Stories, Poems and Notes to Self
Thoughts from Teachers / By Teachers
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"THOUGHTS OF THE DAY"
August 27, 2008
" Life's great moments usually come from doing something we fear at that moment. And at that very moment, we stepped right up to face that battle. Are you ready to step up?"
--- Written in 2008 by Jasper T. --- Australia
August 27, 2008
" Most of the time we expect more from others because we are more than willing to do that much for them."
--- Written in 2008 by Ian Campomanes --- Philippines
It's true... we tend to go out from our comfort zone to please and show special people that they are special and subconsciously, though we might not be thinking of it, we are expecting and wanting to get the same from them.
August 27, 2008
" Every morning you have two choices... continue your sleep with dreaming or wake up and chase your dreams. Choice is yours."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yoga Priya --- India
August 25, 2008
" Money is easy; it's all around us. We have to simply earn it. Time on the other hand is not. You'll never get this moment back. Focus on investing your time. Money won't buy the most important things in life: love, health, respect and real fulfillment."
--- Copyright © 2008 Michael Ashley
This is a quote I created based on my life experience.
August 25, 2008
" You don't know what you don't know until you find out you didn't know it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Doug Rogalla --- Wisconsin
August 25, 2008
" The most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you, it is when you don't understand yourself."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anantha Valli --- Malaysia
August 20, 2008
" Let's dream big… let's dream positive… let's be determined and committed… let's not forget our values and ethics… let's be firmly grounded to our roots… and let success follow us."
--- Written in 2008 by Nisha Grace --- India
August 20, 2008
" Don't complain about the passive situation you are in. That's due to your lack of taking action!! No matter where you are, if you believe that your action can change the world, the world changes for you."
--- Written in 2008 by Koik Boon Tatt --- Malaysia
August 20, 2008
" Some people believe in destiny and some make their own. Which one are you?"
--- Written in 2008 by Jasper T. --- Australia
August 18, 2008
" Your morning thoughts may determine your conduct for the day. Optimistic thoughts will make your day bright and productive, while pessimistic thinking will make it dull and wasteful. Face each day cheerfully, smilingly and courageously, and it will naturally follow that your work will be a real pleasure and progress will be a delightful accomplishment."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lauren C. --- New Jersey
August 18, 2008
" Responsibility is not mindless obedience to rule. True responsibility is using the mind you were given to make your own decisions, not slavishly adhering to the choices others would make for you."
--- Copyright © 2007 Gary Anderson
August 18, 2008
" Have a unique feature, like salt. Its presence is not felt but its absence makes things tasteless/useless!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Surya Swathi Dwadasi --- India
August 13, 2008
" The power of thought is the only thing over which you have complete, unchallenged, and unchallengeable control."
--- Napoleon Hill
August 13, 2008
" Recognize that it is natural and normal to fear rejection. The only thing wrong with it is if you allow the fear to dominate you so that it holds you back from fulfilling your potential in your business."
--- Brian Tracy
August 13, 2008
" Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it."
--- Martin Luther King Jr.
August 11, 2008
" You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems."
--- Mark Victor Hansen
August 11, 2008
" It's amazing how many cares disappear when you decide not to be something, but to be someone."
--- Coco Chanel
August 11, 2008
" No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude."
--- Alfred North Whitehead
August 11, 2008
" There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause."
--- George Matthew Adams
August 6, 2008
" Things in life will get better with time but just know it makes you a stronger and better person. Just stay positive and don't let the negative outshine the positive because there's always someone around to steal your shine."
--- Written in 2008 by Jonlyn H. --- Georgia
Each day we meet positive and negative people and sometimes we let negative people feed us a lot of negative energy. We need to build our lives on positive energy and stay around positive people. Life is way too short to dwell on negativity SO SPEAK POSITIVE or don't say anything at all.
August 6, 2008
" When the floods come, Fish eat Ants. When the floods go down, Ants eat Fish. Time Matters. Just hold on and let time pass by. The God gives everyone opportunities."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nilesh Soni --- India
August 6, 2008
" Karma is just the reflection of you past actions."
--- Written in 2007 by Jomer Quilao --- Philippines
August 4, 2008
" People need love most when they deserve it least."
--- Ernest Eberhard, Jr. --- Submitted by Mike Scullin --- New York
While this is attributed to the Mormon leader, I have seen it referred to as an adage, an "old saying" and even a proverb. Whatever its true source, it's a wise thing to remember when you are down to your last nerve ending.
August 4, 2008
" Even though life can be a very long, hard, stressful and never-ending journey, never lose hope in what you want the most."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.M. --- South Africa
August 4, 2008
" The smallest good deed is greater than the grandest intention."
--- Written in 2008 by Ybonette Gonzales --- Philippines
July 30, 2008
" Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you."
--- Jim Rohn
July 30, 2008
" Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice."
--- Dr. Wayne Dyer
July 30, 2008
You were born with potential
You were born with goodness and trust
You were born with ideals and dreams
You were born with greatness
You were born with wings
You are not meant for crawling, so don't
You have wings
Learn to use them, and fly
--- Rumi
July 28, 2008
" Wealth, position, fame and even elusive happiness will be mine, eventually, if I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render."
--- Og Mandino --- Submitted by Matthias Schmelz --- Portugal
July 28, 2008
" Determine that your efforts to succeed are like giving birth to a child and once it arrives, you'll forget all about the pain and sacrifice you had to go through because of the joy it brings."
--- Copyright © 2008 Nacrissa Vil
July 28, 2008
" We all are Islands with Invisible Bridges."
Written in 2008 by Jeton Lajqi --- Brazil
--- I am from Kosova. Today this quote came to my mind and I wanted to share it.
July 23, 2008
We all have a choice
To live a lie
Or be ourselves
To laugh and cry
Or to follow someone else
To look up and smile
Or bow down and frown
To walk the whole mile
Or take off our crown
We have a choice
To shout out loud
Or chant a whisper
To fly through the clouds
Or to be blown like paper
To conquer our fear
Or hide in the shadow
To the wise words hear
Or be thrown out the window
We all have a choice
To climb our highest mountain
Or fall into our deepest hole
To drink from life's fountain
Or live life like a troubled soul
To learn love in the heart
Or grasp to hate with regret
To wake up and start
Or sleep until sunset
We all have a choice
To speak truly with ourselves
Or go against what seems
We all have a choice
To fulfill our greatest dreams
--- Copyright © 2008 Allen Steble
July 23, 2008
" When a person can find sorrow behind your smile, words behind your silence and love behind your anger, you can believe that you have found your Best Buddy."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nilesh Soni --- India
July 23, 2008
" To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see."
--- Helen Keller --- Submitted by Sauda Khan --- India
July 21, 2008
" The supreme prayer of my heart is not to be learned, rich, famous, powerful, or "good", but simply to be radiant. I desire to radiate health, cheerfulness, calm courage, and good will. I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural, clean in mind and clean in body, unaffected - as ready to say "I do not know", if it be so, and to meet all men on an absolute equality - to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid. I wish others to live their lives, too - up to their highest, fullest, and best. To that end I pray that I may never meddle, interfere, dictate, give advice that is not wanted, or assist when my services are not needed. If I can help people, I'll do it by giving them a chance to help themselves; and if I can uplift or inspire, let it be by example, inference, and suggestion, rather than by injunction and dictation. That is to say, I desire to be radiant - to radiate life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lauren C. --- New Jersey
July 21, 2008
" Someone may have hurt you in the past when you were young and innocent. Anger and hate you felt, a natural feeling to have, but then forgiveness and restoration is also possible and appropriate and it feels good to give up hatred."
--- Copyright © 2008 Zenzen Hidalgo
I feel this way.
July 21, 2008
" Although we may feel sorry for the person who plunges to their death, we should feel more sorry for the person who never even gets in the air."
--- Copyright © 2008 Michelle W. Seamons
This week I broke free from an invisible prison. This prison was the "play it safe, you have too much to risk/lose" prison. After 26 years, and knowing or seeing 3 people who were close to me in some shape or form, take a fatal plunge.... I went in the air, on a "powered parachute"! The most crazy, most exhilarating, and FREEING thing I have done thus far in my life! We climbed 1200 feet in the air, and flew right over my house on a beautiful summer night! The flight was one hour in duration.
July 16, 2008
" If you strongly desire something with your heart, the whole world conspires to fulfill your desire. Desire, dream and work hard to fulfill it! Yes, idle dreaming never helps so you should work hard and leave the rest for the God and the world. Your desires will be fulfilled - ALWAYS!"
--- Tejaswini C. Jambotkar --- Submitted by Mandar Jambotkar --- Australia
Several of our dreams are DEPENDANT on many of other things to happen, so several times we leave Hope! But instead, desire...VISUALIZE what you want, then experience the magic! Yes, Magic. The whole conspires to fulfill your dream. If you still don't believe, try it!
July 16, 2008
" Think Positive * Act Positive * Achieve Positive"
--- Written in 2007 by Faisal Ahmed --- Pakistan
This quote was an essence of my life till now. Now as I am 27, this is the only thing that I would like others to know. And I hope, if we seriously think on this line, then it's truly very positive.
July 16, 2008
" Enthusiasm is the mother of all the efforts. Without it, nothing great is ever achieved."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vicky Khanna --- India
July 14, 2008
" I BELONG TO ALL: I am neither an eastern man nor a western man. I don't belong to any country, to any nation, to any religion. Because if you belong to any country, you cannot belong to all. And if you belong to any religion, all religions cannot be yours. I don't belong to any. I have no roots in any country, in any religion, in any partial humanity."
--- Osho --- Submitted by Joseph Anthony
July 14, 2008
" Sometimes you have to speak up, even if they don't want to hear it, because if you don't you are not being true to your self."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chaoz Loma --- Philippines
I can relate to this quote because sometimes I'm afraid to speak my mind and then I realized that you have to stand up for yourself and let the world know who you really are.
July 14, 2008
" The worst prison sentence ever is 'Mediocrity for Life With No Chance of Parole'… and it is self imposed."
--- Written in 2008 by Gary Anderson --- Illinois
July 9, 2008
" Everyone comes across a fork in the road. Be spontaneous and walk through the middle."
--- Written in 2007 by Steven Daniel Lopez --- Washington
July 9, 2008
" Never compare, it leads to despair."
--- Written in 2008 by Pranav Mahajan --- India
I think this simple quote holds with it the key to the most intricate challenges and problems that people face in the world.
July 9, 2008
" The only peace you can find is in the now!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Boitumelo Mokoena --- South Africa
I luv it!
July 7, 2008
" Goodness is the only investment that never fails."
--- Henry David Thoreau --- Submitted by Richie Satyanjali --- India
July 7, 2008
" Failure is just nature's polite way of saying, 'Not yet, my dear.'"
--- Written in 2008 by Munya Mutema --- Zimbabwe
Many people are not living up to their best capabilities due to what I call failure fear. They are afraid of failure, therefore many are satisfied with not trying.
July 7, 2008
" The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this, "What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?" and my answer must at once be, "It is no use." There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. Oh, we may learn a little about the behavior of the human body at high altitudes, and possibly medical men may turn our observation to some account for the purposes of aviation. But otherwise nothing will come of it. We shall not bring back a single bit of gold or silver, not a gem, nor any coal or iron. We shall not find a single foot of earth that can be planted with crops to raise food. It's no use. So, if you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won't see why we go. What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for."
--- Sir George Leigh Mallory --- Submitted by Philip Joshua --- India
July 2, 2008
" You are well equipped with an incredible potential for absorbing knowledge. Let your imagination, the key to learning and memory, unleash that brain power and propel you along at ever-increasing speeds. It's not an exclusive path with access granted only to those with a special gift for learning. It is, instead, available to everyone who has a brain. Anything's possible."
--- Dominic O'Brien --- Submitted by Tania Saghir --- Pakistan
This quotation impressed me personally, so I thought to share with all friends. Try to read it with full concentration and get its deep meaning. Hope it will benefit you.
July 2, 2008
" Success is the marriage of opportunity and preparation."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lungisani Gcumisa --- South Africa
People think that they can succeed in life without preparing for their future and also while they are playing with opportunities.
July 2, 2008
" While he sits on cushions of advantages, he goes to sleep. It's only when he is pushed, tormented, defeated that he has a chance to learn something new."
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson --- Submitted by Deviyana Misquitta
I got this from a book I read, 'The Janson Directive' by Robert Ludlum
July 2, 2008
" If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe."
--- John Maxwell
June 30, 2008
" Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed."
--- Emily Dickinson --- Submitted by Ankit Kumar --- India
June 30, 2008
" It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time…"
--- Sir Winston Churchill --- Submitted by Hina Shehzad --- UAE
June 30, 2008
" We're always searching for something better when everything we have is all that we need."
--- Written in 2006 by Kelly Jenkins --- Georgia
It helped me realize that I should stop looking for better and cherish what I have.
June 25, 2008
" If you find yourself fortunate enough to be traveling down the right path in life, don't forget to take time to remember those that cut the path for you to follow."
--- Copyright © 2008 Martin Pye
I have seen so many people in life think that they made it on their own, when in reality, it is the positive influence of so many people that gets you there.
June 25, 2008
" When one is open minded, and does not take for granted the spoken and unspoken 'self - evident truths', and when one does not force by willpower oneself to see, hear, think and feel only things which are 'appropriate' - then one can surf the crazy currents of information in an aware and efficient way. Then one realizes that there is no useless knowledge and no impossible things."
--- Erekose --- Submitted by Bart S. --- Croatia (Hrvatska)
From a controversial but ultimately positive book: MY CHOICE TO ABUSE DRUGS
June 25, 2008
" Opportunities are like morning dew. To catch one, you have wake up early while the world is busy sleeping."
--- Written in 2008 by Sunil Tiwari --- India
June 23, 2008
" Either to dream in the meadow beneath the trees or to go forth with the fury of a thousand horses."
--- Written in 2008 by Andrew Komorowsky --- Pennsylvania
June 23, 2008
" Have the determination of a mirror. It never loses its ability to reflect, even if it is broken into thousands of pieces."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kamakshi Sivakumar --- India
When any individual determines to achieve something in life, to reach any particular goal, they should not break down even if they are not able to achieve it in the first try.
June 23, 2008
" If only you could see the potential I see in you."
--- Written in 2008 by Kevin Abdulrahman --- New Zealand
June 18, 2008
" Two people meet while walking down the street. Each person has just one dollar in their pocket. After visiting, the two people exchange the dollar and continue on their way. They walk away with one dollar in their pocket. Across the street, two people meet while walking down the street. Each person exchanges an idea. Now those two people walk away with two ideas. Which side of the street would you like to walk on?"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.S. --- Iowa
June 18, 2008
" Results limit your success, a positive attitude doesn't. It's your positive attitude that pulls you through your negative phase. Fate may seal, positive attitude will teach you to deal with the seal."
--- Somnath Saha --- Submitted by Rachana C. --- India
June 18, 2008
" The hard part of doing a difficult job is getting started."
--- John Seay --- Submitted by C. Cunningham --- Missouri
June 16, 2008
" I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change."
--- Jim Rohn
June 16, 2008
" I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work."
--- Lee Iacocca
June 16, 2008
" Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude."
--- William James
June 12, 2008
" Life ends...when you stop dreaming about success."
--- Written in 2008 by Waseem Safdar --- Pakistan
This quote is my own creation and much appreciated by many people. Remember: You don't learn until you read. "I don't know how people learn without the habit of reading."
June 12, 2008
" The Road to Success is Always Under Construction."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mihir Parekh --- India
Based on personal experience...
June 12, 2008
" Failure is the mother of success."
--- Ancient proverb --- Submitted by Alan De Martino --- Malta
Success wouldn't exist if there were no possibility of failure.
June 12, 2008
" You've got to pay the price. Winning is not a sometime thing; It's an all-the-time-thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit."
--- Vince Lombardi
June 10, 2008
" The value of a diamond depends on whether you char it to ash or wear it in a crown."
--- Written in 2008 by Gunalan Ramachandiran --- India
June 10, 2008
" The Grass is always greener where you water it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by ANdi Phegley --- California
June 10, 2008
" I have been sent out here for a specific purpose; let me check that out. Until then, I will not move from this earth."
--- Written in 2008 by Aparna Gupta --- India
June 10, 2008
" If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."
--- Jim Rohn --- Submitted by Amber Hudgins --- North Carolina
The only person that can protect "You", create "Your" destiny, and feed "Your" soul is "YOU"!
June 4, 2008
" As long as I know where I stand, I therefore know where I should be."
--- Written in 2008 by Bai Maleiha B. Candao --- Philippines
This quote will remind us all that we need to know our stand in life and must be careful not to step on other people's toes so that one can climb as high as he can with a clean conscience.
June 4, 2008
" What fun is it to grow old without life experiences to re-live in our mind?
Do something today!"
--- Written in 2007 by Rev. Darrell W. Boswell --- Texas
June 4, 2008
" Never look at the doors closing behind you or you'll miss the ones opening ahead."
--- Cyril Magnin --- Submitted by Sandeep K. --- United Arab Emirates
June 4, 2008
" Hard work is doing the "hard part" of the work, which means going the extra mile."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ade Daniel --- Ireland
June 2, 2008
" I am convinced the world is flat since I have been walking on the edge for so long."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Surajit Dutta --- India
Sometimes in life even the weirdest thoughts seem somewhat real.
June 2, 2008
" Nothing is free except what comes from within you."
--- Written in 1987 by Robert D. Dangoor --- United Kingdom
The contrasting comment is that 'There's no such thing as a free lunch.' I am saying that everything emanates from ourselves and it's up to us if we achieve something.
June 2, 2008
" Plant your thoughts of success within your own self. You have the power and the courage to make all your dreams come true; make them happen with the steps of faith. Indulge yourself in inspirational, motivational and positive thoughts for they're healthy for the mind, body and soul."
--- Copyright © 2008 Antonio Talbert
Success is up to you!
June 2, 2008
" Success is yours in anything you accomplish and is derived by your actions alone."
--- Copyright © 2008 Jamie Volner
So many people base "success" on monetary gains. People should be motivated that success can be anything from getting up and getting your kids off to school on time to closing that business deal... it all comes down to you and what makes you feel successful, not by social standards.
May 28, 2008
" Looking back... When you're looking back, only do so to take the lesson you learned, not to dwell. Be grateful for the experience even if it caused you pain, because it brought you wisdom. Be happy for the lessons for they bring blessings. Keep your eyes on the future, your being in the present, your gratitude in the NOW, and the rest, just let go."
--- Copyright © 2008 Samantha Pickreign
May 28, 2008
" Beyond pitch darkness, I may not look with my eyes but I do see through my heart. I am not different; I am just a bit apart. Never seen the sunshine nor moonlight, but I aspire to inspire, to feel light beyond pitch dark. I will, outperform beyond your fathomless capacity. I do not need your sympathy, just a bit of empathy, that would help to light my way."
--- Copyright © 2008 Vikki Kumar
Dedicated to those special people who are devoid of physical light but are powerhouses within. Let's give them what they want.
May 28, 2008
" Apologizing does not mean that you are wrong and the other is right. It only means that you value the relationship much more than personal ego."
--- Written in 2008 by Darshil Shah --- India
May 28, 2008
" Take heed, for all that becomes is initiated."
--- Written in 2004 by Keith Duhaime --- Canada
After numerous failed attempts at reclaiming my life, I realized that my decision-making ability went askew. It was obvious I was being obtuse and did not recognize it. I found it convenient to believe in false truths, but I found solace in realizing that I am my own destiny.
May 21, 2008
" Letting go is difficult... acceptance is a step in the right direction but forgiveness is the key to freedom."
--- Written in 2008 by Kathlin L. Panteah --- New Mexico
May 21, 2008
" You can't close what you haven't opened."
--- Written in 2008 by Chad LeMons --- Arizona
Many salesman try to say they aren't selling, when in reality, they're not offering.
May 21, 2008
" This drama, propaganda, and evil conspiracies will never end, until you end. So be positive and strong; face these things with courage."
--- Written in 2008 by Farhan Shafiq --- Pakistan
I wrote it while thinking about my own experiences.
May 19, 2008
" There are all these ideals about what is beautiful and what is intelligent and what is smart, but the most appealing thing is that which is me, is nobody else."
--- Jennifer Lopez --- Submitted by Shraddha Kamath --- India
I think that J.Lo wrote this in 2002-03. I love this quote as it has helped me realize that even I am special and am capable of making a difference by being who I am.
May 19, 2008
" In the caravan of life, both smooth and rough rides are ingredients we must embrace without rationalizing at all. Extending a hand of kindness and hope, while inspiring others, is the key for happiness and satisfaction in this world. The more you give, much more finds its way back to you."
--- Written in 2008 by Joseph Mburu
May 19, 2008
" You cannot fight everyone - but you can make everyone die of laughter."
--- Written in 1990 by Robert D. Dangoor --- United Kingdom
At some point in our lives we all go through hard times when we are questioning what people tell us. But by adding a touch of humor and making people smile, you usually find our enemies come onto our side.
May 14, 2008
" Inner qualities are not developed overnight; they take time to grow and shine."
--- Written in 2008 by Farush Effendy --- Malaysia
May 14, 2008
" Your determination, focus and your relationship with others determine how far you will go in life."
--- Written in 2008 by Osunde Osakpamwan --- South Africa
May 14, 2008
" 'Tis better to have lived a short life with passion than to have lived a long one without meaning."
--- Written in 2008 by Joyce C. Lock
May 12, 2008
" Imagine your ideal life, in every respect. Hold that thought until it materializes around you."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Viral Shah --- India
May 12, 2008
" The only way to be confident in yourself is to know two things: What you can do and what you can't do. Now picking out which is which, well that's your job."
--- Written in 2008 by C.M. --- Colorado
I was playing in a hockey tournament and I got completely destroyed in net. I had to go help coach some kids the next day and we had a goalie who was just starting and he kept giving up. Out of nowhere, I tell him this and I just realized that this is what I needed to do all along myself.
May 12, 2008
" To get to the treasure, you have to dive in."
--- Written in 2008 by Deepak Nandy --- Michigan
Success comes through hard work and determination.
May 7, 2008
" To see life from the perspective of intuition is like looking at life from the summit of the mountain, whereas seeing life only from the perspective of intellect is like looking at life from the foot of the mountain. Through learning to listen to our intuition, we learn to be in contact with the Whole."
--- Swami Dhyan Giten
May 7, 2008
" I saw a golden opportunity. I grabbed it and made a gold mine from it. All opportunities come from within. Keep looking deep within yourself."
--- Written in 2008 by Ianthe Harris --- Barbados
May 7, 2008
As I mature I have realized:
Communication must be made face to face whenever possible. SMS, IM, email can never convey emotion, no matter how many smileys and emoticons you put.
Never waste your time over people who don't have time for you.
Face your fears. It just takes one fear; once you're over it... you can face them all.
--- Written in 2008 by Sharath M. --- India
Came to realize a lot of things in the past 2 years... things I was not supposed to do and things that never should have happened to me.
May 5, 2008
" Take time to recharge your batteries. It's hard to see where you're going when your lights are dim."
--- Copyright © 2008 Robert H. Connelly
May 5, 2008
" Committed people and limited resources are keys to success."
--- Written in 2005 by Muhammad Sohail Hummayun --- Pakistan
It is my lifetime experience's extract. If there are too many resources, people become lazy. If the people are not committed, you cannot succeed.
May 5, 2008
" One who creates the opportunity is Brilliant. One who gets the opportunity is Lucky. One who capitalizes on the opportunity is the Winner."
--- Written in 2008 by Gunalan Ramachandiran --- India
April 30, 2008
" The positive thinker creates a majority."
--- Mazly --- Submitted by Mazhar Shaikh --- United Kingdom
Attitude April 30, 2008
" Our lives are composed of the choices we make, the values we embrace, the crises we experience and the mentors we choose."
--- Larry Greider --- Submitted by Meena Monoroth
April 30, 2008
" Other people can stop you temporarily. You're the only one who can do it permanently."
--- Zig Ziglar --- Submitted by Brian G. Jett --- Kentucky
April 28, 2008
" If I were lucky enough at one point in my life to have someone ask me, "To what do you contribute your success?" I would first say thank you to those have inspired me to be a better person and the appreciation of such a great gift to pass this along. I would also thank my family and friends who have stood next to me at times when I could not stand. Finally, Perseverance. Never give up on yourself because it's not a matter of being the best, it's a matter of trying to always be better."
--- Copyright © 2008 Shawn Allen
April 28, 2008
" Equality for all is a stepping stone to peace."
--- Written in 2006 by Larissa Belcher
I said this one day to some friends after discussing discrimination in the work place. To my knowledge, I coined this quote.
April 28, 2008
" Luck can visit a fool but it never sits with him."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Santosh Jawali --- India
April 23, 2008
" Opportunity is like a door; when it swings open, you quickly enter because it will not be open forever."
--- Written in 2007 by Mavis Kumi --- Ghana
April 23, 2008
" A hidden wisdom is like a hidden star; it shines nowhere."
--- Copyright © 2008 Jay Xiong --- Wisconsin
In life, no matter how much wisdom or knowledge one has, unless one shares, it is like a lost tool.
April 23, 2008
" Success is your responsibility. You will only accomplish what you believe you can and do what you think is possible."
--- Written in 2008 by Bassey Ndon
April 21, 2008
" If not you, then who else?"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Veerabhadrakumar Dhikonda --- India
April 21, 2008
" I start where the last man left off."
--- Thomas Edison --- Submitted by Matthias Schmelz --- Portugal
April 21, 2008
" Life is similar to a mathematical proof. To arrive to a fruitful conclusion (a life worth living) you have to abide by certain rules (values) and accept a couple of axioms (God's mysteries)."
--- Written in 2008 by Alan De Martino --- Malta
April 16, 2008
" If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now."
--- Captain Mildred H. McAfee (Horton), USNR (1900-1994)
April 16, 2008
" Identify your problems, but give your power and energy to solutions."
--- Anthony Robbins
April 16, 2008
" I don't want to get into anything that would only be half-way. If we're going to commit to it, then we're going to commit to it all the way."
--- Al Unser, Jr.
April 14, 2008
" It's not always enough for us to persuade the mind, we must also move the heart."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Renae H. --- Australia
Sure, we may have all of the head knowledge in the world but it's only when this knowledge reaches our heart that we will be moved to act upon it.
April 14, 2008
" A man without imagination is like a bird without wings."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shikha G. --- India
April 14, 2008
" Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Edward G. --- Netherlands
April 9, 2008
" The ability and energy to do something lies in the self-interest of wanting to do it, if we can just put fear and doubt beyond our imagination."
--- Written in 2008 by Mohammed Onotu --- Nigeria
April 9, 2008
" It's fine to have your head in the clouds, as long as your feet are firmly on the ground."
--- Written in 2007 by Himanshu Arora --- India
April 9, 2008
" The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams."
--- Og Mandino
April 9, 2008
" Circumstances are the perimeters of life."
--- Written in 2008 by Satyakam Gupta --- India
April 7, 2008
" If everyone in the world threw a little pebble or rock, we could build Mount Everest together."
--- Written in 2008 by Adriano Volpentesta --- Canada
The quote refers to everyone doing there small part in life, in their local community, so we can together build a wonderful world.
April 7, 2008
" Better to have spent a life reaching for a dream that never came true, than to have slept through a life that never had a dream."
--- Copyright © 2008 Samantha Pickreign
April 7, 2008
" Don't expect life to be fair, just take it as and how it comes and then you will realize nothing is as important as it seems at first."
--- Written in 2008 by Nimit Tanna --- India
For all the pessimists
April 2, 2008
" A good day can be a good day every day but is up to you to make the good decisions and choices to make a good day a better day!"
--- Written in 2008 by Aileen L. --- Texas
April 2, 2008
" Life gives you only what you accept."
--- Written in 2008 by Essien David --- Nigeria
April 2, 2008
" There is only one difference between a dream and an aim. A dream requires soundless sleep to see, whereas an aim requires sleepless efforts to achieve."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Manjunath More --- India
March 31, 2008
" Think positive and focus of what you want and believe you can have it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nechelle Panlita --- Philippines
March 31, 2008
" Don't lament in your heart when an opportunity was missed. Weeping eyes can't recognize the next great opportunity in your life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mohammad Ajmath Pasha --- India
March 31, 2008
" Heroes are ones who never quit!"
--- Written on 2008 by Paul Whitehead --- Florida
March 31, 2008
" How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball... The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can."
--- Babe Ruth
March 26, 2008
" A small step from a person is a great leap for the community. Be brave and take that step forward."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Daniel Horton --- California
March 26, 2008
" Nothing great can be achieved by thinking about achieving it. There is no ideal situation to do anything. You have to work hard to achieve it. You cannot complain about resources provided to you. The best farmer is not the one provided with the best seeds but the one who is able to harvest the best crop, not in the absence of problems but with them. So do not get bogged down by the problems. Try your best and achieve the best result."
--- Written in 2008 by Piyush Kumar
March 26, 2008
" Trying to understand the cosmos without spirituality is like trying to prove a mathematical theorem without a necessary lemma."
--- Written in 2008 by Alan De Martino --- Malta
Spirituality (Religion) is indeed part of the phenomena of nature...
March 24, 2008
" Believe in your instinct and remember that everything happens for a reason. You may never know why it happens but you will find out when you are meant to know. Just make the most of what today offers you."
--- Written in 2008 by Juliet Cabuguang --- Philippines
Everyday is a challenge, an experience we need to surmount. Sometimes we question why events happen at the time that may seem so raw, throbbing and unfair. Then we realize that without overcoming these tribulations and tests, we would never recognize our strengths and potentials.
March 24, 2008
" Nothing comes in the way of the ONE Who has DECIDED."
--- Written in 2008 by Joyal Mehta --- India
Dedicated to my Friend Siddik Gahniwala
March 24, 2008
" A change of heart is worth more than change in the pocket."
--- Copyright © 2006 Sharon Tanley
This is something that I thought of when looking at my teenage daughter.
March 19, 2008
" I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love."
--- Mahatma Gandhi
March 19, 2008
" Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality."
--- Ralph Marston
March 19, 2008
" If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail."
--- Heraclitus
March 17, 2008
" Reality is what YOU believe… Imagination is what you make of it."
--- Author unknown --- Submitted by Mz. Jing --- California
March 17, 2008
" Whenever one tries to start a new thing, he has to face many challenges and sometimes he himself is in doubt. But as he progresses, the fog of doubts clears and the light of success glows on his path."
--- Author unknown --- Submitted by Siddharth Goyal --- India
March 17, 2008
" One of the most important things you can teach your kids is to have a sense of humor in the face of life's difficulties."
--- Written in 2008 by Laurence Overmire --- Oregon
March 12, 2008
" Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth."
--- Mohandas K. Gandhi --- Submitted by Arvind Sharma --- India
March 12, 2008
" Show me a man without a goal and I will show you a future that is dictated by the strength of the wind."
--- Written in 2003 by Victor Abia --- Nigeria
March 12, 2008
" If you are encountering failures every time, it means you are on the right track!"
--- Written in 2007 by Fahad Khan --- India
March 10, 2008
" Don't look at obstacles in life as things getting in your way. Rather look at them as steps falling in place to give you a step ahead on the path to the top."
--- Copyright © 2008 Anthony OBrien
I coach soccer and when I put things in the path of my players I want to see them re-act and overcome, putting them that much closer to their goals.
March 10, 2008
" You can appreciate a person yet still realize their potential to become better. Why would you allow someone you love to settle for mediocrity if you recognize the greatness in which they possess? You are entitled to evoke change in those to whom you see fit. Inspire them to blossom into more and challenge them to new heights! Though not definite, change is inevitable because it is an undeniable aspect of life. There is nothing admirable about promoting complacency in a world of constant advancement. How can one expect more out of tomorrow if they are content with less today? Willful ignorance and fear is not an excuse to remain the same!! If you desire to be great, you must dare to change."
--- Copyright © 2008 Adrina Beaumont
March 10, 2008
" We should be satisfied with what we have done, we should be happy with what we are doing and we should be focused on what we are going to do."
--- Written in 2008 by Basit Azeem Sheikh --- India
One day I was working on my website. I saw my friend's website, it was awesome, and I got depressed. Suddenly this thought struck my mind. I am submitting this thought to motivate others.
March 5, 2008
" Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."
--- Rumi --- Submitted by Minnie Vallis --- Canada
March 5, 2008
" Consistency is a must in everything. Ask the conqueror, successful people and a great lover."
--- Written in 2008 by Farush Effendy --- Malaysia
March 5, 2008
" Every day is a birthday. Wake up each day and celebrate. You woke up and in your right mind, activity of your limbs, whether you've a job to go or not, just to wake up and move is a gift and that's your present."
--- Written in 2008 by Jonlyn H. --- Georgia
At times we complain over the minor things in life and we forget the simplest things - life is too short.
March 3, 2008
" In this modern time, we all try to add years to life instead of adding life to the years we have. Don't hesitate to make changes in your life in order to live life to the fullest!"
--- Written in 2008 by Koik Boon Tatt --- Malaysia
One day I dropped by a restaurant while I was planning to do something different. I had something to drink while enjoying the fabulous scene. Now, I'm working there.
March 3, 2008
" Great quotes are like great medicine; they can cure us when we are down."
--- Written in 2008 by Jay Xiong --- Wisconsin
March 3, 2008
" When people tell us something can't be done, they don't mean we can't do it. They actually mean THEY can't do it."
--- Written in 2008 by Pete W. Zafra --- California
This unfortunate reality of life has been responsible for the death of countless dreams of people who could have made "IT" happen if only they believed more in themselves than in others.
February 27, 2008
" It is on the consciousness level of the heart that we begin to understand that we are not separated from life. We begin to understand that we are not small separate islands in a great ocean, but that life is one, and that we all are small parts of the Whole."
--- Swami Dhyan Giten, The Existential Heartbeat
February 27, 2008
" Nature is the best teacher and it taught me a lesson that I could never forget. One lonely evening, as I was sitting beside tap, I saw a stream of water slowly flowing from the tap without breaking into droplets and filling the mug below without making any disturbance in the water. The lesson is clear that you can contribute with an even, peaceful mind."
--- Written in 2008 by Piyush Kumar
February 27, 2008
" Those who read and listen to the wise take a step towards greatness."
--- Written in 2007 by Emomotimi Otuku --- Nigeria
February 25, 2008
" The greatest obstacle for your continuous success is the last success you had in that if you imply that by applying the same methods, you will have the same result."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Koik Boon Tatt --- Malaysia
February 25, 2008
" If one continues to fail at what one has chosen to do, for whatever the reason, change address."
--- Written in 2008 by Jack Merritt --- Canada
Stymie the man, stop the motion.
February 25, 2008
" All that you are today is a clear product of what you thought about yesterday. Take good care of what you are thinking about now because that might just be your tomorrow."
--- Written in 2008 by Mpho Shoroma --- South Africa
From Possible Life Foundation
February 20, 2008
" The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in mind."
--- Norman Vincent Peale
February 20, 2008
" It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts."
--- Robert H. Schuller
February 20, 2008
" We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams."
--- Les Brown
February 18, 2008
" It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
--- J.K. Rowling --- Submitted by Kate F. --- Wisconsin
February 18, 2008
" It's not hard to be original, as long as you're being yourself."
--- Written in 2008 by S. Beaman --- New York
It's the simple truth that people tend to overlook.
February 18, 2008
" Be on top where you can see all."
--- Written in 2007 by Sabir K. --- India
February 13, 2008
" Beauty only gets attention but personality captures the heart."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Emily H. --- Texas
February 13, 2008
" Well nurtured dreams are realized sooner than expected."
--- Written in 2006 by Gaurav Gupta --- India
February 13, 2008
" For success, it's better to be like a turtle. Sometimes scared and staying inside your shell for protection but never stopping, always walking, in one direction to achieve the goal."
--- Written in 2007 by Vane DeLeon --- Philippines
There are so many obstacles out there to ruin your plans and goals in life. It's okay to be scared but stay focused, stand still and protect yourself. Never stop, even if it takes a while.
February 11, 2008
" If you want to experience a drastic change in an area of your life, then you have to commit to doing something drastic."
--- Written in 2007 by Ryan Huff --- Ohio
This is what I ended up telling myself throughout 2007 when I was trying to lose weight, I ended up losing 70 pounds!
February 11, 2008
" We always attract into our lives whatever we think about most, believe most strongly, expect on the deepest level, and imagine most vividly."
--- Shakti Gawain
February 11, 2008
" It is easy to fool yourself. It is possible to fool the people you work for. It is more difficult to fool the people you work with. But it is almost impossible to fool the people who work under you."
--- Harry B. Thayer
February 6, 2008
" Optimism is choosing to be happy anyway."
--- Written in 2008 by Joyce C. Lock
February 6, 2008
" Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so you are insulting yourself."
--- Alan Strike --- Submitted by Aanchal Narang --- India
February 6, 2008
" Go ahead and do it. It is easier to apologize than to get permission."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Louise P. --- United Kingdom
This one motivates me to do anything I set my heart to.
February 4, 2008
" No one understands the mind of a soldier, not even the soldier himself."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike Roller --- Bahrain
February 4, 2008
" Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments."
--- Jim Rohn --- Submitted by Hina Shehzad --- United Arab Emirates
February 4, 2008
" With great talent, comes great moral obligation."
--- Written in 2008 by Alan De Martino --- Malta
Use your talent for the benefit of society.
January 30, 2008
" Once you are inside the bug, you can't see the bug."
--- Written in 2008 by Jay Xiong --- Wisconsin
I am a computer programmer for many years and I have found this quote makes so much sense and it is humorous, too, at times. This same quote also applies to problems, too.
January 30, 2008
" A man must look with eyes that see and listen with ears that hear and when you speak, use a true tongue or no one will hear what you have to say!"
--- Written in 2007 by Michael D. --- New York
The quotes I say and words I write are my own and I got my knowledge when I was down and at my worst. I did burst and found out that I was not alone. RED IN THE HEAD!! This statement is a long-term motivation statement from my head to your ears.
January 30, 2008
" Man has climbed through all the levels of animalism to achieve this high destiny. But if all the years between life and death are wasted in seeking food, clothing and shelter, comfort and pleasure, then with all apologies man is condemning himself as a fool. Man must achieve PEACE, which is paramount amidst joy and grief, gain and loss and all the dualities that are inevitable. I am with the hope that this PEACE comes to all people with the basic human rights for everyone."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Appiah Clarence Qweissi --- Ghana
It's good to work, work and work for the betterment of the universe but we must achieve PEACE first and then the rest will follow.
January 28, 2008
" Life is a gift. Are you going to unwrap it or leave it in the box?"
--- Written in 2004 by Stephen J. Todey --- California
January 28, 2008
" Don't sacrifice your success on account of what people say. They don't know what you sacrificed to be where you are. Sometimes even you don't."
--- Written in 2007 by Prerana Srinivasan --- India
Just extracts from my own life.
January 28, 2008
" Anything less than 100% is a compromise."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Navneet Mediratta --- India
January 23, 2008
" If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done."
--- Ludwig Wittgenstein --- Submitted by Hina Shehzad --- U.A.E.
January 23, 2008
" Experience is the essence of failures."
--- Written in 2007 by Sivakumar TyreProtector --- Korea
I found this quote by my own thoughts while having a morning tea discussion with my friend Sooraj.
January 23, 2008
" It is better to be a has-been than a never-was."
--- Author Unknown ---Submitted by Raymond C. Nolan --- Alabama
When I had to leave a prestigious job because of Multiple Sclerosis, someone asked me how I was handling the situation. I smiled and said, "It's better to be a has-been than a never-was."
January 21, 2008
" If you can't, you must."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by D. Ng --- Canada
January 21, 2008
" When we slip, after dedicated efforts and hard work, just believe that our hands are about to touch the PEAKS (goals)."
--- Written in 2008 Sandeep Kumar --- United Arab Emirates
January 21, 2008
" Your journey begins when you feel you've reached your limits."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.S. --- New Zealand
Something I have truly experienced
January 16, 2008
" Truth never plays false roles of any kind, which is why people are so surprised when meeting it. Everyone must decide whether he wants the uncompromising truth or a counterfeit version of truth. Real wisdom consists of recommending the truth to yourself at every opportunity."
--- Vernon Howard
January 16, 2008
" This nation was built by men who took risks; pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action."
--- Brooks Atkinson
January 16, 2008
" Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people."
--- Napoleon Boneparte
January 14, 2008
" Life can be death, and death can be life; all depends on how you control your mind to view your circumstances."
--- Copyright © 2007 Adrian Taylor
January 14, 2008
" In life, don't focus on trying to make the right decision; instead work on making the decision right."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Darren Tapp --- Nevada
January 14, 2008
And so I write,
An endless diatribe,
Feelings removed,
A human emotion...Lost.
I reach out,
In search for a path,
Markers forgotten,
I've lost my way.... Fear.
Where should I go,
Do I really care,
Will the morning come,
The darkness end... Hope.
All but removed,
Strangely familiar yet unrecognizable,
Today appears as tomorrow,
A new shade... Believe.
The sun shall rise,
A day will dawn,
Tomorrow will be a reflection of today,
The choice is yours.... Begin.
--- Copyright © 2008 Eric Hueneke
January 9, 2008
" One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings."
--- Franklin Thomas --- Submitted by Deepti Pillai --- India
January 9, 2008
" The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love."
--- Bertrand Russell --- Submitted by Dandrev Ausa --- Philippines
I choose this quote simply because it implies LOVE...
January 9, 2008
" Whatever you do, don't ever, unless you will."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Phil R. --- Massachusetts
January 7, 2008
" Do you sense that people are rude towards you? Perhaps that comes from your own lack of love."
--- Written in 2007 by Francisco Leon --- Mexico
I am learning to treat people the way I want to be treated. It really works.
January 7, 2008
" Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously."
--- Norman Vincent Peale --- Submitted by V. Sudha --- India
When I take myself very seriously, I think of this saying. Good One:-)
January 7, 2008
" Life is like a maze…sometimes you're right in the maze, you travel many different routes, find many blocks and turns, and it's harder to see your way out. If you're persistent enough and learn from the blocks, you can find your way out. Other times you're above the maze with pencil in hand…you can clearly see the path and navigate the way through quickly. Whether you're in it or above it…you have to live it, so live well."
--- Copyright © 2007 Samantha Pickreign
December 19, 2007
" Without any EFFORT there won't be any EFFECT. Don't expect any OUT if you haven't put anything IN."
--- Written in 2007 by Mpho Shoroma --- South Africa
December 19, 2007
" Youth, in age, is temporary but youth in attitude, is permanent. How do you want to live your life? Choice is yours."
--- Written in 2007 by Narendra Ponnuswamy
December 19, 2007
" If you are going through hard times, it is important that you keep on going. Problems are not like the pathways in airports that you just stand on and move along, they are more like mountain tracks. When you get to the top of the mountain or when you get over your problem, there is a beautiful landscape ahead of you showing you the opportunities of paths you can tread."
--- Written in 2007 by A.C. M. --- United Kingdom
It sums up the ups and downs of life and how, when you do over come a problem, you can finally see some of the bright prospects the future holds for you.
December 17, 2007
" Don't allow people to hold you down when gravity's the only thing in life with the power to do so."
--- Copyright © 2007 Adrian Taylor
December 17, 2007
" Often times in our lives we come across people who are there to help us in our life journey. Other times we come across those who want to destroy our path or detour us from it. These people come in all forms, but by no means are they purposely painful or unnecessary. They're there for a reason, be that to teach us something about ourselves or warn us about whom or what we could become if we're not careful. People in general are not purposely evil, they're different versions of life. We all try to live up to the best versions of ourselves. You don't have to agree with those who cross your path. You don't even have to like them and if in good conscience you can't agree with them or associate yourself with their character, have the understanding that people are going to be who they are and there are going to be times where you can't change that. Have a heart of understanding because without understanding there can be no mercy, without mercy there can be no forgiveness. And without forgiveness how do ever expect to grow?"
--- Copyright © 2006 Sharon Sanders
I wrote this as a reflection of self and to provide understanding of the people who surround us; how the good and the bad assist in the process of personal growth. If you don't recognize these aspects and deal with them, your growth will be stunted.
December 17, 2007
" If I were not myself, I would like to be somebody like myself."
--- Written in 2005 by Celal Kucuk --- Turkey
December 12, 2007
" The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made."
--- Tim Duncan
December 12, 2007
" Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success."
--- Diana Rankin
December 10, 2007
" Belief is a wish with an action plan."
--- Written in 2007 by J. Cadigan --- Maryland
I talked with my athletes about the difference between wishing for something (passive) and believing something will really happen (active) and the difference between the two; how you have to act on a wish to make it something you believe will come true.
December 10, 2007
" Your life is a book read by many, understood by few, but lived by none but you."
--- Written in 2007 by Otobong Adaise --- Nigeria
December 10, 2007
" A person who can't bend himself, can never get up after falling down."
--- Written in 2007 by Raj Pandian
The meaning is just simple ... be flexible always, neither victory nor failure is permanent. To achieve something, we'll have to sacrifice some things.
December 5, 2007
" Real communication is an attitude, an environment. It is the most interactive of all processes. It requires countless hours of eyeball to eyeball, back and forth. It involves more listening than talking."
--- Jack Welch
December 5, 2007
" Not one of us knows what affect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage. The way in which power works is a mystery."
--- Albert Schweitzer
December 5, 2007
" When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself."
--- Wayne Dyer
December 3, 2007
" Seeing people as innocent is the greatest gift you can give another human being: the gift of acceptance."
--- Rhonda Britten --- Submitted by Amy Bauer --- Illinois
December 3, 2007
" I have many fears, none of which involve anything but my own potential."
