NEW YEAR

You will still be eating last year's harvest;
When you will have to move it out to make room for the New. Leviticus 26:10

Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad New Year to all the earth. …….Martin Luther

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right. ……Oprah Winfrey

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this;
To rise above the little things. …….John Burroughs

Every man regards his own life
as the New Year's Eve of time. ……Jean Paul Richter

It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets. …….William Thomas

Of all sound of all bells, the most solemn and touching is
the peal which rings out the Old Year. …….Charles Lamb

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past.
Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. …….Brooks Atkinson

An Optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in.
A Pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ……..Bill Vaughan

A New Year's resolution is something that
goes in one year and out the other. …….Author Unknown

SELF-RESPECT

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world,
and yet lose or forfeit his very self? …….Luke 9:25

Respect yourself and others will respect you. …….Confucius

He that respects himself is safe from others;
He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. …….Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

They cannot take away our self-respect;
If we do not give it to them. …….Mohandas Gandhi

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. ……..John Herschel

Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life. …….Joe Clark

A man who doesn't respect himself,
can never really respect anyone else. …….Cardinal De Retz

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life
is the source from which self-respect springs. ……..Joan Didion

OPINION

A fool finds no pleasure in understanding;
but delights in airing his own Opinions. …….Proverbs 18:2

Everything we hear is an Opinion, not a fact. ……..Marcus Aurelius

Every new Opinion, at its starting,
is precisely in a minority of one. ……..Thomas Carlyle

False Opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men,
thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime,
without knowing what they are doing. ……..Joseph De Maistre

People do not seem to realize that their Opinion of the world,
is also a confession of character. …….Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything
may reasonably be expected to do everything for money. …….Edward F. Halifax

A study of the history of Opinion is a necessarypreliminary to the emancipation of the mind. …….John Maynard Keynes

Public Opinion is the thermometer
a leader should constantly consult. ……Napoleon Bonaparte

It often takes more courage
to change one's Opinion than to keep it. …….Willy Brandt

CHRISTMAS

You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem,
lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid;
Say to the towns of Judah: "Here is your God! …..Isaiah 40:9
God walked down the stairs of heaven with a Baby in His arms. ……Paul Scherer

There has been only one Christmas;
The rest are anniversaries. …….W.J. Cameron

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. ….W. T. Ellis

May your Christmas be as peaceful and as bright as new fallen snow. …..Author Unknown

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and keep it all year. ……Charles Dickens

For the spirit of Christmas fulfils the greatest hunger of mankind. …….Loring A. Schuler

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ……. Roy L. Smith

The message of Christmas is that the visible material world
is bound to the invisible spiritual world. ……Author Unknown

What is Christmas?
It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.
It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal,
and that every path may lead to peace. …….Agnes M. Pharo

The only blind person at Christmastime is;
he who has not Christmas in his heart. ……Helen Keller

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world,
in a conspiracy of love. …… Hamilton Wright Mabie

Christmas ... is not an eternal event at all,
but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart. …….. Freya Stark

Christ was born in the first century, yet he belongs to all centuries.
He was born a Jew, yet He belongs to all races.
He was born in Bethlehem, yet He belongs to all countries. ……..George W. Truett

RESPECT

He who wants a rose must Respect the thorn. ……. Persian Proverb

Respect cannot be learned, purchased or acquired;
It can only be earned. …….Author Unknown

When you are content to be simply yourself, and don’t compare or compete,
Everybody will Respect you. ……Lao Tzu

Respect a man, and he will do all the more. ………John Wooden

Probably no greater honor can come to any man
than the Respect of his colleagues. …….Cary Grant

It is not sufficient to be worthy of Respect,
in order to be Respected. …..Alfred Nobel

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves Respect.
We must each Respect others even as we Respect ourselves. ……U. Thant

MERCY

Blessed are the Merciful; for they shall obtain Mercy. ……Mathew 5:7

Nothing emboldens sin so much as Mercy. …….William Shakespeare

I have always found that Mercy
bears richer fruits than strict justice. …….Abraham Lincoln

We shall show Mercy, but we shall not ask for it. …….Sir Winston S. Churchill

Mercy require the exertion, never the suppression,
of man's noble rights and powers. …….Gerrit Smith

There are three things in the world that deserve no Mercy,
hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. ……..Frederick William Robertson

Underneath the wings of the seraphim are stretched the arms of the divine Mercy;
Ever ready to receive sinners. …….The Talmud

When a man assumes leadership,
he forfeits the right to Mercy. ……..Gennaro Angiulo


How can we pray to God for Mercy
if we ourselves have no Mercy? ……Isaac Bashevis Singer

CONSCIOUSNESS

Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time. ……Mason Cooley

His was a great sin who first invented Consciousness.
Let us lose it for a few hours. ……Author Unknown

There is no life without Consciousness;
There is no Consciousness without life. ……..Annie Besant

The human Consciousness is really homogeneous.
There is no complete forgetting, even in death. …….D. H. Lawrence

The extent of your Consciousness is limited only
by your ability to love and to embrace with
your love, the space around you, and all it contains. ……Napoleon Bonaparte

No problem can be solved from the same level of Consciousness that created it. ………Albert Einstein
An unconscious Consciousness is no more
a contradiction in terms than an unseen case of seeing. ……..Franz Clemens Brentano

The distinguishing characteristics of mind are of a subjective sort;
We know them only from the contents of our own Consciousness. …….. Wilhelm Wundt

JUSTICE

The path of the Just is as the shining light:
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. ……Proverbs 4:18

Justice renders to every one his due. ……Cicero

Justice delayed, is justice denied. ……William Gladstone*

It is in Justice that the ordering of society is centered. ……Aristotle

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both …..Eleanor Roosevelt

Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due. …..Domitus Ulpian

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society. …….Edmund Burke

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps Justice alive. …..Earl Warren

DIGNITY

She is clothed with strength and Dignity;
She can laugh at the days to come. …….Proverbs 31:25

Dignity consists not in possessing honors,
but in the consciousness that we deserve them. …….Aristotle

True Dignity is never gained by place,
and never lost when honors are withdrawn. ……Phillip Massinger

Let not a man guard his Dignity,
but let his dignity guard him. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for;
-And worth dying for. …….Robert Maynard

Our Dignity is not in what we do,
but what we understand. ………George Santayana

When boasting ends, there Dignity begins. …….Owen D. Young

The only kind of Dignity which is genuine is that which
is not diminished by the indifference of others. ……Dag Hammarskjold

INSTINCT

These are the men who divide you,
who follow mere natural Instincts, and do not have the Spirit. …..Jude 1:19

Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ……Proverb

Man is primarily governed by passion and Instinct. ……Muhammed Iqbal

A good man, through obscurest aspirations,
Has still an Instinct of the one true way. ……Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose,
but without conscious perception of what the purpose is. …..Van Hartmann

Follow your Instincts.
That's where true wisdom manifests itself. ……Oprah Winfrey

The very essence of Instinct isthat it is followed,
independently of reason. ..….Charles Darwin

Instinct is untaught ability. ……Alexander Bain

IDEALISM

Man's Ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. …..Seneca

I am an Idealist; I don't know where I am going but I'm on my way. …..Carl Sandburg

