney Goff on Advice / experience / wisdom

Tyler Perry - walk forward

“It's simple: When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn your back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.” ~Tyler Perry

Dorothy Allison - life

“I claimed myself and remade my life.” ~Dorothy Allison

Princess Diana Spencer - hang on to that love

"If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love." ~Princess Diana Spencer

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton - talent

“Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.” ~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Henry Neele -sands of life

“On the sands of life sorrow treads heavily, and leaves a print time cannot wash away.” ~Henry Neele

Marcus Garvey - confidence

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.” ~Marcus Garvey on Defeat

John Lennon - counting

"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears." ~John Lennon

Maurice Freehill - dark and light

"Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?" ~Maurice Freehill

Caecilius Statius - servant

"Grant us a brief delay impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.' ~Caecilius Statius

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco - give and forget

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting.” ~Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco

Epicurus - wisdom provides

"Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship." ~Epicurus

Harry S Truman - truth

"Intense feeling too often obscures the truth." ~Harry S Truman

Sir Richard Steele - Posterity

“We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.” ~Sir Richard Steele

Vincent Van Gogh Quotes

"Conscience is a man's compass." ~Vincent Van Gogh 

"If you hear a voice within you say, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint…and that voice will be silenced." ~Vincent Van Gogh

Charles Mayes - worth living

"Make sure the thing you’re living for is worth dying for. " ~Charles Mayes

Karen Elizabeth Gordon - either

"Either I've been missing something or nothing has been going on." ~Karen Elizabeth Gordon

Germaine Greer - energy

"Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it." ~Germaine Greer

Terri Guillemets Quotes

"Life's not always fair. Sometimes you can get a splinter even sliding down a rainbow." ~Terri Guillemets

"Skin is a covering for our immortality." ~Terri Guillemets

Alfred Lord Tennyson - half-truth

"A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

Dr. Robert Schuller - flawless

"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly." ~Dr. Robert Schuller

Howard Scott - criminal

"Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation." ~Howard Scott

Queen Elizabeth II - family

"Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements." ~Elizabeth II (b. 1926), British monarch, Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. quoted in Daily Mail (London, Oct. 19, 1989).

Titus Livius - scheme and boldness

"Such impetuous schemes and boldness are at first sight alluring, but are difficult to handle, and in the result disastrous." ~Titus Livius (Livy) (59 B.C.–A.D. 17), Roman historian. Histories, XXXV, 32.

Djamellah Dancel Occena - truth and lie

"I prefer to be hated for telling the truth, than loved for telling a lie." ~ Djamellah Dancel Occena

Olin Miller - feelings

"A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings" ~Olin Miller

Og Mandino -love

"Do all things with love." ~Og Mandino

Walt Disney -dream

"If you can dream it, you can do it." ~Walt Disney

John Sloan - stagnant mind

"Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind." ~John Sloan

Gertrude Stein Quotes

"Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening." ~Gertrude Stein

"Counting is the religion of this generation, it is its hope and its salvation." ~Gertrude Stein

Harold Wilson - courage

"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death." ~Harold Wilson

Pythagoras - soul

"Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body." ~Pythagoras

Geof Greenleaf - class

"Class is how you treat people who can do nothing for you." ~Geof Greenleaf

R. Buckminster Fuller - gravity

"Love is metaphysical gravity." ~R. Buckminster Fuller

Charles Prestwich Scott - sacred facts

"Comments are free but facts are sacred." ~Charles Prestwich Scott

William Orville Douglas - law

"Common sense often makes good law." ~William Orville Douglas

Heraclitus - same river

"You cannot step into the same river twice." ~Heraclitus

Ingrid Bergman - kiss

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." ~Ingrid Bergman

Forest Whitaker - compassion finds love

"It is about finding compassion, and through compassion, finding love." ~Forest Whitaker

Honoré de Balzac - poetry

"Love is the poetry of the senses." ~Honoré de Balzac

Dr Michael Phelps - sudden death

"The trouble with heart disease is that the first symptom is often hard to deal with: sudden death." ~Dr Michael Phelps

Alfred Korzybski Quotes

"The map is not the territory." ~ Alfred Korzybski

"There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking." ~Alfred Korzybski

John Barrymore - place of dreams

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. " ~John Barrymore

Dianne Hales - friend

“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently invites you to grow.” ~Dianne Hales

Austin O'Malley - Revenge

“Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.” ~Austin O'Malley

Nipun Mehta - nothing left to take

"Service doesn't start when you have something to give -- it blossoms naturally when you have nothing left to take." ~Nipun Mehta

Zen Saying

"Knock on the sky and listen to the sound." ~Zen Saying

"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place." ~Zen

Jay-Z - excellence

"Excellence is being able to perform at a high level for a long period of time." ~Jay-Z

Thomas A. Bennett - loving mind

"No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind." ~Thomas A. Bennett

Simon Cowell - hype

"I would say the biggest failures I've had were at a time when I believed my own hype." ~Simon Cowell

Dr Phil McGraw Quotes

"Just about everybody has a temper, but could you have the warrior gene?" ~Dr Phil McGraw

"The most important relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself." ~Dr Phil McGraw

George R. Bach - anger

"Anger cannot be dishonest." ~George R. Bach

Diane Sawyer - cure and hope

"Whenever you are blue or lonely or stricken by something you did, the cure and the hope is in caring about other people." ~Diane Sawyer

Harriet Lerner - anger

"Anger is a signal and one worth listening to." ~Harriet Lerner

Francis Bacon - anger

"Anger makes dull men witty but it keeps them poor." ~Francis Bacon

Cherie Carter-Scott -anger

"Anger makes you smaller while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were." ~Cherie Carter-Scott

Henri Louis Bergson - act like a man

"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought." ~Henri Louis Bergson

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - forgiveness

"Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge." ~Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Eric Gibson - anonymity

"Anonymity is the truest expression of altruism." ~Eric Gibson

Adam Smith -pulse

"Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse." ~Adam Smith

Pyrrhus - undone

"Another such victory over the Romans and we are undone." ~Pyrrhus

B. J. Gupta Quotes

"Any activity that adversely affects society is immoral." ~B. J. Gupta

 Earn but don't burn." ~B. J. Gupta

"Hard work doesn't guarantee success but improves its chances." ~B. J. Gupta

W. Kelly Griffith - honor and dignity

"Any necessary work that pays an honest wage carries its own honor and dignity. " ~W. Kelly Griffith

E. H. Gombrich - needle

"Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there." ~E. H. Gombrich

Elias Schwartz - not worth doing

"Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well. Think about it." ~Elias Schwartz