--- Copyright © 2007 Robert Creed
I believe many of us are afraid of what we can become. We are so used to people belittling us that we come accustomed to belittle ourselves. Don't be afraid of your gifts and talents.
December 3, 2007
" Manpower moves wrenches, horsepower moves cars, and the power of the mind moves the world."
--- Written in 2007 by K. Canadic --- Canada
November 28, 2007
" The road in life has many turns. Keep your hands on the wheel; watch straight ahead. Fasten your seat belt and commit yourself to making every turn."
--- Copyright © 2007 Larry Fleming
November 28, 2007
" Do not change your SELF to gain the validation of those who have not earned the rightful honor to be your judge."
--- Copyright © 2007 Mecca Donna
November 28, 2007
" The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek therefore, not to find out who you are; seek to determine who you want to be."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nidhi Singhal --- India
November 26, 2007
" If you value yourself, you understand that you are a gift to anyone you meet."
--- Rhonda Britten --- Submitted by Amy Bauer --- Illinois
November 26, 2007
" When I fail, I laugh and say, 'It's my passion'. And when I succeed, I call it my 'business strategy'."
--- Written in 2007 by Jibin Kumar --- India
November 26, 2007
" Never let your happiness depend on things, situations and people for as history tells us things, situations, and people do and always change."
--- Copyright © 2007 Chris Angeles
November 21, 2007
" If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it, even if I did not have the ability in the beginning."
--- Mahatma Gandhi
November 21, 2007
" Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against an injustice, they send forth a ripple of hope."
--- Robert F. Kennedy
November 21, 2007
" In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you."
--- Warren Buffet
November 19, 2007
" Your distractions are your weaknesses."
--- Written in 2007 by Anu G. --- India
I formed this quote while reading a TechRepublic Management Article.
November 19, 2007
" Elders can instill the dreams, but young minds can fulfill. If we think we can, then surely we will. Can is the word of power."
--- Written in 2006 by Barendra Kumar --- India
This is very much useful to motivate others. Selected from the bestseller 'Can Is The Word Of Power'.
November 19, 2007
" When you concentrate on something, it will enter into you. So always concentrate on good (positive) things about people."
--- Tejguru Sarashri Tejparkhiji --- Submitted by Manjunath More --- India
Whenever we read something that is important, like material we study for exam or speech, we concentrate deeply on it and we become confident because that thing is in our body (mind/soul). So if we concentrate on positive/good things about every individual, those positive thoughts/things will automatically enter into our body (mind/soul).
November 14, 2007
" Why blame the lines on your palms (about luck) for everything? People with no hands also have luck."
--- Written in 2007 by Govil Aggarwal --- India
This thought is for all those people who blame the lifelines for their luck and destiny, in fact for everything that's happening in their lives. They should instead try a positive approach towards life.
November 14, 2007
" Problems are the hands that mold us."
--- Written in 2007 by Allen Steble --- Australia
November 14, 2007
" Never let perfect be the enemy of better."
--- Jeffrey J. Fox --- Submitted by K.K. --- California
November 12, 2007
" You become what you surround yourself with."
--- Written in 2007 by Nyls B. --- Tennessee
November 12, 2007
" The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mazhar Rana --- India
November 12, 2007
" We can only fly as high as the dreams we dare to live."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by I.T. --- Virgin Islands (British)
November 7, 2007
" Life is a tragedy for dreamers, a comedy for doers and reality for achievers."
--- B. Raman --- Submitted by RP Saharma --- India
November 7, 2007
" Be careful of which tunnels you decide to walk towards the light in. Don't mistake the ones that have the train on the other end."
--- Written in 2007 by Kim Burrow-Monego --- Washington
November 7, 2007
" It is so simple to be happy, but it is so difficult to be simple."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alok Nandawat --- India
For the simplicity
November 5, 2007
" You cannot influence those around you if you are not willing to influence yourself."
--- Written in 2004 by D. Newton --- Oregon
November 5, 2007
" Life is like a tree. We all start as a seed and tend to follow the same path, yet in the end you never know what branch you will end on."
--- Written in 2007 by Joshua Burgess --- Ohio
I wrote this at 3:00 am when looking at a tree in my front yard and noticing just because the strong sturdy branches had more girth they were not always the longest branches.
November 5, 2007
" They say you need two people for a competition. Yes!! I am competing too...but with myself."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lokesh Suri --- India
October 31, 2007
" A person with nothing has nothing to lose."
--- Written in 2007 by Raymond Nolan --- Alabama
October 31, 2007
" It is amazing. The more hard work I put in, the luckier I get. I would prefer being lucky, if it comes with hard work."
--- Written in 2007 by Shamsud Ahmed --- India
Hard Work Pays!
October 31, 2007
" If there is traffic... perfect, there is more time to bond."
--- Written in 2007 by Danika M. --- California
My mom and I were late for a family party. When we got onto the freeway it was a mess. My mother was so mad and she said, "Look at the traffic, it's horrible", and I said, "Perfect more time to bond". After saying that it made the situation a joke. The ride was actually very fun. It taught the both of us to breathe, relax and let time do its job.
October 29, 2007
" The Truth never lies."
--- Heather Jean McDonald --- Submitted by Jim Leonard --- Canada
Although it sounds like something funny Yogi Bear might have said, its simple elegance has deep meaning. Keep this thought in your conscious mind every day, reflect on it often and live it and all things will open for you.
October 29, 2007
" Desire, determine and decide those things that will change the temperature of your life."
--- Written in 2007 by Jared Naidoo --- South Africa
October 29, 2007
" Never let a weak thought come into your mind. Don't get demoralized. Look for optimistic methods and the complexity of your problem will be solved."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hemant S. Bisht --- India
October 24, 2007
" There is no such thing as a self-made man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."
--- George Matthew Adams
October 24, 2007
" One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this."
--- Don Quixote
October 24, 2007
" Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response."
--- Deng Ming-Dao
October 22, 2007
" Plans are future focused; one can't do and plan after."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R.S. Rashilo --- South Africa
As a radio presenter I talk to many people who have failed themselves by not planning before they act but by acting before they plan.
October 22, 2007
" Life is a bridge, enjoy while crossing but don't build a castle on it."
--- Upanishads --- Submitted by Dr. Nirvikar Dahiya --- Missouri
This is ancient advise from one of the ancient books of knowledge. Here's to that magnificent bridge and the scenery around it! Enjoy!
October 22, 2007
" If money was important to you- you would already have it."
--- Written in 2007 by Donald McKeon --- New York
October 17, 2007
" One's energy is a reflection of his or her soul."
--- Written in 2007 by Shane Griffin --- Alabama
I personally am very passionate for all types of art, poetry, and even personal quotes. I thought of this and only wanted to share. I was just thinking of life and our place in this world. I began to wonder how I would define a soul and basically thought energy. I believe there is good and bad energy just as there are souls. I know that really we are all just forms of energy and our actions are just expressions of this energy. In turn our energy is just a reflection of our souls.
October 17, 2007
" Some people have diamonds in their hands but spend their whole life digging for rocks."
--- Written in 2006 Melina Gonzalez
October 17, 2007
" Your present is nothing but the future of your past. Whatever you do today will reflect in your tomorrow."
--- Written in 2007 by Rahul Bhardwaj --- India
October 15, 2007
" The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Emily H. --- Texas
October 15, 2007
" Your eternal destiny depends upon your choice. Regardless of how obedient and faithful you are to your religion, if you ride in a wrong plane, you will surely land on the wrong place."
--- Written in 2007 by Pablo Velasco Penaranda --- Bahrain
To guide your final destiny. October 15, 2007
" Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible."
--- Viktor E. Frankl --- Submitted by Janette Alisbo --- Philippines
October 10, 2007
" If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius."
--- Joseph Addison
October 10, 2007
" It is reassuring to know that I can control how I feel and what I do on any given day. The way I choose to see the world, creates the world I see."
--- Joan Lunden
October 10, 2007
" People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle."
--- Thich Nhat Hanh
October 8, 2007
" Even those who shield themselves from the rain sometimes play in puddles!"
--- Written in 2007 by Ronald J. Champion --- New York
October 8, 2007
" I'm here (earth) to do, not watch it be done."
--- Written in 2003 by Stephen Todey --- California
Every minute you're sleeping, is a minute you're missing. I came up with quote at 5:30am in May of 2003 while on an adventure with my brother and friends in the BWCA. They were all still sleeping; it was our last day of a seven day trip. I woke to enjoy the last morning and realized THEY were missing this moment and would NEVER be able to get it back. That's when it came to me.
October 8, 2007
" Each day is a new one full of promises and joys. This day only depends on you and how much you are willing to work to reach your desired goal."
--- Monalisa Baruah --- Submitted by Vijay Thadani --- India
October 3, 2007
" Yesterday, I was young. Eldest taught me about the future: "Please make a difference". Today I am old. I need to tell the youngsters about their future: "Please make a difference". In the future, they will become older, and tomorrow they need to tell others to make a difference."
--- Written in 2007 by Kamarul Azami --- Malaysia
It is important for us to know that every generation needs to prepare their youngsters for the future.
October 3, 2007
" Take time to walk through life. The faster you run, the quicker life passes you by."
--- Written in 2006 by Derrylee Carter --- Cayman Islands
Too many times people are caught up in the everyday "rush" of life. We need to take some time slow our selves down and appreciate the beauty on the roadside.
October 3, 2007
" When the day is full of action, there is no place for thoughts."
--- Written in 2007 by Sarabjeet Singh --- India
October 1, 2007
" In life, I hope to be remembered for my kindness, not popularity. I hope to bring a piece of joy to someone's day, not a rude comment. I hope to dedicate my life to helping others, not to ignoring them. And I hope to make the world a better place, not to just exist."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Manjunath More --- India
Feels the difference when you read it by heart.
October 1, 2007
" Our destiny is whatever we choose to hold in our mind the most. Choose your thoughts wisely as they will create who you become!"
--- Copyright © 2007 Marion Licchiello
October 1, 2007
" Many a time, we become impatient when we don't get our way. Have you ever heard people say, "Don't just stand there, do something ". Well, try a new approach - Don't just do something for the sake of doing it, be patient… wait, for your decisions will be crucial to your future. Distance yourself from the good and bad past, as there is something new waiting for you in your appointed season."
--- Written in 2007 by Jared Naidoo --- South Africa
September 26, 2007
" Sometimes on the way to a dream you get lost and find a better one."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shannon S. --- New Jersey
September 26, 2007
" My Tombstone should read, 'Wake me up and I will tell you what exciting things I have done in my Life.'"
--- Written in 2007 by Shamsud Ahmed --- India
I live by every word of the above quote. I will work towards it and we all should do the same.
September 26, 2007
" Difficulties don't come to your life to destroy you but to help you realize your hidden potential. Let difficulties know that you are difficult to them."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hement Kumar --- India
September 24, 2007
" Be courageous and think positively! The very day you are discouraged, you kill all those you meet throughout the day because your life is a stepping stone for others and not a slipping stone to get them to fall. Talk positive and encourage whoever comes to you."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gyamfi Prince --- Ghana
There are many who die daily as a result of negative and discouraging words. Many can survive through your words and not wealth.
September 24, 2007
" Choices in Life: Choose between Happiness & Sorrow, Choose between Yesterday & Tomorrow."
--- Copyright © 2007 Richard Pawchuk
September 24, 2007
" Don't underestimate yourself. We all have a special 'something' inside us. When you fill your self-esteem bank account with as many points as possible, you get closer to discovering why you are on this planet."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rosita Lehmann --- Australia
September 19, 2007
" Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."
--- Conrad Hilton
September 19, 2007
" You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."
--- James Allen
September 19, 2007
" To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives."
--- Denis Waitley
September 17, 2007
" Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present, you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day."
--- Copyright © 2007 Ashwin Ganesh
September 17, 2007
" Be more willing in acknowledging and confronting conflicts and trials for they teach us what we never learned from school or counselors."
--- Written in 2007 by Juliet Cabuguang --- Philippines
The more eager I face my problems, the easier I surpass them because I not only consent them but I also learn the reasons why they are given to me.
September 17, 2007
" At age 20 I was ready to set the world on fire. At age 50 I believe I have lost the matches."
--- Written in 2007 by Raymond C. Nolan --- Alabama
Today I realized that I have settled into a rut.
September 12, 2007
" Life is action, not contemplation."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by P. Chamlikar - India
Everyone should follow this as a rule.
September 12, 2007
" Our life is made up of our choices. The choices that we make can either make or break us."
--- Written in 2007 by Maria RoCiel --- Philippines
September 12, 2007
" When you start on a program of long distance running, you quickly realize how positive positivity can be to get you home positively."
--- Written in 2007 by J. Hedman --- Ireland
September 10, 2007
" Everything is important which is beyond my knowledge!"
--- Written in 2007 by Sunny Bahree --- India
September 10, 2007
" A sleeping-giant is yet another dwarf."
--- Written in 2007 by Ibrahim Hena --- Nigeria
I discovered that a lot of people have "giants" great potentials in them, but they simply let it sleep while still bragging about it. So WAKE UP the giant in you!!!
September 10, 2007
" Life can be either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Janette Alisbo --- Philippines
September 5, 2007
" Always remember that every single human being is a protagonist deserving the full right to oppose or cooperate with the government decision. Therefore, if you alone have so much power to face umpteenth masses, then you are not alone. Your trust and conviction are within you. The reign of these ubiquitous powers will elevate you to leaders from observers."
--- Written in 2007 by Ravi Kumar Keenoo --- Mauritius
I have personally written this quote with lots of attention. This quote emphasizes the importance of a single human being and shows him his real powers. Therefore, it is very motivational to move darkness and establish light.
September 5, 2007
" Achievements are a figment of our possibilities."
--- Written in 2007 by Pritesh Jethwani --- India
September 5, 2007
" A legacy consists of two parts: Create and Inspire."
--- Copyright © 2007 Tom Kotowski
August 29, 2007
" Always say thank you for all the things you asked for. They may be granted and sometimes not, but then, having a cool heart makes you think positive that they will be given to you at the right time."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Helen B. Villarino --- Phillipines
Having a nice temperament makes you believe all things really come, if they're meant to.
August 29, 2007
" Heroes are mere humans who have taken the resolve to go the extra mile when others decided it's enough. Just that extra shove and extra push and you are a celebrated hero of our time."
--- Written in 2007 by Sheunopa Vushemakota
August 29, 2007
" Peace is the funeral of terrorism."
--- Written in 2007 by Pankaj Mukati
The whole world want to free from terrorism and join the party of peace.
August 27, 2007
" If I were 'God' I would have but one rule to live on Earth. Before you rest in peace, my friend, live in peace."
--- Written in 2007 by Nicholas K. --- Wales
August 27, 2007
" The road to achievement starts with action, the road to the truth does not start with a lie."
--- Written in 2007 by B. Gordon G. --- Australia
August 27, 2007
" In order to do good in this world, you must be pro-active. You cannot sit around and just NOT do evil, as evil will certainly never rest."
--- Written in 2007 by A. Tod --- Scotland
This is kind of my motto. If everyone lived by this...
August 22, 2007
" If you want to keep up with the Jones', you need to "WORK" like the Jones'!"
--- Written in 2007 by Harry James --- Tennessee
August 22, 2007
" Life is a relay race where One Generation hands over the torch to the next."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shiny Duela --- India
August 22, 2007
" Effort: Whatever you save today is lost forever."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jeff George --- Maine
You can only give 100% effort at any given time. If you give 80% today, you can never make up for that 20%.
August 20, 2007
" How hard is the logic of human mind? It seeks compromise when we are wrong and it speaks judgment when others are wrong!"
--- Written in 2004 by Gokul Kumar --- India
August 20, 2007
" The strongest words are only words without the simplest deed(s) that back them up."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Van E. --- Georgia
August 20, 2007
" Sometimes it takes a few wrong ones to get the right one!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sangeeta Thanainthiram --- Malaysia
August 15, 2007
" If you could become grateful, right now, for everything that has ever happened in your past, how would that impact your view of the future?"
--- Eric Edmeades --- Submitted by Petra Chase --- South Africa
August 15, 2007
" The world's most bankrupt person is not the one who has lost his money but the person who has lost his enthusiasm."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vaibhav Shekhar --- United Kingdom
You are someone for the world but for someone you are the world.
August 15, 2007
" As humans we spend a lot of time knocking on the same door, that was closed in our face, not realizing that the door behind us is already open."
--- Author unknown --- Submitted by S. Lane --- South Africa
August 13, 2007
" There is a point when the transition has to be made from parent to friend."
--- Written in 2007 by Tom Kotowski --- Illinois
August 13, 2007
" Not getting a result is much better than not fighting for a cause."
--- Written in 2007 by Nilesh Pampattiwar --- India
August 13, 2007
" A turtle retreats to its shell for protection only to find itself falling prey to its own thoughts & emotions."
--- Written in 2007 by Ronald J. Champion --- New York
August 8, 2007
" The future is like a seashell in the sand, it's only clearly visible til the next wave washes over it."
--- Copyright © 2007 Harry Kiser
August 8, 2007
" How much of our success is our own effort and how much is someone else's wrong doing?"
--- Written in 2007 by Raga Mahmoud --- Egypt
I want an answer!
August 8, 2007
" When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams."
--- Les Brown
August 6, 2007
" We often mistake successes with the act of doing, but rarely consider that what we don't do is as equally important in achieving them."
--- Copyright © 2007 Brian G. Jett
August 6, 2007
" Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tony M. --- Ohio
August 6, 2007
" The only way you can grow rich is by enriching others."
--- Copyright © 2007 Matthias Schmelz
August 1, 2007
" Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good."
--- Ben Hogan
August 1, 2007
" I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been."
--- Wayne Gretzky
August 1, 2007
" I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision."
--- W. Clement Stone
July 30, 2007
" Know someone, somewhere, sometime loves you before you ever met."
--- Copyright © 2000 Maximus Parthas
Excerpt from the poem "Get is straight"
July 30, 2007
" I believe... that the person who says that "nothing comes for free" knows absolutely nothing about the power and strength of human kindness."
--- Written in 2007 by Andrew Naigulevu --- Fiji Islands
July 30, 2007
" Doing one good thing for a person makes the whole day worth living."
--- Written in 2007 by Allen Steble --- Australia
July 25, 2007
" Your success depends more on how you adapt to things that you are not tuned to do. Finally you realize, "This is perfect for me!!" So when things don't go your way be frustrated, but only for a while, because that realization will dawn any moment!"
--- Written in 2007 by Ankit Joshi --- India
I've always ended up doing things that were the last on my options list, be it education, selecting colleges, professionally... and I know there are thousands like me trying to find happiness in what they don't like to do.
July 25, 2007
" It doesn't matter where you are, it matters how you are!"
--- Written in 2007 by Shuaib PK --- Illinois
July 25, 2007
" Pride is a mirage built on egocentric illusions."
--- Written in 2007 by Pritesh Jethwani --- India
July 23, 2007
" I've always prided myself on doing things on my own; strength in my solitude, adopting a man against the world attitude. Many do the same. We've all heard that life is a journey, be it spiritual, emotional or just living our lives. If this is true, then all the lives one has touched and of those that have touched oneself will always be with you. So, when walking the dark road thinking no one is by your side, one is never truly alone. Remember, no one has a choice in the start of their own life, but one must bravely walk to its end."
--- Copyright © 2007 Jay Zachok
July 23, 2007
" Kind words continue long after they are spoken as they take sprout in the hearts and minds of those willing to listen."
--- Copyright © 2007 Jan A. Golden
July 23, 2007
" Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on his back until he's well into his work."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hemavathy Viswanathan --- India
July 18, 2007
" There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."
--- George Adams
July 18, 2007
" Because we all share a wish for happiness and an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anyone we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister. We do not need to become religious; nor do we need to believe in an ideology. I believe that at every level of society the key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion."
--- Dalai Lama
July 18, 2007
" Last, but by no means least, courage - moral courage, the courage of one's convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle - the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other."
--- Douglas MacArthur
July 16, 2007
" Why walk out on the world when the world is not ready to walk out on you?"
--- Written in 2007 by David St-Amour --- Canada
A friend of mine was going to take her life - these words are why she is still here today.
July 16, 2007
" Goals are what push us forward! Without goals there is no target to aim at...without a target it's a crap shoot...win or lose...you never know!"
--- Copyright © 2007 Marion Licchiello
I have workshops on goal setting and visualization. Whatever we think about most and feel most is what comes out in our lives. Set goals and you will succeed!
July 16, 2007
" On Beauty .... And Life ... Effort Produces ... Results ..."
--- Written in 2007 by Donna Avvento --- Connecticut
Since my experience is in the, "Beauty Industry", the most profound statement (upon meeting a first time client) is.... "I can't do a thing with my hair. Why??" My reply, "What do you do on a daily basis to your hair?" Client's reply, "Well, I just get up, and go!" Just as life, the more you put in, the more you get out.
July 11, 2007
" Only when you begin to give "unconditional love" to yourself, can you give it to others."
--- Written in 2007 by Michelle W. Seamons --- Utah
I am really learning to love myself unconditionally. I have noticed that my relationships with loved ones and friends are blooming greater and deeper as a result from this.
July 11, 2007
" If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four sharpening the axe."
--- Abraham Lincoln --- submitted by Chitra Hariharan --- India
July 11, 2007
" Life isn't shaped by the things that happen to us, but by the way we deal with them."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nikolay K. --- New Jersey
I think I've heard this quote before, just worded differently. It helps me out when things get tough.
July 9, 2007
" Never bind yourself to circumstances, go beyond circumstances."
--- Written in 2007 by Neelam Kheer - A.P., India
Motivations lie deep in us. Sometimes we need external factors to find them. Search for those external factors. Even if you find and choose the wrong one, do not despair. In it, there is something to motivate you. Think how best can I learn from the situation and think how well can I solve it? It May or may not be 100%. Never bother about results, just you do your best work and then analyze it and do better the next time. Remember: "If one door is closed, life opens thousands of doors."
July 9, 2007
" Though often unaware...we are living the life we imagined."
--- Written in 2005 by Michael J. Kelly --- Colorado
July 9, 2007
" A moment of anger, sadness or joy is short lived; it comes and goes, but when it is captured in a painting, it becomes immortalized and outlives the human race."
--- Written in 2006 by Nataly Hachem --- Lebanon I wrote it myself, from my own experience and personal feelings towards painting.
July 2, 2007
" In a world of constant change, the only constant is You."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rudy Byleveld --- Saudi Arabia
July 2, 2007
" The world doesn't care for what you think inside, only for what you present outside."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sripriya Venugopal --- UAE
July 2, 2007
" My philosophy: Life is too short to regret. At one point everything you did willingly is exactly what you wanted so live it up, drink it down, laugh loudly, dance wildly, sing horribly, live freely, love openly, give graciously, and take humbly."
--- Copyright © 2006 Jennifer Scott
It is my personal philosophy that I have learned to live my life by. No matter what goes wrong, I just keep moving and live for the good moments.
June 27, 2007
" Problems in life come free, solutions come with work and giving up comes with a large price...no success."
--- Copyright © 2007Allen Steble
This is the price of giving up. If you don't want to pay, then simply...don't give up --- easy as that.
June 27, 2007
" It's not the Life Years that matter in life, it's the Quality Adjusted Life Years that matter. And that quality is measured in Friendship."
--- Copyright © 2007 Janet Dickey
June 27, 2007
" Don't get caught up in negative thoughts, they will run your life. You are in charge of your journey; depending on how you think, it will be a positive one or a negative one!"
--- Copyright © 2006 Marion Licchiello
June 25, 2007
" There's nothing so rewarding as to make people realize they are worthwhile in this world."
--- Bob Anderson
June 25, 2007
" What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all."
--- Charles Lindbergh
June 25, 2007
" The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions-have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty."
--- Samuel Smiles
June 20, 2007
" You will go to a better place if only you are aware that you must not be where you are."
--- Written in 2007 by Josué Pierre-Paul --- Haiti
If you are aware that your living conditions need to be changed, you can go to a " better place". Sometimes, we don't move ourselves to do important things just because we are not conscious that our condition is not good. I wrote this quote from experience.
June 20, 2007
" Living life isn't a pleasure, but a gift."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jaclyn P. --- Ohio
June 20, 2007
" The hardest thing about growing up in a broken world is trying not to get broken yourself."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mel Rivers --- South Carolina
June 18, 2007
" It is useless to worry over one fish that escaped into the river when your boat is almost sinking with innumerable fish."
--- Written in 2007 by Abiodun.A.Adegbite --- Nigeria
Don't worry over a lost opportunity, look around; there are millions of other unexploited opportunities. Stop worrying over trivial issues.
June 18, 2007
" If the approach is right, even the most difficult problem gives way for a solution."
--- Written in 2005 by Nilesh Pampattiwar --- India
This is my 4th submission to this site. If it can inspire even a single person, it is worth it.
June 18, 2007
" Clarity beats serenity."
--- Written in 2001 by James Scott --- Massachusetts
June 13, 2007
" Open the doors to the limitless."
--- Copyright © 2007 David Torrelli
June 13, 2007
" I Think, Therefore I Am."
--- Rene Descartes --- Submitted by Pranay P. --- India
This quote, if understood, creates scientific thinking.
June 13, 2007
" Love is like a flower; it springs from a small seed, develops roots that become embedded in our hearts and then sends forth blossoms, each containing a petal or more which makes this concept even more artistic."
--- Copyright © 2007 Nickiesha Linton
June 11, 2007
" If you just found out that today was your last day to live, would you live it like you are right now?"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.M. --- California
A lot of people are not appreciating life as much as they should. Think about this quote and ask yourself that question.
June 11, 2007
" I challenge no one. I challenge but myself!"
--- Written in 2007 by R.M. G. --- Philippines
This is my own personal quote. Hope it'll have an impact on you too.
June 11, 2007
" It's in the weakest moments that one's strength of character is put to the test."
--- Written in 2007 by Samia Ostadi --- United Arab Emirates
June 6, 2007
" When we challenge the unchallenged, the unknown, and the invisible then only can we expect to be creative, new, adventurous, bold and daring."
--- Copyright © 2007 Siddharth Elhence
June 6, 2007
" Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can't do. They don't know what they want because they don't know what's available for them."
--- Zig Ziglar --- Submitted by Karen F. --- Montana
June 6, 2007
" If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character, if there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation; if there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world."
--- Chinese proverb --- Submitted by Swathi D. --- India
June 4, 2007
" The secret of man is that man is his thought."
--- Written in 1999 by OlaOluwa Fanawopo --- Nigeria
June 4, 2007
" Someone once told me that I can't help everyone... but I was not one who would sit and watch!"
--- Written in 2007 by Tom Nguyen --- California
June 4, 2007
" Knowledge is crossing a street and seeing a car coming. Wisdom is moving fast enough to not get hit."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jasmine Farris --- Oklahoma
May 30, 2007
" Time - consume it with purpose and direction, for it is those things in limited supply we misuse the most."
--- Copyright © 2007 James Clark
I wrote this in response to how I have been living my life and observing those around me. I am saddened at times with the frenetic pace people are living their lives. Children are whisked away from sporting event to sporting event almost every night of the week. In many cases, one parent taking one to one place and the other somewhere else. Adults spending 60-70 hours a week a work seeking that next promotion where they will work 60-70 hours week for the next. Time is a commodity like money. The more thought that goes into planning its use, the greater the return. Once it's gone though, it's gone. Spend $20-25 zipping through for fast food on the way to your next appointment or use that same time and spend that same amount to fix and share a meal together.
May 30, 2007
" We can only act on facts, and when we get all the facts, we will act."
--- Lawrence G. Nelms --- Submitted by Halldor Sigurdsson --- Canada
This is one of the best quotes that I have heard especially when people are always speculating the worst.
May 30, 2007
" Your roots and wings are given to you by your parents; roots to keep you grounded through the tough times and wings to let you soar above everything else."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.M. --- Massachusetts
May 23, 2007
" All the kindness which a man puts out into the world works on the heart and thoughts of mankind."
--- Albert Schweitzer
May 23, 2007
" If there is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to put yourself in the other person's place and to see things from his point of view - as well as your own."
--- Henry Ford
May 23, 2007
" People who are truly effective have the humility and reverence to recognize their own personal limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings."
--- Stephen R. Covey
May 21, 2007
" Expectations without work are a fool's gold."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jason Bruce --- South Carolina
May 21, 2007
" Life is short, life is good. Don't let nothing, today, stop life from achievement."
--- Written in 2007 by Deatra Talbert --- Oklahoma
Just a thought that came to mind.
May 21, 2007
" Don't live in your past but always learn from it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Smriti Thilak --- Maharashtra, India
May 16, 2007
" You are the only person whom controls your mind. You can over or under think a situation till it drives you crazy, but again, you control it. Once you let other people get into your head, you lose your own voice. Your mind is yours alone. Don't let anyone claim it, no matter how great it might seem at that moment. Bottom line: you are the one who has to live with the consequences."
--- Written in 2006 by Dm-angel aka Maureen --- South Africa
May 16, 2007
" Common sense is so uncommon, no centre of learning can teach it, but once grasped, is more valuable than any known degree."
--- Written in 2007 by Dinesh Watawana --- Sri Lanka
May 16, 2007
" If you want to be successful, be shameless."
--- Written in 2007 by Sripriya Venugopal --- United Arab Emirates
Out of my personal experience - Felt it may help others too.
May 14, 2007
" Find something you love to do and you'll never work another day in your life."
--- Harvey Mackay --- Submitted by Norman Zeno --- California
I love my job. When I come to work, my co-workers ask me why I answer the phones when I'm not on the clock. I tell them I don't feel like I'm working, and I do it because I enjoy it. You can find a job that pays top wages and hate it, or you can find a job that pays low wages and love it.
May 14, 2007
" Life is like a beautiful lamp. If you don't give it an outlet, the light never shines bright."
--- Copyright © 2007 Kerissa Kuis
May 14, 2007
" People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
--- Zig Ziglar --- Submitted by Ambarish Bhattacharya --- India
May 9, 2007
Whole is that.
Whole also is this world.
From whole, comes whole.
Take whole from whole,
And yet whole remains.
--- Ancient Indian saying --- Submitted by Ashwin Ganesh --- India
May 9, 2007
" A creative mind looks and thinks beyond that which common sense does."
--- Written in 2006 by Ibrahim Hena --- Nigeria
May 9, 2007
" Play to be the best. If you don't win...why do you play?"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ismael Montes --- Mexico
A friend of mine said it to me when I was studying for my masters.
May 2, 2007
" Expect nothing for yourself, but rather expect everything of yourself."
--- Copyright © 2007 Santiago Rocha
May 2, 2007
" Friends can get you through times with no money, but money can't get you through times with no friends."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shay Mahle --- Texas
May 2, 2007
" Life is like a bank account; you must make the deposits before the withdrawals can be made."
--- Written in 1995 by Bill Housel --- Idaho
April 30, 2007
" If no one litters, we will not need volunteers to pick up the garbage any more. If no one abuses drugs, drug dealers will starve to death if they refuse to change their job. If no one commits crime, there will be no prisons any more. If no one uses alcohol, car accidents will be reduced by eighty percent. If we fight our enemy with tons of fruits, they will capitulate instantly. If everyone plants one seed of love every day, more than 65 billion love seeds will be planted. And from today on, we will harvest a full load of love from our planting."
--- Copyright © 2007 Jing Zhao
I believe it is everyone's responsibility to change this world.
April 30, 2007
" Don't wait for your bus to come and pick you up, get off of your lazy butt and chase your dreams."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by H.D.
April 30, 2007
" If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance."
--- Dale Carnegie
April 25, 2007
" Whatever you focus on is what you get; negative or positive, so focus on the positive and you'll bring more positive into your life."
--- Copyright © 1994 Marion Licchiello
April 25, 2007
" If you wake up breathing, it's a good day - so make the most if it."
--- Written in 1999 by Ricardo J. Mendez --- Texas
I tell my employees this when I see they are having a bad day. We should be thankful that we were blessed with another day and we MUST make the most of it.
April 25, 2007
Dust is dirty, clean it!
The past is painful, forget it!
The future is a dream, do not touch it!
The present is in our hands, make the best of it.
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ajesh Menon --- India
When I read this, I feel something good.
April 23, 2007
" Life is problems, success is solving problems, and all achievers are problems solvers. When problems surface, it is an opportunity to learn something you didn't know before then. Be prepared because they will surely come."
--- Written in 2007 by Balogun M. Adewale --- Nigeria
April 23, 2007
" I have never had such intensive feelings towards this precious world, never ever had these desires to live life to the fullest, as I wish this night. Life doesn't always give us reasons to live because it has reason by his own nature but I can't stop admiring you, world!"
--- Author Unknown --- sent in by Waltz --- Spain
April 23, 2007
" Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Puneet Julka --- India
Which are you?
April 18, 2007
" Your confession, in the time of confusion, determines your conclusion. Be a positive confessor."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Uchechukwu Eluwa --- Nigeria
Because this quote to a great extent has been of positive help to me.
April 18, 2007
" Instead of saying 'It is not that easy", why not say 'it is not that difficult'."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Prabhakar --- India
April 18, 2007
" You cannot have what you do not want."
--- Written in 2007 by John Acosta --- Texas
April 16, 2007
" There is no life without YOU! Take away YOU and there is no life. To appreciate life, you must appreciate yourself."
--- Written in 2007 by Kenneth Nnabo --- Nigeria
April 16, 2007
" The caliber of a person is best judged when things are not going their way."
--- Written in 2006 by Nilesh Pampattiwar --- India
April 16, 2007
" Life is a do-it yourself job."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brian Mo --- Ohio
April 11, 2007
" Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future."
--- Og Mandino
April 11, 2007
" When you see the value of continued growth, the circumstances around you become stepping stones."
--- Clyde M. Narrimore
April 11, 2007
" When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems."
--- Dalai Lama
April 9, 2007
" This is a minor setback for a major comeback."
--- Jerry B. --- Submitted by Yen L. --- Texas
My friend and I were together and I was telling him about how sad I was about leaving my job and my friends and that I didn't have a backup plan when he said this to me.
April 9, 2007
" Stay focused. There's too many fish in the sea to be trying to hunt whales."
--- Copyright © 1998 Navil Wilson Jr.
I've met a number of people who couldn't stay focused on their own goals, reaching for someone else's instead.
April 9, 2007
" Life is not as short as its words. It's so huge that not even a single man can define its existence."
--- Written in 2007 by Jette T. Luciano --- Philippines
It gives me strength to live my life without hesitations.
April 4, 2007
" There is no such thing as wasted energy, but your return will be greater if you invest it wisely."
--- Copyright © 2007 Anna Winfrey
April 4, 2007
" Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it."
--- Jack Canfield
April 4, 2007
" No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it."
--- Andrew Carnegie --- Submitted by Aditi Parashar --- India
April 2, 2007
" By ignoring, you have made your decision to go down the resultant path!"
--- Written in 2007 by David Malem --- United Kingdom
I try not to forget this as I makes me realise that life will keep moving even if you ignore decisions. So face decisions and decide positively.
April 2, 2007
" Failure is an integral part of every success story."
--- Written in 2006 by Leussa Adrienne --- Cameroon
April 2, 2007
" Any and all effective decisions made in life are subjected to, and/or limited by, the relentless nature of the particular individual."
--- Written in 2007 by Justin Pane --- New York
In light of some relevant happenings in my life at this moment, this quote seems to shed light on much of the grey areas.
March 28, 2007
" A leader's challenge is to help individuals reach beyond what they think they can do in order to attain that which they thought was impossible."
--- Copyright © 2007 Tim Reeter
March 28, 2007
" He who does not heed the call of his own passions will inevitably end up somewhere he did not intend to go."
--- David Sicz --- Submitted by Joe Smith --- Alabama
This is a great quote! I really feel that it puts into words why we should do what we love.
March 28, 2007
" We were born with two things, existence and opportunity, out of which we can make a successful life! Because life is not what we find, it's what we create."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Riz Cayetano --- Philippines
I chose this to motivate me - we need to make decisions for us to achieve our goals.
March 26, 2007
" Friends are flowers in the garden of life. Believe in yourself and go for your dream."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Romarani Malakar --- Malaysia
No one can live alone in this world for 'no man is an island'.
March 26, 2007
" One man can be a crucial ingredient of a team, but one man cannot make a team."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aditi Parashar --- India
March 26, 2007
" When money becomes your number one priority, reevaluate your priorities."
--- Copyright © 2007 Meyer Leibovitch
March 14, 2007
" Your purpose in life isn't something you did in the past or and event in the future; it's what you are doing right now."
--- Jaclyn Anderson --- Submitted by Anna Winfrey --- Massachusetts
March 14, 2007
" It's not worth living for unless it's worth dying for."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.A. Kile --- Indiana
Too many people put their life focus on unimportant things. Before you obsess over something and make it a focal point in your life, make sure it's something that's really important to you.
March 14, 2007
" You're really rich if you can afford to be yourself."
--- Written in 2004 by Thom Pletcher --- Indiana
March 12, 2007
" There is always a price to pay for being successful; are you willing to pay the price?"
--- Written in 2007 by Timothy L. Reeter
March 12, 2007
" There are only two ways in life - to walk on the path as desired by your head and second - to walk on the part as desired by your heart."
--- Written in 2007 by Zianab Morbiwala --- India
March 12, 2007
" The best way to succeed in life is to work on the advice you give others."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nixon Joel --- India
March 7, 2007
" Youth is not a time of your life. It is not the age of supple knees, rosy lips and chubby cheeks. It is a quality of your will, a vigor of your emotions. It is the freshness of deep springs of life. Youth means temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than in a boy of twenty. No one grows old merely by a number of years. We only grow old by deserting our ideals."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ashwin Ganesh --- India
March 7, 2007
" Today is the only day that you have to do what there is to do, make every day the best that you can. No matter what obstacles that are in your way, go around them and never look back."
--- Copyright © 2007 April Young
March 7, 2007
" If your laughter is hurting even a single person, you better shut up!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pulinkumar Mori ---Australia
I am submitting this quote because I think I have hurt someone today!!
March 5, 2007
" If you do not change direction, you may end up where you're heading."
--- Lao-Tzu --- Submitted by Ruben Chambers --- Texas
I selected this one because I was without a doubt heading in the wrong direction. I was the guy who would go crazy at the parties and I realized that I was headed nowhere really fast.
March 5, 2007
" If we don't have our dreams, we have nothing."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lenny Schmidt --- Iowa
This is from the movie The Astronaut Farmer. It is the movie's tagline and also a quote from the movie.
March 5, 2007
" Excellence is creativity mixed with maturity subject to reality."
--- Copyright © 2007 Pritesh Jethwani
February 28, 2007
" Is the glass half full or half empty? Neither; I just keep filling it up. Be happy. Think positive. Life is a great experience for all to enjoy. When the glass loses water, it's up to you to fill it up. Put some flavor in there and enjoy the taste. It's FANTASTIC!!"
--- Copyright © 2006 Allen Steble
February 28, 2007
" Knowledge is the key that unlocks self-empowerment."
--- Written in 2006 by Terri Kenepp --- Ohio
February 28, 2007
" Discover yourself; discover others. The greatest scientist discovers himself first; the rest will be discovered on it's own."
--- Copyright © 2006 Nikhil Kumar
February 26, 2007
" Platinum Rule: Always treat others as they wish to be treated, it will overcome any shortcoming we may have in skills or knowledge."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robert Salcido --- Arizona
February 26, 2007
" Your life right now is your mirror. Everything you feel and do is a reflection of the energy you focus on and then put out there for the world to see. So watch yourself very carefully because you may or may not like what comes back."
--- Written in 2007 by Delany Perry --- Washington
I just put into my own words some motivational things I've read.
February 26, 2007
" Life will not give you what you want or deserve, but will give what you decide."
--- Written in 2000 by Okpagu Nonso --- Nigeria
February 21, 2007
" May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have, spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have. As we value our happiness let us not forget it, for one of the greatest lessons in life is learning to be happy without the things we cannot or should not have."
--- Richard L. Evans --- Submitted by Lakshmi S. --- India
This teaches that we shouldn't spoil our happiness because of things that go away from us. We should be happy with at least what we have. It was motivating for me while I was sad.
February 21, 2007
" There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."
--- Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
February 21, 2007
" Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business."
--- Leo Burnett
February 19, 2007
" Sometimes it's not easy to apologize, to begin over, to admit error, to take advice, to be unselfish, to keep on trying, to be honest, to profit by mistakes, to forgive and forget, to think and then to act, to shoulder a deserved blame - but it always pays."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Smitha Menon --- India
February 19, 2007
" If it is not going to be written on your tombstone, it is not worth worrying about."
--- Written in 2004 by Antoinette Brandi --- Australia
When I find my staff is spending too much time at work, forgetting about their loved ones, I find that this quote helps them remember who is really important. You never find the name of an employer on a tombstone!!!
February 19, 2007
" The key to inner peace is healing our 'sense of separation' from our Source. And the key to world peace is healing our 'sense of separation' from each other."
--- Copyright © 2003 Lisa Hepner
February 14, 2007
" Nothing will ever grow if you are afraid to get those hands dirty."
--- Nannie Russell --- Submitted by Stacha Pressley --- Tennessee
My grandmother told me this one day out back in her garden. I refused to get my hands in the dirt. She took my hands and stuck them in the dirt and looked right at me and stated that just as calm as could be. I was five, but those words often ring in my ear when I hesitate or think I can't do something. I hear ya, Nannie.
February 14, 2007
" Appreciate what you have for nothing is permanent."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Romarani Malakar --- Malaysia
I think we should be grateful for what god has given us and wish the same for others. We should not be having too many wants for there is no need for all these for we should be happy with what we have.
February 14, 2007
" To live in the past is to never have lived at all."
--- Written in 2006 by E. Kildow --- Ohio, United States
This personal quote has helped me through many obstacles life has thrown at me. It has helped me through grievance, heartbreak, and daily stress. I wanted to share it with others in hopes that it might help someone else with their troubles.
February 12, 2007
" Optimism guides our ambition to succeed."
--- Copyright © 2006 Santiago Rocha
February 12, 2007
" There is a horrible word that begins with 'P' and ends with 'N' - PROCRASTINATION. Use time wisely, it can never be replaced."
--- Written in 2006 by Nathaniel Peat --- England
February 12, 2007
" Some peopleand some things are so near and yet so far. We keep on trying indefatigably to reach them but still we can't get them. Deep down our heart we know that they are gone for us, but still we don't give up. Maybe that's what "hope/life" is all about."
--- Written in 2006 by Lakkoju Goutam --- India
February 7, 2007
" The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on good will. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says I; The leader says WE. The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, GO; the leader says Lets GO!"
--- H. Gordon Selfridge
February 7, 2007
" The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion."
--- Jean-Claude Killy
February 7, 2007
" Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do."
--- Norman Vincent Peale
February 5, 2007
" Where fundamentalists are leaders, there is no justice. Where women are possessions, there is no freedom. Where terrorists are heroes, there is no peace."
--- Dr. Wafa Sultan --- Submitted by D.M. Collins --- Connecticut
February 5, 2007
" Be like the eagle and truly live, and not like a vulture that feeds on death."
--- Copyright © 2007 Kevin Nickerson
Learn how to fly above the clouds of negativity and doubt and live.
February 5, 2007
" Even a small dot can stop a big sentence."
--- Written in 2006 by Manesh Kumar --- India
January 31, 2007
" Mistakes: We all make mistakes in life, due to not being perfect. It's what we do to rectify the mistake so it is not repeated in the future."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by James Roland --- Colorado
January 31, 2007
" Sometimes it's not enough to know the meaning of things; sometimes we have to know what things don't mean as well. Like what does it mean not to know what the person you love is capable of? Things fall apart, especially all the neat order of rules and laws. The way we look at the world is the way we really are. If you see it from a fair garden, everything looks cheerful and innocent. Climb to a higher plateau and you will see plunder and murder. Truth and beauty are in the eye of the beholder."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Neil Francis Estrella --- Philippines
January 31, 2007
" Moments are precious like diamonds; keep them! Don't let the years steal them from you."
--- Written in 2007 by Vijay Shanker
It is an inspiring thought for a birthday!
January 29, 2007
" Success is not to be successful. It's what your success becomes."
--- Copyright © 2006 David Tompkins
January 29, 2007
" Life is not a straight line. You have to do many things to keep it going."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sathesh Subramanian --- India
January 29, 2007
" Love your children by means of letting them go. Let them experience life by means of giving them freedom. If they get hurt, help them. If they lose their path, guide them but don't stop them from venturing. Don't be over protective because no matter how much you deny it... WE GROW!!!!"
--- Trishian --- Submitted by Ian C. --- Philippines
For parents who are overprotective.
January 24, 2007
" There's a serious revolution within a man I would call a builder, a nonconformist, and a leader: the war of man vs. self. There's no beginning without tackling self-doubt. There will be many wars from here on in, but none that require such couth and determination. Your true alliance and true monster rest in your own mind."
--- Copyright © 2007 Jessica E. Mehrhoff
This was written from a self-transformation. I realized I am my true portal to happiness and my leader to self defeat.
January 24, 2007
" When the weight of the world becomes your problem, you will be notified. Until then, start with the small stuff and chill out."
--- Written in 2006 by Mellisa Chan --- Australia
January 24, 2007
" It's not what you know, but what you are willing to learn."
--- Written in 2007 by Andreas Michaelides --- New York
January 22, 2007
" It's not the heart that makes you hurt, it's the mind… we think too much."
--- Written in 2006 by Antonio Delgado --- California
January 22, 2007
" Success makes an ugly man beautiful."