To say that a man is an Idealist is merely to say that he is a man. …..G. K. Chesterton

An Idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage,
concludes that it will also make a better soup. …….H. L. Mencken

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow.
And politics is the bow of Idealism. ………Bill Moyers

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands,
but like the seafaring man, you choose them as your guides,
and by following them, you will reach your destiny. ……..Carl Shurz

No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant Idealism. …..Sir Winston S. Churchill

DESIRE

Desire is the very essence of man. ……Benedict de Spinoza

Wonder is the Desire for knowledge. …….Saint Thomas Aquinas

A Desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired
by his fellows, is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions
discovered in the heart of man. ……John Adams

Out of need springs Desire;
and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win. ……Denis Waitley

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed. …….Pierre Corneille

Man is an animal which, alone among the animals,
refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires. ……Alexander Graham Bell

Desire is the key to motivation;
- that will enable you to attain the success you seek. …….Mario Andretti

The Desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing,
thy prayer will also be without ceasing.
The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer. …..Saint Augustine

HONOR

Honor your father and your mother,
so that you may live long in the land,
the Lord your God is giving you. …..Exodus 20:12

Be Honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people. …..Welsh Proverb

The difference between a Moral man and a Man of Honor
is that the latter regrets a discreditable act;
even when it has worked and he has not been caught. …….H.L. Menken

Be not ashamed of thy virtues;
Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times. ……Ben Johnson

A life spent making mistakes is not only more Honorable,
but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ………George Bernard Shaw

Honor does not have to be defended. ……Robert J. Sawyer

EVIL

Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them,
Say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil? ……Genesis 44:4

Do as the heavens have done, forget your Evil;With them forgive yourself. …..William Shakespeare

No Evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. ……Plato

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between Good and Evil. ……Cicero

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are Evil,
but because of the people who don't do anything about it. ……Albert Einstein

No man chooses evil because it is Evil;
he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. ……Mary Wollstonecraft

The belief in a supernatural source of Evil is not necessary;
Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ………Joseph Conrad

Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil;
but as a necessity, or even a duty. ……Simone Weil

KNOWLEDGE

12/01/08
For in much wisdom is much grief:
and he that increases Knowledge increases sorrow. …….Ecclesiastes 1:18

Knowledge is power. …..Sir Francis Bacon

All men by nature desire Knowledge. ……Aristotle

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to Knowledge. ……Benjamin Disraeli
It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward.
Ignorance is never better than knowledge. …..Enrico Fermi

The beginning of Knowledge,
is the discovery of something we do not understand. …..Frank Herbert

Real Knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. ……Confucius

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue,
truly and essentially raises one man above another. …….Joseph Cotton

Mankind has a great aversion to intellectual labor;
but even supposing Knowledge to be easily attainable,
more people would be content to be ignorant than
would take even a little trouble to acquire it. ……..Samuel Johnson

CHARM

Charm is a product of the unexpected. ……Jose Marti

There is a Charm about the forbidden,
that makes it unspeakably desirable. ..……Mark Twain

Charm is the quality in others,
that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. ……Henri Frederic Amiel

There is no personal Charm so great,
as the charm of a cheerful temperament. ……Henry Van Dyke

There's a difference between beauty and charm.
A Beautiful woman is one I notice.
A Charming woman is one who notices me. ……..John Erskine

Charm is a glow within a woman
that casts a most becoming light on others. ……..John Mason Brown

TOGETHER

The family that prays Together, stays together ……Al Scalpone

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.
That's why it's a comfort to go Together, hand in hand. ……..Emily Kimbrough

A dream you dream alone is only a dream.
A dream you dream Together is reality. ……John Lennon

Let us put our minds Together and see
what life we can make for our children. ……Sitting Bull

We must learn to live Together as brothers, or
perish together as fools. …….Martin Luther King, Jr.

Great things are not done by impulse,
but by a series of small things brought Together. ……..Vincent Van Gogh

We will not learn to live Together in peace,
by killing each other's children. ......Jimmy Carter

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other,
But looking outward Together, in the same direction. ….Antoine de Saint-Exupery

THANKSGIVING

I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with Thanksgiving. …….Psalm 69:30

Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my Thanks;
- I got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night. ……Irving Berlin

A Thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all the other virtues. …….Cicero

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men;
but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. …..E.P. Powell

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that
the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ….John F. Kennedy

Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace;
The celebration of work and the simple life. ……Ray Stannard Baker

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our interdependence. ……William Jennings Bryan

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. ……Seneca

Not what we say about our blessings,
but how we use them, is the true measure of our Thanksgiving. ……W.T. Purkiser

Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord
with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ. ……John Clayton

GRACE

Those who cling to worthless idols,
forfeit the Grace that could be theirs. …….Jonah 2:8

There but for the Grace of God go I. ……Rev. George Whitfield

Grace has been defined as the outward expression
of the inward harmony of the soul. …….William Hazlitt

Where sin abounded, Grace shall much more abound. ……Archibald Alexander

Above all the Grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved,
is that of overcoming self. …….St. Francis of Assisi

Grace must find expression in life,
otherwise it is not grace. …….Karl Barth

The Grace of God is courtesy. …….Hilaire Belloc

It is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose;
Good with the assistance of Grace;
Evil, when Grace is absent. ……John Calvin

QUALITY

11/21/08
Quality is everyone's responsibility. ………W. Edwards Deming

Quality is never an accident;
It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction
and skillful execution; It represents the wise choice of many alternative.
…….William A. Foster

Quality is not an act, it is a habit. ……. Aristotle

Associate yourself with men of good Quality if you esteem your own reputation;
It is better be alone than in bad company. …….George Washington

It is the Quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. …Mohandas Gandhi

Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out. …… Bob Moawad

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking …….Henry Ford

The Quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important. ……..Martin Luther King Jr

GOSSIP

11/20/08
Without wood a fire goes out;
Without Gossip a quarrel dies down. ……. Psalms 26:20

Whoever Gossips to you will gossip about you. ……Spanish Proverb

Gossip needn't be false to be evil;
- there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. ……Frank A. Clark

Gossip is the art of saying nothing
in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. ……Walter Winchell

Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility. ……Josiah Holland

The only time people dislike Gossip is when you gossip about them. …….Will Rogers

Scandal is Gossip made tedious by morality. ……Oscar Wilde

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everyone enjoys. ……Joseph Conrad

HYPOCRISY

Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion ……..Hosea Ballou.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is Hypocrisy.
The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. ………William Hazlitt

A Hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't? ……..Don Marquis

Politeness; -The most acceptable Hypocrisy. ………Ambrose Bierce

The true Hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception,
the one who lies with sincerity. ………André Gide

Hypocrisy is an homage that vice renders to virtue. …….François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld,

A Hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree,
then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. …….Adlai E. Stevenson

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises,
for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. ……Edmund Burke

FAME

11/17/08
Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living.
It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity. ……..William Hazlitt

The highest form of vanity is love of Fame. …….George Santayana

Indeed, wretched the man whose Fame makes his misfortunes famous. ……. Lucius Accius

For children preserve the Fame of a man after his death. …….Aeschylus

The Fame you earn has a different taste,
from the fame that is Forced upon you. …….Gloria Vanderbilt

Fame is like a river, that bears up things light and swollen,
and drowns things weighty and solid. …….Francis Bacon

Don't confuse Fame with success.
Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. …….. Erma Bombeck

It is strange to be so Famous, and yet to be so lonely. ……..Albert Einstein

MIRACLE

Miracles are not contrary to nature;
But only contrary to what we know of nature. …..St. Augustine

For the truly faithful, no Miracle is necessary.
For those who doubt, no Miracle is sufficient. …….Nancy Gibbs

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk; Its all a Miracle. …..Arthur Rubinstein

There are only two ways to live your life;
One is as though nothing is a Miracle.
The other is as though everything is a Miracle. ……Albert Einstein

Miracles happen every day.
Not just in remote country villages or at holy sites halfway across the globe,
but here, in our own lives. ……Deepak Chopra.

