Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

BROTHER

02/27/08
We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish,
but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. ….Martin Luther King, Jr.

There's no other love like the love for a brother.
There's no other love like the love from a brother. ………Astrid Alauda

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see.
I sought my God, but my God eluded me.
I sought my brother and I found all three. ……..Author Unknown

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia,
the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners
will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood. ……..Martin Luther King, Jr.

I believe in the brotherhood of all men,
but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone
who doesn't want to practice it with me.
Brotherhood is a two-way street. ……. Malcom X

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

SELF-IMAGE

You were born an original. Don't die a copy. …….John Mason

He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. ……Raymond Hull

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ……e. e. cummings

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be. . …..Fanny Brice

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. …..Julius Charles Hare

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. ……… Ralph Waldo Emerson
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. ……Lao Tzu
“Be yourself” is about the worst advice you can give some people. …….Tom Masson

Do not wish to be anything but what you are,
and try to be that perfectly. ….St. Francis De Sales

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. ……Maxwell Maltz

The first and best victory is to conquer “Self” …..Plato

To the world you might be one person,
But to one person you might be the world. ……..Casey

The hardest battle you're ever going to fight,
Is the battle to be just You. …… Leo Buscaglia

There are three things that are extremely hard;
Steel, a Diamond and to know One’s Self ….Benjamin Franklin

If you do not conquer Self, You will be conquered by Self. ….Napoleon Hill
Always be a first-rate version of yourself;

Instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. …..Judy Garland

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. …..Carl Jung

It is as hard to see one's self
as to look backwards without turning around. ……Thoreau

To the world you might be one person,
But to one person you might be the world. ……..Casey

The hardest battle you're ever going to fight,
Is the battle to be just you. …… Leo Buscaglia

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. …Maxwell Maltz

Self-image is the key to Human Personality and Human Behavior. ….Carl Sandburg

A strong positive Self image is the best preparation for success. ….Joyce Brothers

I think it’s one of the scars in our culture, that we have too high a Self image. …Angela Carter

It is terrible to destroy a person’s Self image;
In the interest of truth or some other abstraction. ……Doris Lessing

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the Self image of their personnel. ….Sam Walton

This above all; to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. …… William Shakespeare

It is wisdom to know others;It is enlightenment to know one's self. …..Lao Tzu

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. Aristotle

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement. …..Baltasar Gracian
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. ..….Khalil Gibran
The most difficult thing in life is to know Yourself. …….Thales of Mileus

Self-Knowledge alone is the direct cause of Liberation. …….. Sankaracharya

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men. ……Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man, know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God. …… Pythagoras

Monday, February 25, 2008

EGO

The great corrupter of man is the Ego.
Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem. ……Dean Acheson

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight. ……. John Bradshaw

The ultimate aim of the Ego is not to see something, but to be something. …... Muhammed Iqbal

One may understand the cosmos, but never the Ego;
The self is more distant than any star. ……..G.K. Chesterton

Life is a compromise of what your Ego wants to do,
What experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do …….Bruce Crampton

Sunday, February 24, 2008

ANGELS

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ………Alexander Pope

We are each of us angels with only one wing,
and we can only fly by embracing one another. ……..Luciano de Crescenzo

You'll meet more angels on a winding path than on a straight one. ……..Daisey Verlaef

Angels are never too distant to hear you. ……..Author Unknown

It is by suffering that human beings become angels. …….Victor Hugo

Whenever you hear a bell ringing, an angel gets his wings. ……Clarence, “It’s a wonderful life”

Saturday, February 23, 2008

ANGER

Turn from your fierce Anger;
Relent and do not bring disaster on your people. ……Exodus 32:12

He who Angers you, conquers you. …….Elizabeth Kenny

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. …….Albert Einstein

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. …….Robert G. Ingersoll

Holding on to Anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned. ………Buddha

Consider how much more you often suffer from your Anger and grief,
than from those very things for which you are Angry and grieved. ………Marcus Antonius

Anger is one letter short of danger. ………Author Unknown

For every minute you remain Angry,
you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. ……..Ralph Waldo Emerson

