Hatred paralyses life; love releases it.

Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.

Hatred darken life; love illuminates it.                                                             Martin L King.

 

Seeing is believing, but feeling’s the truth.                                                                   Thomas Fuller

 

Where fear is, happiness is not.                                                                                               Seneca.

 

It ain’t what you say, but how you say it.                                                                                 Anon.

 

Finest people marry the 2 sexes in their own persona.                                                 R W Emerson

 

The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

Dag Nammaerskfold

Venus favor the bold.                                                                                       Ovid

 

Charm is that quality in others of making us more satisfied with ourselves.                 H F Ameil

 

 

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so helplessly unhappy as when we have lost our loved object or its love.                                                                          Sigmund Freud.

 

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.                                                                      Anon

 

There can be little liking where there is no likeness.                                                    Aesop.

 

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing so gentle as real strength.                              Ralph Stockman.

 

A man is both actuality and potentiality.                                                                        Abraham Lincoln.

 

Ideas are like stars. We never reach them but, like mariners in the sea, we chart our course by them.

Charles Schulz.

The first 20 years of one life are the longest half of your life. They appear so which they are passing; they seem to have been so when we look back on them; they take up more room in our memory than all the years that follow.                                                                                                                Robert Southey.

 

The value of life lies not in the length, of the days, but in the use we make of them.                Montaigne.

 

Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.                                          Arnold Glasgow.

 

Life is a raw material and we are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or debase it into ugliness. Its in our hands.                                                                                Cathy Better.

 

Marriage is like a three – speed gearbox : affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straight away. You need to ease your way through the phases of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.                                                 Peter Ustinov.

 

The length of your life is less important than its depth.                                                Marlyn Vos Savant.

 

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving yourself – your own self.

Aldous Huxley.

Dreamers who love dreams forget all grief, find in sleep’s nothingness relief.             Lionel Johnson.

 

There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance, that irritation is suicide, that he must take himself for better or worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through the toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him till. The power which resides in him is new in nature and none but he knows what that is which he can do nor does he know until he has tried trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron sting.                                                                                                                      R W Emerson.

 

Presence of mind and courage in distress are more than armies to procure success.                John Dryden.

 

We are born unarmed. Our mind is our only weapon.                                                   Ayn Rand.

 

There is nothing capricious about nature the implanting of desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feels it.                                                                Emerson.

 

Your attitude on losing determines how long you will take to win again.

 

You devalue the present and condemn the future by concentrating on past failures.

 

A winner readily reacts to strong desire, he appreciates the good of it, feels the challenge

of it, anticipates the joy of it, and senses the reward of it.

 

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with striving and tolerant of the weak and strong – because some day you will have been all of these.

George Washington.

 

Praise is the sunlight to the human spirit, we can’t grow nor flower without it.                        Jess Lair.

 

Behind every advance of the human race is a germ of creation growing in the mind of some lone individual, an individual whose dreams waken him in the night while others contentedly sleep.                    Crawford Greenwalt.

 

A man a genius makes no mistakes. His errors are the portals of discovery.                James Joyce.

 

Art enables us to find ourselves and find / lose ourselves at the same time.                            Thomas

History must repeat itself because we pay such little attention to it the first time.                    Blackwill

 

If you built castles in the air, your work need not be lost that is where they ought to be; now put foundations under them.                                                                                                            Pope Leo.

 

Figure it out yourself, my lad

You’ve all that greatest of men ever had,

Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes

And a brain to use it you could be wise

With this equipment they all began

Do start from the top and say, “I CAN”.

Look them over, wise and great

They take their food from a common plate

And similar forks and knives the use,

With similar laces they tie the shoes,

The world consider them brave and smart,

But you have all they had when they made their start.

You can triumph and come to skill

You can be great only if you will,

You are well equipped for what fight you choose,

You have arms and legs and a brain to use,

And the man who had begun, great deeds to do

Began his life with no more than you

You are the handicap you must face,

You are the one who must choose his place,

Courage comes from the soul within,

The man must furnish the will to win,

So figure it out yourself my lad :

You were born with all that the great have had

……… your equipment thy all began

get hold of yourself and say. “I CAN”.                                      George Washington Carver.