Miracles happen to those who believe in them. ……….Bernard Berenson

Nobody sees the obvious, nobody observes the ordinary.
There are more Miracles in a square yard of earth
than in all the fables of the Church. ………Robert Anton Wilson

Once all struggle is grasped, Miracles are possible. …….Mao Tse-Tung

LIBERTY

The basis of a democratic state is Liberty. ……Aristotle

Give me Liberty or give me death. ……John Henry

Liberty means responsibility;
That is why most men dread it. …..George Bernard Shaw

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end;
It is the highest political end. …….Lord Acton

The love of Liberty is the love of others;
The love of power is the love of ourselves. ……William Hazlitt

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions. …….Ambrose Bierce

They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety;
deserve neither liberty nor safety. ……..Benjamin Franklin,

It is easy to take liberty for granted,
when you have never had it taken from you. …..Dick Cheney

VETERAN

We few, we Band of Brothers.
For he who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. ……. William Shakespeare

When our perils are past, should our gratitude sleep? …….George Canning

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can,
only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. ……..Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

That's what it means to be a veteran;
To be scared all the time. …….Gil Doud

The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history
is the beating of war drums. …….Arthur Koestler

The only war is the war you fought in; Every Veteran knows that! ……..Allan Keller

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. …….José Narosky

Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more,
for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier. …… Zell Miller

CHARACTER

Do not be misled; Bad company corrupts good Character. ……. 1Corinthians 15:33

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: Only our Characters are steadfast, not our gold. ..…..Euripides

If you want to test a man's Character, give him power. ……Abraham Lincoln

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist;
They are wrong, it is Character. ……..Albert Einstein

A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent. …..Martin Luther King, Jr.

Character is doing the right thing, even when nobody is looking. …….J.C. Watts

Character is much easier kept, than recovered. ……Thomas Paine

Laws control the lesser man.
Character controls the greater one. ……Chinese Proverb

You can tell the Character of every man;
When you see how he receives praise. ……Seneca

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
when health is lost, something is lost;
when Character is lost, all is lost. …..Billy Graham

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation;
because your Character is what you really are,
while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ……John Wooden.

---Mohandas Gandhi

Your Character must be above suspicion,
and you must be truthful and self-controlled. ……..Mohandas Gandhi

The truest test of civilization, culture, and dignity is
Character,-not clothing. …….Mohandas Gandhi

A language is an exact reflection of the Character and growth of its speakers.
…….Mohandas Gandhi
Men of stainless Character will easily inspire confidence
and automatically purify the atmosphere around them. ……Mohandas Gandhi

The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally,
is his or her Character and educational facilities. ……Mohandas Gandhi

All your scholarship would be in vain if at the same time you do not
build your Character and attain mastery over your thoughts and your actions.
………Mohandas Gandhi

MEDITATION

)11/03/08
We practice meditation in order to see ourselves
as we truly are and life as it truly is. ……Buddha

Meditation is the soul's perspective glass. ……… Owen Feltham

Meditation is the life of the soul …….Francis Quaries

The more intense the nature of a man,
the more readily will he find Meditation,
and the more successfully will he practice it. ……… James Allen

Meditation is such a more substantial reality,
than what we normally take to be reality. ……… Richard Gere

Sleep is the best form of Meditation. …….Dalai Lama

Meditation is painful in the beginning,
but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end. …….. Swami Sivananda

Meditation is the tongue of the soul;
and the language of our spirit. ………Jeremy Taylor

WORDS

Words are the voice of the heart. ……. Confucius

Use soft Words and hard arguments. ……Author Unknown

Words, once they're printed, have a life of their own. ……. Carol Burnett,

Words are the only things that last forever. …….William Hazlitt

My Words fly up, my thoughts remain below;
Words without thoughts never to heaven go. …….. William Shakespeare

Short Words are best;
and the old words when short are best of all. ……..Winston Churchill

The Law is but Words and paper,
without the hands of swordsmen. ………. James Harrington

SHAME

I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered in Shame. Psalm 34: 4-5

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. ……..Marcus Tullius Cicero

Having been poor is no Shame,
but being ashamed of it: -Is. …….Benjamin Franklin

The more things a man is Ashamed of,
the more respectable he is. …...George Bernard Shaw

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. ……… Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If a man fools me once, Shame on him.If he fools me twice, Shame on me. ……..Chinese Proverb

Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists,
in order to exploit the human race. ……..Blake Edwards

Acting is half shame, half glory.
Shame at exhibiting yourself; Glory when you can forget yourself. …….John Gielgud

Your enemies will be clothed in Shame,
and the tents of the wicked will be no more. …….. Job 8:22

He was not borne to Shame.
Upon his brow, Shame is ashamed to sit. …….William Shakespeare

It is the false Shame of fools to try
to conceal wounds that have not healed. …….Horace

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame …….Benjamin Franklin

Let us not be ashamed to speak
what we shame not to think. ……Michel de Montaigne

What makes the pain we feel from Shame and jealousy so cutting,
is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them. …….Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is no shame in being wrong,
only in failing to correct our mistakes. ……..George Soros

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive.
And no Shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace. ………. M. J. Rose

CHEATING

Instead, you yourselves Cheat and do wrong,
and you do this to your brothers. ……1 Corinthians 6:6

I would prefer even to fail with honor, than win by Cheating. ……..Sophocles

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself. …….Philip James Bailey

If you're not learning while you're earning,
you're Cheating yourself of the better portion of your just compensation. ….Napoleon Hill

He that cheats another is a knave; but he that cheats himself is a fool. …..Karl G. Maeser

He will cheat without scruple, who can, without fear. …….Benjamin Franklin

Win if you can, lose if you must, but always Cheat. ……Jesse Ventura

‘tis my opinion every man Cheats in his own way;
And he is only honest, who is not discovered. Susannah Centilivre

In order to preserve your self-respect,
It is sometimes necessary to lie and Cheat. …….Robert Byrne

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat God. .......Johann Kasper

He who is Cheated twice by the same man,
Is an accomplice of the cheater. ……Author Unknown

Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well.
We Cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can.
……George Allen

Someone who believes that the world is always Cheating him is right;
He is missing the wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something …...Eric Hoffer

It is better to suffer wrong, than do it;
And happier to be sometimes Cheated, than not to trust. …….Samuel Johnson

It is impossible for a man to be Cheated by anyone but himself. ……. Ralph Waldo Emerson

CHOICES

10/28/08
Choices are the hinges of destiny …….Pythagoras
Leadership demands that we make tough Choices. ………Alan Autry

Our lives are a sum total of the Choices we have made. ……. Wayne Dyer

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices;
and we have to accept the consequences of every deed,
word, and thought throughout our lifetime. ……….Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

We seal our fate with the Choices we take;
but don't give a second thought to the chances we take. ……..Gloria Estefan

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable,
you disconnect yourself from what you truly want,
and all that is left is compromise. …….Robert Fritz

You always have two Choices:
Your commitment, versus your fear. ………..Sammy Davis, Jr.