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger
than the causes of it. ………. Marcus Aurelius

When Anger rises, think of the consequences. ………Confucius
The intoxication of Anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves. ………..John Dryden

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. ……… Robert Ingersol

Thursday, February 21, 2008

WORRY

Who of you, by Worrying, can add a single hour to his own life? ..…..Luke 12:25

Today is the tomorrow we Worried about yesterday. ……..Author Unknown

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. …….Leo Buscaglia

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do,
but it gets you nowhere. ……Glenn Turner

Worry is a complete cycle of inefficient thought,
revolving about a pivot of fear. ……Author Unknown

It's not the work which kills people, it's the Worry.
It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. ………Henry Ward Beecher

Today is the tomorrow we Worried about yesterday. ……..Author Unknown

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. …. George Washington

I’ve developed a new philosophy;
I only Worry one day at a time. ……Charles Schulz(Charlie Brown)

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. …….Swedish Proverb

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow;
It empties today of it’s strength. …….Corrie Ten Boom

There is a great difference between worry and concern.
A Worried person sees a problem,
And a Concerned person solves a problem. ……..Harold Stephens

BUTTERFLY

Love is like a butterfly;
It goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes. …Author unknown

We are like butterflies;
Who flutter for a day and think it is forever. ……..Carl Sagan

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a Butterfly;
or whether I am now a Butterfly dreaming I am a Man. ……..Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. ………Muhammad Ali

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ……..Rabindranath Tagore

May the wings of the Butterfly kiss the sun And find your shoulder to light on,To bring you luck, happiness and riches Today, tomorrow and beyond. ….. Irish Blessing

I only ask to be free; The Butterflies are free. ……Charles Dickens

We delight in the beauty of the Butterfly;
But rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. …..Maya Angelou

Just like the Butterfly, you too will awaken in your own time. ……..Deborah Chaskin
There is nothing in a Caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a Butterfly.
……..Buckminster Fuller

If nothing ever changed, there’d be no Butterflies. …….Author Unknown

The fluttering of a Butterfly's wings can effect climate changes,
on the other side of the planet. …………Paul Erlich

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

BOLDNESS

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

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. …….John Dryden

Boldness be my friend. ……..William Shakespeare

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences
whence it is bad in council though good in execution. ……..Francis Bacon

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition,
in having to put forth the best within you. …..Henry J. Kaiser

Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid. ……Virgil

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful ……..William Shakespeare

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess. …….Sir Isaac Newton.

Men of principles are always bold, but all bold men are not always men of principle. ……..Confucius

Be bold . . . and mighty forces will come to your aid. …….Basil King

He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead,

For she is wont to favor the bold. ……Baltasar Gracian

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences; whence it is bad in council though good in execution. ……Francis Bacon

Boldness is a command to deliver mental resources. ….Norman Vincent Peale

No great discovery was ever made without a Bold guess …….Sir Isaac Newton

The Brave and Bold persist, even against fortune;
the Timid and Cowardly rush to despair, though fear alone …….Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Fortune favors the Bold, but abandons the Timid. ……Latin Proverb

Virtue is Bold, and goodness never fearful. ……… William Shakespeare

Be Bold in what you stand for and Careful what you fall for. …….Ruth Boorstin

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

BELIEF

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

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

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. ……… Henry David Thoreau

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

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few,
is their ability to act according to their beliefs. ……….Henry Miller

Old Beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false. ………..E. O. Wilson

So we fix our eyes not on what we see, but what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. ….2 Corinthians 4:18

Believe that life is worth living;
and your belief will help create the fact. …..William James

What matters is not the ideas a man holds,
But the depth of Belief at which he holds it. …..Ezra Pound

Everyman prefers Belief to the exercise of judgment. ……Seneca

He does not believe, who does not live according to his Belief. …..Thomas Fuller

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. ……… Henry David Thoreau

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few,
is their ability to act according to their beliefs. ……….Henry Miller

Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity,
and never the correctness, of a Belief. ……Albert Schnitzer, MD

