RICHARD BACH

Avoid problems, and you’ll never be the one who overcame them.



The next post here will be on Tuesday 4th January.

WISHING EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR

FRANCES BACON

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

Maori Proverb

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.

CALVIN COOLIDGE

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.


The next post here will be on Tuesday 28th December

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS

BURTON HILLIS

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree - the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

ROBERT LYND

Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive.

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

OREN ARNOLD

Christmas gift suggestions -
to your enemy, forgiveness.
to an opponent, tolerance.
to a friend, your heart.
to a customer, service.
to all, charity.
to every child, a good example.
to yourself, respect. Sunday

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph

ZENO

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.

BALTASAR GRACIAN

Be content to act and leave the talking to others

ROBERT MULLER

To forgive is the highest, most beautiful
form of love. In return, you will receive
untold peace and happiness.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

All that glisters is not gold,
Often have you heard that told.
[from The Merchant of Venice]

EDWARD R. MURROW

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

LAO TSU

Surrender yourself humbly,
Then you can be trusted to care for all things.
Love this world as yourself,
Then you can truly care for all things.

ANON

If you don’t have a smile, I’ll give you one of mine.*



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SUSAN COOLIDGE

Every day is a fresh beginning,
Listen my soul to the glad refrain,
And, spite of old sorrows and older sinning,
Troubles forecasted and possible pain,
Take heart with the day and begin again.

H.H. WILLIAMS

Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.

MOTHER TERESA

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD

Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.

INDIRA GANDHI

You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.

SENECA

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

Japanese Saying

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

DALE CARNEGIE

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.



Today on A TOUCH OF CULTURE - Johann Sebastian Bach with a difference!!!
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JACOB BRONOWSKI

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

G.K. CHESTERTON

Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.