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Quotes December 17-21, 2923

I have written scores of thousands of words on hundreds of subjects, about a good many of which I know somewhat less than all. But that’s journalism.
Edwin Yoder,
journalist, columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner
1934-2023
 
 
 
 
I’d rather not work than do a part I’m ashamed of.
Andre Braugher,
actor
1962-2023
 
 
 
 
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
Thomas Mann,
writer, critic, essayist, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate
 
 
 
 
You can do it all. There are times when you have to not do it all at once.
You will have the opportunity to say ‘Yes’ to many different things, but you also will have the opportunity in the saying of ‘Yes’ to say ‘No’ sometimes.
Cokie Roberts,
broadcast journalist, writer
 
 
 
 
“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.”
Vesta M. Kelly
 
 
 
 
“Winter is the time when nature takes a well-deserved nap, and we can find beauty in the stillness of the world.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes November 12-16, 2023

The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me — a small disk, 240,000 miles away. It was hard to think that that little thing held so many problems, so many frustrations.
I think the one overwhelming emotion that we had was when we saw the Earth rising in the distance over the lunar landscape — it makes us realize that we all do exist on one small globe.
Frank Borman,
astronaut, aeronautical engineer, businessperson
1928-2023
 
 
 
 
Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.
Cassandra Clare – Writer
 
 
 
 
If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
Erica Jong – Novelist-Satirist
 
 
 
 
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Cyril Connolly,
writer, literary critic
 
 
 
 
Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory — let the theory go.
Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
Agatha Christie,
writer
 
 
 
 
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
Nikki Giovanni – Poet-Writer
 
 
 
 
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
Henry David Thoreau – 1817-1862 – Essayist
 
 
 
 
How to get it right? It’s always a bit of a gamble.
As I’ve been inching along, I’ve felt more and more free.
Annette Bening,
actor
 
 
 
 
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey – Actress – Talk Show Host – Producer – Philanthropist
 
 
 
 
Joy is gratefulness unbound.
Joe Primo – Author
 
 
 
 
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest apreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy – 1917-1963 – Politician-35th President of the United States
 
 
 
 
Train your mind and heart to see the good in everything. There is always something to be grateful for.
Unknown
 
 

Quotes November 06, 2023

“A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.”
James Freeman Clarke
 
 
 
 
Life isn’t perfect, any failures you have are actually learning moments. They teach us how to grow and evolve.
Phillipa Soo – Actress-Singer
 
 
 
 
Even small expectations are part of the larger uncertainty — waiting for an arrival, a phone call, a letter.
Shirley Hazzard,
writer
 
 
 
 
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”
Elbert Hubbard
 
 
 
 
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
Bertrand Russell
 
 
 
 
“Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.”
Nolan Bushnell
 
 
 
 
“Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.”
Henry David Thoreau
 
 
 
 
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
Albert Einstein
 
 

Quotes October 02, 2023

i can’t remember the last time / i felt light as dandelion.
Yesenia Montilla,
poet
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow’s game.
Roberto Clemente,
professional baseball player
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
“When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.”
Tony Bennett
 
 
 
 
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
James Baldwin
 
 
 
 
“What I have discovered is this: You can’t do it alone.”
Amy Poehler
 
 
 
 
“I’ve learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character.”
Anne Frank
 
 
 
 
“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.”
Neil Armstrong
 
 
 
 
Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.
Mandy Hale – Writer
 
 
 
 
“Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.”
Ralph Bunche
 
 
 
 
“A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one’s neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.”
Leo Tolstoy
 
 

Quotes September 30, 2023

“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.
JP Morgan
 
 
 
 
Pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it.
Paulo Coelho – Author
 
 
 
 
If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
Martin Luther King, Jr. – 1929-1968, Minister and Activist
 
 
 
 
I think that now we need a simplification, something cleaner, with neither exaggerations nor repressions.
Giorgio Armani,
fashion designer
 
 
 
 
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
Carl Sagan
 
 
 
 
Without desire there is no life. Everything will stand still. Become emptiness.
Gita Mehta
 
 
 
 
“I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.”
Horatio Nelson
 
 
 
 
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
Henry David Thoreau
 
 
 
 
“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.”
Henry van Dyke Jr.
 