Old Beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false. ………..E. O. Wilson

Man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to Believe. ……Euripides

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something;
in the absence of good grounds for belief,
he will be satisfied with bad ones. ……Bertrand Russell

Scientific criticism has no nobler task than to shatter false Beliefs. …..Ludwig Von Mises

The Belief of a supernatural source of evil is not necessary;
Men alone, are quite capable of every wickedness. …..Joseph Conrad

I always divide people into two groups:
Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and
Those who live by what they Believe, falsely, to be the truth. ……Christopher Hampton

Christ’s grave was the birthplace of an indestructible Belief;
That death is vanquished and there is eternal life. ……John Seiden

One person with a Belief is equal to a force
Of ninety-nine who have only interests. ……John Stuart Mills

Believe in something, Believe in yourself. ……Tupak Shakur
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Monday, February 18, 2008

BEAUTY

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. …….Kahlil Gibran

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good,
but that which is good is always beautiful. …….Ninon de L'Enclos

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. …….Confucius

Beauty... is the shadow of God on the universe. …….Gabriela Mistral, DesolacĂ­on

You don't love a woman because she is beautiful,
she is beautiful because you love her. …….Author Unknown

Everything has Beauty, but not everyone sees it. ……..Confucius

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. …….Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good, is always Beautiful. ……..Ninon de L'Enclos

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything. …….Simone Weil

Beauty is the promise of Happiness. ……..Stendhal

It's Beauty that captures your attention;
But it’s Personality which captures your heart. ……Author Unknown

A thing of beauty is a joy forever:Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness. …….John Keats

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all, are fast. ……John Greenleaf Whittier

Beauty is the radiance of truth, and the fragrance of goodness. ……Vincent McNabb

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Sunday, February 17, 2008

REMEMBER

Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is the way I will remember you, If you have to remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.
…..Mrs. Sanderson, “Little House on the Prairie”.

Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one. …..Walter Payton

Unless we Remember we cannot understand. ……. E. M. Forster

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have;

it depends solely on what you think. …… Dale Carnegie

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. …… Horace

Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead! ……Fannie Flagg

Saturday, February 16, 2008

APOLOGY

An apology is a good way to have the last word. …….Author Unknown

An apology is a lovely perfume;
it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift. ……..Margaret Lee Runbeck

Apology is only egotism wrong side out. ………Oliver Wendell Holmes

Never ruin an apology with an excuse ………Kimberly Johnson
An apology is the superglue of life.
It can repair just about anything. ………Lynn Johnston

Right actions in the future are
the best apologies for bad actions in the past. ……..Tryon Edwards

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

DEFEAT

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated,
Can reach down to the bottom of his soul
And come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win the match. …….Mohammad Ali.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. ……. Napoleon Bonaparte

The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own. ……..Bill Bradley

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. ……… Francis Marion Crawford

The first goal of man should be to defeat himself. ........Thomas Paine
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Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. ........Josephus Daniels

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement,
But rather a fresh stimulus to succeed. .......Bishop Robert South.

If you learn from Defeat, you haven't really lost. ……Zig Ziglar

Victory is sweetest when you have known Defeat. ......Malcolm S. Forbes

I learned much more from defeat;
Than I ever learnt from victory. …….Ben Stein

Victory has a thousand fathers,
But Defeat is an orphan. ….John F Kennedy.

Defeat is not the worst of failures;
Not to have tried is true failure. .........George E. Woodberry Not Defeat is worse than death because you live with defeat. ….. Bill Musselman

There is no defeat except for those who give up. …..Joseph B. Wirthlin

There are some defeats that are more triumphant than victories. Michael de Montaigne

Defeat should never be a source of courage, but a fresh Stimulant. ….Robert South

Man is not made for Defeat. He may be destroyed, but never Defeated. ….Ernest Hemingway

What is Defeat?
-Nothing, but Education; -the first step to something better. .......Wendell Phillips

