Category Archives: QOTD

Quote of the Week

“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Quote of the Day

“When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.”~ Greg Anderson

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Inward calm ~ QotD

“Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished.” ~ Gautama Buddha

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Responsibility ~ QotD

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. ~Abraham Lincoln

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QotD

"No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that he should do so to the exclusion of my thinking for myself." ~Henry David Thoreau

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Unit of One in the new economy

This is an interesting quote but I am wondering if we have really made any fundamental changes in our economy that reflects this idea? "The fundamental unit of the new economy is not the corporation, but the individual." ~ Thomas … Continue reading

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In the beginning – Quote of the Day

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." ~Louis L'Amour

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Happiness

Happiness isn't anything more than having something to look forward to, and, conversely, unhappiness is borne of dread, of things you don't look forward to. The trick is in arranging things so that you have more of the former than … Continue reading

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American Aristocracy

There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents… The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. -Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect … Continue reading

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Creativity – QoTD

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. –Erich Fromm

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Quote of the Day

“Procrastination and worry are the twin thieves that will try to rob you of your brilliance-but even the smallest action will drive them from your camp.”  ~ Gil Atkinson

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Not our differences ~ QoTD

Think Exist.com Finding Quotations was never this Easy! “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.? Audre Lorde quotes (American Poet, Teacher and Activist. 1934-1992)

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Taking control of your past ~ QoTD

“One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you, and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless.” –Merle Shain

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QotD – Winning

First they laugh at you, then they ignore you, then they fight you. Then you win. ~ Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi

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QotD – Happiness

“The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.” ~John F. Kennedy

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QOTD – Think about it!

“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.? – Diane Ackerman

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QOTD – Forgiveness

“The weak never can forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.? – Mahatma Ghandi

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Change and miracles

“Change is the handmaiden Nature requires to do her miracles with.” — Mark Twain

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Be the change

“Society does not go down because of the activities of criminals, but because of the inactivities of the good people.” – Swami Vivekananda

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My Mind is like a pinata!

“See, the human mind is kind of like . . . a pinata. When it breaks open, there’s a lot of surprises inside. Once you get the pinata perspective, you see that losing your mind can be a peak experience.” … Continue reading

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Quote of the day

“The body must be nourished physically, emotionally and spiritually. We’re spiritually starved in this culture — not underfed but undernourished.” –Carol Hornig

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Quote 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

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Helping others will Help you!

“When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.” –Norman Vincent Peale

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Quote of the Day

“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.”–William Faulkner

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Quote of the Day

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough. Rabbi Harold Kushner

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