Saturday 28 February 2015

Quote Worthy

  
Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. - Samuel Butler

The glory of a workman, still more of a master-workman; that he does his work well, ought to be his most precious possession. - Unknown

Don’t allow guilt to eat away at your happiness. Accept your mistakes. It will make you feel much better. - Unknown

I am not wise. Not knowing, and learning to be comfortable with not knowing, is a great discovery. - Sue Bender

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. - Honor De Balzac

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. - Miguel de Cervantes

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. - Sarah Bernhardt

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. - Unknown

The more we do, the more we can do. - William Hazlitt

Work is the curse of the drinking classes. - Oscar Wilde

A good garden may have some weeds. - Thomas Fuller

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius

Chance favours the prepared mind. - Louis Pasteur

Friday 27 February 2015

You - Quotes


Be yourself no matter what. Some will adore you and some will hate everything about  you. But who cares? It's your life. Make the most out of it. - Unknown

By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before. - Edwin Elliot

Instead of giving yourself reasons why you can't, give yourself reasons why you can. - Unknown

It only takes one person to change your life - you. - Ruth Casey

Look at yourself through other people's eyes. - Denis Waitley 

Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be. - Robert Brault

No one knows the whole story of who you are except for you. You are more than anyone says you are. - Unknown

The biggest gap in your life is between what you know and what you do. - Bob Proctor

To bring anything into your life, imagine that it is already there. - Richard Bach

Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome. - UnknownYou are far too smart to be the only thing standing your way. - Jennifer J. Freeman

You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you. - Barbara Sher

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. - Michael Jordan

You Will never win if you never begin. - Helen Rowland

Thursday 26 February 2015

Quote Worthy


It's important that people know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for. - Mary H. Waldrip

The simplest way to stop a flame-war is to breathe deeply, swallow your bile and just LET an idiot have the last word. - Daniel Walker

To find freedom in solitude is one of life’s greatest gifts. To find comfort in the written word is one of life’s treasures. - Unknown

Sometimes you don't feel the weight of what  you have been carrying until you feel the weight of its release. - Unknown

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living beings, man will not himself find peave. - Albert Schweitzer

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be. - Oprah Winfrey

You cannot always wait for the perfect time, sometimes you must dare to jump. - Steven Aitchison

Take the time to think about what you truly want in life, make a plan and go for it. - Unknown

How many things have to happen to you before something occurs to you? - Robert Frost

Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax. - Bryant McGill

You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. - Navajo Proverb

You can’t get ahead while getting even. - Dick Armey

Poverty is the step-mother of genius. - Josh Billings

Wednesday 25 February 2015

Treasured Soul


Glorious is your soul, filled with riches untold;
But none of this wealth can be bought or sold.

The diamonds you hold are all within your heart;
Precious are your gifts; divinely created art.

All this beauty resides behind your beautiful eyes.
Endless love to till the heavenly skies.

Your treasure is one that’s meant to be shared;
Give it freely with complete loving care.

- Robert Clancy

Tuesday 24 February 2015

Quote Worthy


What angers us in another person is more often than not an unhealed aspect of ourselves. If we had already resolved that particular issue, we would not be irritated by its reflection back to us. - Simone Peter Fuller

You can put all your effort in trying to make someone happy… but there comes a time when we become tired of trying to fill a bucket that is leaking from inside. - Steve Maraboli

Sometimes we have to stop looking at our problems and start appreciating how beautiful our lives have become. - Antonie Crowley

If life can remove someone you never thought of losing, it can replace them with someone you never dreamed of having. - Unknown

If you lost it, it's because you're meant to find something better. Trust, let go, and make room for what's coming. - Mandy Hale

Don't let people's compliments go to your head and don't let their criticisms go to your heart. - Unknown

Let go of what's gone, be grateful for what remains and look forward to what's coming. - Unknown

Don't give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door. - Paulo Coelho

Sometimes the only way to ever find yourself is to get completely lost. - Unknown

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat. - Ann Landers

Our aspirations are our possibilities. - Robert Browning

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion. - Horace Greeley

Monday 23 February 2015

Humorous Quotes


Quotes which are funny, ironical, quirky, some of which are also profoundly true.

