February 2012
5 posts
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you...
– Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American humanitarian and UN diplomat
As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–1944) French aviator and writer
There are a lot of good ways to respond to a compliment. “i know,” isn’t...
– Brotip
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
– Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English writer
On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the...
– George Cecil (1891–1970) American advertising copywriter
January 2012
17 posts
I’m a believer in momentum.
– Lance Armstrong
(1971 – )
American cyclist
7-time Tour de France champion
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
– Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American publisher and writer
If not now, when?
– Hillel
(30B.C.–10A.D.)
Babylonian scholar
Jealousy is an ugly trait. If you can’t do what someone else can, the least you...
– Unknown
When you stop taking chances
You’ll stay where you sit
You won’t...
– Bono
(1960 – )
Irish music artist and activist
from ‘Summer Rain’
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Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.
– Chinese proverb
You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become...
– Isabel Allende (1942 – ) Chilean-American novelist
The thing that cowardice fears most is decision.
– Soren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and writer
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American civil rights leader Nobel Peace Prize winner
Pretend that every single person you meet
has a sign around his or her neck...
– Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001) American businesswoman
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
– Theophrastus (372 BC – 287 BC) Greek philosopher
The way to get started is to stop talking and start doing.
– Walt Disney (1901–1966) American entrepreneur & entertainment icon
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
– African proverb
One knows from daily life that one exists
for other people…
– Albert Einstein (1879–1955) Swiss physicist
December 2011
12 posts
The softminded person always wants to
freeze the moment and hold life in the...
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American civil rights leader Nobel Peace Prize winner
The future will depend on what we do in the present.
– Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian activist
I just like to smile. Smiling’s my favorite.
– Buddy the Elf from the film, Elf (2003)
The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little...
– Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) Norwegian explorer Nobel Prize winner
The last of the human freedoms - to choose
one’s attitude in any given...
– Viktor Frankl (1905–1997) Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist
One’s feelings waste themselves in words;
they ought all to be distilled...
– Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) English pioneer of modern nursing
If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to...
– George Lucas (1944 – ) American film director, producer and screenwriter
I’ve sailed the world around
Crossing thru every sea, steering
Clear of land,...
– Unknown Author
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at...
– Marie Curie (1867–1934) French physicist and chemist two-time Nobel Prize winner
Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.
– Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian painter, sculptor, and inventor
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of...
– Carl Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist
You’ll never plough a field turning it over in your mind.
– Irish proverb
November 2011
12 posts
Don’t mumble your life away.
– Ethan Lipton (1971 – ) American music artist, playwright
The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
– Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American statesman, scientist, and printer
Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us,...
– Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) 26th president of the United States
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
– Chinese proverb
If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk.
If you can’t...
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American civil rights leader Nobel Peace Prize winner
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–1944) French aviator and writer
I lead by example in all situations.
– U.S. Navy SEALs
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
– Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American first lady, humanitarian, and UN diplomat
Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the...
– Unknown
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.
– St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622) French bishop and writer
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
– Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer
One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most...
– Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian psychiatrist
October 2011
14 posts
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
– Jack Torrance American hotel caretaker from the film, The Shining (1980)
Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful.
If it’s bad,...
– Victoria Holt (1906–1993) British writer
Life is a series of near misses. But a lot of what we ascribe to luck is not...
– Howard Schultz (1953 – ) American entrepreneur, chairman of Starbucks
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to...
– Albert Einstein (1879–1955) Swiss physicist