“The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense.”
- Thomas Edison
Laughter
Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the bumps of life. Author unknown
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950)
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. Bob Newhart (1929 - )
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can. Elsa Maxwell
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. Lord Byron
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. Michael Pritchard
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973)
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950)
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. Bob Newhart (1929 - )
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can. Elsa Maxwell
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. Lord Byron
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. Michael Pritchard
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973)
Dogs
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender -- your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." - unknown
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." - unknown
Problems
Should you encounter a problem along your way, change your direction, but not your destination.
Author unknown
Author unknown
Change
The greatest change will happen when you stop believing that you need to change.
Author unknown
Author unknown
Annoying people
Everything that annoys us about others can help us to understand ourselves.
Author unknown
Author unknown
Capabilities
What we most need in life is somebody who points out what we could do and what we are capable of.
Author unknown
Author unknown
Courage
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying..."I will try again tomorrow."
Mary Anne Radmacher
Mary Anne Radmacher
An Old Farmer's Advice
An Old Farmer's Advice
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong
Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor
Words that soak into your ears are whispered not yelled
Meanness don't jes' happen overnight
Forgive your enemies It messes up their heads
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you
It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge
You cannot unsay a cruel word
Every path has a few puddles
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty
The best sermons are lived, not preached
Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway
Don't judge folks by their relatives
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer
Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got
The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'
Always drink upstream from the herd
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around Live simply Love generously Care deeply Speak kindly
AND LEAVE THE REST TO GOD!
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong
Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor
Words that soak into your ears are whispered not yelled
Meanness don't jes' happen overnight
Forgive your enemies It messes up their heads
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you
It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge
You cannot unsay a cruel word
Every path has a few puddles
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty
The best sermons are lived, not preached
Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway
Don't judge folks by their relatives
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer
Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got
The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'
Always drink upstream from the herd
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around Live simply Love generously Care deeply Speak kindly
AND LEAVE THE REST TO GOD!
Christmas every day
"There are some that don't open their eyes or their ears or their hearts
and they still say, that's not quite enough.
They wander through the stores looking for Christmas.
But others open their whole being to the Lord,
bending their knees to praise God,
carrying Christmas with them every day.
For these the whole world is a gift!"
- Ann Weems in Kneeling in Bethlehem
and they still say, that's not quite enough.
They wander through the stores looking for Christmas.
But others open their whole being to the Lord,
bending their knees to praise God,
carrying Christmas with them every day.
For these the whole world is a gift!"
- Ann Weems in Kneeling in Bethlehem
Strength
"God will give you the strength you need minute by minute. He never gives it a minute before we need it, but always in time."
–from Lighthouse by Eugenia Price
–from Lighthouse by Eugenia Price
Determination
"If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost,
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will;
It’s all in the state of mind.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can."
-Col. Robert J. Philpott-
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost,
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will;
It’s all in the state of mind.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can."
-Col. Robert J. Philpott-
Life is worth living
"Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact."
William James
William James
Failure
"Failure is often God’s own tool for carving some of the finest outlines in the character of his children; and, even in this life, bitter and crushing failures have often in them the germs of new and quite unimagined happiness, if we can but see it."
T. Hodgkin
T. Hodgkin
Survival
"To cherish what remains of the earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival."
Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
Best in life
"The best and most beautiful things in life cannot be seen, not touched, but are felt in the heart."
Helen Keller
Helen Keller
Falling
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Principles
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Making things better
"It is better to light the candle than to curse the darkness."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Success
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
Vince Lombardi
Vince Lombardi
Adversity
"All the adversity I've had in my life, has strengthened me. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Lies
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on."
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Kind words
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
Well done or well said?
"Well done is better than well said."
Benjamin Franklin
What a perfect quote for someone who stutters!
Benjamin Franklin
What a perfect quote for someone who stutters!
