A Quote to Live By

A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEKEND

Our society is afflicted by a spirit of thoughtless arrogance unbecoming those who have been so magnificently blessed. How grateful we should be for the bounties we enjoy. Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency.

Gordon B. Hinckley
1910-2008

Something to Consider

Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes in the twinkling of an eye, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delights of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish, and can never be destroyed. I shall love you until I die.
~~Voltaire

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Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and relevetory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

J.K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008

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Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.

Winnie the Pooh
(A.A. Milne)

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Winston Churchill
1874-1965

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Thomas Edison
1847-1931

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If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

- Mary Engelbreit (1952 - )

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In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage, so long are you young. When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, and then only, are you grown old.  General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)

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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

Edward Lucas
British Journalist
1962 -

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I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.


Christopher Reeve
1952-2004

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I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I’ve made.

Marilyn Monroe
1926-1962

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A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

Patricia Neal
1926-2010

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Douglas Adams
1952-2001

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Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.


John F. Kennedy
1917-1963

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Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.  ~~Maria Robinson

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Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

Cicero, 106-43BC

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Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.
Oren Arnold
1900-1980

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Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.  -- Groucho Marx, 1890-1977