Quote of the day

If you want to be somebody, somebody really special, be yourself!

We make a living out of what we get, and we live by what we give.

Winston Churchill

"If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I want my kids to have the things that I never had when I was growing up.  Things like beards and chest hair.

--- Jarod Kinitz --- 

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

«None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.»

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“ It's hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you're on a losing one.”

Cara Bertoia

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

getting married means sharing your toys

--- child at wedding ---

Everybody wanna know, why I’m walking round with a big smile on my face…

Tough times never last, but tough people do

--- Robert H. Schuller --- 

Never pay attention to insults or praise - offend can out of envy and praise out of pity.

«Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm».

(Winston Churchill)

Thursday is one of the finest days of the week, where you can relax and yet not relax too much

«You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take».

(Wayne Gretzky)

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket

--- Andrew Carnegie --- 

Luck was a joke. Even good luck was just bad luck with its hair combed. 

- Stephen King

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword

--- John Ray ---

«When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.»

Paulo Coelho

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination

--- Jimmy Dean ---

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Mark Twain

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
Martin Luther

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Alexander Graham Bell

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the word. Today, I am wise, so I am changing myself

--- Rumi --- 

I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Woody Allen

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. 

--- Herman Cain

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

Walt Disney

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.
Wilson Mizner

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

Otto von Bismarck

«It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change».

Charles Darwin.

«You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.» Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

Wayne Gretzky

I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.

Stephen Hawking

When thinking about life, remember this:

No amount of guilt can change the past, 

           and no amount of anxiety can change the future.

A man expects his wife to be perfect. And that she finds it adorable when he is not.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

"If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

it is one of the best: "Better to live hundred years as a millionaire, than one week in poverty!"

fun, but real

Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

When you speak to God, you are religious. If God speaks to you, you are crazy.

Dr. Gregory House

this quote i found has not many philisophy: "The most effective way to do it, is to do it."

one more found:" There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together." from Josh Billings

Old ways won't open new doors

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Milton Berle

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Winston Churchill

another one: "Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is!"

this one is from hemingway: "But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

this from peaceful indira ghandi: "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

"Creat the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe."

when for example only one of people in the world will hear and apply only one of these advices, world will be better place for life.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. George sand