--- Written in 2006 by Abiodun A. Adegbite --- Nigeria
Ugly situations and appearances do not count when success smiles on such. The whole world will draw close to such, at least in an attempt to benefit from the crumbs that fell from his table.
January 22, 2007
" Jealousy is like an angry seed, which when watered will bear the fruits of hatred and confusion."
Written in 2006 Pritesh Jethwani --- India
January 17, 2007
" Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone."
--- Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld
January 17, 2007
" All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble."
--- William F. Halsey
January 17, 2007
" During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively."
--- Brian Koslow
January 15, 2007
" I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity."
--- Gilda Radner --- Submitted by Ashley M. --- Michigan
January 15, 2007
" We are each born, the drivers of our train and we each follow our own journey, along our own track; this is the journey of our life. When we meet someone, partner or friend, we really meet at a common station; the choice to stop is ours alone, but we do so knowing that every stop is really, temporary. The reality is that sooner or later, we must return to our own journey and continue this, until the end of the line. Our ultimate destination is to meet our maker and to be at one with those we have loved and lost before us."
--- Written in 2005 by Seb Abbasi --- United Kingdom
January 15, 2007
" If you fear something, fear this: the impossible would become common and everyone could do everything and there would be nothing to shoot for."
--- Copyright © 2004 Jenny Hiykel
This quote reminds me to be grateful for my challenges and if you have nothing to strive for, life would be really boring.
January 10, 2007
" The beauty of an idea is not in the idea; it is in the action that follows."
--- Written in 1999 by Donina Renata --- Australia
January 10, 2007
" I don't work for money; I will have money work for me."
--- Written in 2006 by Peter Massihi --- Canada
January 10, 2007
" Only fools stumble on the same rock... Learn from your mistake."
--- Written in 2006 by Jomer Quilao --- Philippines
January 8, 2007
" Sometimes we feel obligated to choreograph our lives. Fortunately for us, our lives are sometimes choreographed for us."
--- Copyright © 2006 Ed Devine
January 8, 2007
" More often than not, a quote indirectly defines who you are, who you are not, or who you want to be. So be careful!"
--- Copyright © 2004 Maria Blanchard
January 8, 2007
" Success is meaningless unless it is translated into significance."
--- Written in 2006 by Edward Dorsaa --- Ghana
December 20, 2006
" It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Maitree T. --- India
This site is wonderful.
December 20, 2006
" The problem with deep thinkers is they tend to think so deep as to be misled that those around them will presumably understand."
--- Copyright © 2006 Wessam Hashem
December 20, 2006
" Withhold trust from a child and watch him become very secretive."
--- Ibrahim Hena --- Submitted by Nathan Dibal --- Nigeria
I am impressed at what you are doing here. Keep up the good work of motivation - that's what we need now, I mean we, the young ones.
December 18, 2006
Some Things
There are some things in this world you just can't have.
You can't buy them, doesn't matter how much you save.
Some things in life don't come cheap, there is a price.
And some things don't go right, everything takes a sacrifice.
If you had never been given anything in life would you be sad.
And if you had everything you ever wanted would you be glad.
What if there were some things you really did want or need?
Would you fight for them or would you use your money for greed?
Wanting some things doesn't necessarily mean you need them.
Finding some things doesn't necessarily mean you get to keep them.
It's always about some things, you know, I'd rather have sweet nothing.
If people started to remember some things just don't mean everything.
--- Copyright © 2006 Tammy Clancy
December 18, 2006
" Knowledge is not power in itself. However, how you think and use your knowledge determines your power."
--- Written in 2006 by Dineish S. Pardesi --- India
December 18, 2006
" Unwanted gum or potential Blu-Tac? The choice is yours alone brother. Choose wisely."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A R-Taylor --- United Kingdom
December 13, 2006
" Life is hard by the yard; by the inch it's a cinch."
--- J. Maurus --- Submitted by Mohit Thukral --- India
Inspired by it.
December 13, 2006
" If there's one thing I've learned over the past seventeen years as a salesman, it's that the gift of humility lies within each of us, but unfortunately, very few of us get past the wrapping paper."
--- Copyright © 2006 Chad Hayworth --- Submitted by R.S. --- Nebraska
December 13, 2006
" Life is a mirror. When you smile at it, it is charming and when you frown at it, it is a sinister. It is what you are and not what you see."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A. Gauri Sankar --- India
December 11, 2006
" Passion drives our determination to realize our dreams."
--- Copyright © 2006 Santiago Rocha
December 11, 2006
" When water takes no action and sits, it rots; it turns green and contaminates. The same happens to us. To maintain a clean and crystal clear mind we must keep flowing like the water in a river."
--- Copyright © 2006 Antonio Delgado
December 11, 2006
" Each one of us is invincible until the day we are proven wrong."
--- Copyright © 2006 Tristan Rhys-Taylor
December 6, 2006
" If you show me where to stand, I will move the world."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kenneth Nnabo Chimeze --- Nigeria
There is inherent ability and potential in every individual. We only need the right support to put this to optimal use whether as a person or group of persons, and whether as a nation or a continent! Be always willing to lend a helping hand.
December 6, 2006
" If the light is in one room, the only way to light up the other room is to open the door. The only way to discover new things is to open your mind."
--- Written in 2006 by Allen Steble
December 6, 2006
" Even if you have all the motivation and enthusiasm in the world, the minute you put off a task until tomorrow, you are the same as the person with none."
--- Copyright © 2006 Sander Marcus, Ph.D.
December 4, 2006
" Some people think the only way dreams come true is from a wishing well. Others think you must wish upon a star. I've learned the only way dreams come true is when you Believe! So believe in yourself and your dreams."
--- Copyright © 2006 Rachael Renda
December 4, 2006
" Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear."
--- Dinah Mulock Craik --- Submitted by Nikki Jo M. --- Wisconsin
My father would always tell me this whenever I would over react about something that someone would say and I didn't get the whole story.
December 4, 2006
" I dance to the beat of my heart."
--- Nelly --- Submitted by Tiki Romba --- Tonga
November 29, 2006
" The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war."
--- Douglas MacArthur
November 29, 2006
" A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service."
--- David Ogilvy
November 29, 2006
" The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it."
--- Elbert Hubbard
November 27, 2006
" Patience is an aptitude for greatness that supercedes wisdom and truth combined."
--- Copyright © 2006 Pritesh Jethwani
November 27, 2006
" Excellence in Customer Service is most searched for but most difficult to achieve. Failure in Customer Service is least searched for but least difficult to achieve."
--- Copyright © 2006 Raphael Martinez
November 27, 2006
" Remember that you are very special; no one can know your role better than you."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rakesh Suwal --- Nepal
November 22, 2006
" Success is that place in the road where preparation and opportunity meet."
--- Branch Rickey --- Submitted by F. Kym --- Indiana
Few people recognize it because it is disguised as hard work.
November 22, 2006
" Choosing or not to choose is anybody's choice. Hence, the choices we make changes the status quo."
--- Written in 2006 by Sithsaba Gaulana --- Pretoria
I always encourage my students when I train them.
November 22, 2006
" People can open doors for you all day long but only you can walk through them."
--- Written in 2006 by T. Melone --- Rhode Island
November 20, 2006
" Life is a game between the past and the future, with the present as a coach and referee."
--- Copyright © 2006 Ibrahim Hena
November 20, 2006
" Never consider any problem as a misfortune, but a fortune - to enable you to take a step in life."
--- Copyright © 2006 Kobina Abosompim
It came in my head as I was thinking about some quotes.
November 20, 2006
" People are as lucky as they decide to be."
--- Copyright © 2005 Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, PhD
November 15, 2006
" I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism."
--- Charles M. Schwab
November 15, 2006
" Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."
--- James Baldwin
November 15, 2006
" The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary."
--- Sam Walton
November 13, 2006
" Success is good to taste. It is dear to everyone. It is a great experience. But we should have the ability to handle success. If we don't have the ability to handle it, it's better we don't get it. We should always remember that success, if not handled properly, has ample power to corrupt a man. It is a great achievement to achieve success and still remain humble. It keeps us successful throughout our life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dip Bhattacharjee --- India
November 13, 2006
" Comfort is an illusion!! False sense of security, bred from familiar things and familiar ways. It weakens the body and robs the soul of spirit and determination!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Scott Redfern --- United Kingdom
This is for all the forces out fighting for this country.
November 13, 2006
" Don't try to fight the rising sea because that is the lovely way to be - just catch the waves."
--- Copyright © 2006 Maria Cleofe
November 8, 2006
" Isn't it amazing, that we, a creation, can continue to create? Even if the creation is a story or sculpture, these create emotions, which go on to create thoughts in others minds, causing an incredible cycle with endless possibilities. What a shame it would be if we never created a thing the whole time on this earth, breaking a remarkable chain."
--- Copyright © 2006 Samantha Mcinerney
I wrote this for myself when I started year 12, and it's gotten me through so far, reminding me to push on, if not for me, for someone else.
November 8, 2006
" Keep your eye on the ball! The other one is free to look around."
--- Copyright © 2006 Bernie Hizon
It's clever if you really think about it. Could be funny or it could be about having fun and keeping focus.
November 8, 2006
" Knowledge is Power, Understanding the Key. Before us stands a door locked by the conscious mind. All the power in the world cannot open it without the key."
--- Copyright © 2006 Lucian Black
November 6, 2006
" Every game you lose gives you a new lesson to win."
--- Copyright © 2006 Govind Chandhok
November 6, 2006
" Do plan, but remember a plan is a plan until you execute it."
--- Written in 2006 by Ranganath Sadasiva
November 6, 2006
" You'll never know the worth of water until the well is dry."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Trinh L. --- North Carolina
November 1, 2006
" What the world has in store for us is what we make of it!"
--- Ross Matiu Renata --- Submitted by Donina Renata --- Australia
November 1, 2006
" Tolerance for pain may be high, but it is not without limit. Eventually everyone begins to recognize, however dimly, that there must be a better way."
--- A Course In Miracles --- Submitted by Abhimanyu K. --- India
November 1, 2006
" If you are not strong, your fate depends on those who are stronger."
--- Written in 2006 by Savan Gandhi --- India
This thought is a practical thought. What it means is if you are weak (in any sense e.g. Money, Power, Knowledge), then it is like your fate depends on the people who are stronger than you. This would not be observed in normal circumstances, but yes we also need to consider the worst case. You know the jungle rule. This thought only elaborates the worst case. Everyone should be prepared for the worst case, as life is not always smooth. That's my opinion. This thought is a warning or alert for all the weak ones. Weak ones have to get up.
October 30, 2006
" Law should be colour blind, not blind."
--- Written in 2006 by Rahul Devgan --- Australia
Pondering over what is happening around me in the whole world, this idea came to my mind and I framed it into simple words.
October 30, 2006
" After all is proposed and discussed, there is nothing left to do but make IT happen."
--- Copyright © 2006 Chris DiRusso
October 30, 2006
" Having slips are a great opportunity to learn from your mistakes, to know what not to do next time."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sinead Boyce --- Ireland
October 25, 2006
" Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas. If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed."
--- Robert Schuller
October 25, 2006
" You will never get ahead of others as long as you are trying to get even."
--- Zig Ziglar
October 25, 2006
" Energy and persistence conquer all things."
--- Benjamin Franklin
October 23, 2006
" If money can fix it, it's not a problem!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.M. --- Georgia
October 23, 2006
Happy is he who discovers truth
And sits in the company of sages.
Life is to love and life is to learn
And set an example for the ages.
--- Copyright © 2006 Michael Druck
October 23, 2006
" Life on earth is like a game-you can take one step forward and fall two steps back, but if you keep trying you can come out on top."
--- Copyright © 2006 Mel Megna
October 18, 2006
" Eat well, kiss well, work ditto, and you'll die happy."
--- Paul Gauguin --- Submitted by Anna Werner --- Alabama
October 18, 2006
" Don't look at yourself through someone else's eyes. Chances are, you'll lose sight of who you really are."
--- Written in 2006 by Sheryl Vance --- Tennessee
October 18, 2006
" You were born an original, don't die a copy."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alexamo Hofferman --- Illinois
October 16, 2006
" How ever shaky the bridge, please take your first step. There is no other way of crossing it."
--- Written in 2006 by Bhupender Sharma --- India
I woke up at 2 a.m. to pen this down. Well, the subconscious never sleeps.
October 16, 2006
" My conscience is God's notebook."
--- Copyright © 2006 Shelley Bridges
October 16, 2006
" What's the point of having all that armor on if there isn't a warrior underneath to use it?"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shane Marett --- Texas
October 11, 2006
" Trials are nature's way of inviting you to ask the questions necessary for your own internal alignment and progression."
--- Copyright © 2006 John Giroux
How would you know if the questions you ask are right? If you are progressing towards whom you really want to be. Peace will come to us when we act according to what we know and seek to know to be in alignment with our hearts.
October 11, 2006
" Life is short, live it well."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Angela B. --- Kentucky
October 11, 2006
" Age in its simplest form is nothing more than a bi-product of seed, nurtured by experience, directed by values, and governed by self-perception."
--- Copyright © 2006 Ronald J. Champion
To my good friend, happy birthday!
October 9, 2006
" Sometimes you have to go where you don't want to go, to get where you need to be."
--- Written in 2006 by Paul V. Martin --- Canada
I use this quote a lot when I give counsel to clients.
October 9, 2006
" Life without purpose is a life without direction. If your life has no purpose, what is your focus? "
--- Keith Monk --- Submitted by Jennifer Bruce --- Maryland
October 9, 2006
" Do not take what you have for granted; it can change in a matter of minutes."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.A. --- England
October 4, 2006
" Memories feed dreams and I must have dreams to keep me motivated. When you lose sight of your dreams, you lose your mind."
--- Copyright © 2000 Ashley Parlett
October 4, 2006
" Expect what you accept."
--- Written in 2000 by Marilyn Martin --- Kentucky
Something I have learned over the years and live by!
October 4, 2006
" There are a billion souls in the world; maybe all you need is one."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dina Zamora --- California
October 2, 2006
" To rest is to rust!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Becky Barker --- Virginia
I read this several years ago and it's just stuck like peanut butter to the roof of my mind.
October 2, 2006
" Happiness is NEVER expensive. It is the cheap imitation of it that costs so much."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Julie Feliciano --- Philippines
Written on the wall of a building in Makati. Saw it many years ago...while driving along... struck me as a great truth.
October 2, 2006
" How can he, who created the mighty galaxies as well as those tiny cells, limit himself to a single form?"
--- Written in 2006 by Arathi G. --- India
September 27, 2006
" Words written freely are our heart's way of telling the mind how we really feel."
--- Copyright © 2006 Patti Graham
I came up with this because whenever I am unsure of things I keep a journal. I always find that by writing out feelings and thoughts that you reach the truth. I wrote this quote and it is the opening page in all my journals.
September 27, 2006
" Your ability to make brave decisions while under criticism is called education."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shiran Sideek --- United Kingdom
September 27, 2006
" For the believers there are no questions and for the unbelievers there are no answers."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mitalee Kar --- India
September 25, 2006
" Through life struggles I've learned: One day you have birds, one day you have feathers --- you're going to taste both."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brian Moore --- Ohio
September 25, 2006
" Measure your success by sweat on your shirt. The effort you put in is what will get you where you want to go."
--- Copyright © 2006 Alecia Singh
September 25, 2006
" Sometimes you have to create a level of sanity in order to survive in an environment that appears to be insane."
--- Written in 2006 by Anthony Sharp, Jr. --- Louisiana
September 22, 2006
" Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people."
--- John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
September 22, 2006
" A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things in a vision, a dream of the whole thing."
--- Charles M. Schwab
September 22, 2006
" Creative minds always have been known to survive any kind of bad training."
--- Anna Freud
September 20, 2006
" To succeed, don't make excuses in life because they are barriers to success."
--- Written in 2006 by Arvind Srivastava (Deepak) --- India
It's my personal experience. Excuses stop us from moving forward and without going forward, we are not able to see Success.
September 20, 2006
" There are two types of people in life: people of words and people of action. Which are you?"
--- Written in 2006 by Ben Hicks --- Tennessee
September 20, 2006
" I'm not afraid to die. I'm afraid of not living."
--- Written in 2006 by Johnny Hernandez --- California
September 13, 2006
" Life is what you make it, make it good - live it good, make it bad - live it bad, make it sad, live it sad, Make it happy, live it happy!"
--- Written in 2006 by Rosey H. --- Pennsylvania
September 13, 2006
" Letting the past invade the present robs you of the opportunity to fully seize upon the present."
--- Written in 2006 by Nic Muhl --- South Africa
September 13, 2006
" We were all given special talents. What we do with them is up to us."
--- Copyright © 2005 Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, PhD (Coach Lee)
September 11, 2006
Live life like a rhyme.
One line at a time.
--- Copyright © 2002 Eric DeSio
September 11, 2006
" He who is good at making excuses will be a good example of failure."
--- Written in 2006 by Safianu Ado Ibrahim --- Nigeria
This line always reminds me of the need to get the job done, no matter what, becuase you will never know when the right opportunity will come knocking.
September 11, 2006
" We struggle for a thing until we get it. But when we get it, eventually we forget it. Why???"
--- Written in 2006 by Sukhvinder Singh --- India
September 6, 2006
" Winners are not made at the finish, but rather at the start."
--- Written in 2006 by Mike Weisberg --- New Jersey
September 6, 2006
" When troubles come, they come in a way that could destroy you. But what makes you a human is your ability to destroy and re-destroy them by putting them at your back."
--- Written in 2006 by Samuel Nwaobia --- Nigeria
September 6, 2006
" Anger is an intense emotion only a wise man can conquer."
--- Written in 2006 by Pritesh Jethwani --- India
August 30, 2006
" In life, there is no such thing as a loss...only lessons!"
--- Written in 2006 by A. Delgado --- California
August 30, 2006
" If there are no colors of brotherhood, life becomes like a pencil-shaded picture."
--- Written in 2006 by Shweta T. --- India
August 30, 2006
" It is naive to think that activity and productivity have synonymity."
--- Written in 2006 by Abiodun Mabadeje --- Nigeria
August 28, 2006
" People that are afraid to fall, never learn to fly."
--- Written in 2006 by Jade Shrimpton --- United Kingdom
August 28, 2006
" There is no tomorrow for today's action."
--- Written in 1994 by Avinash Kamat --- India
August 28, 2006
" The difference between you and me is that you spend time focusing on and pointing out MY flaws and what I'M doing wrong, while I'VE already accepted what you've pointed out, moved on and started doing another thing RIGHT."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by D.L. --- Hawaii
August 23, 2006
" I tell people: If you don't want to get into positive thinking, that's OK. Just eliminate all the negative thoughts from your mind, and whatever's left will be fine."
--- Bob Rotella
August 23, 2006
" The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways, truer answers, or more beautiful, promising potentialities."
--- M. Scott Peck
August 23, 2006
" The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it."
--- John Ruskin
August 21, 2006
" If you want to hurt someone so bad, think twice. You might just end up hurting yourself."
--- Written in 2006 by Stanley Tulloch --- Jamaica
August 21, 2006
" Try not to fake yourself too seriously."
--- Copyright © 2006 Michael Levy
http://www.pointoflife.com
August 21, 2006
" You can't get caviar out of salmon, no matter how hard you squeeze."
--- Written in 2006 by Ken H. --- Nevada
August 16, 2006
" Slight not what's near, when aiming at what's far."
--- Euripides --- Submitted by Marcus Anderson --- California
August 16, 2006
" Words are sometimes wasted breaths; actions are movements towards belief."
--- Copyright © 2006 Raul Posadas
August 16, 2006
" Friends that are helpful to you at the beginning of your quest for success might suddenly abandon you. But that's okay because your desire and perseverance will see you to the end."
--- Written in 2006 by Damilare Oniyide --- Nigeria
August 14, 2006
" Leadership is believing in a step beyond 'the best command'."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shiran Sideek --- United Kingdom
August 14, 2006
" Think, plan and act out your future, in the present!"
--- Copyright © 2005 Dennis Mitchell
August 14, 2006
" Man and mountain meet by struggle."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Emman --- Pakistan
August 9, 2006
" There are no mistakes in life, only choices that we made that did not work out."
--- Copyright © 2006 Christopher Ammirati
August 9, 2006
" If there is life, there is light at the end of every dark tunnel."
--- Written in 2006 by Andy Martyn --- England
August 9, 2006
" An ape, which willed itself into standing on two legs and dominating the entire planet including nature, became MAN. That's what will power can do for you."
--- Written in 2006 by Bhupender Sharma --- India
August 7, 2006
" You succeed when you reach your goal. You are a success when you reach your goal and establish another."
--- Copyright © 2006 Mike Weisberg
August 7, 2006
" Astride on the back of aim and it will guide you to the way of victory."
--- Written in 2006 by Mahtsente Abera --- Eritrea
I wrote this quote when I was in a place that made me feel somehow hopeless and helpless. Through my hopelessness, this quote made me feel hopeful.
August 7, 2006
" Life is an action, not an Idea."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Raju Udhas --- India
August 2, 2006
" You get what you think you deserve."
--- Written in 2004 by Keith Cony --- California
August 2, 2006
" The only way out of difficulties is through them."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Archana S. --- India
August 2, 2006
" If your mind asks you to do something, do it. If your mind is in a state of confusion, think thrice about doing it."
--- Written in 2006 by Pradeep Reddy GC --- India
Your failures will be minimum by doing this. Good Luck!
July 31, 2006
" Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you're hating part of yourself."
--- Elvis Presley
July 31, 2006
" Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die, you will have made a difference."
--- Mark Victor Hansen
July 31, 2006
" Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding."
--- Louis Gerstner
July 26, 2006
" You're not working for free; you're working to free yourself."
--- Written in 2006 by Gil Gonzalez
I started my own marketing/design firm about a little over a year ago with almost nothing except the will to do it. It's been hard, both financially and work wise, however, I've managed to secure some very respectable clients since opening for business. Around every corner is an obstacle that hides an opportunity. Some days I just want to crawl up into a ball and hide from the world. However, many of people's greatest accomplishments come from their will rather than another factor like luck and being at the right place at the right time. When I'm working consecutive 12-14 hour days and my bank account doesn't indicate the same, I think about this quote and it helps me to how fortunate I really am.
July 26, 2006
" Impossibility is only a question of one's understanding."
--- Copyright © 2006 Sean Michael Bell
July 26, 2006
" You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."
--- Christopher Reeve
July 24, 2006
" The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shweta T. --- India
July 24, 2006
" When duty is a reality, then success is your right!"
--- Written in 1995 by Guru Prasad --- New York
July 24, 2006
" The most important decision we ever make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe."
--- Albert Einstein --- Submitted by Simon Heighwaya --- United Kingdom
...because we don't see and experience things as they are, but as We are! We project our own ideas and beliefs onto the world. Perception is projection. I've seen it so many times in so many people. There are those who believe that the world is hostile, dangerous, that there's never enough, that bad things always happen etc., seem to attract all of this stuff towards them whereas those who feel that the cosmos is friendly, generous, full of opportunity, basically safe and supportive generally experience this as their reality.
Ask yourself which you would rather(?) because it seems that our basic attitude is a self-fulfilling prophecy. We almost always get what we expect. I know that it seems if I wake up in a good mood, on a high, then all day long things seem to flow, to just work out. I walk down the road and it's just as if everyone I pass is smiling at me and the sun is shining. On the other hand, if I wake up feeling low, get out of bed on the wrong side, then it follows that I'll see the negative in everything and just struggle along.
It's taken me a long time to really realize that this is actually all my own choice, deep down. Everything begins from within. No doubt each individual's most basic idea of whether the universe is friendly/hostile is formed at a very early age, determined very much by early experiences, conditioning and impressions. Because of this, it can seem that our outlook is pretty fixed, but it's not.
We always have the choice to change our minds about anything. In fact mind, body and just about everything else is constantly changing anyway. So to shift that inner-attitude to a more positive one is just natural. It's evolution. It may actually be the case that the universe is neither hostile nor friendly - but just neutral??
Even so, if you look into the eyes of a newborn baby, see a bird on the wing or a shooting star, or watch a beautiful sunset you will just know, without a doubt, that there is something divine, miraculous, infinitely loving and supportive behind it all. I don't know what it's called, maybe it's better nameless, but I do think that Einstein was right again when he said, "the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mystery".
July 19, 2006
" Self-realization is the culmination of introspection combined with experience that teaches us to look within ourselves for answers."
--- Written in 2006 by Pritesh Jethwani --- India
July 19, 2006
" Life is like a boomerang. Everything you say and do, always will come back to you."
--- Written in 2002 by Monica Florez --- Virginia
July 19, 2006
" Our world is full of blind people who close their eyes and refuse to see. Sometimes the best things in life are just inches away from us. We just have to stretch our hand and grab them…but we are stubborn and proud, and don't realize this. We should open our eyes, and let the world show what it has in store for us."
--- Written in 2006 by Maria C. --- Colombia
July 17, 2006
" We are not damned by the things we do, but by the things we need to change and don't."
--- Written in 2006 by John Giroux --- Kansas
July 17, 2006
" Man without ambition is like Bird without wings."
--- Written in 2006 by Vijay Pashkanti --- India
My personal thought.
July 17, 2006
" As we all walk through life we make choices that affect lives of someone you know or love. So when you get behind the wheel, under the influence, please think about whose life is in your hands. Please, because life is a precious thing."
--- Written in 2006 by Craig Mateer
July 12, 2006
" Excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build monuments to nothing. For those who specialize in them shall never be good at anything else."
--- Emmanuel E. W. Jones --- Submitted by FEARLESS AC --- Texas
July 12, 2006
" Some knowledge I found, I'm able to say that courage is found where no doubt is profound although, moments abound, when people will see my fear surround my life to the ground. But at the end of my life I will turn around and say... How sweet is the sound of those victories that earned me a crown and made obstacles look like a clown, yes, some knowledge I found, after wearing this miserable crown."
--- Copyright © 2006 Francisco Leon
July 12, 2006
" You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than what others say about him."
--- Leo Aikman
July 10, 2006
" Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love."
--- Rainer Maria Rilke --- Submitted by Abhimanyu Kalra --- India
July 10, 2006
" Finding a solution to a problem may be problematic, yet it remains the only solution to a problem."
--- Written in 2006 by Ogunyemi Sola Jacobs --- Nigeria
The way to success may be rough, yet, it is worth going through.
July 10, 2006
" Life begins at 40 only when you are healthy physically and spiritually!"
--- Written in 2006 by Czar Hagoriles --- Canada
Life experience taught me that keeping your body healthy is not enough. Your soul needs to be healthy too and this can be achieved by having a clean conscience.
June 28, 2006
" If your failure doesn't mean my success, then I want you to succeed."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anil Chandan --- California
June 28, 2006
" It's all about stretching yourself a bit more, when we think our job is finished, because that extra effort does make the difference in our success."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Manish Jagga --- India
This is very great site. I am really motivated.
June 28, 2006
" The truth is the truth even if no one believes it, and a lie is a lie even if everyone believes it."
--- Written in 2006 by Tim Reeter --- Illinois
June 26, 2006
" Our lives are defined by the thoughts we think and the choices we make."
--- Written in 2005 by Tony Davies --- Canada
June 26, 2006
" Defeat is a catalyst that instills a fulfillment of victory."
--- Written in 2006 by Pritesh Jethwani --- India
June 26, 2006
" If something makes you cry a river... build a bridge... and get over it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jayla Pardenilla --- Philippines
I like this quote very much because it applies to just about to anything. Hope it can help you too.
June 21, 2006
" The greatest amount of energy you can release is that which is concentrated towards purpose. The martial arts expert focuses on what he wishes to destroy with his art and then goes for the hit with all amount of energy. His true energy is released by focus. To work without any amount of focused energy is to work without success."
--- Copyright © 2006 Bassey Ndon
June 21, 2006
" I am not of my skin, but of my mind. I know not where the wind blows, but only how it feels."
--- Copyright © 2006 Joshua Robson
June 21, 2006
" The only difference between good intentions and bad intentions are the morals of those behind them. Good or bad, intentions are still only intentions."
--- Written in 2006 by David K. --- New York
June 19, 2006
" You can't make significant difference in your life until you make significant difference in someone else."
--- Written in 2006 by Yusuf Tura
Genocide & refugee camp survivor
June 19, 2006
" If you want something to change in your life, you have to change something in your life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pradeep Patil --- India
June 19, 2006
" The future is a step away from today, just as tomorrow is just a darkness away from today."
--- Written in 2006 by Ogunyemi Sola Jacobs --- Nigeria
When difficulty strikes, there is a sign of relief ahead.
June 14, 2006
" The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it ---every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have."
--- John D. Rockefeller III
June 14, 2006
" Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom...the power to choose, to respond, to change."
--- Dr. Stephen Covey
June 14, 2006
" Appreciation is a wonderful thing; It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."
--- Voltaire
June 12, 2006
" If you fear the future, there is none. If you look forward, there is one."
--- Copyright © 2006 Nick Dougherty
I'm interested in being a coach. I am a third degree black belt and love to motivate others
June 12, 2006
" They say everything happens for a reason but when it happens, are we prepared for it? Sometimes yes and sometimes no but just look at the situation like a learning experience."
--- Written in 2006 by Jonlyn Bell --- Virginia
June 12, 2006
" Life has taught me that extremism is a vice and not a virtue."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lawrence Chuks --- Nigeria
June 7, 2006
" It's sometimes good to be a dreamer, as long as you have the ability to turn those dreams into reality. Getting caught in the imaginary world may provide temporary happiness, getting back to reality is what is important. Stick to your dreams, share them and make the most out of them!"
--- Written in 2006 by Submitted by D.B. --- Canada
June 7, 2006
" Your worth goes up a million when you shed tears and smile."
--- Written in 2006 by Sandeep Bakshi --- India
June 7, 2006
" True beauty is like art; it's something you see with your heart. Even a blind man can see true beauty and be moved by it."
--- Copyright © 2006 Wanda Pittman
June 5, 2006
" The 'past' is the light to the pathway of the future."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shahrokh A. --- Iran
June 5, 2006
" You must bend your knees in order to jump. Don't go into anything without preparing."
--- Written in 2006 by Grant S.P.Ormerod Bsc (hons) --- United Kingdom
I'm a lecturer of Football at a college in the UK. I recently took the 1st team football squad on to win the final of the Merseyside Colleges Cup, we are now the best college football team in Merseyside, all due to good preparation.
June 5, 2006
" She made me learn everything on my own, as she knew I hated to be taught."
--- Written in 2006 by Vikki Kumar --- India
Have you hugged her? She is the ultimate gift of god to mankind. Under all circumstances, she tries to make sure her loved ones are prepared for this world. She may not have put her foot on steps of any school but she will make sure her children are educated enough to make a living for themselves and their families.
When a child takes the first step, the confidence of her presence helps him in taking step after step until he can walk freely away. After every step of his life, she awaits his return, expecting her child to hug her.
She will fight for her child's happiness. She cradles her child in her arms until his last sob is converted into a smile. The strangest irony is that had she not existed, nothing would have prevailed.
Often she is the most neglected person in our lives. Children, while scaling new heights in their lives, can accommodate every new friend they make, but no place for her in their high profile lives. It's so aptly said, "God could not be everywhere so he made mothers." Such a lovely expressive thought! Even the most dreaded person will pay his gratitude to the supreme, so why can't we just hug our own mothers more often to make her feel wanted in our lives?
May 24, 2006
" Clearly, the best thing that can happen to a man is to love and to be loved; and to love in vain is the second best, as to feel love is the divine emersion itself."
--- Copyright © 2005 Goran Totovic
May 24, 2006
" The Truth is above all mankind. It is neither optional nor negotiable."
--- Luko Of Jesus --- Submitted by Miguel Rodriguez --- Puerto Rico
May 24, 2006
" The grass may look greener on the other side; go over and you will see the brown patches and yours will look even greener."
--- Written in 2005 by Mary Mahadeo --- Canada
As I was invited to visit the grass on the other side, this came to mind.
May 22, 2006
" I lament that life's challenges, bumps, bruises, and valleys rob us of the joy of living. We can become so encumbered in our daily affairs that we cease to see life as a gift, which is both rare and finite. Take a moment and contemplate what it is that weighs you down and then think… is it really worth it?"
--- Copyright © 2006 Jamie Ponder
May 22, 2006
" The greatest tragedy in life is not death but life without a purpose."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Retsat Maina --- Nigeria
May 22, 2006
" What do you want to look back on??"
--- Written in 2006 by Simon Heighwaya --- United Kingdom
Of all the deep, wise and life-changing words that I've ever heard or read, this simple little sentence - "What do you wanna look back on?" - has had the most profound affect on me. I think it's a question that we should all ask ourselves now, because now is the only time to do anything about it; tomorrow never comes and later may be tooo late!!
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and Stephen Levine are two wonderful people who have done a lot of healing, inspiring and comforting work with people who are terminally ill and dying. They have also both helped to remove the 'taboo' of discussing death and helped us to better understand the dying process. In fact, more than that, they have continuously said that we can learn so so much about living from those who are dying!!! - for example, dying people tend never to regret things they did but only the things they didn't do...
It's said that the only real regrets we will ever have are for those situations, those moments, where we could have shown either more Courage or more Love. Now - this Moment - is the time to start living with more courage/love. Whatever it is you really want to do, do it. Life is an opportunity, an adventure. Don't die wondering "what if..." Start making wonderful memories now. Bob Dylan said, "If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them". Live the life you're gonna wanna look back on!!!!
May 17, 2006
" Sometimes the answers to life's most complex situations are right in front of us but we rationalize them away."
--- Copyright © 2006 Christopher Ammirati
May 17, 2006
" Without motivation and discipline, success is out of the picture."
--- Written in 2006 by Colin D. --- Pennsylvania
May 17, 2006
" Apathy and ignorance of the past, prevents knowing the future."
--- Copyright © 2006 Jul Jones
May 15, 2006
" The best way to be accepted in this society is just to be yourself, and that is the best thing you can do, and you can offer."
--- Written in 2006 by psalms23 --- Philippines
May 15, 2006
" The lizard that falls from the tall iroko tree will praise itself, even if it finds no one else to praise it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Francis Longdon --- Ghana
May 15, 2006
" No matter how thin or transparent it is, but if it is, then there are two sides to it."
--- Written in 2006 by Diwakar Vajpeyi --- India
Hope it helps you to have a different perspective before you decide.
May 10, 2006
" Cognition, the inner self of a person, knows her genuine beauty."
--- Written in 2006 by Ginalyn Solis --- Philippines
May 10, 2006
" Work gets completed by efforts, not by thinking only. Deer do not enter into the mouth of sleeping lion, he has to actively hunt them."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kiran Paranjape --- India
May 10, 2006
" The hardest part of getting to the top is getting through the people at the bottom."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michael Mason --- Florida
I use this for my team everyday.
May 8, 2006
" Do not question the rising of the sun, be patient in awaiting its warmth."
--- Copyright © 2003 John Eaglespirit Campbell
For those without patience.
May 8, 2006
" He who plant 20 yams and deceives people to think there are 40, would, after eating 20 truths, begin to eat 20 lies."
--- Written in 2006 by Ogunyemi Sola --- Nigeria
He who deceives, deceives himself.
May 8, 2006
" The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent."
--- Dr. Smiley Blanton --- Submitted by Didi C. --- California
May 3, 2006
" A Life without ambition is, a journey without destination."
--- Written in 2006 by Veeramachaneni Lokesh --- India
May 3, 2006
" The guitar is not an instrument. It is a gateway to the soul."
--- Copyright © 2006 Michael Biase
May 3, 2006
" It does not matter that you went as fast as you could but couldn't complete the race. For who would remember the person who didn't finish the fastest? It is far better to take your time and accomplish your goal."
--- Copyright © 2006 Roseann Styczynski
May 1, 2006
" The ability to enjoy life is measured in the depths of one's imagination."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Damon R. --- Virginia
May 1, 2006
" One who hides a heart is one who deprives a soul."
--- Copyright © 2005 Marsha L. Petroff
May 1, 2006
" Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush; anxious for greater developments and greater wishes and so on; so that children have very little time for their parents; parents have very little time for each other; and the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world."
--- Mother Teresa --- Submitted by Ankur Bhardwaj --- India
April 26, 2006
" Life will forever be a challenge, some things are meant that way. Learn to deal with each challenge, using time and thought, so in the end it will be a lesson well learned."
--- Copyright © 2006 Sheena Campbell
April 26, 2006
" If I could solve my problems as easy I can talk about them, I would never learn anything."
--- Copyright © 2006 A.B. Smith
April 26, 2006
" A hero is someone we can admire without apology."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yaser Younis --- Pakistan
April 24, 2006
" We all, as different individuals, have the course of our Destiny (Lives) to chart. And when, by Providence (be it Divine or man-made), we find ourselves instrumental in assisting one or another realize this inherent quest, it shouldn't be a reason to subject such a fellow to perpetual slavery."
--- Copyright © 2005 Kenneth Nnabo Chimeze
We owe ourselves, our Lives to Live!!
April 24, 2006
" Life is based on balance. The goods wouldn't be so good if the bads weren't so bad."
--- Written in 2006 by Melissa L. --- Wyoming
I wrote this while in the hospital.
April 24, 2006
" Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough."
--- T.S. Eliotbr
April 19, 2006
" Your power to earn more resides in your ability to learn more; continuous education enhances financial success."
--- Written in 2006 by Abiodun A. Adegbite --- Nigeria
April 19, 2006
" Most times great men don't start greatly but they do greatly as time goes on. Greatness is best at the end. To end halfway is to put an end to your greatness."
--- Written in 2006 by Bassey Ndon --- Nigeria
April 19, 2006
" The past and the future can only live in thought, there is only now."
--- Neale Walsch --- Submitted by April M. --- New Hampshire
I found this quote when I had just graduated high school and was having trouble dealing with letting go of the past.
April 17, 2006
" A dream is never a dream until one person believes in it. It is within us to change the unpredictable future."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A .E. --- Saudi Arabia
April 17, 2006
" Stop dwelling on the past. It is done and we don't ever get it back. Not only that, but we don't ever get back the time we waste thinking about the past either... Live in the now... it's all that we really have."
--- Written in 2006 by Savannah --- Kentucky
I think this is original... it just came from my mind during a hard time in my life... sometimes those hard times are exactly what you need to realize your life is not on hold during those periods of distress, and no matter how loud we yell TIME OUT, time keeps moving whether we're ready or not.
April 17, 2006
" Forget the past, believe in now and build the future."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shahrokh A. --- Iran
April 12, 2006
" Don't be ashamed of your yesterdays because they helped to create your todays."
--- Written in 2006 by Nadine Waite
April 12, 2006
" The circumstances you are finding yourself in are perfect for the choices you have made."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Noreht Theron --- South Africa
April 12, 2006
" Failure is just another lesson in life. Without it, success is like tasteless food."
--- Written in 2006 by Johni Pangalila --- Australia
April 10, 2006
" Walls of excuses, built by a lazy man, are steps a wise man takes to greatness."
--- Copyright © 2005 Ibrahim Hena
Keep up the good work of motivation.
April 10, 2006
" Never put a permanent fix on a temporary problem."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by N.C. --- QLD, Australian External Territories
April 10, 2006
" Many have been around the block; few have been around the block and through the alley. The alley may or may not surprise you."
--- Written by Lee Alford --- Texas
April 5, 2006
" If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry Mom, but nobody beats me."
--- Leo Durocher --- Submitted by L.D. --- United Kingdom
April 5, 2006
" Don't stand in a bucket trying to lift yourself up by the handle."
--- Winston Churchill --- Submitted by Divyapriya Seetharaman
April 5, 2006
" Another benefit that comes from conquering your fears is that you can look at the world from out of a half full glass instead of a half empty one. This will result in the fact that the world is seen in a positive way, thus as a place of opportunities instead of threats; opportunities that can be seized, instead of threats that have to be countered and of which we need to defend ourselves. Seizing opportunities means taking the offensive, thus gaining ground. Defending against threats means maintaining on the defense, and thus not gaining ground, merely at the best keeping what we have."
--- A.E. Kelderman --- Submitted by M.Giles --- Netherlands
April 3, 2006
" A wise man once told me: Don't argue with fools. Because from a distance, people can't tell who is who."
--- Shawn Carter --- Submitted by Tiffany Shepard --- Illinois
April 3, 2006
" Anger is the agony of believing that you are not capable of being understood, and that you are not worthy of being understood."
--- Written in 2006 by Christina S. --- California
April 3, 2006
" Dig the well before you get thirsty."
--- A wrestling magazine --- Submitted by Scott Kaufmann --- Michigan
As a college wrestler, this quote means that I must work hard and prepare for the time I will need it the most. In wrestling, I train for a full season just for one time to shine, and I must prepare myself!
March 29, 2006
My Country Awake
Where the mind is without fear and head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is lead forward by thee into-ever widening thought and action;
Into the heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.
--- Rabindranath Tagore --- Submitted by Ankur Bhardwaj --- India
March 29, 2006
" The best words of encouragement your mind would yield to, are those spoken to it by YOU."
--- Written in 2006 by Leussa Adrienne --- Cameroon
March 29, 2006
" Even if a tree stop growing higher, it still grows wider. Similar should be case with Humans. So never stop growing."
--- Written in 2006 by Vibhore Jain --- India
March 27, 2006
" As I sit upon the shoreline, I can't help but wonder what is beyond the horizon."
--- Written in 2006 by Ryan Tercero --- Saskatchewan, Canada
The quote refers to the future/thinking about the future.
March 27, 2006
" Misunderstanding is a logical consequence of disinterest."
--- Written in 2005 by Goran Totovic --- Serbia
March 27, 2006
" A heartbreak isn't always as loud as a bomb exploding. Sometimes it could be as quiet as a feather falling and the most painful thing is, nobody hears it but you."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Janine Alvarez --- Philippines
March 22, 2006
" Sometimes hoping isn't enough. You have to believe."
--- Written in 2006 by Courtney S. --- Tennessee
In order to find what you seek in the path of life, you must first believe, and then add a little hope for a bit of extra success.
March 22, 2006
" It is not the sound of a man's creed, but the number of his deeds, that determines one's true value!"
--- Copyright © 2005 Dr. Bob Siegman
If we could all follow this philosophy, there would be so much less hot air and so many more good deeds.
March 22, 2006
" The casting of the smallest stone can change the current of an entire river."
--- Written in 2006 by Drew T. --- Pennsylvania
March 20, 2006
" Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Young S. --- New Jersey
This quote hit me deep with its profoundness. It's just a very good quote, and perfect for any time when inspiration is a must.
March 20, 2006
" Minutes make up time. Moments make up memories."
--- Written in 2006 by Coby B. --- British Columbia, Canada
I made this up after thinking about all the good times I've had with my friends and family.
March 20, 2006
" All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.T. --- Illinois
Really think about this!!!
March 15, 2006
" You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
--- Mahatma Gandhi
March 15, 2006
" Keep on going and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down."
--- Charles F. Kettering
March 15, 2006
" The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good."
--- Baltasar Gracian
March 13, 2006
" Hindsight is insight for foresight: Knowing this, life can't go wrong; it's all been done before!"
--- Copyright © 1995 Jesse Di Campli San Vito
This is all my work from years of experience trial and error.
March 13, 2006
" He never wins who fears defeat."
--- Written in 2006 by Prahlad Pandey --- India
March 13, 2006
" Every time you try and fail, you are one step closer to getting it right. The number of steps required depends on how well you prepare."
--- Copyright © 2006 Gail Dreis Brown
March 8, 2006
" It is quite simple to surround yourself with friends, but much more difficult to be one."
--- Written in 2006 by Albert --- Texas
March 8, 2006
" People judge you according to your actions but not according to your intentions."
--- Written in 2006 by Revathi Valluri --- Karnataka, India
March 8, 2006
" Nothing beats a failure but a try."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amber --- New York
March 6, 2006
" Doubting your chances before you're done, may cost you the race you might have won."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paul Sibanda --- Alberta, Canada
I heard this from "The Flintstones", the cartoon.
March 6, 2006
" Change is just a six-letter word. To make life meaningful, we all should always be ready to make changes in our lives."
--- Written in 2006 by Joan Osawe --- Ontario, Canada
This is my own write up.
March 6, 2006
" If you are going to laugh about it tomorrow, you might as well laugh about it now."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jillian Dineen --- California
People do silly things and most likely, it's not going to be your last.
February 27, 2006
" What can appear to be your worst moments in life are sometimes just an invitation to yourself and to your next magical journey - a journey that we would never have had the courage to take unless forced to do so."
--- Copyright © 2006 Mark Hoog
Author/ Growing Field children's leadership series
February 27, 2006
" For all your days, prepare when you are at anvil; bear it when you are at hammer strike."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pavankumar Anegundi --- India
February 27, 2006
" Smiles are medicine for those who are ill in pleasure."
--- Copyright © 2006 Staci Smith
February 22, 2006
" Faith in god is not the alternative to hard work."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Satish Gosain --- Delhi, India
While I was Field Manager at Madhya Pradesh I learned this from one of my teammate at Ujjain. Really this has changed my attitude and we landed at 105% sales for that year.
February 22, 2006
" I'd rather fail while trying to succeed that succeed in failing by not trying."
--- Copyright © 2006 Todd Kile
February 22, 2006
" Determination takes courage and courage takes willingness to be determined."
--- Written in 2006 by Mariah L.
I made this up one day when I was thinking about how to get through some rough times.
February 15, 2006
" He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough."
--- Lao Tzu
February 15, 2006
" The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination."
--- Carl Rogers
February 15, 2006
" Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth."
