Quotes Of The Day

Quotes Of The Day May-27-2012

Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. Bertrand Russell > Link

'Tis not knowing much, but what is useful, that makes a wise man. Thomas Fuller > Link

For the things we have to learn before we can learn them, we learn by doing them. Aristotle > Link

Words that enlighten are more precious than jewels. Hazrat Inayat Khan > Link

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African Proverb > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-26-2012

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target. George Fisher > Link

No one who ever lived has ever had enough power, prestige, or knowledge to overcome the basic condition of life: you win some, and you lose some. Ken Keyes > Link

Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. Charles Schulz > Link

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. Henry David Thoreau > Link

Grief is itself a medicine. William Cowper > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-25-2012

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else. Andre Malraux > Link

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced--even a proverb is no proverb until your Life is illustrated by it. Georgina Keats > Link

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. Alexander Hamilton > Link

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. William Feather > Link

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. Alexander Pope > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-24-2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. Robert Frost > Link

A friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys the view. Wilma Askinas > Link

He that is rich will not be called a fool. Spanish Proverb > Link

Without humility there can be no humanity. John Buchan > Link

A man who would not love his father\'s grave is worse than a wild animal. Chief Joseph > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-23-2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness is never decreased by being shared. Buddha > Link

A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty. Mark Twain > Link

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. Sir Walter Scott > Link

High expectations are the key to everything. Sam Walton > Link

If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence. Will Cuppy > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-22-2012

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Absence lessens mediocre passions but augments great ones just as the wind blows out candles but starts conflagrations. Francois de la Rochefoucauld > Link

Adolescence is a period of rapid chages; between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years. Anonymous > Link

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift; the rational mind is faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. Albert Einstein > Link

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. Aeschylus > Link

A bad reputation is like a hangover--it takes a while to get rid of and it makes everything else hurt. James Preston > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-21-2012

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr > Link

How many will listen to the truth when you tell them? Yiddish Proverb > Link

While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil. John Taylor > Link

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. Soren Kierkegaard > Link

The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize. Richard Monckton Milnes > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-20-2012

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. Gertrude Stein > Link

Civility costs nothing and buys everything. Mary Wortley Montagu > Link

Few people have the imagination for reality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > Link

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment. Frances Burney > Link

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. Leo Tolstoy > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-19-2012

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Age is a matter of the mind; if you don't mind it, it doesn't matter. Anonymous > Link

Anger and worry are the enemies of clear thought. Madeline Brent > Link

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist when you grow up. Pablo Picasso > Link

One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, 'What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?' Rachel Carson > Link

If imagination is not set to the task of building a creative life, it busies itself with weaving a web of inner fears and doubts, blame and excuse. Laurence G Boldt > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-18-2012

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. Anwar El-Sadat > Link

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. Gail Sheehy > Link

Omissions are not accidents. John Moore > Link

Even hundredfold grief is divisible by love. Jareb Teague > Link

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is immortal. Isocrates > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-17-2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The years forget our errors and forgive our sins, but they punish our inaction with living death. Robert Grudin > Link

A figment of the imagination is just a harmless illusion--unless you are a victim of it. Cullen Hightower > Link

Do the best you can with what you have, wherever you are. Adam Toler > Link

It wouldn\'t be New Year\'s if I didn\'t have regrets. William Thomas > Link

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Henry Ford > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-16-2012

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. Dietrich Bonhoeffer > Link

As long as you live, keep learning how to live. Lucius Annaeus Seneca > Link

It is not what is poured into a student that counts but what is planted. Linda Conway > Link

Who aims at excellence will be above mediocrity; who aims at mediocrity will be far short of it. Burmese Saying > Link

An organized product of nature is that in which all the parts are mutually ends and means. Immanuel Kant > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-15-2012

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. Albert Einstein > Link

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. Henry Miller > Link

Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear. Cheri Huber > Link

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow > Link

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. Lee Iacocca > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-14-2012

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The great end of life is not knowledge but action. Thomas Henry Huxley > Link

Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein > Link

The land is a mother that never dies. Maori saying > Link

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin > Link

Fear is met and destroyed with courage. James F Bell > Link

Quotes Of The Day May-13-2012

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The secret of success is constancy to purpose. Benjamin Disraeli > Link

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning, and yearning. Christopher Morley > Link

Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far. Euripides > Link

Freedom is what you do with what\'s been done to you. Jean-Paul Sartre > Link

Smiles form the channels of a future tear. Lord Byron > Link