"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it" – Confucius
“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it” – Confucius
Month: May 2010
"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ”Make me feel important.” Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life." – Mary Kay Ash
“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ”Make me feel important.” Not only will you …
"Farewell the tranquil mind; farewell content!<br/>Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars<br/>That make ambition virtue!" – William Shakespeare
“Farewell the tranquil mind; farewell content!Farewell the plumed troop and the big warsThat make ambition virtue!” – William Shakespeare
"I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don’t. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I’ve broken my right knee many times and it doesn’t hurt a bit." – Terry Fox
“I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don’t. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I’ve broken my right knee many times …
"Sex is better than talk…Talk is what you suffer through so you can get to sex." – Woody Allen
“Sex is better than talk…Talk is what you suffer through so you can get to sex.” – Woody Allen
"Now very often events are set up for photographers… The weddings are orchestrated about the photographers taking the picture, because if it hasn’t been photographed it doesn’t really exist." – Elliott Erwitt
“Now very often events are set up for photographers… The weddings are orchestrated about the photographers taking the picture, because if it hasn’t been photographed …
"Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed." – Erma Bombeck
“Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are …
However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. -Ellis, Havelock
However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. -Ellis, Havelock
"A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement." – Bo Bennett
“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.” – Bo Bennett
"Abstinence is a perversion." – Bill Maher
“Abstinence is a perversion.” – Bill Maher
"A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them." – Victor Hugo
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” – Victor Hugo
"If kids knew the results of their actions and could see a victim, they’d be more inclined to do the right thing." – Cherie Geide
“If kids knew the results of their actions and could see a victim, they’d be more inclined to do the right thing.” – Cherie Geide
"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you." – Oprah Winfrey
“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” – Oprah Winfrey
"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." – Abraham Lincoln
“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” – Abraham Lincoln
"People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons." – Zig Ziglar
“People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.” – Zig Ziglar
"You’re not a wave, you’re a part of the ocean." – Mitch Albom
“You’re not a wave, you’re a part of the ocean.” – Mitch Albom
"How nice — to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive." – Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“How nice — to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.” – Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us." – Stephen R. Covey
“Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.” – Stephen R. Covey
"Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first" – Mark Twain
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first” – Mark Twain
"I am overjoyed with what they accomplished on the exam and overjoyed with what they accomplished during the year." – Steve Roelofs
“I am overjoyed with what they accomplished on the exam and overjoyed with what they accomplished during the year.” – Steve Roelofs
"I don’t know any other way to lead but by example." – Don Shula
“I don’t know any other way to lead but by example.” – Don Shula
"The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off." – Abe Lemons
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” – Abe Lemons
"A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things." – Sasha Azevedo
“A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.” – Sasha Azevedo
"Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that." – Michael Leunig
“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.” – Michael Leunig
"It’s a pretty significant day for us. It is a day of abstinence when we fast, pray and smear ourselves with burnt ash to remind us of our sinfulness, forgiveness and mortality. It sets the tone for the penitential season leading up to Easter." – Dan Andriacco
“It’s a pretty significant day for us. It is a day of abstinence when we fast, pray and smear ourselves with burnt ash to remind …
"Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability." – Roy L. Smith
“Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.” – Roy L. Smith
Es ist der Traum jeder Frau, der Traum eines Mannes zu sein … ~~~ Barbra Streisand
Es ist der Traum jeder Frau, der Traum eines Mannes zu sein … Barbra Streisand
Esther M. Clark
“Give me one friend, just one, who meets The needs of all my varying moods.” Esther M. Clark quotes
"Prayer is a confession of one’s own unworthiness and weakness" – Mahatma Gandhi
“Prayer is a confession of one’s own unworthiness and weakness” – Mahatma Gandhi
"To make the public sentiment, on the side of all that is just and true and noble, is the highest use of life." – Lucy Stone
“To make the public sentiment, on the side of all that is just and true and noble, is the highest use of life.” – Lucy …
"The only bodily organ which is really regarded as inferior is the atrophied penis, a girl’s clitoris." – Sigmund Freud
“The only bodily organ which is really regarded as inferior is the atrophied penis, a girl’s clitoris.” – Sigmund Freud
"But, … he shows no inclination of doing anything like that." – Douglas Muzzio
“But, … he shows no inclination of doing anything like that.” – Douglas Muzzio
"The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love." – Walter Savage Landor
“The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.” – Walter Savage Landor
"Jimmy absolutely adored playing the role of Scotty on Star Trek," – James Doohan
“Jimmy absolutely adored playing the role of Scotty on Star Trek,” – James Doohan
"In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels." – Jane Austen
“In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.” – Jane Austen
"You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." – Dr. Seuss
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
"Music is the silence between the notes." – Claude Debussy
“Music is the silence between the notes.” – Claude Debussy
"One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that, she’ll tell anything." – Oscar Wilde
“One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that, she’ll tell anything.” – Oscar Wilde
"Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and Science" – Albert Einstein
“Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, …
"The ocean and I have many pebbles<br/>To find and wash off and roll into shape." – William Stafford
“The ocean and I have many pebblesTo find and wash off and roll into shape.” – William Stafford