Success is a Choice. …….Rick Pitino

Our Choices are largely based on survival. ……..Neale Donald Walsch

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his Choices. ………Jean-Paul Sartre

The strongest principle of growth lies in human Choice. …….George Eliot

Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate Choice. …….Author Unknown

Mankind’s greatest gift and also its greatest curse,
Is that we have free Choice. …….Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

What we call the secret of happiness,
is no more a secret than our willingness to Choose life. ……Leo Buscaglia

In every single thing you do, you are choosing a direction. Your life is a product of Choices. …….Dr. Kathleen Hall,

LEARNING

I’ve learnt much from my teacher, more from my colleagues,
but most from my students. …….. Rabbi Yochanan

You will learn something every day if you pay attention. ……..Ray LeBlond

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. …….Chinese Proverb

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. ………Henry Ford

Learning without thought is labor lost;
Thought without learning is perilous. …….Confucius

I have never in my life learned anything
from any man who agreed with me. ……Dudley Field Malone

It is not hard to learn more.
What is hard is to unlearn when you discover yourself wrong. …….Martin H. Fischer

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much,
are the three pillars of Learning. ……Benjamin Disraeli

Whoso neglects Learning in his youth,Loses the past and is dead for the future. …….Euripides

Beware of the man who works hard to Learn something;
Learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. …….Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

The first step in seeking happiness is Learning. ……Dalai Lama

The purpose of Learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies,
can continue growing as we continue to live. ……..Mortimer Adler

Learning is not attained by chance;
It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ……Abigail Adams

Even the wisest mind has something yet to Learn. ……George Santayana

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught,
as that every child should be given the wish to Learn. ………. John Lubbock

EXAGGERATION

Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness. ……Voltaire

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. …….Kahlil Gibran

There are people so addicted to exaggeration
they can't tell the truth without lying. ……..Josh Billings

Man is inclined to Exaggerate almost everything;
- except his own mistakes. …….Author Unknown

We Exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike.
We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. ……..Honore de Balzac

Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. ……..Eliza Cook

Love is a gross Exaggeration of the difference
between one person and everybody else. ……George Bernard Shaw

LESSONS

There are no mistakes or failures; -only Lessons …….Denis Waitley

The greatest Lesson in life;
is to know that even fools can sometimes be right ……..Horace

The Lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated,
in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap. …….Spiro T. Agnew

There are no regrets in life; - just Lessons. ……Jennifer Aniston

Life deals you a lot of Lessons;
Some people learn from it, some people don't. ……..Brett Favre

He who follows his Lessons tastes a profound peace. …….Moliere

Lessons are not given, they are taken. ……..Cesare Pavese

STRESS

Give your Stress wings and let it fly away. …….Carin Hartness

Stress is the trash of modern life;
- we all generate it but if you don't dispose of it properly,
it will pile up and overtake your life. …….Danzae Pace

Stress is who you think you should be.
Relaxation is who you are. ……..Chinese Proverb

Stress is an admission of weakness,
a cry of defeat to the world. …..Carrie Latet

Stress is poison. ……Agavé Powers

Much of the Stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do.
It comes from not finishing what they've started. …….David Allen

Stress is an ignorant state.
It believes that everything is an emergency. …..Natalie Goldberg

In times of great Stress or adversity,
it's always best to keep busy,
to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. …….Lee Iacocca

MISTAKE

A man who has committed a Mstake and doesn't correct it,
is committing another Mistake. ……Confucius

Be thankful for your Mistakes;
They will teach you valuable lessons. ……..Author Unknown

The greatest Mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing you will make one. …….Elbert Hubbard

Anyone who has never made a Mistake has never tried anything new. ……Albert Einstein

Mistakes are the portals of discovery. …….James Joyce

A life spent in making Mistakes is not only more honorable,
but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ……George Bernard Shaw

It is very easy to forgive others their Mistakes;
it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own. ……Jessamyn West

Mistakes are life's way of teaching you. …….Og Mandino

GO

Go to your bosom: Knock there,
and ask your heart what it doth know ……. William Shakespeare

To Go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. …….Confucius

Time stays, we Go. …… H. L. Mencken

Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. …… Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's really important to Go back to where you come from. ……….Henry Thomas

As far as men Go, it is not what they are that interests me,
but what they can become. ……..Jean-Paul Sartre

There's only so far you can Go before you say enough is enough. .......Jennifer Granholm

Go with your fate, but not beyond.
Beyond leads to dark places. ……… Mary Renault

Wherever you go, Go with all your heart. …..Confucius

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must Go over to theirs;
It is necessary to follow, in order to lead. ……….William Hazlitt

You've got to Go out on a limb sometimes;
because that's where the fruit is. .......Will Rogers

The faster you Go, the shorter you are. …….Albert Einstein

Don’t Go around saying the world owes you a living;
The world owes you nothing: it was here first. ……Mark Twain

A leader takes people where they want to go;
A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go,
-But ought to be. ……..Rosalyn Carter

Don’t Go through life; Grow through life. ……Eric Butterworth

FREEDOM

Freedom consists not in doing what we like,
but in having the right to do what we ought. ……Pope John Paul II

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed;
it must be achieved. …….Franklin D. Roosevelt


Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men;
So it must be daily earned and refreshed;
else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. ……Dwight D. Eisenhower

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. …….Abraham Lincoln

There are two freedoms:
- the false, where a man is free to do what he likes;
-the true, where he is free to do what he ought. ……..Charles Kingsley

We must be free not because we claim freedom,
but because we practice it. …….William Faulkner

Let freedom never perish in your hands. ……..Joseph Addison

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. …….Mohandas Gandhi

What then is Freedom?
- The power to live as one wishes. ........Marcus Tullius Cicero

Without Freedom, no one really has a name. …….Milton Acorda

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves. ……Nietzsche

Freedom is not worth having;
if it does not include the Freedom to make mistakes. ………Mahatma Gandhi

The Freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all. …….Friedrich Durrenmatt

We cannot defend Freedom abroad by deserting it at home. …….Edward R. Murrow

When freedom does not have a purpose,
when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law
engraved in the hearts of men and women,
when it does not listen to the voice of conscience,
it turns against humanity and society. ……Pope John Paul II

CHARITY

Charity suffers long, and is kind; Charity envies not;
Charity vaults not itself, is not puffed up. ……. I Corinthians 13:4