Mickey Mouse - arithmetic

"Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes." ~Mickey Mouse

Andre Gide Quotes

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist and the less the artist does, the better." ~Andre Gide

"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." ~Andre Gide

Cicero Quote

"Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature." ~Cicero

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others." ~Cicero

ACIM - tasl

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." ~ACIM

James Thurber - question and answer

"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers." ~James Thurber

Toledo Blade - minds for repair

“A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.” ~Toledo Blade

Edgar Saltus - woman

"A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm." ~Edgar Saltus

Julia Roberts - love

"You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness." ~Julia Roberts

Catherine Pulsifer -dreams

"Don't let go of your dreams. If you have determination and belief in your dreams, you will succeed spite of your desire to let go." ~Catherine Pulsifer

Edward R. Murrow - obscure and obvious

"The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer." ~Edward R. Murrow

Frank Lloyd Wright - nature

"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." ~Frank Lloyd Wright

Jacques Maritain - gratitude

"Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy." ~Jacques Maritain

Carlos Castaneda - work

"We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same." ~Carlos Castaneda

Marcus Valerius Martialis Quotes

"Conceal a flaw and the world will imagine the worst." ~Marcus Valerius Martialis

“Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.” ~Marcus Valerius Martialis

Marcus Aurelius - death

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” ~Marcus Aurelius

Terry Josephson - live your life

"No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head." ~Terry Josephson

Anthony Robbins Quotes

INDECISION IS THE ENEMY. Just make any decision and get on with your life! You can always change direction along the way." ~Anthony Robbins

"People will hate you, rate you, break you and shake you. How strong you stand is what makes you." ~Anthony Robbins

"To measure success with material things is failure!" ~Anthony Robbins

"When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears." ~Anthony Robbins

Barbarella - life of cause and effect

"A life without cause is a life without effect." ~Barbarella

Erich Fromm - main task

"Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself." ~Erich Fromm

Henry Ford - idealist

"An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous." ~Henry Ford”

Mohandas Gandhi Quotes

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." ~Mohandas Gandhi

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world." ~Mohandas Gandhi

Deloran Newkirk Quotes

"Love is ineffable, ineffable is a transcendental complex of the definition love" ~Deloran Newkirk

"Money is a delightful joy of life, success is a term in which shows comfort and happiness." ~Deloran Newkirk

John Irving - life

"Half my life is an act of revision." ~John Irving

Neale Donald Walsch - universe

"There is only one reason to do anything: as a statement to the universe of Who You are." ~Neale Donald Walsch

Donald Trump - fate

"What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate." ~Donald Trump

E.L. Konigsburg - search for goal

"Often the search proves more profitable than the goal." ~E.L. Konigsburg

Margaret Young - who you are

"You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want." ~Margaret Young

Doris Lessing - dream, space, soul and voice

“Have you still got your space? Your soul, your own and necessary place where your own voices may speak to you, you alone, where you may dream. Oh, hold onto it, don't let it go." ~Doris Lessing

Johann Kaspar Lavater - airs of importance

"Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence." ~Johann Kaspar Lavater

Stewart B. Johnson - business

"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves. To break our own records." ~Stewart B. Johnson

Elizabeth Bowen Quotes

"If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm." ~Elizabeth Bowen

"When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out." ~Elizabeth Bowen

Walter de La Mare - fruit and flowers

“Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers.” ~Walter de La Mare

William S. Gilbert - pill

"For he who'd make his fellow creatures wise should always gild the philosophic pill." ~William S. Gilbert

Ralph Bus - children

"Children really brighten up a household. They never turn the lights off." ~Ralph Bus

Mahatma Gandhi Pictorial Quotes

Steve Lacy - nature of art

“I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.” ~Steve Lacy

Leonardo Da Vinci - simplicity

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." ~Leonardo Da Vinci

Andrew Carnegie - success

"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success." ~Andrew Carnegie

General George S. Patton Quotes

"It is not how far you fall that matters, it is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom." ~General George S. Patton

"Never tell people how to do things." Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George Patton

Richard Branson - opportunities

"Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming." ~Richard Branson

Aristotle Onassis - nobody else knows

"The secret of success [in business] is to know something nobody else knows." ~Aristotle Onassis, a Greek shipping magnate

Doris M. Smith - there are two

"Arguing with a fool proves there are two." ~Doris M. Smith

Michael J.Fox - excellence and perfection

"I'm careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business." ~Michael J.Fox

Joan Baez - antidote

“Action is the antidote to despair.” ~Joan Baez

OTHL - subconscious mind

Convince your subconscious mind that you deserve the best and it will get it for you.

Making mistakes is a part of life. Learn to be tolerant of other people's mistakes as much as your own.

Wealth abounds. There is enough of it to go around. Claim your fair share!

Cecil Selig - greener grass

"When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there." ~Cecil Selig

F. P. Jones

"Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." ~F. P. Jones

Bill Cosby - success and failure

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." ~Bill Cosby

Pablo Picasso Quotes

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." ~Pablo Picasso

 "Youth has no age." ~Pablo Picasso

Maria Robinson - beginning and ending

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." ~Maria Robinson

William B. Sprague - hot iron

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." ~William B. Sprague

John Bulwer - alone

"It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves." ~John Bulwer

Walt Whitman - give

“When I give, I give myself” ~Walt Whitman

Divine Mother Online Quotes

"If you can focus the attention on your heart, holding it there, miracles will occur in your life." ~Divine Mother Online

"Our wealth is always being offered to us. It's a matter of us receiving it---letting go of issues of fear & unworthiness." ~Divine Mother Online

"The way to find your Divine purpose is to live from your heart. You carry the blueprint of your life in your heart." ~Divine Mother Online

"The way to hear me is by going into your heart." ~Divine Mother Online

"So the way to find your Divine purpose is to soften in the heart consistently, and move the way your heart pushes you." ~Divine Mother Online

"The more you settle in your heart, the more you will be shown your Divine purpose." ~Divine Mother Online

John C. Maxwell - policies and principles

"Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do." ~ John C. Maxwell

Yogananda -stage of life

"Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role." ~Yogananda

W. M. Lewis - tragedy of life

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it." ~W. M. Lewis

Marianne Williamson - Sabbath

"A "day of rest" isn't just symbolic; observing a Sabbath creates a container for all the cosmic energies you can download in the week ahead." ~Marianne Williamson

"All negativity is derived from fear. What you are afraid of is that a situation will not be solved in a way that serves you. God is bigger than the problem and can heal all. Surrender and have faith in God." ~Marianne Williamson 

"Any problem given over to God is given over to the power of divine correction. Give each problem and situation over to God, and let thoughts of love and holiness rule your life." ~Marianne Williamson

