quotes

“As is our confidence, so

“As is our confidence, so is our capacity.” William Hazlitt

“Like a welcome summer rain,

“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.” Langston Hughes

�Like a welcome summer rain,

“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.” Langston Hughes

“Deal with the faults of

“Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own.” Chinese Proverb

“[The artist] speaks to our

“[The artist] speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and beauty, and pain; to the latent feeling of fellowship with all creation—and to the subtle but invincible conviction of solidarity in dreams, in joy, in sorrow, in aspirations, in illusions, in hope, in fear…which binds together all humanity—the dead to the living and the living to the unborn.” Joseph Conrad

“Most of us think having

“Most of us think having a list of priorities is a sign of a motivated, serious person. But there is one essential flaw in this perspective. We are not guaranteed a future; and even if we were we could not live in it. All we have is now.” George Lawrence-Ell (The Invisible Clock)

“Fantasies are more than substitutes

“Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.” Barbara G. Harrison

“When you blame others, you

“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” Robert Anthony

“As children we all possess

“As children we all possess a natural uninhabited curiosity, a hunger for explanations, which seems to die slowly as we age--suppressed, I suppose by the need not to appear ignorant.” Mahlon Hoagland

“Fear less, hope more; eat

“Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours.” Swedish proverb

“Humor helps us to think

“Humor helps us to think out of the box. The average child laughs about 400 times per day, the average adult laughs only 15 times per day. What happened to the other 385 laughs?” Anonymous

“There is no danger of

“There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking on the bright side of things.” Anonymous

“Is not a kiss the

“Is not a kiss the very autograph of love?” Henry Finck

“Total physical and mental inertia

“Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.” John Kenneth Galbraith

“He who would leap high

“He who would leap high must take a long run.” Danish Proverb

“We must not, in trying

“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make.” Marian Wright Edelman (1939-, American Lobbyist on Behalf of Children)

“The greatest weakness of most

“The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.” O. A. Battista

“Curiosity is the wick in

“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” William Arthur Ward

“Of course life is bizarre,

“Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.” David Gerrold

“The excitement of learning separates

“The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old.” Rosalyn S. Yalow

“Humor opposes directly those emotions

“Humor opposes directly those emotions which have been specifically recorded as being associated with precipitation of heart attack. These emotions are fear and rage. Humor acts to relieve hear. Rage is impossible when mirth prevails.” Dr. William F. Fry, Jr.

"One of the greatest gifts

"One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention." Jim Rohn

"Time isn't a commodity, something

"Time isn't a commodity, something you pass around like cake. Time is the substance of life. When anyone asks you to give your time, they're really asking for a chunk of your life." Antoinette Bosco

“Ninety-nine percent of the failures

“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American Scientist