Charity, well directed, should begin at home. ……Joaquin Miller

Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything. - Walt Whitman

The practice of Charity will bind us;
It will bind all men in one great brotherhood. ……Conrad Hilton

Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands. ……Joseph Addison

The smallest act of Charity shall stand us in great stead. …..Francis Atterbury

True Charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion;
it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation. ……Hosea Ballou

The Charities of life are scattered everywhere;
Enameling the vales of human beings as the flowers paint the meadows.
They are not the fruit of study, nor the privilege of refinement,
and need no trumpet in the receiver. ……Francis Beaumont

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;
But the greatest of these is Charity. ……I Corinthians 13:13

True Charity, a plant divinely nursed. …..William Cowper

The highest exercise of Charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
…….. Joseph Stevens Buckminster

He who receives Charity, should never forget it;
he who does one, should never remember it. …….Pierre Charron

A rich man without Charity is a rogue;
and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool. …..Henry Fielding

The man who cannot live with charity, sharing other men's pain,
is punished by feeling his own, with intolerable anguish. …….Cesare Pavese

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor;
than his claim to your Charity. ………Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn

In Faith and Hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is Charity. …….Alexander Pope

FAMILY

Other things may changes us,
But we start and end with Family. …….Anthony Brandt

As the family goes, so goes the nation;
and so goes the whole world in which we live. ……Pope John Paul II

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which
I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. ……..Thomas Jefferson

Families are the compass that guide us.
They are the inspiration to reach great heights,
and our comfort when we occasionally falter. …….Brad Henry

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. …….John Bowring

I don't care how poor a man is;
if he has family, he's rich. ….Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford,

You don't choose your family.
They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ……Bishop Desmond Tutu

EXCELLENCE

The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to Excellence,
regardless of their chosen field of endeavor ……..Vince Lombardi

Excellence is not an act but a habit. …….Aristotle

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential;
... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal Excellence. …….. Confucius

Excellence encourages one about life generally;
it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. ……… George Eliot

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days. …….. Ted W. Engstrom

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection.
Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. ……..Michael J. Fox

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. …… John W. Gardner

Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. ….. Steve Jobs

SERVICE

Be silent as to Services you render;
But speak of favors you have received ……Seneca

Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction,
than any other venture of life. ……..Carrie Chapman Catt

Service is the rent you pay for room on this earth. …….Shirley Chisholm

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. ……Dalai Lama

Every human being feels pleasure in doing good to another. ………Thomas Jefferson

Life's most persistent and urgent question is,
What are you doing for others? ……Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is no greater calling than to Serve your Brother.
And, no greater satisfaction than to have done it well. ……. Walter Reuther

COMFORT

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they Comfort me. …….Psalms 23:4

The lust for Comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest,
and then becomes a host, and then a master. …..Kahlil Gibran

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us. ……Oscar Wilde

For in a dearth of Comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least. …….Sir Winston D’Avenant

Comfort, like the golden sun,
Dispels the sullen shade with her sweet influence,And cheers the melancholy house of care. …….Nicholas Rowe

Comfort and prosperity has never enriched the world,
As much as adversity has. ……Billy Graham

A scholar who cherishes the love of Comfort,
Is not fit to be deemed a scholar ……Lao Tzu

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. ……Aesop

The superior man thinks always of virtue;
the common man thinks of Comfort. ……...Confucius

Cure sometimes, treat often, Comfort always. ……… Hippocrates

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion,
without the discomfort of thought. ……. John F. Kennedy

Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion,
but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. …….Gilbert Murray

Consider any individual at any period of his life,
and you will always find him preoccupied,
with fresh plans to increase his Comfort. ……. Alexis de Tocqueville

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and Comfort;
- the opening; terror. ……. Andy Rooney

There's no comfort in the truth;
Pain is all you'll find. ……..George Michael

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom,
will soon lose its freedom;
and, the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too. ….W. Somerset Maugham

COMPLAIN

Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns,
be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ………Proverb

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. …..Samuel Johnson

You can overcome anything if you don't Complain. …….Bernard M. Baruch

Complainers may change their complaints,
but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. …….Mason Cooley

People that pay for things never complain.
It's the guy you give something to that you can't please. …….Will Rogers

People won't have time for you if you are always complaining. …..Stephen Hawkings

The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. ….Zig Zigler

Had we not faults of our own,
We should take less pleasure in Complaining of others. …….Francois Fenelon


I had no shoes and Complained, until I met a man who had no feet. ……Indian Proverb

Constant Complaint is the poorest sort of pay;
For all the comforts we enjoy. …….Benjamin Franklin

The man who Complains about the way the ball bounced,
Is likely the one who dropped it. ……Lou Holtz

When people Complain of life,
It is almost always because they ask for impossible things. ……..Ernest Renan

Complaining is like arrows shot into the air without a target;
They only fall back upon our heads and destroy us. ……Sir William Temple

This life is not for Complaint, but for satisfaction. ……Henry David Thoreau

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, Complaining;
You make progress by implementing ideas. ……..Shirley Chisholm

COMPASSION

The due of Compassion is a tear. ……..Lord Byron

Compassion brings us to a stop,
and for a moment we rise above ourselves. …….Mason Cooley

I truly believe that Compassion provides the basis of human survival. ……Dalai Lama


The path to guidance is one of Love and Compassion. The Báb, ( Siyyid Alí Muhammad)

It is a man’s sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man;
Until he extends his Compassion to all living things, he himself will not find peace.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. …….Henry Ward Beecher

Have Compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike;
each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little. ........Buddha

Compassion is not weakness;
and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. ………Hubert H. Humphrey

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic,
between good and evil proceeding within us. ………Eric Hoffer

The strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use. …..Ricky Williams

It is much easier to show compassion to animals.
They are never wicked. ……..Haile Selassie

The whole idea of Compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence
of all these living beings;
which are all part of one another and all involved in one another. ……Thomas Merton

It takes a true believer to be Compassionate;
No greater burden can be borne by an individual
than to know no one cares or understands. …..Arthur Stainbach

By Compassion we make others’ misery, our own;
And so by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also. ……Thomas Brown, Sr.

PARADOX

Only one thing is certain; That is, nothing is certain.
If this statement is true, It is also false. ……Ancient Paradox

I have found this Paradox;
that if you love until it hurts,
there will be no more hurt, only more love. ……Mother Teresa

Life is a Paradox;
You’re damned if you do, and damned if you don’t ……Nancy Cartwright.

It is a Paradox that every dictator has climbed to power;
on the ladder of free speech. …..Herbert Hoover.

The most tragic Paradox of our time is to be found in the failure
of nations to recognize the imperatives of internationalism. ……Earl Warren

Man is in fact nailed down, like Christ on the Cross,
to a grid of Paradoxes. …..Vaclav Havel

The Paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling,
as the one which exists only in the mind's eye. …..Shana Alexander

The place which may seem like the end,
may also be the beginning. …….Ivy Baker Priest

CONFUSION

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece! …….. William Shakespeare

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. ….Henry Miller

In the theater of Confusion, knowing the location of the exits is what counts. …..Mason Cooley

A perfection of means, and Confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. ……..Albert Einstein

Chaos is a name for any order that produces Confusion in our minds. ……….. George Santayana

If you can’t convince them, Confuse them. ………Harry S Truman

If you’re not Confused, you’re not paying attention. …….Tom Peters

Sometimes in our Confusion we see the world as it is;
But the world through eyes blurred by the mind. …….Author Unknown

MORALS

A system of Morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, …..Socrates

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean. ……Friedrich Von Schlegel

The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and Morality. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

What we call "Morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command. …..Havelock Ellis

We have two kinds of Morality side by side:
One which we preach but do not practice,
and another which we practice but seldom preach. …….Bertrand Russell

Do not do an immoral thing for Moral reasons. …….Thomas Hardy,

Force always attracts men of low Morality. …….Albert Einstein

To set up as a standard public Morality, a notion which can neither defined or
Conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. ……Simone Weil

Only Morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life. ……Albert Einstein

Learn to distinguish between errors of knowledge, and breaches of Morality. ……Ann Rand

Money, not Morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations. ……Thomas Jefferson

The test of the Morality of a society is how it treats its children. ……Dietrich Bonhoffer

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt to persons whom we personally dislike. …..Oscar Wilde

The most important human endeavor is the striving for Morality in our actions.
Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. …….Charles Dickens.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men. ……George Patton

So far, about Morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after
and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. …….Ernest Hemingway

ASKING

Do not Ask for what you will wish you had not got. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ask me not what I have, but what I am. ……Heinrich Heine

Ask not what your country can do for you,
ask what you can do for your country. …….John F. Kennedy

As long as men are free to Ask what they must,
free to say what they think, free to think what they will,
freedom can never be lost and science can never regress. ……Marcel Proust

It is not fair to Ask of others,
what you are not willing to do yourself. ……Eleanor Roosevelt

You don't always get what you Ask for,
but you never get what you don't Ask for;
... unless it's contagious! …….Beverly Sills

Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful,
and neglected secret to success and happiness. ……..Percy Ross

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done
to prevent the situation?
If the answer is yes, do something now and become
a better person for it. ……Dave Pelzer

UNITY

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren
to dwell together in Unity. …….Psalms. 133:1

All people are a single nation. ……Holy Koran

It is in the shelter of each other that people live. …….Irish Proverb

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church.
For you and I are sons of one religion, ….and it is the Spirit. …..Kahlil Gibran

It is the spirit.
United we stand, divided we fall. …….Aesop

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family;
Not as many separate ones. …….Anwar Sadat

We must learn to live together as brothers;
Or we are going tp perish together as fools. ……. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What divides us pales in comparison to what Unites us. …….Edward M. Kennedy

COURTESY

The grace of God is Courtesy. ………Hilaire Belloc

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage ……. Theodore Roosevelt

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones
which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. …….Henry Clay

If a man be gracious and Courteous to strangers,
it shows he is a citizen of the world. …….Francis Bacon, Sr.

The measure of a truly great man,
Is the Courtesy with which he treats lesser men. …….Author Unknown

There is no outward sign of true Courtesy,
that does not rest on a deep moral foundation. …….. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life is not so short but that there is always time for Courtesy. ……..Ralph Waldo Emerson

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship,
and he who plants kindness gathers love …….Proverb

When Courtesy is better understood and appreciated, there will be no war. ……..Confucius

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of Courtesy …….Jacques Maritain

There can be no defense like elaborate Courtesy. ...... E. V. Lucas.

Courtesy is a silver lining;
around the dark clouds of civilization; …….Bryant H. McGill

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones,
Which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciative heart. …….Henry Clay

Courtesy should be a continuous action,
not something to be turned on and off like a faucet. ……Author Unknown

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. …….Honore De Balzac

To be humble to superiors is duty;
To equals, Courtesy to inferiors; nobleness. …….Benjamin Franklin

PEOPLE

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. …..James A. Baldwin

People who ask confidently get more
than those who are hesitant and uncertain ……..Jack Canfield

Most people struggle with life balance simply because
they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them …..Stephen Covey

People should be encouraged to be committed to a project,
rather than just be involved in it. …..Richard Pratt

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing.
That's why we recommend it daily. ….Zig Ziglar

Most People have a harder time letting themselves love;
Than finding someone to love them. ……..Bill Russell

People love others not for who they are;
How they make them feel. …….Irwin Fedderman

The world is a dangerous place, not because of the People who are evil;
But because of the People who don’t do anything about it. ……Albert Einstein

People who need people are the luckiest people in the world. ……Song by Barbra Streisand

People only see what they are prepared to see. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised
when the bread they have cast on the waters, comes floating back to them, poisoned.
……..James A. Baldwin
It is a curious fact that People are never so trivial;
As when they take themselves seriously. ……..Oscar Wilde

Most great People have attained their greatest success,
Just one step beyond their greatest failure. ……..Napoleon Hill

I have learnt that People will forget what you said or what you think;
But People will never forget how you made them feel. ……Maya Angelou

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want;
That’s why they don’t get what they want. ……. Madonna

LAUGHTER

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Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. …..Red Skelton

Carry Laughter with you wherever you go. …….Hugh Sidey

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. ……. Arnold Glasow

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. …….Victor Borge

Nothing shows a man's character more
than what he Laughs at. ….Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who Laughs;
He alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent Laughter. ……..Friedrich Nietzsche

The person who knows how to Laugh at himself;
will never cease to be amused. …….. Shirley MacLaine

The human race has only one really effective weapon,
and that is Laughter. ……… Mark Twain

OUTLOOK

Life; it tends to respond to our Outlook.
to shape itself to meet our expectation. ……Richard M. DeVos

To curb this sense of envy and jealousy.
We must develop a broader Outlook. ……Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Two men look out the same prison bars;
one sees mud and the other stars. ……Frederick Langbridge

Your Outlook upon life are largely colored by your environment.
Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings;
By the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
……..Orison Swett Marden

The rapprochement of peoples is only possible
when differences of Outlook are respected and appreciated,
rather than feared and condemned. ……H. William Fullbright

Tough times never last, but tough people do. ……. Dr. Robert Schuller

SMILE

Let us always meet each other with a Smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ……Mother Teresa

The robbed that Smiles, steals something from the thief. ……William Shakespeare

Today, give a stranger one of your Smiles.
It might be the only sunshine he sees all day ……H. Jackson Brown Jr

People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big Smile. ……..Lee Mildon

The world always looks brighter from behind a Smile. ……Author Unknown

It takes seventeen muscles to Smile and forty-three to frown. …Author Unknown

A smile is the universal welcome. ……Max Eastman

Wear a Smile and have friends; Wear a scowl and have wrinkles. …….George Eliot

We shall never know all the good,
that a simple Smile can do. ......Mother Teresa

A Smile is something you can't give away;
it always comes back to you. …….Author Unknown

A warm Smile is the universal language of kindness. ……William Arthur Ward

A Smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. ……Charles Gordy

A Smile is the light in the window of your face;
That tells people you're at home. …….. Author Unknown

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness;
making everything in its vicinity freshen into Smiles. …….. Washington Irving

A Smile is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart. ……Anthony J. D’Angelo

