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)

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

GEORGE ELIOT

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Chinese Proverb

If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.

Monday, September 22, 2008

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

attrib. ABRAHAM LINCOLN

A day in your life without a laugh is a day in your life lost

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

LAO-TZU

Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.

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

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

AESOP

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

A man in a passion rides a mad horse

Monday, September 08, 2008

Gaelic Saying

An làmb a bheir, ‘s i a gheibh.
The hand that gives is the hand that gets.

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

LAO-TZU

He who knows other men is learned.
He who knows himself is enlightened.

Friday, September 05, 2008

ROBERT F. KENNEDY

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

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

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

CONFUCIUS

Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life.

Monday, September 01, 2008

ANON

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.