--- William Faulkner
February 13, 2006
" Where there is power there can never be love. Where there is love there is no need for power."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lenny Schmidt --- Iowa
This is from the movie: THE TRIAL OF BILLY JACK
February 13, 2006
" Success brings growth and growth means change."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sushant Reddy --- California
February 13, 2006
" It is better to need and not have than to have and not need."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by L. Stegall --- Georgia
Something my mom would always tell me when I was growing up. I didn't understand it then, but I get it now.
February 8, 2006
" Everybody you see exists, but surprisingly few live. Which kind do you identify with?"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dan S. --- United Kingdom
February 8, 2006
" The secret of success and a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shazia Asad Khan --- Pakistan
February 8, 2006
" Life is as easy as you make it."
--- Written in 2004 by Carissa Ammesmaki
February 6, 2006
" In the company of the wind, dust achieves great heights, but when mixed with water it becomes mud."
--- The Holy Ramayan by Swami Tulsidas
--- Submitted by Kent Singh --- North Carolina
February 6, 2006
" Today, I will be more than I was yesterday, but not as much as I will be tomorrow!"
--- Copyright © 2005 Dr.Bob Siegman
February 6, 2006
" Life is not easy. Everyone gets knocked down so there is no shame in it. The shame comes when you fail to get back up."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by William Merrill --- Alabama
February 1, 2006
" Our God given fresh air is Magnificent. Let's not pollute it with Gossip and Hearsay."
---Written in 2006 by Rob Megna --- NSW, Australia
February 1, 2006
" If you take care of business, life works out."
---Author Unknown --- Submitted by C. Engel --- Florida
February 1, 2006
" Raise Yourself To Help Mankind."
---Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vivek C. --- Sri Lanka
January 30, 2006
" Think as if your every thought were to be etched in fire upon the sky for all & everyone to see. For so in truth, it is."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Zaheera Essop --- South Africa
January 30, 2006
" A house is made of bricks but a home is made of hearts."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Saj T. --- Kerala, India
January 30, 2006
" A man who believes only in his luck, is not sure of his dinner."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sumant Baboota --- Haryana, India
January 25, 2006
" The only irreversible elements in life are: the past, a disparaging word, a missed opportunity."
--- Copyright © 2005 Christos S. Efessiou
January 25, 2006
" Nothing ever happens TO you...everything happens FOR you."
--- Copyright © 2004 Alethia Jensen
January 25, 2006
" The truth is, you choose your destiny. You choose to be as good as you want to be and you choose to do as good as you want to do. Stop making excuses and just face reality, because there will always be something that stands in your way of success."
--- Copyright © 2005 Jodi L. Stelt
January 23, 2006
" If I stand at the top of a mountain and reach my fingers as far as they can reach, can I feel what reality really feels like?"
--- Written in 2002 by Talana Henley --- Nova Scotia, Canada
Sometimes life is confusing and we never know which way to turn. It all feels so surreal. However, I think we are all at one point stuck in the flux of life never knowing what reality really is.
January 23, 2006
" Life is too short. Make it long by enjoying every moment. Don't think about the past, go ahead and look to the enjoyment of future."
--- Written in 2005 by Deepak Keshari --- Bihar, India
January 23, 2006
" Right and wrong can never be partners."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Susan R. --- Michigan
January 18, 2006
" I want somebody who will grow with me in the areas of my achievements and faults, rather than being with somebody who has picked me for what I have."
--- Copyright © 2005 Sadi Ahmed
January 18, 2006
" You cannot forgive what you cannot forget."
--- Garry Verhuel --- Submitted by Tayo M. --- Alberta, Canada
January 18, 2006
" No one on their death bed has ever said, 'I wish I had played it safe'."
--- Written by Patrick Lyver --- Ontario, Canada
January 16, 2006
" People don't get along because they fear each other. People fear each other because they don't know each other. They don't know each other because they have not properly communicated with each other."
--- Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 16, 2006
" I consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated, every action analyzed and every responsibility assigned by an organization chart."
--- Akio Morita ( co-founder, Sony )
January 16, 2006
" The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people."
--- Thomas J. Peters
January 11, 2006
" The disease that affects more humans than any other disease and that there is no cure for, is negativity. It will destroy goals, relationships, dreams, and even life if you let it. You are the only cure and only you can prevent the spreading of that disease by being positive in all that you do."
--- Copyright © 2005 Daniel Maxson
January 11, 2006
" You will never accomplish much with one hand while you are patting yourself on the back with the other."
--- Copyright © 2005 Steve Bruning
January 11, 2006
" As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death."
--- Leonardo Da Vinci --- Submitted by Chetan Verma --- Jharkhand, India
January 9, 2006
" Every day is a good day, as long as you're alive to experience it."
--- Written in 2005 by Jacqueline Fordmeir Carlton --- Washington
January 9, 2006
" If you chase two rabbits, both will escape. If you run against the wind, you will never catch it. Divided attention is divided success. You will become successful when you practice the art of facing one thing at a time."
--- Written in 2005 by Rev. Bassey Ndon --- Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
January 9, 2006
" When life deals you a lemon, squeeze it, add some love for sweetness and make lemonade."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C. McGhee --- Georgia
December 21, 2005
" Character is born within the soul. It is buried the day you sell it."
--- Written in 2005 by Pritesh Jethwani --- Mumbai, India
December 21, 2005
" Life will not give you anything better than you give to it. Give life the best and get the best out of life."
--- Written in 2005 by Kenneth C. Nnabo --- Bonny Island, Nigeria
December 21, 2005
" Through the experiment of life, I've concluded that happiness is directly proportional to the size of your heart."
--- Copyright © 2005 Dustin Newsom
December 21, 2005
" If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
--- Mother Teresa
December 19, 2005
" There are three things that are real: GOD, HUMAN FOLLY and LAUGHTER. The first two are beyond our comprehension so we must do what we can with the third."
--- Indian Proverb --- Submitted by Tom Skusevich --- Massassachusetts
December 19, 2005
" If you can't beat them... simply try harder."
--- Written in 2005 by Simon Harris --- South Africa
December 19, 2005
" Take care of minutes; hours will take care of themselves."
--- Written in 2005 by Lokesh Yadav --- India
I came up with this quote when I got less percentage of marks in my exams and I felt that I had to share this with my friends. I wish that they could understand my feelings.
December 14, 2005
" To make it in life, persevere in the days of adversity and have a persistent mind."
--- Written in 2005 by Cynthia Clue --- Nigeria
December 14, 2005
" Don't let your past dictate who you are, but let it be part of who you will become."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kyle C. --- Canada
I heard it in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
December 14, 2005
" We're not here for a long time; we're here for a good time! Live life to the full! Turn that frown upside down!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chloe M. --- Ireland
These are my mottos. My grandmother recently died in a car crash and was quite young. Also, my mother's best friend, who's like my second mother, was diagnosed with cancer. Experiencing these things happen has made me realize many things in life are taken for granted! Sometimes we just don't realize how lucky we actually are. We should live life now, not dwell on the past, and realize to live life like there's no tomorrow. If something's bothering you, just think to yourself, "It could be worse!" Don't let it take over you instead try to help fight it off! And I'll say again, always live life to the full, because life's too short not to!!!!
December 12, 2005
" You are what you are and where you are is where you believe you are."
Written in 2005 by Danny Loo --- Malaysia
Believe in Yourself.
December 12, 2005
" Don't look back; leave a trail of breadcrumbs instead."
Copyright © 2005 Daniel A. Strack
December 12, 2005
" The only thing perfect in this world is an idea. Everything else we buy 'as is.'"
Copyright © 2005 Puro Richard Jr.
I thought of this at a time when my mother was yelling at me because I didn't do what she told me to.
December 7, 2005
" A house doesn't have to be huge to be a home."
--- Written in 2005 by Laura Chow --- Virginia
I've had personal experiences with people telling me that my house isn't the standard size but my family loves each other. These are the most important things in a home: communication, love and understanding. If you live in a small house, doesn't matter what it is, a trailer house or whatever, tell yourself that all that matters is the love between you and your family. Nothing else matters.
December 7, 2005
" Every week adds a new chapter to your own book of life --- make it an interesting one."
--- Written in 2005 by Mel Megna --- Australia
December 7, 2005
" If the going seems easy, check if you're going backwards!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pam P. --- Pennsylvania
November 30, 2005
Saying someone is stupid
Doesn't make you any smarter.
Saying someone is ugly
Doesn't make you any prettier.
Saying someone is fat
Doesn't make you any skinnier.
Making fun of someone
Doesn't make you any better.
So why do we do it?
--- Written in 2005 by Danielle C., Age 15 --- Texas
November 30, 2005
" Logs of wood - like hard work - can fuel the fire (life) sooner or later."
--- Written in 2005 by Vibhore Jain --- Punjab, India
November 30, 2005
" Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men."
--- Mahatma Gandhi
November 28, 2005
" If you work to desire and desire to work, then you will achieve."
--- Copyright © 2005 Brandon Johnson
I know that I am guilty myself of sitting at my desk, dreaming all day of what I could be doing or have. As my days go on, I realize that time lost daydreaming is time lost working to achieve my goals.
November 28, 2005
" A true friend is one that can celebrate you when you are the only one being celebrated."
--- Copyright © 2004 Richard Washington
November 28, 2005
" If you worry about time, remember this: you can't beat time, but you can work with it. With that known you can tackle each of your days because time will never end until our creator is ready to end it."
--- Written in 2005 by Jason S. --- Minnesota
This helps me get through my days if I ever worry about time. So don't worry about time or time will control you, from what I've learned. Have a great and wonderful life!
November 21, 2005
" I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."
--- Rosa Parks
November 21, 2005
" Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education."
--- Thomas Carlyle
November 21, 2005
" No man's error becomes his law; nor obliges him to persist in it."
--- Thomas Hobbes
November 16, 2005
" Dissatisfaction is the Milestone of Success."
--- Written in 2005 by Jodhbir Singh Josan --- India
Success gets direct feedback from satisfaction and links to it inversely - more the satisfaction corresponding lesser will be urge to do more for high rates for success. Success in life is directing upwards with no stops due to satisfaction.
November 16, 2005
" For time, driving all things in front of it, may bring with it evil as well as good."
--- Niccolo Machiavelli --- Submitted by K.B. --- Washington
The inevitable happens, remember to take it in stride.
November 16, 2005
" Life is like a stadium. Some go pick the jerseys while others go pick the tickets."
--- Rev. Gbeminiyi Eboda --- Submitted by Seun Makinde --- Nigeria
November 14, 2005
" When you're in doubt, do you believe in doubt? If yes, why won't you believe because you believe in doubt?"
--- Written in 2005 by Johnny Spence --- Canada
November 14, 2005
" A dream is only a dream until you make it a reality."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Naja Daigle --- Louisiana
November 14, 2005
" Barking is dog, howling is fox, roaring is lion, but only Crying is man!"
--- Written in 2005 by Muthu Aiyyar --- India
November 9, 2005
" Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are?
We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move.
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?
You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children."
--- Pablo Casals
November 9, 2005
" There is a thought in your mind right now. The longer you hold on to it, the more you dwell upon it, the more life you give to that thought. Give it enough life, and it will become real. So make sure the thought is indeed a great one."
--- Ralph Marston
November 9, 2005
" If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"
--- Author Unknown
November 7, 2005
" There are so many stars in the sky, but only some get noticed. Among those you choose to ignore is the one that was willing to shine for you forever, even if your glance remained elsewhere."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sujani Mundru --- India
November 7, 2005
" We can live on the old oil of life, but our lives will be much better if we change and live on the new oil of life."
--- Copyright © 2005 Joseph Primm
Regarding attitude and changing one's life for the better.
November 7, 2005
" We are who we choose to Be."
--- Written in 2005 by Eric S. Doms --- South Africa
November 2, 2005
" It's not what was said that matters, but how you took it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robin Dutton --- South Carolina
November 2, 2005
" Nothing in life is given. Everything is earned but once in a while we come across this thing called luck. Luck is like an enzyme, it catalyses the reaction. It's a head start but what we choose to do with it is entirely up to us."
--- Written in 2005 by Noha Al-Yasiri --- Canada
November 2, 2005
" Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.C. --- Pennsylvania
This quote is from the movie Tuck Everlasting. I was always afraid of death or dying but now hearing this quote puts my fears aside and really makes me want to live my life to the fullest.
October 31, 2005
" If a man doubts what he KNOWS, then what he knows is not worth knowing at all."
--- Copyright © 2001 Mac McCrary
This quote simply means that one must hold fast to their true beliefs and not be swayed by the opinions of others (no self doubt).
October 31, 2005
" Struggle in life may happen with or without your choice but a FIGHT with life happens only with YOUR choice."
--- Written in 2005 by NovoneeL Chakraborty --- West Bengal, India
October 31, 2005
" There are after all, less problems in the world than solutions."
--- Copyright © 2005 Gabe Arnold
October 26, 2005
" If you spend today regretting over something you should've done in the past, it is inevitable that one day you'll regret not making better use of this day. And guess what? The vicious cycle continues until you have no more days left!"
--- Written in 2005 by Sukhbir S. --- Bangkok, Thailand
It just sort of made sense because I realized that people who regretted what they did in the past, gave far too much importance to a day which they couldn't change and less importance to a day they could actually do something about. With Profoundest Love and Deepest Respect for Who You Are.
October 26, 2005
" I would like to tell you if you're disappointed or failed by something, please look back. It might be your little fault or somebody else's. You just want to get back to there and do it again and you'll be alright and feel proud to be successful."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vim P. --- Australia
October 26, 2005
" Being afraid to take chances means never exploring the possibilities. If you never explore the possibility, you can miss out on your once in a lifetime."
--- Copyright © 2005 Bridgett Middleton
October 24, 2005
" If others must fail for you to succeed, are you really succeeding? If you are, what have you accomplished? There is a false pretense in society that in order to succeed others must fail. Don't believe that. Motivation, along with hard work and kindness will lead you to true success and happiness."
--- Copyright © 2005 Jordan Duncan
This quote was written to help people understand that we live in a world full of others who believe that the only way to succeed is to step on other people. Together we can learn and teach that this belief is completely incorrect. The true ways to find success are in hard work, perseverance, and kindness. These, above all else, will lead you to happiness.
October 24, 2005
" Mediocrity is self-inflicted; genius is self bestowed."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Vertz --- Wisconsin
October 24, 2005
" When you think of the dreams you have for your children, remember that your parents had dreams for their children as well."
--- Written in 2005 by Teresa Reimer --- Iowa
October 19, 2005
" Disappointments are like a road with humps. You slow down a bit but you enjoy a smooth road afterwards. Don't stay on the humps too long; move on!"
--- Written in 2005 by John Bosco Njagara --- Kampala, Uganda
October 19, 2005
" Sometimes opportunity uses the doorbell."
--- Written in 2005 by Dustin Newsom --- Nevada
October 19, 2005
" Ultimately, enlightenment is simplicity in a more complex form."
--- Written in 2005 by Deri Bakker --- Pretoria, South Africa
October 17, 2005
" I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received."
--- Antonio Porchia --- Submitted by Rajesh Sharma --- Bombay, India
October 17, 2005
" Don't say die, always say try.
Success comes to those who try,
Happy comes to those who smile."
--- Andrew Yap --- Submitted by Cheng Kung
October 17, 2005
" There is no such thing as a stupid person: God made every person in his own image; therefore, there is only the right decision and the wrong decision that is stupid, and even that draws a fine line."
--- Copyright © 2005 Lelia Georgopoulos
October 12, 2005
" In the end, we will conserve only what we love and respect. We will love and respect only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught or allowed to experience."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Phil Thomas --- United Kingdom
Quote seen on display at The Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, England
October 12, 2005
" Life begins with a thought, is processed with belief, and carried out with an action."
--- Copyright © 2005 J.Delton Jackson
October 12, 2005
" Victory is the culmination of unflinching persistence. Defeat is a manifestation of negativity."
--- Written in 2005 by Pritesh Jethwani --- India
October 10, 2005
" Life experiences are like quarters. You lose both when you sit on the couch."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brian Pelc --- California
October 10, 2005
" A law of nature rules that energy cannot be destroyed. You change its form from coal to steam, from steam to power in the turbine, but you do not destroy energy. In the same way, another law governs human activity and rules that honest effort cannot be lost, but that some day the proper benefits will be forthcoming to the honest people."
--- Ms. K. Sujatha ---Submitted by Nirmal Preet Singh
October 10, 2005
" It doesn't hurt to be optimistic. You can always cry later!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tushar Barot --- Gujarat, India
October 5, 2005
" We work to become, not to acquire."
--- Elbert Hubbard
October 5, 2005
" Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile."
--- Bertrand Russell
October 5, 2005
" When you can't solve the problem, manage it."
--- Robert Schuller
October 3, 2005
" Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alicia K. --- United Kingdom
October 3, 2005
" Your Body is a machine that your Mind controls!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Timothy Reames --- Texas
October 3, 2005
" It is not enough to succeed only once. You have to try and try since you already have the idea that you have the potentials to do so."
--- Written in 2005 by J. Khu --- Philippines
The hardest thing to accept is being insecure. Time will come that you might even consider yourself as an enemy.
September 28, 2005
" Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just the bottom line."
--- Warren G. Bennis
September 28, 2005
" Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit."
--- Gordon Parks
September 28, 2005
" Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal."
--- Goethe
September 26, 2005
" The purpose of life is to live to be one hundred, so that one is entitled to teach history from personal experience."
--- Copyright © 2005 Dr. Juan R. Cespedes, Ph.D.
September 26, 2005
" Anything that has happened, has happened for the best. Anything that will happen, will happen for the best."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Choo Yong Chen --- Johor, Malaysia
September 26, 2005
" Sometimes following the path less traveled, means walking in the snow."
--- Written in 2005 by Stefanie Ringness
September 21, 2005
" It is hard to realize that every breath we take is a gift to us."
--- Written in 2005 by Ahmed K. Afzal --- Illinois
September 21, 2005
" I rather live life simply and be happy."
--- Written in 2005 by Georgio Dano --- New York
A thought for sometimes a too materialistic and greedy world.
September 21, 2005
" Live-strong."
--- Lance Armstrong --- Submitted by Mattie C.
September 19, 2005
" Constant Self-evaluation is required to progress in life."
--- Written in 2004 by Ashutosh Karnatak
September 19, 2005
" One can never reach the top of the mountain if he is afraid of rivers & valleys adjoining the mountain."
--- Written in 2005 by Raju Sohanda
Here the mountain represents our dreams, our aims in life. The rivers and valleys represent obstacles we face when trying to reach the top of the mountain. So you should face the obstacles with full faith and determination.
September 19, 2005
" Age may make you an adult, but your actions make you grownup."
--- Written in 2005 by Anna Dumas --- Florida
September 14, 2005
" Do not wait for tomorrow for what you can do today, for tomorrow is another day. Do what you can do RIGHT AWAY!"
--- Written in 2005 by Kristel Luna --- Butuan, Papua New Guinea
September 14, 2005
" There comes a point in each of our lives where we are either successful or have all the reasons why we are not."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bobbie D. --- New Zealand
September 14, 2005
" Make everyday worth your favorite outfit."
--- Written in 2005 by Lisa Paonessa
September 12, 2005
" Every experience comes with a bunch of lessons. They will be encountered over & over again until the time comes when you accept them, embrace them, learn from them, grow from them & make them a part of you. Once you eternalized them, you can share them with others. This way you did not only nurture yourself but made a difference in others lives as well."
--- Copyright © 2005 James Padilla
They say experience is the best teacher but also serves as a reminder. The cycle of the same experience will not end till we learn from it.
September 12, 2005
" Not enjoyment and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act that each tomorrow
Finds us further than today."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kelsey S. --- Pennsylvania
September 12, 2005
" In order to be where you are, keep running, as the world is moving fast."
--- Written in 2005 by J. P. Singh
August 31, 2005
" Home of the free
Because of the brave."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jim Johnson --- Wyoming
I saw this one on of the magnetic ribbons that people have displayed on their cars. Unfortunately, I think that many of us take our freedom for granted. It really hit home at a time like this.
August 31, 2005
" Success that is achieved while ignoring what is ethical & moral has a different name... failure."
--- Copyright © 2001 Michael Yother
August 31, 2005
" Give me somewhere to stand, and I will move the earth."
--- Archimedes --- Submitted by Didi C. --- California
August 29, 2005
" Your determination, coupled with persistence, determines your height in life."
--- Written in 2005 by Samuel Ubani --- Edo state, Nigeria
August 29, 2005
" Your destiny is out there somewhere, but you'll never find it unless you reach deep down inside your heart and soul and grasp it in your hands."
--- Written in 2005 by Shelbi P., Age 13 --- Utah
August 29, 2005
" If you don't believe that you have a chance...why should other people give you one?"
--- Written in 2005 by Ashley A. --- New York
My friends and I were talking about tryouts and they didn't see any point in trying out because they thought they would be sitting the bench anyway. Well I told them that if they can't even tell themselves that they have a chance, why should our coach give them one?
August 24, 2005
" He who does not dream will never see the stars."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sthembiso Maseko --- Durban, South Africa
August 24, 2005
" It is so simple to be happy, but it is so difficult to be simple."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alok Nandawat --- Rajasthan, India
"Life is a game of struggle" so never quit; face the problem.
August 24, 2005
" You must believe what you want to live; if you can't believe it, you can't live it."
--- Copyright © 2005 Otega Ikp
August 22, 2005
" There is no cure for birth or death... so save and strive for the interval!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Elizabeth O. --- Tasmania, Australia
This was a quote commonly used and very much believed in by my best friend, Olivia Mainwaring. Unfortunately and much to my despair, she died in Oct '04' due to a very rare cancer. I decided I really wanted to submit this quote and make it known to people out there to really give life all you've got, because you never know when it is going to end! Remember: Persistence and Resistance!
August 22, 2005
" Pain is my friend, it lets me know I'm not dead yet. And as long as I'm not dead, I'm still in the fight."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kyle E. --- Alaska
This has got me through a couple of tough practices
August 22, 2005
" The secret of our future is hidden in our daily routine."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.P. --- Philippines
August 17, 2005
" Our lives are nothing more than the moments inside our own heads...what we think about."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Osasu Osayimwen --- Massachusetts
August 17, 2005
" If you want to do something, then you will find a way. If you want to do nothing, then you will find an excuse."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Surendra Tripathi --- Uttar Pradesh, India
When I am in trouble, then I think about this quote. That now, this time, it tells me to do something but I can't find any way to do it. But after thinking about this quote, I feel very happy and feel a new invisible power is with us.
August 17, 2005
" If you can walk away from a fight, do so; because in the end you'll be glad you did."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jazmine S. --- Tennessee
August 15, 2005
" Hurry makes bad Curry."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mrs. Aparna Handu
This used to be quoted to us children by my father in our native tongue many years ago. Curry is a typical Indian dish which would to a layman be - a slow concoction of herbs, condiments and spices in an oil base with a certain vegetable/meat dish slowly cooking in it. Each item is to be added, in the right amount, at the instant when the previously added ingredient has completely enriched the curry. The parallel to life is that we must savor each moment until the full flavor has been extracted and then move forward to savor the next. To hurry, both in life and while brewing a curry, will get you to the end, but sans any flavor.
August 15, 2005
" Whoever said, 'nice guys finish last', failed to mention the smile he wore as he finished."
--- Andy Munthe --- Submitted by K.M. --- Wisconsin
August 15, 2005
" If we accept rejection, we have been defeated. If we reject rejection once, we have won the war!"
--- Copyright © 2005 Jessica E. Mehrhoff
August 10, 2005
" If you feel like quitting, quit thinking like that."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kevin Nickerson --- Massachusetts
August 10, 2005
" Life is like driving through a rainstorm; blurring, looking straight ahead. But if you look into the rearview mirror, it's always clearer."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jaimie Eshleman --- Pennsylvania
My dad always told me this; to make me realize that life is much easier to look at backwards, but must be lived forward...even when you can't see.
August 10, 2005
" People who take things too seriously end up liking a lot less people; and in turn, become one of those people less liked."
--- Copyright © 2000 Kyle A. Hammes
August 8, 2005
" Dreamers live the vision, when they let the past failures go. But the non-dreamers live the nightmare, and when they put their minds in the past, they're just living in the cemetery."
--- Copyright © 2005 Paulo Carvalho
I'm a pastor and a motivational speaker.... all the best for you all.... God bless, Pastor Paulo Carvalho
August 8, 2005
" Jack of all trades, master of the moment."
--- Copyright © 2005 Lou Scaffidi
August 8, 2005
" If you don't try to reach your star, it'll be a star for an eternity!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aynee Del Mundo --- Philippines
August 3, 2005
" When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has actually put a limit on what he can do."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Striver Achiever --- Pakistan
August 3, 2005
" The choices you make define the course of your life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rohit Mehra --- Haryana, India
August 3, 2005
" I sit and wish sometimes that life wasn't so complicated...that maybe just for a short amount of time the pieces of the puzzle could just fall in place and all life's worries could just vanish. But, if life actually was that easy, would it be as rewarding to finish the puzzle?"
--- Copyright © 2005 Sean Marks
August 1, 2005
" The worst enemy of creativity is monotony."
--- Copyright © 2004 Ahmed K. Afzal
August 1, 2005
" The more sweat you shed during the peace time... the less blood you will shed during the war time."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sumanth Shetty --- Mumbai, India
August 1, 2005
" Your future success is determined by your past performance; be sure you're performing."
--- Written in 2005 by M. Slason --- California
July 27, 2005
" Hope is not a strategy."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by David I. Gussin --- New York
Founder of LEARN ( Let's End All Racism Now)
July 27, 2005
" Just because your voice is loud, it doesn't mean your words have substance."
--- Copyright © 2005 Mike Wiethorn
July 27, 2005
" The Ebony hand, persistent, knock, on the ivory doors of humanity for identity...LIKE THIS!"
--- Copyright © 2001 Sayn Syllo [D.P.]
--- Submitted by Dune Patten --- Texas
The above writing is a motivational quote in the form of a proverb. I am an artist, so it is meant to be abstract but clear in meaning.
July 25, 2005
" Yesterday is History; learn from it. Today is the Present; act on it. Tomorrow is the Future; plan for it."
--- Copyright © 1995 Herm Brocksmith
July 25, 2005
" Only when we have opened the door to trust can we open the door to friendship."
--- E. Duell --- Submitted by F.D. --- United Kingdom
Live each day as it comes
July 25, 2005
" Never judge a book by its cover until you have read it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Leonila Loy
July 20, 2005
" I don't recollect remembering all things I never knew, it just was."
--- Copyright © 2005 Wayne N. Whetzel
Profound writing is my specialty.
July 20, 2005
" What a caterpillar calls end of life, the master calls a butterfly."
--- Richard Bach --- Submitted by Rajan Samuel --- Haryana, India
This quote is from Bach's book "Illusions", published in 1977. It has been a source of hope and encouragement to me. I would like to share it with all.
July 20, 2005
" Life is a struggle...so do struggle to enjoy life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shawinder Pal Singh --- Punjab, India
July 18, 2005
" We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
--- William Shakespeare --- Submitted by Ravi G. --- Maharashtra, India
July 18, 2005
" Don't remain a 'Nobody' - Be 'Somebody' that everybody knows."
--- Written in 2005 by Geetha S. --- Karnataka, India
July 18, 2005
" One must not wish to be rare like jade or common like stone."
--- From the doctrine of "Wu-Wei" --- Submitted by Ray Villaganas --- Philippines
July 13, 2005
" Today I saw a miracle. A flower blossomed before my eyes."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jaimi P. --- Victoria, Australia
July 13, 2005
" To not trust is to not love; to not love is to not live; to not live is to not breathe. I can't imagine waking up every morning not being able to breathe."
--- Copyright © 2005 Adam J. de Jaray
July 13, 2005
" You will remain the same until the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of changing."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lonnika Donson --- Illinois
July 11, 2005
" Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Take the first step and you are half finished. What have you got to lose? Take the first step!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.B. --- Auckland, New Zealand
July 11, 2005
" If you keep doing whatever you have been doing, you keep getting whatever you have got, so change approach... take risks."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sandeep Dhekane --- Maharashtra, India
July 11, 2005
" POTENTIAL is something that the WEAK aspire to and the STRONG surpass."
--- Copyright © 2004 Greg Ricks
Be the strong, defy your potential.
July 6, 2005
" When the wind changes, pessimists will complain, optimists will hope for the wind to change, and leaders will adjust the sails."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Helen K. --- Ontario, Canada
July 6, 2005
" World Peace starts with countries at peace
Countries start with states at peace
States start with cities
Cities start with communities
Communities start with families
Families start with love, love starts with friendship,
Friendship starts with a SMILE (so all you got to do is smile)."
--- Written in 2003 by Michelle S., Age 16 --- California
This whole saying came about after an offhand comment from my seventh grade teacher who said that Mother Teresa once said that peace begins with a smile. I expanded on that trying to explain what the effect of a smile is. I had originally written this during the War and my explanation went like this: We all have our different opinions on the war, but I know that if you ask anyone in the world the classic Miss America question, "If you had one wish what would you change in the world?" The majority answer would be WORLD PEACE. Why then do I not see any action about this? My feeling is that a smile sends off a positive vibe that other people feel. I really do believe that a smile can change the world and create world peace.
July 6, 2005
" Every flower must grow through dirt."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mailen S. --- Florida
To survive you have to go through hard moments in life but it doesn't matter - if you achieve your goals being who you are and forgetting where you came from.
June 29, 2005
" When it looks like a chapter of your life is drawing to a close, remember all good books have many chapters!"
--- Copyright © 2005 Adam Greaves
June 29, 2005
" There is a difference between being broke and being poor: broke is temporary and poor is eternal."
--- Robert Kiyosaki --- Submitted by Ezequiel Urena --- New York
I find this quote quite true, not only on the aspect of money, but in all aspects of life. I find that most successful people have been broke but they also had dreams and hopes for a better tomorrow. They didn't just dream, they made their dreams realities. Unsuccessful individuals are poor, for they gave up on their dreams and hope.
June 29, 2005
" It's the one step you take, when you think you can't but you do, that makes the difference in your life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.O. --- NSW, Australia
June 27, 2005
" Why wish for the privilege of living the past again, when you begin a new one every morning?"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Striver Achiever --- Pakistan
June 27, 2005
" To relieve from worry, we should have some work to do and something to love. This is the formula to neglect worries."
--- Sukhi Sivam --- Submitted by Ganesh Kumarq --- Tamilnadu, India
The comment needed to present day world.
June 27, 2005
" Happiness is not an accident, nor is it something you wish for. Happiness is something you design."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sundeep Maggu
Hey friends, hope from today forward you always remain happy forever.
June 22, 2005
" I believe that if, in 20 years, I can look back on my life and remember three things that were not important enough to be written down in a journal, or photographed and put in a scrapbook, but were important enough to be cherished through all those years...I believe it is then that I will see what is truly significant in my life."
--- Written in 2004 by T. Hall
So many times in life I tend to put my priorities in the wrong order; I often forget what is really important, and I don't doubt that one day I will finally wake up and see what is significant and it will be too late...it will be gone.
June 22, 2005
" I believe that being successful and finding happiness is one in the same. You find something you truly love to do and become the best you can be at it."
--- Copyright © 2005 Paul Morris
June 22, 2005
" Humans are as close to reality as their desire to please people or themselves changes."
--- Copyright © 2005 Francisco Leon
I struggle in the quest to find a balance of my reality's own perspective.
June 20, 2005
" If each one of us lit a single candle of Love, there would be no darkness."
--- Copyright © 2003 Joan Adams Burchell
June 20, 2005
" Be good to life and life will be good to you."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gina Neal --- Texas
June 20, 2005
" What we achieve in life, echoes in eternity."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Steven Granite --- England, United Kingdom
June 15, 2005
" Your time is limited. Those who want to enjoy the sunlight at midnight must remember that they are in a queue."
--- Copyright © 2005 Abraham Attoh
June 15, 2005
" It's not what you want that does you well, it's what you get!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by W.H. --- Kentucky
June 15, 2005
" It doesn't matter what you are. The matter is where you are."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hardik Dalwadi --- India
I realized this when I changed companies. With the previous company I was Chief SysAdmin. In my current company I am only assistant SysAdmin.
June 13, 2005
" A healthy happy mind equals a healthy happy body."
--- Copyright © 2005 Carol Lengyel ( BC Survivor )
June 13, 2005
" To merely give light to a goal is not enough. You must have light within yourself to reach it."
--- Copyright © 2005 Khushboo Jhala
June 13, 2005
" It is possible that if we stop comparing ourselves to another and their life-styles, we may gain the greatest gift of all....and that is individuality."
--- Copyright © 2005 Lori Foster
June 8, 2005
" A single flower can show you just how beautiful and fragile life can be."
--- Written in 2005 by Kimberly Shaw
June 8, 2005
" Great moments are born from great opportunities."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Logan G. --- Pennsylvania
June 8, 2005
" It is not the hours that one puts in the work that counts, it is the work that one puts in the hours!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aditya Tandon --- West Bengal, India
Hi all! This is my favorite quote, hope you all like it.
June 6, 2005
" Survival is instinct; living takes guts."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.G. --- Texas
June 6, 2005
" The difference between a crazy man and a genius... is a very thin line."
--- Written in 2004 by Moises Espino ---- Panama
June 6, 2005
" I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that."
--- Lauren Bacall --- Submitted by Iso Ansary --- Egypt
May 25, 2005
" Sometimes help isn't always in giving, but merely in being. For that reason, my gratitude goes to you."
--- Copyright © 2005 Paul Basanese
May 25, 2005
" There are four things in life that you can never get back: The fired arrow, the said word, time spent and missed opportunities. Make the most out of life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Andrew Dickson --- NSW, Australia
May 25, 2005
" The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paul Baker --- Auckland, New Zealand
May 23, 2005
" We must challenge and inspire the generation coming after us to greater works and effort, do what we were not able to achieve and improve the quality of their own lives."
--- Copyright © 2002 Ebenezer Lamptey
I hope it will challenge the up and coming generation to work harder for themselves and not rely on the past generations.
May 23, 2005
" Happiness is a road to travel - - - - - not - - -- a goal to reach."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Colombe --- Indiana
May 23, 2005
" Possibility is a waste of energy if the focus isn't turning it into reality."
--- Copyright © 2005 Vuyo Mboyi
May 18, 2005
" Purpose, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yvonne Schutt --- Oregon
May 18, 2005
" The name doesn't make the man; the man makes the name."
--- Written in 2005 by Brandon Novak --- New York
May 18, 2005
" Sometimes it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Myles A. --- Philippines
May 16, 2005
" Success doesn't "happen". It is organized, preempted, captured, by consecrated common sense."
--- F.E. Willard --- Submitted by Dana Colli --- Ontario, Canada
May 16, 2005
" The first computer ever made is the human brain; if you put positive thoughts in, you will get positive outcomes out of life. You see, from the neck down all human beings are stupid. The power plant is above the neck."
--- Copyright © 2005 Carmen F. Ambrosino
May 16, 2005
" Be careful how you treat people because your number will be played."
--- Copyright © 2005 Sean Clay
May 11, 2005
" I would rather never know the lives that I have saved than know the lives I have destroyed."
--- Copyright © 2005 Nicole Briere
I thought of this quote a few days ago. To me, it's relating to drinking and driving. If I don't drink and drive, I could be saving someone's life. Even though I'll never know whom I have saved, that's okay.
May 11, 2005
" The lessons we learn are forthcoming every day. What we take from them is up to us."
--- Copyright © 2005 Elizabeth (aka Libby) Reynolds
May 11, 2005
" When competing in the game of life the greatest opponent, at times, can be you."
--- Copyright © 2005 Nitina Kolliesuah
May 9, 2005
" The word "later" is now; waiting will cost you a "forever" loss."
--- Copyright © 2005 Ogunyemi Sola
Act now, don't wait for tomorrow.
May 9, 2005
" Even though you and I are in different boats, you in your boat and we in our canoe, we share the same River of Life. What befalls me, befalls you. And downstream, downstream in this River of Life, our children will pay for our selfishness, for our greed, and for our lack of vision."
--- Chief Oren Lyons 1993 --- Submitted by Nick A. --- Hawaii
May 9, 2005
" Every journey, no matter when started or its distance, has an ultimate destination."
--- Copyright © 2005 Acho Orabuchi, Ph.D.
May 4, 2005
" I am also a painter. My canvass is life."
--- Copyright © 2005 Kuldeep Pandita
May 4, 2005
" Until you begin to see ahead of time, time will always be ahead of you."
--- Copyright © 2005 Ogunyemi Sola
Think wise, act wise and reap wise.
May 4, 2005
" Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ashleigh C. --- California
May 2, 2005
" A failure only establishes that our determination was not strong enough."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Siddharth Gautam --- Punjab, India
May 2, 2005
" Do what you want and solve what you get!"
--- Copyright © 2005 Ngoc Anh
May 2, 2005
" Life is a cold stone stairwell. It only leads to happiness if you've laid the right stones."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bernard Ivison - United Kingdom
I've had a pretty hard life, spent my youth in and out of prisons, always fighting my way through life. Never really had a decent break, but hey, I will get by. I often wonder what dizzy heights I could have achieved had I the support and backing of some of the more fortunate kids. Had I my time again, I would only lay good stones!
April 27, 2005
" God created people to help each other but God created mothers only to love."
--- Alexender --- Submitted by Anthany A.
April 27, 2005
" Laughter is the one form of communication every culture can understand."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Adnan Kauser --- United Kingdom
April 27, 2005
" Bother is nothing more than lack of awareness."
--- Copyright © 2005 Mike Bandak
Just wanted to share a thought of mine with others who may benefit from it as I always do benefit from your site and other people thoughts.
April 25, 2005
" Why worry about things that are going to happen anyway? The worry is always 10 times worse."
--- Written in 2000 by A.Irving --- United Kingdom
Think about going to the dentist!
April 25, 2005
" Poetry paints with words the echoes of the soul."
--- Copyright © 2003 Doreen (Adams) Ellis
April 25, 2005
" The early bird may catch the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Violet King --- Spain
April 20, 2005
" The only thing worst then losing, is quitting."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Delaney Albertson --- California
April 20, 2005
" Aim for the stars and if you miss, accept the sky."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gabby R. --- Oregon
April 20, 2005
" You will receive in direct proportion to what you are willing to accept."
--- Copyright © 2003 Glen Autrey
April 18, 2005
" If only we could freeze time, and stand together in this moment for eternity."
--- Written in 2005 by Katie L. --- Maine
April 18, 2005
" Why do people always notice the people that want the attention and never notice the people that don't try to get it?"
--- Written in 2005 by Allison B., Age 14 --- New Hampshire
April 18, 2005
" It's better to be an ant and eat sugar, rather than to be an elephant and push logs."
--- Susheela Shelar --- Submitted by Virendra Shelar --- Singapore
Mom used to say this every time I used to show off as a kid. Helps me realize how true it is in today's world!!
April 13, 2005
" Don't expect a great day; make one."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by B.M., Age 14 --- New York
I love it! Saw it on a church billboard in Manhattan! Live your life by this and you'll be the happiest person alive!
April 13, 2005
" What change the world might see when people worry more about what they're leaving behind in this life instead of what they may be gaining in the next!"
--- Copyright © 2005 Crystal Calais
April 13, 2005
" Allow your heart to dance, and let your feet follow."
--- Copyright © 2005 Thalia Haseotes
April 11, 2005
" Time is an enemy of all enemies. Do not misjudge it or anger it, for if you do, that will be the end of it."
--- Written in 2005 by M.A. White --- Colorado
April 11, 2005
" Today is the judge of our fate."
--- Copyright © 2004 Dean Lafreniere
April 11, 2005
" Life goes on. Keep the faith."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sachin Popli --- New Delhi, India
April 6, 2005
" Some days are a dream come true. Others are a horrible nightmare. You will not know what each day holds until you live it. Life is worth living; do not end before."
--- Nissy --- Submitted by R.C. --- Louisiana
April 6, 2005
" One's position is determined by the choices made available and the decision one takes with full comprehension of its consequences."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Wye Keong Hong --- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
April 6, 2005
" We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects."
--- Alexis de Tocqueville
April 4, 2005
" You are not your job, status or bank account; you are who you think you are."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by B.C. --- Tennessee
April 4, 2005
" Why wait for tomorrow when there is so much that can be done today!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kallen B. --- Western Australia, Australian External Territories
April 4, 2005
" Remember it's easy to lose focus if you are not focused."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Farida Hashmi --- Ontario, Canada
March 23, 2005
" All you need is belief in yourself to succeed. The moment that your belief disappears, any chance of success goes with it."
--- Copyright © 2005 Andy Carr
March 23, 2005
" If hard work equaled success, then Mankind would have evolved much earlier. Success is about predicting the unpredictable and being there as it happens. Latecomers seldom think; they only participate."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sunil Kamath --- Karnataka, India
March 23, 2005
" Keep your fears for yourself, but share your courage with others."
--- Robert Louis Stevenson
March 21, 2005
" Live life, for illusions will end up only hurting you. The difference between a dream and an illusion is that a dream is something you work for, you fight for to come true, while an illusion is merely a visage of life that will see neither a sunrise or a sunset, for it exists in that forever grey twilight of dusk."
--- Copyright © 2005 Hao Feng
March 21, 2005
" Success does not come by wishing and hoping but by hard work and enthusiasm."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shalle-Ann Alexis --- Grenada, West Indies
March 21, 2005
" The absence of noise is not the presence of peace."
--- Jesse Jackson --- Submitted by Angelo Gigliotti --- Victoria, Australia
March 18, 2005
" To regret one's own experience is to arrest one's own development."
--- Oscar Wilde --- Submitted by --- Sumita Singh --- Mathura, India
March 18, 2005
" The only difference between dreams and reality is Desire."
--- Written in 2005 by R.H. --- Missouri
March 18, 2005
" Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does."
--- Written in 2005 by Marcy D. --- Saskatchewan, Canada
March 14, 2005
" You may follow your dreams with your mind, but you live them with your heart."
--- Written in 2005 by T. H. --- Alberta, Canada
March 14, 2005
" Love is like a painted picture. Without the hard work and passion, the canvas would be blank."
--- Copyright © 2005 Brenna Gardner-Brown
March 14, 2005
" Love doesn't just put a smile on your face; it also puts a smile in your heart."
--- Written in 2005 by Stephanie S. --- Texas
March 9, 2005
" Ordinary input, ordinary output, while extra input, extra output. Your input in life produces your output in life."
--- Copyright © 2005 Ekorutomwen E. Atekha
Use your strength for what you believe in. Every achievement is accompanied by an uncommon courage.
March 9, 2005
" Life is what you make it ... so make it worth your time."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.B. --- Ontario, Canada
March 9, 2005
" I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act."
--- Abraham Maslow
March 7, 2005
" With negative energies, comes negative Karma; with positive energies, comes positive Karma."
--- Written in 2005 by Pas.D --- Victoria, Australia
March 7, 2005
" Don't settle for "Anything" in your life...have the wisdom of selection."
--- Copyright © 2005 Kaustubh G. Bagal
March 7, 2005
" It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up-- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had."
--- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
March 2, 2005
" The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T. T. --- Kentucky
March 2, 2005
" We are a reflection of our compromises."
--- Copyright © 2005 J. R. Clark
March 2, 2005
" An unfortunate past is never an excuse to continue negative thinking in the present."
--- Dr. Tae Yun Kim --- Submitted by M. Thomas --- California
February 28, 2005
" Success is not measured by awards, medals, or trophies. Success is measured by the difference between what you're capable of and what you actually achieve."
--- Copyright © 2003 Jeff Koenig Jr.
February 28, 2005
" Enjoy this moment...for this moment is your life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Molly M. --- Oklahoma
February 28, 2005
" The more time you spend thinking about things that could make you happy, the less time you have to actually do the things you already know will make you happy."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Orondaste Martinez --- Georgia
February 23, 2005
" Change brings change."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ronnie Collins --- Texas
February 23, 2005
" Your confession at the time of your confusion is the conclusion of the condition. Always remember to speak the positive at all times."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Adewale Olufemi - Scotland, United Kingdom
February 23, 2005
" People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them."
--- Bernard De Fontenelle
February 21, 2005
" Courage does not mean you do not have fear. Rather you have the knowledge that something else is greater in life than fear."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bridget H. --- Georgia
I was afraid to do something one day and a friend of mine told me this quote. I thought about it, and I was able to face what I was afraid to do.
February 21, 2005
" What is worse than being blind? Having sight but no vision."
--- Helen Keller --- Submitted by A.G. --- United Kingdom
--- Author's name provided by Alan Butler --- United Kingdom
February 21, 2005
" Prophets, mystics, poets, scientific discoverers are men whose lives are dominated by a vision; they are essentially solitary men . . . whose thoughts and emotions are not subject to the dominion of the herd."
--- Bertrand Russell
February 16, 2005
" You only live once, don't hesitate; you'll miss your chance."
--- Written in 2005 by K.L. --- Texas
Sometimes you're given an opportunity to get everything that you've ever wanted in someone, like me, I didn't want to screw anything up, I wanted to wait for the perfect time. Since I hesitated, I lost her. You only get a limited amount of chances at these things, take them as they come and don't look back.
February 16, 2005
" He who has nothing to die for, has nothing to live for...think about it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Greg Berkley --- Marine Corps
In this quote lies the key to happiness and the story of our lives.
February 16, 2005
" You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You are only as good as the team you have behind you."
--- Jim Palmer
February 14, 2005
" Will we ever understand the price of ambition, or ever apply our heart to life with submission?"
--- Copyright © 2005 Francisco Leon
Nature seems to remind the world how humans carelessly live.
February 14, 2005
" Man cannot continue to stand strong if he focuses primarily on his weaknesses."
