Monday, February 28, 2011

WALT DISNEY

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

St FRANCIS of ASSISI

Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

DR. SEUSS

Think left and think right
And think low and think high.
Oh, the thinks you can think up
If only you try!

Friday, February 25, 2011

JANE GOODALL

What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

African Proverb

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

CHARLES READER

Sow a thought, and you reap an act;
Sow an act, and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit, and you reap a character;
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

Monday, February 21, 2011

JOHN F. KENNEDY

We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

G.K. CHESTERTON

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

ANON

Love while you’ve got love to give
Live while you’ve got life to live

-o0o- WISE MEN SAY is FIVE YEARS OLD today -o0o-

Looking back to the start of the project, I was astonished to see that on that first day I posted no less than 23 quotes! Among them was the one I chose for today. So here's to the next 5 years!!!

Friday, February 18, 2011

ANON

Some minds are like concrete - thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.


Today at John's Gallery - Five Paintings by Women Artists
http://johnsgallery.blogspot.com

Thursday, February 17, 2011

GEORGE ELIOT

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand. The angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

FRANZ SCHUBERT

Let us take men as they are, not as they ought to be.


Today at John's Gallery - Five famous paintings including the Mona Lisa
http://johnsgallery.blogspot.com

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

THICH NHAT HANH

Whatever activity you do, do it slowly, with the attention it deserves. Do not rush to end it. Be relaxed in everything and bring your full attention to it.

Monday, February 14, 2011

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.


Today at John's Gallery - Five Paintings by Adolphe-William Bouguereau
http://johnsgallery.blogspot.com

Sunday, February 13, 2011

ANON

Three things that make us human:
our longing to know the meaning of life, our capacity for love, and our ability to laugh.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

ELLEN DeGENERES

The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren’t any space aliens. We can’t be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we’re not all there is. If so, we’re in big trouble.

Friday, February 11, 2011

MALCOLM FORBES

Failure is success if we learn from it.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Chinese Proverb

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

WINSTON CHURCHILL

I have had to eat my own words many times, and I have found it a very nourishing diet.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

MILTON GARLAND

Don't worry about anything. Worrying never solved anything. All it does is distort your mind.


Today at John's Gallery - Avenue at Middelharnis, by Meindert Hobbema
http://johnsgallery.blogspot.com

Monday, February 07, 2011

PHYLLIS THEROUX

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

Sunday, February 06, 2011

OSCAR WILDE

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved bring a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

Saturday, February 05, 2011

JOHN WAYNE

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

Friday, February 04, 2011

ANON

Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity.

Thursday, February 03, 2011

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Do not go where the path may lead. Go where there is no path and make a trail.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

ALDOUS HUXLEY

Several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

MARILYN VOS SAVANT

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent