You struggle with money. You struggle without money. You struggle with love. You struggle without love. But it's how you manage. You have to keep laughing, you have to be fun to be with, and you have to live with style--not fancy-schmancy, but in a way which is present and meaningful and has some beauty to it.
Pierce Brosnan
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Thought of the Day
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby
Monday, December 28, 2009
Thought of the Day
Often we remain silent when we need to speak. Without words, it is hard to love well. It is not always easy to express our love directly in words. Butwhenever we do, we discover we have offered a blessing that will be longremembered.
Henri J. M. Nouwen
Henri J. M. Nouwen
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Thought of the Day
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within--strength, courage, dignity.
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
Friday, December 25, 2009
Thought of the Day
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Thought of the Day
As bread is the staff of life, the simple sustenance of the body, so appreciation is the food of the soul.
Priscilla Wayne
Priscilla Wayne
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Thought of the Day
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Thought of the Day
When you finally allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it, you will find you dance with everything.
Pat Rodegast
Pat Rodegast
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Thought of the Day
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.
Gil Stern
Gil Stern
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thought of the Day
People will a ccept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.
David H. Comins
David H. Comins
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Thought of the Day
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the first word you thought of.
Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Thought of the Day
Learn to...be what you are, and learn to resign with good grace all that you are not.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thought of the Day
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reasons for remaining ashore.
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Thought of the Day
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Thought of the Day
Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.
Vesta M. Kelly
Vesta M. Kelly
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Thought of the Day
Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Monday, December 7, 2009
Thought of the Day
First a person should put his house together, then his town, then the world.
Rabbi Israel Salanter
Rabbi Israel Salanter
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Thought of the Day
And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Friday, December 4, 2009
Thought of the Day
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
James Oppenheim
James Oppenheim
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Thought of the Day
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within your control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental role and learned to distinguish between what you can and can't control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible.
Epictetus
Epictetus
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Thought of the Day
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
Confucius
Monday, November 30, 2009
Thought of the Day
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.
Dorothea Brande
Dorothea Brande
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Thought of the Day
The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need be.
Louis de Bernieres
Louis de Bernieres
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Thought of the Day
Too much has been said of the heroes of history--the strong men, the troublesome men; too little of the amiable, the kindly and the tolerant.
Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thought of the Day
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thought of the Day
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.
Louis E. Boone
Louis E. Boone
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Thought of the Day
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Thought of the Day
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.
Helen Keller
Helen Keller
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thought of the Day
The biggest things are always the easiest to do because there is no competition.
William Van Horne
William Van Horne
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Thought of the Day
When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
Jean Shinoda Bolen
Jean Shinoda Bolen
Monday, November 16, 2009
Thought of the Day
Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom ofcompromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break. Believethe best rather than the worst; people have a way of living up or downto your opinion of them. Remember that true friendship is the basis forany lasting relationship. The person you choose to marry is deservingof the courtesies and kindness you bestow on your friends.
Jane Wells
Jane Wells
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thought of the Day
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thought of the Day
Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible.
W. Stanley Mooneyham
W. Stanley Mooneyham
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thought of the Day
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,Therefore, we are saved by hope.Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;Therefore, we are saved by faith.Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.Therefore, we are saved by love.No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own;Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr
Monday, November 9, 2009
Thought of the Day
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Thought of the Day
We only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. So stop. Try something you’ve never tried. Teach it. Do it. Risk it.
Jon Blais
Jon Blais
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thought of the Day
The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are.
Thomas Dreier
Thomas Dreier
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Thought of the Day
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thought of the Day
I believe in people and think they are more effective when given principles rather than procedures, strategies rather than tactics, whys rather than wants.
Harvey Golub
Harvey Golub
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Thought of the Day
The man who trusts other men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
Count di Cavour
Count di Cavour
Monday, November 2, 2009
Thought of the Day
Faith and doubt both are needed, not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
Lillian Smith
Lillian Smith
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Thought of the Day
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
Leo Buscaglia
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thought of the Day
To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.
Confucius
Confucius
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Thought of the Day
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thought of the Day
Admitting error clears the score, and proves you wiser than before.
