Wednesday, May 31, 2017

bequests





There are only two lasting bequests we can give to our children. One of these is roots, the other wings.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

every





Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Deepak Chopra

Monday, May 29, 2017

gratitude





Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

William Arthur Ward

Sunday, May 28, 2017

silence





Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Leonardo da Vinci

Saturday, May 27, 2017

purpose





The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Friday, May 26, 2017

worry





Worry gives a small thing a great shadow.

Swedish proverb

Thursday, May 25, 2017

fear





The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.

H.P. Lovecraft

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

circumstances





Circumstances do not determine your character; they reveal it and become the occasion to refine it.

Harry L. Reeder III

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

dreams






Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious.

Sigmund Freud

Monday, May 22, 2017

nature






If you tuly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.

Vincent Van Gogh

Sunday, May 21, 2017

truth





The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.

George Orwell

Saturday, May 20, 2017

fall





Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friday, May 19, 2017

time






Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Leonardo da Vinci

Thursday, May 18, 2017

kind





Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

Viggo Mortensen

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

concerned




Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

John Wooden

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

departure






There's a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

Tennessee Williams

Monday, May 15, 2017

attention





I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.

Amy Adams

Sunday, May 14, 2017

perceptions





All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

Leonardo da Vinci

Saturday, May 13, 2017

world




The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves by its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.

Helen Keller

Friday, May 12, 2017

grieve






Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Rumi

Thursday, May 11, 2017

matters





It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Henry David Thoreau

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

difference





The difference between a flower and a weed is judgment.

Anonymous

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

knowing



Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have have enough, you are truly rich.

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Monday, May 8, 2017

survival






Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.

Frank Herbert, Dune

Sunday, May 7, 2017

pretend





We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

Saturday, May 6, 2017

fashion





Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.

Bill Cunningham

Friday, May 5, 2017

glazing





One problem with glazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.

Michael Cibenko

Thursday, May 4, 2017

care





Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

Lao Tzu

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

cling





I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

take sides





We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel

Monday, May 1, 2017

compliment





Being considered "crazy" by those who are still victims of cultural conditioning is a compliment.

Jason Hairston