Quotes and Stuff

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.
Abraham Lincoln

I often quote myself. I find it adds spice to the conversation.

George Bernard Shaw

 

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed.

Albert Einstein

 

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

Isaac Asimov

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A couple of jokes -

Question: Why is it unpleasant to eat a meal next to a group of basketball players?
Answer: They dribble far too much.


Question: What would you have if you crossed a panther with a beef burger?
Answer: Really fast food.

Don't forget to watch!!

 

 

Quotes for Today

Better to slip with your feet than with your tongue.
- Unknown

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.
- Victor Hugo

May your light become a living universal light.
- Unknown

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
- William Shakespeare

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More Good Quotes

Here are a few quotes I like -

Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
- Unknown

Without music, life would be a mistake.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

 

What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence.  The only consequence is what we do.

- John Ruskin

 

 

 

Quotes for the Day

Here are some quotes I like...

Every day, even for a moment, find your own sense of calm.

May this day bring you peace, tranquility and harmony.

Love what is ahead by loving what has come before.

When the mind is backed by will, miracles happen.

May you have faith in your worth and act with wisdom.

Have wisdom in your actions and faith in your merits.

True understanding is found through compassion.

Life is a chance.  Love is infinity.  Grace is reality.

To learn, read.  To know, write.  To master, teach.

Awww...
 

Today's Quote

Finish each day and be done with it...
You have done what you could;
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in

Forget them as soon as you can
Tomorrow is a new day;
You shall begin it well and serenely.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

New Year Quote

Here is a good quote for New Year's Eve from Ogden Nash -

“Tonight’s December thirty-first,
Something is about to burst.
The clock is crouching, dark and small,
Like a time bomb in the hall.
Hark, it's midnight, children dear.
Duck! Here comes another year!” 

 

 

Good Quote

This quote is from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" -

"When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun."

Thanksgiving Quote

Here's a good quote from actress Gwyneth Paltrow on what to be grateful for this Thanksgiving -


"Mostly, make sure that no matter what type of meal you are having, you take a moment to think about how much you do have (health, love, friendship, passion, perspective, appreciation, intellect, reason, kindness) and reflect on how you can share more of it with others."

Quote of the Day

A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.   

- Shelby Foote 

Some Good Quotes

I'm not sure who wrote this quote but it's really good advice -

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”

Here is another good one -

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."

- Plato

Quote of the Day

Here is a good quote:

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”


- Helen Keller

Quote of the Day

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

Margaret Thatcher

Quote of the Day

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

Robert F. Kennedy

Quote of the Day

This is a beautiful quote from the Bible:

Love suffers long, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.... And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love". Paul of Tarsus, 1 Corinthians 13:4 - 8 (New King James Version)

Quotes of the Day

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

 Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's a pretty good empty experience.

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans.

 Woody Allen, 12/01/1935 -


US writer, actor and director

Some Good Quotes

Weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Psalm 30

You are in charge of what enters your mind.
- Sue Patton Thoele

Life is ours to spend, not to be saved.
- D. H. Lawrence

Some Good Quotes

One must put all the happiness one can into each moment.

- Edith Wharton

I always try to check my motivation and be mindful and present in the moment.

- Dalai Lama

Some Good Quotes

You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.
 - Scott Adams

If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.

- John A. Wheeler

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.

- Warren Beatty

Quote of the Day

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained."



- Marie Curie

Quote of the Day

Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else.

- James Thorpe