Today's good thoughts

Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Today's quotes

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard


Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
- Unknown

Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life... For yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision.
But today, well lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a dream of hope.
- Sanskrit Proverb





Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Today's quotes

Women are like tea bags. We don't know our true strength till we are in hot water --Eleonor Roosevelt

Like water, be gentle & strong. Be gentle enough to follow the natural paths of the earth, & strong enough to rise up & reshape the world.




Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Today's quote

"The one certainty about the time ahead..
is that there will be turbulent times,
& in turbulent times, our first task as an organization
is to make sure of our capacity for survival,
to make sure of our structural strength & soundness,
of our capacity to survive a blow,
to adapt to sudden change & to avail of new opportunities
EVEN in the midst of turmoil & change.

--adapted from Peter Drucker




Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Today's quotes

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others - Cicero


He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. - Epictetus


To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. --- Johannes A. Gaertner


Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Today's quote

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. -- Eleanor Roosevelt


Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Good Thoughts

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's learning how to dance in the rain"


Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble -- Carl Jung


Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Today's quotes

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. --Vince Lombardi

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



Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Desiderata

Let me remind myself of these words by Max Ehrmann...




Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Today's quotes

The quickest way to correct the other fellow's attitude is to correct your own --King Vidor

It's your attitude, not your aptitude, that will determine your altitude.

God chooses what we go through; we choose how we go through it--John C. Maxwell


Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Good Thoughts on Gratitude

Albert Schweitzer:
To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

A. J. Cronin:
Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.

Buddha:
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.

Happiness

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you -- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is -- Desiderius Erasmus (1465-1536)

A happy life consists of tranquility of mind -- Cicero

Quotes for Today

Wherever you are is home
And the earth is paradise
Wherever you set your feet is holyland
--Author unknown

Quotes on Optimism

Optimism is an intellectual choice -Diana Schneider.

A positive mental attitude is rooted in clear, calm, & honest self-confidence

Optimism is what you do, how you live-- Andrea Dworkin

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy--Anne Frank

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows --Helen Keller

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, & knows not that it brings abundance to drive away hunger -Saint Basil

Life has its ups and downs... sometimes, the sun shines, sometimes the rain pours.... but don't forget that it takes both the sun & the rain to make a rainbow-unknown

Quotes on Attitude

ATTITUDE

It is the reflection of our true selves.
Its roots are inward, but its fruit is outward.
It is our best friend--or our worst enemy.
It is more honest and more consistent than our words.
It is a future outlook based on past experiences.
It draws people to us--or repels them.
It is never content until it is expressed.
It is the librarian of our past.
It is the speaker of our present.
It is the prophet of our future.


I have often thought that the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it came upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely actice and alive.---- William James


As he thinketh in his heart, so is he. --- Proverbs 23:7


You are only an attitude away from success!


The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it. --John Ruskin

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. --Vince Lombardi

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

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity --Albert Einstein

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. -Dale Carnegie

What lies behind us & what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us --Walt Emerson

I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me.

Your attitude determines your action. Your action determines your accomplishment --John C. Maxwell

We cannot direct the wind... but we can adjust the sails.

If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win but think you can't, It's almost certain you won't

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. -- David Brinkley.

If things go wrong, don't go with them --Roger Babson

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you -- James Allen