Friday, September 14, 2012
Quote of the Day - September 14th, 2012
"Since You will Come and Throw Kisses
at my Tombstone later ,
Why not give them to me now?
This is me
The same person." - Rumi
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Quote of the Day - September 13th, 2012
“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?” - Rumi
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Quote of the Day - September 12th, 2012
"Darlings of spring journeying from gardens begin to arrive
One by one living their destiny in this world." - Rumi
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - September 4th, 2012
"Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past." - Alexa Young
"We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness." - Ellen Goodman
"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one." - Henry Ward Beecher
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving." - Dale Carnegie
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy" - St. Francis of Assisi
"We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness." - Ellen Goodman
"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one." - Henry Ward Beecher
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving." - Dale Carnegie
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy" - St. Francis of Assisi
Monday, September 3, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - September 3rd, 2012
"How immense to us appear the sins we have not committed." - Madame de Stael
"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean." - Dag Hammarskjold
"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit." - Peter Ustinov
"Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other." - Judy Collins
"As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely." - Madame de Stael
"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean." - Dag Hammarskjold
"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit." - Peter Ustinov
"Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other." - Judy Collins
"As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely." - Madame de Stael
Sunday, September 2, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - September 2nd, 2012
"The more we know, the better we forgive. Those who feel deeply feel for all living beings." - Madame de Stael
"The sun will stand as your best man
And whistle
When you have found the courage
To marry forgiveness
When you have found the courage
to marry
Love." - Hafiz of Persia
"In order to hold on to thoughts of anger, bitterness, revenge, guilt, and shame, we have to use a lot of energy." - Edwene Gaines
"All intimacy is rare -- that's what makes it precious. And it involves the revelation of one's self and the loving gaze upon another's true self (no makeup, no fancy car, no defensive charm, no seduction) -- that's what makes it so damn hard. Intimacy requires honesty and kindness in almost equal measure (a little more kindness, I think), trust and trustworthiness, forgiveness and the capacity to be forgiven . . . It's more than worth it -- just don't let them tell you it's bliss." - Amy Bloom
"We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies." - Voltaire
"The sun will stand as your best man
And whistle
When you have found the courage
To marry forgiveness
When you have found the courage
to marry
Love." - Hafiz of Persia
"In order to hold on to thoughts of anger, bitterness, revenge, guilt, and shame, we have to use a lot of energy." - Edwene Gaines
"All intimacy is rare -- that's what makes it precious. And it involves the revelation of one's self and the loving gaze upon another's true self (no makeup, no fancy car, no defensive charm, no seduction) -- that's what makes it so damn hard. Intimacy requires honesty and kindness in almost equal measure (a little more kindness, I think), trust and trustworthiness, forgiveness and the capacity to be forgiven . . . It's more than worth it -- just don't let them tell you it's bliss." - Amy Bloom
"We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies." - Voltaire
Saturday, September 1, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - September 1st, 2012
"Life becomes religious whenever we make it so: when some new light is seen, when some deeper appreciation is felt, when some larger outlook is gained, when some nobler purpose is formed, when some task is well done." - Sophia Lyon Fahs
"To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded." - Bessie Stanley
"The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself." - Henry Miller
"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction." - Bessie Stanley
"There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. 'Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night's lodging. 'Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded." - Bessie Stanley
"The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself." - Henry Miller
"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction." - Bessie Stanley
"There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. 'Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night's lodging. 'Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friday, August 31, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 31st, 2012
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama
"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress." - Barack Obama
"Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point." - Harold B. Melchart
"I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt." - Virginia Satir
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy
"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress." - Barack Obama
"Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point." - Harold B. Melchart
"I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt." - Virginia Satir
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy
Thursday, August 30, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 30th, 2012
"Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use." - Charles M. Schulz
"Optimism is an expectation of the future, but hope is a way of experiencing the present. Optimism argues with the predictions of cynicism and bitterness, and is often proved wrong. Hope rejects cynicism and bitterness as unhelpful, and is perennially proved right." - Doug Muder
"Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere." - Barack Obama
"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled." - Barack Obama
"You know, there's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit -- the ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes; to see the world through the eyes of those who are different from us -- the child who's hungry, the steelworker who's been laid-off, the family who lost the entire life they built together when the storm came to town. When you think like this -- when you choose to broaden your ambit of concern and empathize with the plight of others, whether they are close friends or distant strangers -- it becomes harder not to act; harder not to help." - Barack Obama
"Optimism is an expectation of the future, but hope is a way of experiencing the present. Optimism argues with the predictions of cynicism and bitterness, and is often proved wrong. Hope rejects cynicism and bitterness as unhelpful, and is perennially proved right." - Doug Muder
"Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere." - Barack Obama
"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled." - Barack Obama
"You know, there's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit -- the ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes; to see the world through the eyes of those who are different from us -- the child who's hungry, the steelworker who's been laid-off, the family who lost the entire life they built together when the storm came to town. When you think like this -- when you choose to broaden your ambit of concern and empathize with the plight of others, whether they are close friends or distant strangers -- it becomes harder not to act; harder not to help." - Barack Obama
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 29th, 2012
"Insights from myth, dreams, and intuitions, from glimpses of an invisible reality, and from perennial human wisdom provide us with hints and guesses about the meaning of life and what we are here for. Prayer, observance, discipline, thought and action are the means through which we grow and find meaning." - Jean Shinoda Bolen
"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." - Audre Lorde
"Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it." - Marian Anderson
"When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song are heard. The arts are simply a kind of writing, which, in one way or another, fixes words or gestures, and gives body to the invisible." - Alain
"We are called to be strong companions and clear mirrors to one another, to seek those who reflect with compassion and a keen eye how we are doing, whether we seem centered or off course ... we need the nourishing company of others to create the circle needed for growth, freedom and healing." - Wayne Muller
"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." - Audre Lorde
"Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it." - Marian Anderson
"When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song are heard. The arts are simply a kind of writing, which, in one way or another, fixes words or gestures, and gives body to the invisible." - Alain
"We are called to be strong companions and clear mirrors to one another, to seek those who reflect with compassion and a keen eye how we are doing, whether we seem centered or off course ... we need the nourishing company of others to create the circle needed for growth, freedom and healing." - Wayne Muller
Saturday, August 18, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 18th, 2012
“Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long-run.” - Seth Godin
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” - Earl Nightingale
“We are not unlike a particularly hardy crustacean. . . With each passage from one stage of human growth to the next we, too, must shed a protective structure. We are left exposed and vulnerable -- but also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn't known before. These sheddings may take several years or more. Coming out of each passage, though, we enter a longer and more stable period in which we can expect relative tranquility and a sense of equilibrium regained.” - Gail Sheehy
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” - Aristotle
“There is peace in the garden. Peace and results.” - Ruth Stout
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” - Earl Nightingale
