Archive for the ‘QOTD’ Category

QOTD April 12 2015

Sunday, April 12th, 2015

Alice Childress: “A gift – be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love – explains itself!… and if receivin’ it embarrasses you, it’s because your ‘thanks box’ is warped.”

 

QOTD April 11 2015

Saturday, April 11th, 2015

Mortimer Adler: “You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.”

 

QOTD April 10 2015

Friday, April 10th, 2015

Og Mandino: “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.”

 

QOTD April 9 2015

Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Henry Ford: “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”

 

QOTD April 8 2015

Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

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

QOTD April 7 2015

Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Oprah Winfrey: “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand.”

 

QOTD April 6 2015

Monday, April 6th, 2015

Brian Buckner: “There comes a point in life when you realize everything you know about yourself, it’s all just conditioning. It’s the rare man who truly know who he is.”

 

QOTD April 5 2015

Sunday, April 5th, 2015

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: “Truth has beauty, power and necessity.”

 

QOTD April 4 2015

Saturday, April 4th, 2015

Brendan Francis: “If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.”

 

QOTD April 3 2015

Friday, April 3rd, 2015

William Arthur Wood: “Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.”

 

QOTD April 2 2015

Thursday, April 2nd, 2015

Robert A. Ward: “I wish you sunshine on your path and storms to season your journey. I wish you peace in the world in which you live… More I cannot wish you except perhaps love to make all the rest worthwhile.”

 

QOTD April 1 2015

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

 

Richard Feynman: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”

 

QOTD March 31 2015

Tuesday, March 31st, 2015

Albert Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.”

 

QOTD March 30 2015

Monday, March 30th, 2015

Milan Kundera: “Young is the one that plunges in the future and never looks back.”

 

QOTD March 29 2015

Sunday, March 29th, 2015

Barbara Hall: “Because you are in control of your life. Don’t ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made.”

 

QOTD March 28 2015

Saturday, March 28th, 2015

Holly Lisle: “You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.”

 

QOTD March 27 2015

Friday, March 27th, 2015

Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran: “Trust that your child is trying to be the best he can be and that he will do this more readily without your criticism. Know that he usually sees his own faults without you continually pointing them out.”

 

QOTD March 26 2015

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Welsh Proverb: “Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.”

 

QOTD March 25 2015

Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

Elizabeth Aston: “One’s life is not as fixed as one believes. Surprises may lie in store for you, the unexpected often tends to happen, sometimes bringing in its train the most delightful change in one’s life or circumstances.”

QOTD March 24 2015

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015

Hugh Macleod: “Your idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours alone. The more the idea is yours alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing. The more amazing, the more people will click with your idea. The more people click with your idea, the more it will change the world.”