QOTD May 18 2018
May 18th, 2018 on 23:29Thomas Jefferson: “Never spend your money before you have it.”
QOTD May 17 2018
May 17th, 2018 on 22:35Dale Carnegie: “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
Gratulerer med dagen Norge!
May 17th, 2018 on 12:14Today Norway celebrates its Constitution (May 17, ‘syttende mai’), so GRATULERER MED DAGEN Norge!!! (Congratulations Norway)
For the first time Misha is not here to participate in the traditional ‘barnetoget’ (Childrens’ Parade), so I will wave the flags at his friends who are. 🙂 Weather is absolutely lovely, so it will be good!
Besides the children focused activities, much of the celebrations seems to be about partying and drinking (somewhat comparable with King’s Day in The Netherlands) 😀 The Norwegians do give it a quite nice touch though; everyone dresses up! Most will wear a Bunad, the traditional clothing, and if you don’t have one, then your best suit or dress will do it! (haha, totally opposite to the somewhat clownish King’s Day in NL…)
QOTD May 16 2018
May 16th, 2018 on 23:06Raoul Vaneigem: “In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.”
QOTD May 15 2018
May 15th, 2018 on 23:44Chuang-tzu: “Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.”
QOTD May 14 2018
May 14th, 2018 on 23:50Alban Goodier: “Those who face that which is actually before them, unburdened by the past, undistracted by the future, these are they who live, who make the best use of their lives; these are those who have found the secret of contentment.”
QOTD May 13 2018
May 13th, 2018 on 18:52Chinese Proverb: “Do not remove a fly from your friend’s forehead with a hatchet.”
QOTD May 12 2018
May 12th, 2018 on 23:50Steve Jobs: “You’ve got to find what you love and that is as true for work as it is for lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you’ve found it.”
QOTD May 11 2018
May 11th, 2018 on 21:43Oriental Proverb: “If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.”
QOTD May 10 2018
May 10th, 2018 on 22:58Abraham Lincoln: “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
QOTD May 9 2018
May 9th, 2018 on 23:48Brenda Ueland: “Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable.”
QOTD May 8 2018
May 8th, 2018 on 23:07Malcolm X: “You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
QOTD May 7 2018
May 7th, 2018 on 23:52Unknown: “Most people rust out due to lack of challenge. Few people rust out due to overuse.”
QOTD May 6 2018
May 6th, 2018 on 23:03Peter McWilliams: “Pain (any pain–emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: “We would be more alive if we did more of this,” and, “Life would be more lovely if we did less of that.” Once we get the pain’s message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.”
QOTD May 5 2018
May 5th, 2018 on 23:13Plutarch: “The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.”
QOTD May 4 2018
May 4th, 2018 on 11:56Dale Carnegie: “If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.”
QOTD May 3 2018
May 3rd, 2018 on 23:50Madeleine L’Engle: “We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.”
QOTD May 2 2018
May 2nd, 2018 on 20:05Katharine Butler Hathaway: “It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.”
QOTD May 1 2018
May 1st, 2018 on 16:52John F. Kennedy: “We need men who can dream of things that never were.”
QOTD April 30 2018
April 30th, 2018 on 23:04Pearl Buck: “The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”
