Friday, June 17, 2011
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
Thursday, June 16, 2011
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
"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
"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
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
Will Durant - education
"Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance." ~Will Durant on Education
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
“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
Monday, June 13, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
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
Saturday, June 11, 2011
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
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
"It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character." ~Arthur Schopenhauer
Thursday, June 9, 2011
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
"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
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
"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
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
"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
"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
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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