"Are there good things that you desire for your life? Be aware of what makes you happy. Know the importance of being grateful for what you possess and being thankful for your blessings." ~Marianne Williamson

"Are you identifying yourself as a wave or as part of the entire ocean? Are you operating in fear or operating from the strength that comes from God?" ~Marianne Williamson 

"Ask yourself at night: In every situation I experienced today, how did I do? How might I have done better? Whenever I do that, I grow a lot." ~Marianne Williamson

"According to Jewish philosopher Look around you and be willing to make your relationships a place to experience God's miracles and the light." ~Marianne Williamson

"Do you ever feel you're waiting for life to begin? Are you a part of the "after I clear up one more thing" syndrome? Then it's time to start living." ~Marianne Williamso

"Do you have to experience trauma or witness or be a part of a near-death experience to appreciate life? Stop the drama and find peace now." ~Marianne Williamson

"Do you know how to make things better in your life? Is there a perfection you can attain? Everything you see, you created. You can create the world God would have you live in." ~Marianne Williamson

"Do you need to be right? Is it important that you are? Take a closer look at how to express yourself in a way that shows your brilliance without making it difficult for others to appreciate you." ~Marianne Williamson

"Do you react or respond? Can you hold your tongue and operate out of spiritual maturity, or do you go tit for tat? What about responding with love?" ~Marianne Williamson

"Every situation is perfect the way it is. Every circumstance offers you a lesson that will help you become the person you're capable of being." ~Marianne Williamson

"Everyone you meet today you have met for a reason. There is a valuable learning opportunity in every meeting. Don't pass up the chance to see God in your fellow neighbor." ~Marianne Williamson

"Greatness lies within you. Step up to the stage of your life and get in touch with your inner star." ~Marianne Williamson

"How can you live in the present and appreciate every moment? Choose to see all things in light. You can change your life by changing your mind." ~Marianne Williamson

"How do we think of people in other countries? How are we separate from any other person, culture, sex or nationality? Take the step to get past boundaries and connect with others." ~Marianne Williamson

"How do you see? Are you seeing through the eyes of anger, blame or judgment, or are you seeing through the light of God? Learn how to push past the past and see the present in a new light." ~Marianne Williamson

"If God is in you, then isn't God in everyone? Take a closer look at finding out how and why God is in the most loving and unloving among us." ~Marianne Williamson

"If you are going to work a miracle, you have to learn to see differently. Change your state of being." ~Marianne Williamson

"If you have a nagging suspicion that you're wasting your life, it's because you are. Do you ever feel guilty, as though you are cheating yourself or God? Live to your fullest potential. The world will take you more seriously when you take yourself more seriously through the work of God." ~Marianne Williamson

"If you want to get rid of the worst parts of your personality, find time where to focus and see how you can be better." ~Marianne Williamson

"Learning to become defenseless in the spiritual realm can bring divine safety. Learn how to become still and live in God's strength and protection." ~Marianne Williamson

"Looking at any situation through the eyes of love instead of the eyes of lovelessness will help you to forgive. Think about the cause and effect of forgiveness." ~Marianne Williamson

"Prayer is the medium of miracles, which is how you're going to allow miracles into your life. Take a closer look at how prayer connects you with God and His love." ~Marianne Williamson

"Sickness is the absence of health. Stress on the body and mind is just one cause of disease." ~Marianne Williamson

"Some say that people have stopped being close to their families because of the way society has shifted. But you can redefine how close you are with your family. Now is the time to try because family does matter." ~Marianne Williamson

"Sometimes what you think is the least exciting thing to do is really the richest experience. So maximize the moment and make the most of a casual visit with loved ones by being there right now." ~Marianne Williamson

"Take a look at the people around you and silently say, "The love in me salutes the love in you." If you salute others, they're more likely to show you their love. Acknowledge the best in people in order to increase the odds that they will show up at their best." ~Marianne Williamson

"Prepare those you love to be A students. Teach not by hitting people over the head, but by demonstrating God's way." ~Marianne Williamson
"The greatest act of power is praying to be used as a channel for Love's expression in the world." ~Marianne Williamson

"The inner home is a place we can always visit." ~Marianne Williamson

"The Real You is not a body but a spirit. Identify with your spirit and you'll be lifted above the limitations of the world." ~Marianne Williamson

"The rehearsal is over. You're ready for the dream that's trying to be born within you. God has more faith in you than you may have in yourself. Ask that God's will be done. Say yes to whatever future God has in mind for you. All the capacities necessary to help you create and manifest that future are born within you." ~Marianne Williamson

"The universe has eyes. Every thought is a cause that, on some level, has an effect. Be careful with what you think and do." ~Marianne Williamson

"There may be more to your presentation than you think. Do you choose your words and actions wisely? It's time to take responsibility for what you say and how you say it." ~Marianne Williamson

"We are all responsible for how we view our lives. If we have a negative attitude, then we have a negative view on our faith. Adopt a positive attitude. Watch your faith be renewed!" ~Marianne Williamson

"Weariness means you're hanging onto something--it's time to let go. Shed your old skin and grow a new one. There's an old world falling down all around us, making way for the new." ~Marianne Williamson

"When there's too much stuff in your life, you have less creative ability. Unlearn the fear and thoughts that weigh you down." ~Marianne Williamson

"Whenever you're about to judge anyone for anything, ask yourself if you've done anything similar or even worse. When you decide not to judge someone, it doesn't mean you don't hold the person accountable. Hold people accountable for their actions so they can open their hearts and hear what you have to say. As you grow in your capacity to not be judgmental, you'll be able to reach people's souls." ~Marianne Williamson

"Whenever you face difficulties in your life, remember your divine purpose. According to A Course in Miracles, prayer is the medium of miracles. It's time to recognize the power of blessings and prayer." ~Marianne Williamson

"Whoever is around you deserves your committed kindness. If you want more tenderness and mercy from the universe, show it to other people and it shall be shown to you. What you give will not only help them, it will also have lifelong benefits for you." ~Marianne Williamson

"Why do you hesitate to love and bless others? In any circumstance, you can extend your perception to see others in innocence." ~Marianne Williamson

"You can learn as much from your failures as you do from your success. A failure does not have to remain a failure--it can become a lesson." ~Marianne Williamson

"You do not benefit from being attached to your possessions. Take the energy you give to your attachments and redirect it. Surrender to the hands of God and let him help you become a blissful human being." ~Marianne Williamson

"You don't ask God for too much--you ask for too little. Recognize that your world is your own creation. Detach yourself and realize your true purpose." ~Marianne Williamson

