Thomas Hobbes – last voyage
“Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.” ~Thomas Hobbes on Last words
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William Langland – nothing sharp
“There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame.” ~William Langland
Lillian Hellman – different way
“Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.” ~Lillian Hellman
Thought for Today – Anger
“Never give way to anger – otherwise in one moment you could burn up the joy that you collected over a long period.” ~Thought for …
David Mccord – possessor of Soul
“A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul.” ~David Mccord
Isabella Beeton – place for everything
“There’s a place for everything, and everything in its place.” ~Isabella Beeton (I learned from my Home Economics class 1961 with Mrs Placida dela Cruz …
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 …
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)
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Henry Miller – truth to live by
“What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?” ~Henry Miller
Thought for Today – Cherished Soul
“Greet life with enthusiasm and confidence by constantly maintaining the awareness of how cherished you are.” ~Thought for Today-UK