“We are not unlike a particularly hardy crustacean. . . With each passage from one stage of human growth to the next we, too, must shed a protective structure. We are left exposed and vulnerable -- but also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn't known before. These sheddings may take several years or more. Coming out of each passage, though, we enter a longer and more stable period in which we can expect relative tranquility and a sense of equilibrium regained.” - Gail Sheehy
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” - Aristotle
“There is peace in the garden. Peace and results.” - Ruth Stout
Friday, August 17, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 17th, 2012
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” - Rabindranath Tagore
“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” - Helen Keller
“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.” - Mark Twain
“Best is good. Better is best.” - Lisa Grunwald
“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” - Helen Keller
“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.” - Mark Twain
“Best is good. Better is best.” - Lisa Grunwald
Thursday, August 16, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 16th, 2012
"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved." - Victor Hugo
"Life is to be
enjoyed, and not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival." - Willard Gayvil
"So many conditions of happiness are available; more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run to the future in order to get more." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself." - Tony Robbins
"Everything is just as it needs to be. And if we would forgive, our mind and hearts would open and we could see another possibility." - Iyanla Vanzant
"Life is to be
enjoyed, and not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival." - Willard Gayvil"So many conditions of happiness are available; more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run to the future in order to get more." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself." - Tony Robbins
"Everything is just as it needs to be. And if we would forgive, our mind and hearts would open and we could see another possibility." - Iyanla Vanzant
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 15th, 2012
"If we can get to the place where we show up as our genuine selves and let each other see who really are, the awe-inspiring ripple effect will change the world." - Terrie M. Williams
"Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you is a lift-shifting exercise." - Martha Beck
"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." - Vaclav Havel
"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure, nor this thing nor that, but simply growth." - W. B. Yeats
"Happiness, not in another place, but this place...not for another hour, but for this hour." - Walt Whitman
"Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you is a lift-shifting exercise." - Martha Beck
"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." - Vaclav Havel
"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure, nor this thing nor that, but simply growth." - W. B. Yeats
"Happiness, not in another place, but this place...not for another hour, but for this hour." - Walt Whitman
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 14th, 2012
"Out of difficulties grow miracles." - Jean De La Breye're
"There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness." - Pearl S. Buck
"I knew life began where I stood in the dark, looking out into the light." - Yusef Komunyakaa
"It is hope that gives life meaning. And hope is based on the prospect of being able one day to turn the actual world into a possible one that looks better." - Francois Jacob
"You are full of unshaped dreams...You are laden with beginnings...There's hope in you..." - Lola Ridge
"There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness." - Pearl S. Buck
"I knew life began where I stood in the dark, looking out into the light." - Yusef Komunyakaa
"It is hope that gives life meaning. And hope is based on the prospect of being able one day to turn the actual world into a possible one that looks better." - Francois Jacob
"You are full of unshaped dreams...You are laden with beginnings...There's hope in you..." - Lola Ridge
Monday, August 13, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 13th, 2012
“It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters, in the end. ” - Ursula Le Guin
"The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope." - Samuel Johnson
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up." - Anne Lamott
"No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead." - Oprah Winfrey
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without words and never stops at all" - Emily Dickinson
"The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope." - Samuel Johnson
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up." - Anne Lamott
"No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead." - Oprah Winfrey
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without words and never stops at all" - Emily Dickinson
Sunday, August 12, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 12th, 2012
"One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats." - Iris Murdoch
"The capacity for uplift is part of what makes us essentially, euphorically human." - Jessica Winter
Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. - Positively Positive, Facebook
"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but they seize us." - Ashley Montagu
"The only joy in the world is to begin." - Cesare Paves
"The capacity for uplift is part of what makes us essentially, euphorically human." - Jessica Winter
Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. - Positively Positive, Facebook
"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but they seize us." - Ashley Montagu
"The only joy in the world is to begin." - Cesare Paves
Saturday, August 11, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 11th, 2012
"True happiness is the acceptance of life as it is given to us, with its diminishment, mystery, uncontrollability, and all." - Michael Gellert
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Happiness is in your ability to love others." - Leo Tolstoy
"That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great." - Willa Cather
"The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight." - Epictetus
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Happiness is in your ability to love others." - Leo Tolstoy
"That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great." - Willa Cather
"The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight." - Epictetus
Friday, August 10, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 10th, 2012
"Behind all this, some great happiness is hiding." - Yehuda Amichai
"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
"Growth itself contains the germ of happiness." - Pearl S. Buck
"Happiness is there for the taking - and making." - Oprah Winfrey
"Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life." - Marcus Aurelius
"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
"Growth itself contains the germ of happiness." - Pearl S. Buck
"Happiness is there for the taking - and making." - Oprah Winfrey
"Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life." - Marcus Aurelius
Thursday, August 9, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 9th, 2012
"Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries." - Theodore Roethke
"Every beginning, after all, is nothing but a sequel, and the book of events is always open in the middle." - Wislawa Szymborska
"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." - Rumi
"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
"Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries." - Theodore Roethke
"Every beginning, after all, is nothing but a sequel, and the book of events is always open in the middle." - Wislawa Szymborska
"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." - Rumi
"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
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 8th, 2012
"Little changes and little choices add up to be revolutionary changes in your life." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"This moment is always the best one in which to express your care for others." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"This moment is your life. It is the process of living, the journey, that is life itself, and we often wish away our lives by focusing only on what tomorrow could, should, would bring." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Today, and every day, take as your personal mantra: 'I am what I am, and what I am wonderful.' - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"This moment is always the best one in which to express your care for others." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"This moment is your life. It is the process of living, the journey, that is life itself, and we often wish away our lives by focusing only on what tomorrow could, should, would bring." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Today, and every day, take as your personal mantra: 'I am what I am, and what I am wonderful.' - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 7th, 2012
"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." - Henri Bergson
"We spend most our lives cutting down our ambitions because the world has told us to think small. Dreams express what your soul is telling you, so as crazy as your dream might seem -- even to you -- I don't care: You have to let that out." - Eleni Gabre-Madhin
"To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another - that is surely the basic instinct...! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is!" - Barbara Kingslover
"All we have is all we need. All we need is the awareness of how blessed we really are" - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Those who live passionately teach us how to love. Those who love passionately teach us how to live." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"We spend most our lives cutting down our ambitions because the world has told us to think small. Dreams express what your soul is telling you, so as crazy as your dream might seem -- even to you -- I don't care: You have to let that out." - Eleni Gabre-Madhin
"To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another - that is surely the basic instinct...! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is!" - Barbara Kingslover
"All we have is all we need. All we need is the awareness of how blessed we really are" - Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Those who live passionately teach us how to love. Those who love passionately teach us how to live." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Just For The Laughs :D :)) - August 7th, 2012
"What Smells?"