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with. - Marty Feldman

The people who are always hankering loudest for some golden yesteryear usually drive new cars. - Russell Baker

The person most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman. - William Sloane Coffin Jr.

The person who lives by himself and for himself is apt to be corrupted by the company he keeps. - Unknown

The person who sings his own praise is probably a soloist. - Unknown

The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands; we should only spoil it by trying to explain it. - Richard B. Sheridan

The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it will continue to be possible to live on Earth. - Unknown

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead. - Samuel Goldwyn

The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along. - Lord Thomas Robert Dewar

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. - Albert Einstein

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. - Lucille Ball

The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you’ve got it made. - Jean Giraudoux

The sight of you is good for sore eyes. - Jonathan Swift

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. - Rita Mae Brown

The sweeter the apple, the blacker the core - Scratch a lover, and find a foe! - Dorothy Parker

Friday 20 February 2015

Life - Quotes


How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most. Stephen Covey

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. - Lao Tzu

Life is about creating balance, not suppressing your goo, and not suppressing your bad, for one cannot exist without the other ... embrace them equally. - Unknown 

Sometimes life takes us to where we never wish to be, then we realize it's where we truly belong. - Unknown

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. - Arthur Rubenstein

With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Life is like a mirror: smile at it and it smiles back at you. - Unknown

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. - James Taylor

The meaning of life is to give life meaning. - Ken Hudgins

Life is an attitude. Have  a good one. - Eric Lungaard

Life begins where fear ends. - Osho

Thursday 19 February 2015

Quote Worthy


You must adjust. This is the legend imprinted in every schoolbook, the invisible message on every blackboard. - Dr. Robert Lindner

For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible. - Unknown 

There are many sides to almost every story – you can never get the full picture from just one party to the problem. - Unknown

It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice. - Eric Lindros

Just as a solid rock remains unshaken by the wind. Even so, may blame and praise not ruffle the wise. - Unknown

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. - Unknown

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honour of the dead. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

When you’re tempted to be upset, ask yourself, “Is this worth giving up my joy? - Joel Osteen

It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment. - Naomi Williams

Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you. - Tom Hopkins

Don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm. - Unknown

All serious daring starts from within. - Eudora Welty

Don't find fault, find a remedy. - Henry Ford 

Wednesday 18 February 2015

I Did Not Die


A short poem 

I Did Not Die

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened rain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush.

Of quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
- Mary Elizabeth Frye

Happy Lunar New Year


For all celebrating the Lunar New Year, here's wishing you a Happy and Prosperous Year in the Year of the Goat! For those not celebrating the event, Happy Holidays!


Tuesday 17 February 2015

Quote Worthy


Just because something ends doesn't mean it never should've been, remember you lived,  you learned, you grew and you move on. - Unknown 

Every new day is another chance to change something in your life. Every new day is a chance to be thankful for everything you already have. - Unknown

The truth has nothing to fear from alternative views.But dogma requires active suppression of those views in order to keep the dogma alive. - Don Baker 

You only have control over three things in your life – the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take. - Jack Canfield

Never feel sad on losing anything in your life.. Because whenever a tree loses its leaf, a new leaf is ready to take its place. - Unknown

Sometimes we're so afraid to ask the important questions in life, because we fear the truth. - Steven Aitchison 

Yesterday is gone and took away its tale. Today we must live a fresh story again. - Rumi

How we walk with the broken speaks louder than how we sit with the great. - Unknown

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up. - Vince Lombardi 

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. - Albert Einstein 

Let there be more joy and laughter in your living. - Eileen Caddy 

Follow your passion to find your purpose. - Unknown

Leap and the net will appear. - John Burroughs

Monday 16 February 2015

Humorous Quotes


Quotes which are funny, ironical, quirky, some of which are also profoundly true.

