Archive for the ‘QOTD’ Category

QOTD June 24 2012

Sunday, June 24th, 2012

Josh Billings: “Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.”

QOTD June 23 2012

Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

Madame de Tencin: “Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.”

QOTD June 22 2012

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Anne-Sophie Swetchine: “We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.”

QOTD June 21 2012

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Henry Van Dyke: “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”

QOTD June 20 2012

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Thomas a Kempis: “First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”

QOTD June 19 2012

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

Arthur Hays Sulzberger: “I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.”

QOTD June 18 2012

Monday, June 18th, 2012

Salma Hayek: “People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.”

QOTD June 17 2012

Sunday, June 17th, 2012

Pablo Picasso: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

QOTD June 16 2012

Saturday, June 16th, 2012

Christine Bovee: “Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.”

QOTD June 15 2012

Friday, June 15th, 2012

Maria Edgeworth: “If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.”

QOTD June 14 2012

Thursday, June 14th, 2012

Shakti Gawain: “We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other peoples’ models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.”

QOTD June 13 2012

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

Freya Madeline Stark: “There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”

QOTD June 12 2012

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Milan Kundera: “When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.”

QOTD June 11 2012

Monday, June 11th, 2012

John Allen: “The thing that I’m always left with is this overwhelming desire for people to be rooted and the only way that they feel rooted is through another person.”

QOTD June 10 2012

Sunday, June 10th, 2012

Charlotte Bronte: “I try to avoid looking backward and keep looking upward.”

QOTD June 9 2012

Saturday, June 9th, 2012

Oprah Winfrey: “I believe that [everyone] is the keeper of a dream – and by tuning into one another’s secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers.”

QOTD June 8 2012

Friday, June 8th, 2012

John Eliot: “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.”

QOTD June 7 2012

Thursday, June 7th, 2012

Euripides: “The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.”

QOTD June 6 2012

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Sharon Salzberg: “Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.”

QOTD June 5 2012

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Israel Salanter: “Promote yourself, but do not demote another.”