I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority, by someone recognized wiser than oneself - Marlene Dietrich
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
BUDDHA
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Monday, September 29, 2008
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Gaelic Saying
Tha an lasair nad anam aig meadhan do bhith
Nas làidir 's nas motha na riaghaltas no rìgh.
(The spark in your soul at the centre of your being
Is larger and stronger than any government or king)
Nas làidir 's nas motha na riaghaltas no rìgh.
(The spark in your soul at the centre of your being
Is larger and stronger than any government or king)
Friday, September 26, 2008
PAUL MEYER
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon - must inevitably come to pass.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
ARISTOTLE
One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
KATHERINE MANSEFIELD
I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy. You can't build on it. It's only good for wallowing in.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
CICERO
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
MAHATMA GANDHI
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Friday, September 12, 2008
JANE AUSTEN
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
Sunday, September 07, 2008
ECCLESIASTES
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Friday, September 05, 2008
Thursday, September 04, 2008
DANIEL H. BURNHAM
Make no little plans - they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans - aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
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