"I been a long time leaving but I’m going to be a long time gone." – Willie Nelson
“I been a long time leaving but I’m going to be a long time gone.” – Willie Nelson
Month: May 2010
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our Attitudes." – Charles R. Swindoll
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more …
"[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop." – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” – …
"I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens." – Woody Allen
“I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen
"The Bible is a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology" – Mark Twain
“The Bible is a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology” – Mark Twain
"If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude." – Maya Angelou
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
"My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you’re boned, what’s left to create the illusion? Let ’em wonder. I never believed in givin’ them too much of me." – Mae West
“My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you’re boned, what’s left to create …
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well" – Voltaire
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well” – Voltaire
"Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame." – Benjamin Franklin
“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.” – Benjamin Franklin
"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." – Salvador Dalí
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” – Salvador Dalí
"Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else." – Ogden Nash
“Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash
"Abstinence is easier than temperance" – Seneca
“Abstinence is easier than temperance” – Seneca
"Economists have to worry that if consumer sentiment remains depressed, spending could follow that down and you could have a much weaker outcome (in terms of economic growth." – Cary Leahey
“Economists have to worry that if consumer sentiment remains depressed, spending could follow that down and you could have a much weaker outcome (in terms …
"I’m not so inclined now to look elsewhere for a building." – Bill Kelly
“I’m not so inclined now to look elsewhere for a building.” – Bill Kelly
"love life, engage in it, give it all you’ve got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it" – Maya Angelou
“love life, engage in it, give it all you’ve got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what …
"I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex." – Oscar Wilde
“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.” – Oscar Wilde
"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God." – Abraham Lincoln
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive …
"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future." – George Bernard Shaw
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” – George Bernard Shaw
"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny." – Albert Ellis
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your …
"Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will" – Winston Churchill
“Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them …
"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well." – Pierre de Coubertin
“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.” …
"Where did you come from, baby dear? / Out of the everywhere into here." – George MacDonald
“Where did you come from, baby dear? / Out of the everywhere into here.” – George MacDonald
"I don’t think about that, … I wasn’t a kid growing up saying one day ‘I’ll get an Oscar and make a speech.’ That wasn’t on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do." – Adam Sandler
“I don’t think about that, … I wasn’t a kid growing up saying one day ‘I’ll get an Oscar and make a speech.’ That wasn’t …
Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor. -Collins, John Churton
Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor. -Collins, John Churton
"Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." – Albert Einstein
“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
"A word to the wise ain’t necessary, it’s the stupid ones who need the advice." – Bill Cosby
“A word to the wise ain’t necessary, it’s the stupid ones who need the advice.” – Bill Cosby
"To jaw-jaw- is always better than to war-war" – Winston Churchill
“To jaw-jaw- is always better than to war-war” – Winston Churchill
"I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit." – John Steinbeck
“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great …
"My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure." – Ashleigh Brilliant
“My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures." – Kahlil Gibran
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.” – Kahlil Gibran
"An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her." – Agatha Christie
“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.” – Agatha Christie
"If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much." – Tom Krause
“If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.” – Tom Krause
"Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second and you can hop from one place to another. It’s a language made of image. And in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream." – Federico Fellini
“Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second and you can …
"Music is the universal language of mankind" – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Music is the universal language of mankind” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it." – George Bernard Shaw
“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.” – George Bernard Shaw
"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." – Christopher Reeve
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christopher Reeve
"Sometimes questions are more important than answers." – Nancy Willard
“Sometimes questions are more important than answers.” – Nancy Willard
"A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life." – William Arthur Ward
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.” – William Arthur Ward
"Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all." – Emily Dickinson
“Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson
"All my life I have always known I was born to greatness." – Oprah Winfrey
“All my life I have always known I was born to greatness.” – Oprah Winfrey