"You have endless possibility too. In God there are no limits--don't make them up." ~Marianne Williamson 

Edward F. Halifax - few things

"He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things." ~Edward F. Halifax

Edward Albee - distance

"Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly." ~Edward Albee

Anonymous Quotes

“A friend is someone that won't begin to talk behind your back when you leave the room.” ~Unknown

"An act against my will is not my act." ~Unknown

"An individual cannot know what he is till he has made himself real by action." ~Unknown

"Anger is only one letter short of danger." ~Unknown

"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty." ~Anon

"Beware! the world is full of guided missiles and misguided leaders" ~non

"Courage is refusing to quit even when You're intimidated by impossibility. It's choosing a goal, sticking with it, and finding solutions for the problem." ~Anon~

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal." ~Anon

"Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you only have one life to live and one chance to do all the things you want to do." ~Anon

"Faith is a bird that bird that sings while it is yet dark". ~Anon

"Friends are those who know the words to the song in your heart and sing them back to you when you have forgotten the words." ~Anon

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." ~Unknown

"Happiness consists in activity; such as the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool." ~Anon

"Homecoming means coming home to what is in your heart." ~Anon

"I never tire of watching a new sunrise: a new day, a new beginning." ~Anon

"If you study to remember, you will forget; but if you study to understand, you will remember." ~Unknown

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." ~Anon 

"Imagine that every time you were thirsty, you spilled your drink before it got to your lips. Sometimes there's simply too much slip between cup and lip. The point here is that ACTION must follow inspiration in order for change to occur." ~Anon

"Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, give someone the peace of your mind". ~Anon

"Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others." ~Author Unknown

"Life is about trusting our feelings and taking chances, losing and finding happiness, appreciating the memories and learning from the past." ~Anon~

"Life is simple. What we give out, we get back." ~Anon

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's learning to dance in the rain." ~Anon

“Life is so much simpler when you tell the truth.” ~Unknown

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." ~Anon

"Live well, Laugh often, and Love with all of your heart!" ~Anon

"Looking up at the sky is sometimes the best way to connect to reality." ~Anon

"Love is a gift. If you receive it, open and appreciate it. If not, do not worry. Someone somewhere is still wrapping it for you." ~Anonymous

"Many would be scantily clad if clothed in their humility."~Anon

"No man ever injured his eyesight by looking on the bright side of things." ~Unknown

"One who looks for a friend without faults will have none." ~Anon

"Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under his pillow, only more expensive." ~Anon

“The body is the shell of the soul, and dress the husk of that shell; but the husk often tells what the kernel is.” ~Anonymous on Dress

"The family that prays together, stays together." ~Unknown, one that I learned as a school kid in my homeland.

"The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling. And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it! Be a reason for others to smile." ~Anon

“The truth may hurt for a little while but a lie hurts forever.” ~Anon

"The truth won't be told by the few who know." ~Unknown

"Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working." ~Unknown

“To light a candle is to cast a shadow.” ~Unknown

“Trust the rest to the gods.” ~Unknown

"What we need even more than foresight or hindsight is insight." ~Unknown -

"When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water." ~Anon

“Wherever a beautiful soul has been, there remains a trail of beautiful memories.” ~For Rookie Scott (January, 1993—August, 2008) ~Anon

"Worry is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere." ~Anon

"You can't fall off the floor." ~Author Unknown

“Your actions speak so loud that I can't hear what you're saying.” ~Unknown

“Your temper might get you into trouble, but it is your pride that will keep you there.” ~Anon

Bertrand Russell Quotes

“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live” ~Bertrand Russell

"The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." ~Bertrand Russell

"Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give." ~Bertrand Russell

Bob Marley - past

“In this great future, you can’t forget your past” ~Bob Marley

Kate Somerville - skin

"Our skin is a reflection of our deepest selves. We absolutely wear our lives on our faces." ~Kate Somerville

Seamus Heaney - rhythm

"Getting started, keeping going, getting started again—in art and in life, it seems to me this is the essential rhythm." ~Seamus Heaney

Franklin P. Jones - learn from children

"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance." ~Franklin P. Jones

John Wooden Quotes

"It isn't what you do, but how you do it." ~John Wooden

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen." ~John Wooden

"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." ~John Wooden

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." ~John Wooden

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." ~John Wooden

Pen Quotes

"A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost." ~Henry James

"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing." ~Benjamin Franklin

"I never understand anything until I have written about it." ~Horace Walpole

"I write to make sense of my life." ~John Cheever

"Literature is simply the appropriate use of language." ~Evelyn Waugh

"No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing." ~E. B. White

"One hates an author that's all author." ~Lord Byron

"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all." ~Voltaire

"The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair." ~Mary Heaton Vorse

"The closer you get, the greater the resistance." ~Natalie Goldberg

"The pen is the tongue of the mind." ~Cervantes

"There is magic in storytelling." ~Isabel Allende

"Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders." ~Walter Bagebot

"You can taste a word." ~Pearl Bailey

"You can't fake it; bad writing is a gift."--Richard Le Gallienne

"You will have written exceptionally well if, by skillful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original." ~Horace

Help

"Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader may see what they are made of." ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

"Once you have learned to trust your own voice and allowed that creative force inside you to come out, you can direct it." ~Natalie Goldberg

"Trusting our creativity is new behavior for many of us. It may feel quite threatening initially, not only to us but also to our intimates. We may feel--and look--erratic. This erraticism is a normal part of getting unstuck, pulling free from the muck that has blocked us. It is important to remember that at first flush, going sane feels just like going crazy." ~Julia Cameron

"When writing for children, never write down to them, or underestimate their intelligence. Kids hate this." ~Scott Edelstein

Source: Book or Bust

Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare - seeking

"Seeking is not always the way to find." ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare

Ernest Bramah - pit

"He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit." ~Ernest Bramah

Fuvenal - being overcome

"We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them." ~Fuvenal

Robert Holden - happiness

"Happiness is a choice you make, an attitude you step into, a state of being that runs deeper than conditions." ~Robert Holden

Isaac Newton Quotes

"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people." ~Isaac Newton 

"No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess." ~ Isaac Newton 

"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy." ~Isaac Newton 

"This wonderful system (the universe) could only proceed from the dominion of intelligent and powerful Being." ~Isaac Newton   

"To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me." ~Isaac Newton 

Ayn Rand Quotes

"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve and not to beat others." ~Ayn Rand

"Look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk." ~Ayn Rand

Toni Morrison - story

"Being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means that you can invent the language to say who you are and what you mean." ~Toni Morrison

Drew Barrymore -gift

"Life, the gift of nature; Love, the gift of life; a Kiss, the gift of Love" ~Drew Barrymore

Erma Bombeck - crucial to motherhood

"The art of never making a mistake is crucial to motherhood. To be effective and to gain the respect she needs to function, and other must have her children believe she has never engaged in sex, never made a bad decision, never caused her own mother a moment's anxiety, and was never a child." ~Erma Bombeck

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

"A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience." ~Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."

