Dwight D. Eisenhower – people want peace
“I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that …
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Colette – past and present
“I love my past. I love my present. I’m not ashamed of what I’ve had, and I’m not sad because I have it no longer.” …
Thought for Today – Contentment
“To make good use of what you have and to let go of what you do not have is to live in a contented way.” …
Prince Charles – neither nor
“Be neither too remote nor too familiar.” ~Prince Charles
Thought for Today – See the Sweetness
“No matter how bad people may seem, they possess at least one virtue. Be like the humming bird and pick out the sweetness of everyone’s …
Ashleigh Brilliant – cast without plot
“My life has a superb cast but I can’t figure out the plot.” ~Ashleigh Brilliant
Rob Watson – mirror
“People see an endangered species every day now when they look in the mirror.” ~Rob Watson
Thought for Today – Faith
“When I am continuously being battered by the storms of life, and my very spirit is ebbing away, then all I need to do is …
Anatole France – learn by
“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn …
Adrienne Rich – Poem
“The moment of change is the only poem.” ~Adrienne Rich
Ken Blanchard – feedback
“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” ~Ken Blanchard
Heman Melville – no man is an island
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run …
Orson Welles – love and friendship
“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re …
Diane Ackerman – childhood summer
Wonboyn Lake, NSW March 2011 “Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood …
Thought for Today – Respect-worthy
“To harmonise your ideas with the ideas of others and to give everyone respect is the means to become respect-worthy.” ~Thought for Today-UK
John Marks Templeton – seek goodness
“Seek out the good and your mind will fill with happiness.” ~John Marks Templeton, 20th-century American financier
John Homer Miller – colore of life
“Circumstances and situation do color life but you have been given the mind to choose what the color shall be.” ~John Homer Miller (b. 1904), …
Hugh Black – Golden Rule
“The method for the culture of friendship finds its best and briefest summary in the Golden Rule.” ~Hugh Black
Robert Benson – perfect friendship
“The essence of a perfect friendship is that each friend reveals himself utterly to the other, flings aside his reserves, and shows himself for what …
Dalai Lama – DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY
“DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY – Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on other kindness, how …
Dorothy Allison – reclaiming life
“I claimed myself and remade my life.” ~Dorothy Allison
Sidney Goff – wisdom
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few …
Tyler Perry -walking forward
Walkway somewhere in Seven Hills NSW “It’s simple: When you haven’t forgiven those who’ve hurt you, you turn your back against your future. When you …
Margaret Thatcher – powerful
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people that you are, you aren’t.” ~Margaret Thatcher
Indra Devi – True Image of Self
“Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the …
"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 defines us, but how we choose to live in it." – Jill Hanna
“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 …
William Congreve – defer not
Eddy Avenue, CBD, Sydney “Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow’s sun to thee may never rise.” ~William Congreve
James Reston – conform to whim
“This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.” ~James Reston
Thougth for Today – How Not to Get Tired
“It’s not busy-ness in life that makes us tired. It’s thinking too much that makes us tired. How not to get tired? Don’t get distracted, …
George Sand – without meanness
“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.” ~George Sand
"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind." – Bertrand Russell
“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of …
Robert Millikan – task of religion
“I conceive the essential task of religion to be to develop the consciences the ideals and the aspirations of mankind.” ~Robert Millikan
Marion Woodman – unconditional love
“To love unconditionally requires no contracts, bargains or agreements. Love exists in the moment-to-moment flux of life.” ~Marion Woodman
Pilgrim – ordinary heroes
“My heroes in life are ordinary. Waking up each day and dealing with the ordinary challenges of life takes extraordinary courage. I celebrate the countless …
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock – drama
“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.” ~Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Ruby Manikan – education
“If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family.” ~Ruby Manikan (20th century), Indian church …
Thought for Today – Courage
“Courage is to take a step forward into an area of difficulty without a solution in mind, but yet feeling that victory is ahead. It …
Golda Meir – old age
“Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop the plane, you can’t …
Richard Moss – experience matters
“It’s the difference between walking through your life on your way to somewhere, and walking as your life. Even if you believe that where you …
Lily Dancel – Utopia
Matterhorn Switzerland (Courtesy by Precy Bierbaum) “My ideal place is Utopia. A place of peace and serenity. Somewhere, where God is put before all things. …