quotes

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Sir Winston Churchill

“The threads of circumstances that lead to tomorrow are so tenuous that all the fussing and worrying about decisions is futile compared to the pure randomness of existence.” Nick Bantock

“The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have not stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is a sin.” Benjamin E. Mayes

“Begin each day as if it were on purpose.” Mary Anne “Macy Bryce Lewis” Radmacher

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” Muhammad Ali

“Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.” John Cotton Dana

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The first rule to tinkering is to save all the parts.” Paul Erlich

“What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.” P.D. James, writer (1920- )

“If you spend too much time warming up, you'll miss the race. If you don't warm up at all, you may not finish the race.” Grand Heidrich

“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils: for time is the greatest innovator.” Francis Bacon

“No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.” Zen saying

“You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.” Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1712)

“The day a person becomes a cynic is the day he loses his youth.” Marvin D. Levy

“The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.” Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE)

”Children are always the only future the human race has; teach them well.” Unknown

“Take time to hug a tree, look for animals in the clouds, watch a caterpillar make its way. Work feeds the belly, but wonder feeds the soul.” Anne Mathewson

“You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind.” Anonymous

“No horse gets anywhere until it is harnessed. No stream drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined.” Harry Emerson Fosdick

“The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.” Joseph Campbell

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” C.G. Jung

“The future depends on what we do in the present.” Mahatma Gandhi

“Do not be afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” Chinese Proverb