Titus Maccius Plautus - more than we wish

"Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish." ~Titus Maccius Plautus

Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

"A friend is a present you give yourself". ~Robert Louis Stevenson

"...Find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all." ~Robert Louis Stevenson

"It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect."~Robert Louis Stevenson

"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travel is an honest friend." ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Francis Picabia - essence of man

"The essence of a man is found in his faults." ~Francis Picabia

Elbert Hubbard - achieved success

"He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much." ~Elbert Hubbard

Euripides Quotes

"Friends show their love - in times of trouble, not in happiness" ~Euripides

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." ~Euripides

"The wisest men follow their own direction." ~Euripides

L.M. Montgomery - a new day

"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet"~~L.M. Montgomery (1874-1942)

Charles V - Finance and Economics and a woman

"Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away." ~Charles V

Vera Wang - style and comfort

"For me, it's not about age—it's about comfort; it's about style. It's not about the clothing—it's about the way it's worn." ~Vera Wang

Thought for Today - Cheerfulness

"The one who possesses cheerfulness becomes like a magnet of goodwill." ~Thought for Today-UK

Alice in Wonderland - flowers

"You can learn a lot of things from the flowers." ~from the movie Alice in Wonderland

Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh

"Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive—that you can touch the miracle of being alive—then that is a kind of enlightenment."

"Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available—more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more." ~

"Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive." ~

"Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar." ~

"People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore." ~

"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"To be loved means to be recognized as existing." ~

"We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality." ~

"When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?" ~

Quotes on Happiness

"Happiness depends upon ourselves." ~Aristotle

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us." ~Ashley Montagu

"Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it." ~Jaques Prevert

"One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats." ~Iris Murdoch

"The only joy in the world is to begin." ~Cesare Pavese

"It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis." ~Margaret Bonanno

"The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight." ~Epictetus

"Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life." ~Marcus Aurelius

"I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully." — Anna Howard Shaw

Lou Holtz Quotes

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." ~Lou Holtz

"Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by." ~Lou Holtz

"When all is said and done, more is said than done." ~Lou Holtz

Vaclev Havel - conviction

"It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out." ~Vaclev Havel, Former Czech President

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - specific purpose

"You will not grow if you sit in a beautiful flower garden, but you will grow if you are sick, if you are in pain, if you experience losses, and if you do not put your head in the sand, but take the pain as a gift to you with a very, very specific purpose." ~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Elizabeth Lesser -prayer

"Prayer is like a conversation between friends separated across time and space." ~Elizabeth Lesser

Amy Bloom Quotes

"Change is as inevitable as rain in the spring. Some of us just put on our raincoats and splash forward." ~Amy Bloom

"Our capacity to love is not limited; time is a constraint and so is energy, but love that makes your life better gives you more of what you need." ~Amy Bloom

Oscar Wilde Quotes

"A different language is a different vision of life." ~Oscar Wilde

"All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography." ~Oscar Wilde

“A visionary is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world.” ~Oscar Wilde

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." ~Oscar Wilde

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." ~Oscar Wilde

“The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding” ~Oscar Wilde

"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise" ~Oscar Wilde

Jim Rohn Quotes

"By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free." ~Jim Rohn

"Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention." ~Jim Rohn

"No one else "makes us angry." We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. What someone else may have done is irrelevant. We choose, not they. They merely put our attitude to a test." ~Jim Rohn

"Successful people engage that creative part of their minds and ask, "Well, I wonder how else I can look at this problem? I wonder how else I could deal with this decision? I wonder what other possibilities I have there?" ~Jim Rohn

William Shakespeare Quotes

"God, the best maker of all marriages,Combine your hearts in one." ~William Shakespeare

"Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away?" ~William Shakespeare

"Love comforteth like sunshine and rain." ~William Shakespeare

"This above all, to thine own self be true." ~William Shakespeare

Derreck Kayongo - idea

"It's not good enough for us to complain about what other people aren't doing for us. It's important that we all band together, think of an idea and pursue it." ~Derreck Kayongo

Eli Khamarov - expectations

"The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations." ~Eli Khamarov

George E. P. Box - models

"All models are false but some are useful." ~George E. P. Box

AskDivineMother - heart

"I want you to come out of the thinking mind and into the heart. This is where your intelligence is. The Infinite Intelligence is in your heart." ~AskDivineMother

Peter Ustinov - Love

"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit." ~Peter Ustinov

Thornton Wilder

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." ~Thornton Wilder

Tenzin Gyatso - Laws of Reasoning

"The Laws of Reasoning consist of the ground, the path, and the result. Suffering is in the mind. How we perceive happiness determines our suffering or not." ~His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso

David Whyte - Well

"A well, a place where the water springs eternal all year round, is a very real, blessed place to stop and think." ~David Whyte

Thought for Today - True Greatness

"The one who can adjust to any situation with humility possesses true greatness." ~Thought for Today-UK

Gaston Bachelard - home

"One of the beautiful things about a home is that it is a place where you can dream about your future, and that a good home protects your dreams; it is a place where you feel sheltered enough to risk yourself in the world." ~Gaston Bachelard

David Hawkins - humility

"A universal characteristic of genius is humility." ~David Hawkins

Sophia Loren - mother

"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." ~Sophia Loren

Andy Rooney - child in your arms

"Having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world." ~Andy Rooney

Claude Brown - Land

"For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?" ~Claude Brown

Zaldy V. Galletes - giving and receiving

"You will never know the real feeling of receiving without experiencing the real reason of giving." ~Zaldy V. Galletes

Matthew Arnold - be thyself

"Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery." ~ Matthew Arnold

Nietzsche - heart

"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head, too." ~Nietzsche

Mark Epstein - desire

"We fear desire because it can loose us from our moorings, but we need desire because it lets us know who we are." ~Mark Epstein, MD

P.D. Ouspensky - life

"It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning." ~P.D. Ouspensky

Helen Fisher - open heart

"To those who are jaded about finding a mate, clichéd as it may sound, I urge you to keep an open heart." ~Helen Fisher, Anthropologist

Liel Kolet - child

"A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child." ~Liel Kolet

Nurse Arlene - figment of imagination

"A lot of postpartum women fall into a delusional state by believing that they've lost some weight since delivery simply because their clothes feel "a bit looser". However, reality sucks in when you go to the shop to buy a new set of wardrobe because you "deserve" a new line of fashion since your weight loss only to find out that the supposed shedding of kilogram was all but a figment of your imagination." ~Nurse Arlene

