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QOTD December 28 2015

Monday, December 28th, 2015

Georgia O’Keeffe: “Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”

 

QOTD December 27 2015

Sunday, December 27th, 2015

Willa Cather: “There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”

 

QOTD December 26 2015

Saturday, December 26th, 2015

Trey Parker and Matt Stone: “Love isn’t a decision. It’s a feeling. If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simpler, but much less magical.”

 

QOTD December 25 2015

Friday, December 25th, 2015

David Viscott: β€œTo love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”

QOTD December 24 2015

Thursday, December 24th, 2015

Plutarch: “The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.”

 

QOTD December 23 2015

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015

Cecil B. DeMille: “The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.”

 

QOTD December 22 2015

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

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

 

QOTD December 21 2015

Monday, December 21st, 2015

Martin Sage and Sybil Adelman: “In Kyudo philosophy, you don’t aim–you become one with the target. Then, in fact, there’s nothing to aim at. I find it works well with women, too. Give it a try.”

 

 

QOTD December 20 2015

Sunday, December 20th, 2015

Aristotle: “Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.”

 

QOTD December 19 2015

Saturday, December 19th, 2015

Hubert H. Humphrey: “You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you’ll find out that you’re a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that’s happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.”

 

QOTD December 18 2015

Friday, December 18th, 2015

Publilius Syrus: “Never promise more than you can perform.”

 

QOTD December 17 2015

Thursday, December 17th, 2015

Ingrid Bergman: “A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes unnecessary.”

 

QOTD December 16 2015

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

John Muir: “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike.”

 

QOTD December 15 2015

Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata: “The shortest route to getting things done is just do it.”

 

QOTD December 14 2015

Monday, December 14th, 2015

Mario Puzo: “Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.”

 

QOTD December 13 2015

Sunday, December 13th, 2015

Hugh Macleod: “Part of being creative is learning how to protect your freedom. That includes freedom from avarice.”

 

QOTD December 12 2015

Saturday, December 12th, 2015

Booker T. Washington: “There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

 

QOTD December 11 2015

Friday, December 11th, 2015

Matt Witten: “Parents are never as bad as kids think they are.”

 

QOTD December 10 2015

Thursday, December 10th, 2015

Kahlil Gibran: “It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.”

 

QOTD December 9 2015

Wednesday, December 9th, 2015

Lucille Ball: “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”