Carol Burnett – problems and challenges
“I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don’t work out, that’s when I’ve really learned. “— Carol Burnett
Year: 2011
Samuel Butler – portrait
“Every man’s work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.” ~Samuel Butler
Erica Jong – part of life
“I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as a part of life — …
Aldous Huxley – experience
“Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.”~ Aldous Huxley
Nothing is work unless you’d rather be doing something else. -Halas, George
Nothing is work unless you’d rather be doing something else. -Halas, George
Thought for Today – Respect
“It is always easy to expect and demand respect from others. It is simple to criticise others for not being respectful or for being rude …
Carlos Casteneda – focus, unfocus
“It is important to do what you don’t know how to do. It is important to see your skills as keeping you from learning what …
Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life. -Rimbaud, Arthur
Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life. -Rimbaud, Arthur
"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again." – Enid Bagnold
“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” – Enid Bagnold
"Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk." – Dalai Lama
“Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.” – Dalai Lama
Sitting Bull
“The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.” Sitting Bull quotes
Comment is free but facts are sacred. -Scott, Charles Prestwich
Comment is free but facts are sacred. -Scott, Charles Prestwich
Veränderungen begünstigen nur den, der darauf vorbereitet ist. ~~~ Louis Pasteur
Veränderungen begünstigen nur den, der darauf vorbereitet ist. Louis Pasteur
To know how to dispense with things is to possess them. -Regnard, Jean Francois
To know how to dispense with things is to possess them. -Regnard, Jean Francois
Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. -Ruskin, John
Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. -Ruskin, John
Ohne Heimat sein heißt leiden.
Ohne Heimat sein heißt leiden.
"None of you can ever be proud enough of being the child of SUCH a Father who has not his equal in this world — so great, so good, so faultless. Try, all of you, to follow in his footsteps and don’t be discouraged, for to be really in everything like him none of you, I am sure, will ever be. Try, therefore, to be like him in some points, and you will have acquired a great deal." – Queen Victoria
“None of you can ever be proud enough of being the child of SUCH a Father who has not his equal in this world — …
If you wouldn’t live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life. -Franklin, Benjamin
If you wouldn’t live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life. -Franklin, Benjamin
Die Zehn Gebote sind deswegen so kurz und
Die Zehn Gebote sind deswegen so kurz und logisch, weil sie ohne Mitwirkung von Juristen zustande gekommen sind. (Charles de Gaulle)
Ramón de Campoamor – 20/6/2011
La amistad es un amor que no se comunica por los sentidos. Frases de Ramón de Campoamor – 20/6/2011
"Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life." – Oscar Wilde
“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.” – Oscar Wilde
Platonische Liebe kommt mir so vor wie ein ewiges Zielen und niemals losdrücken. ~~~ Wilhelm Busch
Platonische Liebe kommt mir so vor wie ein ewiges Zielen und niemals losdrücken. Wilhelm Busch
"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You’re tearing up the grass"; "We’re not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We’re raising boys";" – Harmon Killebrew
“My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, “You’re tearing up the grass”; “We’re …
"I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week." – Mario Cuomo
“I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week.” – …
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. -Epictetus
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. -Epictetus
"I live my life from within, that is my source of self-love." – Rose B Mashigo
“I live my life from within, that is my source of self-love.” – Rose B Mashigo
"He did what you asked for again! Now what, Daddy?" – Mark Kotsay
“He did what you asked for again! Now what, Daddy?” – Mark Kotsay
All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. -Poe, Edgar Allan
All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. -Poe, Edgar Allan
"Going from voices of a mommy, daddy and baby penguin to a storyteller is a significant shift," – Adam Leipzig
“Going from voices of a mommy, daddy and baby penguin to a storyteller is a significant shift,” – Adam Leipzig
If you combine the suffering?s great color palette you will find happiness as well. -Sorin Cerin
If you combine the suffering?s great color palette you will find happiness as well. -Sorin Cerin
"I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work fifteen and sixteen hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example." – Mario Cuomo
“I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work fifteen and sixteen hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from …
"Daddy said those things wouldn’t lead to anything." – Howard Bellamy
“Daddy said those things wouldn’t lead to anything.” – Howard Bellamy
"What it comes down to is, Go Daddy wants to keep their margins up." – Tom Galvin
“What it comes down to is, Go Daddy wants to keep their margins up.” – Tom Galvin
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. -Michener, James A.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. -Michener, James A.
W.C. Fields
“I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake — which I also keep handy.” W.C. Fields quotes
Joyce Maynard
“The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.” Joyce Maynard quotes
Abe Tannenbaum – right ideas
“The creative person is willing to live with ambiguity. He doesn’t need problems solved immediately and can afford to wait for the right ideas.” ~Abe …
David M. Gottesman – fathers
Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers — and fathering is a very important stage in their development.” ~David M. Gottesman
"It’s only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home-it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love." – Margaret Truman
“It’s only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home-it’s only then that …
Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed. -Russell, Walter
Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed. -Russell, Walter