Connie Willis - choir

"It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a choir." ~Connie Willis

Adelle Davis

“We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.” ~Adelle Davis

Lise Funderburg - reflection

"I no longer look at every reflection of myself and see a map of disappointments. I see vigor, curves and force, an organic tumble of sensual, sexual energy. I stand straighter. I breathe deeper. My heart opens.” ~Lise Funderburg

Ralph W. Sockman - knowledge of wonder

"The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder." ~Ralph W. Sockman

Alex Tan - wash with tears

"Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see life with a clearer view again." ~Alex Tan

Benjamin Disraeli - mother of truth

"When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth." ~Benjamin Disraeli

Albert Einstein Quotes

"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be." ~Albert Einstein

"A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change through out the years but a photograph always remains the same. How nice to look at a photograph of mother or father taken many years ago. You see them just as you remember them. That is why I think a photograph can be kind." ~Albert Einstein

"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." ~Albert Einstein

"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts." ~Albert Einstein

"Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better." ~Albert Einstein

"People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." ~Albert Einstein

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. ~Albert Einstein

"To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self." ~Albert Einstein

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." ~Albert Einstein

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." ~Albert Einstein

"...we mortals achieve immortality in the permanent things we create in common" ~Albert Einstein

"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive." ~Albert Einstein

"When the solution is simple, God is answering." ~Albert Einstein

Cliff Robertson - place of hopes and dreams

"There must be a place where hopes and dreams are nurtured, and that place is only within ourselves. A place to clean the grime of life, a place that waits for us to stay and look inside that we might see the truth." ~Cliff Robertson

Martin Luther King Jr. - circumstances

"We need a qualitative shift in our souls as well as a quantitative shift in our circumstances." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Steven Wright - distance

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

Buddha Quotes

"What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now." ~Buddha -

"With our thoughts we make the world." ~Buddha

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." ~Buddha

Tom Robbins - perfect love

"We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love." ~Tom Robbins

George Bernard Shaw Quotes

"As long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into existence." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw

“The great secret…is not having bad manners or good manners…but having the same manner for all human souls.” ~George Bernard Shaw

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." ~George Bernard Shaw

"This is the true joy in life — being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy." ~George Bernard Shaw

Tambra Barillo -

"Those around you will know that you are for peace, not just through good intentions but by the way you conduct your life on a daily basis." ~Tambra Barillo

Charles Swindoll

"Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit." ~Charles Swindoll

Robert H. Shaffer - candles to lit

"We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit." ~Robert H. Shaffer

Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

"For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will." ~Henri Frederic Amiel

"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you." ~Henri Frederic Amiel

Kyle Schmidt - feelings

"I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it." ~Kyle Schmidt

Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." ~

"I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill." ~Mahatma Gandhi on Killing

"Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening." ~

"Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking." ~

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

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." ~Mahatma Gandhi

Joha - sky is blue

"You don't have to travel around the world to understand that the sky is blue everywhere" ~Joha

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." ~Abraham Lincoln

"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people" ~

"Die when I may, I want it said of me that I plucked a weed and planted a flower where ever I thought a flower would grow." ~

"He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help." ~

"Let the people know the truth and the country is safe"~

"Let's "greet this day with a forgiving spirit!" ~Abraham Lincoln

“People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”" ~Abraham Lincoln


"This nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."~Abraham Lincolm

~Abraham Lincoln

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Quotes

"Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates." ~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

"In my world all is well." ~Sri Nisargadatta

Derreck Kayongo

"It's not good enough for us to complain about what other people aren't doing for us. It's important that we all band together, think of an idea and pursue it." ~Derreck Kayongo -

Christopher P. Cranch - spirits

"We are spirits clad in veils." ~Christopher P. Cranch

Anatole France Quotes

"Change is the essence of life." ~Anatole France

"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the young mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards." ~Anatole France

Lauren Hutton -

"I just try to do my best to look good—get enough sleep, stay healthy, have fun with makeup—then forget about it! If you obsess about your looks, it kills your spirit." ~Lauren Hutton

Ann Landers - humanity

"If I were asked to give what I consider the single most important piece of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'" ~Ann Landers

Oscar de la Renta - Thank You

"Every morning when I come out from my bedroom, I look outside and say, 'God, thank you.'" ~Oscar de la Renta, Fashion Designer

Thomas Jefferson - attitude

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude." ~Thomas Jefferson

Swami Vivekananda - wrong path

"On a day when you don't come across any problems, you can be sure that you are travelling down the wrong path." ~Swami Vivekananda

Djamellah Occena - being honest

"Being vocal sometimes puts you in trouble but being honest is more important and stressful free." ~Djamellah Occena, FB

Sarah Ban Breathnach - Thank You

"When our hearts are broken, we don't think we have much to be thankful for. We don't have to be smiling when we say 'Thank you.'" ~Sarah

Rumi Quotes

"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." ~Rumi

"Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along." ~Rumi

Yehuda Amichai - hiding

"Behind all this, some great happiness is hiding." ~Yehuda Amichai

Wislawa Szymborska - book of events

"Every beginning, after all, is nothing but a sequel, and the book of events is always open in the middle." ~Wislawa Szymborska

Theodore Roethke - mysteries

"Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries." ~Theodore Roethke

Nigella Lawson

"I think what ages a face most is disappointment and a lack of enjoyment. So I try to do what I love." ~Nigella Lawson, celebrity chef

Sylvia Boorstein - deep breath

"If you take a deep breath and look around, 'Look what's happening to me!' can become 'Look what's happening!' And what's happening? The incredible drama of life is happening. And we're in it!" ~Sylvia Boorstein, from Words That Matter

William Winston - made stronger in time

"True love is built and made stronger with time." ~ William Winston

Suze Orman

"The first step in starting over is standing up for your rights. " ~Suze Orman

Madeleine L'Engle - ;pve

"Oh, I love I love I love! I cried inside myself. So many people, so many things! Music and stars and snow and weather! Oh, if one could always feel this warm love, this excitement, this glory of the infinite possibilities of life!" ~Madeleine L'Engle from Camilla

Deniz Inan - parents

"My parents are the lights which guide me in my life all the time." ~Deniz Inan

Dr Robin Smith - own will

"Give yourself the gift of being your own mother and saying yes to your own will, yes to you own wishes, yes to your own longings. Then, follow that path." ~Dr Robin Smith