Arthur Guiterman
Arthur Guiterman
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Thought of the Day
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
Mary Frances Berry
Mary Frances Berry
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Thought of the Day
Some people procrastinate so much that all they can do is run around like firefighters all day -- putting out fires that should not have gotten started in the first place.
Nido Qubein
Nido Qubein
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Thought of the Day
hOne should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Friday, October 16, 2009
Thought of the Day
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Thought of the Day
You can always find reasons to work. There will always be one more thing to do. But when people don't take time out, they stop being productive. They stop being happy, and that affects the morale of everyone around them.
Carisa Bianchi
Carisa Bianchi
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Thought of the Day
Power consists in one’s capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Thought of the Day
Surprises, by their nature, come in disguise, masked sometimes as disappointments or detours when they're in fact dreams turning solid, if you'll just step aside and give them some air.
Nancy Gibbs
Nancy Gibbs
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thought of the Day
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Cicero
Cicero
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Thought of the Day
If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.
Earl Nightingale
Earl Nightingale
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thought of the Day
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Robert Brault
Robert Brault
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thought of the Day
More things are wrought by prayer. Than this world dreams of.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Thought of the Day
Our mistakes won't irreparably damage our lives unless we let them.
James E. Sweaney
James E. Sweaney
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Thought of the Day
We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.
Charles C. West
Charles C. West
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Thought of the Day
But where was I to start? The world is so vast. I shall start with the country I know best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No: my home. No: my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel
Monday, October 5, 2009
Thought of the Day
The more you can allow yourself to make mistakes, the better off you're going to be. That's what life is about. You're going to get thrown off, and you just need to get back on.
Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Dempsey
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Thought of the Day
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Thought of the Day
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Thought of the Day
Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits. Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out.
Eleanor Porter
Eleanor Porter
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thought of the Day
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good.
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Thought of the Day
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Anne Frank
Anne Frank
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Thought of the Day
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thought of the Day
If you have the courage to step outside of your comfort zone, you will not only be amazed by the marvel and sights of the world, but also with the wonders that lay deep within yourself.
Rosanna Ienco
Rosanna Ienco
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thought of the Day
Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.
Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Thought of the Day
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller
Helen Keller
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Thought of the Day
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Monday, September 21, 2009
Thought of the Day
The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.
Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Thought of the Day
At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the sturdiest trees are found.
Hudson newsletter
Hudson newsletter
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Thought of the Day
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Friday, September 18, 2009
Thought of the Day
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.
John le Carre
John le Carre
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Thought of the Day
We were not created to be eaten by anxiety, but to walk erect, free, unafraid in a world where there is work to do, truth to seek, love to give and win.
Joseph Ford Newton
Joseph Ford Newton
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Thought of the Day
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Thought of the Day
We were not created to be eaten by anxiety, but to walk erect, free, unafraid in a world where there is work to do, truth to seek, love to give and win.
Joseph Ford Newton
Joseph Ford Newton
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Thought of the Day
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a creative mind to spot wrong questions.
A. Jay
A. Jay
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Thought of the Day
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
Maria Robinson
Maria Robinson
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Thought of the Day
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible--the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thought of the Day
It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?
Eleanor H. Porter, "Pollyanna"
Eleanor H. Porter, "Pollyanna"
Monday, September 7, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Thought of the Day
In the end the great truth will have been learned, that the quest is greater than what is sought, the effort finer than the prize, or rather that the effort is the prize, the victory cheap and hollow were it not for the rigor of the game.
Benjamin Cardozo
Benjamin Cardozo
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Thought of the Day
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
Frank Tibolt
Frank Tibolt
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thought of the Day
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.
Johann von Goethe
Johann von Goethe
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Thought of the Day
When we accept tough jobs as a challenge and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen.
Arland Gilbert
Arland Gilbert
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Thought of the Day
Old times never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.
George E. Woodberry
George E. Woodberry
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Thought of the Day
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.
Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thought of the Day
When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Thought of the Day
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out he hates all the same people you do.
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Thought of the Day
The quality of an individual is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Thought of the Day
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thought of the Day
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Thought of the Day
As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Thought of the Day
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Thought of the Day
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Peter Drucker
Peter Drucker
Friday, August 14, 2009
Thought of the Day
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Thought of the Day
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.
