There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.
-- Phyllis Bottome
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.
-- Faith Baldwin
To love what you do and feel that it matters—how could anything be more fun?
-- Katherine Graham
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
-- Fredrick Koeing
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, never give up then, for that is just the time that the tide will turn.
-- Harriet Beecher Stowe
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.
-- Thich Nhat Hahn
Monday, 4 April 2011
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Friday, 1 April 2011
Catch up quotes
There is no oil without squeezing the olives; No wine without pressing the grapes; No fragrance without crushing the flowers; and no real joy without sorrow
Faith never knows where it is being led but it loves the One who is leading
Hope is a feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent
Don't wanna be a mouldy Christian - rather a moulded one...tho hopefully not too much squeezing involved! Will try to be malleable instead!
Blessed is any weight, however overwhelming, which God has been so good as to fasten with His own hand upon our shoulders. --F. W. Faber
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Winston Churchill
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Winston Churchill
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
E. B. White
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him.
Jim Elliot
'Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.'
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
Joseph Campbell
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Albert Camus
Insanity:doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
Albert Einstein
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and to be that perfectly. ~ Saint Francis de Sales
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."
-- Desmond Tutu
All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.
Raymond Hull
Our ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with hundreds and thousands. Police say that he topped himself
Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain." Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806-1884), poet
On this (just about) Valentine's Day...
For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked.
Bill Cosby
Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.
...Amy Bloom
"To be is to do" - Socrates;
"To do is to be" - Jean-Paul Sartre;
"Do Be Do Be Do" - FrankSinatra
"Yaba Daba Doo!"-Fred Flintstone
If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
- Thomas Alva Edison
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
- Margaret Cousins
God is not in the business of satisfying curiosity seekers, so don't come to Him to find out what He wants so you can decide whether or not you'll do it.Decide FIRST whether or not you really want God's will. If you decide you so,and you'll do what He wants, no matter what it is, the battle is 99% over
Russ Johnston
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
Anatole France
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James
It's not who you are that holds you back - it's who you think you're not
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis This is the longest word...my fam could say antidisestablishmentarianism when IT was....but this is a whole new challenge
God gives the nuts but He does not crack them!
You can't change the past but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.
Trust that small voice that says, 'This might work - I will try it'
Diane Mariechild
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps
David Lloyd George
The beginning is always today."
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
Victor Hugo
They may forget your name but they will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou:
Keep praying, but be thankful that God's answers are wiser than your prayers !
William Culbertson
Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
- Peter F. Drucker
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."
-- Mother Teresa
Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.
- Doug Larson
The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. - Socrates
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.
Orison Swett Marden:
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
George S. Patton
If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader.
John Quincy Adams
A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.
William Shedd
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott
A saint is a sinner who keeps trying
Nelson Mandela
Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
Norman Vincent Peale
Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.
Norman Vincent Peale
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
C. S. Lewis
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
Ben Hogan
'Flowers grow out of dark moments'
It doesn't matter what awaits me just across the sea if I haven't built a boat
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."
-- Mother Teresa
If the first thing you do in the morning is to eat a live frog, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that it's probably the worst thing you'll do all day.
'When I worked for the devil I got to do the devil's stuff; If I'm working for Jesus, I wanna do what Jesus did'
John Wimber
In the beginning, the Lord created chocolate, and he saw that it was good. Then he separated the light from the dark, and it was better.
Forget love-- I'd rather fall in chocolate!!!
Faith never knows where it is being led but it loves the One who is leading
Hope is a feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent
Don't wanna be a mouldy Christian - rather a moulded one...tho hopefully not too much squeezing involved! Will try to be malleable instead!
Blessed is any weight, however overwhelming, which God has been so good as to fasten with His own hand upon our shoulders. --F. W. Faber
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Winston Churchill
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Winston Churchill
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
E. B. White
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him.
Jim Elliot
'Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.'
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
Joseph Campbell
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Albert Camus
Insanity:doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
Albert Einstein
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and to be that perfectly. ~ Saint Francis de Sales
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."
-- Desmond Tutu
All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.
Raymond Hull
Our ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with hundreds and thousands. Police say that he topped himself
Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain." Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806-1884), poet
On this (just about) Valentine's Day...
For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked.
Bill Cosby
Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.
...Amy Bloom
"To be is to do" - Socrates;
"To do is to be" - Jean-Paul Sartre;
"Do Be Do Be Do" - FrankSinatra
"Yaba Daba Doo!"-Fred Flintstone
If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
- Thomas Alva Edison
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
- Margaret Cousins
God is not in the business of satisfying curiosity seekers, so don't come to Him to find out what He wants so you can decide whether or not you'll do it.Decide FIRST whether or not you really want God's will. If you decide you so,and you'll do what He wants, no matter what it is, the battle is 99% over
Russ Johnston
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
Anatole France
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James
It's not who you are that holds you back - it's who you think you're not
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis This is the longest word...my fam could say antidisestablishmentarianism when IT was....but this is a whole new challenge
God gives the nuts but He does not crack them!
You can't change the past but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.
Trust that small voice that says, 'This might work - I will try it'
Diane Mariechild
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps
David Lloyd George
The beginning is always today."
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
Victor Hugo
They may forget your name but they will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou:
Keep praying, but be thankful that God's answers are wiser than your prayers !
William Culbertson
Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
- Peter F. Drucker
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."
-- Mother Teresa
Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.
- Doug Larson
The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. - Socrates
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.
Orison Swett Marden:
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
George S. Patton
If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader.
John Quincy Adams
A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.
William Shedd
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott
A saint is a sinner who keeps trying
Nelson Mandela
Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
Norman Vincent Peale
Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.
Norman Vincent Peale
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
C. S. Lewis
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
Ben Hogan
'Flowers grow out of dark moments'
It doesn't matter what awaits me just across the sea if I haven't built a boat
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."
-- Mother Teresa
If the first thing you do in the morning is to eat a live frog, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that it's probably the worst thing you'll do all day.
'When I worked for the devil I got to do the devil's stuff; If I'm working for Jesus, I wanna do what Jesus did'
John Wimber
In the beginning, the Lord created chocolate, and he saw that it was good. Then he separated the light from the dark, and it was better.
Forget love-- I'd rather fall in chocolate!!!
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