--- Copyright © 2000 LaTasha Gordon
February 14, 2005
" Don't let your emotions ruin your plans and vision."
--- Dr. Letecia Ferriol --- Submitted by Jeric Dela Cruz --- Philippines
February 9, 2005
" Life is a matter of moments of time."
--- Copyright © 2005 El Hamidi Mahmoud
February 9, 2005
" Coincidence is fate breaking a lock so you can open a door."
--- Copyright © 2004 Louise R. Taillefer
February 9, 2005
" We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not yet learned the simple art of living together as brothers."
--- Martin Luther King
February 7, 2005
" Living a life is easy; it's the options in life that makes it difficult."
--- Copyright © 2004 Robert Villanueva
February 7, 2005
" When change occurs within our life, we can choose to become better, or bitter."
--- Copyright © 2003 Michelle W. Seamons
February 7, 2005
" Remember, when money talks it drowns out all other voices."
--- Copyright © 2005 Kenneth Ross
As a warning to people on how money can make people do things that they normally may not do.
February 2, 2005
" Every human life has meaning because of the value that he is able to add to everything that he does and every relationship he is involved with. Values are the natural power of good within each one of us. Values form the basis of our relationships and growth. We enrich our own lives and the lives of those around us when values come into play. Focusing on these positive qualities/values helps us to transform old attitudes, to gain fresh perspectives and find unexpected answers. They free our path from obstacles and make clear life's opportunities."
--- Copyright © 2005 Mitesh Vageriya
February 2, 2005
" It's easy to find fault...We have to look much closer to find the good in things."
--- Copyright © 1999 James Sperbeck
February 2, 2005
" Be of Love just a little more careful... than of everything else."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jo Ellen Adelman --- California
I have lived by this quote for over 30 years.
January 31, 2005
" Success and Failure are myths... it is result of our choice."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kaustubh Bagal --- Maharashtra, India
January 31, 2005
" Biggest impediment to Success is Comfort; for this comfort web entangles us into a sense of false security, laziness and consequently failure."
--- Copyright © 2004 Rajneesh Gaur
This quote has come from my own experience.
January 26, 2005
" Better to be a star than a spark. Sparks are for the moment; stars are for the future."
--- Copyright © 2004 Bassey Ndon
January 26, 2005
" Some walk away from their dreams afraid they might fail or worse yet, afraid they might succeed."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K. Holmes --- California
January 26, 2005
" Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself."
--Felix Adler
January 24, 2005
" I stand here at this moment on this piece of land so graciously given to me by my God. I think to myself, 'This is my space on planet Earth. I am alone in this wide World, in this space, where no one else may stand while I am present. I will decide when you may enter. I will decide how long I want to call it my own place in this World, on planet Earth.'"
--- Written in 2005 by Ching --- Maryland
Smokers are made to go outdoors to take in their nicotine. Yes, it is a terrible habit, one day I may decide to quit, or not. It is idle time to think, think, think. Seven minutes is the norm. One day while looking down at the ground at my feet, this wonderful thought popped into my mind. It wowed me. I thought of all the people in this world, on Earth at that! So Big!!!! I wondered if I was crazy to think of something so obvious just now.
January 24, 2005
" If you are not willing to die for all of your freedoms; then you do not deserve any freedoms at all."
--- Written in 2005 by R. Vaden --- Mississippi
January 19, 2005
" Beware... Pessimism can be a disguise for laziness. Do your best, whatever the odds you're up against. There's no excuse for being lazy."
--- Copyright © 2004 Nugroho Budianggoro
January 19, 2005
" You are here for a good time, not a long time."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Rigby --- United Kingdom
January 19, 2005
" Lost time is never found again."
--- Benjamin Franklin
January 17, 2005
" Small things make perfection; but perfection is not a small thing."
--- Author Unknown ---Submitted by Malarvizhi S. --- Tamil Nadu, India
January 17, 2005
" Not only is perfection attained through originality, but sustained through the act of hard work."
--- Copyright © 2004 Victoria Redd
January 17, 2005
" Perfection is only a figment of imagination created by the brain and perceived by the heart. Imperfections seen are only imperfect because they are not what we feel is perfection in our minds."
--- Written in 2004 by Emily K. --- Ohio
January 12, 2005
" Nothing may be as it seems, though it might be perceived, but love will certainly give you the hint to succeed."
--- Copyright © 2004 Francisco Leon
I enjoy reading positive quotations to inspire me. I hope I may have the opportunity to continue my learning process.
January 12, 2005
" Do not afraid of making mistakes, but do be afraid of making the same mistakes."
--- Copyright © 2004 Tautze Tautze
January 12, 2005
" Talent is the key to success, but you still have to find the door."
--- Copyright © 2004 Danny Schwaibold
January 10, 2005
" I wondered if I was the only one who could see he had only one leg. Then I knew by the way they all treated him, that in fact I was the only one who saw a person with only one leg. You cannot form an opinion about someone based solely on the illusions your eyes give. You have to know the person before you can see the real person."
---Copyright © 2004 Marlene Saengerhausen
January 10, 2005
" Helping someone is a simple creed."
---Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cney Olive --- Iligan, Philippines
January 10, 2005
" I have spent all my life stringing and unstringing my instrument but have not yet sung the song I came to sing."
---From a Poet Laureate of India --- Submitted by Harv Cox --- Arizona
December 22, 2004
" Sometimes you have to take a leap at life and build your wings on the way down."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Omar Abdulla --- Pretoria, South Africa
December 22, 2004
" There are no real strangers, just family members we have not met yet."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.M. --- Michigan
December 22, 2004
" Do not think of dying, if you still cannot think of the reason why you are living."
--- Copyright © 2004 Jeaneth Solomon
We should not wish to die if we still cannot find the reason or explain why we are given life by God. We all have a mission in life, but the sad fact is, when problems come, some of us easily give up and just wish to die and end being in the world. But the question is; do we already know our purpose in this world?
December 20, 2004
" Read, observe, and analyze, then plan and take action."
--- Copyright © 2004 Professor Dan Yovich --- Michigan
I call it "The Entrepreneurs Credo"
December 20, 2004
LIFE to me means:
L-lake of happiness, joys and sorrows
I-industry where we mold and cut our character, personality and give a definition to our names
F-farmhouse build among the greenery of different human natures
E-etch something good on another's heart so that even the maker is proud of you
--- Copyright © 2004 Suman Kuamri
December 15, 2004
" Remember, people, this IS the job."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by G. H. --- California
A few years ago I was working in a terribly negative environment. On a day that was a particularly stressful for the entire office, our happy-go-lucky IT contractor stopped on his way out the door, turned and uttered this phrase. It was profound in the moment, and these words live in my head. If you don't like what you're doing when you're doing it, do something else.
December 15, 2004
" IBMEUBU (I be me you be you). There is a reason for everything."
--- Written in 2004 by Kari Phillips --- New Mexico
Be yourself, you are who you are.
December 13, 2004
" Some painters transform Sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into Sun."
--- Pablo Picasso --- Submitted by Chetan Verma --- Uttar Pradesh, India
December 13, 2004
" Think of life as a great road trip. If you spend too much time looking back at where you've been, you'll miss what's ahead."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jay Ennis --- Ontario, Canada
December 8, 2004
" When in doubt, do without."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michelle Faircloth --- North Carolina
My father used to say this to me all the time when I was wrestling with a tough decision. It can cover so many areas of life and it is so true.
December 8, 2004
" It doesn't matter whether or not you have won the race, as long as in your heart, you know you have done your best."
--- Tawny --- Submitted by Sheila May dela Torre -- Negros Occidental, Philippines
December 6, 2004
" To be early is to be on time. To be on time is to be late. To be late is unacceptable."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Justin La Rocco --- Kentucky
December 6, 2004
" Never forget where the best days of your life took place and where your heart lives on."
--- Copyright © 2004 Daniel Moorefield
December 1, 2004
" Unexamined time is wasted time."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by William McGrath --- Cork, Ireland
This quote was in the opening address of a R/C missioner at the Parish of St Patrick's, Cork Ireland, about 15 years ago. To me this meant that every minute was precious and we are accountable for how we live each day.
December 1, 2004
Egg
Life begins
Worm-like crawling caterpillar
Eating, growing and molting
By and by, it withdraws
Encloses itself completely in silky cocoons
In solitude it reforms itself
In shape and form
Adorn with wings
Cocoon splits
Butterfly!
--- Jeremy Lum --- Submitted by Alvin Chan --- Singapore
November 29, 2004
" An "F" is not the first letter of "failure", an "S" is!
To spell "failure" correctly, therefore,
One must begin from inside of "failure",
Where "S" stands for "success";
For when "failure" is turned inside out,
It actually spells "success"!"
--- Copyright © 2004 Joel Ajayi
November 29, 2004
" Those who forget where they came from, tend to get lost where they are going."
--- Copyright © 2004 Billy Jeffries
November 24, 2004
" Life is not just for living once... it's for living everyday."
--- Copyright © 2004 Ruth Harnish
November 24, 2004
" One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences."
--- O.A. Battista
November 22, 2004
" Things get worse only to get better :) Yeah!! "
--- Written in 2004 by Ankeeta Sausan
Well! This thought came into my mind when something really hurt me. I don't want this to happen to anyone. My first love, my best friend once said this straight on my face, "You Are NOT Beautiful", because of some temporary face problems I was having and it hurt me BIG TIME!
Any girl reading this can easily understand. I developed an inferiority complex and all the good I use to think about myself eventually seemed to disappear, it was like an Illusion. Gosh! It took me almost 2 yrs to get out of that complex and now I am a Better Person. I have a Better Personality and the problem with my face turned out to be temporary so it has vanished with time.
But the only thing that didn't vanish was the fact that once I was deeply hurt, I truly searched myself from within and came out a better me. I am prettier that before, but even more, I have realized my true value, my own Potential.
November 22, 2004
" Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to."
--- Arnold H. Glasow
November 17, 2004
" By the time I was old enough to understand and agree with my father's advice, I had a daughter of my own who questioned mine."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Juli Link --- Oregon
November 17, 2004
" By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
--- Confucius
November 15, 2004
" Stone on terrace is not a Mountain. Grow big; stay grounded."
--- Copyright © 2004 Dhruv Soi
Many people get into bad habits, just to grow up in their lives. This quote is intended to get them to think.
November 15, 2004
" There's nothing cozier than a warm realization."
--- Copyright © 2004 Lisa Gratz
November 10, 2004
" Think always... but don't think a lot; otherwise at the end, you will just end up thinking....and will do nothing."
--- Copyright © 2004 Shashi Prakash Ladha
This is what I believe according to my experiences in my life to date.
November 10, 2004
" A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait."
--- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
November 8, 2004
" The most successful way to change the world is to change a heart, one person at a time, with love, peace, and forgiveness."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nick W. --- Montana
November 8, 2004
" Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles. Why should we all dress after the same fashion? The frost never paints my windows twice alike."
--- Lydia Maria Child
November 3, 2004
" Making excuses for selfishness will get you nowhere in life."
--- Written in 2004 by L. Garrison --- Kentucky
November 3, 2004
" If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen."
--- Loretta Girzartis
November 1, 2004
" Mediocrity is unacceptable and the status quo is the same as failure."
--- Copyright © 2001 Chief J. Mike Baker (San Marcos Fire Rescue)
November 1, 2004
" Without continuous personal development you are now all that you will ever become."
--- Eli Cohen
October 27, 2004
" Remembering the grey area between Love and Hate is impossible when both cloud your mind with Pain."
--- Copyright © 2004 Billy Edwards
October 27, 2004
" Time is not a line, but a series of now-points."
--- Taisen Deshimaru
October 25, 2004
" Mediocrity is unacceptable."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ryan McCormick --- New York
October 25, 2004
" Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes."
--- Goethe
October 20, 2004
" Fear is the father of courage and the mother of safety."
--- Henry H. Tweedy
October 20, 2004
" Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed."
--- Natalie Clifford Barney
October 18, 2004
" The sweetest way home is the long way home."
--- Artie Williams --- Submitted by Melissa Chaffin --- Texas
October 18, 2004
" Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah. It makes absolutely no difference, what people think of you."
--- Rumi
October 13, 2004
" When I thought others were wrong, I misjudged myself."
--- Copyright © 2004 Jayanta Sengupta (India)
This means that whenever I think that someone else is wrong or bad, after some time I feel that even I'm not perfect.
October 13, 2004
" In every person's life there are two moments they wish to relive: One, to re-experience the joy and the other, to erase the heartache. We can never have them back so take your time."
--- Written in 2004 by Erica R. --- New York
October 6, 2004
" If ever in your life you experience pain, suffering, or a lack of, this does not reflect who you are; this is not your true being, yet a condition of your thinking."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tiffani Ford --- Maryland
October 6, 2004
" Love once, Love twice but never break the 'SAME' heart twice."
--- Copyright © 2003 Deepak Gupta
If you love somebody love them whole heartedly.
October 4, 2004
" Great individuals ordain their own fame and place in history by willingly accepting the burdens and responsibilities fate and circumstance thrust upon them."
--- Copyright © 2004 Joseph P. Martino
October 4, 2004
" The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters."
--- Gloria Steinem
September 29, 2004
" As an artist, I've always been drawn to things larger than life. Things that take on a meaning beyond themselves and fill us with memory and emotion, embodying the spirit of a dynamic time or celebrating a special event or achievement. The theme running through all my work is greatness; something far beyond the ordinary. The people and the things that symbolize a standard of excellence in design or achievement."
--- Copyright © 2004 Robert R. Toth
September 29, 2004
" Success is not about money and power. Real success is about relationships. There's no point in making $50 million a year if your teenager thinks you're a jerk and you spend no time with your wife."
--- Christopher Reeve
September 27, 2004
" Every thought that enters your mind is not required to exit through your mouth."
--- Written in 2004 by Mike Wiethorn
September 27, 2004
" If you are not big enough to lose, you are not big enough to win."
--- Walter Reuther
September 22, 2004
" People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim."
--- Ann Landers
September 22, 2004
" If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also."
--- Mahatma Gandhi
September 20, 2004
" Judge me not by my weaknesses, but by my strengths."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hassina Cassim --- KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
September 20, 2004
" Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."
--- Albert Einstein
September 15, 2004
" The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
The last is to say thank you.
In between, the leader is a servant."
--- Max De Pree
September 15, 2004
" Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment."
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
September 13, 2004
" Everything in the world is as it should be. Life is about learning to deal with it."
--- Copyright © 2004 Marc-Alexandre Brisco
September 13, 2004
It's All About You
It's all about You, I wanted to know.
The kind of love that You showed
Filled my heart with questions.
What life will like be without YOU?
You are like endless skies
And a million stars.
Your mysterious ways makes me surrender.
Please cast aside my doubt and fears,
Through the garden of growth and change.
Your steady radiance keeps shining
Through the countless world of my worries.
To see a world in full bloom,
Heavenly fragrance of a wild flower,
Hold in the palm of my hand,
I stand up in awe and admiration.
Love speaks from within
These strange emotional feelings,
Drove me to follow You.
It's all about YOU
I am eager to know....
--- Copyright © 2004 Rapport-Ja
September 8, 2004
" Why roll with the punches when you can throw em'?"
--- Copyright © 2003 Scott Hatfield
Be big enough to make a stand for yourself.
September 8, 2004
" A true leader needs no followers."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.C. --- Washington
September 4, 2004
" Life shouldn't be a chore, but an anticipated allowance."
--- Copyright © 2004 Kevin Drake
September 4, 2004
" The most endangered emotion, in this materialistic world, is 'concern'. Let us all give 'concern ' its rightful place, and reiterate that our world is not just a ' world of humans' but a 'humane world' too."
Copyright © 2003 Lakkoju Goutam
August 30, 2004
" If there were a mile high mountain of granite, and once every ten-thousand years a bird flew past and brushed it with a feather, by the time that mountain was worn away, a fraction of a second would have passed in the context of eternity."
--- Lois Duncan --- Submitted by T.C., Age 17 --- Ontario, Canada
August 30, 2004
" To be 'Kept' is to be 'Held'."
--- Copyright © 2003 Sandra Harden
August 25, 2004
" Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help."
--- Nancy Friday
August 25, 2004
" Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."
--- Eugene Ionesco
August 23, 2004
" I can make it if I have to die trying."
--- Copyright © 1999 Elle Wiklund
August 23, 2004
" A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's."
--- Jean Paul Richter
August 18, 2004
" I think we are all blessed in more ways than we acknowledge. Be thankful everyday for all that you are. Your gifts and talents are special and yours alone. Put them to good use."
--- Copyright © 2004 Marlene Blaszczyk
August 16, 2004
" Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at times the plot may seem to be lacking, the special effects alone are well worth the price of admission."
--- Derek R. Audette --- Submitted by D. Ward --- Ontario, Canada
August 16, 2004
" Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
--- Voltaire
August 16, 2004
" The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something."
--- Carl Sandburg
August 11, 2004
" What I do today is important because I am paying a day of my life for it. What I accomplish must be worthwhile because the price is high."
--- Author Unknown
August 11, 2004
" We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
--- Carlos Castaneda
August 11, 2004
" The willow, which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak, which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character."
--- Sir Walter Scott
August 9, 2004
" If people are coming to work excited . . . if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly . . . if they're having fun . . . if they're concentrating doing things, rather than preparing reports and going to meetings - then somewhere you have leaders."
--- Robert Townsend --- Submitted by Brandon R., Age 17 --- Tennessee
August 9, 2004
" An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous."
--- Henry Ford
August 9, 2004
" I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
--- Agatha Christie
August 4, 2004
" Momentary happiness eludes from without; Eternal happiness stems from within."
--- Copyright © 2004 Heather Wynne
You can try all you want to find yourself from the outside world, but then you are being blind. You need to look within to find the true meaning of yourself and life in general. Search and you will not find, but reveal yourself, and you will see the world.
August 4, 2004
" Loving someone in the present instead of listening to those from the past, shows ages of forgiveness."
--- Copyright © 2004 Mike LoPresto
Loved ones are tough to come by, and when those who are loved by others begin to love you, than friends become tough to come by.
August 4, 2004
" Expectations are premeditated resentments."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Melinda O'Brien --- Virginia
July 28, 2004
" Time is an illusion; Yesterday is nothing more than a stream of memories, tomorrow is a dream. The only true reality is NOW. Be Here!"
--- Copyright © 2004 Tony Keeler
July 28, 2004
" The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life."
--- Leo Tolstoy
July 28, 2004
" Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center."
--- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
July 26, 2004
" Character, not circumstances, makes the man."
--- Booker T. Washington
July 26, 2004
" Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."
--- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
July 26, 2004
" An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered."
--- G.K. Chesterton
July 21, 2004
" Never take the time for granted, it doesn't belong to You."
--- Written in 2004 by Dreamaster
July 21, 2004
" By the choices and acts of our lives, we create the person that we are and the faces that we wear."
--- Kenneth Patton
July 21, 2004
" Picture in your mind a sense of personal destiny."
--- Wayne Oates
July 19, 2004
" We forget all to soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were."
--- Joan Didion --- Submitted by Ralph Mullenax --- New Jersey
July 19, 2004
" Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep."
--- Dennis Waitley
July 19, 2004
" The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere."
--- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
July 14, 2004
" Don't stand in the splendor of your perfections, but walk in the imperfection of your mistakes."
--- Copyright © 2004 Ashley Dunaway
July 14, 2004
" Experience is a great teacher but in our busy lives we end up cutting the review classes where we might hear the teacher speak."
--- Grant Fairley --- Submitted by Cari McKenzie --- Ontario, Canada
July 14, 2004
" You will never know how important you are until you look up to that someone you thought you knew."
--- Copyright © 2004 Thems River
How many times have we really enjoyed the Sunshine, the stars at night and the ones we love?
July 12, 2004
" Great minds do not think alike, that is what makes them great."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Karen Jurgenssen --- United Kingdom
I have no idea who originally said this but a very good friend of mine said it to me, at a time I felt so out of step with everyone. Now, after a lot of heartache, I'm quite content to be the one who's not the same as everyone else.
July 12, 2004
" Deciding to quit only means you forgot why you started."
--- Copyright © 2004 Jason Pichette
July 12, 2004
" Everything in this world was declared impossible before it was actually done."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shini Menon --- TN, India
It's my favorite!
June 30, 2004
" Life is like a cracker with spice on it. You can always add that extra 'spice' but it's up to you whether you want to add it or not."
--- Author Unknown ---Submitted by Lloyd Jones --- Australia
Life, at times, can be somewhat hectic and frustrating, but whenever I look over this quote, I have a better understanding for life. Don't hide who your are. Be yourself and always aim high.
June 30, 2004
" A girl's best friend is not expensive like diamonds, but in the end, can end up being more valuable."
--- Copyright © 2004 Elizabeth Garnett
June 30, 2004
" Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way."
--- Edna Ferber
June 28, 2004
" The biggest problem facing the world today is not people dying in the streets of Calcutta, and not inflation, but spiritual deprivation. . .this feeling of emptiness associated with feeling separate from God, and from all our sisters and brothers on planet earth. Loneliness is the leprosy of the West."
--- Mother Teresa --- Submitted by Giselle H., Age 17 --- Illinois
June 28, 2004
" Leadership is often measured by meetings, managing, and memos. Productive leadership is measured by achieving strategic goals, benchmarks, and visible results."
--- Copyright © 2004 Reed Markham, Ph.D
June 28, 2004
" Leaders make announcements not excuses."
--- W. Leitzen --- Submitted by E. Mullen --- Rhode Island
June 23, 2004
" I am my hardest critic. The biggest challenges are the ones that are set upon me and not those from the external environment. I will definitely be resilient in the face of adversity. No problem will be too big for me to tackle, for I believe in myself."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Karen Leow --- Singapore
Well, I think the reason why one is not able to move forward is because he, himself is his biggest enemy whom he needs to conquer first.
June 23, 2004
" What good is it, for a man to gain the world, and yet lose his own soul in the process?.... I wonder."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Richard Mudzingwa --- Harare, Zimbabwe
This quote is the reason why I wake up in the morning. I tell myself that I shouldn't be greedy and try to consume everything I see. Why should I try to have every thing all at once, and never be happy? But instead, take every day one step at a time.
June 23, 2004
" Informed consent is one thing, understanding that information is completely another."
--- Copyright © 2003 Patti Blomme
I choose to send this quote because it is my favorite of all my personal quotes. It says so much about how people make choices. They think they are informed, but rarely do they understand what they have been informed about.
June 21, 2004
" Search your past, to understand the present and improve the future."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R. Steele --- California
June 21, 2004
" Choose to look at the world with your heart and not your eyes; and your eyes will begin to see a completely different world."
--- Copyright © 1995 Angula R. Fuhr (Oiler)
June 21, 2004
" Regret is futile because it is paralysis without process."
--- Copyright © 2004 Ed Boyden
June 16, 2004
" Don't conform to this world; be the difference. Turn it upside down like a pineapple cake, then it will taste better."
--- Copyright © 2004 Ashley Dunaway
June 16, 2004
" I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift."
--- Septima Poinsette Clark
June 16, 2004
" It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."
--- Alan Marshall Beck
June 14, 2004
" Although it may never be achieved, strive for perfection."
--- Susan Powers --- Submitted by Bryan P., Age 17 --- North Carolina, United States
It hit me like a ton of bricks. I live by this quote now.
June 14, 2004
" Trust everybody; just don't trust the devil in them."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Moses Dlamini --- Manzini, Swaziland
In it, you find that people should be trusted. It's just when the devil gets to use them that we should not trust them.
June 14, 2004
" Nature gave men two ends - one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then, man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most."
--- George R. Kirkpatrick
June 9, 2004
" No barrier can prevent those who strive from achieving their goals."
--- Copyright © 2000 Rich Lewis
June 9, 2004
" Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."
--- The Buddha
June 9, 2004
" Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You're thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure - or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success."
--- Thomas J. Watson
May 26, 2004
" Love is when obstacles seem impossible to overcome and you think you cannot give anymore, you try once more - every time."
--- Copyright © 2004 Deri Bakker
May 26, 2004
" Remember that your own shortcomings and failures are always a very good yardstick to measure the performance of others, keeping yourself humble in the process."
--- Copyright © 2004 Nalin Kumar Nirula & Renoo Nirula
May 26, 2004
" My friends have been my constant happiness with few annoyances/obstacles here and there..."
--- Copyright © 2004 LadyGrace Cervantes
May 24, 2004
" Vigorous thoughts that breathe, words that burn, and nothing shows a character more than with his smile."
--- Copyright © 2004 Dejan Gregor
It describes myself in a perfect, liberal and way - as literature leaves us gaps to define.
May 24, 2004
" I only allow people to judge my performance, who do exceptionally in theirs."
--- Copyright © 2004 Tom Kotowski
May 24, 2004
" Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
--- Rene Descartes
May 19, 2004
" Involvement DURING the process saves training AFTER."
--- Written in 2004 by Kevin M --- New York
I was talking to our HR Manager one day and this just came out. I thought, "that makes a lot of sense".
May 19, 2004
" Goals are like underwear; you have to change them once in a while to feel better about yourself."
--- Copyright © 2004 Gregg D. Richie
May 19, 2004
" What is required is sight and insight- then you might add one more; excite."
--- Robert Frost
May 17, 2004
" Forget yourself and you will not be forgotten."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Whitney M. --- Idaho
It's so true. Just try it ;)
May 17, 2004
" Sometimes what you fear the most is that which you refuse to see."
--- Copyright © 2004 Ashlee Mundy
May 17, 2004
" Truth and the knowledge of the ages are often the hardest and most intangible things to learn in life. But, once comprehended and fully understood, they will provide the possessor with a wealth of wisdom and insight more valuable than both gold and diamonds combined."
--- Copyright 2004 Joseph P.Martino
May 12, 2004
" If you are in a hurry, you can lose one minute in your life, but also your life in one minute."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gaby Ferrara --- CD. Mante Tamaulipas, Mexico
I heard this quote when I was in elementary school, and when someone is driving a car very fast, I always say it!!
May 12, 2004
" If your fears and dreams existed in the same location, would you fight your fears or run from the path of your dreams?"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by L.R., Age 17 --- Victoria, Australia
Found this on a surfing poster - thought it was meaningful.
May 12, 2004
" Nobody is perfect, but when you look beyond the imperfections, they can come pretty close."
--- Written in 2004 by Kayla H. --- Ohio
May 10, 2004
" To feel something with your heart is to see it in a different light!! So see differently today and feel with your heart."
--- Written in 2004 by Sam B., Age 14 --- England, United Kingdom
May 10, 2004
" Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't."
--- Eleanor Roosevelt
May 10, 2004
" Learn to value yourself, which means; to fight for your happiness."
--- Ayn Rand
May 5, 2004
" No matter how poor you are, hard work is free...it costs nothing...and the payment is priceless self-satisfaction."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by B. Brewster --- Texas
Banked off an ole rodeo hero of mine, Ty Murray
May 5, 2004
" If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
--- The 14th Dalai Lama --- Submitted by Carla Bermeo
May 5, 2004
" Love has to grow but need not go. Heart has to cry but need not die."
--- Jose Mari Chan --- Submitted by Armand Pedroza --- Manila, Philippines
May 3, 2004
" Sacrifices are often needed to further increase a gain."
--- Quickwitit --- Submitted by A.J. B. --- Texas
This is a simple quote, but we often forget this concept. Sometimes you are going to have to do something that you may not want to in order to get something you do want. Peace.
May 3, 2004
" Wealthy people don't know everything. They don't know what it feels like to be poor. If all of a sudden their wealth was taken away, they would be worse off than a child in the wilderness."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by David P. --- Maryland
Everyone has their weaknesses.
May 3, 2004
" When I sleep, I dream that I am the best, just like other people do. The difference is when I awake, I live my dream. Never quit dreaming because one day it will come into being."
--- Copyright © 2004 Mike Hogan (Ireland)
April 28, 2004
" Love is not only about knowing you love and care about a person so much that you know you'd be willing to do anything for them, but it's also about knowing how and being able to let go. And by doing so, allowing that person to be happy even if it's not with you and accepting the fact that to them, you're just not the one."
--- Copyright © 2003 Noha Kadhom
I think the message speaks for itself.
April 28, 2004
" Never let fear make strangers of those who should be lovers."
--- Copyright © 2004 Catherine Wade
So many of us shut ourselves off from love because of fear from further pain. Pain is only what we let it be, and fear is what we make it.
April 28, 2004
" There is enough in this world for a man's need. But there is never enough in any world for a man's greed."
--- Mahatma Gandhi --- Submitted by Sachin Stalin --- Goa, India
April 26, 2004
" Blessed are those who forget the disabilities of my body, and see the shape of my soul."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A. Richardson --- Ontario, Canada
April 26, 2004
" Love is, initially, expecting the unexpected and accepting the unaccepted. Later it is expecting the unaccepted and accepting the unexpected."
--- Copyright © 2004 Himanshu Gaur
April 26, 2004
" Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."
--- Carl Sandburg
April 21, 2004
" Life can be so wonderful. You just have to believe it. It's all there for you on the plate. You just have take it and taste the flavor of life."
--- Copyright © 2004 Heather McDade
I continue to challenge my beliefs and not take all my assertions as facts. I only take those thoughts which help me in the end, because the pay off I get from it means everything. This is a thought that sprung to my mind when I was writing in my diary and I hope that people can benefit from it too.
April 21, 2004
" Every day's a holiday when you have your health."
--- Copyright © 2004 Phil Ryobi
April 21, 2004
" My biggest disappointment in life is that grown-ups were not as smart as I thought they'd be."
--- Copyright © 2001 Anne Aziz
April 19, 2004
" The distinction of grade levels and age does not define true maturity."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Spencer Bob --- Pennsylvania
I've come to understand this through the women I have met in my life, sanity and insanity inhabits women of all ages.
April 19, 2004
" Nothing changes if nothing changes."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Brown --- Finland
April 14, 2004
" What do you do when you've done all that you can do, but all that you can do still can't undo what you've done?"
--- Copyright © 2004 Angula R. Fuhr
April 14, 2004
" Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone."
--- Pablo Picasso
April 14, 2004
" Live for something. Do good, and leave behind you a monument of virtue that the storms of time can never destroy. Write your name in kindness, love, and mercy on the hearts of thousands you come into contact with year after year. Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven."
--- Thomas Chalmers
April 12, 2004
" People pay for what they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply: by the lives they lead."
--- James Baldwin --- Submitted by Emily R. --- Utah
April 12, 2004
" Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts."
--- Bernard M. Baruch
April 12, 2004
" How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened."
--- Thomas Jefferson
April 9, 2004
" The world seen through your eyes is your life. How you envision the world is how you envision your life. To let another see your world for you is to let them control who you are. But, to let another show you their world is to be open minded. To be blind to the world of others is to truly be alone."
--- Copyright © 2002 Casey Wilkinson
I finally opened my eyes and saw that I was so busy trying to see into other people's worlds that I almost lost track of the beauty that exists in my own.
April 9, 2004
" One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, what if I had never seen this before?
What if I knew I would never see it again?"
--- Rachel Carson
April 9, 2004
" You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individual. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity."
--- Marie Curie
April 5, 2004
" If you don't believe in yourself, don't expect anyone else to. If you don't trust yourself, don't expect anyone else to. If you can't reassure yourself, then don't expect anyone else to. Believe, trust, and reassure yourself."
--- Copyright © 2004 Sarah Stockwell
After missing my Olympic trial cuts 6 times... I realized I had no one to blame but myself. I realized that by not believing, trusting and reasuring myself, I only second guessed myself. All I did was set myself up for failure.
April 5, 2004
" In life there are no regrets, only learning experiences."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Holly Blond --- Ontario, Canada
April 5, 2004
" Many of us live our lives as if we are captives of emotion. Thinking if we swim and fight we will make a difference, when the real difference lies in your strength. Peace creates aim. Aim creates happiness. If you cannot handle your situation where you are now, why would you want to move on?"
--- Copyright © 2004 Kelly Zullo
My thought: you should contact your best you.
March 31, 2004
" Perhaps one day we will strive toward unity, codependence, and understanding. Until then keep singing, keep writing, keep dreaming, and keep praying. Look up and push on."
--- Copyright © 2003 Ralph Mullenax
March 31, 2004
" The "Nice Guy" may always finish last - but we sleep the soundest, walk the tallest, have the greatest joys, and live the richest, fullest life."
--- Copyright © 2004 N. Oyenik
March 31, 2004
" A free lunch is usually followed by indigestion or a bill in the mail."
--- Copyright © 2004 Arnold Mori
March 29, 2004
" Excuses are nails used to build a house of failures."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Subhesh Priyadarshi --- Illinois
March 29, 2004
" Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."
--- Voltaire
March 29, 2004
" Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof."
--- John Kenneth Galbraith
March 24, 2004
" If you are the root of the problem, you must be the solution."
--- Copyright © 2004 Dr. D.P. Tripathy
March 24, 2004
" Silent gratitude isn't very much use to anyone."
--- Gertrude B. Stein
March 24, 2004
" Life is what we make it, and the world is what we make it. The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears to them."
--- Albert Pike
March 22, 2004
" The seven most dangerous words in the world:
1. ignore
2. it,
3. maybe
4. it
5. will
6. go
7. away"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Stan Buck --- Missouri
March 22, 2004
" First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others."
--- Thomas A. Kempis
March 22, 2004
" Someday after we have mastered the air, the winds, the tides, and gravity, we will harness for God the energies of love. And then for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."
--- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
March 17, 2004
" Life is a golden opportunity; enjoy each day."
--- Copyright © 2001 Reeny Jolly
March 17, 2004
" You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
--- Buddha
March 17, 2004
" You are a child of the Universe, no less than the moon and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should."
--- Max Ehrmann
March 15, 2004
" It is possible to recognize that we can detest someone's actions without detesting the person; we can hate the sin without hating the sinner. It's possible to hate and condemn the action, not the person doing it. In this way, we can drop the burdens of anger, bitterness, and resentment that we carry with us. We can love more broadly and still maintain our integrity and common sense."
--- Lama Surya Das --- Submitted by Giselle H., Age 17 --- Illinois
We only hurt ourselves when we let anger, hate, and unforgiveness fill our hearts.
March 15, 2004
" You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself."
--- Alan Alda
March 15, 2004
" Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the difference between what things are and what they ought to be."
--- William Hazlitt
March 10, 2004
" HATE is like strong coffee. The stronger you make it, the more bitter it tastes."
--- Copyright © 2002 Jeanette Sally Justice
March 10, 2004
" We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies -- in the minds of those closest to the work."
--- John F. Welch, Jr.
March 10, 2004
" Life is too short to be small."
--- Benjamin Disraeli
March 8, 2004
" It is not foolish to make mistakes in life but repeating the mistakes, is foolish!"
--- Copyright © 2004 Deepthi Madhu
March 8, 2004
" What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than how valuable we are."
--- F. Scott Fitzgerald
March 8, 2004
" It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust."
--- Samuel Johnson
March 3, 2004
" To succeed at something that you don't want to do, is still failure."
--- Copyright © 2004 Carleen Irvine
I believe that at times we focus too much on what people want us to do and become. We try to please everyone, our parents, and our friends. We find ourselves going into professions that we don't really want; into relationship that aren't making us happy. But in retrospect, we are the ones who have still failed at making ourselves happy.
March 3, 2004
" To laugh with others is one of life's great pleasures. To be laughed at by others is one of life's great hurts."
--- Frank Tyger
March 3, 2004
" It wasn't until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know'."
--- Somerset Maughm
March 1, 2004
" Love is this beautiful thing that someone loves you, even when you find it impossible to love yourself."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Noha K. --- Ontario, Canada
March 1, 2004
" There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul."
--- Arnold Bennett
March 1, 2004
" The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any."
--- Fred Astaire
February 25, 2004
" Yes, you can extract oil from beach sand, can swim seven oceans with a single leg, can tie an elephant with single thread but can never change a fool's mindset."
--- Barthuhari (200 B.C.) --- Submitted by Koduri Kiran --- Andhrapradesh, India
Barthuhari is one of India's greatest authors. His poems and stories are all about inspiration and motivation.
February 25, 2004
" The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expecting to do - always reach."
--- Lee Iacocca
February 25, 2004
" The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."
--- Max DePree
February 23, 2004
" Load a man to 101% of his capacity and he collapses miserably...carrying nothing. Encourage him to carry 90% of his capacity and watch him happily run with far more."
--- Copyright © 2003 Fritz Gartner (1965-) Sales Manager, Father & Friend
February 23, 2004
" A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing tosacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done."
--- Vince Lombardi
February 23, 2004
" The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility."
--- Charles Caleb Colton
February 18, 2004
" The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rhonda K. --- Michigan
This quote helped me figure out what people were most important in my life. They were the people that never left my side through the good and bad times. I hope it helps you too.
February 18, 2004
" I believe that the details of our lives will be forgotten by most, but the emotion, the spirit, will linger with those who shared it, and be part of them forever."
--- Liv Ullmann
February 18, 2004
" The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations."
--- Benjamin Disraeli
February 16, 2004
" The pattern of your present thoughts is the stencil of your future."
--- Copyright © 2004 Desireé Botha
February 16, 2004
" To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."
--- Confucius
February 16, 2004
" People that pay for things never complain. It's the guy you give something to that you can't please."
--- Will Rogers
February 11, 2004
" Learn a man's past, but don't condemn his future by it."
--- Copyright © 2002 Michelle Hein
February 11, 2004
" Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."
--- Julie Andrews
February 11, 2004
" Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."
--- Voltaire
February 9, 2004
" We all need a shoulder to cry on, to lean on, where love and care is plenty and ample, without any conditions laid; a corner in the room of life where we feel no need to pretend, no need to pull the mask onto your face, as there is unconditional love and care in that place. Where love is given to the soul and not to the body, where love in its purest form dwells in somebody."
--- Written in 2004 by Vikki K., --- Maharastra, India
February 9, 2004
" We bring beauty with us into this world, as we bring innocence, and the ugliness that we take with us when we leave is what we've made of ourselves instead of what we should have made."
--- Dean Koontz --- Submitted by Sandi Y. --- Hawaii
February 9, 2004
" The only person who got everything done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Marianne Pettifor --- Wales, United Kingdom
February 4, 2004
" I hope one day the man I want to be and the man I am, meet."
--- Copyright © 2003 Andrew McCormick
February 4, 2004
" In this day and age, patience is something everyone forgets we possess."
--- Copyright © 2004 Nelda Gonzalez
February 4, 2004
" I feel negative towards being the opposite of positive."
--- Copyright © 2003 Eveline Dashchi
February 2, 2004
" Life is too short to let it suck."
--- Copyright © 2003 Pam Bennett
February 2, 2004
" Be careful what you listen to, it may stunt your growth."
--- Copyright © 2004 Caroline Walker
February 2, 2004
" If you surround yourself with sin then eventually you will give in. Eventually your inner strength will be weakened; Disillusioned and overcome by temptation."
--- Copyright © 2004 Juliana Pugliese
I wrote this quote after gathering my thoughts one day. After having some time to myself to reflect, I learned that no matter how strong you think you can be, if you allow yourself to be in a situation where your beliefs are sacrificed, you too will fall in that category.
January 28, 2004
" One person alone cannot change the world. One person can only make enough of an impact and a difference to inspire the world to change itself."
--- Copyright © 2003 Kari Wollmuth
January 28, 2004
" A wise person can seldom be fooled."
--- Copyright © 2004 Shaunic Stinson
January 28, 2004
" There are tall ships,
And there are small ships,
But, the best ships,
Are friendships."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Darryl Saunders --- Queensland, Australia
January 26, 2004
" A person's survival in a course depends on what is fueling him. Anger, hatred and jealousy eventually consumes, but love and humble sincerity keeps the fire burning for as long as desired."
--- Copyright © 2004 Alison Lubisi
January 26, 2004
" Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves."
--- Horace Mann
January 26, 2004
" For myself, I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else."
--- Winston Churchill
January 21, 2004
" Life is just one big journey. If you get lost, don't spend half of it trying to find your way back, just keep on living."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ben M., Age 14 --- Virginia
January 21, 2004
" Problems are solved to make us stronger to face other problems."
--- Copyright © 2003 Mhelford Hipolito
January 21, 2004
" The truth is hard to swallow, when you already have a belly full of lies."
--- Copyright © 2003 Dominic Allen
I just came up with that a few months ago, and people have seemed to really take a liking to it.
January 19, 2004
" Love will not grow if only fed with lies."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michelle Schlund --- Ohio
January 19, 2004
" You are the only person on earth who can use your abilities."
--- Zig Ziglar
January 19, 2004
" Hope costs nothing."
--- Colette
January 14, 2004
" An Entrepreneur does not fail; he gives up."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robert Wakeling --- Johannesburg, South Africa
This quote is so true and will mean a lot to those who are true Entrepreneurs.
January 14, 2004
" Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."
--- Oscar Wilde
January 14, 2004
" The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them."
--- Stephen King
January 12, 2004
" He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follow out that plan, carries a thread that guides him through the labyrinth of the most busy life. Such an orderly arrangement of time is like a ray of light which darts itself through all his occupations. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidents, all things lie huddled together in chaos, which admits of neither distribution nor review."
--- Victor Hugo --- Submitted by Olusegun A. Ajadi --- Nigeria
As 2004 begins, a new resolution of PLANNING is very essential. The world is full of uncertainties, but planning makes the bridge between the present and the future.
January 12, 2004
" Four steps to achievement:
Plan purposefully
Prepare prayerfully
Proceed positively
Pursue persistently"
--- William A. Ward
January 12, 2004
" In the end, we do battle only with ourselves. We are slaves to whatever we don't understand."
--- Vernon Howard
January 7, 2004
" I don't fight with guns like the young boys do. I fight with words and ideas."
--- Col. Robert A. Atkins (ret.) --- Submitted by John B., Age 16 --- Virginia
This quote helps me cool off a little when I think about hurting someone. It makes me think more about channeling my anger and doing something constructive.
January 7, 2004
" Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people."
--- Zig Ziglar
January 7, 2004
" Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than necessary."
--- Sir James M. Barrie
January 5, 2004
" What would life be without the constant struggles we must go through, struggles that teach us so much about ourselves?"
--- Copyright © 2003 Janine Staplins
January 5, 2004
" The inevitable will happen."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ramon Cobian --- Puerto Rico
January 5, 2004
" Beauty should never be measured solely by one's size and weight. A new Mercedes and an old taxi cab are both about the same size and weight. With which would you rather be seen?"
--- Copyright © 2003 David Titchenal
December 17, 2003
" If you think that you're different, well you are, but all that means is that you signify a new and brighter color on the wallpaper of normality."
--- Copyright © 2002 Andrew Copelin
December 17, 2003
" A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug."
--- Patricia Neal
December 17, 2003
" There are two conditions in life: accept things as they exist, or accept responsibility for changing them."
--- Dr. Denis Waitley
December 15, 2003
" Are you not also a part of this universe? Do you not also have hopes, dreams, and fears just as every other living person does every minute of their lives? Then when the world is in bad shape, it has EVERYTHING to do with you, just as it has EVERYTHING to do with every other person out there. It is up to you, as well as every other person, to do something about it, because if you won't, and others think the same way as you, who will??"
--- Copyright © 2003 Jessica Bachand
I wrote this quote for everyone who thinks the world will take care of things for them, and there's nothing they can do to help it out.
December 15, 2003
" Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable; they go together."
--- Earl Nightingale
December 15, 2003
" We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."
--- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
December 10, 2003
" A rose is like our hearts. If the wind gets too strong or the water gets to deep, we just wither away."
--- Copyright © 2003 Allegra Thomas
December 10, 2003
" Be happy in the moment, that's enough.
Each moment is all we need, not more."
--- Mother Teresa
December 10, 2003
" It's always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth."
--- Malcolm Forbes
December 8, 2003
" There's a fortune to be found in educating the mind. Once you find that fortune you will be educated enough to know it wasn't fortune after all."
--- Copyright © 2003 Matt Yabsley
Made quite a few people stop and think. No matter the contradictions, anything that makes us stop and think is truly a blessing eh?
December 8, 2003
" We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."
--- Samuel Smiles
December 8, 2003
" All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today."
--- Ralph Ransom
December 3, 2003
"1+2 =3, 3+4=7, 5+6=12, 7+8=15"
Notice something!? What is it?
Do good a hundred times you'll be forgotten, commit one mistake you'll always be remembered!
--- Copyright © 2003 Ian Cabriga
We always notice the mistakes/wrong doings of other people. Even if we have been so good, when we do something wrong along the way, what is the most noticeable? How about noticing the good deeds?
December 3, 2003
" Never let anyone make you feel less than what you are, but also never be less than what you can be!"
--- Copyright © 2002 Ali Wiegert
December 3, 2003
" Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance."
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
December 1, 2003
BROKEN HEART
My heart is crying and ready for dying
It's no more so blind and really annoying
It bears a pain and don't want again
Your love was a game and no need to explain
But it's true that was you
And my every heartbeat belongs to you
It tried to get closer to you
But still a million miles away from you
It still tells a rhyme
That you are just mine
--- Copyright © 2003 Fehmida Khan (Pakistan)
December 1, 2003
" The truth is easy to tell; a lie you have to dress it up."
--- Copyright © 1999 A. Harris
December 1, 2003
" Poverty is a state of mind, not a condition of the wallet."
--- Copyright © 2003 Randy Adamson
November 19, 2003
" We judge others by their behavior but ourselves by our intentions."
--- Stephen Covey
November 19, 2003
" The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large."
--- Confucius
November 19, 2003
" Follow your gut feeling. Have confidence. We made it up as we went along."
--- George Harrison
November 17, 2003
" If it is love, it is never physical. If it's physical, it's never love, it's lust."