It is better to be defeated on principle, than to win on lies. …….Arthur Calwell

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

EXPERIENCE

Experience is the teacher of all things. ……..Julius Caesar

Experience teaches only the teachable. ……..Aldous Huxley

Good judgment comes from experience;
and often Experience comes from bad judgement . .....Rita Mae Brown
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. ……….Auguste Rodin

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. ………Oscar Wilde

We learn from experience that men never learn from experience. …….George Bernard Shaw

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. ………..Charles Buxton

All life is an Experience. ……Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the Experience wisely. ……. Auguste Rodin

Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones. …….Josh Billings

There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience;
And that is not learning from experience. …….. Laurence J. Peter

Experience teaches slowly; and at the cost of mistakes. ……..James A. Froude

Experience is the teacher of fools. ……Titus Livy

He who does not heed Experience, should not be trusted. …….John Boyle O’Reilly

Men are wise in proportion not to their Experience,
but to their capacity for experience. …….James Boswell

Monday, February 11, 2008

IMAGINATION

The man who has no Imagination has no wings. ……. Muhammad Ali

Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly. ……… Lauren Bacall

The human race is governed by its Imagination. ………. Napoleon Bonaparte

Our Imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future. …Charles Kettering

Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself. ……..Rod Serling

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. ………..Albert Einstein

Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited Imagination. ………Author Unknown

Everything you can Imagine is real. …….Pablo Picasso

Live out of your Imagination,
instead of out of your memory ………Les Brown

Anybody can do anything that he Imagines. ………Henry Ford

Sunday, February 10, 2008

WISDOM

God, give me the serenity to accept the things that cannot be changed,
The courage to change the things which should be changed and
the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. ………Reinhold Niebuhr.

Patience is the companion of Wisdom. ……….Saint Augustine

The only true Wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ……Socrates

Common sense in an uncommon degree,
is what the world calls Wisdom. ....Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep ,
too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. ...... Khalil Gibran.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering. …..….Aeschylus

Knowledge speaks, but Wisdom listens. ……..Jimi Hendrix

Turn your wounds into Wisdom. ……… Oprah Winfrey

A single conversation with a Wise man is better than ten years of study. …….Chinese Proverb

Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers. ………..Alfred Lord Tennyson

Kindness is Wisdom. …….. Philip James Bailey

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. ……. Gerald Brenan

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability. ………Titus Maccius Plautus

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted Wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a Man of Understanding. Proverbs 17:28

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the Wisest might err. ….Mohandas Ghandi

The function of Wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. …..Cicero

It is a characteristic of Wisdom not to do desperate things. ….Henry David Thoreau

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ……Immanuel Kant

He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of Wisdom. …….J. R. R. Tolkien.

Wisdom is the supreme part of Happiness. …….Sophocles

The Wisdom of life consists in the elimination of Non-essentials. ….Lin Yu Tang

Wisdom is oft times nearer when we stoop, than when we soar. ….William Woodsworth

Saturday, February 9, 2008

COURAGE

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. ……. Vittorio Alfieri

Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway. ……. Robert Anthony

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. …….Jerome Cady

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak,
Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ......Winston S. Churchill

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it. …… Timothy Dalton

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. …… Walt Disney

From caring comes Courage. ……. Lao Tzu

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues.
Because if you haven't courage,
you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others ………Samuel Johnson

The Courage to be, is the courage to accept oneself,
in spite of being unacceptable. …….Paul Tillich

Courage is the first of human qualities;
Because it is the quality which guarantees the others. …….Aristotle

Optimism is the foundation of Courage. …… Nicholas Butler

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting Peace …….Amelia Earhart

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. …….Arnold Koesttler

It isn't life that matters! It is the Courage you bring to it. ……Sir Hugh Walpole

Wait on the Lord; Be of good Courage,
And he shall strengthen thine heart. …..Psalm 27:14

Courage is the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. …..Rollo May

Courage does not always roar like a lion;
Sometimes it is the quiet voice inside that is saying;
…….. “I will try again tomorrow.” …..Mary Ann Radmachar

The greatest test of Courage on earth,
is to bear defeat without losing heart. …..R. G. Ingersoll