A young couple decided to wed.
As the big day approached they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other.
The Groom-to-be, overcoming his fear, decided to ask his father for advice.
"Father," he said, "I am deeply concerned about the success of my marriage.
I love my fiancée, very much, but you see, I have very smelly feet, and I'm afraid that my future wife will be put off by them."
"No problem," said dad, "all you have to do is wash your feet as often as possible, and always wear socks, even to bed."
Well, to him this seemed a workable solution.
The bride-to-be, overcoming her fear, decided to take her problem up her mom.
"Mom," she said, "When I wake up in the morning my breath is truly awful."
"Honey," her mother consoled, "everyone has bad breath in the morning."
"No, you don't understand. My morning breath is so bad, I'm afraid that my new husband will not want to sleep in the same room with me."
Her mother said simply, "Try this. In the morning, get straight out of bed, and head for the bathroom and brush your teeth.
The key is, not to say a word until you've brushed your teeth.
Not a word," her mother affirmed.
Well, she thought it was certainly worth a try.
The loving couple were finally married in a beautiful ceremony.
Not forgetting the advice each had received, he with his perpetual socks and she with her morning silence, they managed quite well.
That is, until about six months later.
Shortly before dawn, the husband wakes with a start to find that one of his socks had come off.
Fearful of the consequences, he frantically searches the bed.
This, of course, woke his bride and without thinking, she immediately asks, "What on earth are you doing?"
"Oh, no!" he gasped in shock, "You've swallowed my sock!"
- As told by Owner-LaughALot@ListFarm.com
Found via smilegodlovesyou.org
A young couple decided to wed.
As the big day approached they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other.
The Groom-to-be, overcoming his fear, decided to ask his father for advice.
"Father," he said, "I am deeply concerned about the success of my marriage.
I love my fiancée, very much, but you see, I have very smelly feet, and I'm afraid that my future wife will be put off by them."
"No problem," said dad, "all you have to do is wash your feet as often as possible, and always wear socks, even to bed."
Well, to him this seemed a workable solution.
The bride-to-be, overcoming her fear, decided to take her problem up her mom.
"Mom," she said, "When I wake up in the morning my breath is truly awful."
"Honey," her mother consoled, "everyone has bad breath in the morning."
"No, you don't understand. My morning breath is so bad, I'm afraid that my new husband will not want to sleep in the same room with me."
Her mother said simply, "Try this. In the morning, get straight out of bed, and head for the bathroom and brush your teeth.
The key is, not to say a word until you've brushed your teeth.
Not a word," her mother affirmed.
Well, she thought it was certainly worth a try.
The loving couple were finally married in a beautiful ceremony.
Not forgetting the advice each had received, he with his perpetual socks and she with her morning silence, they managed quite well.
That is, until about six months later.
Shortly before dawn, the husband wakes with a start to find that one of his socks had come off.
Fearful of the consequences, he frantically searches the bed.
This, of course, woke his bride and without thinking, she immediately asks, "What on earth are you doing?"
"Oh, no!" he gasped in shock, "You've swallowed my sock!"
