09-26-2001, 10:18 PM | #1 |
Horus - Egyptian Sky God
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It is a curious thing in human experience but
to live through a period of stress and sorrow with another person creates a bond which nothing seems able to break -- Eleanor Roosevelt Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead: therein lies the whole art of pleasing. -- J.E de Goncourt, "Idees et Sensations," 1866 There is no such things as no chance -- Henry Ford Where there is life, there is hope -- Marcus Tullius Cicero You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." -- Eleanor Roosevelt If i were asked to give what i consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this : Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, " I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me." -- Ann Landers There ain't much fun in medicine, but there's a heck of a lot of medicine in fun -- Josh Billings The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. -- Anonymous In order to laugh, you must be able to play with your pain -- Annette Goodheart He who laughs, lasts -- Mary Pettibone Poole Faith is to believe what we do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what we believe -- Saint Augustine Seven days without laughter make one weak -- Joel Goodman The most important medicine is tender love and care -- Mother Teresa Happiness isn't about what happens to us - it's about how we perceive what happens to us. It's the knack of finding a positive for every negative, and viewing a setback as a challenge. If we can just stop wishing for what we don't have, and start enjoying what we do have, our lives can be richer; more fulfilled - and happier. The time to be happy is now -- Lynn Peters What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us -- Ralph Waldo Emerson You cannot hope to build a better world without improving individuals. We all must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity -- Marie Curie, Nobel prize-winning physical chemist The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. -- Theodore Hesburgh, Readers Digest, January 1963 An executive was asked what her formula for success was. "It's very simple," she said. "Just ten simple two letter words : 'If it is to be, it is up to me' ." The great pianist and composer, Ignacy Paderewski, was once asked by an admirer how he had reached such a state of perfection in his field. It must have involved a lot of patience, the admirer remarked. "Everyone has patience," said Paderewski. "I learned to use mine." The best leaders ... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols -- Tom Peters You make more friends by becoming interested in other people than by trying to interest other people in yourself -- Dale Carnegie There are two things to aim at in life : first, to get what you want; and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of people achieve the second -- Logan Pearsall Smith The next time you begin to think you are all powerful, try ordering someone else's dog around Leadership is the ability to get people to do what they don't want to do and like it -- Harry Truman Character is power -- Booker T. Washington Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there. The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gains is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another's life -- Barbara Walters If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then comeback and hit it again. Then hit it a third time a tremendous whack! -- Winston Churchill Responsibility gravitate to the person who can shoulder them; power flows to the one who knows how to use it Anyone who angers you conquers you -- Sister Kenny Even on the most exalted throne in the world, you are only sitting on your own bottom -- Montaigne The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. -- Dolly Parton We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -- Helen Keller Grant, Lord, that we might overcome our enemies by transforming them into friends. Make them and make us conscious of those deep inward reaches whereby every heart is rooted in our world's deep common life. -- Jewish Prayer again, to those who are going through a special relationship It is a curious thing in human experience but to live through a period of stress and sorrow with another person creates a bond which nothing seems able to break -- Eleanor Roosevelt and at last and least, with my limited humble knowledge: "You cannot create a future, the best you do is to create history. The other people just read it." |
09-26-2001, 11:27 PM | #2 |
Symbol of Cyric
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Great collection of truisms, 250, thanx
hey, what did the dyslexic agnostic say? - There is no Dog. ------------------ Unstinting Gaurdian of Children Defender of Those Unable To To Err is Human To Forgive Divine, However Neither is U.S. Marine Corps Policy. Nuke'm til the damn camels glow. |
09-26-2001, 11:42 PM | #3 |
Emerald Dragon
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Good stuff...
If I read those everyday, or at least took them into consideration a little more, I would do a lot better... I think? ------------------ "Watch your back" |
09-27-2001, 01:25 AM | #4 |
Horus - Egyptian Sky God
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enjoy, it is amazing how they combine the simple words and ignite the grand inspirations.
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09-27-2001, 02:56 AM | #5 |
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The Greatest Mistake you can make in life
is to be continually afraid to make one - Elbard Hubbard - ------------------ I'm Watching you... |
09-27-2001, 03:00 AM | #6 |
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"To live a truly creative life, we must first lose the fear of being wrong."
(can't remember who, but I used to quote it when teaching Songwriting) "Our greatest achievments in life are often disguised as insurmountable obstacles." (who knows. I heard Karl Faase mention this quote in a public address) ------------------ I am the walrus!.... er, no hang on.... A fair dinkum laughing Hyena! |
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