If you have only one Smile in you, give it to the people you love.
Don't be surly at home,
then go out in the street and startgrinning "Good morning" at total strangers. …….Maya Angelou

GROWING OLD

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years. ……. Abraham Lincoln

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. …….Chili Davis

You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. …….John P. Grier

Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. ……. Mark Twain

Inside every older person is a younger person;
- Wondering what happened. ….. Jennifer Yane

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized,
for a crime you have not committed. …….Anthony Powell

You are never too old to set another goal;
or to dream a new dream. ……..Les Brown

To know how to grow old is the master-work of wisdom,
and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. ………Henri Amiel

CONSCIENCE

I feel within me a peace, above all earthly dignities;
A still and quiet Conscience. ……William Shakespeare

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good. ……Author Unknown

Conscience is, in most, an anticipation of the opinion of others. Henry Taylor

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear Conscience. ….Doug Larson

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. …H. L. Mencken

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body. …..Jean Jacques Rousseau

A good Conscience fears no witness;
A guilty Conscience is solicitous, even in solitude. …….Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Labor to keep alive in your breast,
that little spark of celestial fire called Conscience …… George Washington

Never do anything against Conscience;
even if the state demands it.

GENEROSITY

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To Generous souls every task is noble. …….. Euripides
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do;
But it is giving me that which you need more than I do. …..Khalil Gibran

The poor don’t know that their function in life,
Is to exercise our Generosity. …..Jean-Paul Satre

No one is so Generous as he who has nothing to give. ……French Proverb

The returns we reap from Generous actions
Is not always evident. …..Francesco Guicciardini

Real Generosity toward the future,
lies in giving all to the present. ……Albert Camus

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;
one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence,
the other from pride or fear. ……Horace Mann

Real Generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. ……..Frank A. Clark

HELP

God strives to Help him who helps himself. …..Aeschylus

Two things a man should never be angry at;
That which he can Help, and that which he cannot. ........Thomas Fuller

You cannot teach a man anything.
You can only Help him to find it for himself. ....... Galileo Galilei

Help a man against his will;
and you do the same as murder him. ……Horace

Great opportunities to Help others seldom come;
But small ones surround us every day. …… Sally Koch

If you can’t Help a hundred people, then help just one. …..Mother Teresa

I have always said that the more successful you are,
The more responsibility you have for Helping others. …..Carlos Slim Helou

Never look down on somebody;
Unless you are helping him up. ……Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.

None of us has gotten where we are by pulling ourselves
Up with our bootstraps;
We got here because somebody bent down and Helped us. ……Justice Thurgood Marshall

There is no better exercise for your heart,
Than reaching down and Helping to lift someone up. ……Bernard Meltzer

ADVICE

Nobody can give you wiser Advice than yourself. ……Cicero

We give advice by the bucket,but take it by the grain. ……..William R. Alger

Giving advice to a stupid man; is like giving salt to a squirrel. …….Kashmiri Proverb

No one wants Advice;Only corroboration. …….John Steinbeck

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer;
-but wish we didn't. ……..Erica Jong

The best way to succeed in life,
Is to act on the Advice we give to others. …….Author Unknown

The true secret of giving Advice is, after you have honestly given it,
to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not;
-and never persist in trying to set people right. ……….Hannah Whitall Smith

In giving Advice seek to help, not to please, your friend. ………Solon

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions. ……Cicero

The only thing to do with good Advice is pass it on.
It is never any use to oneself. ……Oscar Wilde

To accept good Advice is but to increase one’s ability. …….Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Never trust the Advice of a man in difficulties. …….Aesop

Never take Advice from someone,
Who has not had your kind of trouble. ……Sidney J. Harris

Ask advice only from equals …….Danish Proverb

Many receive Advice, but few profit from it. …….Publilius Syrus

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon,
And the deeper it sinks into the mind. …..Samuel Taylor Cooleridge

GUILT

Suspicion always haunts the Guilty mind;
the thief doth fear each bush, an officer. ………William Shakespeare

Guilt is to danger, as fire is to gunpowder;
A man need not fear to walk into barrels of gunpowder, if he has no fire about him.
……John Flavel
Guilt is regret for what we have done,
Regret is guilt for what we didn’t do. ……Author Unknown

One who condones evils is just as Guilty,as the one who perpetrates it. ……..Martin Luther King, Jr.

In a free society, some are Guilty;
But all are responsible. …….Abraham Joshua Hershel

The Guilty one is not he who commits the sin;
But the one who causes the darkness. …….Victor Hugo

Nothing is more wretched to the mind of a man conscious of Guilt. …….PLautus

It is better that ten Guilty persons escape;
Than one innocent suffer. …..Sir William Blackstone

MISERY

For fate has wove the thread of life with pain,
And twins even from the birth are Misery and Man! …… Homer (Odyssey)

Misery makes sport to mock itself. …..William Shakespeare

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us
can do a little to bring some portion of Misery to an end. …..Albert Schweitzer

If Misery loves company, misery has company enough …..Henry David Thoreau

Extreme hopes are born from extreme Misery. …..Bertrand Russell

In separateness lies the world’s great Misery;
In compassion lies the world’s true strength. …..Buddha

Maybe men are separated from each other
only by the degree of their Misery. …… Francis Picabia

The only comfort of the Miserable;
Is to have partners in their woes. …….Miguel de Cervantes

BEGINNING

From small Beginnings often come great things. ……. Proverb

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy,
and great things, in that which is small. …….Lao-Tzu
Almost everything comes from nothing. ……. Henry F. Amiel

The Beginnings of all things are small. …….. Cicero

A little spark can kindle a great fire. ……Syrian Proverb

“I can't do it" never accomplished anything;
"I will try" has performed miracles. ……George P. Burnham

The man who removes a mountain,
Begins by carrying away small stones. …….Chinese proverb

Start by doing what's necessary;
then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible. …….St. Francis of Assisi

Small opportunities are often the Beginning of great enterprises. …..Demosthenes

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain;
again begin this, and thou wilt have finished ……. Marcus Aurelius(Ausonius)

Winning starts with Beginning. ……Robert Schuller

More powerful than the will to win is the courage to Begin. …..Author Unknown

The Beginning is the most important part of the work. ……Plato

He has half the deed done who has made a Beginning. …….Horace

In every phenomenon the Beginning
remains always the most notable moment. …….Thomas Carlyle

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end;
but rather fear that it shall never have a Beginning. ……. John Henry Cardinal

Whatever you do, or dream you can, Begin it.
Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. …….. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start,
anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. ……. Carl Bard

When there is a start to be made,
Don't step over, Start where you are. ……Edgar Cayce

This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.
But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. ……Winston Churchill

The distance is nothing; it's only the first step that is difficult. ……Marquise du Deffand

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
That will be the beginning. …… Louis L'Amour

The only joy in the world is to Begin. …… Cesare Pavese

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end,
may also be only the Beginning. …….Ivy Baker Priest

You don't have to be great to Begin;
but you have to Begin to be great. ……Joe Sabah

Everyone who got where he is,
had to Begin where he was. ……Robert Louis Stevenson

