TIMELY WISDOM

Saturday, December 24, 2011

daily quotes

‎"Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene." ~Arthur Christopher Benson

‎"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in and hang on!" - Thomas Jefferson

‎"To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have." ~Ken S. Keyes, Jr.

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” -Mother Teresa

‎"If you have the will to win, you have achieved half your success; if you don't, you have achieved half your failure." ~David Ambrose

‎"Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love." - Rumi
Let love guide you through all of your choices!

‎"Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same." ~Francesca Reigler

The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.” -Buddha

‎"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." -Michelangelo

‎"Say you are well, or all is well with you, And God shall hear your words and make them true."
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

‎"The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude." ~Dennis S. Brown

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha

"The only disability in life is a bad attitude." ~Scott Hamilton

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough & more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…. It turns problems into gifts, failures into success" -Melodie Beattie
‎"Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another." –Ernest Hemingway

‎"Where there is great love, there are always miracles." - Willa Cather

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition." -Abraham Lincoln

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

‎"What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens." -Thaddeus Golas

"Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself."--John Dewey

"Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail."--Mark Twain

"Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself."
--John Dewey

"Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail."
--Mark Twain

"Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of
society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth."
--Helen Caldicott

"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life."
--Arthur Ashe

"Everything they become, I also become. And everything about me, they helped
to create."
--Esm Raji Codell


‎"There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go." ~Frederick Faber

‎"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death." - Robert Fulghum

‎"When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace." - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama


‎"Courage is grace under pressure." -Ernest Hemingway

‎"Love is the foundation from which your decisions about your life should be made" - Darren L. Johnson

‎"Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition." -Abraham Lincoln

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

‎"There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go." ~Frederick Faber

‎"What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens." -Thaddeus Golas


‎"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death." - Robert Fulghum

‎"Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace." -Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

‎"Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune." ~Walt Whitman


‎"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

‎"Toughness is in the soul and the spirit, not in the muscles!" - Alex Karras

‎"Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could" - Barbara Di Angelis

‎"Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition." - Abraham Lincoln

‎"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you." ~Maori Proverb

‎"Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world." - Jesus, I John 4:4”

‎"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of Will." - Vince Lombardi


‎"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures." ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr

‎"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures." ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

‎"The most important thing to notice about other people is not what they say - but what they do. Action is truth. Words are no more than projected wishes without action. Raise your standards and surround yourself with people who back up what they say with that they do. It's called integrity. You deserve only the best in ...your life. But you will NEVER attract that kind of life with low standards". -Mastin Kipp

‎"It isn't our position but our disposition which makes us happy." ~Author Unknown

‎"We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves" - Thomas Merton

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it." ~Confucius

‎"There is a divine plan of good at work in life. Let Go & Let it Unfold." -Ruth P. Freedman


‎"Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching?" ~Dennis and Wendy Mannering

‎"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow." - Mary Anne Radmacher

‎"Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself." Harriet Nelson


‎"No act of kindness, is ever wasted!" -Aesop


‎"To bring Peace to the earth, strive to make your own life peaceful" -Unknown

‎"When one's spiritual needs are met by an untroubled inner life, happiness comes, also when our work and words are of benefit to ourselves and others!" -Unknown

‎"Life is not a race but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow's a mystery, and today is a gift." -Unknown

‎"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith

‎"If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve." - Anthony Robbins

‎"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." ~Hugh Downs

‎"Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt

‎"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.". -Reinhold Niebuhr


‎"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog". ~Dwight Eisenhower


“Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.” –Jesus Christ


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


‎"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of Will." - Vince Lombardi

‎"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures." ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

‎"The most important thing to notice about other people is not what they say - but what they do. Action is truth. Words are no more than projected wishes without action. Raise your standards and surround yourself with people who back up what they say with that they do. It's called integrity. You deserve only the best in ...your life. But you will NEVER attract that kind of life with low standards". -Mastin Kipp

‎"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow." - Mary Anne Radmacher


‎"Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself." Harriet Nelson

‎"No act of kindness, is ever wasted!" -Aesop

‎"Life is not a race but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow's a mystery, and today is a gift." -Unknown

‎"Believe you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt

‎"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog". ~Dwight Eisenhower

“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” -Buddha

‎"Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there." ~Norman Vincent Peale


‎"I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

‎"There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate." ~Robert Brault


‎"If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want."
~Oscar Wilde

‎"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill

‎"Defeat is not bitter, unless you swallow it!" - Joe Clark

‎"Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold." ~Maurice Setter


‎"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
-Abraham Lincoln


‎"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself" -Thomas Fuller

“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” -Buddha


‎"Setting goals is the first step into turning the invisible into visible!" - Tony Robbins

‎"All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move." - Benjamin Franklin

‎"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill

‎"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history." - Mohandas Gandhi


“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.” -Buddha


‎"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." ~Robert Brault


‎"The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong." ~Thomas Carlyle


‎"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." -Ralph Waldo Emerson


‎"Man is not made for defeat." - Ernest Hemingway in "The Old Man and the Sea"

‎"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other." - Walter Elliot


‎"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." ~Galileo Galilei


“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” –Jesus Christ


“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” - Buddha


‎"Success is due less to ability than to zeal." -Charles Buxton

‎'Swallow your pride occasionally. It’s not fattening." -Frank Tyger


‎"No road is long with good company." - Turkish Proverb


‎"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." - Jim Rohn


“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship." -Buddha


‎"Whenever you fall, pick something up". ~Oswald Avery


‎"The impossible can always be broken down into possibilities." - Author Unknown


‎"We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt..." ~Dorothy Day


‎"I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet."
~Ancient Persian Saying


‎"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
- Thomas Jefferson


‎"We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails." - David March


‎"The soul does not absorb negativity by accident, always by choice." - Dodinsky


‎"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain






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