One isn't necessarily born with Courage, but one is born with potential.
Without Courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.
We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. ……Maya Angelou

Courage is being scared to death; and saddling up anyway. …John Wayne

He who is not Courageous enough to take risks,
will accomplish nothing in life. …….Muhammed Ali

rue Courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. …….. John Petit-Senn

A man of Courage is also full of faith. ……Cicero

It takes moral courage to grieve;
it requires religious courage to rejoice. ……Soren Kierkgaard

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand,
the spines of others are often stiffened ……Billy Graham

I’ve learned that Courage was not the absence of fear,
but the triumph over it. …….Nelson Mandela

Courage is not the absence of despair;
it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. ……Rollo May

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms.
It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. …..G.K. Chesterton

Courage is the first of human qualities
because it is the quality which guarantees the others. ……..Aristotle

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities;
- because it is the quality which guarantees all others. …….Joseph Chamberlain

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. ……. Karl Von Clausewitz

Friday, February 8, 2008

ADVERSITY

Adversity is like a strong wind.
It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn,
so that we see ourselves as we really are. ……. Arthur Golden

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it
the seed on an equal or greater benefit. …… Napoleon Hill

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity. …….Ben Johnson

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles,

Possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. ……..Albert Schweitzer---------
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. …….Horace
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday.
You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ……. Epicurus

There is no better than adversity.
Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss,
contains its own seed, its own lesson,
on how to improve your performance the next time. ……. Malcolm X

In adversity, we acquire the strength we have overcome. ..…Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is no education like adversity. ……Benjamin Disraeli

Adversity has the same effect on a man
that severe training has on the pugilist:
It reduces him to his fighting weight. …….Josh Billings

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity,
for wise men say it is the wisest course. …….William Shakespeare
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He knows not his own strength that hath not met Adversity. ….Cesare Pavese

Fire is the test of gold; Adversity, of strong men. ….. Lord Byron

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great. ……..Lord Byron

Adversity is the trial of principle.
Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. ……Henry Fielding

Little minds are tamed and subdued by Adversity,
But Great minds rise above them. ……Washington Irving

A gem cannot be polished without friction,
Nor a man perfected without Adversity. …….Chinese Proverb

Adversity brings Knowledge, and knowledge, Wisdom. ……..Welch Proverb

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents,
Which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. ……….Horace

Thursday, February 7, 2008

GRATTITUDE

Feeling Gratitude and not expressing it,
Is like wrapping a present and not giving it. …..William Arthur Ward

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

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid,
but which none have a right to expect. ………Jean Jacques Rousseau

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. ……….. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity:
it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
…..William Faulkner

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

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much. ……Estonian Proverb

Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
…Albert Schwietzer

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues;
but the parent of all the others. …..Marcus Tillius Cicero

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

When eating bamboo sprouts, Be Grateful to the man who planted them.
~Chinese Proverb

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

FEAR

The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself,
nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror
which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. ……….Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fear cannot be without hope, nor hope without fear. ………Baruch Spinoza

The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care. ……. F. H. Bradley

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear,
that makes the face of a brave man, .......Georges Bernabos

Inaction breeds doubt and fear.
Action breeds confidence and courage.
If you want to conquer fear,
do not sit home and think about it.
Go out and get busy. …….. Dale Carnegie

He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep. ……Abu Bakr

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. …… Napoleon Bonaparte

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been. ……Robert Schuller

Keep your Fears to yourself, But share your courage with others. ……Robert Louis Stevenson


Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. …….. Dale Carnegie

No one can frighten you if you refuse to be afraid. …….. Mohandas K. Gandhi

Fear always springs from ignorance. ……..Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of all base passions, Fear is the most accursed. …….. William Shakespeare

Nothing in life is to be Feared, it is only to be understood. …….. Marie Curie

Listen to what you know instead of what you Fear. ……..Richard Bach

The only way past Fear is to go through it. …….Author Unknown.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. …….Aristotle

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

CHILDREN

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They came through you, but not from you, and
Though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. …….. Khalil Gibran

