Archive for the ‘QOTD’ Category

QOTD October 9 2015

Friday, October 9th, 2015

Steve Jobs: “Every good product I’ve ever seen is because a group of people cared deeply about making something wonderful that they and their friends wanted. They wanted to use it themselves.”

 

QOTD October 8 2015

Thursday, October 8th, 2015

Scott Westerfeld: “Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least try to grow your own brain”

 

QOTD October 7 2015

Wednesday, October 7th, 2015

Joseph Addison: “True happiness… arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self.”

 

QOTD October 6 2015

Tuesday, October 6th, 2015

Sean Stewart: “One of the things about being a grown-up is learning how to act right even when you feel wrong.”

 

QOTD October 5 2015

Monday, October 5th, 2015

Elmer G. Letterman: “Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.”

 

QOTD October 4 2015

Sunday, October 4th, 2015

Oprah Winfrey: “The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.”

 

QOTD October 3 2015

Saturday, October 3rd, 2015

Jane Goodall: “I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.”

 

QOTD October 2 2105

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Anita Roddick: “The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.”

 

QOTD October 1 2015

Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Laura Moncur: “Life ain’t like books. Books got somebody writin’ ’em and tryin’ to entertain ya. Life is more like a set of Legos. Unless you take care of ’em, you lose a few pieces and you end up steppin’ on ’em with bare feet. You gotta take care of your life.”

 

QOTD September 30 2015

Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

Dan Millman: “The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for.”

 

QOTD September 29 2015

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

Etty Hillesum: “I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed.”

 

QOTD September 28 2015

Monday, September 28th, 2015

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 September 27 2015

Sunday, September 27th, 2015

Margaret Fuller: “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.”

 

QOTD September 26 2015

Saturday, September 26th, 2015

Epicurus: “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

 

QOTD September 25 2015

Friday, September 25th, 2015

Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider: “It’s just human. We all have the jungle inside of us. We all have wants and needs and desires, strange as they may seem. If you stop to think about it, we’re all pretty creative, cooking up all these fantasies. it’s like a kind of poetry.”

QOTD September 24 2015

Thursday, September 24th, 2015

Amber Deckers: “Never regret something that once made you smile.”

QOTD September 23 2015

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: “A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe.”

 

QOTD September 22 2015

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Norman Vincent Peale: “Change your thoughts and you change your world.”

 

QOTD September 21 2015

Monday, September 21st, 2015

Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”

 

QOTD September 20 2015

Sunday, September 20th, 2015

Julia Child: “You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients.”