QOTD August 17 2017
August 17th, 2017 on 22:34Mark Twain: “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
Mark Twain: “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
Japanese Proverb: "Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law."
Mahatma Gandhi: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
Charlotte Bronte: “A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.”
Joel Spolsky: “An idea isn’t worth that much. It’s the execution of the idea that has value. If you can’t convince one other person that this is something to devote your life to, then it’s not worth it.”
Og Mandino: "Cherish each hour of this day for it can never return."
Mitch Albom: "The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."
Kathleen A. Sutton: “When you can’t have what you want, it’s time to start wanting what you have.”
Norman Vincent Peale: “Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.”
Henry David Thoreau: “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
Ellen Goodman: “Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can’t even describe, aren’t even aware of.”
Steven Conrad: "You gotta dream? You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it, period."
Andre Gide: "The most decisive actions of our life – I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future – are, more often than not, unconsidered."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: "The beginning is always today."
Sara June Parker: "May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down."
Abigail Adams: “I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life….Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.”
Dr. Ana M Guzman: "I decided not to let my past rule my future so I decided to change my present in order to open up my future."
Saint Teresa of Avila: “Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.”
Wil Wheaton: “If you enjoyed making a thing, and you’re proud of the thing you made, that’s enough. Not everyone is going to like it, and that’s okay.”
Benjamin Franklin: “Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”