New Commandments
Thou shalt be happy
Thou shalt use thy talents to make others glad
Thou shalt rise above defeat and trouble
Thou shalt look upon each day as a new day
Thou shalt alwaus do thy best and leave the rest to God
Thou shalt not waste thy time and energy in useless worry
Thou shalt look only on the bright side of life
Thou shalt not be afraid of tomorrow
Thou shalt have a kind word and a kind deed for everyone
Thou shalt say every morning - I am a child of God and nothing can hurt me
Helen Steiner Rice
Thou shalt use thy talents to make others glad
Thou shalt rise above defeat and trouble
Thou shalt look upon each day as a new day
Thou shalt alwaus do thy best and leave the rest to God
Thou shalt not waste thy time and energy in useless worry
Thou shalt look only on the bright side of life
Thou shalt not be afraid of tomorrow
Thou shalt have a kind word and a kind deed for everyone
Thou shalt say every morning - I am a child of God and nothing can hurt me
Helen Steiner Rice
An action or word
It's hard to explain - this feeling of woe,
That enwraps every part of your being
It's hard to interpret the sadness and hurt
That keep you the sunlight from seeing.
The world looks so dreary - so cold and so dull -
There isn't a thing you enjoy.
I wonder why we must experience this grief
Why happiness it does destroy.
Just an aching and breaking, a hurt and a pain
That comes from an action or word,
A longing, a gnawing, a feeling of loss
The depth of this sorrow's unheard.
And yet if we had no sorrows
How valueless joy would be,
For we never could know the depth and height
Of triumph and victory!
Helen Steiner Rice
That enwraps every part of your being
It's hard to interpret the sadness and hurt
That keep you the sunlight from seeing.
The world looks so dreary - so cold and so dull -
There isn't a thing you enjoy.
I wonder why we must experience this grief
Why happiness it does destroy.
Just an aching and breaking, a hurt and a pain
That comes from an action or word,
A longing, a gnawing, a feeling of loss
The depth of this sorrow's unheard.
And yet if we had no sorrows
How valueless joy would be,
For we never could know the depth and height
Of triumph and victory!
Helen Steiner Rice
Law of the Garbage Truck
"One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.
So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so.....
'Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't.'
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!"
So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so.....
'Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't.'
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!"
Adversity
"Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse....There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper."
-- Og Mandino
-- Og Mandino
A New Day
"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good."
-- Author Unknown
-- Author Unknown
Hopes and Dreams
" Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. "
-- Pope John XXVII
-- Pope John XXVII
Meeting different people
"Perhaps God would want you to become acquainted with many different people in the course of your life, so that when you meet the right ones, you can appreciate and be grateful for them." - author unknown
Problems
" The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. "
-- Theodore Rubin
-- Theodore Rubin
Destiny
"Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined."- Deepak Chopra
Adversity in life
"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles have strengthened me...you may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you." -Walt Disney
Don't concentrate on your problems
"Drag your thoughts away from your troubles . . . by the ears, by the heels or any other way you can manage it. It's the healthiest thing a body can do." --Mark Twain
Cadet Prayer
Cadet Prayer that is repeated during chapel services at the U.S. Military Academy:
"Make us to choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong, and never to be content with a half truth when the whole truth can be won. Endow us with the courage that is born of loyalty to all that is noble and worthy, that scorns to compromise with vice and injustice and knows no fear when truth and right are in jeopardy."
"Make us to choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong, and never to be content with a half truth when the whole truth can be won. Endow us with the courage that is born of loyalty to all that is noble and worthy, that scorns to compromise with vice and injustice and knows no fear when truth and right are in jeopardy."
Future
"Life will only take us a far as we are willing to see ourselves going. Deciding we cannot do or have or be something because we think it impossible does nothing but confine us to self-made limitations and tiny dreams."
-Kate Nowak-
-Kate Nowak-
Excellence and Perfection
"Be careful not to confuse excellence with perfection.
Excellence you can reach for, perfection is God's business."
author unknown
Excellence you can reach for, perfection is God's business."
author unknown
God
"People today are looking for God. During a recent question-and-answer session, a student asked me why we can't find God. I told him he can't find God the way a thief can't find a policeman. He's not's looking for Him."I then suggested that every morning the students write the word 'Good' on a blackboard and then go out and do something for someone, expecting and getting nothing in return. Nothing is zero, so when you get home, scratch a zero out of your word and you will find God."
—Red Skelton, comedian
—Red Skelton, comedian
Being different
"If only I'd known that one day my differences would be an asset, my life would have been much easier."
— Bette Midler
— Bette Midler
Being what you want to be; doing what you want to do.
“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t...you’re right.”
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
Smile
"A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside."~ Denis Waitley ~
Dreams
“Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Life
"Life is a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once." unknown author
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