 

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part; there all the honor lies.   Pope Alexander

 

He who knows that he does not know, Who pretends to know is sick minded, And who recognizes sick – minded as sick minded is not sick minded.                                                                  Lao Tse.

 

When you see a good man, try to emulate his example and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.                                                                                                              Confucius.

 

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart.                   Franklin.

 

Happiness is the only good reason the only torch, justice the only worship, humanity the only religion and love the only priest.                                                                                                  R C Ingersoll

 

As old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride, old books to read, old wine to drink, so are old friends always most trusty to use.                                                                                                     Leonard Wright

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.                                                                           Socrates.

 

Every revolution was first a thought in someone’s mind.                                              G B Shaw.

 

The greatest liars in this world are your own fears.

 

The only man who makes no mistakes, is the man who never does anything.              Roosevelt.

 

What we can do for another is the test of power; what we can suffer for is the test of love.      Bishop Westcott.

 

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so you shall come easily by what others have labored for.                                                                                                            Socrates.

 

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at the time of challenge.                                                                     Martin Luther King.

 

We can see things not as they are, but as we are.                                                        H M Tomlinson.

 

Opportunities do come with their values stamped upon them. Everyone must be challenged. A day dawns, quite like other days: in it, a S……... none comes like any other hour; but in that day and hour, a chance of a lifetime faces us.                                                                                                         Mattbie Babcock.

 

Action may not always bring happiness, but happiness isn’t without action.              Benjamin Disreali.

 

Applause waits on success.                                                                                       Benjamin Disreali.

 

If you give a man more than what he can do, he will do it. If you give him only what he do, he will do nothing.                                                                                                                       Rudyard Kipling.

 

There is one quantity worse than hardness of the heart, and that is softness of the head.     Theodore Roosevelt.

 

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.                                                      Voltaire.

 

People don’t wear out, they give up. As far as trials go, there’s always an open trial for the mind if you keep the door open and give it a chance.                                                                            Louie L’amour.

 

Happiness isn’t absence of conflict, but the ability to cope up with it.

 

Happiness is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.

 

The thing that counts most in the pursuit of happiness is choosing the right traveling companion.

 

The grand essential for happiness – is something to do, something to love, something to hope for.

 

Happiness is a direction, not destination.

 

The surest path to happiness is in losing yourself in a cause greater than yourself.

 

Happiness consists of living each day as if it is the first day of your honeymoon and last day of your vacation.

 

The heart is happiest when it beats for others.

 

Happiness is getting what you wanted but didn't expect.

 

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like a violin.

 

Happiest people are those who are too busy to notice whether they are happy or not.

 

Some pursue happiness, others create it.

 

Happiest people are those who discover that what they should be doing and what they are doing are the same thing.

 

A happy life is spent learning, earning and yearning.                                                  Zillian Gish.

 

Happiness is doing a good deed anonymously.

 

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

 

How many things are there that I do not want.                                                 Socrates.

 

To live is to place one’s happiness in that of another.                                                  Leibnitz.

 

The rays of happiness, like light and colorless when unbroken.                                              H W Longfellow.

 

Not all of us need to have earth shaking talent. Common sense and love will do.                     Myste Auvil.

 

You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal. Play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth. Play with cruelty without losing your sensibility of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn’t deserve a plot for weeds.                                                  Dag Hammeksjold

 

I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart for the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears that sadness makes to flow even into laughter. I would like that my life remain a tear & smile.  Kahlil Gibran.

 

When facing a tough task, act as though it were impossible to fail.

Instead of using the word problem, use the word opportunity.

 

Never deprive people of hope, it may be the only thing she/he has.

 

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.                                                                    Lorriane Hansberry.

 

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.

Benjamin Disreali.

There is no place on this Earth that is farther than yesterday.                                     Robert Natham.

 

If you fail try to grab a handful of sand.

 

A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.                           Washington Irving.

 

Grand gestures on significant occasions mark the passage of time. But little gestures that sweeten the moment stop time, allowing us to pause to express or receive love. For that instant we’re not going anywhere. We’re simply stopped in our tracks, feeling the warmth of our loving connection.                             Judith Sills.

