Archive for the ‘QOTD’ Category

QOTD October 22 2012

Monday, October 22nd, 2012

Erich Fromm: “Man’s main task is to give birth to himself.”

QOTD October 21 2012

Sunday, October 21st, 2012

Francis Ford Coppola: “You don’t have to specialize – do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.”

QOTD October 20 2012

Saturday, October 20th, 2012

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.”

QOTD October 19 2012

Friday, October 19th, 2012

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.”

QOTD October 18 2012

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

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.”

QOTD October 17 2012

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

John Hope Franklin: “We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths… and tell the world the glories of our journey.”

QOTD October 16 2012

Tuesday, October 16th, 2012

QOTD October 15 2012

Monday, October 15th, 2012

Ann Richards: “If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don’t, you’re simply ducking your responsibilities.”

QOTD October 14 2012

Sunday, October 14th, 2012

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…”

QOTD October 13 2012

Saturday, October 13th, 2012

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.”

QOTD October 12 2012

Friday, October 12th, 2012

Colette: “The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.”

QOTD October 11 2012

Thursday, October 11th, 2012

Tennessee Williams: “Make voyages! – Attempt them! – there’s nothing else…”

QOTD October 10 2012

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

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”

QOTD October 9 2012

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Katharine Graham: “To love what you do and feel that it matters – how could anything be more fun?”

QOTD October 8 2012

Monday, October 8th, 2012

Thomas Guthrie: “Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.”

QOTD October 7 2012

Sunday, October 7th, 2012

Oprah Winfrey: “I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it.”

QOTD October 6 2012

Saturday, October 6th, 2012

Charlie Chaplin: “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.”

QOTD October 5 2012

Friday, October 5th, 2012

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.”

QOTD October 4 2012

Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Sir Winston Churchill: “When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”

QOTD October 3 2012

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Lynn Johnston: “No matter how old you are, there’s always something good to look forward to.”