--- Copyright © 2003 Dr. Rajendra Kumar (India)
November 17, 2003
" I could never love where I could not respect."
--- Charlotte Elizabeth Aisse
November 17, 2003
" We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."
--- Goethe
November 12, 2003
" Remember to always return to the middle."
--- Copyright © 1998 Janice Doshier
November 12, 2003
" In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do."
--- Dorothea Dix
November 12, 2003
" Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon."
--- James L. Fisher
November 10, 2003
" You cannot raise a man up by calling him down."
--- William Boetcker
November 10, 2003
" To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage."
--- Confucius
November 10, 2003
" No man is rich enough to buy back his past."
--- Oscar Wilde
November 5, 2003
" Mom's treasured youth restores her tomorrows."
--- Copyright © 2003 Kelly Cannon
To help children remember, a human, not just mom, from time to time.
November 5, 2003
" God bless my mother, all that I am or ever hope to be I owe to her."
--- Abraham Lincoln
November 5, 2003
" My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind."
--- Michael Jordan
November 3, 2003
" Don't run after the thing you want, leave it on its own. If it comes back to you, then it was yours."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Muddassar Masood --- Punjab, Pakistan
I experience it in my life and want to share it with you people.
November 3, 2003
" If you have to do the wrong thing to get what you want, it wasn't worth having in the first place."
--- Donna Martin --- Submitted by A. Tracy --- Missouri
November 3, 2003
" People forget how fast you did a job but they remember how well you did it."
--- Howard W. Newton
October 29, 2003
" You can't manage a man into combat; you must lead him. You manage things; you lead people."
--- Grace Hopper
October 29, 2003
" When people are working for the motives of someone else, they profess not to understand or accept why things are done in the way they are. For anyone to feel responsible for their actions, they must sense the behavior has flowed from themselves."
--- Stanley Milgram
October 29, 2003
" The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes."
--- Victor Frankl
October 27, 2003
" Self-awareness is an endless journey with infinite destinations."
--- Copyright © 2003 Michaela Goad (United Kingdom)
October 27, 2003
" A large body with minuscule mind and an empty heart is a painful thought, but a reality."
--- Copyright © 2003 Todd Vradenburgh (New York)
Just a guy walking around in a sunny field waiting for his love to come back.
October 27, 2003
" A cat can never become a lion in size, but by practice, it can always exceed the big cat in intelligence."
--- Copyright © 2003 Jagannathan Arockiam (India)
October 22, 2003
" If you can't return a favor, pass it on."
--- Louise Brown
October 22, 2003
" Forgiveness does not have anything to do with other people. It has everything to do with you."
--- Gary Zukav
October 22, 2003
" Children need love especially when they don't deserve it."
--- Harold S. Hulbert
October 20, 2003
" I don't live in the past...I just like to visit it once in a while."
--- Copyright © 2003 Mary Nix
October 20, 2003
" Innovation is irrelevant, unless implemented."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Greg Byrne --- Dublin 2, Ireland
October 20, 2003
" Good to forgive, better to forget!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sachin Bansal --- New Delhi, India
October 15, 2003
" A customer is a person who pays your salary."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hasnain Latif --- N.W.F.P, Pakistan
October 15, 2003
" When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown."
--- Hugh Prather
October 15, 2003
" Keep company with those who make you better."
--- English Proverb
October 13, 2003
" Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I may not forget you."
--- Sir William Arthur
October 13, 2003
" Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours."
--- Ayn Rand
October 13, 2003
" Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions."
--- Earl Gray Stevens
October 8, 2003
" Age is a number, old is an attitude!"
--- Copyright © 2003 Mary Pretto
I said this in a class I was teaching on "Aging Issues". My class stopped me and said that it was a powerful statement. I thought it would be great to share this sentiment with more people.
October 8, 2003
" The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
--- Albert Einstein
October 8, 2003
" Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read."
--- Mark Twain
October 6, 2003
" At the precise moment you become satisfied with having done your best, you should realize that you did not."
--- Copyright © 2000 Susan Kleinschnitz
October 6, 2003
" Here is the secret of inspiration. Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly not more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you."
--- William Feather
October 6, 2003
" And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
--- Nelson Mandela
October 1, 2003
" I may be called the salt of the earth, but it takes the salt to bring out the flavor in everyone I meet."
--- Copyright © 1984 Grace Carter
This was my answer when someone said it to me
October 1, 2003
" If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance."
--- Orville Wright
October 1, 2003
" How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and, keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to know what really matters most."
--- Stephen Covey
September 29, 2003
" There are million things that I don't know. But there is one thing I can do, that is to love you day in and day out for the rest of my life."
--- Copyright © 2003 Farhan Nabi Khan
September 29, 2003
" Kids today are looking for idols, but sometimes they look too far... They don't have to look any farther than their home because those are the people that love you. They are the real heroes."
--- Bobby Bonilla
September 29, 2003
" Leadership is not magnetic personality-that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing people"-that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations."
--- Peter F. Drucker
September 24, 2003
" Mirror...Mirror...Discrimination is an act of fear and restricts yourself from growing. Tolerance closes opportunities to challenge yourself. Acceptance is opening and expanding your mind. Don't be afraid to know who you really are."
--- Copyright © 2003 Roberta Trujillo
September 24, 2003
" Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life and the neglected opportunity."
--- Omar Idn Al-Halif
September 24, 2003
" The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."
--- Theodore Roosevelt
September 22, 2003
" It is nature of a man to rise to greatness, if greatness is expected of that man."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sam C., Age 15 --- Victoria, Australia
September 22, 2003
" If you are anticipating the worst while hoping for the best, you will get the worst. The things that happen to you are in direct accordance with the things wherein you place your faith. Believe you are licked and you are."
--- Harold Sherman
September 22, 2003
" To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."
--- Henri Poincare
September 17, 2003
" To be yourself is to be alive."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Venkat Ram --- Tamilnadu, India
This quote is aimed at making people know that life is not another's creation. What we create is life.
September 17, 2003
" The Difficult we do immediately.
The Impossible takes a little longer."
--- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers slogan
September 17, 2003
" He who cannot forgive others destroys a bridge over which he must pass himself.
For every man has a need to be forgiven."
--- Saint John Gaulberto
September 15, 2003
" Luck, fate, and destiny are but only one thing. The one moment that preparation meets opportunity. One must plan for tomorrow, but live for today! Not planning for tomorrow is bad preparation, and not living for today will present no opportunity."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.C. --- Texas
September 15, 2003
" There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us."
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
September 15, 2003
" We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within."
--- Earl Nightingale
September 10, 2003
" If you give of yourself with an expectation that you should receive something in return, you will find yourself disappointed most of the time."
--- Copyright © 2003 Martha Triplett
September 10, 2003
" You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back?"
--- Clement Stone
September 10, 2003
" Begin and end each day with an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving."
--- Wayne W. Dyer
September 8, 2003
" There is only one time in life when I will appreciate being alive as much as I do now, and that is today." (Please repeat tomorrow morning.)
--- Copyright © 2003 Todd McConnell
September 8, 2003
" We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the Beautiful Stuff out."
--- Ray Bradbury
September 8, 2003
" The depth of your compassion lies in your ability to forgive yourself."
--- Mark Graham
September 3, 2003
" If you are offended, do not write it on a stone, but write it on sand; for if the wind of forgiveness comes, it will vanish."
--- Copyright © 2003 Noemi Binag
September 3, 2003
" Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older, they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them."
--- Oscar Wilde
September 3, 2003
" In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving."
--- Sheldon Kopp
August 27, 2003
" Dream with the belief that you may never awake from your slumber."
--- Copyright © 2003 T. Anderson
August 27, 2003
" Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world."
--- Joel Barker
August 27, 2003
" The only way to get positive feelings about yourself is to take positive actions. Man does not live as he thinks, he thinks as he lives."
--- Reverend Vaughan Quinn
August 25, 2003
" Time has stopped, for a moment. Nothing, to accomplish, but, just reflect."
--- Copyright © 2003 Kelly Cannon
This quote is from one of my first and best published poems, "Fall Evening". To say, that sometimes, it's okay to relax and reflect upon things, rather than accomplish.
August 25, 2003
" Don't be run so much by what you lack as by what you have already achieved."
--- Marcus Aurelius
August 25, 2003
" You don't just stumble into the future. You create your own future."
--- Roger Smith
August 20, 2003
" In our search for perfection we sometimes lose our way."
--- James T. Farnsworth --- Submitted by J. Black --- Australia
August 20, 2003
" The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."
--- Vincent van Gogh
August 20, 2003
" Different people have different duties assigned to them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat."
--- Henry Ibsen
August 18, 2003
" A positive environment in an organization is a win-win situation."
--- Written in 2003 by Arundhathi E. --- Andhra Pradesh, India
August 18, 2003
" I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut."
--- Goethe
August 18, 2003
" The really great man is the man who makes every man feel great."
--- G.K. Chesterton
August 13, 2003
" Tears of defeat only wash out the things in your eyes that keep you from hitting your target."
--- Copyright © 2003 Ricky Miller
August 13, 2003
" Few are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change."
--- Robert F. Kennedy
August 13, 2003
" Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you."
--- Richard D. Bach
August 11, 2003
" There is no weeping for a person, married to sound common sense."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Atul Geria --- Gujarat, India
August 11, 2003
" The greatest works are done by the ones. The hundreds do not often do much; it is the units, the single individuals, that are the power and the might. Individual effort is, after all, the grand thing."
--- Charles Haddon Spurgeon
August 11, 2003
" Celebrate the success of others. Bring people up, not down."
--- Author Unknown
August 6, 2003
" When I dream alone, it just becomes a dream. When we dream together, it becomes the beginning of a new road."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nomvuyiseko Mbenene --- Western Cape, South Africa
August 6, 2003
" The Wright Brothers flew right into the smoke screen of impossibility."
--- Charles Franklin Kettering
August 6, 2003
" We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other people's models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open."
--- Shakti Gawain
August 4, 2003
" When talking a walk down memory lane, try not to trip over the regrets."
--- Copyright © 2003 Elliot Westergaard
This is a little nugget that I came up with one night after I found out that a friend of mine had died. Don't wait to tell people that you care about them cause you never know when they might be gone.
August 4, 2003
" I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time."
--- Anna Freud
August 4, 2003
" When you remain open to all points of view- not rigidly attached to only one- your dreams and desires will flow with nature's desires."
--- Deepak Chopra
July 30, 2003
" It is better to give than to receive because giving is a glorified way of receiving."
--- Copyright © 2003 Elvin Knox
July 30, 2003
" It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."
--- Jessamyn West
July 30, 2003
" Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."
--- Samuel Ullman
July 28, 2003
" Walking forward or backwards makes no difference as long as you're moving ahead."<
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C. Neelley ---Texas
July 28, 2003
" There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination."
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
July 28, 2003
" Habit breaking, the prerequisite for change and renewal, needs more than a simple decision. It takes motivation, desire and will. Crisis can provide that and all too often is the sole force for change."
--- Robert H. Waterman
July 23, 2003
" God gives and forgives; man gets and forgets."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sathish Sundaram --- TamilNadu, India
July 23, 2003
" You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."
--- Woodrow Wilson
July 23, 2003
" You cannot always wait for the perfect time. Sometimes you must dare to jump."
--- Yasmeen Bleeth
July 21, 2003
" Creativity, enhances, beyond, glittered chaos."
--- Copyright © 2003 Kelly Cannon
I'm the author of this quote. I'm a new, bold independent writer of quotes, poems, and short stories.
July 21, 2003
" You have to believe in yourself, that's the secret. Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world."
--- Charlie Chaplin
July 21, 2003
" Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him."
--- Henry Miller
July 16, 2003
" What we have done for ourselves dies with us, but what we have done for others remains immortal."
--- Albert Pike --- Submitted by Casey E. Faucon --- Louisiana
July 16, 2003
" Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another."
--- Kenny Ausubel
July 16, 2003
" We should seize every opportunity to give encouragement. It is oxygen to the soul."
--- George M. Adams
July 14, 2003
" Even concrete evidence isn't written in stone."
--- Copyright © 2003 Joseph P. Martino
July 14, 2003
" Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor."
--- Robert Frost
July 14, 2003
" Life works when you choose what you got. Actually what you got is what you chose. To move on, choose it."
--- Werner Erhard
July 9, 2003
" Every one of us has a destiny with greatness. The main obstacle to our attainment - allowing time to slip away, through idleness or unfruitful pursuits."
--- Copyright © 2003 Scott Johnson
July 9, 2003
" Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from his neck saying Make Me Feel Important! Never forget this message when working with people."
--- Mary Kay Ash
July 9, 2003
" One ungrateful man does an injury to all who need help."
--- Publilius Syrus
July 7, 2003
" You always get lucky, SOMETIMES!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Timbo Lewis --- Florida
This is the way I explain the unexplainable
July 7, 2003
" It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it."
--- Baltasar Gracian
July 7, 2003
" You don't just luck into things. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities."
--- Barbara Bush
July 2, 2003
" Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, and charity."
--- Dr. William Menninger
July 2, 2003
" Have confidence in your decisions. Make them expeditiously, and stay with them as long as you believe you are correct, no matter what others say. However, when you conclude you were in error, do not hesitate to announce the error publicly and change course."
--- Edward J. Koch
July 2, 2003
" We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors."
--- Lyndon B. Johnson
June 30, 2003
" Freedom is the sure possession of those who have the courage to defend it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by E.S. --- Quebec, Canada
I am currently in the military, finishing basic training here in St. Jean, Quebec. This quote is for every soldier and civilian who has gladly given their life so I can live mine.
June 30, 2003
" True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass others at whatever cost, but to serve others at whatever cost."
--- Arthur Ashe
June 30, 2003
" We will not be driven by fear...if we remember that we are not descended from fearful men."
--- Edward R. Murrow
June 25, 2003
" Timing is everything . . . Never light your candles in the morning."
--- Lois Martin, RN --- Submitted by Marvin Fairbank --- Kansas
This advice was given to me by Ms. Lois Martin, RN, my mentor in the early 1970's. I believe it was original from her as I've never heard if from anyone else since, nor have I ever seen it in print.
June 25, 2003
" Men build too many walls and not enough bridges."
--- Sir Isaac Newton
June 25, 2003
" There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which we do not exercise human control. They would rate a generous deed as no more praiseworthy than a wink, a crime as no more voluntary than a sneeze...such a philosophy undercuts all human dignity...all of us have the power of choice in action at every moment of our lives."
--- Fulton J. Sheen
June 23, 2003
" When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate."
--- Ann Landers
June 23, 2003
" Make memories that last a lifetime and are more precious then gold. Love is truly magical; it will conquer all. Believe and you will be surprised by its magic and power."
--- Copyright © 2003 Constandina Politis
June 23, 2003
" A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
--- George Bernard Shaw
June 18, 2003
Heard a rich man brag about a $1,000 day.
Had to ask myself what did he give away?
Was it his child he forgot to hold?
Or an "I Love You" left untold?
What's your worth to the ones who love you?
What's your worth to your fellow man?
--- Copyright © 2003 Darrel Lee
June 18, 2003
" The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings."
--- Kakuzo Okakiwa
June 18, 2003
" It's better to be wrong doing the right thing,
Than right doing the wrong thing."
--- Copyright © 2003 Les DeSouza
June 16, 2003
" If you can't say anything good about someone, don't say anything at all."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aletaa LLaCoste --- Florida
June 16, 2003
" Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation."
--- Stephen R. Covey
June 16, 2003
" It just goes to show you: be careful how you treat people. You never know
when they might wind up on your doorstep."
--- Mary Goodwin --- Submitted by Jill W.. ---- Pennsylvania
She was a stranger whom I met hundreds of miles from my home, and we
discovered that I had multiple connections to some of her relatives.
June 11, 2003
" Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will
surprise you with their ingenuity."
--- George S. Patton
June 11, 2003
" The vintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust and that real life is
love, laughter and work."
--- Elbert Hubbard
June 11, 2003
" It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By
definition, there are enough people to do that."
--- G.H. Hardy
June 9, 2003
" If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd
never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be too
cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time
and build your wings on the way down."
--- Ray Bradbury
June 9, 2003
" Nothing ever built arose to touch the skies unless some man dreamed that
it should, some man believed that it could, and some man willed that it
must."
--- Charles F. Kettering
June 9, 2003
" Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you
need."
--- Kahlil Gibran
June 4, 2003
" Aim for distinction and you will attain it."
--- Henry Davis
June 4, 2003
" I have accepted fear as part of life --- specifically the fear of change.
I have gone ahead despite the pounding in my heart that says: turn back."
--- Erica Jong
June 4, 2003
" Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude."
--- Martin Luther King, Jr.
June 2, 2003
" If you hate a person, you hate something in them that is part of
yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us."
--- Written in 2003 by Cassie P., Age 17 ---- Washington
This makes sense, for all drama out there in the world. People need to
realize that the reason they don't like OTHER people is because they're
just like them. So maybe you need to look at yourselves every once in a
while.. eh?
June 2, 2003
" Rational thinking gets you nowhere. Lateral thinking gets you somewhere."
--- Written in 2003 by R. Dormer --- Unittedd Kingdom
June 2, 2003
" Set and demand standards of excellence. Anybody who accepts mediocrity --
in school, in job, in life -- is a guy who compromises. And when the leader
compromises, the whole damn organization compromises."
--- Charles Knight
May 30, 2003
" Self-actualization ignites self-realization."
--- Copyright © 2003 Okeleye Adedapo Alleen
May 30, 2003
" A problem is just a solution waiting to happen."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S. Haaywward --- NSW, Australia
May 30, 2003
" Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is
production or accomplishments and to either of these ends there must be
forethought, system planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as
perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing."
--- Thomas Alva Edison
May 28, 2003
" The best way to fight terrorism ... the best way to fight racism ... is
to be a loving, caring person to those you come in contact with ..... and
HOPE that it rubs off. Don't let anyone tell you different."
--- Copyright © 2003 David I.Gussin
May 28, 2003
For every ailment under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none; If
there be one, try to find it; If there be none,never mind it.
--- Old Mother Goose rhyme --- Submitted byy Lora T. --- Hong Kong
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about
things which are beyond the power of our will.
May 28, 2003
" The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis". One brush
stroke stands for danger, the other for opportunity. In a crisis, beware of
the danger - but recognize the opportunity."
--- Richard Millhous Nixon
May 21, 2003
" Do not confuse one's needs with one's persistence. One's needs pushes him
to persist due to he has not yet achieved his needs. But to persist without
any needs is to be always 1 step behind your goal and 2 steps in front of
that step. You can never be happy because what you seek is not needed and
what you have obtained is worthless to you."
--- Copyright © 2003 Alvin dela Cruz
This is due to my past of having the wrong friends and I am still paying
for it; It has been over 10 years and I am still unable to find work even
after going back to school and finishing. I have a family now and though I
want to give up, they need me to be strong and so my need to persist still
stays strong.
May 21, 2003
" Life is a grindstone; whether it grinds you down or polishes you up
depends on what you are made of."
--- Unknown
May 21, 2003
" Mistakes are part of the dues on pays for a full life."
--- Sophia Loren
May 19, 2003
" Life is like a B-grade movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it
and you don't want to go back and see it again."
--- Ted Turner
May 19, 2003
" All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running
from, and to, and why."
--- James Thurber
May 19, 2003
" Take chances; make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your
courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."
--- Mary Tyler Moore
May 14, 2003
" Courage and the power to fight for what you believe in are the key to
victory, for these things are what mold the future, both in a political
sense and for the good of the nation."
--- Written in 2003 by Brendan C. --- Texxass
May 14, 2003
" I would look at death in the eye and not be scared. But love,... I'm
petrified of love."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Grantt SSP Ormerod
Lancashire, United Kingdom
May 14, 2003
" If there's something on your mind, it's going to stay there until you
actually do it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cathyy PP. --- Victoria, Australia
May 12, 2003
" Don't waste time looking back - your eyes are in the front of your head."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kim PP. --- Ontario, Canada
May 12, 2003
" Sometimes it takes more courage to tell the truth and live with the
consequences then it does to not to tell the truth and live with a lie."
--- Written in 2003 by M.P. --- QLD, Austtraalia
May 12, 2003
" How much easier it is to be critical than correct."
--- Benjamin Disraeli
May 7, 2003
" Try to look around you, everything is incomplete and uncertain, nothing
is perfectly built, knowledge is incomplete. This means one thing: have
faith, work with passion and determination in life."
--- Submitted by Ehmie --- Ontario, Canadda
May 7, 2003
" Authority does not make you a leader.
It gives you the opportunity to be one."
--- Copyright © 2003 Mohd Dzuleqhmal
May 7, 2003
" At the end of life - we will all want for 2 things:
More time and to have taken more risk."
--- Copyright © 2003 Michael Morrow
May 5, 2003
" The answers for all the tough questions and situations appear when you
start analyzing simple questions."
--- Copyright © 2003 Muni Raju Av
What I mean to say is this is practical and real. You can apply by asking
simple questions like how and when, etc.
May 5, 2003
" The world is a stage. Each and everyone is struggling for a place. Don't
be discouraged with unfavorable conditions. Watch and pray and God will put
you right. Be patient for no condition is permanent. Wait for your turn."
--- Copyright © 2003 Sylvia Quaye
May 5, 2003
" When you walked into my life you filled a void. When you were in my life
you made an impression. When you walked out of my life I lost a friend and
so did you."
--- Copyright © 2003 Jenny Service
April 30, 2003
" Haunted from my early youth by the transitoriness and pathos of life, I
was aware that it is not enough to say, "I am doing no harm." I ought to be
testing myself daily, and asking myself what I am really achieving."
--- Margot Asquith
April 30, 2003
" There is nothing like a dream to create the future."
--- Victor Hugo
April 30, 2003
" The world belongs to the energetic."
--- Emerson
April 28, 2003
" Wherever your challenges lead you, there is something to learn."
--- Author Unknown
April 28, 2003
" To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to create
oneself endlessly."
--- Henri Bergson
April 25, 2003
" Waste no time debating what a good man should be. Be one."
--- Marcus Aurelius
April 25, 2003
" The confidence we have in others stems directly from our confidence in
ourselves."
--- Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld
April 23, 2003
" Doing your best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next
moment."
--- Oprah Winfrey
April 23, 2003
" Words that do not match deeds are not important."
--- Che Guevara
April 21, 2003
" Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things
intangible, to paint things that have no features."
--- Joseph Joubert
April 21, 2003
" The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
--- Seneca
April 18, 2003
" It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible,
but also for what we do not do."
--- Moliere --- Submitted by Jaimie H. ---- North Carolina
April 18, 2003
" Never deprive someone of their hope; it may be all they have."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Stasiia B. --- Washington
I saw this on an advertisement. It is so true.
April 16, 2003
" Knowledge and ignorance are both perfected through redundancy."
--- Copyright © 1992 David Farley Hurlberrt
April 16, 2003
" Nothing is ever as good or as bad as you think it will be."
--- Homer Weaver (my dad) --- Submitted bby Lauren Hayward --- Colorado
April 14, 2003
" Dwelling on the past will only change you in the future."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A Llooydd --- New Brunswick, Canada
April 14, 2003
" It's not about how much time you spend together; it's what you do with
the time you do spend together."
--- Copyright © 2003 Ashley Getsay
I coined this phrase when one of my friends told me he was too busy to hang
out with me anymore. It's not about spending every waking minute together,
it's about enjoying the time you do spend together, even if that time is
minimal.
April 11, 2003
" After ages, decay becomes coal and coal under pressure becomes a diamond.
Just as our life is a struggle for what we want it to be."
--- Copyright © 2003 Lazim Khan
April 11, 2003
" You walking out of my life does not make me bitter about love. It just
makes me realize if I wanted so badly to be with the wrong person and was
so happy, how amazing it will be when I find the right one."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kate P.. --- Virginia
April 9, 2003
" Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever."
--- Kerri Russel of "Felicity" --- Submittteed by Nicole S. --- New Jersey
April 9, 2003
" The birth of a child is one of the hardest things to watch. But at the
end of the process, that child is one of the most beautiful things on
earth. Same applies to beautiful tasks."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aparnna S. --- California
April 7, 2003
" I want to give back more than I take, but the more I take the harder it
is to give back."
--- Copyright © 2003 Saif Alam
April 7, 2003
" Keeping a finger on your lips is better than ending up with a foot in
your mouth."
--- Copyright © 2003 Sylvester Isaac
April 4, 2003
" It's a huge heart that remembers to do small things."
--- Copyright © 2003 Whitney White
April 4, 2003
" Those whom you hate will consume your life."
--- Copyright © 2003 Shoipei Tyndall
April 2, 2003
" We should take the stairs of our life one step at a time. It is when we
rush things or take two steps at a time that we tend to stumble or even
fall."
--- Copyright © 2003 Kathy Romero
I just came up with this idea when my college groupmates failed in an
activity, and when I analyzed why did it happened to us, I came up with
something that I thought I could share with everyone...
April 2, 2003
" Small acts of kindness speak in loud voices."
--- Copyright © 2003 Steve Brunkhorst March 31, 2003 " Be FREE, Be BOLD and LIVE OUT LOUD!" --- Russell Tanoue --- Submitted by M. Quirrimit Be free in opening your heart, be bold in all your actions, and live out loud with no restrictions on life. March 31, 2003 " A good marriage requires the determination to be married for good." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Donna CChensky --- Texas March 28, 2003 " Always assume 'CNN' will call you. If you don't want everyone to know what you are about to do, then don't do it." --- B. Eric Rhodes --- Submitted by M.Z. ---- New York Editor of Radio Inc. Magazine; I saw him at a college radio fair, he is a brilliant and thought provoking gentleman. March 28, 2003 " Courage and the power to fight for what you believe in are the keys to victory, for these things are what mold the future, both in a political sense, and for the good of the nation." --- Written in 2003 by Brendan C., Age 13 ---- Texas I wrote this for homework in regards to Henry Clay and his personality. March 26, 2003 " To oblige persons often costs little and helps much." --- Baltasar Gracian - (1601-1658) Spanish philosopher and writer March 26, 2003 " Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present." --- Albert Camus - (1913-1960) Playwright/NNovelist, Nobel Prize for Literature, 1957 March 24, 2003 " In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest." --- Henry Miller March 24, 2003 " For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." --- Robert Louis Stevenson March 21, 2003 " The true voice of reason does not yell or scream, but flows to us as by a gentle stream." --- Copyright © 2003 Steve Henthorn March 21, 2003 " No amount of human mentality is strong enough to judge men of character." --- Copyright © 2003 Jaskaran Singh March 19, 2003 " The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant." --- Salvador Dali --- Submitted by Ryan C. --- Wisconsin March 19, 2003 " In hindsight, any man can appear more knowledgeable than his predecessor." --- Copyright © 2001 Nick Haines March 17, 2003 " Always take time to smell the roses. If there aren't any roses, grow your own." --- Written by P.B. --- North Carolina March 17, 2003 " It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at the bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual life upon another; each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his object." --- Nathaniel Hawthorne --- Submitted by Allicia V., Age 16 --- Georgia March 14, 2003 " Don't give up Mr./Miss; you'll be surprised what life has in store for the stubborn." --- Copyright © 2003 Fred Akama March 14, 2003 " 'i' is the smallest letter in the alphabet. Don't make it the biggest word in your vocabulary." --- Anonymous --- Sent in by David Gussin ---- New York March 12, 2003 " It's amazing how much words can mean, when they are only tiny groups of letters." --- Copyright © 2003 Heather Padisak I said this to myself when I was trying to tell my husband how much I loved him with all my heart, and just couldn't find words strong enough to express it. March 12, 2003 " The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence, it's just a different kind of grass---- and it all has to be mowed." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dan Hennrich --- South Carolina March 10, 2003 " Where will you be when you get where you are going?" --- Tim Hammond --- Submitted by Russ Eatonn --- Georgia Sermon Title March 10, 2003 " Pride is something colorless, tasteless, and sizeless; Yet, it is the hardest thing to swallow." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sean R.., Age 16 --- New York March 7, 2003 " If you don't do anything wrong, how do you know how to do things right?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sabi Ahhluwalia --- Ontario, Canada March 7, 2003 " You make the most defining mistakes when you fail to realize that not only have you been blind to your own faults, but that you alone are the key to your own salvation." --- Copyright © 2003 Tristan E. Clarke March 5, 2003 " The sky is not the limit...you are." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Carolynn Eastman --- Georgia March 5, 2003 A Spoken Word A spoken word may be "small" like acorn If sown on fertile ground it a sapling turn With constant encouraging words the ground to fertilize Soon a strong shady tree from the ground will arise A harsh word carelessly spoken today May just sow the seed of dismay From this criticism-hardened ground soon manifest A thorny, prickly plant that offers no rest Choose your words with thoughtfulness and care Lest they destroy a spirit or bring despair Speak words of hope and cheer and uplift a soul May our words heal and bless; may that be our constant goal --- Copyright © 2003 Josephine S. G. Lee This poem is inspired by the words of Mr. Gary Lee of Maryland, published in your website on December 1, 1997. March 3, 2003 " People who are cowards hide behind lies. People who have courage speak the truth, even when it is unpopular." --- Written in 2003 by Jenni B. --- Washinggton March 3, 2003 " Art is the closest way that man tries to imitate God's wonders." --- Copyright © 2003 Byron Franco February 28, 2003 " While failure is an orphan, success has many fathers." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Deepak Vijay --- Maharastra, India February 28, 2003 " Life moves forward not backwards. It cannot move back and you cannot go back. It is like time. It is time. Do not let words or judgments that people put on you stop you from moving forward. You have no time to waste to allow anyone to push you back. You must move forward to keep up with who you are and what you want in life. Moving back will only slow you down. Only listen to and let things that push you forward affect you. That is all you need and nothing more." --- Written in 2001 by Sonja H. --- Califorrnia February 26, 2003 " Adversity Breeds Character." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jilliann M. --- Iowa February 26, 2003 " Invincible ignorance is sincerely bliss." --- Copyright © 2002 Brook Benedetti February 24, 2003 " No mater your belief system, take a moment each day to say 'Thanks', for you did not do yesterday yourself." --- Copyright © 2003 Steve Henthorn February 24, 2003 " Someone you found in the past, that perhaps might share your present, is not enough. Someone who life chooses, to share your future, will truly be the one." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ursula B. --- Florida It's hard to decide between the past and the future. It's even harder to choose the person to share it with you. February 21, 2003 " Men don't cry, humans do." --- Written in 2003 by Georges S. --- Beiruut, Lebanon February 21, 2003 " We are all like children; we don't want something until it is taken away." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R.B., AAge 16 --- Georgia February 19, 2003 " Tears are unspoken words." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Megan AA., Age 15 --- Manitoba, Canada Life is full of hard times. Talking about it is the hardest part. Don't hold back your feelings; let them show. February 19, 2003 " Life is not what you get; life is what you negotiate." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nikita Kumari --- UP, India February 17, 2003 " The man, who says that he will work only when the world has become perfect and then he will enjoy bliss, is as likely to succeed as the man who sits beside a river and says, 'I shall cross when all the water has run into the ocean.'" --- Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Banddana Karki --- Kathmandu, Nepal February 17, 2003 " There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by." ---Annie Dillard --- Submitted by Jackie K.., Age 14 --- Georgia February 14, 2003 " If the hard times are good, the good times are better." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Marvin Yap --- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Be persistent and keep going through the hard times. Your success will be two fold during the good times. February 14, 2003 " Infinite energy is the birthright of every man." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lakkojuu Goutam --- Andhra Pradesh, India February 12, 2003 " Sometimes it's necessary to take a big leap; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by E.W., AAge 17 --- NSW, Australia My teacher had this printed on the back of our school work books and it made me realize that we all need the courage to take a big leap once in a while. February 12, 2003 " Some of our best teachers are our worst examples." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rebekahh B., Age 16 --- Georgia February 10, 2003 " People are like mirrors. You can see in everyone you meet, a different reflection of yourself." --- Copyright © 2003 Simon Heighwaya February 10, 2003 " Do not try to tell a person what is good and what is bad. Instead, share your wisdom with him if you can and then let him decide the good and the bad. Let him be his own judge." --- Copyright © 2002 Istiaq Ahmed February 7, 2003 Remember, Remember Remember the sun when laughter now still is lowered, in darkness six-feet... Remember the gone before and remember the soon-to-follow... Do not shrug the weight of memory Do not say: Happened long before, and with me, noth to do. Remember, when words dry up Remember, when silence cries out... --- Copyright © 2000 Willem Pretorius February 7, 2003 " A tree is always known by its fruits." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nitish Karnanda --- Karnataka/COORG, India The tree represents an individual...the fruits represent his character, behavior traits, etc. February 5, 2003 " We will better tomorrow - because we know we can be." --- Copyright © 1997 Terry Litwiller February 5, 2003 " When I wake up in the morning, I realize it is going to be a great day. Why will it great? Because I woke up and I'm alive." --- Copyright © 2003 Greg Rosenberg February 3, 2003 " You don't have to go to prison to do time, you can do time in your own mind." --- Copyright © 1998 Lou Rivera February 3, 2003 " If you never do anything (in reference to taking chances), nothing bad will ever happen to you." --- Irene Vorhes - Age 86 --- Submitted by Susann Heft --- Illinois The Author of this quote is my maternal grandmother who lives in rural, Northern Iowa. Her generosity to her family and community is insurmountable. This quote characterizes my grandma perfectly - smart, but to the point. January 31, 2003 " Urgent necessity prompts many to do things, at the very thoughts of which they perhaps would start at other times." --- Miguel de Cervantes --- Submitted by Baandana Karki --- Kathmandu, Nepal Isn't it true? January 31, 2003 " If you fear from evil, terror and misery they will follow you. Face them; they will flee." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lakkojuu Goutam --- AP, India January 29, 2003 " These two words never co-exist: "Free", "Lunch" also "Instant", "Success" ." --- Copyright © 2003 Mahesh Bangadkar January 29, 2003 " First, after moving to a summer house, one will realize that he has more relatives than his twin." --- Copyright © 2002 Celal Kucuk January 27, 2003 " Life is beautiful when you realize that...it is!" --- Copyright © 2002 Nugroho Budianggoro January 27, 2003 " Good enough.... isn't." --- Neil - Leeds, United Kingdom January 24, 2003 " Life is nothing more than crossroad after crossroad and soon you realize that a wrong turn on one road can be corrected if you ask for help to make the right turn on another." --- Copyright © 2003 Joshua Gaerte January 24, 2003 " Each day of a year is a New Year Day. It is not too late to make a New Year Resolution or Wish. Do it today." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by P. Sentthil Kumar --- Tamil Nadu, India January 22, 2003 " I will not lie down and be someone's concubine, when God has intended me to be someone's queen." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sharon Green --- New York January 22, 2003 " Share your feelings thoughts, dreams, and hopes for the future and problems unseen because this is what makes you, you." --- Written in 2003 by Jessie M., Age 12 ---- Ohio Don't keep your emotions locked inside. January 20, 2003 " Give me a hero and I will give you a tragedy." --- F. Scott Fitzgerald --- Submitted by Anngela M., Age 15 --- Oklahoma January 20, 2003 " It is better to not have something and deserve it, rather than have something and not deserve it!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C. Winffield --- United Kingdom January 17, 2003 " Change happens when the pain of holding on becomes greater than the fear of letting go." --- From the book 'Who Moved My Cheese' ---- Submitted by Judy Serra --- Michigan January 17, 2003 " The responsibility for an avalanche never rests on one snowflake." --- Copyright © 2003 Mike Corthell January 15, 2003 " It is not only something that is said, that can perceived differently, but sometimes things that are not said are also perceived in a different way." --- Copyright © 2002 Geetanjali Handu January 15, 2003 " Some people spend so much time looking for the meaning of life they forget to live." --- Copyright © 2000 Samuel Hanneman January 13, 2003 " For a miracle to happen overnight, one has to go through many sleepless nights." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Saroop Dey --- Maharashtra, India January 13, 2003 " If you're sitting in a barbershop long enough, you're bound to get your hair cut." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bob Simmon --- Ontario, Canada For the recovering alcoholics, if you go to the bars a lot and not drinking alcohol or anything, you're bound to start drinking again. So ease up on the clubbing if you're one of them. This would include recovering drug addicts/smokers, etc. January 10, 2003 Many days go by, in which you seem so far away Why is it hurting so bad? I can't see you every day Every day I miss you, more as the long days go For what seems like forever, the days they go so slow I miss the times we had, sharing stories and a smile For if the time will go so slow, I'll see you in a while In everything I seem to do, we somehow did it together Now as the days go on, we're in for nasty weather For everyday gone by, is another in which to come For which that day goes by, I feel only lonesome Trying to continue, in some way without my mind We see the things you do, we thank you for being kind The memories we created, the great times that we had Will forever be in my heart, keeping me happy, never sad Always dreamed of happiness, now my dream came true For now I see an angel, now my dream is you But as the days move on, and we will never admit defeat Till the day I marry you, will my life ever be complete --- Copyright © 2002 Sean Hayes I wrote this for my girlfriend, because we are in a long distance relationship. Writing this helped me get through the bad times without her. When I was not near her, it was like I was missing half of my body. For all you guys out there, I'm sure you feel the same. But hang in there, because good things come to those who wait! January 10, 2003 " If you love someone, then you must have the power to sacrifice everything on that one. Then, only, you can expect for a holy love." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Manoj BBhokardole --- Indore (M.P), India This is for all those who always fall in love but never know the meaning of it. January 8, 2003 " The only power someone has over you is the amount you give them." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Franco Ciccone --- Quebec, Canada January 8, 2003 " Is reaching your goal just a Death to yourself? It is, if the will to go beyond your success is given up. I tell myself everyday that "Real Death" is when I think yesterday was good enough. My thinking is that tomorrow will be given to me, to experience and absorb everyday opportunities.....To LIVE." --- Copyright © 2002 Jason Gonzales January 6, 2003 " You are the bravest person I know and although you don't see it, others around you and I see it. Your family sees it. You are the only one who can't see it and you know why you can't see it? Because you have your eyes closed. Open your eyes; look deep within yourself and it is here that you will find the strength and courage to slay your demons." --- Copyright © 2002 Matthew Cummings This came from my mind when I was writing an email to a friend in need, don't know if it's any good to anyone, if it helps just one person then I'll have won. Fantastic site by the way, some really wise people out there. January 6, 2003 " Happiness and sadness are the result of choices made in life." --- Written in 2002 by VKK --- Mahrastra, IIndia December 23, 2002 " The future lies not within your hands alone, but in the hands of all mankind." --- Copyright © 2002 Shamaya McCall-Morris December 23, 2002 " The modern forces that drive the evolution of our social organization have expanded our belief in the essential elements of basic survival beyond the primitive requirement of simple food and shelter. Our instinctive drives are redirected, at the expense of basic needs, to constantly strive for the next, higher level of material wealth, its validation: its power to dominate. The incarceration of our onward free thought in the prison of schedules, possessions and greed keeps us from realizing the notion of basic and higher levels of spiritual consciousness in our universe. It was never supposed to be this way." --- Fred Kalousek --- Submitted by P. Williiamson --- Ontario, Canada Fred Kalousek died suddenly of a heart attack in November of 2001. The quote was copied from the artist's journal. December 20, 2002 " It is easier to be an Angel than it is to be a Man." --- Copyright © 2001 Istiaq Ahmed December 20, 2002 " False friends are as common as grass; there are plenty of them around. True friends are as rare as diamonds; there are very few of them around." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kieran Roberts --- Victoria, Australia I happen to think that this saying is very true. It was told to me by a classmate, a long time ago. I have forgotten his name, but I still remember what he said. December 18, 2002 " Excuse is the word which is used with an Appropriate Excuse.....!!!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vishwannath Hattarki --- Maharashtra, India December 18, 2002 " If living is learning and making mistakes is all part of life... Then, why are they sometimes so painful?" --- Written in 2002 by Rina P., Age 18 --- Connecticut December 16, 2002 " Just because you have baggage, doesn't mean you have to live out of a suitcase." --- Copyright © 2002 Donna Oliver December 16, 2002 " The future depends on what we do in the present." --- Mahatma Gandhi --- Submitted by H.S., AAge 12 --- Maryland December 13, 2002 " Just when you think that life is at its worse, just remember...all that's left now, is for things to get better." --- Copyright © 2002 Tasha Buckley December 13, 2002 David Ben Gurion, speaking of Golda Meir: "She's the only man in my cabinet!" --- David Ben Gurion --- Submitted by E.N. --- New York (Moral: resolve can be anyone's game.) December 11, 2002 " Better to be strangers than to become strangers." --- Copyright © 2002 Gaurav Saxena December 11, 2002 " Always think of the future because if you are thinking of this moment, it's gone." --- Copyright © 2002 Mahesh Bangadkar This was something just clicked to me when I was thinking of this moment and the future. December 9, 2002 " Some people will judge you by your looks, how smart you are, how skinny you are or how popular you are; others will be judged by the same standards. If you don't like being judged, maybe you should learn how not to judge others." --- Copyright © 2002 Donna Thomas Throughout your life, you'll always be judged, whether it be in school by your friends, at work by coworkers, or in everyday life by someone who passes you on the street. The only thing you can do about it, is learn how not to judge others and maybe you'll teach others not to judge you. December 9, 2002 " Solitude is bliss for those who can smile at its agony." --- Copyright © 2002 Istiaq Ahmed December 6, 2002 " True friendship is like a star leading us in the right direction." --- Copyright © 2002 Susan Emmer December 6, 2002 " Life is neither an obligation nor a responsibility; it is a gift. You choose how to both receive and use it." --- Written in 2002 by Kyle K., Age 18 --- Texas December 4, 2002 " It doesn't matter who or what you are on the outside; it just matters who you are on the inside." --- Written in 2002 by Emily H., Age 11 ---- New York December 4, 2002 " An undisciplined life is a life of rubbish." --- Copyright © 2002 Andrew Bushard November 22, 2002 " Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven." --- George Christoph Lichtenberg --- Submittted by Cynthia Franklin --- Mississippi November 22, 2002 " The most wonderful feeling in the world is the feeling of helping others and knowing that you are making a difference in someone's life." --- Written in 2002 by Anne Marie W., Age 112 --- Texas I am helping to sponsor a child in Ethiopia. It makes me feel so great knowing she is getting an education. November 20, 2002 " Fear is an illusion." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lesley W., Age 12 --- Washington Don't let it get the best of you. November 20, 2002 Obstacles " Life is full of choices and paths to choose. Try to ignore the bad path and focus on the good. Then one day you will look back and be glad that you made the right choice and took the path less taken by others. You will overcome obstacles, that you thought were impossible, only to learn that anything and everything is possible!" --- Copyright © 2002 Michelle Villarreal I hope you all understand the message I am sending out to you. It has surely taught me many things!! November 18, 2002 " Listen to your heart and hear what it says; use your mind for decisions to make." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Liza Dmm --- Philippines November 18, 2002 " Always be happy TODAY, so tomorrow you would not ask, why was I sad yesterday?" --- Copyright © 2002 Shaik Mohd November 15, 2002 " When you light your candle from mine, it doesn't diminish mine and with two candles lit, we have more light." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lakshmii Kapadia --- Maharashtra, India November 15, 2002 " It is sometimes the things that keep you down, that end up keeping you afloat." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.J., AAge 16 --- New York November 13, 2002 " Everyone has a story; shoes they've walked in, tears they've cried, laughs they shared, love they gave, pieces they've lost. It all makes them just as unique as you. So don't judge because you'll never truly understand a person until you've seen the world thru THEIR eyes." --- Copyright © 2002 Jessica Kyle Thanks for letting my share a little bit of knowledge I've learned...just always push yourself to reach a little farther...just live! November 13, 2002 " Your true friends in life can only be counted on one hand, because you will never have that many TRUE friends." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.S. ---- Ontario, Canada My mother has preached this to me from the time I was a little girl. November 11, 2002 " That love is not love which alters when it alteration finds." --- William Shakespeare --- Submitted by Heenry Ibekwe --- Nigeria November 11, 2002 " Everyone has strength and courage in them. But it takes someone else, who sees those characteristics in you, to show you that you have them." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rachel Tarian --- Ohio November 8, 2002 " A chip on your shoulder can be a heavy load." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cynthiaa Franklin --- Mississippi November 8, 2002 " Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream." --- Malcolm Muggeridge --- Submitted by K.JJ. --- California November 6, 2002 " Accept yourself unconditionally... and don't hold too tightly onto anything." --- Copyright © 2002 Simon Heighwaya Each experience, maybe even each lifetime, is like a pearl on a necklace & I - silent, loving, unchanging, eternal - am the thread that runs through. I have no choice but to totally accept myself and to let go. November 6, 2002 " Miracles are instantaneous; they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them." --- Katherine Anne Porter --- Submitted by Tiara E., Age 16 --- Kansas November 4, 2002 " It is my view that the greatest of people always do what they need to do, not always what they want to do." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by V.M. ---- Pennsylvania All too often do we turn away from the needs of the world to live our own passions. November 4, 2002 " Intelligence is not just having the brain But the How, When, Why, Where and for What to use it." --- Copyright © 2002 Mahesh Bangadkar November 1, 2002 " When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you do not blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming it has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change." --- Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh --- Submitted by KKatie O., Age 16 --- New York --- Author's name provided by M. Owen --- CCanada --- 12/18/07 November 1, 2002 " It is an insult to your belief to doubt yourself." --- Monica Paul --- Submitted by Ali Asgar Nagaria --- Maharashtra, India Paulie! Your presence says it all. Thanks for allowing me to be your friend. October 30, 2002 " Problem is the mother of discovery." --- Copyright © 2002 Chinnappan Baskar October 28, 2002 " Too many people are trying to meet the right person Instead of trying to be the right person." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cynthiaa Franklin --- Mississippi October 28, 2002 " Quotes don't inspire, people do." --- Copyright © 2002 Benjamin Kellner It's not the quote, it's the person behind it. October 25, 2002 " The upside is your future is in your hands And the downside is your future is in your hands." --- Russ Myers --- Submitted by Arynn L. ---- Washington October 25, 2002 " Where does the idea come from that if what we are doing is fun, it can't be God's will? The God who made giraffes has a sense of humor; make no mistake about that." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pam S. --- Nebraska October 23, 2002 " You can never dig yourself into half a hole." --- Copyright © 2002 Simon Cuckson This came to me when I thought I could get myself out of trouble, until I realized I was in too deep to get out without help. October 23, 2002 " It is said being happy is like picture prefect. Many times we set the parameters of our happiness on the reciprocal action of our expectations from the people around us. In the pursuit to gain 100% happiness from others, we do neglect our own small percent of happiness which makes us an imperfect picture which is considered as the benchmark of unhappiness. Even if we are fortunate enough to get 10% of happiness from others, we can definitely put in all our effort to gain the rest of the 90% from within ourselves to be happy 100%." --- Written in 2002 by VKK --- Maharastra, India October 21, 2002 " How lucky are blind people? They don't go through life searching for a person who looks perfect but one who feels perfect." --- Copyright © 2002 Leigh Mccullough These days, the only thing people are looking out for is a person who is nice from the outside. However, isn't it what's inside that counts? October 21, 2002 " Be in the world but not of it, know that perfect love casts out all fear and remember that anything which can be lost was never truly yours, oh...and that eternity can only be found in the present moment!" --- Copyright © 2002 Simon Heighwaya This quote pretty much sums up everything that I've learnt so far. I hope that all or part of it will help someone, somewhere! October 18, 2002 " Creativity and Knowledge is a power of God." --- Copyright © 1999 Chinnappan Baskar October 18, 2002 " The optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist the hole!" --- Wilson McLandburgh --- Submitted by Cynnthia Franklin --- Mississippi October 16, 2002 " Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures." --- Han Suyn --- Submitted by Mallory W. ---- New Jersey October 16, 2002 " For those who think death is the greatest pain, They must not have experienced true love." --- Copyright © 2002 Jesse Loree October 14, 2002 " It is better to care for a few seeds on the right path than to harvest a garden on the wrong path." --- Copyright © 2002 Kedma Block October 14, 2002 " Those who insult others are usually describing themselves." --- Jay Huff --- Submitted by Jodi R. --- HHamilton, New Zealand October 11, 2002 " Beware the man selling twenty dollar bills for ten dollars." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Andy Maark --- Western Cape, South Africa October 11, 2002 " All my life I've been my own person. The choices I made, I made of my own free will. I was never held in thrall by anyone or anything...Bow to others in reverence and respect, but never in slavery." --- M. Wiess & T. Hickman --- Submitted by Pam S. --- Nebraska October 9, 2002 " It is useless to put your heads together, if you cannot put your hearts together." --- Copyright © 2001 Muhammad Muzzamil Gulzzar October 9, 2002 " Much unhappiness has come into this world because of things left unsaid." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.L. ---- Missouri October 7, 2002 " Neglect is form of abuse. Neglect your finances; abuse your money. Neglect your body; abuse your health. Neglect giving affection; abuse your emotional spirit." --- Copyright © 2002 Lisa Maricle October 7, 2002 " Hard work + Prayer gives Success." --- Copyright © 2001 Chinnappan Baskar October 4, 2002 " You will only miss the man that he was never going to be." --- Copyright © 2002 Tiffany Wong Dear brokenhearted ladies... Trust me. When you evaluate all that you miss about him you will discover that what your heart longs for, he NEVER possessed in the first place. God bless you! October 4, 2002 Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, Bold I can meet, perhaps may turn his blow! But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save, save, oh save me from the candid friend! --- George Canning --- Submitted by Henry IIbekwe --- Nigeria October 2, 2002 " Our first responsibility is to ourselves. Once our needs are met we have infinite resources available to help others. Disobey this golden rule and you become a martyr; martyrs are good for only one thing: dying!" --- Copyright © 2002 Andrew Mason October 2, 2002 " May the depth of the rains never be greater than the height of your boots." --- Copyright © 2002 Marvin Beckman September 30, 2002 " When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." --- C.G. Jung --- Submitted by Patricia Lovve --- California September 30, 2002 " If you haven't got the guts to apply for a job, you haven got the guts to do the job." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike Looftus --- Lancs, United Kingdom This was given to me by a policeman, with regard to a friend of mine on joining the police but unsure she would pass the entry exam. September 27, 2002 " Humiliation hurts more than pain." --- Copyright © 1999 Richard Davies September 27, 2002 " In life, we lose that which we cling to and gain that towards which we maintain a spirit of dispassion." --- Copyright © 2002 Mandakini Punj September 25, 2002 " The sun will never shine if you don't you look at it; The moon will never fall unless you want it to And the stars will never come until you reach for them." --- Written in 2002 by Tony B. --- Florida September 25, 2002 " The world is your exercise book, the pages on which you do your sums. It's not reality, although you can express reality there if you wish. You are also free to write nonsense or lies, or to tear the pages." --- Richard Bach --- Submitted by Carrie Paayne --- Nebraska September 23, 2002 " The meaning of life can be found in a few brief moments of clarity within a lifetime of chaos." --- Copyright © 2002 Saif Alam September 23, 2002 " If you have to apologize for what you believe in, Maybe you should change your beliefs." --- Written in 2002 by K. Wolford --- Missoouri September 20, 2002 " There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, But there must never be a time when we fail to protest." --- E. Wiesel --- Submitted by Pam S. --- NNebraska September 20, 2002 " Pride is a thief that steals our progress." --- Pt. George - Argentina Neuquén Mission - 2001 --- Submitted by Paula --- Argentina September 18, 2002 " Compared to friendship, gold is dirt." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sophia B. --- Copenhagen, Denmark September 18, 2002 " Your destiny was decided before you were born. The side roads are your choice. Choose wisely." --- Copyright © 2002 Laura L. Vaughn September 16, 2002 " Be not but one, but be one." --- Written in 2002 by E.C. --- Massachusettts September 16, 2002 " Throughout your life, meet as many people as you possibly can. You have no idea how much goodness and opportunity you will come by. Always keep in touch with everyone. The good ones will stay close by and those will be the ones who help you through anything and everything that you will ever need. In the instance that you lose someone for some reason, if it was meant to be that that person is supposed to be with you in your journey, they will somehow someway rejoin you again." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rachel Tarian --- Ohio September 13, 2002 " Life is all about: L-learning; I-intellectually; F-from; E-experiences, for we are growing individuals from the day we are born till we breathe our last." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mandakiini Punj --- Noida, India September 11, 2002 " We can only create what we can imagine." --- Copyright © 2002 Robert B. Mackay (19500~) September 11, 2002 " ...in the depths of our being holds the treasures of family." --- Copyright © 2002 G.Strother September 9, 2002 Motivation and direction: " Evil exists where it is fed; Goodness is exists when it is nurtured. I have held the passing hand of an AIDS patient; I have breathed life back into my youngest child. In both these moments I felt divine love, I understood now what it was to nurture." --- Written in 2002 by C.A. Knicely September 9, 2002 " They say that "a mind is like a parachute, it only works when open". Now while this is true to a certain degree, a parachute too open has no control. And as any good parachutist will tell, it will eventually crash and burn to the ground. For you see, it is the strings that control the parachute and allow it to take form and have substance. So just be careful, though, of who controls the strings." --- Copyright © 2002 Jerome Pionk September 6, 2002 " Free is not great because it makes you free. It is great because it gives you an option to be free." --- Copyright © 2002 Alexander Mantsevich September 6, 2002 " There are no atheists in fox-holes." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nathaniiel Collier --- North Carolina September 4, 2002 " There is something better... that a man can give than his life... That is to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against." --- Woodrow Wilson September 4, 2002 " The individual should always be close to his relatives: Truth - the mother Wisdom - the father Forgiveness - the sister Peace - the friend Compassion - the guru Goodness - the brother" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mandakiini Punj --- U.P., India August 30, 2002 " Thought is on the left... the heart is always right." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ali Asggar Nagaria --- Maharashtra, India August 30, 2002 " True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring." --- Martin Luther King, Jr. --- Submitted bby Spencer Smith --- Western Australia, Australia August 28, 2002 " The pain of regret is far greater than the pain of hard work!" --- David Borsky --- Submitted by D. Krackeer --- Victoria, Australia David Borsky is one of the most inspirational people I know. Living out of a small house in Yea, a tiny town in the outer areas of Victoria, David was born with an inability to use the left side of his body. Nevertheless, he never took a negative attitude towards life. Training his right side alone, he learned to ski on the nearby mountain (Mt. Buller) and now helps young kids with disabilities learn to ski. He deserves far more praise than he is given. This is my small attempt to immortalize this great man! August 28, 2002 " Life's most powerful lesson is just that....life." --- Copyright © 2002 Nathaniel Collier August 26, 2002 " I never said don't allow anyone to come close to your heart.....but I say don't allow that person to temper with a thing inside your heart.....and that thing is your INNERSELF!!!!" --- Copyright © 2002 Gurbir Dharni August 26, 2002 Life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see 'with', not through, the eye. --- William Blake --- Submitted by "C" D.---- Ontario, Canada August 23, 2002 " Losing your confidence is like losing the battle before it is fought." --- Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar August 23, 2002 " You have heard the saying "Forgive and forget", but my friend listen now... 'To hate is easy, to forgive is a challenge, but to forget, that my friend is the hardest of all' ... For in the seed of forgetfulness, lies true forgiveness." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Emmanueel S. --- England, United Kingdom August 21, 2002 " Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome." --- Samuel Johnson August 21, 2002 " You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. Enthusiasm is the spark in your eye, the swing in your gait, the grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of your will and your energy to execute your ideas. Enthusiasts are fighters, they have fortitude, they have strong qualities. Enthusiasm is at the bottom of all progress. With it there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis." --- Henry Ford August 19, 2002 " We will walk on our own feet; We will work with our own hands; We will speak our own minds." --- Emerson August 19, 2002 " My life is my message." --- Mahatma Gandhi August 16, 2002 " Never underestimate the power of denial." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Spencerr Smith --- Western Australia, Australia (From the film American Beauty) August 16, 2002 " Confusion clarifies! Confusion helps us see various solutions to the same problem that we would not have normally looked at if we think we are clear. Confusion Enlightens!" --- Copyright © 2002 Ram Raghavan August 14, 2002 " It is easy to look into a crowd and agree with what they are saying, but oh so hard to stand in front of them and tell them they are wrong." --- Copyright © 2002 Nathaniel Collier August 14, 2002 " To think and analyze something perfectly before doing, is to achieve before getting." --- Copyright © 2002 Syed Mazhar Gilani August 12, 2002 " A memory may be a paradise from which we can't be driven; It may be a hell from which we can't escape." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Faryal Gohar --- Virginia August 12, 2002 " The only thing you can do with your life is give it away. You come with nothing and you leave with nothing. Practice giving away your life." --- Wayne Dyer --- Submitted by Dan I. --- Vic, Australia August 9, 2002 " All doors are open to courtesy." --- Thomas Fuller August 9, 2002 " When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others." --- Anais Nin August 7, 2002 " Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." --- Samuel Butler August 7, 2002 " We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world, and we impoverish ourselves if we forget this errand." --- Woodrow Wilson August 5, 2002 " Unforgiveness may be aimed at others, but the greatest wound is to yourself." --- Copyright © 2002 Scott Johnson August 5, 2002 " Of all the creatures that exist, only mankind would think to demand an explanation." --- Copyright © 2002 Kevin Barrett My office associate came in today and placed the following quote on our whiteboard: "I alone am drifting, not knowing where I am. Like a newborn babe before it learns to smile, I am alone without a place to go." ---Lao Tsu Chapter 20 Tao Te Ching Although it's intended to be interpretational, it's obviously depressing. It inspired me to write a quote that addresses the human condition to question our own existence (too much). August 2, 2002 " What on earth would we do with ourselves if something did not stand in our way?" --- H.G. Wells August 2, 2002 " If you can't be thankful for what you achieve, be thankful for what you escape." --- Author Unknown July 31, 2002 " Life is not fair; you make it fair!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by HarmelllyaNeiung Vivian Akapito --- Chuuk, Micronesia July 31, 2002 " It's better to have loved and lost, than to be in a relationship that's breaking your heart." --- Copyright © 2002 Martyn Clarke Be true. If you want it, have it. If not, let it go. July 29, 2002 " Difficulties mastered are opportunities won." --- Churchill July 29, 2002 " The wise will always reflect on the quality, not the quantity, of life." --- Seneca July 26, 2002 " Great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great." --- Mark Twain July 26, 2002 " Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." --- Robert Lewis Stevenson July 24, 2002 " When we are young we give up our health to make the money, When we get old we give up our money to get back our health." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shane BBaldsing --- Canada July 24, 2002 " American ends in 'I CAN' so that means you CAN do anything!" --- Gladys Cunningham --- Submitted by Tifffany Barber --- South Dakota This was one of the sayings that my great grandma would always say to remind me when I said that I couldn't do something... then and now it became a habit... now it is almost a ritual... it is a great quote to live by!!! Thanks and I hope this helps brightens someone's day. July 22, 2002 " Some people change the world; others change a single life." --- Copyright © 2002 Rhae Lindsey July 22, 2002 " If you try to climb the mountain too quickly, you will never reach the top." --- Copyright © 2002 Norm Smith July 19, 2002 " Do your own little bit of saving, and when you drown, die knowing you were headed for shore." --- Ray Bradbury (From the book "Fahrenheitt 451", 1953) --- Submitted by Elise B. --- Ontario, Canaada July 19, 2002 " As human beings we have good qualities as well as bad ones. Now, anger, attachment, jealousy, hatred, are the bad side; these are the real enemy...The true troublemaker is inside." --- The Dalai Lama --- Submitted by Sophearr P. --- VIC, Australia July 17, 2002 " While others may argue about the world ending with a bang or a whimper, I just want to make sure mine doesn't end with a whine." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Patriciia Gorman --- Australia July 17, 2002 " Time is like the wind: it slips so easily through your fingers." --- Copyright © 2000 Laura Cichon July 15, 2002 CHANGE - THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME " Changes in life bring us to a crossroad....for here the opportunity lies; the opportunity to choose your life's next path. At this moment in time, the time of decision, "YOU" ultimately control your destiny. What greater time in life does one have such power?" --- Copyright © 2002 Steve Ake These thoughts came to mind during a big layoff here at my company. For the first time....I was worried about losing my job! I felt I needed a different perspective on the situation..just in case I did indeed lose my job..the thoughts flowed. July 15, 2002 " Fear leads to anger, Anger leads to hate, Hate leads to pain, Pain leads to suffering...." --- Yoda ( Star Wars ) --- Submitted by Kieen Mun --- KL, Malaysia This teaches us not to succumb to our fears and always stand up to face them.......we should confront and control our fears rather than allow them to control us... July 12, 2002 " Irrespective of different philosophies, the most important thing is to have a tamed and disciplined mind and a warm heart." --- The Dalai Lama --- Submitted by Sophearr P. --- VIC, Australia July 12, 2002 Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, time is not. --- Henry van Dyke --- Submitted by Sharon Ogden --- Kentucky July 10, 2002 " We are born into the world, like a blank canvas And every person that crosses our path Takes up the brush And makes their mark upon our surface So it is that we develop . . . But we must realize, there comes a day That we must take up the brush . . . And finish the work For only we can determine If we are to be just another painting . . . Or a masterpiece --- Javan, from "Meet Me Halfway" 1981 --- Submitted by Scott Johnson --- Florida July 10, 2002 " For in our dreams we posses a remarkable ability to be whomever or whatever we desire. Dream, always dream. But know the difference between night and day." --- Copyright © 1997 Debra J. Carroll July 8, 2002 " The aim of an argument or of a discussion should not be victory but progress." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Patriciia Gorman --- Australia July 8, 2002 " Few things in life are as tragic as the destruction of a child's sweet innocence." --- David E. Early, (regarding the current Catholic Church Scandal) --- Submitted by Doug Trusso --- Californiaa I wish every parent and parent-to-be, would read and fully comprehend this quote's meaning. June 28, 2002 " The greatest use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alex K.. --- Ontario, Canada June 28, 2002 " There is no sympathy for apathy." --- Daniel Hubbard --- Submitted by Katie SS. --- Virginia June 26, 2002 " To explain myself to you is to explain myself to myself." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brigid Moran --- Maryland June 26, 2002 YOU Why Why today I saw a flower Flower floating in my mind Mind seeking truth Truth I found in you. Today Today I saw a beauty Beauty in my chaos Chaos in my world World I found with you. Smile Smile I left behind Behind on the floor Floor in the room Room enough for you. Love Love is kind of crazy Crazy enough to find Find us together Together me and you. YOU. --- Copyright © 2001 Darrell Gill Wrote this for my ex-girlfriend. I hope she will find her way. June 24, 2002 " To love and obey your parents is to gain success and wealth." --- Copyright © 2002 Surjit Dorka June 24, 2002 " I have come to believe that everyone is weird. Some just choose to hide it better than others. If someone tells you that you're weird, take it as a compliment. It simply means that you have a unique point of view and have the ability to see something in a way that most can't." --- Written in 2002 by Chantal P., --- Grannd Cayman, Cayman Islands June 21, 2002 " The mortar of trust is honesty." --- Copyright © 2001 Doug Comstock June 21, 2002 " If a raging river was carrying you downstream and you knew that a dangerously high waterfall was just ahead, how hard would you swim to get out? Our lives are moving along swiftly. Look ahead for any dangers that are imminent. Work hard at getting out of the current. Changing lifestyle priorities, attitudes, and character is not an easy task. But no man knows how long he has, before reaching his waterfall." --- Copyright © 2002 Scott Johnson June 19, 2002 " The biggest challenge in life is to bring a dream to life." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Harsh DDesai --- MH, India June 19, 2002 " Dreams are fragile things my friend - so quickly forgotten with the rising of the sun, so easily dispersed by the harsh light of day." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yuantinng S. --- Singapore June 17, 2002 " If I set a good example, my children will learn from it, emulate it, and live by it." --- Copyright © 2002 Sharon Pires June 17, 2002 " Friends are like weight; you win some and you lose some." --- Copyright © 2002 R. M. Nightengale June 14, 2002 " Sometimes you have to take a step back and look at the person you were measuring everyone against." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lisa Jeean Day --- Illinois June 14, 2002 " Although there's a common bond between conscience and character, remember that a strongly-motivated conscience can overpower poorly-developed character. And a man's character can only be changed, through 'doing the right thing' repetitively" --- Copyright © 2002 Scott Johnson June 12, 2002 " If you use the world and all it's fears, you'll find yourself in a world of tears!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Tufffy --- Dublin, Ireland June 12, 2002 " Great help is best compared to a Notice Board. It has always had lot of people looking for something on it and doesn't expect anything back." --- Copyright © 2002 Murugappan Ramanathan June 10, 2002 " Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but is very rare because most people are strategists." --- Anita Buckner --- Submitted by Cari T. --- Arkansas June 10, 2002 " It is always best to remember sometimes it pays to forget." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Catheriine Doherty --- Vic, Australia June 7, 2002 " We have learnt how to fly in air like birds. We have learnt how to swim in water like fish. But we haven't learnt how to live on earth like human beings." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Muhammaad Rahim Khan ---NWFP, Pakistan June 7, 2002 " Hell is the person you are, Meeting the person you could have been." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Patrickk Reading --- North Carolina June 5, 2002 " I thought I was just planting a tree in the desert When I noticed we had created a forest." --- Copyright © 2002 Brian Roscher June 5, 2002 " Growing Old is Compulsory. Growing Wise is Optional." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Narayann Deshpande --- Karntaka, India June 3, 2002 " When reason for change, change is the reason." --- Copyright © 2002 Greg Bickerton and Tannya MacPhail June 3, 2002 " When someone smiles, it makes me laugh. And when someone laughs, it makes another smile. So if you smile, it will make me laugh, Which will make you laugh, Which will make me smile." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.S. ---- Ontario, Canada May 31, 2002 " Think before you do." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by D.D. ---- Hawaii May 31, 2002 " Love is action." --- Dr. Laura --- Submitted by Jan Chandlerr --- Indiana May 29, 2002 " Someone else's opinion of you does not have to become your reality." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by April CCrochet --- Louisiana I put this quote on my children's bathroom mirror so they would have to read it every day. I now have very positive, creative and successful children. I am blessed beyond belief. May 29, 2002 " Never let the tail wag the dog." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michaell Gatti --- Florida You're the one in control of your life! May 24, 2002 " Life is love and love is life." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by I.M. ---- Idaho May 24, 2002 " No matter what the outcome, it was better to have been on the side of those who were for life, than those who were for death." --- Albert Camus May 22, 2002 " Nothing is interesting, if you are not interested." --- Helen Macinness --- Submitted by Faryall Gohar --- Virginia May 22, 2002 " Dreams are what make life tolerable." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Andrew Petersen --- Montana May 20, 2002 " Holding your breath too long can kill you. Holding your feelings inside can too." --- Written in 2002 by Jasmine R. --- Ontarrio, Canada I told this to my boyfriend when his mom died: It's true though, if you refuse to talk to anybody like he did, you're not helping yourself or anybody else. May 20, 2002 " An expert at anything was once a beginner." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sarah AA. --- Arizona May 17, 2002 " People would not call me a genius if they only knew how hard I worked." --- Michelangelo --- Submitted by C. Field --- North Carolina May 17, 2002 I loved my friend, He went away from me, There's nothing more to say. I loved my friend He went away from me There's nothing more to say The poem ends Soft as it began Soft as it began Soft as it began Soft as it began soft, I loved my friend. --- Langston Hughes --- Submitted by Ramonaa Zuill --- Washington May 15, 2002 " No teaching can ever express Truth's sentiment because Truth is a presence - and teachings, no matter how sublime, are always a pathway from the past." --- Guy Finley --- Submitted by Roel Corpuss --- Oregon May 15, 2002 " You are but one person in a world of billions. So where exactly do you stand?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R.T. ---- Texas May 13, 2002 " You want a certain type of partner; you gotta reach a certain point yourself." --- Written in 2001 by Terri R. --- Tennesssee May 13, 2002 " The tingling sensation all over your body, the smile on your face, the excitement in your voice and the slow intense, almost painful, spreading of warmth from your heart to the rest of your body; all, are caused by only one thing, a true feeling of being deeply loved." --- Copyright © 2002 Amira Basel May 10, 2002 " It is only when we control all our disabilities, we then become the humans we always thought we were." --- Copyright © 2001 Daniel A. Saliba May 10, 2002 " Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous--there's really nothing to lose." --- Jewel Kilcher --- Submitted by M.B. ---- Pennsylvania May 8, 2002 " What we see depends mainly on what we look for." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anand DDatwani --- Dubai, United Arab Emirates May 8, 2002 " It's better to light a match, than curse the dark." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Leon Juuncaj May 6, 2002 Never wound a heart that loves you It causes endless pain For wounded hearts are like roses That may never bloom again --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aditi GGill --- Chandigarh, Israel May 6, 2002 " A problem is still a problem, no matter how much you grumble, so solve it." --- Copyright © 2001 Mohd Bashir May 3, 2002 " When times get rough, just remember that somewhere in the world, there is someone having a tougher time in life. Just remember!!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nicole P. --- Washington May 3, 2002 " Before you learn how to win, you have to learn how to lose. You see seldom is someone born a winner. It is a habit, which is learned through repetition and hard work. It's pretty much safe to say nobody wins them all, so before we can triumph and overcome, we have to fail and endure. I can't promise you, if you work hard, you will ultimately be a winner but I can promise you if you don't try or don't care you will be a failure." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by O.C. ---- Ohio May 1, 2002 " You are the universe; everything you want, ask of yourself." --- Rumi --- Submitted by Simon Heighwaya --- United Kingdom May 1, 2002 " Dignity is reflection of good thoughts and honesty within one's own self." --- Written in 2002 by VKK --- India April 29, 2002 " Love and time--those are the only two things in all the world and all of life that cannot be bought, but only spent." --- Gary Jennings --- Submitted by Sharon OOgden --- Kentucky April 29, 2002 " Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is guilty in not providing universal free education, and it must answer for the night it produces. If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness." --- Victor Hugo (Monseigneur Bienvenu - Less Misérables) --- Submitted by Anna Marie Jimenez --- Cavvite, Philippines April 24, 2002 " When you learn to live with the mistakes that you have made, Only then, will you be able to forgive yourself and move on." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jess L.. --- New Jersey April 24, 2002 " Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; The way you play it is free will." --- Jawaharlal Nehru --- Submitted by Hannaah C. --- Texas April 22, 2002 " Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, But they have never failed to imitate them." --- James Baldwin --- Submitted by Chen Fawwn Meng --- Malaysia April 22, 2002 " Every man is a living sculpture of his life's experiences, Chiseled by the competing forces of chance and destiny." --- Copyright © 2000 Gavin S. Murphy April 19, 2002 " Poetry is a beautiful thing. It doesn't matter if it rhymes. It doesn't matter if it makes sense or not. Words that flow from your heart and your mind, Out to your hand and onto paper are beautiful works of art. As soon as you write a work of art, you are a poet." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bethannn G. --- Pennsylvania April 19, 2002 " Creation and art are defined only by the boundaries in which we confine ourselves." --- Copyright © 2001 Joshua Cook April 17, 2002 " A mother is only as happy as her saddest child." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sharen Fadale --- New York April 17, 2002 " The only way to truly destroy an enemy is to make him your friend." --- Copyright © 2002 Gene Morra April 15, 2002 " Enjoy each day of your life, not just the weekends." --- Copyright © 2002 Shaunic Stinson April 15, 2002 " If you believe love comes in life through your eyes, Then a blind person can never fall in love." --- Copyright © 1999 Mansoor Baig After falling in love, I learned that love doesn't care to come in your life through your eyes, sometimes you fall in love without seeing the person you are in love with. April 12, 2002 " The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." --- E. E. Cummings --- Submitted by J.B. ---- Washington April 12, 2002 " I am not afraid of the dark; I am afraid of the monsters in the dark." --- My nephew Luke --- Submitted by Cindy KKilpatrick --- Maine April 10, 2002 " It's never where your going.... It's where you are, when time runs out!" --- Copyright © 2001 Christopher Beaucage April 10, 2002 " If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable." --- Seneca --- Submitted by C.K. --- QLD, AAustralia April 8, 2002 " When you live in yesterday and wait for tomorrow, there is no today." --- Copyright © 2002 David Boe April 8, 2002 " Few live; most exist." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Andy Veerity --- Lancashire, United Kingdom April 5, 2002 " I cannot make you feel special, I can only remind you that you are special." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chrissyy M. --- Virginia April 5, 2002 " To open the lock of illiteracy, we need a key of knowledge." --- Copyright © 2002 Hafeezullah Akbar April 3, 2002 " There is more to life than having everything." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mahesh B. --- India April 3, 2002 " There are two sins in life; to be poor and to look poor. Avoid one." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Joyal MMehta --- Gujarat, India April 1, 2002 " When everything is working to a rhythm, why is it so hard to observe the maestro?" --- Written by Tarek M.M. --- Giza, Egypt April 1, 2002 " Some acquaintances sweep into and out of your life like a storm. The true friends are those who, like the sunshine, wait behind the clouds for a chance to shine through." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Leslie H. --- Kentucky March 27, 2002 " In a lifetime, we may be known by a whole string of names, but the only one which will live on deep in our hearts and be manifested through our actions, is that we have chosen to be." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Eugene Tay --- Singapore March 27, 2002 " The best part of beauty is that which a picture cannot express." --- Francis Bacon --- Submitted by Brandon Tull --- Florida March 25, 2002 " Love is one of life's greatest ironies; It opens your eyes but at the same time blinds you." --- Copyright © 2001 Christopher Wetmore March 25, 2002 " Treat others, as you would want to be treated yourself." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Snneddon --- Airdrie/Lanarkshire, United Kingdom March 22, 2002 " Life has taught me how to think, but thinking hasn't taught me how to live." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shanna Dockweiler --- Maryland March 22, 2002 " Those who have no discipline, die without honor." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by E.A. ---- Illinois March 20, 2002 " There's nothing harder than being given your chance." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gary Kookesh --- New Jersey (Heard in the newest movie remake of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations w/ Ethan Hawke.) March 18, 2002 " Different cannot be defined. Remember that we are equally different from anyone who appears different to us." --- Copyright © 2002 Tyler Andrew Charles March 18, 2002 " The candle of non-violence should be able to burn within the cyclone of violence. We should practice non-violence even when surrounded by violence." --- Mahatma Gandhi --- Submitted by Keshan Lochan --- Florida March 15, 2002 " Bigger actions of the man tell us what he wants to be. His smaller actions tell us what he actually is." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ashish Babtiwale --- Maharashtra, India March 15, 2002 " Love is just a matter of give and take." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kim Rivvera --- Samar, Philippines March 13, 2002 " Silence is subtle. It generally dawns in life without fanfare; Yet, it is the most intimate aspect of life." --- Christopher Pike --- Submitted by Desirree S. --- Ohio March 13, 2002 " The mouth feeds the soul with the words it speaks." --- Copyright © 2002 Brian Roscher March 11, 2002 " The greatest failure is the failure to try." --- Jimmy Carter --- Submitted by Hong Han --- California March 11, 2002 " Face reality as it is today- not as it was yesterday!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vijay KKuruvilla --- Delhi, India March 8, 2002 " The beauty of writing is so easily overlooked. In this day of overexposure to written media, we are unconsciously pressed to absorb the gist. But it is in the details, the individual words, one elegantly sequenced after another, that stirs our thoughts and emotions, and sires the miraculous epiphany of realization." --- Copyright © 2002 Randy Pitts March 8, 2002 " I'll "see" it when I "believe" it!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Raymondd Spada --- Michigan March 6, 2002 " Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive." --- Anais Nin --- Submitted by Cecilia Hipoonia --- Maryland March 6, 2002 " Some day, after we have mastered the winds and the waves, the tides and gravity, we will harness the energies of love. And, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Missy BB. --- Ohio March 4, 2002 " The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." --- William James --- Submitted by Jessica B. --- California March 4, 2002 " Think about tomorrow when tomorrow becomes today." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by KP T ---- Ohio March 1, 2002 " Life is not a dress rehearsal, so don't live it like it's one." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Eric Waasson --- Michigan March 1, 2002 " One reason people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they seem to sense once hate is gone they will be forced to deal with pain." --- James Baldwin --- Submitted by Carly L.. --- Virginia February 27, 2002 " Time is not a threat or obstacle for those whose vision goes beyond their own lives." --- Bojidar Marinov --- Submitted by Katie S. --- Virginia February 27, 2002 " The human mind is very powerful but most of us are only operating on low wattage." --- Copyright © 2002 Sharon Lynskey February 25, 2002 " War, terror, hatred and greed are all necessary evils. They indicate how little we've progressed since the dawn of time and how far we still have to go." --- Copyright © 2002 Greg Olson February 25, 2002 " When we love, we not only love that which is, but that which could be." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Melaniee L. --- Ontario, Canada February 22, 2002 " Live like an olive tree; keep giving fruits until you die." --- Copyright © 2002 Celal Kucuk February 22, 2002 " I woke up this morning, got out of bed, walked to the bathroom and I thought: it's already a great day. The outside is my cover. What lies beyond your eyes is the truth." --- Written in 2002 by J.E. --- Pennsylvaniia February 20, 2002 " I strongly believe that life is a journey and that a journey never ends until you reach what you want or wanted to become." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Adam Joonell --- Minnesota February 20, 2002 " For a man to die a noble death, he must live for it." --- Copyright © 2002 Kasali Ibikunle February 18, 2002 " I asked, "Why doesn't somebody do something?" Then I realized; I am somebody." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by W Meadoows, Jr. --- Kentucky February 18, 2002 " The most powerful and wondrous sensation, so exhilarating, yet tranquil, begins with a smile." --- Copyright © 2002 J.L. Foster February 15, 2002 " All pain in life is temporary discomfort." --- Prof. Kabisama, My cousin Jun Lao --- SSubmitted by Cliff Cabral --- California February 15, 2002 " The limits of your imagination are endless." --- Carl Sagan --- Submitted by Dave V. ---- Illinois February 13, 2002 " Input determines outlook, outlook determines output, output determines outcome." --- Zig Ziglar --- Submitted by Chen Fawn MMeng --- Malaysia February 13, 2002 " An inconvenience rightly viewed becomes an experience and an experience wrongly viewed becomes an inconvenience." --- Jesse Owens --- Submitted by Latha Jayaashree --- Tamil Nadu, India February 11, 2002 " You will never know unless you try. You will never try unless you have faith in your abilities. Interestingly enough, you will not have too much faith in your abilities if you never try!" --- Written in 2002 by Xingyuan Wang February 11, 2002 " Team work makes the African dream work!" --- Penny Jones --- Submitted by K. Annandaale --- Western Cape, South Africa February 8, 2002 " True ambition has no idols." --- Written in 2000 by A.B. --- Rhode Islannd February 8, 2002 " Animals and people are the same; they just have different accents." --- Copyright © 1996 Frank Rodgers February 6, 2002 " That as we grow in thought, The tears that have cripple us, Will be mastered." --- Copyright © 2002 Damon Daniel Butler February 6, 2002 Life is like a tunnel It will twist and turn and bend You will never find true meaning Until you reach the end --- Copyright © 1993 Sarah Wenden February 4, 2002 " Peace if possible, but TRUTH at any rate." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sandeepp Sakhuja --- Karnataka, India February 4, 2002 " My neighbor's lawn was greener than mine, and I always envied him... Until I found out he was blind." --- Copyright © 2000 Gary Oppenheim February 1, 2002 " Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." --- Martin Luther King Jr. --- Submitted byy Liz M. --- Pennsylvania February 1, 2002 " I've learned that: goodbyes will always hurt, pictures never replace being there, memories forget the hard times, words can never replace feelings and heroes often go unsung." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kelly SS. --- Michigan January 30, 2002 " Making a decision is easy. Living with the decision may be considerably harder." --- Written in 2001 by Mike K. --- New Yorkk January 30, 2002 " The man that aims at nothing will hit it every time." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Derrickk Walker January 28, 2002 " The life of a moral man is plain and yet not unattractive, It is simple, and yet full of grace, It is easy and yet methodical. He knows that accomplishment of great things consists in doing little things well. He knows that great effects are produced by small causes. He knows the evidence and reality of what cannot be perceived by senses; thus he is enabled to enter in to the world of ideas and morals." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shailenndra Vasale --- Maharashtra, India January 28, 2002 " Do not hold onto your yesterdays, for the tomorrows that you are searching for will never come." --- Copyright © 2002 Sarah Wion January 25, 2002 " The only difference between the insane and the ingenious is the amount of success." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mark Daaniels --- Alabama January 25, 2002 " When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." --- Hunter S. Thompson --- Submitted by R.WW. --- Connecticut January 23, 2002 " There are some things that can beat smartness and foresight; awkwardness and stupidity can. The best swordsman in the world doesn't need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no. The person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn't do the thing he ought to do, and so the expert isn't prepared for him." --- Mark Twain (A Connecticut Yankee in Kinng Arthur's Court) --- Submitted by Gregory Earl --- South Carrolina January 23, 2002 " I make a point to make one "good" call a day. It takes about 3 to 4 minutes and the positive energy result is amazing. Last week, I called and the boy's mother answered. I told her what a wonderful sense of humor her son had. The phone was silent; I thought she hung up. I heard her sobs... she replied, "I thought I was the only person on earth who recognized him." Make your good call---every day!" --- Mary Beth Schwartz January 21, 2002 On the "T" With Me I take the train, The ride's the same, Going in or outbound Lots of people, all around, Traveling underground. Red line, blue, yellow or green, Choose any one of these Do not lean against the doors; No smoking please! Wheels screech, Doors open wide; People scramble to get off Others push to get inside. I often wonder where they are going, Side by side we sit They get off at the next stop Without my ever knowing. Though they can't tell, I wish them well, Where ever they are going! --- Copyright © 2000 Linda Mannke January 21, 2002 " He that doesn't know and knows that he doesn't know, Knows more than he who doesn't know and doesn't know that he doesn't know." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.T. Mcc Loughlin --- Galway, United Kingdom January 18, 2002 " To determine if you have a good relationship (business or personal), answer this simple question: Do I find it easier to achieve my goals as a result of these interactions?" --- Copyright © 2001 Brian Roscher January 18, 2002 " The more you add to the truth, the more you actually subtract from it!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Randy MM.--- New Mexico January 16, 2002 " In pertaining to letting go of: "Should of", "Could of", "Would of", Thoughts/Regrets... Yesterday ended last night." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by G. Luckkie --- Washington January 16, 2002 " Losing is more important than gaining, For without losing, you cannot truly appreciate what is gained." --- Copyright © 2001 Jarlis McGibbons January 14, 2002 " I've learned that when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted!!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michellle Fitzpatrick --- Georgetown, Guyana January 14, 2002 " Promiscuity; it will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay and cost you more than you want to pay." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kayleiggh Opare --- Accra, Ghana January 11, 2002 " Firemen look in the face of fear; they conquer and prevail." --- Copyright © 2002 Ted Weitoish (Firefighhter EMT) January 11, 2002 " Life cannot be compared to anything; it is the only thing. Create your destiny but be aware of your fate; live." --- Copyright © 2000 M. Bell January 9, 2002 " If you don't ask the question, it's a lost opportunity!" --- Adrian Bo --- Submitted by Q. Mushins ---- Victoria, Australia January 9, 2002 " Something is better than nothing. Think positive and be optimistic. A known devil is better than an unknown one." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mannishh P. --- MH, India January 7, 2002 " Love knows not even it's own depth until the hour of separation." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by L. D'Anndrea --- Arizona January 7, 2002 " Life teaches us many lessons, some of them we wish we would have done without." --- Copyright © 2001 Talat Merchant January 4, 2002 " There are a lot of books in the library. Each contains different chapters and stories, written by different authors; but the best story ever written is the story of one's life, where we are the authors of it. Let us learn to cherish each page, each chapter, each moment; so that when our story comes to an end, it is the best story ever written - the book entitled 'Our Life'." --- Copyright © 2001 Benedict Aligada Fernaandez January 4, 2002 " While I fully understand and support the brutal reality of war when necessary, there is still no doubt in my mind that the best thing the average citizen can do to combat the evils of hatred and violence (too many examples to list) is to be a loving, caring, respectful, responsible human being." --- Copyright © 2001 David Ian Gussin January 2, 2002 " The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and succeeds." --- Lloyd Jones --- Submitted by Murali Dugggineni --- Andhra Pradesh, India December 21, 2001 " A hurdle that is overcome in life, if taken positively, can strengthen the soul. The only challenge with this, in some cases, is we sometimes misunderstand strength for hardness; thus resulting in bitterness." --- Copyright © 2001 Daniel Salce December 21, 2001 " Always remember, the sun is always shining. It's just sometimes the clouds hide the warmth." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dan Fraank --- Washington December 19, 2001 " With optimism and will power a man may not always succeed in his endeavour; he may even fail miserably...but that wouldn't stop him from trying. Those very acts of trying to achieve would be his greatest satisfaction, apart from success, if he does succeed." --- Copyright © 2001 Gurudath Rao ( I was inspired to write this after seeing the launch of the space shuttle ENDEAVOUR for a rendezvous with the International Space Station. The tragedy of Sept 11 has not deterred the Americans and the Russians as they joined hands, yet again, to boldly go to space. Their spirits are worth admiring and every individual, regardless of nationality, ought to be inspired and proud of their achievements. I wish those brave astronauts and scientists, on ground, the very best of luck. ) December 19, 2001 I suggest three such signals that, if heeded, will help us guide through the storms of life: CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS WITH CAUTION- associate with those who, like you, are planning for the things that matters most. Not only will your circle of friends greatly influence your thinking and behavior; but you will also influence theirs. PLAN YOUR FUTURE WITH PURPOSE- remember, however, that our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves. To break our own record, to out ship our yesterdays by today, to bear our trials more beautifully than we ever dreamed we could, to give as we never have given, to do our work with more force and finer finish than ever - this is our true objective. FRAME YOUR LIFE WITH FAITH- when you have an abiding faith, when your outward actions reflect your inner convictions, you have the composite strength of exposed and hidden virtues. They combine to give safe passage through whatever rough seas might arise. --- Thomas S. Monson --- Submitted by Ana PPaula --- Argentina December 17, 2001 " Art is the science of the soul." --- Copyright © 2001 Amanda Sutt December 17, 2001 " I don't want a lot of love, I want a steady supply." --- Copyright © 2001 Usman Khan December 14, 2001 " Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Conrad Bills --- Ohio --- Quoted by my mother, Clara Jean Bills, quoting her mother, Emma Nelson December 14, 2001 The Meaning Of A Word I've often questioned the purpose, of the meaning of just a word Those spoken often and frequently, and those so rarely heard For what are words but verbs and nouns, and what do they really mean? An adjective to sound good, a conjunction to connect the seams. We speak of work, place and position, as if these mean so much But do we spend the time to care, and stop talking and simply touch? So in short what I've discovered, in speaking and the written word, Is the best we can do is act out kind words, through 'love' so rarely heard. --- Copyright © 2001 Brian G. Jett December 12, 2001 " Life is like a complicated math problem. Know one knows the answer to it, no one can solve it, and no matter how many times you try to make it work, it never does." --- Anonymous --- Submitted by S.H. --- Kannsas December 12, 2001 " If you have no dreams your life will only be a nightmare." --- Copyright © 2001 Wanda Goff December 10, 2001 " There are no enemies, only other human beings." --- Copyright © 2001 Robert Dible December 10, 2001 " Self pity is a luxury that I cannot afford." --- Copyright © 2001 Jerri Wherry December 7, 2001 " The immature mind hops from one thing to another; The mature mind seeks to follow through." --- Harry A. Overstreet --- Submitted by Maartha Varzaly --- Pennsylvania December 7, 2001 " If you keep your hands in your pockets and your tongue in your mouth, You will get by in life without too much trouble." --- My Dad --- Submitted by Laurie Dunn ---- NSW, Australia December 5, 2001 " Think independently, for he does not becomes vulnerable to conformity." --- Copyright © 2001 Anastasia Mendoza December 5, 2001 " The business of the world is best minded by minding your own." --- Copyright © 1999 Malcolm Hein December 3, 2001 " Make yourself a better person and know who you are Before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gary Haarrington --- Michigan December 3, 2001 The Woman in the Mirror When I look in the mirror, what do I see? Who is that woman looking back at me? Do I reflect the qualities of a child of the king, Or am I self-centered about everything? Am I a servant to my family, do I love my neighbor? Do I do my work with love, or is it labor? Do I watch the words I speak? Am I strong in character, or morally weak? Does my mirror reflect a woman with inner glow; Am I the kind of woman others want to know? When I look in the mirror, what do I see? Who is that woman looking back at me? --- Copyright © 1989 Mary Achee' November 30, 2001 " Life is like landscaping; You don't know what to do until you ask the expert." --- Copyright © 2001 William F. Young III November 30, 2001 " In the concert of life, nobody holds a program." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rachel King --- Australia November 28, 2001 " There are no ordinary moments!" --- Dan Millman (The Peaceful Warrior) --- Submitted by Steven Jager --- Arizona November 28, 2001 " A relationship is like a muscle on your body. When you work it out, you'll need strength and determination because there will be pain. But in the end, you'll sit back, look at the results and see how well worth it all was." Copyright © 2001 L. R. Gonzales November 26, 2001 " Persistence: When a tree falls, no one asks how many chops it took." --- Copyright © 2001 Stephen Myles Brennan November 26, 2001 " I would rather be a talentless person with heart Than a heartless person with talent." --- Copyright © 2001 Michael Tran November 21, 2001 " If you depend on others to make you happy, You'll be endlessly disappointed." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.N. ---- Washington November 21, 2001 " If life gives you a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it." --- Written in 2001 by Tarin M. November 19, 2001 " There is a difference between being alert and being intimidated." --- George Bush --- Submitted by Chen Fawn Meng --- Malaysia November 19, 2001 " Children need your presence more then your presents." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.K. ---- Pennsylvania November 16, 2001 " The excitement of life is directly proportionate to the lack of control that we have, over the situations that surround our daily lives." --- Copyright © 1998 Brian McVicker November 16, 2001 " Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." --- George Santayana --- Submitted by Katiee F., Age 12 --- Georgia --- Author's name provided by Paula --- Arggentina --- 9/20/02 November 14, 2001 " Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind." --- John F. Kennedy --- Submitted by Scott Johnson --- Florida November 14, 2001 " The freedom of choice is hindered by the fear of consequence." --- Copyright © 2001 Bobby E. Robinette November 12, 2001 " Happy are those that dream and are willing to pay the price to see them come true." