Bertrzand Russell – Marriage and Morals
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” ~Bertrzand Russell (1872 – 1970), Marriage and Morals …
Month: August 2011
Carolyn Wells – Louder Than
“Actions lie louder than words.” ~Carolyn Wells
William Pitt – aged heart
“Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.” ~William Pitt
Thomas A. Bennett – another mind
“No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind.” ~Thomas A. Bennett
James Humes – leadership
“One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not …
Florence Nightingale – give or take
“I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.” ~Florence Nightingale
Potter Stewart – propinquity
“A person’s mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.” ~Potter Stewart
Anon – humor
“I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.” ~Anon
Max L Forman – head up
“Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.” ~Max L Forman
Jules Favre – fortress
“Not an inch of our territory not a stone of our fortress.” ~Jules Favre
Rachel Naomi Remen – Silence
“Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken …
Rowan D. Williams – admire or envy
“In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.” ~Rowan D. Williams
Zora Neale Hurston – Nature
“The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.” ~Zora Neale Hurston
Jill Hanna – defining moments
“Our lives a series of defining moments, strung together by passing time. Surrender fully to this moment, because it is not the moment itself that …
Mickey Rooney – failure to success
“You always pass failure on the way to success.” ~Mickey Rooney
Mahabharata – skill, knowledge and health
“Skill is the best of all laudable things. Knowledge best of all possessions. Health best of all gains and peace of mind is the best …
John Hay – sunshine
“Friends are the sunshine of life.” ~John Hay (1871)
Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God. -Cowper, William
Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God. -Cowper, William
Geld stinkt nicht, aber es verduftet.
Geld stinkt nicht, aber es verduftet.
Wer sich über irgend etwas eine Minute lang
Wer sich über irgend etwas eine Minute lang ärgert, sollte bedenken, daß er dadurch 60 Sekunden Fröhlichkeit verliert. (Robert Stolz)
Lucio Anneo Séneca – 23/8/2011
No hay árbol recio ni consistente sino aquel que el viento azota con frecuencia. Frases de Lucio Anneo Séneca – 23/8/2011
Pick yourself up, Brush yourself off and Move on. -Unknown
Pick yourself up, Brush yourself off and Move on. -Unknown
Leah Dancel – Element of Weather
Bondi Beach Lighthouse 2003 “For how they (lighthouses) stand strong against the element of weather speak the strength of the designer’s mind which comprise attitude …
If, at first, you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment. -Los Angeles Times
If, at first, you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment. -Los Angeles Times
Anon – The Music Plays On
Crothers Cottage in Clarendon SA January 2008 “In the rhythm of Life, we sometime find ourselves out of tune, But as long as there are …
Warren Buffett – few things right
“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.” ~Warren Buffett
Winnie the Pooh – no hurry
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ~Winnie the Pooh
Walter Savage Landor – absence and death
“Absence and death are the same — only that in death there is no suffering.” ~Walter Savage Landor
Philip Adams – vast potential
“It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet …
Hubert H. Humphrey -right to be heard
“The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.” ~Hubert H. Humphrey
Jacob August Riis – humor
“The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense.” ~Jacob August Riis
Richard Carlson – way to be happy
“There is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have.” ~Richard Carlson
Moshe Dayan – freedom
“Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.” ~Moshe Dayan
Leah Dancel – grand vacation
11 October 2009 Taupo NZ “The plane, the clouds, the family and the country are what constitute a grand vacation” ~Leah Dancel, FB, 23 August …
By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved. -Updike, John
By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved. -Updike, John
Gary Seierstad – art of living
“A good conscience is a very soft pillow.” ~Gary Seierstad, 13 June 2011 “It is fun, excitement and poetry! It is love of today and …
Ann Curry – beauty
“Beauty once seemed to me to be an accident of nature. But now that I can see my life on my face, I realize we …
Laughter is the best way to make somebody’s heart beat. -Holden, Robert
Laughter is the best way to make somebody’s heart beat. -Holden, Robert
S. H. Simmons – Kindness
“Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower.” ~S. H. Simmons
Innerspace – inner attachments
Taken at Redfern Station Bus Stop 28 July 2011 “Just as the bird has to find the courage to let go of the branch in …