January 2012
1 post
“He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.” ~Anwar al-Sadat
November 2011
12 posts
“A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually & spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.” ~Rita Mae Brown
“The resources we need 2 turn our dreams into reality R within us…waiting for the day when we decide 2…claim our birthright.” ~Robbins
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” ~Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring (2011)
“Put your heart, mind, intellect, & soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” ~Swami Sivananda Saraswati
“There are only 2 ways to live ur life. 1 is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~Einstein
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
“To have that sense of one’s intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything.” ~ Joan Didion
Day 3 of thanksgiving: I’m thankful for my offspring: http://ping.fm/77akw
“We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.” ~ Earl Nightingale
30 days of thanksgiving, day 2: I’m thankful for literacy… http://ping.fm/hfq1x #thanksgiving
30 days of thanksgiving, day 1 [blog post]: http://ping.fm/7lA4U #thanksgiving
“People have two sides, a good side and a bad side, a past, a future. We must embrace both in someone we love.” ~The Tourist (2010)
October 2011
16 posts
“It’s called wisdom when we realize the difference between what’s real & deep & lasting versus the superficial payoff of the moment.”
New blog post: Why you should never, ever, ever, under any circumstances, work without a contract: http://ping.fm/6KWWT
“We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.” ~Paulo Coelho
laugh like it’s, well, Friday!! Enjoy this SNL spoof: http://bit.ly/pmxHfl
“Maybe some labels r best left in a closet. Maybe when we label people we forget 2 look past the label 2 the person.” ~Sex in the City
“Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation.” ~Dale Carnegie
“I don’t want to be a product of my environment; I want my environment to be a product of me.” ~The Departed (2006)
“It is difficult to say what is impossible,
for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today
& the reality of tomorrow.” ~Robert H. Goddard
“We can never see past the choices we don’t understand.” ~The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
“Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.” ~Socrates
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” ~Helen Keller
“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves
to recognize how good things really are.” ~Marianne Williamson
“The capacity 4 hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides beings with a sense of destination & the energy 2 get started.”
Maybe there IS a useful purpose for Facebook lists: http://ping.fm/CXzWp
“You’re your problem and you’re also your solution.”
~Bridesmaids (2011)
September 2011
11 posts
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” ~ Albert Einstein
“A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.” ~ Chinese Proverb
“What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.” ~ Samuel Johnson
“Don’t Limit Your Challenges… Challenge Your Limits.”
“There is no pleasure in having nothing to do;
the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.” ~Mary Wilson Little
“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” ~ Marilyn vos Savant
“Being defeated is often a temporary condition.
Giving up is what makes it permanent.” ~Marilyn vos Savant
“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” ~Louis Pasteur
“There is only 1 time that is important - NOW!
It’s the most important time because it’s the only time that we have any power.”~Leo Tolstoy
“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” ~Sydney Harris
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” ~John F. Kennedy
August 2011
19 posts
“It is not because life is difficult that we do not dare. Life is difficult BECAUSE we do not dare.” ~Seneca
“I can’t give u a sure-fire formula 4 success, but I can give u a formula 4 failure: Try 2 please everybody all the time.”~H. Bayard Swope
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
“To those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.” ~Sucker Punch (2011)
“The giving of love is an education in itself.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
“All the great things are simple, & many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”~Winston Churchill
“The thing that is really hard & really amazing is giving up on being perfect & beginning the work of becoming yourself.” ~Anna Quindlen
“Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?” ~Benjamin Franklin
“No matter how bad things get, something good is out there, just over the horizon.” ~Green Lantern (2011)
“Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.”~Victoria Holt