- As told by Owner-LaughALot@ListFarm.com
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Monday, August 6, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 6th, 2012
“In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.” - Dorothea Dix
"You have to speak your dream out loud." - Kelly Corrigan
“There is peace in the garden. Peace and results.” - Ruth Stout
"What I like most about change is that it's a synonym for 'hope'. If you are taking a risk, what you are really saying is, "I believe in tomorrow and I will be part of it." - Linda Ellerbee
"People underestimate their capacity for change. There's never a right time to do a difficult thing." - John Porter
"You have to speak your dream out loud." - Kelly Corrigan
“There is peace in the garden. Peace and results.” - Ruth Stout
"What I like most about change is that it's a synonym for 'hope'. If you are taking a risk, what you are really saying is, "I believe in tomorrow and I will be part of it." - Linda Ellerbee
"People underestimate their capacity for change. There's never a right time to do a difficult thing." - John Porter
Sunday, August 5, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 5th, 2012
“To change who you are, change who you think you are.” - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"If you live the questions, life will move you into the answers." - Deepak Chopra
"Sometimes you have to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything - whatever is bringing you down - get rid of it. Because you will find that when you are free, your true creativity, your true self comes out." - Tina Turner
“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.” - Gail Hamilton
"If you live the questions, life will move you into the answers." - Deepak Chopra
"Sometimes you have to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything - whatever is bringing you down - get rid of it. Because you will find that when you are free, your true creativity, your true self comes out." - Tina Turner
“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.” - Gail Hamilton
Saturday, August 4, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 4th, 2012
"Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"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." - Thich Nhat Hanh
“Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.” - Joseph Campbell
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” - Aristotle
"If you're gonna make a change, you're gonna have to operate from a new belief that says life happens not to me but for me." - Tony Robbins
"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." - Thich Nhat Hanh
“Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.” - Joseph Campbell
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” - Aristotle
"If you're gonna make a change, you're gonna have to operate from a new belief that says life happens not to me but for me." - Tony Robbins
Friday, August 3, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 3rd, 2012
"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." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"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." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and witness a condition of happiness you have, happiness comes." - 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 now." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?" - Thich Nhat Hanh
"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." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and witness a condition of happiness you have, happiness comes." - 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 now." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?" - Thich Nhat Hanh
Thursday, August 2, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 2nd, 2012
"Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet." - Bob Marley
"Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for." - David Starr Jordan
"If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness." - 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." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for." - David Starr Jordan
"If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness." - 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." - Thich Nhat Hanh
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - August 1st, 2012
"Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed." - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." - Michael Jordan
”It is God’s Kindness to terrify you in order to lead you to safety.” - Rumi
"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky" - Buddha
"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." - Socrates
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." - Michael Jordan
”It is God’s Kindness to terrify you in order to lead you to safety.” - Rumi
"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky" - Buddha
"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." - Socrates
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 31st, 2012
"Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"Be yourself. The world worships the original." - Ingrid Bergman
"Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul." - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
"The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"Be yourself. The world worships the original." - Ingrid Bergman
"Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul." - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Monday, July 30, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 30th, 2012
"LOVE is what gives joy to giving joy." - Rumi
"I am a Farmer of the Heart." - Rumi
"I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute." - Maya Angelou
"Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true." - Robert Brault
"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"I am a Farmer of the Heart." - Rumi
"I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute." - Maya Angelou
"Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true." - Robert Brault
"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Sunday, July 29, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 29th, 2012
"Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more." - Louis L'Amour
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.” - Rumi
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, BE IN LOVE.” - Rumi
"Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third." - Marge Piercy
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” - Robert Brault
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.” - Rumi
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, BE IN LOVE.” - Rumi
"Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third." - Marge Piercy
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” - Robert Brault
Saturday, July 28, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 28th, 2012
“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” - Mother Teresa
"Play the flute of felicity! You, yourself, are the melody." - Rumi
"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every HEART." - Rumi
"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing" - Dale Carnegie
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination
and life to everything." - Plato
Garden of Ninfa, Italy.
Pic and Copyright by Moyan Brenn http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/5626284045/in/set-72157625609135588
Etretat Cliffs, Normandy, Italy.
Pic and Copyright by Moyan Brenn http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/5238541358/in/set-72157625609135588
"Play the flute of felicity! You, yourself, are the melody." - Rumi
"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every HEART." - Rumi
"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing" - Dale Carnegie
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination
and life to everything." - Plato
Garden of Ninfa, Italy.
Pic and Copyright by Moyan Brenn http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/5626284045/in/set-72157625609135588
Etretat Cliffs, Normandy, Italy.
Pic and Copyright by Moyan Brenn http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/5238541358/in/set-72157625609135588
Friday, July 27, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 27th, 2012
"Don't take it or yourself too seriously—it's just life. You're allowed to make mistakes, screw things up and fall down (which everyone does and always will). Be kind to yourself in this process. Remember your intentions (those states of being and authentic desires) are what you're truly after, not the specific outcomes or actions." - Mike Robbins
"When you correct your mind, everything else will fall into place." - Lao Tzu
"Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives." - Louise Hay
"Maybe you are searching among branches for what only appears in the Roots." - Rumi
“You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are.” - Eckhart Tolle
"Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions." - Peace Pilgrim
Siblini, Marche, Italy.
Pic and Copyright by Moyan Brenn http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/5238703560/in/set-72157625609135588
Pic and Copyright by Moyan Brenn http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/5626287267/in/set-72157625609135588
"When you correct your mind, everything else will fall into place." - Lao Tzu
"Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives." - Louise Hay
"Maybe you are searching among branches for what only appears in the Roots." - Rumi
“You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are.” - Eckhart Tolle
"Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions." - Peace Pilgrim
Siblini, Marche, Italy.
Pic and Copyright by Moyan Brenn http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/5238703560/in/set-72157625609135588
Pic and Copyright by Moyan Brenn http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/5626287267/in/set-72157625609135588
Thursday, July 26, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 26th, 2012
"No self-judgment, no self-criticism and no self-dislike allowed today! None of it! You are who you are, and who you are is perfect, just as it is." - Ed and Deb Shapiro
"Write down the area of your life that most needs your attention right now, and then write out the details of your soul's vision for this part of your life. What does it look like? How will achieving your goal change your life? How will it change the lives of those around you? When you reach your goal, when you fulfill that desire, what will you make room for? Take a few minutes to write it all down." - Debbie Ford
"The stuff is like an anchor—you have to hold on to those memories because they are what has made you who you are—but you have to start putting those things in perspective so you can move into life as an adult." - Peter Walsh
"You can have a do-over starting today. But you have to get over the feeling that it's too late." - Jean Chatzky
"Every day is an opportunity to learn something or discover something or someplace. Be curious, play, go out on a limb, walk a different way to work, try a new food at dinner and keep learning and growing." - Sandra Magsamen
"Write down the area of your life that most needs your attention right now, and then write out the details of your soul's vision for this part of your life. What does it look like? How will achieving your goal change your life? How will it change the lives of those around you? When you reach your goal, when you fulfill that desire, what will you make room for? Take a few minutes to write it all down." - Debbie Ford
"The stuff is like an anchor—you have to hold on to those memories because they are what has made you who you are—but you have to start putting those things in perspective so you can move into life as an adult." - Peter Walsh
"You can have a do-over starting today. But you have to get over the feeling that it's too late." - Jean Chatzky
"Every day is an opportunity to learn something or discover something or someplace. Be curious, play, go out on a limb, walk a different way to work, try a new food at dinner and keep learning and growing." - Sandra Magsamen
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 25th, 2012
"Build on past successes, be grateful for what you do have, and know that this, too, shall pass. It's only for the now. Whatever we're facing, it's not forever." - Dave Pelzer
"When it comes to exploring your creative side, it's very easy to think of all the reasons you can't do it—you don't have the time, you don't have the money, etc.—but if you are truly passionate about expressing yourself, you can find a way. When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning. Take the next step and the next until what you've dreamed about begins to become reality." - Marcus Buckingham
"What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder." - Oprah Winfrey
"This is a day to separate what does work for you from what is no longer needed. Time to toss out old regrets, useless feelings or past resentments." - Ed and Deb Shapiro
"You can use the infectious effects of a grin to jump-start an optimistic outlook in yourself by sending others what you want them to lob back at you. A kind word to the man behind the deli counter can get your day bouncing in the right direction." - Lise Funderburg
"When it comes to exploring your creative side, it's very easy to think of all the reasons you can't do it—you don't have the time, you don't have the money, etc.—but if you are truly passionate about expressing yourself, you can find a way. When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning. Take the next step and the next until what you've dreamed about begins to become reality." - Marcus Buckingham
"What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder." - Oprah Winfrey
"This is a day to separate what does work for you from what is no longer needed. Time to toss out old regrets, useless feelings or past resentments." - Ed and Deb Shapiro
"You can use the infectious effects of a grin to jump-start an optimistic outlook in yourself by sending others what you want them to lob back at you. A kind word to the man behind the deli counter can get your day bouncing in the right direction." - Lise Funderburg
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 24th, 2012
"Inner resilience and the ability to bounce back are personal qualities. ... Align yourself with someone who has this kind of resilience so that your own can be strengthened. Find another oak to weather the storm with you. Anyone who is in touch with his or her core self will always respond." - Deepak Chopra
"Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis." - Martha Beck
"Every challenge offers the opportunity to think a new flavor of thought and feel a new flavor of emotion. The more varied the flavors of life you get to taste, the more interesting, layered, educated and world-experienced you'll be. Admittedly, you won't like every flavor. But hey, you don't need to go near that flavor ever again. Instead, indulge in flavors you know you're passionate about! And don't be afraid to taste something that might look funny—you never know!" - Karen Salmansohn
"I know for sure that I don't want to live a shut-down life—desensitized to feeling, seeing and the possibility of experiencing joy on every level. I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible." - Oprah Winfrey
"Find time to reconnect with the woman you used to be—the one your partner fell in love with. Make time for old interests, forgotten girlfriends and grooming rituals. Take long walks through the woods or along the shore. ... Activities such as these recharge your independence and reconnect you to your femininity—things we often lose track of in the stress of day-to-day life." - Dr. Laura Berman
"Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis." - Martha Beck
"Every challenge offers the opportunity to think a new flavor of thought and feel a new flavor of emotion. The more varied the flavors of life you get to taste, the more interesting, layered, educated and world-experienced you'll be. Admittedly, you won't like every flavor. But hey, you don't need to go near that flavor ever again. Instead, indulge in flavors you know you're passionate about! And don't be afraid to taste something that might look funny—you never know!" - Karen Salmansohn
"I know for sure that I don't want to live a shut-down life—desensitized to feeling, seeing and the possibility of experiencing joy on every level. I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible." - Oprah Winfrey
"Find time to reconnect with the woman you used to be—the one your partner fell in love with. Make time for old interests, forgotten girlfriends and grooming rituals. Take long walks through the woods or along the shore. ... Activities such as these recharge your independence and reconnect you to your femininity—things we often lose track of in the stress of day-to-day life." - Dr. Laura Berman
Monday, July 23, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 23rd, 2012
"Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living." - C. G. Jung
"Solitude is the soul's holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others, and to surprise and delight ourselves instead." - Katrina Kenison
"Compared to that profounder site
That polar privacy
A soul admitted to itself -
Finite infinity." - Emily Dickinson
"Whenever you're tempted to dwell in the past, repeat this single word: forward. Brainstorm one positive thought and action to use to keep you moving forward. When you're tempted to indulge in a negative, regressive behavior, swap it for one that will move you forward." - Karen Salmansohn
"I believe that when you stop renewing and are no longer open to change and the possibilities that continually unfold, you stop being alive and are just getting through the years." - Oprah Winfrey
"Solitude is the soul's holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others, and to surprise and delight ourselves instead." - Katrina Kenison
"Compared to that profounder site
That polar privacy
A soul admitted to itself -
Finite infinity." - Emily Dickinson
"Whenever you're tempted to dwell in the past, repeat this single word: forward. Brainstorm one positive thought and action to use to keep you moving forward. When you're tempted to indulge in a negative, regressive behavior, swap it for one that will move you forward." - Karen Salmansohn
"I believe that when you stop renewing and are no longer open to change and the possibilities that continually unfold, you stop being alive and are just getting through the years." - Oprah Winfrey
Sunday, July 22, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 22nd, 2012
"It is only alone, true alone that one bursts apart, spring forth." - Maria Isabel Barreno
"To be Silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing; expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself...When life sank down for a moment, the range of experience seemed limitless." - Virginia Woolf
