QOTD April 12 2015
Sunday, April 12th, 2015Alice 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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Henry Ford: “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata: βThe shortest route to getting things done is just do it.β
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.”
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.”
Sylvia Ashton-Warner: “Truth has beauty, power and necessity.”
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.”
William Arthur Wood: “Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.”
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.”
Richard Feynman: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”
Albert Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.”
Milan Kundera: “Young is the one that plunges in the future and never looks back.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Welsh Proverb: “Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.”
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.”
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.”