THOMAS EDISON

Many of life's failures are people who
did not realize how close they were
to success when they gave up.

ELBERT HUBBARD

The greatest mistake you can make in
life is to be continually fearing
you will make one.

ANON

I cried because I had no shoes; then I met a man who had no feet.

LOU HOLTZ

Adversity is another way to measure
the greatness of individuals. I never had
a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

CATHERINE de HUECK DOHERTY

Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you.


This week at John’s Quiet Corner -

A painting “Romeo and Juliet”
A Shakespeare sonnet
A popular song from 1955
And Maxim Vengerov playing Kreisler’s Liebesfreud

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MARIA ROBINSON

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

MARCUS AURELIUS

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

BUDDHA

Do not believe anything
because it is said by an authority,
or if it is said to come from angels,
or from Gods,
or from an inspired source.
Believe it only if you have explored it
in your own heart
and mind and body
and found it to be true.
Work out your own path,
through diligence.

ROBERT PIRSIG

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

HENRY STIMSON

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

DALE CARNEGIE

All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.

Arabian Proverb

If you have much, give of your wealth.
If you have little, give of your heart.

OPRAH WINFREY

I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

To laugh often and much,
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children,
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends,
To appreciate beauty,
To find the best in others,
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a redeemed social condition or a job well done -
This is to have succeeded.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees? (from Othello)

WALT WHITMAN

After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on, and have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.

CONFUCIUS

Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself

CATO the Elder

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue. He approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

JIM RYUN

Motivation is what gets you started.
Habit is what keeps you going.

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes.

An Indian Poem

This day is a special day, it is yours.
Yesterday slipped away, it cannot be filled anymore with meaning.
About tomorrow nothing is known.
But this day, today, is yours, make use of it.
Today you can make someone happy.
Today you can help another.
This day is a special day, it is yours.