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life,
which are the real ones after all . ……Laura Ingalls Wilder

The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings …….Dave Weinbaum

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness. …….Publilius Syrus

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small,
for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed
germinates and roots itself. ……Florence Nightingale

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
-That will be the beginning. ……Louis L'Amour

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which,
more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome. …… William James

The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette. ……Henry S. Hoskins

CARING

Where there is charity and wisdom,
there is neither fear nor ignorance. …….St. Francis of Assisi

The greatness of a Society can be judged
by the way it Cares for it’s weakest members. ……..Mohandas Gandhi

I feel the capacity to Care is the thing
which gives life, its deepest significance. …Pablo Casals

The Care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction;
Is the first and only legitimate object of good government. ……Thomas Jefferson

Caring for others is the basis of worldly success. …..Sakyong Mipham

No one Cares how much you know;
Until they know how much you Care. ……Author nunknown

Caring is a reflex. Someone slips, your arm goes out.
A car is in the ditch, you join the others and push;
...You live, you help. ……Baba Ram Dass

The simple act of Caring is heroic. …….. Edward Albert

From caring comes courage. ……… Lao Tzu

We have lost the art of Sharing and Caring. …….Hun Sen

Never believe that a few Caring people can't change the world.
For indeed, that's all who ever have. ……..Margaret Mead

Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have.
Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy. ………John Hoeven
Without a sense of Caring,
there can be no sense of community. ……..Anthony J. D'Angelo

There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start Caring. ……Winston Churchill

Too often we underestimate the power of the smallest act of Caring;
Which has the potential of turning a life around. …….Leo Buscaglia

CHANCE

OUTCOME

I have learnt that how we face challenges,
plays a big role in the Outcome of them. …..Sasha Azevedo

If you accept the expectations of others,
Then you can never change the Outcome. ….Michael Jordan

Much outcry leads to little Outcome. ….Aesop

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which,
more than anything else, will determine the successful Outcome. ….William James

You can’t bank on the Outcome. ……Daniel Berrigan

We are responsible for the effort, not the Outcome. ….Author Unknown

Equality of opportunity is freedom;
But equality of Outcome is repression. …… Dick Feagler

CONVICTION

Whatever you say, say it with Conviction. ……..Mark Twain

Men never do evil so thoroughly and cheerfully
as when they do it for Religious Conviction. …….Blaise Pascal,

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. …….Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than
when they are Convinced beyond doubt that they are right. ……….Laurens van de Post

A “No” uttered with deepest Conviction is better and greater than;
A “Yes” uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. …….Mohandas Gandhi

It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief.
And once that belief becomes a deep Conviction, things begins to happen. …….Muhammad Ali

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted to conduct. ……Thomas Carlyle

A man’s Conviction is stronger than a flame, a bullet or a rock.
…..Robert Edwin Lee and Jerome Lawrence
(authors: “The night Thoreau spent in jail”)

POVERTY

All hard work brings a profit;
but mere talk leads only to Poverty …..Proverbs 14:23.

Having been Poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is …….Benjamin Franklin

The most terrible Poverty is Loneliness,
and the feeling of being unloved. …..Mother Teresa

Poverty sits by the cradle of all great men;
And rocks them all to manhood. ……Heinrich Heine

Poverty is the mother of crime. ……Marcus Aurelius

Poverty is the open mouthed relentless hell,
which yawns beneath civilized society;
And it is hell enough. ……Henry George

I thank fate for having made me born Poor;
Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. ……Anatole France

A Poor man is not he who is without a cent;
But he is without a dream. …..Harry Kemp

He who oppresses the Poor to increase wealth;
And he who gives gifts to the rich;
-Both will come to Poverty. Proverbs 22:16

In a well governed country, Poverty is something to be ashamed of;
In a badly governed country, Wealth is something to be ashamed of. ……Confucius

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue;
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. ……Benjamin Franklin

Anyone who has struggled with Poverty;
Knows how extremely expensive it is to be Poor. ……James A. Baldwin

Poverty is the worst kind of violence to man. Mohandas Gandhi

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity.
It is an act of justice. ……Nelson Mandela

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations.
It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict. ….Kofi Annan

It is not the man who has too little;
But the man who craves more, who is Poor. ……Seneca

KINDNESS

Kindness in words creates confidence;
Kindness in thinking creates profundity;
Kindness in giving create love. ……Lao Tzu

Kindness is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others. ….George MacDonald

You cannot do a Kindness too soon;
For you never know how soon it will be too late. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. …..Chinese Proverb

Always be a little Kinder than necessary. ……James A. Barrie

Constant Kindness can accomplish much.
As the sun makes ice melts;
-Kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate. ……Albert Schweitzer

There is no such thing as a small act of Kindness;
Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. …….Scott Adams

No act of Kindness is ever wasted. ……Aesop (from “The lion and the Mouse”)

Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
but their echoes are truly endless. …..Mother Teresa

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ….Mark Twain

Wherever there is a human being,
there is an opportunity for a Kindness. ……Seneca

A Kind word is like a Spring day. ……Russian Proverb

When I was young, I admired clever people.
Now that I am old, I admire Kind people. ……Abraham Joshua Heschel

Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. ……Author Unknown

A single act of Kindness throws out roots in all directions,
and the roots spring up and make new trees. …..Amelia Erhart

My religion is very simple;
My religion is Kindness. …… Dalai Lama

One Kind word can warm three winter months. ……Japanese Proverb

Kindness is the oil that smoothes the friction of life. …….Author Unknown

The ideas that have lighted my way have been;
Kindness, Beauty and Truth. ….. Albert Einstein

The greatest work that Kindness does to others
is that it makes them Kind themselves. …..Amelia Earhart

I will be Kind to the poor, for they are alone.
Kind to the rich, for they are afraid.
And Kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me. …..Max Lucado

Kindness in words creates confidence,
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness,
Kindness in feeling creates love. …..Lao Tzu

Kindness can become its own motive.
We are made Kind by being Kind. ……Eric Hoffer.

CONCEIT

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled;
And he who humbles himself will be exalted. ……Luke 18:14

Do nothing out of Selfish Ambition or Vain Conceit,
But in humility consider others better than yourself. ….Philippians 2:3

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance;
They are but beggars who count their worth. …..William Shakespeare

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. …..Ellen Terry

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule. ….Philippine Proverb

Pride and Conceit were the original sins of man. …..Alain Rene Lesage

The would tolerates Conceit from those who are successful;
But not from anyone else. ….John Blake

When nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind,
She generally plasters it over with a thick coat of Self-Conceit.
……Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Let us not become Conceited, provoking and envying each other. …… Galatians 5:26

Conceit in weakest bodies, strongest works. ……. William Shakespeare

Every man has a right to be Conceited, until he is successful. ……..Benjamin Disraeli

To attempt to advise Conceited people is like whistling against the wind. ……Thomas Hood

A Conceited person never gets anywhere,
Because he thinks he is already there. ……Author Unknown

The overweening self-respect of Conceited men
relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all. …….Henry Ward Beecher

I never have any pity for Conceited people,
Because I think they carry their comfort about with them. …….George Eliot.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit. …… Duc de La Rochefoucauld