DANNY KAYE

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

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L.M. HODGES

Whether one is twenty, forty, sixty, or eighty; whether one has succeeded, failed or just muddled along - life begins each morning! The greatest fact in life is that it is never too late to start again.

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ALBERT EINSTEIN

The ideals which have always filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty and truth.

ANON

Don't let today's disappointments cast a shadow on tomorrow's dreams.

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
Till you find your dream.

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The new blog "By the Lotus Pond" has been updated today.
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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

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JAMES BALDWIN

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

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W.H. DAVIES

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?

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By the Lotus Pond

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GEORGE LORIMER

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

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ANON

If we make the most of opportunities, opportunities will make the most of us.

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HELEN KELLER

One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar.

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LAO-TZU

Stop trying to leave and you will arrive
Stop seeking and you will see
Stop running away and you will be found

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DON MIGUEL RUIZ

We make the assumption that everyone sees life the way we do.

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ALEXANDRA STODDARD

What we do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all our tomorrows.

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BERNARD- PAUL HEROUX

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.

BARUCH SPINOZA

Desire nothing for yourself which you do not desire for others.

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H. STEIN

Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs.

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ANON

Friends are flowers in the garden of life.

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MAX L. FORMAN

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.

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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

JOHN ANDREW HOLMES

There is no better exercise than the heart reaching down and lifting people up.

MARK TWAIN

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

ANON

Friendship is a living thing that lasts as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding.

MAYA ANGELOU

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry, to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

EPICURUS

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

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KATHERINE MANSEFIELD

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

Old Tennessee Saying

He that doesn't tooteth his own trumpet, doesn't get his trumpet tooted.

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BLOG NEWS
After an interval of six months, a new series will begin next week at John's Gallery.
The first post will be made on Friday 18th May.
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VICTOR HUGO

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Learn from yesterday, love for today and hope for tomorrow

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ALEXANDRA SMITH

It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it.

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SAMUEL JOHNSON

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

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Spanish Proverb

He who gossips with you will also gossip about you.

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LAO-TZU

Whether you are a gem in the royal court or a stone on a common path, if you accept your part with humility the power of the universe will be yours.

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MOTHER TERESA

Life is a promise - fulfill it.

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ANON

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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JONATHAN WINTERS

If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.

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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery,
and today is a gift;
that’s why they call it the present.

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HOWARD SCHUTZ

Dream more than others think practical
Expect more than others think possible

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a new series begins here
on
Tuesday 1st May

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ROBERT BENCHLEY

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.

ELIE WIESEL

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

This quote is also shown on the 80 plus site
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ANON

Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn’t cost anything.

This post also appears on the 80 plus site
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OSCAR WILDE

Some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

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JOHN BUCHAN

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

These quotes are also being posted on the 80 plus site
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

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HORACE

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

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E.E. CUMMINGS

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

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MOTHER TERESA

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

ANON

Fear less, hope more.
Whine less, breathe more.
Talk less, say more.
Hate less, love more,
And all good things are yours.

JOHN BARRYMORE

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

ANTON CHEKHOV

Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.

Chinese Proverb

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.

ANTOINE de SAINT-EXUPERY

Love does not exist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

MARK TWAIN

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

GEORGE ASAF

What's the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile.

[from the song “Pack up your troubles”]

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN

If you don't like the way the world is, change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

Today on THE VISUAL IMAGE SITE -
Covering a 5-story building, a mural created by 5 artists working round the clock for 16 days,
plus 7 other interesting pictures
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MAHATMA GANDHI

Freedom is not worth having unless it includes the freedom to make mistakes.

BERTRAND RUSSELL

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

ANON

If you’re willing to walk the path of the dreamer, anything is possible.

FRANCIS GRAY

Look well to this day.
Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day.

CHARLES LAMB

The greatest pleasure in life is to do good by stealth and be found out by accident.

This week on the Visual Image Site -
The largest pearl in the world, a harvester pulled by 20 horses and other striking images
http://thevisualimagesite.blogspot.com

LAURENS van der POST

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right

GEORGE HERBERT

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

Chinese Proverb

A single conversation across a table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.

JULIUS CAESAR

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see, than about what they can.

POETRY FOR PLEASURE
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

THOMAS HARDY THE WESSEX POET
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MOTHER TERESA

Don’t worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.

ROBERT FROST

By working faithfully 8 hours a day, you may eventually get to be the boss and work 12 hours a day.

THE VISUAL IMAGE SITE
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JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

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WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

POETRY FOR PLEASURE
http://poetryforpleasure.blogspot.com

Chinese Proverb

He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever.

HAPPINESS IS . . .
http://johnshappytalkpage.blogspot.com

H.L. MENCKEN

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.

ERICA JONG

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't.

THE VISUAL IMAGE SITE
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HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages. The question is what he will do with the things he has.

There's a new post at THE VISUAL IMAGE SITE
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SAMUEL JOHNSON

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

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

HENRY VAN DYKE

Time is -
Too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice -
But for those who love - Time is eternity.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never have tried to succeed.

New - - - THE VISUAL IMAGE SITE - - - New
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LAYMAN P'ANG

The past is already past.
Don't try to regain it.
The present does not stay.
Don't try to touch it.
From moment to moment.
The future has not come;
Don't think about it beforehand.

New - - - THE VISUAL IMAGE SITE - - - New
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DR. SEUSS

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

New - - - THE VISUAL IMAGE SITE - - - New
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MARK TWAIN

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

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ELBERT HUBBARD

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

CAROL BURNETT

Only I can change my life. No one else can do it for me.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.

JOHN DEWEY

A problem well put is a problem half solved.

"Happiness is . . ."
http://johnshappytalkpage.blogspot.com

ANON

Stop struggling for perfection, and recognise the perfection you already are.

DEEPAK CHOPRA

There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.

Chinese Proverb

Think before acting; and whilst acting, still think.

ROBERT FROST

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

HELEN KELLER

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

This quote was included yesterday in the "HAPPINESS IS . . ." blog.
http://johnshappytalkpage.blogspot.com

KHALED HOSSEINI

Better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

My new blog begins today
"HAPPINESS IS . . ."
http://johnshappytalkpage.blogspot.com

MAHATMA GANDHI

A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.

My new blog begins tomorrow
"HAPPINESS IS . . ."
http://johnshappytalkpage.blogspot.com

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.

My new blog begins on Monday 3rd October
"HAPPINESS IS . . ."
http://johnshappytalkpage.blogspot.com