A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Oh, it is excellent to have a giant's strength;

but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.

-William Shakespeare, playwright and poet (1564-1616)

Thought for the Day

Oh, how small a portion of earth

will hold us when we are dead,

who ambitiously seek after the

whole world while we are living!

-Philip of Macedon, king, father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BCE)

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

When a nation gives birth to a man

who is able to produce a great thought,

another is born who is able to understand

and admire it.

-Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

Thought for the day

ATTITUDE...

The question isn't who is going to let me;

it's who is going to stop me.

-Ayn Rand

A Thought for Today

"Look at a day when you are

supremely satisfied at the end.

It's not a day when you lounge around

doing nothing; it's when you've had

everything to do, and you've done it."
~ Margaret Thatcher

A thought for Today

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper,

the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation.

It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails,

admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."
~ Theodore Roosevelt

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Words are like money;

there is nothing so useless,

unless when in actual use.

-Samuel Butler, writer (1835-1902)

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines,

is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quantities.

No man who is not pleased with himself,

even in a personal sense, can please others.

-Frederick Saunders, librarian and essayist (1807-1902)

A Thought for the Day

People are always blaming circumstances

for what they are.

I do not believe in circumstances.

The people who get on in this world are

the people who get up and look for

the circumstances they want, and

if they cannot find them,

they make them.

-George Bernard Shaw

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Nothing which does not transport is poetry.

The lyre is a winged instrument.

-Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)
 

Thought for the Day

Many things which cannot be

overcome when they are together

yield themselves up when

taken little by little.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

 There are some who only employ words for

the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

-Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778)
 

Thought for the Day

"If we had no winter,

the spring would not be so pleasant;

if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,

prosperity would not be so welcome."

Life's not about waiting for the storms to pass...

It's about learning to dance in the rain.

A Thought for Today

Life is change.

Growth is optional.

Choose wisely.

A thought for the day

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry,

lost knowledge by study,

lost health by temperance or medicine,

but lost time is gone forever.

A Thought for Today

To get what you want,

STOP doing what isn't working.

Thoughts for the Day

"Some men have thousands of reasons

why they cannot do what they want to,

when all they need is one reason why they can."

 

 

"Time is at once the most valuable and

the most perishable of all our possessions."

 

"If a man is called to be a streetsweeper,

he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted,

or Beethoven composed music,

or Shakespeare wrote poetry.

He should sweep streets so well that

all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say,

here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well."
~ Martin Luther King Jr.

 

"If, before going to bed every night,

you will tear a page from the calendar,

and remark, "there goes another day of my life,

never to return," you will become time conscious."

 

 

"We can do anything we want to do

if we stick to it long enough."

 

"Step by step.

I can't think of any other way

of accomplishing anything."

~ Michael Jordan

 

 

Good Read...

 

Feng Shui This is without a doubt one of the nicest good luck forwards I have received. Hope it works for you -- and me! Lotus Touts: You have 6 minutes ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other. THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. FOUR. When you say, 'I love you,' mean it. FIVE. When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye. SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married. SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight. EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much. NINE.. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.. TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling. ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives. TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.. THIRTEEN! .. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?' FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. FIFTEEN. Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze. SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions. EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship. NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice TWENTY- ONE. Spend some time alone. Now, here's the FUN part! Send this to at least 5 people and your life will improve. 1-4 people: Your life will improve slightly. 5-9 people: Your life will improve to your liking. 9-14 people: You will have at least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks 15 and above: Your life will improve drastically and everything you ever dreamed of will begin to take shape. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

We have not passed that subtle line between

childhood and adulthood until we move from

the passive voice to the active voice - that is,

until we have stopped saying

'It got lost,' and say,

'I lost it.'

-Sydney J. Harris, journalist (1917-1986)

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion;

in maturer years, for every one we lose.

-Madame Anne Sophie Swetchine, mystic (1782-1857)

 

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

A fixed idea is like the iron rod

which sculptors put in their statues.

It impales and sustains.

-Hippolyte Taine, critic and historian (1828-1893)