For this Day:

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Art of life

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much. 
-William Hazlitt, essayist (1778-1830)

...makes a difference

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
~ William James

for the first time...

We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love. 
-Madame De Stael, writer (1766-1817)

Happy Earth Day


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Cost of one day

Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only ONE day, of modern warfare. 
-Peter Ustinov, actor, writer, and director (1921-2004)

...spend minutes thinking

"If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem."
~ Albert Einstein

100%

"You miss one hundred percent of the shots you do not take."
~ Wayne Gretzky

...for a few

I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
-William Morris, poet and novelist (1834-1896)

,,,can be driven out

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of hand on hand, or mouth on mouth.
-Tennessee Williams, dramatist (1911-1983)

...more artistic than

The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
-Vincent van Gogh, painter (1853-1890)

...of vast eternity

But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
-Andrew Marvell, poet (1621-1678)

...one can, one must

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.
-Abraham Maslow, psychologist (1908-1970)

...asked to dance

Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance. 
-Verna Myers, author and speaker (b. 5 Apr 1960)

...more than one

Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds -- all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.
-Edward Everett Hale, author (1822-1909)

...bring some

You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate.
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today.
-Marvin Gaye, singer and songwriter (1939-1984)

...colors from

We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other.
-Nicolas de Chamfort, writer (1741-1794)

Believe you can...

"Believe you can and you’re halfway there."
~ Theodore Roosevelt






....never too late

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
~ George Eliot




...deeply responsive

One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.
-Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (1900-1980)

..at least one

Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
-Henrik Ibsen, playwright (1828-1906) 

...twice a fool

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
-Louis L’Amour, novelist (1908-1988)