QUOTES
These quotes come form a variety of sources, many from "inspiring quote of the day, from Austin at Z-media. I found them to be very good, and kept the ones that I found most meaningful. If you would like to send me any quotes to add, feel free to mail me at s_squared@hotmail.com
and now... on with the quotes!
Life's unpredictable… eat dessert first!
To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.
A friend is someone who knows the song of your soul and sings it back to you when you've forgotten the words.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little- death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
-- Frank Herbert, Dune
One kind word can warm three winter months.
Japanese Proverb
"Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems".
"Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find."
"Volunteer--not so you can build your resume, but so you can build yourself."
"Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something, you have time to do something about it."
"The greatest gift that you can give another person is your attention."
"Have a strong mind and a soft heart."
"Wisdom is only granted to those who find it themselves."
"Don't go through life--GROW through life."
"The only real failure in life is one not learned from."
"True courage is not the absence of fear; rather it is the taking of action in spite of the fear."
"Our mind is like a parachute. It only works when it is open."
"Those who say it cannot be done should get the hell out of the way of those who are doing it."
"No one can make you feel inferior without your own consent."
"Ignore other people's ignorance so that you may discover your own wisdom."
"Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness."
"Contrary to popular belief, it is not the first impression that is most important. It's the 1 million and first impressions that count. Your ability to have integrity in every area of life is invaluable."
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference".
-- Robert Frost
We should never attempt to bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people try to bear three kinds --- all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.
Edward Everett Hale
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
-- Unknown
I don't know who to attribute this to, but not only is it a nice quote, but it is the only 13 2-letter sentence I know of.
"If it is to be, it is up to me to do it."
Time to stop and take a breather!! find any in particular that just reached out and grabbed you? If you like, you can put them on yur page, but let me know, so I can come see yur page! Or share them with a friend or loved one. Uplifting words are welcomed by everyone.
A Smile
There's something you may give a friend and stranger too;
It seems that when you give it, it's given back to you.
This gift is worth a million, but doesn't take much time.
This simple little gesture can make the day worthwhile;
It's just as good as sunshine--
It's what we call a smile.
--Jim Wolf
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
--Thomas Jefferson
If your glass is half empty, fill it.
"Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored."
"The smallest deed always exceeds the grandest of intentions."
"You've got to dance like no one's watching and love like it's never going to hurt."
"...In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart."
-Anne Frank
"A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever."
--Jessamyn West
"It's not enough to be good if you have the ability to be better."
--Alberta Lee Cox
"The most important journey you may make in life is meeting people half way."
It's often the most difficult.
It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
"True friendship is one soul inhabiting two bodies."
-Aristotle
"The difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success."
"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."
--Alexander Graham Bell
"What lies behind us and what lies between us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
--Oliver Wendell Holmes
The greatest pleasure in Life is Doing what people say you cannot do
Walter Bagehot
"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
--James Madison
"Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be dissapointed when they're not; it helps them to keep trying."
--Merry Browne
"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values."
--Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
"The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first."
"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them."
