QOTD March 27 2014
Thursday, March 27th, 2014Herbert W. Boyer: “Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves.”
Herbert W. Boyer: “Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves.”
Maya Angelou: “Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, ‘I’m with you kid. Let’s go.'”
Spanish Proverb: “If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.”
Sophia Loren: “Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.”
Stephenie Meyer: “I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.”
John Eliot, Ph.D.: “The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting your confidence. Believe in your potential and then go out and explore it; don’t limit it.”
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: “Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.”
Oprah Winfrey: “What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.”
Real Live Preacher: “There isnβt much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you arenβt really living without it.”
James A. Garfield: “Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.”
Anita Roddick: “The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.”
Hugh Macleod: “The best way to get approval is not to need it.”
Robert Ingersoll: “Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.”
Margaret Wheatley: “When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.”
Budd Schulberg: “Isn’t everyone a part of everyone else?”
Zora Neale Hurston: “Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to ‘jump at de sun.’ We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.”
Gregory Garcia and Dan Coscino: βA hug is a wonderful thing. It makes you feel wanted, needed, and loved all at the same time.β
Louise Nevelson: “I never feel age…If you have creative work, you don’t have age or time.”
Paul Hawken: “Everything is connected…no one thing can change by itself.”
Steven Wright: “It doesn’t make a difference what temperature a room is, it’s always room temperature.”