 

Look to this day

For yesterday is but a dream,

And tomorrow is only a vision

But today well lived,

Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness

And every tomorrow a vision of hope,

Look well, therefore, to this day.

 

At every stage of life we sustain losses – and grow in the process. We begin our independent lives only when we emerge from the womb and lose its protective shield. We enter schools; then leave parents and our childhood homes. We get married, have children and then have to let them go. We confront the death of our parents, our spouses. We face the gradual or not so gradual waning away of our own strength. And ultimately we confront the inevitability of our own demise, losing ourselves and all that we were or dreamed to be.        

Alexander Schindler.

 

Reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.                                              G B Shaw.

 

Decide who you are

Swim with the stream

Create a vision

Keep on keeping on

Take the high road even if it is the hard road

Weather the seasons of change

Build your dream team

Step out of your comfort some

Commit to your vision.                                                                                      Daniel Coleman.

Water depth decides height of lotus,

Mental zeal decides one’s progress.

 

Let thoughts be always great and grand, though they may fail their virtues stand.

All motivation is self – motivation. Your family, your boss or coworkers can get your engine working, but until you decide what to accomplish, nothing can happen.                                                         Seth Godin.

 

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.                                  Ralph Stockman.

 

Before you can win you have to believe you are worthy.                                               Mike Ditka.

 

If your mind isn’t open, keep your mouth shut too.                                                       Sue Graftow.

 

Live in the present, you can learn from the past and plan for the future, but get the pleasure from the moment and give the moment your all.                                                                                  Barbara Tower.

 

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blinders and absurdity may have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and with a spirit too high to be cumbered by your old nonsense.                                                                                Emerson.

 

The actual process of examining ones own life in loveliness and impartiality must be experienced to be really known.                                                                                                                        Anbray Menem

 

Presence is more than just being there.                                                                        Malcolm Forbes.

 

The line between success and failure is so fine, we scarcely know when we pass it; so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little effort, a little more patience would have achieved success. As the tide goes out clear, so it comes clear in. a little more persistence, a little more effort and what seemed hopeless failure may turn into glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier some one own inherent weakness of purpose.                                                                          Elbert Hubbard.

 

Ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.                                             Alexandra Penney.

 

Difference between a hero and coward is one step sideways.                                      Gene Hackman.

 

People want to know how much you care before they care how much you know.                      James Hind.

 

Something in human nature comes to us cause us to slack off at one moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful you will need a great deal of self – discipline, not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment.                                                                                                            Ross Perot.

Trouble like the hill ahead straightens out when you advance.                                                Marelone Cox.

 

The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change the past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We can’t change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the string we have – decide our attitude. Charles Scwindoll.

 

There are 3 things that if man does not know, he can’t live long in this world: what is too much for it, what is too less for him and what is just enough.                                                               Swahili Proverb.

 

Solitude makes us tougher toward ourselves and tenderer towards others.                              Nietzsche.

 

Those who feel they are forced to do mistakes or things or escape are not in control of their life. Winners take the talent or potential they were born with and use it fully towards the purpose that makes them feel worthwhile. In short, losers let life happen to them, winners make it happen.                   Dennis Waitley

 

Work done with pleasure and love is always an original and unique creation.             Roberto Spinza

 

I owe much to my friends; but all considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs to life under a sting even better than under a caress.                               Andre Gide.

 

The art of living successfully consists of being able to hold two opposites ideas in tension at the same time; first to make long term plans as if we ere going to live for ever; and second to conduct ourselves daily as if we were going to die tomorrow.                                                                                             Sydney Harris.

 

It is not the situation that’s causing your stress, its your thoughts and you can change that right here and now. You can choose to be peaceful right here and now. Peace is a choice and it has nothing to do with what other people think.                                                                                                   Gerald Jampolsky

Life isn’t one straight line. Most of us have to be transplanted, like a tree, before we blossom   Louise Nevelson.

 

Life is a one – way street. No matter how may detours you take. None of them leads back. One youu know and accept that, life becomes much simpler. Because then you know you must do the best you can with what you have and what you are and what you have become.                                         Isabel Moore.

 

It is only perhaps when you have loved and lost that you can comprehend what it means to another person to love you.                                                                                                                        Sydney Harris.