QOTD October 22 2012
Monday, October 22nd, 2012Erich Fromm: “Man’s main task is to give birth to himself.”
Erich Fromm: “Man’s main task is to give birth to himself.”
Francis Ford Coppola: “You donβt have to specialize – do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.”
Carl Sandburg: “Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”
Barbara Hall: “That’s the secret of entertaining. You make your guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that honestly, the rest takes care of itself.”
Nancy Spain: “There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough.”
John Hope Franklin: “We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths… and tell the world the glories of our journey.”
Ann Richards: “If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don’t, you’re simply ducking your responsibilities.”
Hugh Elliott: “Miracles: You do not have to look for them. They are there, 24-7, beaming like radio waves all around you. Put up the antenna, turn up the volume – snap… crackle… this just in, every person you talk to is a chance to change the world…”
Hugh Prather: “True humor is fun – it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off. True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all in this together.”
Colette: “The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.”
Tennessee Williams: “Make voyages! – Attempt them! – there’s nothing else…”
Osho: “The beauty of facing Life unprepared is tremendous. Then Life has a newness, a youth; then Life has a flow and freshness. Then Life has so many surprises. And when Life has so many surprises boredom never settles in you”
Katharine Graham: “To love what you do and feel that it matters – how could anything be more fun?”
Thomas Guthrie: “Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.”
Oprah Winfrey: “I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it.”
Charlie Chaplin: “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.”
Maria Irene Fornes: “When I’m not doing something that comes deeply from me, I get bored. When I get bored I get distracted and when I get distracted, I become depressed. It’s a natural resistance, and it insures your integrity.”
Sir Winston Churchill: “When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”
Lynn Johnston: “No matter how old you are, there’s always something good to look forward to.”