Children make your life important. …….. Erma Bombeck

Of all nature's gifts to the human race,
what is sweeter to a man than his children? ……. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Let us sacrifice our today so that
our children can have a better tomorrow. ……… Abdul Kalam

We cannot fashion our children after our desires,
we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.
……Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches,
but the spirit of reverence. ……. Plato

If we call ourselves Children of God,
Then all others are also Children of God. ….. Sri Chinmoy

We are all Adam's children.
It's just the skin that makes all the difference. ..…Navjot Singh Sidhu

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor,
for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity
and ruthlessness of their vision. …….. Aldous Huxley

Grown men can learn from very little children,
for the hearts of little children are pure.
Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things
which older people miss. …… Black Elk

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child.
Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
……Pope John Paul II
My favorite child is:
The baby until he grows up;
The one who is sick, until he gets better;
The one who is away, until he comes home;
The one who is worried, until he stops worrying;
And then all my children, for as long as I live. …..Arabic Proverb
(as related by the late Fudha Moses)
Children learn what they live;
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive.If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident.If a child lives with praise, he learns to be appreciative.If a child lives with acceptance, he learns to love.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.If a child lives with recognition, he learns it is good to have a goal.If a child lives with honesty, he learns what truth is.If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith in himself and those about him.If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world."
……Dorothy L. Nolte
Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth,
What other joy is welcomed like a newborn child? ……..Dorothy L. Nolte

Children are educated by what the grown-up is;
and not by his talk. ….Carl Jung

Children are completely egoistic;
they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them. ….Sigmund Freud

Monday, February 4, 2008

DOUBT

02/04/08
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. ………Voltaire

He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. …….James Lane Allen

Doubt grows with knowledge. …….. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool,
than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. ………Abraham Lincoln

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt. ………. John Henry Newman

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. …… Kahlil Gibran

A mind troubled by Doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. .......Arthur Golden

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure. ………James Allen

Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way. ……… Hosea Ballou

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. ……… Arthur Conan Doyle

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith. ………Paul Tillich

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
....Franklin D Roosevelt

Doubt is the father of invention ………Galileo


Advice should always be consumed between two thick slices of doubt. ………Will Schmidt

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom. ……….George Iles

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts;
But if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. …….Francis Bacon

A mind troubled by Doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. .......Arthur Golden

Beliefs are what divide people;
Doubt unites them. ......Peter Ustinov

People may doubt what you say,
but they will believe what you do. …….Author Unknown

To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man
…. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Saturday, February 2, 2008

ATTITUDE

Excellence is not a skill. It is an Attitude. ……..Ralph Marston

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being
can alter his life by altering his Attitude. .......William James

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. …….Winston Churchill

A positive Attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes.

It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. ........Wade Boggs

The only disability in Life is a bad Attitude. ……Scott Hamilton

There are no menial jobs, only menial Attitudes. ……William J. Bennett
a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. …….William James

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances,
but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. ………Hugh Downs

People are not disturbed by things, but by the attitude they take of them. ……Epictetus

Our Attitude toward life determines Life’s attitude towards us. ….John N. Mitchell

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you;
As by the Attitude you bring to life. ……Khalil Gibran

Attitude: It is our best friend or our worst enemy. …… John C. Maxwell

Weakness of Attitude becomes weakness of character. …..Albert Einstein.

I discovered I always have choices:
Sometimes it may only be a choice of Attitude. ……Author Unknown

If you don’t like something, change it.
If you can’t change, then change your attitude. ……Maya Angelou

The Problem is not usually the problem;
The problem is your Attitude about the problem. ……Author Unknown

Your Attitude is more important that your Aptitude. …… Zig Ziglar

A strong positive mental Attitude will create more miracles,
than any Wonder Drug. ……Patricia Neal

The ideal Attitude is to remain physically loose and mentally tight. ……Arthur Ashe

The greatest part of happiness depends on our Attitude;
Not on our Circumstances. ….Martha Washington

Its not what you look at that matters,
Its what you see. ……Henry David Thoreau