Archive for February 3, 2010
Quotes 91 to 100
Feb 3rd
- "If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it." – Lucy Larcom
- "You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth." – Shira Tehrani
- "The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." – Lao Tzu
- "I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the torment." – Elie Wiesel
- "There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen." – Anonymous
- "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." – Margaret Mead
- "Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health and a bad memory." – Ingrid Bergman
- "Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right?" – I. Peter
- "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." – Albert Einstein
- "Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory." – george S. Patton
Quotes 81 to 90
Feb 3rd
- "We are all born for love;it is the principle of existence and its only end." – Benjamin Desraeli
- "There are activities that are worthy of your energy and attention and there are activities that are unworthy of them. Switch from being busy to achieving results." – Drucker
- "Set objectives. It is almost impossible to be successful or to get prompted if you don't set objectives." – Richard Templar
- "Talk up your wualities or skills or expertise – just don't actually tell a lie." – Richard Templar
- "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." – Aristotle
- "The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar call the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly." – Richard Bach
- "Twenty-five years ago i wish someone had told me that the enduring meaning in my life would be found in shaping my children's values, not in my professional success." – Rabbi Harold Kushner
- "The gretest danger for the most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it but that our aim is too low and we reach it." – Michaelangelo
- When asked, 'What can i do?' I've found the answer frequently can be found by rearranging the words into the answer, 'Dp what i can." – Ten Menten
- "Science may have found a cure for most evils;but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings." – Helen Keller
Quotes 71 to 80
Feb 3rd
- "Guard within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness." – George Sand
- "All mothers and fathers. whatever their station in life, can make the most significant of contributions by imprinting the spirit of service on the souls of their children, so that the children grow up committed to making a difference." – Covey
- "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the places you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can." – John Wesley
- "Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon." – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- "Civilization is founded on integrity of mind and heart and action." – Pam Brown
- "This above all:to thine own self be true." – William Shakespeare
- "Life presents a never ending series of opportunities to perform acts of caring. Don't miss even one." – Stuart and Linda MacFarlane
- "Life is not made up of great sacrifices and duties, but of little things; in which smiles and kindness given habitually are what win and preserve the heart." – Sir Humphrey Davy
- "You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life-so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself." – Jane Seymour
- "A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world." – Mohammed
Quotes 61 to 70
Feb 3rd
- "The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in that direction we are moving" – Oliver Hendell Holmes
- "When you come to a meeting of many ways and do not know which to choose, do not choose at random. Listen to your heart. When it has spoken, rise up and follow it." – Susanna Tamaro
- "Seek out that particular mental attitude which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me', and when you have found that attitude, follow it." – William james
- "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." – Edmund Burke
- "To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice." – Confucius
- "One does what one must – in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that is the basis of all morality." – Senator John F. Kennedy
- "You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now." – Joan Baez
- "Focusing our attention – daily and hourly – not on what is wrong, but on what we love and value, allows us to participate in the birth of a better future, ushered in by the choices we make each and every day." – Carol Pearson
- "True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason." – Alfred North Whitehead
- "If i have been of service, if i have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if i am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if i am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day." – Alex Noble
Quotes 51 to 60
Feb 3rd
- "The only devils in the world are those running in our own hearts. That is where the battle should be fought."- Mahatma Gandhi
- "All that there is to the making of a successful, happy and beautiful life, is the knowledge and application of simple, root principles."- James Allen
- "Take your heart to work. Integrate what you believe into every single area of your life."- Meryl Streep
- Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. Take the courage to listen to your own goodness and act on it.- Pablo Casals
- "Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart – it's all a person has." – Hubert H. Humphrey
- "Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've gpt." – Janis Joplin
- "Work hard, play often and live in love." – Stuart and Linda Macfarlane
- "Do what you believe in and believe in what you do. Allease is a waste of energy and time." – Nisargadatta
- "A reputation for good judgement, fir fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune." – Henry Ward Beecher
- "It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference." – Jenny Craig