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Frank CConnors --- Arkansas November 12, 2001 " It is difficult to say anything is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow." --- Robert H. Goddard --- Submitted by Guruudath Rao --- Karnataka, India November 9, 2001 " We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch." --- John F. Kennedy --- Submitted by Amandaa Hardie --- North Carolina November 9, 2001 " This moment only happens once." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Minccone --- Massachusetts November 7, 2001 " Some are born to be great, Some are great to be born But the greatest greatness Is to become great" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Partindder pal Singh --- Punjab, India November 7, 2001 " Don't turn your back to others; That's not the natural location your heart is." --- Copyright © 2001 Robert F. Pietersz November 5, 2001 " FAITH: facts accepted in the heart. LUCK: labor under correct knowledge." --- Dexter Yager --- Submitted by P. Hinelyy --- Georgia November 5, 2001 " With Age comes wisdom; But to some, Age comes alone." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tichaonna Katsande --- Harare, Zimbabwe November 2, 2001 " When you look back on your life wondering why you chose not to cross the bridge, will you also wonder what would have happened if you did?" --- Copyright © 2001 Kedma Block November 2, 2001 " If you want to be happier and to like yourself more, here are five suggestions that may help you: CHANGE BAD BEHAVIOR- it is hard to like ourselves if we are doing things that we know to be wrong. In your quest to define yourselves, do not get caught up in comparisons with role models or body types that may seem to be macho or chic. FORGIVE OURSELVES AND OTHERS- forgiveness is an important part of putting bad behavior behind us. We need to forgive ourselves. But we may also need to forgive others. Feeling joy and peace, we will know who we are and act accordingly. GAIN CONFIDENCE BY MAKING GOOD CHOICES- you are now beginning to make important choices. Choices have consequences. Remember that fame and fortune do not necessarily mean happiness. It is far better to have confidence in yourself and to be comfortable in your own skin. It is also important to be able to excel in some field. We grow and develop by making good choices. GIVE SERVICE- if we really want to feel better about ourselves, we should do deeds of kindness. Great satisfaction can come in helping the poor, the sick, the elderly, or others who have special needs. Look around you, there are all kinds of opportunities. CHOOSE HAPPINESS- the most fundamental of all human searches is for happiness. We each choose our own happiness. "Laughter is the best medicine". Smiling is good for the soul. I recommend friendliness because so many people are shy or lonely and need a kind of word or smile. Lifting others expands our inner selves. As we reach to others, our happiness hormones are stimulated and we find our true selves." --- James E. Faust --- Submitted by Ana Pauula --- Argentina October 31, 2001 " The world is what we change it to be." --- Copyright © 1996 Tony Saxon October 31, 2001 " What is success? To evaluate, to empower, to enhance another's life. The return, enriching your own." --- Copyright © 2001 Diana Sim October 29, 2001 " To be aware, is to be alive." --- Copyright © 1997 Christopher Virzi October 29, 2001 " Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bianca T. --- Victoria, Australia October 26, 2001 " Pride is odorless, colorless, and tasteless; Yet, it is the hardest thing to swallow." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chad Shhead --- Texas October 26, 2001 " We all have our disabilities; some are more visible than others. Remember, you are only one accident away from becoming a person with a disability." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by MJ Azraaps --- California October 24, 2001 " Negativity breeds failure." --- V.K. --- Maharastra, India October 24, 2001 " I carry a little timer in the shape of a tomato. I set it for five minutes and think about the things that didn't turn out correctly that day. When the bell goes off, I move on with my life." --- Richard Simmons --- Submitted by Valoriie Checque --- Pennsylvania October 22, 2001 " If we only do what is of interest to us We will never be of interest to others." --- Copyright © 2001 Linda Kaiser October 22, 2001 " Sometimes when you stand on a ledge overlooking water you only see what's on the surface. You don't know how deep it really is till you put yourself into it." --- Copyright © 2001 Courtney Howard October 19, 2001 " The country we live in, is not the world we live in." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by I.W. ---- Ontario, Canada October 19, 2001 " With Knowledge comes Awareness, With Awareness comes Wisdom, With Wisdom comes Harmony, With Harmony comes Peace, With Peace comes All Things." --- Copyright © 2001 Steven Jager October 17, 2001 " Only after the last tree has been felled, the last river poisoned, and the last fish caught, man will know, that he cannot eat money." --- Old Indian Chief --- Submitted by M.C. --- California October 17, 2001 " Why does it take an external enemy to increase patriotism?" --- Brandon B. --- Massachusetts October 15, 2001 " Today I have given the best. For what I have kept inside, I have lost forever." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Beth K.. --- Ohio October 15, 2001 " If your life has no meaning, Then you're the one who should put meaning into it." --- My Philosophy Teacher --- Submitted by Eriku E. --- Cebu, Philippines October 12, 2001 " The world is at your feet; just don't trip on it." --- Joe Weaver --- Submitted by Christy Dennovo --- Oklahoma October 12, 2001 " I would rather be the type of person who takes the ride and gets hurt, Than the person who takes the safe route and never feels pain." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Melissaa --- Massachusetts October 10, 2001 " Every journey begins with but a single step. The challenge is taking it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lord Niick Paldane --- Queensland, Australia October 10, 2001 " Always wear hiking boots so your paths are not limited." --- Copyright © 1991 Kara Adema October 8, 2001 " You only exist in what you do." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nick Hoo --- Singapore October 8, 2001 " Pressure can change you into something quite precious, Quite wonderful, quite beautiful and extremely hard." --- Maya Angelou --- Submitted by David Johhnson --- Nebraska October 5, 2001 " There's never a right time to do a wrong thing And there's never a wrong time to do a right thing." --- Author Unknown ---Submitted by Vinay Kaant --- New Jersey October 5, 2001 The value of community: "If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load upon it, thereby the parts are joined more firmly together." --- Victor Frankl --- Submitted by Philip HHeisler --- New Jersey This quote is an intriguing perspective of what the recent terrorist attacks have done to our country. October 3, 2001 " The circumstances that surround a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances is important. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure." --- Booker T. Washington --- Submitted by DDavid Johnson --- Nebraska October 3, 2001 " Intelligence gives us the ability to make clever assumptions. Wisdom helps us realize that some of our assumptions will be wrong." --- Copyright © 2001 Peter Yates October 1, 2001 " Some like the snow and some like the rain. Opposites are not necessarily too opposite to be combined. I hope for the sake of all humanity that the things in which we are opposite do not rip us apart." --- Copyright © 2001 Kathryn D. Junttila October 1, 2001 " Trouble and the grace to bear it come in the same package." --- Anonymous --- Submitted by Pauline Co September 28, 2001 " Times change, people change, and its darn easy to take things for granted. So be aware of what you have, and thank God for it daily." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Libby SS. --- New York September 28, 2001 " The Power of One - one heart, one mind, one plan, one determination." --- Bryce Courtenay --- Submitted by Gajan Krishna --- Ontario, Canada September 26, 2001 " I love the deep quiet in which I live and grow against the world, and harvest what they cannot take from me by fire or sword." --- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe --- Submitteed by Joseph Beaudry --- Arizona September 26, 2001 " Regret is a useless emotion. You cannot change the past. The future is always bright and everything negative can be turned into a positive, if you believe that it can and will." --- Written by Ryan H. --- New York September 24, 2001 " Always take calculated risks; It's better than being rash." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dr. Preeminder Jit Singh --- Punjab, India September 24, 2001 " I came, I saw, I conquered." --- Julius Caesar --- Submitted by Dansel VValdez --- New Jersey September 21, 2001 " Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." --- Albert Einstein --- Submitted by Leah HH. --- New Jersey September 21, 2001 " There is no other moment so profoundly amazing than to look deeply into your child's eyes... and see yourself." --- Copyright © 2001 Joanne Cameron September 19, 2001 " Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk." --- The Dalai Lama's Instructions for Life --- Submitted by Julie Hood --- Georgia September 19, 2001 " Silence, the loudest words ever spoken, a nation whose heart has been broken, but miles away in the bright light of day the flags, low to the ground, do fly. But tomorrow as the sun rises to a new day, cast all your fears away. Open your heart to a new beginning, fears of what may happen will not bring a winning, but more pain. But most importantly know that your loss could be your nation's gain!" --- Copyright © 2001 Erica Coughlin I am a thousand miles away from all the destruction that happened in New York, but my heart is with your nation. September 17, 2001 " Judge each day not by the harvest you reap But instead by the seeds you sow." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michaell Burgon --- California September 17, 2001 " When nothing is clear in life, Look inside yourself to find clarity." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.L., AAge 16 --- New York September 10, 2001 " Those who expect recognition of a good deed, have not given a good deed, but are waiting payment for a service rendered." --- Copyright © 2001 Scott Cookman September 10, 2001 " Truth is the only safe ground to stand on." --- Elizabeth Cady Stanton --- Submitted by Cheryl Jean --- Western Auustralia, Australia September 7, 2001 " Tomorrow's destiny is nothing more than the outcome of today's actions." --- Copyright © 2001 Brandon Weekes September 7, 2001 " Never complain about what you permit!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Randy MM. --- New Mexico September 5, 2001 " Life is like snowboarding; You must get up every time you fall. Once you stop falling You then begin to enjoy it. If you stay down, You will never see why people Love it so much." --- Copyright © 2001 William Nepe September 5, 2001 " Real victory belongs to those who believe in it the most." --- From the movie Pearl Harbor --- Submittted by Katie and Shannon August 31, 2001 " Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jean M.. --- Nebraska August 31, 2001 " The people you meet in life who walk all over you, are only the people who don't know how to treat and respect themselves, thus not knowing how to treat and respect others." --- Copyright © 2001 Janice Barker August 29, 2001 " In the battles of life, we fight to win not to lose. However, not all successes are victories and not all failures are defeats. Use the experience from your first defeat to prepare for your next fight. Never underestimate an upcoming battle because of you past glories." --- Kwasi Ahiagble --- Submitted by Astus RRoyal --- Kumasi, Ghana August 29, 2001 " To believe in something and then not to live it is dishonest." --- Mahatma Gandhi --- Submitted by Shannunn Beeharry --- United Kingdom August 27, 2001 " Happiness is a direction not a place!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Julie YY.H. --- Ontario, Canada August 27, 2001 " Don't look at the gray in my hair; Look at how much fun I had putting it there!" --- D. Allen --- Submitted by Emily K. --- Georgia August 24, 2001 " Look not back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around you in awareness." --- Ross Hersey --- Submitted by Kirk G. Sccherz --- Washington August 24, 2001 " Hard right over the Easy wrong!" --- Copyright © 2001 Tariq Galloway August 22, 2001 " Sometimes the best wisdom is not only offered by the old & experienced but from the innocent & naive. I learned this valuable lesson one day when my five year old son finally caught my attention by shouting "You always say you'll have time for me tomorrow, but one day I won't have time for you!" This motivating moment of advice has stayed with me because it is so genuinely true. I now realize how precious and fleeting time spent with our children is... who knows how long they're going to want to hang out with Mom?" --- Copyright © 2001 Joanne Cameron / Brodyy Genereaux August 22, 2001 " Life is short. Share your smiles. Forget your grudges. Respect and cherish everyone you see today. Remember tomorrow may never come!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S. Wiessner --- British Columbia, Canada August 20, 2001 " Without the benefit of doubt, a statement of grandeur may become a statement of slander." --- Copyright © 1980 Dennis Shirley August 20, 2001 " As long as I am alive, I am eligible." --- Copyright © 2001 Gabe Montalvo August 17, 2001 " Today I look in the mirror and say, "I love myself. I am my best friend." Today I tell another person of his or her kindness. Today I speak words of encouragement to three people. Today I remember an old kindness and say "Thank you again". My thought for today is "Unconditional Love". I think that thought often. Today I smile at a stranger." --- Copyright © 2000 Annita Merriweather August 17, 2001 " Get up and get moving. You'll feel better." --- Mom --- Submitted by Bruce Navratil ---- California August 15, 2001 " If you think you have someone eating out of your hand, It's a good idea to count your fingers." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lacey SSchell --- Missouri August 15, 2001 " I wouldn't wish endless love onto even my worst enemy, for love must always come to an end. It is in times away from love that we grow to appreciate the true effect love has on one's soul. Love is meant to be appreciated and embraced, not measured nor compared." --- Copyright © 2001 Robin Agnihotri August 13, 2001 " A key to success in business is to live by The Platinum Rule: Do unto others as they would have done unto themselves." --- Copyright © 1981 William Michael Windsoor August 13, 2001 " There is nothing more dangerous to your health than the fear of losing it." --- Copyright © 1998 Mike Moore August 10, 2001 " What do I think? What do I believe? What do I know?" --- Submitted by Peter K. Huthwaite --- Micchigan August 10, 2001 " Discouraged? Just remember that the darkest night did not turn out all the stars." --- Louis L. Mann --- Submitted by T. Gulliiver --- New Brunswick, Canada August 8, 2001 " Education is the great engine to personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mine worker can become the head of the mine, that the child of farm worker can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another." --- Dr Nelson Mandela, Long Walk To Freedomm --- Submitted by Busi Xhalabile --- Westernn Cape, South Africa August 8, 2001 " The most precious "things" in life are not "things" at all." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jamie WWhite --- Idaho August 6, 2001 " Don't ask; "where am I going when I die?" But "where am I going when I live?" For where you go when you live Determines where you go when you die." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Williamm Mounts --- Texas August 6, 2001 " To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; You should wear it inside, where it functions best." --- Copyright © 2001 Milad Nowrung August 3, 2001 " The reason why we criticize and condemn other people Is that their methods of sinning are different than ours." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jurgitaa D. --- Helsinki, Finland August 3, 2001 " A box with the beautiful wrapping might contain a worthless gift; A small, plain box might contain a gift one will treasure for life." --- Copyright © 2001 Rebeca Lopez August 1, 2001 " As marketing makes things happened, Management makes things efficient." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Thez Avviles-Abdon --- Manila, Philippines August 1, 2001 " If you have a problem and it has a solution, Don't worry about it, it'll be solved. If the problem doesn't have a solution, Then it can't be fixed, so why worry about it?" --- Copyright © 2001 Mohamed Rashad July 30, 2001 " Love unrequited is no less love." --- Copyright © 2001 Sunny Thayaparan July 30, 2001 " Confession is possession." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Benje DDario --- Philippines July 25, 2001 " There are many more people trying to meet the right person Than to become the right person." --- Gloria Steinem --- Submitted by Becky SSummer --- Montana July 25, 2001 " Progress always involves risks; You can't steal second and keep your foot on first." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Stacia Davis --- Tennessee July 23, 2001 " An authentic vision does not pursue greatness. An authentic vision pursues after a world contribution." --- Copyright © 2001 Alton White July 23, 2001 " Anger is just a cowardly extension of sadness. It's a lot easier to be angry at someone than it is to tell them you're hurt." --- Author Unknown ---- Submitted by Jenna V. --- Michigan July 20, 2001 " Truth which is not debatable is half truth." --- Copyright © 1982 Jeelani Shaik July 20, 2001 " Revolution begins with changes in the individual." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Eric Exxt --- Ohio July 18, 2001 " Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart, Do not know how to laugh either." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bri R. --- Utah July 18, 2001 " If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lost paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you." --- Henry Rollins --- Submitted by Alissa CC. --- Illinois July 16, 2001 " Blaming people, circumstances or the weather for your under performance gives a falsified sense of self-approval - but doesn't put bread on your table." --- Copyright © 1999 Andrew Obara July 16, 2001 " Some people say that we must move on and wipe our slate clean. Well we can't. I compare our heart to a dry erase board. Many words are written on the board each day. No matter how many times you scrub, wipe, or clean there is always proof of the words written. The words fade, but will never be gone. The heart is the same way, imprints are made by people that will never be forgotten; faded, but never completely erased." --- Copyright © 2001 Sara Brandes July 13, 2001 " Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it." --- David Starr Jordan --- Submitted by Cheen Fawn Meng --- Malaysia July 13, 2001 " Knowledge is power. Taking action is powerful." --- Copyright © 2001 Marsha Beckford July 11, 2001 " A leader is one who must command a certain number of people and take them to a certain goal. A writer is like a commander of his existence. He not only feels, sees, hears, and acts, but he knows how to color those things with words. He not only can analyze and epiphanize his emotions but he can tell others about it using a language they can digest one way or another. This is where writing can come to the fruition of changing the world. Because by delineating such things through writing others can have their own discoveries. And right there, the world has become a new and different place forever." --- Copyright © 1998 Jonathan Keys July 11, 2001 " If you like someone, show them. If you appreciate someone, tell them. If you enjoy someone's company, invite them. If a friend has a problem, lend an ear. If your friend wants advice, give to them helpfully. If you think the world of someone, treat them that way!" --- Copyright © 2001 D. Kanous July 9, 2001 " There are no such things as problems, Only temporary situations without solutions." --- Copyright © 2000 Dan Spoerel July 9, 2001 " You are only wise if you can learn something from everybody. You are only rich if you are happy with what you already have." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Susie JJ. --- Ohio July 6, 2001 A Letter To My Child I can teach you things but I cannot make you learn. I can allow you freedom but I cannot be responsible for you. I can teach you to share but I cannot make you unselfish. I can tell you about kindness but I cannot make you gracious. I gave you life but I cannot live it for you. --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Busi Xhhalabile --- Western Cape, South Africa July 6, 2001 " At every opportunity, jump at the sun. You might not land on the sun, but at least you'd get off the ground!" --- Zora Neale Hurston --- Submitted by D. Kayler --- Indiana July 2, 2001 " The art of deceiving others, is mastered through much practice on one's self." --- Copyright © 1995 Scott Johnson July 2, 2001 " I let compliments go to my head and criticism go to my heart, instead of the other way around." --- Ben T. Gibson, III --- Submitted by Preeston Gibson --- New Jersey June 29, 2001 " If life is difficult for you, try to make it easier for someone else." --- Copyright © 2001 Sidharth Mahotra June 29, 2001 " Be true to yourself because at the end of the day, that's what counts." --- Copyright © 2001 Sarita Gonsalves June 27, 2001 " Words are like a paradox; they can have so much meaning and yet words are meaningless when nothing stands behind them." --- Copyright © 2001 Jane Rosa June 25, 2001 " No one can measure, not even poets, how much the heart can hold." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.L. ---- New Jersey June 25, 2001 I have wept in the night for the shortness of sight That to someone's need made me Blind. But I never have yet felt a tinge of regret For being a little too Kind. --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brandonn Crowther --- Nebraska June 22, 2001 " You have to get on, where you got off, to get back to where you are going." --- Janie Rogers-Berlin --- Submitted by P.. Rogers --- Oklahoma June 22, 2001 " A loud argument exhibits volume. However, a sound argument shows wisdom." --- Copyright © 2001 Jared Johnson June 20, 2001 " I trust people. I trust them to be themselves." --- Copyright © 1993 Beth Sikma June 20, 2001 " The only thing one should do behind one's back is to pat it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Felcy AAlphonso --- Goa, India June 18, 2001 " Why do some people see the light at the end of the tunnel, While others believe it's a train?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Frank PPizzo --- Michigan June 18, 2001 " There are only two things that politicians want, Leaders have, and soldiers earn: Respect and Peace." --- Copyright © 2001 Daniel Margolis June 15, 2001 " And that's how blame operates. Anything you blame becomes cause, so it goes higher and more powerful than you, and it can therefore and thereafter regulate you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by David BBrunskill --- Ontario, Canada June 15, 2001 " You are only wise if you can learn something from everybody. You are only rich if you are happy with what you already have." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.T., AAge 15 --- Quebec, Canada June 13, 2001 " True beauty is best seen with closed eyes and an open heart." --- Copyright © 1988 Donna Wallace (a.k.a GGentle-Daydreamer) June 13, 2001 " To see your way out of a dark situation, one must first open their eyes." --- Copyright © 2001 Tony Trigg June 11, 2001 " A pessimist says the glass is half empty And an optimist says the glass is half full, But the opportunist says: "Wow, there's a glass" And proceeds to take advantage of it." --- Copyright © 2001 Jason Seymour June 11, 2001 " What I lack in height, I make up in character." --- Copyright © 2000 Wanda Skinner June 8, 2001 " When you say "I Love You" to someone, may it be your teacher, mom, dad or a friend, hold it for a moment and give a thought "Do you respect that person"? If yes, then only, you can really say you love that person or else you don't, as love cannot survive without respect." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gaurav Mathur --- Pune, India June 8, 2001 " Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sofy L.. --- California June 6, 2001 " If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, then did it really fall? Did it really make a noise?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kajul MMahomad --- Greenland June 6, 2001 Nothing is Impossible. Possible says, "Everything is possible." Impossible says, "I'm possible." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Sttanley --- Karnataka, India June 4, 2001 " Those who give of themselves freely are truly priceless." --- Tina Marie Smith --- Submitted by Kirk Scherz --- Washington June 4, 2001 " Just because it is the right decision, does not mean it is the right choice." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robert Stewart --- Ontario, Canada June 1, 2001 " May the sunshine of this day light up the darkest areas deep down inside your heart. Light will undoubtedly always overcome the darkness. So may your life always shine directly from the heart." --- Copyright © 2001 Leon Grobaski June 1, 2001 " Success is living up to your potential. That's all. Wake up with a smile and go after life. Live it, enjoy it, taste it, smell it, feel it." --- Joe Kapp --- Submitted by Jennifer Yonttz --- Florida May 30, 2001 " Life is fair, its unfair for everyone." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lucien Jans --- North Carolina May 30, 2001 " A friend not in need is a friend indeed." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Neil Duurston --- West Australia, Australia May 25, 2001 " I know there are tears that no man should be ashamed of Because some tears, like the blood, come from the heart." --- Menachem Begin (Late Israeli P.M.) --- Submitted by Sagiv Loiter --- Israel May 25, 2001 " Eternal deceit is to believe that you'll see tomorrow and limit your today abilities. It is a lifetime lie and thus a sin to believe in tomorrow. There was no tomorrow, there is no tomorrow, there will never be tomorrow. You only live as long as it is called today. So live today as your last day in your soul." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Themba Vilakazi --- Gauteng, South Africa May 23, 2001 " Take time for your health today So that you will have health for your time tomorrow." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Thaya MMoodaley --- Eastern Cape, South Africa May 23, 2001 " The wise learn from mistakes, the foolish merely repeat them." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jerry HHancock --- Missouri May 21, 2001 " Experience is the only teacher that gives you the test before the lesson." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T. Beseemann --- Oregon May 21, 2001 " You can only go as far as you push." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K. Hofffman --- Maryland May 18, 2001 " I didn't know I was making history, I was just tired of giving in." --- Rosa Parks --- Submitted by Jennifer W.. --- Idaho May 18, 2001 " Excuses are your lack of faith in your own power." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C. Prattt --- Louisiana May 16, 2001 " Accept the things to which fate binds you, And love the people with whom fate brings you together, But do so with all your heart." --- Marcus Aurelius --- Submitted by Mersidda Beskovic --- New York May 16, 2001 " Life is wonderful, but so very quick. It does not stop to let us catch up; We need to constantly keep chasing after it Just to maintain the pace." --- Copyright © 2001 Jamie Swimm May 14, 2001 " Don't wait until someone says, "Your money, or your life" To realize that they are two separate things." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mereditth A. --- Iowa May 14, 2001 " Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving til the right action arises by itself?" --- Translation of Tao Te Ching --- Submittted by Ong YC --- Singapore May 11, 2001 " Opportunity is knocking and it won't be kept waiting behind the door for too long. It can leave as quickly as it came." --- Written by Arpee M. --- California May 11, 2001 " Money and possessions may seem like everything. Without someone to love or to love you, you have nothing!" --- Copyright © 2001 Diona Kozak May 7, 2001 " Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power." --- Shirley Maclaine --- Submitted by Jenniifer Yontz --- Florida May 7, 2001 " The most precious possession that ever comes to a man, In this world, is a woman's heart." --- Jaime H. Young --- Submitted by Sara Hooadley --- Oregon May 4, 2001 " Nothing is free. No exceptions." --- Copyright © 2001 William Nepe May 4, 2001 " Bad times will come, positive energy will make them go away." --- Copyright © 2001 Vedran Saciragic May 2, 2001 " Unfortunately, we have 20/20 vision, 20/20 hindsight and 20/20 foresight when we look at others, but we are nearly blind when we look at ourselves." --- Copyright © 2001 James O'Brien May 2, 2001 " Big dreams and low work ethic is a sure success, If failure is your aim!" --- Copyright © 2001 Fitzroy H. Salmon April 30, 2001 " Perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left." --- Itzhak Perlman --- Submitted by Martha Varzaly --- Pennsylvania April 30, 2001 " Something that is that needed weekly, should not be apparent everyday." --- Copyright © 2001 William Sadowski April 27, 2001 " Our technology has surpassed our humanity. Someday I hope our humanity will surpass our technology." --- Copyright © 2001 Sarum April 27, 2001 " Sometimes it is better go into something without a plan, Because when we make one, We see all the things that could go wrong." --- Written by Angel A. --- Manitoba, Canadda April 25, 2001 " Cherished moments should not only stir something in your heart But in your soul as well." --- Copyright © 2001 Debra Jean Hansen April 25, 2001 " Love knows no race or color, only happiness." --- Copyright © 1996 Shannon Allen April 23, 2001 " Intellect massages your mind into consciousness." --- Copyright © 2001 Kimberly Gamble April 23, 2001 " The day you take full responsibility for your actions, The day you make no more excuses, Is the day you make your way to the top." --- Joe Greany --- Submitted by B.C. --- Ohhio April 20, 2001 " To live in fear is not to live at all." --- From the movie "License to Drive" --- SSubmitted by Eric Briley --- Texas April 20, 2001 " The difference between involvement and commitment Is like an eggs and ham breakfast: The chicken was involved, but the pig was committed." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jason SSabol --- New Jersey April 18, 2001 " One cannot understand the world looking through the eyes of the world; One can only know it." --- Written by C. Comfort April 18, 2001 " You shouldn't hold grudges against others, everyone makes mistakes. Take a look in the mirror; nobody's perfect." --- Written by M. Lawton April 16, 2001 " I used to a Pessimist, But found being an Optimist had better goals." --- Copyright © 2001 Danny Zamzow April 16, 2001 " Real love is believing in someone Until they can believe in themselves." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Melissaa B. --- Wisconsin April 13, 2001 " Science is just confirming what God already knows." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mark Kuupets --- Virginia April 13, 2001 " Life is a pitch and then you swing again; And sooner than you think, you'll hit that home run." --- Copyright © 2001 Dan Swing April 11, 2001 " Isn't it funny that we can't see where we're going, But only where we've been?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.K. ---- Missouri April 9, 2001 " In every answer there's always a question, But not all the questions have an answer." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jocelynn Bianzon --- Philippines April 9, 2001 " There is no tolerance without respect, And there is no respect without knowledge." --- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. --- Submitted byy Lisa Newland --- Colorado April 6, 2001 " Never complain....never explain." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Crystall Thomas --- Colorado April 6, 2001 " There are only two types of laws: Ones that enslave man and the ones that set them free." --- Sean Connery as King Arthur --- Submitted by Sizwe Dlengezele --- Southh Africa April 4, 2001 " Whatever you choose to do in life, always remember to give back, Because in failing to give back, then you fail to become." --- Copyright © 1999 Marcia Dawes April 4, 2001 " No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit." --- Helen Keller --- Submitted by Krissy M.. --- Ontario, Canada April 2, 2001 " Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tracy GGiordano --- Arizona April 2, 2001 " Don't be disappointed with the mess around. Don't be activated by the chaos that mounts. Always remember that whatever you do, the results will always come to you. The disappointment disappears, the activation subsides and the moments always run like mice. So don't let the moments pass you by, for in the twinkling of an eye the moments shall go, the feeling shall die, and it shall be too late when you open your eyes." --- Sushmita Sen --- Submitted by Eric Esteeban --- Paranaque, Philippines March 30, 2001 " I've decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." --- Martin Luther King, Jr. --- Submitted bby Sonja Rideout --- California March 30, 2001 " I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become." --- Carl Jung --- Submitted by Jessica A. ---- California March 28, 2001 " For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life, but there was always some obstacle in the way; something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nick Baasalay --- Illinois March 28, 2001 " Never underestimate the power to change yourself, And never overestimate your power to change others." --- H. Jackson Browne, Jr. --- Submitted byy Kristin G. --- New York March 26, 2001 " Man you either alive and proud or you are dead." --- Steve Bantu Biko --- Submitted by DT Raamosepele --- South Africa March 26, 2001 " The ultimate secret of life is the sure knowledge of death, For without it, man would not strive to leave his mark upon the earth." --- 1984 movie "Somewhere, Tomorrow" --- Suubmitted by Julie Melgares --- Idaho --- Source information provided by Becky S.. --- Texas March 23, 2001 " Sometimes you spend a long time looking for the love of your life, and you end up getting frustrated. It's only when you slow down, relax, and take things as they come do you realize they've been in front of you this whole time." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.N. ---- Iowa March 23, 2001 " Both winners and losers are important. If there were no losers, there wouldn't be winners. If there were no winners, there wouldn't losers." --- Kelley D., Age 12 --- Kentucky March 21, 2001 " Great men share ideas and react silently." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Atal Taalukder --- Dhakda, Bangladesh March 21, 2001 " The things now in life will mean more later in life." --- Copyright © 2001 Courtney Gardener March 19, 2001 " We think, therefore we are." --- Plato --- Submitted by Betty Steverson --- Georgia March 19, 2001 " Life's tough....get a helmet!" --- Eric Matthews of Boy Meets World --- Submitted by Mindi S., Age 13 --- Colorrado --- Submitted by James S., Age 18 --- Texass March 16, 2001 " The universe is wider than our views of it." --- Henry David Thoreau --- Submitted by Keeith LaRose --- Massachusetts March 14, 2001 " Love doesn't end in zeros." --- Copyright © 2001 Lauren Bazan March 14, 2001 " Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin." --- John Cudahy --- Submitted by Sharon Ogdden --- Kentucky March 12, 2001 " The title an employer gave you is not all that you have. Often times you are someone's mother, father, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, counselor, nurse, and/or friend. In all things you do, remember how important you are to so many others, and remember to embrace that at all times." --- Copyright © 2000 Symone Walker March 12, 2001 " If you think life is greener on the other side, Take another look at your yard before crossing over." --- N. Simasek --- Virginia March 9, 2001 " If we don't change our direction, We're likely to end up where we are going." --- Chinese Proverb --- Submitted by Amy M.. --- Indiana March 9, 2001 " If you are going to play follow the leader, Be sure the leader is taking you where you want to go." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.P. ---- Montana March 7, 2001 " Most strident are the uncertain The evil lie is the word not spoke Sweep well your own house first To wait is often the bolder action Be not with fools nor they with you" --- Johannes Van Dar Lippen (1637-1686) --- Submitted by B. Yates --- Arkansas March 7, 2001 " I once asked myself what is the purpose of work? It later dawned on me that I should be asking What is the work of my purpose?" --- Copyright © 2001 Brad McKay March 5, 2001 " Failure is something that happens. Why focus on our failures when we could focus on our success?" --- Copyright © 2001 Grant McCoy March 5, 2001 " The blade that severs life's failing ties Must be sharp and used often." --- Copyright © 2001 William Savage March 2, 2001 My dream is to have a child who will ask me,"Mommy, what was war?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Megan-KKate V., Age 13 --- New Jersey March 2, 2001 " True love is when you have to watch a friend leave, With the knowledge that you might never see him again, But you know he'll be in your mind and heart forever." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Laura SS. --- Ohio February 28, 2001 PEACE OF MIND Carry me out the ocean, where my drifting thoughts flow free. Guide them to a far distant land, that only the mind can see. There I shall paint a great portrait, of what this world should be. A place without senseless wars, and human poverty. --- Copyright © 2000 Robert M. Hensel February 28, 2001 " Speak out and be heard or be silent and be forgotten." --- Copyright © 2001 Kirk Solomon February 28, 2001 " So many of us define ourselves by what we have, what we wear, what kind of house we live in and what kind of car we drive.... If you think of yourself as the woman in the Cartier watch and the Hermes scarf, a house fire will destroy not only your possessions but your self." --- Linda Henley --- Submitted by Wanda L. --- Texas February 26, 2001 " We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, Only the time we are here." --- Susan Taylor --- Submitted by Jennifer Yontz --- Florida February 26, 2001 " A good insight of a blind man Is worth more than a million foolish sighted men." --- Copyright © 2000 Kenneth Aidelojie February 26, 2001 " Intensity is the true window to the soul, Thus allowing the eye to see more clearly." --- Copyright © 2000 R. White February 23, 2001 " The moment I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They are in each other all along." --- Rumi --- Submitted by Jasmine Patel ---- Washington February 23, 2001 " If you don't have anything good to say about someone Then you don't know them well enough to say anything bad." --- Copyright © 1999 David Dayton February 23, 2001 " How people see you first is what they hold hardest in their minds. It is the way of the world. You can step down from a throne, and even if you behave like a farmer in a pigsty, some part in each of then will remember that you did descend from a throne. But if they see only a young man first, a country man, they will resent him stepping up to his throne later, whatever his right, whatever his power." --- Robert Jordan --- Submitted by Meredithh D. --- Ontario, Canada February 21, 2001 " The best way to convince somebody is to set a good example. Setting a good example is not the main means of convincing, It is the only means." --- Sir Isaac Newton --- Submitted by Phumezo Kwinana --- Easterrn Cape, South Africa February 21, 2001 " If you are a winner in the game of life, You are a winner in the most important game of all." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Trevor Murphy --- New Brunswick, Canada February 21, 2001 " Do not forget hospitality; for through it some, Unbeknown to themselves, have entertained angels." --- The Bible --- Submitted by A. Potschka --- VIctoria, Australia February 19, 2001 " I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out the very marrow of life, to put to root all that is not life and not, when I had come to die, find out that I had not lived." --- Henry David Thoreau --- Submitted by A.. Potschka --- Victoria, Australia --- Author's name provided by Amanda C. ---- Oklahoma --- Author's name provided by Jacquelyn Barrnard February 19, 2001 " Of all the great things people have ever made or created, Of all things ever found out in our technology, Life itself STILL amazes me!" --- Copyright © 2001 Lisa Anderson February 19, 2001 " Life begins with a breath Existence only goes as far as we take it Hate lives within us Love grows around us Our spirit changes as we learn Time changes when we lose Memories are what we thrive on." --- Copyright © 2001 Carla Murphy February 16, 2001 " When I was young I could not see, but now I cannot close my eyes." --- Dorcas Wong --- Submitted by S.C. --- CCalifornia February 16, 2001 SMILE FOR YOU Smiling is infection; You catch it like the flu, When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too. I passed around the corner And someone saw my grin, When he smiled I realized I'd passed it on to him. I thought about that smile Then I realized its worth, A single smile, just like mine Could travel round the earth. So, if you feel a smile begin, Don't leave it undetected. Let's start an epidemic quick, And get the world infected. --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amy Forrbes --- Ohio February 16, 2001 " Reflection; everything you say and do Is a reflection of the inner you." --- Copyright © 1994 Mike Feld February 14, 2001 " Love does not mean putting up with one's mistake, But accepting that mistake and learning from it In order for love to grow." --- Copyright © 2001 Han Hernan February 14, 2001 " Art; if not nurtured within you Will surely fall by the way of dysfunctional regret." --- Copyright © 2001 John F. Balestriere February 14, 2001 " And it's so hard to do, and so easy to say, But sometimes, sometimes, you just have to walk away." --- Ben Harper --- Submitted by Andrea Browwn --- Michigan February 12, 2001 " It's never too late to start living a boring life." --- Copyright © 2001 Daniel Spendrup February 12, 2001 " The real cost of Discipleship is living with the other Disciples." --- Copyright © 1976 S.T. Pellant February 12, 2001 " Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Erin Vaalentour --- Illinois February 9, 2001 " Guilt is humanity's moral compass." --- Copyright © 1999 Dawn Abbott February 9, 2001 " Don't worry about today ending, it is already tomorrow in Australia." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Laura KKeenan --- New Jersey February 9, 2001 " Assumption is the mother of all screwups!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chris BBishop --- Kentucky February 7, 2001 " The challenge with raising children is that they don't come with owners manuals and the parts keep changing." --- W.H. Mertz III --- Submitted by Kirk Sccherz --- Washington February 7, 2001 " There are years that ask questions and years that answer them." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by I.K. ---- Alabama February 7, 2001 " In the present day of so much struggle, The heart hungers the simplicity of genuine love." --- Copyright © 2001 Linda Brewer February 5, 2001 " Parents are just big kids trying to act like adults So that little kids don't get scared." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alex Maaraboli --- New York February 5, 2001 " Humankind's salvation lies in the anguish of tears." --- Copyright © 1999 Robert Cuda February 5, 2001 " Did you recognize that 'IF' is the middle word in 'LIFE'??" Dennis Hopper speaking to Martin Sheen in the Movie 'Apocalypse Now' --- Submitted by Dennis Cushing --- Ohio February 2, 2001 " The reputation of a thousand years May be determined by the conduct of one hour." --- Japanese Proverb --- Submitted by Sharoon Baldwin February 2, 2001 A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation." --- Stephen Crane,1899 --- Submitted by Miccki Baer --- Alabama February 2, 2001 " We don't stop exercising because we get old. We get old because we stop exercising." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike Goough --- Mid Glam, United Kingdom January 31, 2001 " Make the choice adventurous stranger, strike the bell and bide the danger Or wonder 'till it drives you mad what would have happened if you had." --- C.S. Lewis --- Submitted by Traece Peteers --- Louisiana January 31, 2001 " Those who do not take time to learn their past are due to repeat it." --- Copyright © 1999 Jaymes Redus January 31, 2001 " A good deed confessed is no good deed at all." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tanuj NNanda --- Delhi, India January 29, 2001 " Perfection - I've heard several friends tell me "If I would stop making so many mistakes I would be perfect." Remember there was only one perfect person that walked this earth and he was nailed to a tree, so give yourself some slack and enjoy life." --- Copyright © 2001 Jeremy Jones January 29, 2001 " If you don't think and act you are stupid, If you think and act you are intelligent, If you think twice and act you are mature and intelligent, If you think thrice then you are not going to act." --- Copyright © 2001 K.K. Padmanabhan January 29, 2001 " Where and who we are today Is the product of the choices we made yesterday." --- Copyright © 2001 Riva Capistrano January 26, 2001 " Thought is a feeling in the mind. Love is a feeling in the heart. When the mind feels for the heart, love is just a thought. Some people go a lifetime and never love with the proper tool." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tom Lucce --- New York January 26, 2001 " Insanity is doing the same things the same way, And expecting different results." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paul Daavidson --- Ontario, Canada January 26, 2001 " When we were young and naive, love meant never having to say you were sorry but when we get older and wiser, love means wanting to say you are sorry and saying it." --- Sim York Soo --- Submitted by John Lee --- Singapore January 24, 2001 " The first time you try something it's an outrage. The second time it becomes a tradition." --- Copyright © 1998 Steven Latour January 24, 2001 " A bird in the hand is worth six in the bush." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tracee Taylor --- Alabama January 24, 2001 " Inch by inch is a cinch; Yard by yard is way too hard." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jeff Roobison --- Utah January 22, 2001 " Do not complain about growing old; some people never get the chance." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Laura FF. --- Victoria, Australia January 22, 2001 Lessons Learned Don't judge me for what you can't see For things aren't always as they seem You don't have to be a supermodel to be beautiful You don't have to have money to be rich For things aren't always as they seem Life goes on and we grow up Forget our childish ways and listen up People aren't always as we imagine them to be And our best friend can be our worst enemy We learn that love and lust are not the same thing And that the easiest way out isn't always the best But most importantly we learn not to judge a book by it's cover And that things aren't always as they seem --- Copyright © 2000 Allison Hoppe January 22, 2001 " Life is like a cactus; thorny but beautiful." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Namita Bhattacharjee --- Delhi, India January 19, 2001 " One must learn to distinguish between their needs and their wants. One can make a commitment to change their wants but one cannot expect to change their needs. A need is something one cannot do without; friendship, love, acceptance. A want is something that one can do without, love of one particular person or group of people, friendship of one particular person or group of people, acceptance of one particular person or group of people." --- Copyright © 2000 David Cantera January 19, 2001 " Smartness is power but will power is greater." --- Tia Rainey --- Submitted by Nicole Fulller --- North Carolina January 17, 2001 " The less we speak, the more we see; The more we see, the more we hear." --- Copyright © 2001 Altamash Khan January 17, 2001 " In this great future, never forget your past. It's the only thing that you cannot change." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dan Mollloy --- New York January 15, 2001 " Sometimes I would rather that people take away years from my life Than take away a moment." --- Pearle Bailey --- Submitted by Chen Fawwn Meng --- Malaysia January 15, 2001 " I dread the day I make my last mistake Because I know that will be my last day." --- Elvis Roberts --- Submitted by Ed Roberrts --- Texas January 15, 2001 " Love yourself. Love all of yourself, Because then, and only then, Can you truly and unconditionally love another." --- Copyright © 2001 David Palmer January 12, 2001 " Life's like an open book; Some sentences are long, some are short; Pages turn and pages rip." --- Copyright © 2001 Amber Garza January 12, 2001 " To go through life as a dreamer, whose reality satisfies their dreams, This is utter bliss. To dream away, without fulfilling the imagined quest, This is pure torture." --- Copyright © 2001 Christine Lloyd January 12, 2001 " Don't cry because you didn't succeed. The only reason you should cry is when you are all out of chances." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R.C. ---- Wisconsin January 10, 2001 " Good is not good enough when your best is expected." --- Michael Hughes, USMC --- Submitted by RRandy Hughes --- Alabama January 10, 2001 " Even though you are genius, Life is a mystery." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hari Kiiran T. --- A.P., India January 10, 2001 " The best everlasting thing in life is love. Please share some today, because tomorrow is not promised." --- Karla --- Submitted by Sonja Rideout ---- California January 8, 2001 " Let us try to make life easier for our guardian angels." --- Copyright © 1998 Mary Ann Herman --- Teexas January 8, 2001 " The loving are the daring." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tara P.. January 8, 2001 " Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it." --- Confucius --- Submitted by Ali Lafciogllu -- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina January 5, 2001 " Young love is a gift from the earth. Old love is a gift from heaven." --- Turkish Quote --- Submitted by Karen Beeckett --- Minnesota January 5, 2001 " Advice is least heeded when most needed." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jennifeer Gokmen --- Istanbul, Turkey January 5, 2001 " All that is in the heart is written on the face." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jennifeer Yontz --- Florida January 3, 2001 " A child can only give love unconditionally, Until through our own fear, shortsightedness or stupidity, We teach them not to." --- Copyright © 2000 Greg Olson January 3, 2001 " Pressure? It's only a game. This is not pressure. When you have your kids screaming for food, When you have no money... That is pressure." --- Kleivert (Dutch Soccer player) --- Submmitted by Richard C. --- NSW, Australia January 3, 2001 " Respect is not a gift, but a trophy to be earned." --- Copyright © 1998 Jim Lowrie December 29, 2000 " Look around... It's not about making a living, but rather making a life." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michellle Silva --- Virginia December 29, 2000 " Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory." --- Albert Einstein --- Submitted by Yogeshh Shah --- New Jersey December 29, 2000 " Do not wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel; Stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself." --- Sara Henderson --- Submitted by C. Cradddock --- NSW, Australia December 27, 2000 " Some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright." --- Morgan Freeman (a line in "The Shawshannk Redemption") --- Submitted by Donald F. --- Pennsylvaniaa December 27, 2000 " A love of life is truly reserved for those who demonstrate a life of love." --- Copyright © 1992 Marc Bond December 27, 2000 " Giants are for the kill. They do not need more than a stone and a string. Think simple and conquer your problems." --- Copyright © 2000 Kenneth Aidelojie December 22, 2000 " If you think the world is all wrong Remember it contains people like you." --- Mahatma Gandhi --- Submitted by Daniel Ward --- Colorado December 22, 2000 " Money buys satisfaction but never fulfillment." --- Copyright © 2000 Cameron Nolan December 22, 2000 " If I had my life to live over again, I'd love more, laugh more, learn more, and forgive more. I don't have that choice. You don't have that choice either, don't make my mistake." --- Copyright © 2000 Greg Olson December 20, 2000 " If I had only... Forgotten future greatness and looked at the green things and the buildings And reached out to those around me and smelled the air And ignored the forms and the self-styled obligations And heard the rain on the roof And put my arms around my wife .. And it's not too late" --- Hugh Prather --- Submitted by Jerome R.. --- Minnesota December 20, 2000 " The Truth is Absolute and Absolutely Powerful." --- Copyright © 1999 Mike Corthell December 20, 2000 " No matter where you go, that's where you'll be." --- 1979 David M. Leininger --- Illinois December 18, 2000 " If money is gone, nothing is gone. If time is gone, something is gone. If health is gone, everything is gone." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amit Kooshti --- Maharashtra, India December 18, 2000 " If you get too far into it... You're out of it!" --- Copyright © 1995 Thomas Giammona December 15, 2000 " Why do you have to send your 60 year old parent to a home When he/she did not do so when you were 6?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Carolynn Chia --- Singapore December 15, 2000 " Hugging is the ideal gift. Great for any occasion, fun to give and receive, shows you care, comes with its own wrapping and, of course, is fully returnable. Hugging is practically perfect. No batteries to wear out, inflation-proof, non-fattening, no monthly payments, theft-proof and nontaxable." --- Charles Faraone --- Submitted by Lisa SShucker --- Pennsylvania December 15, 2000 " Never say you'll forgive and forget If you cannot let go of what's in the past. When you can look into the other person's eye And feel the happiness that he/she experiences, Then you know that you have truly forgiven and forgotten." --- Copyright © 2000 Kristie Phan December 13, 2000 " Success is a poor, but common, substitute for happiness." --- Copyright © 2000 Cameron Nolan December 13, 2000 " If your feelings are telling you doubts, then listen to them. If you can picture things, be cautious. If something does not feel right, be warned." --- Copyright © 2000 Lisa R. Frisby December 13, 2000 " Worries are no solutions to any problem." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sarath Chandran Mohan --- New Jersey Decem