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