Dr Robin Smith - mind and perspective

"Being outside—getting oxygen in your lungs—actually changes not just your body, it can begin to change your mind and your perspective." ~Dr Robin Smith

Ram Dass - ego

"Your ego has all these wants. Your soul has only one want. It wants to get to merge with the Lover. Merge with the One." ~~Ram Dass

Jill Ciment - dying sun

"It is the hour when the light over the sink, a fluorescent meant for washing dishes, suddenly usurps the fire of the dying sun." ~Jill Ciment, Heroic Measures

Eckhart Tolle Quotes

"Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is untouched by time." ~Eckhart Tolle

"If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace." ~Eckhart Tolle

"Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on." ~Eckhart Tolle

"Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found." ~Eckhart Tolle

Elizabeth Kadetsky - achieve much

"You achieve much once you stop telling yourself you can't do things." ~Elizabeth Kadetsky

Dr. Katz - meals

"Slow the pace of your meals. Pay attention to what you're eating. After a pause, you'll likely find that 'mostly full' is full enough." ~Dr. Katz

Christina Rossetti - heart's core

"Rest, rest at the heart's core. Till joy shall overtake " ~Christina Rossetti

Nancy Astor - basic beauty

"Basic beauty lies in the way a woman walks; it is health and an attitude to life." ~Nancy Astor

Mary Chase - different person

"It's quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person — beguiled, enchanted." ~Mary Chase, playwright

James Baldwin Quotes

"A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it." ~ James Baldwin

"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced." ~James Baldwin

Dr Susan Shumsky - purpose of life

"The purpose of your life is to merge fully with the presence of God. That is your only priority and your only goal." ~Dr Susan Shumsky

St Bernard de Clairvaux - restng place

"We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us." ~St Bernard de Clairvaux

Lemieux - art of living

"The art of living can be observed, and thereby taught" ~Lemieux

Muhammad - night garment

"Do you not see how he has lengthened the shadows The One is he who made the night a garment for you." ~Muhammad

Dr Susan Shumsky - miracle, blessing, joy

"Every moment is a miracle. Every breath is a blessing. Every day is an opportunity for joy." ~Dr Susan Shumsky

James Dean - dream

 "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." ~ James Dean:

Anon - without love

"Without love, the rich and poor live in the same house."  ~Anon

Will Durant - education

"Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance." ~Will Durant on Education

Count Leo Tolstoy

"Conceit is incompatible with understanding." ~Count Leo Tolstoy

Hans Christian Anderson - must have

"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson

Havelock Ellis - art to learn

"To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach." ~Havelock Ellis

John Burroughs Quotes

"A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did." ~John Burroughs

“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.” ~John Burroughs

"To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday." ~John Burroughs

Bernoulli - nature

"Nature always tends to act in the simplest way." ~Bernoulli

Kat James - beauty

"Our beauty never forgets its essence." ~Kat James

Jules Renard - hourglass

"Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties." ~Jules renard.

Brian Tracy

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation." ~Brian Tracy~

Leo Burnett - swear off

"To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas." ~Leo Burnett

John H. Miller - attitude

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens." ~John H. Miller

Annie Dillard - how

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." ~Annie Dillard

Lord Chesterfield - pocket watch

"Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked." ~Lord Chesterfield

John Jakes - every piece

"Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish." ~John Jakes

Geneen Roth - core beliefs

"The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of your feelings about love, fear, anger, meaning and transformation." ~Geneen Roth

Marcus Buckingham - energizing moments

"You can find energizing moments in each aspect of your life, but to do so you must learn how to catch them, hold on to them, to feel the pull of their weight and allow yourself to follow where they lead." ~Marcus Buckingham

Tom Bodett - laughs to forget

"The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh." ~Tom Bodett

Arnold Schopenhauer Quotes

"Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control." ~Arnold Schopenhauer

"It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character." ~Arthur Schopenhauer

Lao-Tse

"By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever." ~Lao-Tse

Dr Susan Shumsky - child of God

You are a beloved child of God. You are never alone. You are filled with the light of God's love. Be at peace.

David Russell - bridge to cross

"The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn." ~David Russell

William James Quotes

"Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create that fact." ~William James

"Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit." ~William James

"The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." ~William James

"Wherever you are it is your friends who make your world." ~James, William

George Barkouras - neurosis

"Neurosis is attractive, but health is irresistible" ~George Barkouras

Leah Dancel Quotes

"Motherhood is an exhilarating experience for me. I can't trade it for anything else. Never mind the setbacks and drawbacks. They add colour to the meaning of life".~@lcd, 6 May, 2009, my response to Rosidah's comment.

"I would love to see the United Kingdom where nature is rich in splendour of green and beauty untarnished; divinely sketched." ~Leah Dancel, 9 June 2009

"Dahlias are one of those garden delights that have soft and delicate petals yet beautifully layered by nature and arrayed with multiple colours to attract helpful visitors such as bees who are free to please themselves." ~Leah Dancel, 26 Oct 2009 comment to This is My Blog.

"Death that brings sorrow only happens on earth
But life everlasting brings far more endless mirth." ~Leah Dancel, 3 June 2011
(Comment on Parents Goodbye by Marvin H Lee at The Rhyming Place)

"There's always a way to find life interesting." ~Leah Dancel, 16 June 2011

Standing Bear - man's heart

"Man's heart away from nature becomes hard." ~Standing Bear

Kahlil Gibran Quotes

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~Kahlil Gibran

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed". ~Kahlil Gibran

"It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding." ~Kahlil Gibran

"It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." ~Kahlil Gibran

"Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." ~Kahlil Gibran

“Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.

Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;

For love is sufficient unto love.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." ~Kahlil Gibran

“Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you YOUR ALL.” ~Kahlil Gibran

Phil McGraw - teach people

"You teach people how to treat you." ~Phil McGraw

Mark Twain Quotes

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." ~Mark Twain

"Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul." ~Mark Twain

“There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure” ~Mark Twain

"To be good is noble, but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble." ~Mark Twain

"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." ~Mark Twain"

Ursula K. Le Guin - love like bread

"Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new." ~Ursula K. Le Guin

Leo Buscaglia - learning and growing

"Every day we are offered new means for learning and growing in love." ~Leo Buscaglia

William C. Bryant - virtue

"Remorse is virtue’s root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness." ~William C. Bryant

Rob Williams - peace and happiness

"Finding peace and happiness doesn't depend on getting rid of all conflicts and problems in life rather, finding peace and happiness depends on learning how to deal with those problems and conflicts and knowing how to rise above them to enjoy the good things." ~Rob Williams

Dena DiIaconi - precious gift

"No one knows the mysteries of life or its ultimate meaning, but for those who are willing to believe in their dreams and in themselves, life is a precious gift in which anything is possible." ~Dena DiIaconi

Jules Verne - sea

"The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides." ~Jules Verne

Vincent Thomas Lombardi - believe in yourself

"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done." ~Vincent Thomas Lombardi

Dr. Mehmet Oz Quotes

"Find the blessings in the people around you because they're the ones that support your life." ~Dr. Oz

"It makes evolutionary sense to care about beauty. What's a mistake is to assume beauty is only external. After all, someone may be a knockout, but if she is in pain, lacks energy, is always unhappy or spiritually disconnected, her attractiveness will fade fast." ~Dr. Oz

"To achieve your goals, make the right thing to do the easy thing to do." ~Dr. Oz

Stephanie Dowrick - thought and behavior

"It is impossible to see the world as a friendly place (despite the disappointments and hassles )until the world inside your own mind is also friendly.

