Elmore Leonard – skip
“I try to leave out the parts that people skip.” ~Elmore Leonard
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Anon – advice
“Some people think they are generous because they give away free advice.” ~Anon
Bourke Coekran – mother earth
Canola FieldFar West of NSW1 August 2012 “There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food …
Anon – elegance
“Elegance of language doesn’t always come from the smartest people; it comes from those who can empathize with their fellows and share a common experience.” …
Art Buchwald – THINGS
“The best things in life aren’t things.” ~Art Buchwald
Anon – trappings
Federal Rd, Seven Hills3 January 2013 “In your life, do not fall into the trap of chasing after the trappings.” ~Anon
Rod Mckuen – gifts
“The gifts that one received for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.” ~Rod Mckuen
Jean Piaget – linguists
“Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures.” …
Samuel Richardson generosity
“It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.” ~Samuel Richardson
Victor Kelleher – journey
Northparkes Mine1 August 2012 “Not all journeys have an ending.” ~Victor Kelleher
M. J. Ryan – happiness
“We hold on so tightly that our hands are unavailable to reach out for the happiness we could gain by letting go.” ~M. J. Ryan
Anon – good times
“If life is going badly, it’s easy to blame it on someone else-so whom do you credit for the good times?” ~Anon
L:arry Gerbens – artists
“The artists have ministered to us, and we hope their work will minister others.” ~Larry Gerbens , Our Daily Bread, The Beauty of Forgiveness by …
Barbara Bush – needs
“Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.” …
Barbara Bush – giving
“Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.” …
Sir Walter Scott – gift
“True love’s the gift which God has given to man alone beneath the heaven.” ~Sir Walter Scott
Gertrude S. Wister – flowers
26 September 2012 “The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.” ~Gertrude S. …
Beverly Nichols – fragrance
From Corrie’s Garden9 December 2012 “To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.” ~Beverly Nichols
Adabella Radici – flower
From my little garden23 November 2012 “A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions – so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in …
Edward Payson Rod – blooms
“Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God …
Zhuangzi – opinions
“We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they …
Christiane Northrup – gratitude
“Feeling gratitude or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value in your life.” …
Jean Baptiste Massieu – gratitude
“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” ~Jean Baptiste Massieu
Sarah Caldwell – learn
“Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.” …
Georges Bernanos – meadow flowers
“Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.” ~Georges Bernanos
Samuel M. Hageman – voce Dei
“Earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God.” ~Samuel M. Hageman
Alexandra Stoddard – effect
“What we do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all our tomorrows.” ~Alexandra Stoddard
Andrea Van Steenhouse – direction
“Listening to our hearts gives us a sense of direction even when the road is not well marked.” ~Andrea Van Steenhouse
Harold Taylor – roots
“The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.” ~Harold Taylor
Kabir – flute
“The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing and its sound is love.” ~Kabir
Swami Ramdas – mind
“All spiritual disciplines are done with a view to still the mind. The perfectly still mind is universal spirit.” ~Swami Ramdas
Thomas B Macaulay – talent
“He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.” ~Thomas B Macaulay
A.J. Reb Materi – wealth
“So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.” ~A.J. Reb Materi
Niels Bohr – truth
“The opposite of a true statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.” ~Niels Bohr
Salvatore R. Maddi – personality
“Personality is a stable set of characteristics and tendencies that determine those commonalities and differences in the psychological behavior (thoughts, feelings and actions) of people …
Paul Wilson Quotes
“Admit you feel calm. If you wnat to trick your subconscious into helping you feel calm, simply repeat: ‘Every moment I feel calmer and calmer.'” …
Rudolph Ray – rule
“I would like to have engraved inside every wedding band, ‘Be kind to one another.’ This is the golden rule of marriage and the secret …
Judy Gordon – soft pillows
“God cushions our hurting hearts with soft pillows of comfort and hope.” ~Judy Gordon
Sun Bu-er – secret
“The secret of the receptive must be sought in stillness; within stillness there remains the potential for action.” ~Sun Bu-er
W. G. Benham – snake
“When you see a snake, never mind where he came from.” ~W. G. Benham