Quote of the day

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. - Edmund Burke

“ You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West.

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."

(Ernest Hemingway)

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

--- Victoria Bailey --

Live the day like there's no tomorrow. You may always lose but at the end, it is your life, you own it. You decide for it. 

Life is too short to be anything but happy

--- The Phillips Family ---

If you do not have a seat at the table, then you're probably on the menu.

Three things you cannot recover in life:

1. The moment after it is missed

2. The word after it is said

3. The time after it is wasted

~ Anon

“Happiness isn’t something that’s achieved, it’s a skill that’s cultivated and practiced daily. It’s mastery comes from serving others.”

~Chinese Proverb~ 

When someone knows that he knows - LISTEN TO HIM

When someone knows that he doesn't know- TEACH HIM

When someone doesn't know that he knows - WAKE HIM

When someone doesn't know that he doesn't know- RUN

        - Chinese Proverb -

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

~Paulo Coelho~

If people are doubting how far you can go,

go so far that you can't hear them anymore.

Michele Ruiz

Don't wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.

Discipline is the BRIDGE between goals and accomplishments.

~John Rohn~

Don't let failure go to your heart, and don't let success go to your head

--- Will Smith --- 

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

"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds."

~Nicholas Sparks~

If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way,

Just because your mind says something, doesn't mean that it's true.

"Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people."

~Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"If you cannot fly then run, if you cannot run then walk, if you cannot walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

~ Martin Luther King Jr.~

“Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve
done before.”

Bonnie Blair

Speed Skater

Not every day is good but there is something good in every day.

"The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence: the past is a place of learning, not a place of living."

~Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart~

“You always pass failure on the way
to success.”

Mickey Rooney

Actor

Believe you can and you are halfway there.

"Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wiswely."

Roy T. Bennett

When there is silence, give your voice.

When there is darkness, shine your light.

When there is desperation, offer hope.

--- Tim Fargo --- 

"What you can't say owns you. What you hide controls you."

(Unknown; Various)

"Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner."

(Lao Tzu)

"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"

(Robert Kennedy, paraphrasing George Bernard Shaw)

"History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats."

(B.C. Forbes)

"Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know."

(Pema Chödrön)

A day without laughter is a day wasted. (Charlie Chaplin )

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

--- Japanese proverb --- 

"You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger."

(Buddha)

Don't be afraid to fail

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory 

--- Rita Mae Brown --- 

Stay close to people who feel like sunshine

I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right

--- Elon Musk ---

“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”
― H. L. Mencken

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud

--- Mary Angelou ---

"Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new."

― Brian Tracy

Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

--- Robin Williams -‐-

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows. It empties today of its strength

--- Corrie Ten Boom --- 

Music evokes so many feelings in us, memories, nostalgia, things that are connected to out past

--- Olga Kurylenko --- 

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts... 

"Done is better than perfect."

― Sheryl Sandberg

We suffer more from our imagination,  then we do in reality....

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

--- Theodore Roosevelt ---