Just a collection of quotes I've seen along the way that I thought were worth reading again at some point.
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Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
~ Bible, Proverbs 11:17 ~ "We are taken in, duped, brainwashed. But it is done in such subtle ways that we do not realize what has happened. We think we are wise because we can easily see through the childish logic of the commercials. But the ad writer never intended us to believe those silly commercials, only to desire the product they advertise. And sure enough we buy, because the commercials accomplish their goal of inflaming our desire." --Richard J. Foster, Freedom of Simplicity If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow. ~ Chinese Proverb ~ Subject: Work A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk... I have a work station... It's quantity of time at home and quality of time at work that counts; don't mix them up. ~ Brian Tracy ~ (American Trainer, Speaker, Author, Businessman) If you want to know your past - look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future - look into your present actions. ~ Chinese Proverb ~ Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. ~ Mahatma Gandhi ~ (1869-1948, Indian Political, Spiritual Leader) The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have, the more free you are. ~ Mother Teresa ~ (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary) He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor that enjoys little, but he that wants too much. ~ Francis Beaumont ~ (1584-1616, British Dramatist) "When I take action," he said, "I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive." President George W. Bush 
We could learn a lot from Crayons: Some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but we have to learn how to live in the same box. 'And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.' --Anne Frank Resolution of Board of Councilmen, Canton, MS, mid 1800's:
There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose. --Bern Williams An Irish Blessing Always remember to forget The things that made you sad. But never forget to remember The things that made you glad. Always remember to forget The friends that proved untrue. But don't forget to remember Those who have stuck by you. Always remember to forget The troubles that came your way. But never forget to remember The blessings that come each day. A man is but the product of his thoughts: what he thinks, he becomes. - Mohandas K. Gandhi Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching? The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. Indeed contentment doth not only make our duties lively and active, but acceptable. It is this that puts beauty and worth into them, for contentment settles the soul. --Thomas Watson, The Art of Divine Contentment (1653) Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. -- Benjamin Franklin I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately ... and see if I could not learn what life had to teach and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not live. Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess. -- Louis Nizer Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people |