Unknown Author
Unknown Author
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Thought of the Day
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Thought of the Day
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
Alfred D. Souza
Alfred D. Souza
Monday, August 10, 2009
Thought of the Day
The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts: and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.
Montaigne
Montaigne
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Thought of the Day
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Thought of the Day
The only difference between stumbling blocks and steppingstones is the way in which we use them.
Unknown
Unknown
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Thought of the Day
It is a lesson which all history teaches the wise, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, August 3, 2009
Thought of the Day
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thought of the Day
A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it.
Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thought of the Day
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Thought of the Day
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller
Helen Keller
Monday, July 27, 2009
Thought of the Day
The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
- Allan K. Chalmers
- Allan K. Chalmers
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thought of the Day
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thought of the Day
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
Arnold Toynbee
Arnold Toynbee
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Thought of the Day
Goodness is always an asset. A man who is straight, friendly and useful may never be famous, but he is respected and liked by all who know him. He has laid a sound foundation for success and he will have a worthwhile life.
Herbert N. Casson
Herbert N. Casson
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Thought of the Day
Only through focus can you do world-class things, no matter how capable you are.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Thought of the Day
A quarrel is like buttermilk, the more you stir it,the more sour it grows.
Bolivian Proverb
Bolivian Proverb
Friday, July 17, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Thought of the Day
Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.
Aristotle
Aristotle
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Thought of the Day
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Denis Waitley
Denis Waitley
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Thought of the Day
One's objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out, and get it over. You see, your problem won't improve with age.
Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Thought of the Day
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering you own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales
Monday, July 6, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Thought of the Day
It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged.
Edward W. Ziegler
Edward W. Ziegler
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Thought of the Day
Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was given to us to console us for what we are.
Mark McGinnis
Mark McGinnis
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Thought of the Day
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Robert Brault
Robert Brault
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thought of the Day
Develop a compulsion to closure. Once you begin, refuse to stop before completion.
Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thought of the Day
People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Thought of the Day
Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can.
John Wesley
John Wesley
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Thought of the Day
Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Thought of the Day
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you’ve signed up for a season, see it through. You don’t have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Thought of the Day
Have the dogged determination to follow through to achieve your goal; regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say, think, or do.
Paul Meyer
Paul Meyer
Monday, June 22, 2009
Thought of the Day
I have learned through bitter experience the one supreme lesson: to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power...
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Thought of the Day
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.
Dinah Craik
Dinah Craik
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Thought of the Day
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
Aristotle
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Thought of the Day
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
G. M. Trevelyan
G. M. Trevelyan
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thought of the Day
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Thought of the Day
The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.
Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Thought of the Day
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
Charles De Gaulle
Charles De Gaulle
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Thought of the Day
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Monday, June 1, 2009
Thought of the Day
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Thought of the Day
Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel.
Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Thought of the Day
The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert
Monday, May 25, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Thought of the Day
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thought of the Day
We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thought of the Day
Our society is so caught up in winning, we forget that most of the great men and women in history have, at one time or another, failed at something. Often repeatedly, and discouragingly. But each failure is nothing more than a brick in the wall that forms the foundation of our success. We can't forget that.
Carlton Young
Carlton Young
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Thought of the Day
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Thought of the Day
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Monday, May 11, 2009
Thought of the Day
Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.
Will Smith
Will Smith
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Thought of the Day
Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure.
Patch Adams
Patch Adams
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Thought of the Day
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.
Sir John Lubbock
Sir John Lubbock
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thought of the Day
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
Lao-Tzu
Lao-Tzu
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Thought of the Day
To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed.
Bernard Edmonds
Bernard Edmonds
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Thought of the Day
[I]n a world that seems increasingly snarky and judgmental, be kind. Be kind to your friends, be kind to your family, be kind to yourselves. And remember, just as you are, everyone really is just doing the best they can.Katie Couric
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Thought of the Day
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Thought of the Day
Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Thought of the Day
Treat the world well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was willed to you by your children.
Kenyan Proverb
Kenyan Proverb
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Thought of the Day
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.
