Larry Salyer – composition
“What we are is 50 percent heredity and 50 percent environment.” ~Larry Salyer
Month: August 2011
Fact: 120 Snake Species
“There are 120 species of snake In Queensland. Most are venomous, 20 are classed as dangerous and 16 are potentially fatal.” ~ Source: Mx, Sydney’s …
Carl Schurz – Ideals
Eden Port March 2011 “Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by …
"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." – Henry Ford
“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would …
disease
The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability. – Dyson, Edward
H. Norman Wright – Laughter
“Laughter is one of God’s gifts. Life is filled with incidents that lend themselves to … an uncontrolled siege of laughter. Remember to laugh with …
Jacques Maritain – gratitude
“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” ~Jacques Maritain
French Proverb – kindness
“Kindness is like snow – it beautifies everything it covers” ~French Proverb on Kindness
Amanda Ford – forgiveness
”Forgiveness means letting go of a hurtful situation and moving on with your own happiness.” ~Amanda Ford
Ray Bradbury – Life
“Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.” ~Ray Bradbury
Forest C. Shaklee Sr. – attribute of love
”To gain happiness, you must learn to enjoy that which you have. It is not how much you have. It is what we think about …
Diane Sawyer – accept the idea
“Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an …
Archibald Rutledge – good fortune
“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.” ~Archibald Rutledge
Elizabeth Kenny – better to be a lion
“It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.” ~Elizabeth Kenny
Stan Getz – music
“My life is music. And in some vague, mysterious, and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled …
Richard Leakey
“Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.” Richard Leakey quotes
Loos, Anita
Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse. Loos, Anita quotes
Dickson, Paul
May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. Dickson, Paul quotes
Niccolini, Giovanni
By asking for the impossible we obtain the best possible. Niccolini, Giovanni quotes
John P. Grier
“The will to believe is perhaps the most powerful, but certainly the most dangerous human attribute.” John P. Grier quotes
Tenderness is a virtue. -Goldsmith, Oliver
Tenderness is a virtue. -Goldsmith, Oliver
Philip Hamerton
“Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the …
In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn. -Grannville
In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn. -Grannville
Wer viel Licht sucht, wird durch viel Dunkelheit gehen müssen.
Wer viel Licht sucht, wird durch viel Dunkelheit gehen müssen.
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong. -Gladstone, William E.
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong. -Gladstone, William E.
Fantasie haben heißt nicht, sich etwas auszudenken,
Fantasie haben heißt nicht, sich etwas auszudenken, es heißt, sich aus den Dingen etwas zu machen. (Thomas Mann)
Eurípides de Salamina – 29/8/2011
Cuando un hombre bueno está herido, todo el que se considere bueno debe sufrir con él. Frases de Eurípides de Salamina – 29/8/2011
Humankind cannot bear very much reality. -Eliot, T. S.
Humankind cannot bear very much reality. -Eliot, T. S.
Einen sicheren Freund erkennt man in unsicherer Sache. ~~~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Einen sicheren Freund erkennt man in unsicherer Sache. Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create. -Saxe, John
It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create. -Saxe, John
"I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers" – Kahlil Gibran
“I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers” – …
I wish I knew what I know now before. -Stewart, Rod
I wish I knew what I know now before. -Stewart, Rod
priorities
It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic …
Gary Zukav
“Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.” Gary Zukav quotes
Robert Service
“Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.” Robert Service quotes
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. -Nicklaus, Jack
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. -Nicklaus, Jack
Enzensberger, Hans Magnus
Every orientation presupposes a disorientation. Enzensberger, Hans Magnus quotes
Jameson, Anna
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is …
Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans’t. -Franklin, Benjamin
Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans’t. -Franklin, Benjamin
Lawrence G. Lovasik – treasure of happiness
“Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak …