QOTD October 6 2015
October 6th, 2015 on 17:15Sean Stewart: “One of the things about being a grown-up is learning how to act right even when you feel wrong.”
Sean Stewart: “One of the things about being a grown-up is learning how to act right even when you feel wrong.”
Elmer G. Letterman: “Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.”
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.”
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.”
Anita Roddick: “The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Henry Van Dyke: “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”
Margaret Fuller: “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.”
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.”
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.”
Amber Deckers: “Never regret something that once made you smile.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: “A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe.”
Norman Vincent Peale: “Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
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.”
Julia Child: “You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients.”
Oprah Winfrey: “It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn – which is what life is all about.”
Meladee McCarty: “Live your life as though there is great joy to be experienced… an abundance of goodness in each person you come in contact with, and the knowledge that you have enough inner wisdom to answer the mysteries that challenge you.”