"Aloneness is an opportunity, a state brimming with potentiality, with resources for renewed life...In the space of aloneness -perhaps only there- a woman is free to admit and act on her own her desires." - Florence Falk
"Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and mood in a room by himself." - Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
"Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own." - Oprah Winfrey
"To be Silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing; expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself...When life sank down for a moment, the range of experience seemed limitless." - Virginia Woolf
"Aloneness is an opportunity, a state brimming with potentiality, with resources for renewed life...In the space of aloneness -perhaps only there- a woman is free to admit and act on her own her desires." - Florence Falk
"Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and mood in a room by himself." - Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
"Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own." - Oprah Winfrey
Saturday, July 21, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 21st, 2012
"Never use the word “impossible” seriously again. Toss it into the verbal wastebucket." - Norman Vincent Peale
“To go fast, row slowly.” - Norman Vincent Peale
“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.” - Norman Vincent Peale
"Problems can provide insights and give lessons in how you can grow" - Henrik Edberg
"....Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." - Matthew 6:34(NIV)
“To go fast, row slowly.” - Norman Vincent Peale
“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.” - Norman Vincent Peale
"Problems can provide insights and give lessons in how you can grow" - Henrik Edberg
"....Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." - Matthew 6:34(NIV)
Friday, July 20, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 20th, 2012
"Let go and let God. Let Him take over your life and run it. He knows how." - Norman Vincent Peale
"Help other people to cope with their problems and your own will be easier to cope with." - Norman Vince Peale
"If you think lack you tend to create a condition of lack. Shift your thought pattern to one of abundance and believe that God is now in the process of giving you the abundance you need." - Norman Vincent Peale
"Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself." - Norman Vincent Peale
"Miracles are of all sizes. And if you start believing in little miracles, you can work up to the bigger ones." - Norman Vincent Peale
"Help other people to cope with their problems and your own will be easier to cope with." - Norman Vince Peale
"If you think lack you tend to create a condition of lack. Shift your thought pattern to one of abundance and believe that God is now in the process of giving you the abundance you need." - Norman Vincent Peale
"Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself." - Norman Vincent Peale
"Miracles are of all sizes. And if you start believing in little miracles, you can work up to the bigger ones." - Norman Vincent Peale
Thursday, July 19, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 19th, 2012
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." - Henry Ford
"One must be compassionate to one’s self before external compassion." - Dalai Lama
"It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential." - Bruce Lee
"Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can." - Norman Vincent Peale
"Live your life and forget your age" - Norman Vincent Peale
"One must be compassionate to one’s self before external compassion." - Dalai Lama
"It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential." - Bruce Lee
"Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can." - Norman Vincent Peale
"Live your life and forget your age" - Norman Vincent Peale
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 18th, 2012
"We’re swallowed up only when we’re willing for it to happen." - Nathalie Sarraute
"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo,but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." - Oprah Winfrey
"Thank you
For teaching me wrong from right and
encouraging me to keep my dreams in sight
For showing me to not let obstacles keep me
down
And for creating a smile from of my frown
For saying that you care about me
And for showing just how special love should be
For wiping my tears away when I’m feeling sad
And for calming me down when I tend to get mad
For helping others with the good that you do
And for teaching me that I should help others, too
For hugging me when I am feeling blue
And whispering into my ear “I love you”
Thank you, family, for all that you do
I don’t know where I would be if it weren’t
for you." - James Malinchak
“When you come down to it, all you have is yourself.” - Pablo Picasso
"Let food be your medicine." - Hippocrates
"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo,but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." - Oprah Winfrey
"Thank you
For teaching me wrong from right and
encouraging me to keep my dreams in sight
For showing me to not let obstacles keep me
down
And for creating a smile from of my frown
For saying that you care about me
And for showing just how special love should be
For wiping my tears away when I’m feeling sad
And for calming me down when I tend to get mad
For helping others with the good that you do
And for teaching me that I should help others, too
For hugging me when I am feeling blue
And whispering into my ear “I love you”
Thank you, family, for all that you do
I don’t know where I would be if it weren’t
for you." - James Malinchak
“When you come down to it, all you have is yourself.” - Pablo Picasso
"Let food be your medicine." - Hippocrates
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 17th, 2012
"...by accepting what is given to you, you complete the circle of love." - Lori Moore
"Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy." - Louisa May Alcott
"Friends are there to heal the wounds
To pull you out of saddened tunes
To brighten up your cloudy skies
To clear up fictitious lies Friends are there with open arms
To comfort you and block the harms
To keep your secrets hidden away
To entertain you when you want to play Friends are there, smile or tear
Friends are there, happiness or fear
Friends are fun and friends are clever
And the ties that bind friends will last forever." - Harmony Davis
"Friendships multiply joys and divide grief." - Thomas Fuller
"A friend...Is someone who believes you when nobody else will." - Ashley Parole
"Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy." - Louisa May Alcott
"Friends are there to heal the wounds
To pull you out of saddened tunes
To brighten up your cloudy skies
To clear up fictitious lies Friends are there with open arms
To comfort you and block the harms
To keep your secrets hidden away
To entertain you when you want to play Friends are there, smile or tear
Friends are there, happiness or fear
Friends are fun and friends are clever
And the ties that bind friends will last forever." - Harmony Davis
"Friendships multiply joys and divide grief." - Thomas Fuller
"A friend...Is someone who believes you when nobody else will." - Ashley Parole
Monday, July 16, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 16th, 2012
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it! Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." – Howard Thurman
"After the verb “to love,” “to help” is the most beautiful verb in the world." - Bertha Von Suttner
"Where there is great love, there are always miracles." - Willa Cather
"Love is something eternal." - Vincent van Gogh
"Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections; some literally give their blood...but everyone has something to give." - Barbara Bush
"After the verb “to love,” “to help” is the most beautiful verb in the world." - Bertha Von Suttner
"Where there is great love, there are always miracles." - Willa Cather
"Love is something eternal." - Vincent van Gogh
"Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections; some literally give their blood...but everyone has something to give." - Barbara Bush
Sunday, July 15, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 15th, 2012
“The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi
“What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about 'right' and 'wrong,' or 'good' and 'evil,' and simply acted so as to maximize well-being, our own and that of others? Would we lose anything important?” - Sam Harris
“We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.” - Pema Chodron
“Reality is much more complex than any judgment of right and wrong encourages you to believe. When you really understand the ethical, spiritual, social, economic, and psychological forces that shape individuals, you will see that people's choices are not based on a desire to hurt. Instead, they are in accord with what they know and what world views are available to them. Most are doing the best they can, given what information they've received and what problems they are facing.” - Michael Lerner
“The most powerful moral influence is example. ” - Huston Smith
“What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about 'right' and 'wrong,' or 'good' and 'evil,' and simply acted so as to maximize well-being, our own and that of others? Would we lose anything important?” - Sam Harris
“We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.” - Pema Chodron
“Reality is much more complex than any judgment of right and wrong encourages you to believe. When you really understand the ethical, spiritual, social, economic, and psychological forces that shape individuals, you will see that people's choices are not based on a desire to hurt. Instead, they are in accord with what they know and what world views are available to them. Most are doing the best they can, given what information they've received and what problems they are facing.” - Michael Lerner
“The most powerful moral influence is example. ” - Huston Smith
Saturday, July 14, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 14th, 2012
“Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled; and by doing brave acts, we become brave.” - Aristotle
"What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory." - Oprah Winfrey
“To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.” - John Locke
“There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.” - Marshall McLuhan
"Before you pull up your tent stakes and tight roll your sleeping bag, give Mother Nature another chance. Camping really can be a vacation like no other—in a good way." - Heather Hatfield
"What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory." - Oprah Winfrey
“To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.” - John Locke
“There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.” - Marshall McLuhan
"Before you pull up your tent stakes and tight roll your sleeping bag, give Mother Nature another chance. Camping really can be a vacation like no other—in a good way." - Heather Hatfield
Friday, July 13, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 13th, 2012
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” - E. E. Cummings
“No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.” - Marian Wright Edelman
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need." - Tao Te Ching
"I use memories but I will not allow memories to use me." - Deepak Chopra
“A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.” - Felix Adler
“No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.” - Marian Wright Edelman
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need." - Tao Te Ching
"I use memories but I will not allow memories to use me." - Deepak Chopra
“A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.” - Felix Adler
Thursday, July 12, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 12th, 2012
"The mental and physical space we create by letting go of things that belong in our past gives us...the option to fill the space with something new." - Susan Fay West
“Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.” - Joan Didion
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” - Frederick Douglass
“A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.” - Cardinal De Retz
“To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi
“Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.” - Joan Didion
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” - Frederick Douglass
“A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.” - Cardinal De Retz
“To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 11th, 2012
"Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom at all..." - Krishnamurti
"When we...go back into the past and rake up all the troubles we've had, we end up reeling and staggering through life. Stability and peace of mind come by living in the moment." - Pam Vredevelt
“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” - Abraham Joshua Heschel
"You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old - whatever "the old" means for you." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
“The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.” - Eric Hoffer
"When we...go back into the past and rake up all the troubles we've had, we end up reeling and staggering through life. Stability and peace of mind come by living in the moment." - Pam Vredevelt
“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” - Abraham Joshua Heschel
"You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old - whatever "the old" means for you." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
“The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.” - Eric Hoffer
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 10th, 2012
“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?” - Jane Nelson
"We must be willing to let go of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." - Joseph Campbell
"We need to learn to love the flawed, imperfect things that we create, and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly, it reminds us that we know we could do better." - Kathryn Schultz
“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.” - William J. H. Boetcker
“Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?” - Jane Nelson
"We must be willing to let go of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." - Joseph Campbell
"We need to learn to love the flawed, imperfect things that we create, and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly, it reminds us that we know we could do better." - Kathryn Schultz
“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.” - William J. H. Boetcker
Monday, July 9, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 9th, 2012
"In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself. It will be a permanent Self, rooted in awareness and creativity. Once you have captured this, you have captured the world." - Deepak Chopra
"Holding on is believing that there's only a past; letting go is knowing that there's a future." - Daphne Rose Kingma
"The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointment of the past that bind our spirit." - Jack Kornfield
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all." - J.K Rowling
“When I go into the garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Holding on is believing that there's only a past; letting go is knowing that there's a future." - Daphne Rose Kingma
"The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointment of the past that bind our spirit." - Jack Kornfield
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all." - J.K Rowling
“When I go into the garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sunday, July 8, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 8th, 2012
"If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door." - Milton Berle
"Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
"Accept yourself the way you are – the perfect you and the not-so-perfect you can co-exist in perfect harmony." - Vibha Dhawan
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"The only way to fight evil is to wrap it with love, just like only water can tame a blazing fire." - Vibha Dhawan
"Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
"Accept yourself the way you are – the perfect you and the not-so-perfect you can co-exist in perfect harmony." - Vibha Dhawan
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"The only way to fight evil is to wrap it with love, just like only water can tame a blazing fire." - Vibha Dhawan
Saturday, July 7, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 7th, 2012
"Believe in yourself and take the leap of faith; it’s never too late to start being who you’ve always wanted to be." - Vibha Dhawan
"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." - Thomas Jefferson
"Let go of your ego, it only poisons your heart." - Vibha Dhawan
"All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney
"Age is a state of mind. It is said that “if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter." - Vibha Dhawan
"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." - Thomas Jefferson
"Let go of your ego, it only poisons your heart." - Vibha Dhawan
"All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney
"Age is a state of mind. It is said that “if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter." - Vibha Dhawan
Friday, July 6, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 6th, 2012
"Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Love needs to be set free like the passing wind. The more you try to hold on to it, the faster it will escape you. Stop seeking it and you’ll be pleasantly surprised to see that it’s always been around and always will be." - Vibha Dhawan
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." - Albert Einstein
"Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving." - Henry Ford
"The best thing that ever happened to me was losing last year in the Finals. I had to change." - LeBron James
"Love needs to be set free like the passing wind. The more you try to hold on to it, the faster it will escape you. Stop seeking it and you’ll be pleasantly surprised to see that it’s always been around and always will be." - Vibha Dhawan
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." - Albert Einstein
"Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving." - Henry Ford
"The best thing that ever happened to me was losing last year in the Finals. I had to change." - LeBron James