 
 
 
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
Bertrand Russell
 
 
 
 
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
Plato
 
 

Quotes September 24-26, 2023

Don’t worry about what everybody else is doing. That’s not only not going to get you anywhere, but it’s also going to set you back.
But absolutely don’t ever stop taking risks. There’s no reason to stop.
Carmen Gimenez,
poet, writer, editor
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
What I tell my students is that they must persevere. … Yes, we still have racism and prejudice, but we must persevere.
If you stand up for social justice or something that is right, people will stand up and fight for you, and they will help you try to reach your goals.
Sylvia Mendez,
civil rights activist, nurse
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Music is intended to be for people. And circumstances and people change with the decades.
Esperanza Spalding,
bassist, singer, songwriter, composer
National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
If you are called an enemy alien as a child of 12 … it will never escape you.
Raymond Moriyama,
architect
1929-2023
 
 
 
 
The two things vital to success — how to sense approaching danger and how to be flexible.
Gita Mehta,
writer, documentary filmmaker
1943-2023
 
 
 
 
But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.
Daphne du Maurier,
writer
 
 
 
 
Successful men become successful only because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success.
Napoleon Hill – 1883-1970 -Author
 
 
 
 
You are not your struggles. You are the survivor who keeps moving forward in spite of them.
Lori Deschene – Author
 
 
 
 
It’s never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot – 1819-1880 – English Novelist
 
 
 
 
Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.
Robert Schuller – 1926-2015 – Pastor-Speaker-Author
 
 
 
 
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Marilyn Monroe – 1926-1962 – Actress-Model-Singer
 
 
 
 
Willingly give and graciously receive. What you do to and for another, you do to and for yourself.
Bob Proctor – 1934-2022 – Co-Founder of Proctor Gallagher Institute-Author-Speaker-Legend
 
 
 
 
You’re never too important to be nice to people.
Jon Batiste – Singer-Songwriter
 
 
 
 
Don’t be afraid to make yourself a priority.
Unknown
 
 

Quotes September 23, 2023

“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when we look back everything is different.”
C.S. Lewis
 
 
 
 
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
Mister Fred Rogers
 
 
 
 
“If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness.”
carved on the walls of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner.
 
 
 
 
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
Patrick Rothfuss
 
 
 
 
“Give a man a mask, and he will show you his true face.”
Oscar Wilde
 
 
 
 
“When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you.”
Walter Payton
 
 
 
 
“Airports see more sincere kisses than wedding halls. The walls of hospitals have heard more prayers than the walls of churches.”
Anonymous
 
 

Quotes September 17, 2023

Determined imagination, thinking from the end, is the beginning of all miracles.
Neville Goddard – 1905-1972 – Author-Influential Teacher
 
 
 
 
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”
“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.”
Arthur Ashe
 
 
 
 
“The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.”
Lady Bird Johnson
 
 
 
 
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
Malala Yousafzai
 
 
 
 
“Nothing is worth more than laughter.”
Frida Kahlo
 
 
 
 
“Musicians don’t retire—they stop when there’s no more music in them.”
Louis Armstrong
 
 
 
 
“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time.”
Sandra Day O’Connor
 
 
 
 
“I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future.”
Gianni Versace
 
 

Quotes August 05, 2023

Take forgiveness slowly. Don’t blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come.
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Yoko Ono
 
 
 
 
If you wake up and the day feels broken, just lean into the crack.
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Björk
 
 
 
 
Success is a collection of problems solved.
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I. M. Pei
 
 
 
 
Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share.
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Jonathan Sacks
 
 
 
 
Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.
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Eckhart Tolle
 
 
 
 
Do you want to do this thing? Sit down and do it.
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Ann Patchett
 
 
 
 
I may not be there yet, but I am closer than I was yesterday.
Misty Copeland – Ballet Dancer
 
 
 
 
What you feed your mind, will lead your life.
Kemi Sogunle – Author-Certified Life Coach and Relationship Expert
 
 
 
 
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
Albert Einstein – 1879-1955 – Theoretical Physicist
 
 
 
 
Happiness is the highest level of success.
Unknown
 
 

Quotes July 09, 2023

Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action.
David J. Schwartz – Trainer and Author
 
 
 
 
“Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.”
Albert Camus
 
 
 
 
“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.”
Eugene V. Debs
 
 
 
 
“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.”
Elbert Hubbard
 
 
 
 
“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.”
Vincent Van Gogh
 
 
 
 
It only takes one profound experience to change somebody’s life.
Devendra Banhart,
singer, songwriter, musician
 
 
 
 
In the final analysis, it’s all improvisation. We’re all tap dancing on a rubber raft.
Alan Wolf Arkin