Wednesday, October 31, 2012

B.B. KING

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.

-o=0=o-

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

COLLEEN C. BARRETT

Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.

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Monday, October 29, 2012

BUDDHA

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but through persistence.

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

There was never yet philosopher
That could endure toothache patiently.

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Saturday, October 27, 2012

ANON

For every evil under the sun,
There is a remedy or there is none;
If there be one, try and find it,
If there be none, never mind it.
-o=0=o-

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Friday, October 26, 2012

JANE AUSTEN

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

WINSTON CHURCHILL

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES

The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

ERIC LOMAX

Continuing to hate gets you nowhere. It just damages you as an individual. At some point, the hating has to stop.

[Lomax was a prisoner of war victim of Japanese torture]

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Monday, October 22, 2012

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

CATHERINE the GREAT

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
 
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Saturday, October 20, 2012

CHARLES SCHULTZ

I have a new philosophy; I’m only going to dread one day at a time.

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Friday, October 19, 2012

J. PETIT SENN

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

-o=0=o-

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

It wasn’t until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say “I don’t know.” 
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

MARCIA WIEDER

Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

EDWARD BULWER LYTTON

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned."

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Monday, October 15, 2012

Zen Proverb

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.


-o=0=o-

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

W.S. GILBERT

If you wish in this world to advance, 
Your merits you're bound to enhance; 
You must stir it and stump it, 
And blow your own trumpet, 
Or trust me, you haven't a chance. 

-o=0=o-

Saturday, October 13, 2012

JANE AUSTEN

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it.

-o=0=o-

Friday, October 12, 2012

HENRY WARD BEECHER

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won’t.

-o=0=o-

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Afghan Proverb

Bloom where you're planted.

-o=0=o-

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

VINCENT VAN GOGH

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

-o=0=o-

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

G.K. CHESTERTON

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

-o=0=o-

Monday, October 08, 2012

MAYA ANGELOU

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

-o=0=o-

Sunday, October 07, 2012

JOHN G. WHITTIER

No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope and fear;
But grateful take the good I find,
The best of now and here.

-o=0=o-

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Saturday, October 06, 2012

HONORE DE BALZAC

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

Friday, October 05, 2012

DEMOCRITUS

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.

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Thursday, October 04, 2012

LYNN JOHNSTON

We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We begin as children to explore and develop our talents, often unaware that we are unique, that not everyone can do what we're doing.

-o=0=o-

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Latin Proverb

A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.
 
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012

HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

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Monday, October 01, 2012

W.C. FIELDS

Start every day with a smile and get over it.
 
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