Thursday, July 5, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 5th, 2012
"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Magic exists within each of us, all it needs, is to be acknowledged and believed in to come to life." - Vibha Dhawan
"Laugh more often; let your vibrant smile tell your fabulous story." - Vibha Dhawan
"Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." - Steve Jobs
"Don’t overlook the flawless today in the hopes for a perfect tomorrow." - Vibha Dhawan
"Magic exists within each of us, all it needs, is to be acknowledged and believed in to come to life." - Vibha Dhawan
"Laugh more often; let your vibrant smile tell your fabulous story." - Vibha Dhawan
"Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." - Steve Jobs
"Don’t overlook the flawless today in the hopes for a perfect tomorrow." - Vibha Dhawan
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 4th, 2012
“When I go into the garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is to make it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves.” - Bonaro W. Overstreet
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." - Henry Ford
"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." - Albert Einstein
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot
“Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is to make it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves.” - Bonaro W. Overstreet
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." - Henry Ford
"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." - Albert Einstein
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 3rd, 2012
“If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.” - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” - Mark Twain
We are all something, but none of us are everything.” - Blaise Pascal
“To value his own good opinion, a child has to feel that he is a worthwhile person. He has to have confidence in himself as an individual.” - Sidonie Gruenberg
“If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you would have left them long ago.” - Carla Gordon
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” - Mark Twain
We are all something, but none of us are everything.” - Blaise Pascal
“To value his own good opinion, a child has to feel that he is a worthwhile person. He has to have confidence in himself as an individual.” - Sidonie Gruenberg
“If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you would have left them long ago.” - Carla Gordon
Sunday, July 1, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - July 1st, 2012
“If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.” - John Steinbeck
“They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi
“Self-respect knows no considerations.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi
“It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don't give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade.” - George Eliot
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” - Carl Rogers
“They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi
“Self-respect knows no considerations.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi
“It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don't give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade.” - George Eliot
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” - Carl Rogers
Saturday, June 30, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - June 30th, 2012
“When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.” - Carter G. Woodson
“We only feel dehumanized when we get trapped in the derogatory images of other people or thoughts of wrongness about ourselves.” - Marshall Rosenberg
“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson
“It's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.” - Sally Kempton
“People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.” - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“We only feel dehumanized when we get trapped in the derogatory images of other people or thoughts of wrongness about ourselves.” - Marshall Rosenberg
“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson
“It's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.” - Sally Kempton
“People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.” - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Friday, June 29, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - June 29th, 2012
“We are stronger, gentler, more resilient, and more beautiful than any of us imagine.” - Mark Nepo
“Alas, the fearful Unbelief is unbelief in yourself.” - Thomas Carlyle
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” - Oscar Wilde
“The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.” - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.” - Harry Emerson Fosdick
“Alas, the fearful Unbelief is unbelief in yourself.” - Thomas Carlyle
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” - Oscar Wilde
“The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.” - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.” - Harry Emerson Fosdick
Thursday, June 28, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - June 28th, 2012
“Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.” - G. I. Gurdjieff
“What we do matters to us. Work may not be the most important thing in our lives or the only thing. We may work because we must, but we still want to love, to feel pride in, to respect ourselves for what we do and to make a difference.” - Sara Ann Friedman
“A thoroughly good relationship with ourselves results in being still, which doesn't mean we don't run and jump and dance about. It means there's no compulsiveness. We don't overwork, overeat, oversmoke, overseduce. In short, we begin to stop causing harm.” - Pema Chodron
“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.” - Hafiz of Persia
“The greatest single cause of a poor self image is the absence of unconditional love. ” - Zig Ziglar
“What we do matters to us. Work may not be the most important thing in our lives or the only thing. We may work because we must, but we still want to love, to feel pride in, to respect ourselves for what we do and to make a difference.” - Sara Ann Friedman
“A thoroughly good relationship with ourselves results in being still, which doesn't mean we don't run and jump and dance about. It means there's no compulsiveness. We don't overwork, overeat, oversmoke, overseduce. In short, we begin to stop causing harm.” - Pema Chodron
“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.” - Hafiz of Persia
“The greatest single cause of a poor self image is the absence of unconditional love. ” - Zig Ziglar
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - June 27th, 2012
“I made no resolutions for the new year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning, and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.” - Anais Nin
“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.” - Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity.” - Erich Fromm
“My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.” - Oscar Wilde
“The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” - Sonya Friedman
“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.” - Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity.” - Erich Fromm
“My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.” - Oscar Wilde
“The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” - Sonya Friedman
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - June 26th, 2012
“Most people can look back over the years and identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly. Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when, because of a readiness within us and a collaboration with events occurring around us, we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that will affect the rest of our lives.” - Frederick F. Flack
“Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves.” - Robert Neelly Bellah
“You never find yourself until you face the truth.” - Pearl Bailey
“The universe is transformation.” - Louise Erdrich
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” - George Bernard Shaw
“Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves.” - Robert Neelly Bellah
“You never find yourself until you face the truth.” - Pearl Bailey
“The universe is transformation.” - Louise Erdrich
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” - George Bernard Shaw
Monday, June 25, 2012
5 Quotes To Brighten And Sweeten Up Your Day - June 25th, 2012
“The way you get to know yourself is by the expression on other people's faces.” - Gil Scott Heron
“Trust is built when no one is looking.” - Seth Godin
“Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge; and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.” - William Ellery Channing
“Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.” - Marge Piercy
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” - M. Scott Peck
“Trust is built when no one is looking.” - Seth Godin
“Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge; and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.” - William Ellery Channing
“Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.” - Marge Piercy
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” - M. Scott Peck