The most trying fools are the bright ones. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

The next war will be fought with atom bombs and the one after that with spears. - Harold Urey

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action. - Unknown

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents. - John J. Plomp

The one thing we have never been able to save for a rainy day is an umbrella. - Unknown

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are. - Eleanor Roosevelt

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns. -  Herman Wouk

The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory. - Paul Fix

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen. - Sarah Brown

The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax. - Thomas R. Dewar

The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative. - Edward Abbey

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. - Kin Hubbard

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. - James Branch Babell

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp. - Terry Pratchett

Saturday 14 February 2015

Quote Worthy


It is so easy to be confrontive without being informative; indignant without being intelligent; impulsive without being insightful. - Unknown

The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end. - John Dewey

That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap. - Ray Kroc

The craft of the merchant is this bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A flatterer is someone who says things to your face he would not say behind your back. - Unknown

If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it. - Peter Mcwilliams

Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time. - Unknown

A single feat of daring can alter the whole concept of what is possible. - Graham Green

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. - Paulo Coelho

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life. - Marcus Aurelius

Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid. - Basil King 

Possibilities don't add up, they multiply. - Paul Romer 

Friday 13 February 2015

Love - Quotes


What is commonly called ‘falling in love’ is in most cases an intensification of egoistic wanting and needing. You become addicted to another person, or rather to your image of that person. It has nothing to do with true love, which contains no wanting whatsoever. - Eckhart Tolle

When we truly love people, we must meet them where they are, not where we think they should be. We must give them what they need, not what we think they need to have. We must respect them for who they are, not who we think they ought to be. That’s love. - Unknown 

Love is important but so is acceptance. All the love in the world won't make a relationship work if deep down inside you're plotting or hoping to change your partner. - Michael Baisden 

Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love. - Leo Buscaglia 

You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars. - Anais Nin

To love a person is to see all of their magic, and to remind them of it when they have forgotten. - Unknown

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. - Paulo Coelho

If people can just love each other a little, they can be so happy. - Emile Zola 

Love is a human experience, not a political statement. - Anne Hathaway

Love me for who I am … not for what you want me to be. - Unknown 

Thursday 12 February 2015

Quote Worthy


In a minute you can change your attitude, and in that minute you can change your entire day. - Spencer Johnson

No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. - Francois Muriac

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. - Michael Jordan

It doesn't matter where you are. You are nowhere compared to where you can go. - Bob Proctor

People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment. - Eddie Huang

Sometimes you must forget what you feel and remember what you deserve. - Unknown

No matter what yesterday was like, birds always start the new day with a song. - Unknown

We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. - Albert Schweitzer

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. - Maya Angelou

There's always a tomorrow and the hope of something new. - Helen Steiner Rice

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible. - Deepak Chopra

Things are always better in the morning. - Harper Lee

Wednesday 11 February 2015

How The Flowers Felt


A beautiful short poem.

The rain to the wind said,
You push and I’ll pelt.’
They so smote the garden bed,
That the flowers actually knelt,
And lay lodged – though not dead.
I know how the flowers felt.

- Robert Frost

Tuesday 10 February 2015

Quote Worthy


There’s always a little truth behind every ‘just kidding’. A little knowledge behind every ‘I don’t know’. A little emotion behind every ‘I don’t care’. And a little behind every ‘it’s okay’. - Unknown

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. the world is all gates, all opportunities. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't die with the music still inside you. Listen to your intuitive inner voice and find what passion stirs your soul. - Wayne Dyer

If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy. - T Hark Eker 

Sometimes you have to forget what’s gone, appreciate what still remains and look forward to what’s coming next. - Unknown 

Attract what you expect. Reflect what you desire. Become what you respect. Mirror what you admire. - Unknown 

Have faith in the magic and miracles of life, for only those that do, get to experience them. - Hal Elrod

There is so much you can let go of, without really losing a thing. - Ralph Marston

Sometimes we don’t need advice, we just need somebody to listen. - Unknown

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. - Eleanor Roosevelt

You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take. - Wayne Gretzky

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. - William Ward

Monday 9 February 2015

Humorous Quotes


Quotes which are funny, ironical, quirky, some of which are also profoundly true.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. - Winston Churchill

The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him. - Voltaire

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. - Mark Twain

The last time we mixed religion with politics, people got burned at the stake. - Unknown

The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows signs of doing so, some lawyer objects. - Unknown

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. - Alfred Hitchcock

The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train. - Robert Lowell

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on. - Robert Bloch

The man who says “I may be wrong, but…” does not believe there can be any such possibility. - Kin Hubbard

