Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.- Albert Einstein
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. - Plato
Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers - not their minds. - Unknown
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting yourself in the hands of God, at his disposition, and listening to his voice in the depths of our hearts.~ Mother Theresa
The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature. --Albert Schweitzer
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.--Leo Tolstoy
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.--St Augustine
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure-Benjamin Disraeli
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.-Warren Buffett
The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.- James Yorke
Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.- Ross Perot
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.- Bernard Shaw
I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I become stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come.I grew in all my difficulties.- J.C. Penney
One should keep going despite heavy weather; for there is always a calm ahead.- Ron Hubbard
Worry, like a rocking chair will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.- Vance Havner
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.- Mark Twain
Have We not expanded thee thy breast?And removed from thee thy burdenThe which did gall thy back?And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.- Koran
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.-Pierre Corneille
If you’re going through Hell, keep going.-Winston Churchill
No pressure, no diamonds.-Mary Case
Damm braces, bless relaxes.-Anonymous
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.-Mahatma Gandhi
Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid-Lady Bird Johnson
We are like tea bags - we don’t know our own strength until we’re in hot water.-Author Unknown
The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream….It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.-Benjamin Elijah
Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some-Charles Dickens
Of all great works, nine-tenths must be drudgery. Edison put it at 99%. Edmund Burke worked 22 hours at one stretch on one speech … pure drudgery. Kepler filled 600 pages with figures to learn the skies … all drudgery. Genius and talents may start great projects, but only drudgery can finish them-Russell Conwell
There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.-Author Unknown
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.-Abraham Lincoln
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of a man is to live, not to exist.-Jack London
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.-Napoleon Bonaparte
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.-Maxwell Maltz
You’re not very smart if you’re not a little kinder and wiser than yesterday-Lincoln
Faith, belief, positive thinking make better people and a better world since the outer world shapes itself to our inner thinking. Quit thinking and talking about war, poverty, hard times.Think and talk peace, health, plenty, success to help bring them about. Guard your thoughts against negatives as you would your house against thieves.-Author Unknown
You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.-Henry David Thoreau
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.-Elbert Hubbard
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. -Emile Zola

Monday, August 6, 2007

There is no end. There is no beginning.
There is only the infinite passion of life.
--Federico Fellini
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.
--Arthur Conan Doyle
All things are possible to him that believes.
--Mark 9:23
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
--Albert Einstein
You can't win any game unless you are ready to win.
--Connie Mack
The time is always right to do what is right.
--Martin Luther King Jr.