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

Friday, January 30, 2009

Thought of the Day

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
Confucius

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

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Thought of the Day

Without struggle there is no progress.
F. Douglas

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Thought of the Day

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Jim Ryan

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Thought of the Day

Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
J.B. Massieu

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Thought of the Day

Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.
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

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

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Thought of the Day

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.
William Shedd

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

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

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

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.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Thought of the Day

Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.
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

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Thought of the Day

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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.

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

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Thought of the Day

No day is so bad that it can't be made better with a nap. Carrie Snow

Friday, January 2, 2009

Thought of the Day

He who conceals his grief finds no remedy for it.
Turkish Proverb

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Thought of the Day

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Jim Rohn