Carl Jung
Carl Jung
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Thought of the Day
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
Joel A. Barker
Joel A. Barker
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Thought of the Day
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thought of the Day
It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society.
J. Krishnamurti
J. Krishnamurti
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Thought of the Day
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Mignon Mclaughlin
Mignon Mclaughlin
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Thought of the Day
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
George Linnaeus Banks
George Linnaeus Banks
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Thought of the Day
Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Rachel Carson
Monday, April 13, 2009
Thought of the Day
I share with you he agony of your grief, the anguish of your heart finds echo in my own.
Howard Thurman
Howard Thurman
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Thought of the Day
Too many people miss out on the silver lining because they're expecting gold.
Maurice Setter
Maurice Setter
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Thought of the Day
I do not mean to gloss over or discount the very real suffering in this world. Nevertheless, when something bad happens and we feel we have no control over the tragedy itself, we still have some control over our responses. We can lash out in bitterness and anger against the unfairness of life that has deprived us of pleasure and joy. Or, we can look for good in unexpected sources, even our apparent enemies.
Philip Yancey
Philip Yancey
Friday, April 10, 2009
Thought of the Day
I always wondered why somebody didn't do something about that; then I realized I was somebody.
Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Thought of the Day
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Thought of the Day
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow
Monday, April 6, 2009
Thought of the Day
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Thought of the Day
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life.
Sandra Carey
Sandra Carey
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Thought of the Day
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life.
Sandra Carey
Sandra Carey
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Thought of the Day
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
James Oppenheim
James Oppenheim
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thought of the Day
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thought of the Day
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.
Charles Brower
Charles Brower
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Thought of the Day
Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.
Ruth Renkel
Ruth Renkel
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Thought of the Day
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle
Aristotle
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Thought of the Day
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.
Sally Koch
Sally Koch
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Thought of the Day
Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.
Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Thought of the Day
To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle that any human being can fight--and never stop fighting.
E.E. Cummings
E.E. Cummings
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Thought of the Day
The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Thought of the Day
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reasons for remaining ashore.
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Thought of the Day
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Monday, March 16, 2009
Thought of the Day
Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people on the way down.
Wilson Mizner
Wilson Mizner
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Thought of the Day
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
Chinese Proverb
Chinese Proverb
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thought of the Day
Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding.
Chinese proverb
Chinese proverb
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thought of the Day
Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise; then you will discover the fullness of your life.
David Steindl-Rast
David Steindl-Rast
Monday, February 23, 2009
Thought of the Day
Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis we do decide things and that even our decisions to let someone else decide are really our decisions, however pusillanimous.
Harvey G. Cox
Harvey G. Cox
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Thought of the Day
Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thought of the Day
The imagination needs moodling--long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling, and puttering.
Brenda Ueland
Brenda Ueland
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thought of the Day
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
John Dewey
John Dewey
Monday, February 16, 2009
Thought of the Day
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thought of the Day
At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the sturdiest trees are found. Hudson Newsletter
Friday, February 13, 2009
Thought of the Day
Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence.
Henry Chester
Henry Chester
Monday, February 2, 2009
Thought of the Day
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thought of the Day
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Pericles
Pericles
Friday, January 30, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Thought of the Day
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Thought of the Day
Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Monday, January 19, 2009
Thought of the Day
Endings need not be public, newsworthy events. Throughout your life, there will be many little endings, every day. It is these endings that somehow give shape to the fragments of your life that are called experience. And it is this “experience” that makes up one’s life.
James V. Cunningham
James V. Cunningham
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Thought of the Day
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
Theodore Rubin
Theodore Rubin
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Thought of the Day
The purpose of an education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm Forbes
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Thought of the Day
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Thought of the Day
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Thought of the Day
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Thought of the Day
Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.
George McDonald
George McDonald
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Thought of the Day
Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality.
Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Thought of the Day
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
Monday, January 5, 2009
Thought of the Day
An individual has not started living fully until they can rise above the narrow confines of individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of humanity. Every person must decide, at some point, whether they will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgement. Life's most persistent and urgent quest is, 'What are you doing for others?'
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Thought of the Day
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down.
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Thought of the Day
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn
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