Quote of the day

Yes, we must all indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang separately

--- Benjamin Franklin ---

"Take a good hard look at people's ruling principle, especially of the wise, what they run away from and what they seek out."

(Marcus Aurelius)

"In exceptional cases, we may find, beyond the very extremity of fatigue and distress, amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own, sources of strength habitually not taxed at all because habitually we never push through the obstruction."

(William James)

Hahaha very funny. Sounds like a very wise man with somw sage advice. If only people took this on board more and things would be so much better!  Made me smile!

"Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation."

(Rabindranath Tagore)

If we all could make a living doing what we love, we wouldn't be doing what we are doing.

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

(Plato)

"Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always."

(Brad Meltzer)

Note: This quote is also attributed to Robin Williams, Wendy Mass, John B. Watson, Ian MacLaren (pen name of Rev. Dr. John Watson DD), while other quote investigators trace attribution back to Philo of Alexandria and Plato.

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."

(Aldous Huxley)

In all things it is better to hope than to despair 

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."

(Mark Twain)

"You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants a magical solution to their problem, and everyone refuses to believe in magic."

(Lewis Carroll)

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."

(C.S. Lewis)

"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."

(Sir Francis Bacon)

"I have not failed, not once. I've discovered ten thousand ways that don't work."

(Thomas A. Edison)

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not possibly born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

(Anais Nin)

"Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth."

(Pema Chödrön)

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

The first one through the wall is often bloodied.

Worrying is like a rocking chair, you can go back and forth but it doesn't get you anywhere.

"A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness."

(Albert Einstein)

[Remark: In 1922, the physicist was on a speaking tour. During his stay at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, the bellboy delivered him a package. Instead of a tip, Einstein wrote these words on hotel stationery and advised the boy to keep the note, anticipating it might be worth one day more than a tip. In 2017, the bellboy’s nephew sold the original for $1.56 million via Jerusalem auction house.]

A happy man is too happy with the present to dwell too much on the future.

--- Albert Einstein  --- 

"Don't limit your challenges. Challenge your limits."

(Jerry Dunn)

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

(Marcel Proust)

If it's important to you, you'll find a way... if it's not, you'll find an excuse.

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily."

(Zig Ziglar)

"Home is not where you live but where they understand you."

(Christian Morgenstern)

"If you want a certain thing, first be a certain person. Then obtaining that certain thing will no longer be a concern."

(Zen Proverb)

"Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got."

(Robert Brault)

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

--- Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle --- 

“If you want to know the value of one year, just ask a student who failed a course. 

If you want to know the value of one month, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. 

If you want to know the value of one hour, ask the lovers waiting to meet.

If you want to know the value of one minute, ask the person who just missed the bus. 

If you want to know the value of one second, ask the person who just escaped death in a car accident. 

And if you want to know the value of one-hundredth of a second, ask the athlete who won a silver medal in the Olympics.”

(Marc Levy)

Half the time when brothers wrestle, it's just an excuse to hug each other 

--- James Patterson --- 

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step

--- Martin Luther King ---

"We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out."

(Theodore Roosevelt)

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

--- John Donne ---

"And I will persistently heal because I choose to. I won't let the darkness win because I am worth it."

(Juansen Dizon)

It's okay to be afraid. But don't let the fear keep you from doing what you are meant to do. Forget the risk and fear, you have to try.

New Year 2021: Special Edition
12 Quotes, One For Each Month

"Celebrate endings — for they precede new beginnings." (Jonathan Huie)

"To the old, long life and treasure; to the young, all health and pleasure." (Ben Jonson)

"For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice." (T.S. Eliot)

"I close my eyes to old ends. And open my heart to new beginnings." (Nick Frederickson)

"What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet." (Anne Frank)

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams." (Henry David Thoreau)

"You gotta find your best self and when you do, you gotta hold on to it for dear life." (Cheryl Strayed)

"Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her." (Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching)

"Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge." (Don Henley)

"Forever is composed of nows." (Emily Dickinson)

"So far you've survived 100 percent of your worst days. You're doing great." (Anonymous)

"I never let my best friend do stupid things… alone." (Anonymous)

"No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don't have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have."

(Seneca)

They got money for war but can't feed the poor

--- Tupac --- 

"...the past is not fixed and unalterable. With faith and will we can change it, not erasing its darkness but adding lights to it to make it more and more beautiful, the way a diamond is cut."

(Alejandro Jodorowsky)

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

(Winston Churchill)

What other people say about me behind my back, is none of my business.

Dont sweat the small stuff 

Everybody has a plan until they've been punched in the mouth

--- Mike Tyson ---

.....IF THEY DONT FIND YOU HANDSOME...THEY BETTER FIND YOU HANDY

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

(Jimmy Hendrix)

"The little things? The little moments? They aren't little."

(Jon Kabat-Zinn)

"True challenge is within; leave the outside as it is."

(14th Dalai Lama)

"No problem is so bad that you can't make it worse."

(Chris Hadfield)

"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution."

(Kahlil Gibran)