Thursday, September 17, 2009

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1. If you want good things to happen to you: listen, think and practice self-control. Marilyan Hahn
2. "Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion." -Dorothea Brande
3. If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine. — Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
4. “Women are made to be loved, not understood.”Oscar Wilde
5. “Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right ...” ~ Richard Armour
6. "Wanting to be someone you're not is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain
7. True success is the progressive expansion of happiness. It is the ability to express spontaneous joy & share it with others
8. "Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how." Author Unknown
9. "You accomplish victory step by step, not by leaps and bounds." -Lyn St. James
10. “Life is half spent before we know what it is.” ~ George Herbert
11. "To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it." Confucius:
12. The only real failure in life is the failure to try.
13. When we love, we always strive to become better than we are -Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
14. "Success in the end depends on how he have helped other to arrive at the same or similar destinations" Kevin DeSoto
15. The key to immortality is first....: The key to immortality is first to live a life worth remembering.-- Bruce Lee
16. “Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?” ~ Al Boliska
17. We all have to take defeats in life. Muhammad Ali
18. “Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” ~ J. F. Kennedy
19. "If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning fo..
20. “This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.” ~ Matthew Arnold
21. Superficial goals neither help develop your potential nor satisfy your heart. — Philip Arnold
22. "The important thing is this : To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." - Charles Dubois
24. Superficial goals neither help develop your potential nor satisfy your heart. — Philip Arnold
25. "Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine." - Anthony J. D'Angelo
26. "The important thing is this : To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." - Charles Dubois
27. "There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved. " - George Sand
28. "In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities." - Janos Arnay
29. Honor does not have to be....: Honor does not have to be defended.-- Robert J. Sawyer
30. One's first step in wisdom is to question everything and one's last is to come to terms with everything. — Lichtenberg
31. Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; lead me from hate to love, from war to peace. Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe. - NZ Liturgy Midday Prayer
32. "Strength lies in differences, not in similarities." - Stephen Covey8 minutes ago from web
33. “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria.” David Auerbach
34. Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I will meet you there. Rumi
35. True love brings up everything. You're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily. — Jennifer Aniston
36. Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.—Spinoza
37. "Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get." Elbert Hubbard
38. "You accomplish victory step by step, not by leaps and bounds." -Lyn St. James
39. The only real failure in life is the failure to try.
40. “Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” ~ J. F. Kennedy
41. “This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.” ~ Matthew Arnold
42. A room without books is like a body without a soul." – Cicero
43. Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. — Aesop
44. "Look deep into nature, then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein
45. Can miles truly separate you from friends..If you want to be with someone you love, are you not already there?..Richard Bach~
46. Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. — Elbert Hubbard
47. You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil follow the act. Ursula K. LeGuin
48. "A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world." - George Santayana
49. Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. -Mahatma Gandhi
50. Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. — Maria Robinson
51. "Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing." Wayne Dyer
52. : "We may not be what we want to be, but thank God we are not what we used to be." Tim Storey
53. "Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all." - Mark Twain
54. "Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things." Denis Diderot
55. “Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.” ~ Aristotle
56. "Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it." - John Maxwell
57. "The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure." - Sven Goran Eriksson
58. "Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted." - David Bly
59. “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” ~ D. D. Eisenhower
60. "The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." Carl Gustav Jung - great book:
61. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.” ~ Robert Frost
62. "Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.” Joseph Campbell
63. “I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.” ~ F. A. Clark
64. "Always stand up for what you believe in…even if it means standing alone." Kim Hanks
65. “Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.” ~ John Donne
66. John Wooden: "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
67. "Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" Abraham Lincoln
68. Every child is an artist. The problem is how 2 remain an artist once he grows up.-Picasso
69. “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” ~ Albert Einstein
70. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin
71. "One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings." – Diogenes
72. True love brings up everything. You're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily. — Jennifer Aniston
73. "A room without books is like a body without a soul." – Cicero
74. "We may not be what we want to be, but thank God we are not what we used to be." Tim Storey
75. "Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it." - John Maxwell
76. "Always stand up for what you believe in…even if it means standing alone." Kim Hanks
77. “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” ~ Galileo Galilei
78. "Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun." George Scialabba
79. The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly. Corra Harris
80. You can't take money to the hereafter but true love would make a great companion in eternity. — Philip Arnold
81. Too low they build, who build beneath the stars. — Edward Young
82. "Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions" Albert Einstein
83. "Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished." - Og Mandino
84. "I know of only one duty, and that is to love". - Albert Camus
85. "The reason Angels can fly is because they take themselves so lightly."
86. Live every day as though it's your last. One day you'll get it right! - Zig Ziglar
87. "Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions" Albert Einstein
88. "One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes." - Benjamin Disraeli
89. "Compassion is difficult to give away . . . because it keeps coming back." – Unknown
90. "The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge." - Bertrand Russell
91. "He who has a why to Live can bear with almost any how." - Victor Frankl
92. "You become great by doing little things in a great way everyday." ~ Robert Russell
93. "Live out of your imagination, not your history." Stephen Covey
94. "The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked one." - William Penn
95. "Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions" Albert Einstein

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Notes 1

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
- G. K. Chesterton