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance. - Laurence Peter

The matters I relate are true lies. - Jean Cocteau

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer. - Will Rogers

The more things change, the more they remain the same. - Unknown

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once. - Unknown

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. - Napoleon Hill

Saturday 7 February 2015

Quote Worthy


To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don’t worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. - Napoleon Hill

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it. - Thaddeus Golas

There is no such thing as a hopeless situation. Every single circumstance of your life can change. - Rhonda Bryne 

Sometimes it take being burned to find the motivation to move and the willingness to change. - Unknown

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to become. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. - John F. Kennedy

When someone does something well, applaud! You will make two people happy. - Sam Goldwyn

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can do what others can't. - Jerry Rice

What comes easy won't last long, and what lasts long won't come easy. - Unknown

Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it. - Rick Warren

When you visualize, then you materialize. - Denis Waitley

We will either find a way or make one. - Hannibal

Friday 6 February 2015

Happiness


Happiness is strange. It comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being. - Jiddu Krishnamurti

Happiness is not determined by what’s happening around you, but rather what’s happening inside you. Most people depend on others for happiness, but the truth is, it always comes from within. - Unknown

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you. - Deepak Chopra

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. - Socrates

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles. - William Penn

Being happy is a very personal thing and it really has nothing to do with anyone else. - Unknown

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. - Elizabeth Gilbert

Happiness depends on what you can give, not on what you can get. - Swami Chinmayananda

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. - Mother Teresa 

The Bad news: there is no key to happiness. The good news: it isn't locked. - Unknown 
                    
Be so happy that when others look at you they become happy too! - Unknown

Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it. - Unknown

Thursday 5 February 2015

Quote Worthy


We work so consistently to disguise ourselves to others that we end by being disguised to ourselves. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

We live very close together. So, our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. - Dalai Lama 

Sometimes you just got to stay silent cause no words can explain the shit that’s going on in your mind and heart. - Unknown 

Whatever you want too much you can't have, so when you really want something, try to want it a little less. - Joel Rosenberg

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people. - John D. Rockefeller 

Are you going out after the truth, or are you going out after something you believe? - Richard Rosen 

Those who don’t know the value of loyalty can never appreciate the cost of betrayal. - Unknown

It is not the honour that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind. - Branch Rickey

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. - Carl Jung

When it comes to money, everybody is of the same religion. - Voltaire

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. - Albert Einstein

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. - George Hebert

Nothing can be done except little by little. - Charles Baudelaire

Wednesday 4 February 2015

Food For Thought


It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only Now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any. - Hugh Laurie

It's a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory world to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret. - Unknown 

These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world. - Lao Tzu

Tuesday 3 February 2015

Quote Worthy


We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavours and furniture polish is made from real lemons. - Alfred E. Newman

Who are you to judge the life I live? I am not perfect and I don’t have to be! Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean. - Bob Marley

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. - James Allen

To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Sometimes all you need is a hug from the right person and all your stress will melt away. - Unknown

No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence. - Unknown

No matter how obvious something may seem, there are two sides to every story. - Erin Bowan

Strangers can become best friends just as easy as best friends can become strangers. - Unknown

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it. - Ray Bradbury

Seeing is not always believing. - Martin Luther King Jr.
    
The idle mind knows not what it wants. - Ennius

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind. - James Ellis

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. - Wyatt Earp

Monday 2 February 2015

Humorous Quotes


Quotes which are funny, ironical, quirky, some of which are also profoundly true.

The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go she went. -  Saki

The days of the digital watch are numbered. - Tom Stoppard

The English winter – ending in July; to recommence in August. - Lord G. G. Bryon

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. - Clarence Darrow

The first time a student realizes that a little learning is a dangerous thing is when he brings home a poor report card. - Mark Twain

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means. - Oscar Wilde

The great charm of cats is their rampant egotism, their devil may care attitude toward responsibility, and their disinclination to earn an honest dollar. - Robertson Davies

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid. - Art Spander

The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later. - Harvey Fierstein

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended - and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended. - Robert Frost

The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity. - Benjamin Disraeli

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. - Mark Twain

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine. - Alexander Pope

The income tax has made more liars out of more people than golf has. - Will Rogers