When the old thoughts or behaviors arise , see them for what they are ( tired , useless habits ) and move on . They will continue to tug at you , but only as long as you pay attention." ~Stephanie Dowrick

Peter Buffett - stronger than we think

"We are stronger than we think we are. We have courage that we do not recognize until we need it. We are equal to challenges that we haven't even imagined yet."~Peter Buffett

Branon - treasure

"The treasures of earth do not last,
But God has prepared us a place
Where someday with Him we will dwell,
Enjoying the riches of grace."

~ Branon ~

Leah Dancel - Sunshine and Rainbow

Gary Seierstad - peace and freedom

"The “Spirit of the Wind” bears the promise of healing. She asks that you allow your spirit to be lifted into a time of greater peace and freedom." ~Gary Seierstad, 30 April 2011

Katherine Mansfield

"Always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing." ~Katherine Mansfield"

Martin Luther King Jr - light and love

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Buxbaum

"Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty, they merely move it from their faces into their hearts." ~Martin Buxbaum

Edmund Burke - good men

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for GOOD MEN to do nothing." ~Edmund Burke

St. Francis of Assisi - pass this way again

"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now for I shall not pass this way again." ~St. Francis of Assisi

Dogen - truth

"If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?" ~Dogen

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Enjoy when you can and endure when you must." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy." ~Johann Wolfgang Goethe on Inspirational

"Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at."~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occured ...unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Edmond and Jules de Goncourt

"Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists. When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence." ~Edmond and Jules de Goncourt

Michaelangelo - work of art

"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection." ~Michaelangelo

Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

"The faster you'll fall, the higher you'll fly." ~Chuck Palahniuk

"The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend." ~Chuck Palahniuk

Herman Melville - life

“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke” ~Herman Melville, American short-story Writer, Novelist and Poet. Best known for his novels of the sea, including his masterpiece, Moby Dick. 1819-1891)

Napoleon Hill Quotes

"A quitter never wins and a winner never quits" ~

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right." ~

"Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities."
"Thoughts mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire are powerful things." ~

"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." ~

~Napoleon Hill, American author, 1883-1970

Oprah Quotes

"Communication is like a dance. One person takes a step forward, the other takes one back. Even one misstep can land both on the floor in a tangle of confusion." ~Oprah

“Life is an open door to all that is possible. And that's a powerful thing.” ~Oprah

"Often we don't listen to who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny." ~Oprah

"Pets represent a connection to caring that’s unconditional. And reciprocal." ~Oprah

"Transformation happens when you dare to be awakened to greater heights. When you stay open no matter what. Letting each experience, especially the tough ones, strengthen you and add depth and wisdom." ~Oprah

"Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn't lie." ~Oprah

"Whenever you've been touched by love, a heart-print lingers so that you're always reminded of the feeling of being cared for, knowing that, to someone, you mattered."
~Oprah

Doménico Cieri Estrada - faith

"Reason and faith are both banks of the same river." ~Doménico Cieri Estrada

Dany Sanz - in harmony

“Beauty can be bold or natural, but it always has to be in harmony with the individual.”~Dany Sanz

Richard Wagner - Joy

“Joy is not in things; it is in us.”~Richard Wagner

Richard Bach - life

"Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you."~Richard Bach~

John Adams - liberty

"Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people." ~John Adams~

Victor Hugo Quotes

"Life is the flower for which love is the honey."~ Victor Hugo

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"Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters." ~Victor Hugo

"Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause." ~Victor Hugo

“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.” ~Victor Hugo

Hill Harper - Love

“Love is an energy. You can feed it to people, and they in turn feed it to others, and eventually it comes back.” ~Hill Harper

David Harkins - Love and Go On

Francis J. Braceland - equilibrium

“We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves.”~Francis J. Braceland

Linda Lee Pond - journey

"Do not let failure leave you stuck. Take the lesson that was given,
and round up the courage to try again - or break out in a new spot.
The struggle is part of the journey."~Linda Lee Pond

Aldous Huxley - experience

"Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him."~Aldous Huxley

Sydney J. Harris

"It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others."~Sydney J. Harris

Philip James Bailey - power

"He hath no power that hath not power to use." ~Philip James Bailey

Sean Maurice Hunt - miracle

Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." ~Friedrich Nietzsche

"The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time" ~Friedrich Nietzsche

"There are no facts, only interpretations." ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Lilli Day - autumn

"When I see the trees kissed by that golden autumn sun, their leaves are more vivid and alive to me than ever." ~Lilli Day

Henry Emerson Fosdick- life

"I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it."~Henry Emerson Fosdick

Rev. George Bramwell Evans - dodderer

"When you get fed up with present-day happenings, go out into the lanes and the fields, and listen and look at the things of Nature. There is no hurry in that world - that is why I am a dodderer. I lose all sense of time when I'm in the country, I forget the speed of machinery. To be a dodderer is a lost art these days, one that we should recapture."~ Rev. George Bramwell Evans, The Friendship Book of Francis Gay 1983

Groucho Marx Quotes

"Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped." ~Groucho Marx

"Outside of a dog, a book is a human's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."~Groucho Marx

Dr. David Darbro - brain exercise

"It has been said that 'no pain no gain' is as true in training the body as it is in training the brain. I believe there is some truth to that saying. Exercising my brain to improve my mental status provides me with the confidence to go about my life."~Dr. David Darbro,73,Physician, Lumosity

Oscar A Erasquin - Cats

"Cats are very independent and emotionally stable animals unlike the dogs who need a lot of attention. This is the reason why cats are less trainable to do tricks than dogs." ~Oscar A Erasquin, FB 14 January 2011

John Le Carre - love

"Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love."~John Le Carre~

Madame Belazy - sentiment

"Sentiment is the ripened fruit of fantasy."~Madame Belazy~