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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Forrest Gump Wisdom
Friday, June 29, 2012
New Day
Every day brings new choices.
- Martha Beck
Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could;
some blunders and absurdities have crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day;
you shall begin it serenely
and with too high a spirit
to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every day is a new day -
a day for new beginnings, new dreams, new action -
a day for challenge, adventure, and discovery.
TODAY, what is your goal?
What is your dream?
What action are you taking to further your goals and dreams?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Daily Renewal
Break Old Patterns of Action
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Imagination
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
- Michelangelo
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
- Henry David Thoreau
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
- George S. Patton
Further reading: Perspective
VISION - the fifth Point of Simply An Inspired Life
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Helen Keller
to become a famous author, lecturer, and activist
for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and ending war.
If I am happy in spite of my deprivations,
if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith,
so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life.
If, in short, I am an optimist,
my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing.
- Helen Keller
Your success and happiness lies in you.
Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
- Helen Keller
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
- Helen Keller
Further reading: Helen Keller Quotes
The Secret of Happiness
Joy is a Choice - but Not an Easy Choice
What I Know - What I Don't Know
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dalai Lama Quotes
Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
Mary Anne Radmacher Quotes
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Growing Together
Individually, we are one drop.
Together, we are an ocean.
- Ryunosuke Satoro
Extend a hand whether or not you know it shall be grasped.
- Ryunosuke Satoro
Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations.
- Ryunosuke Satoro
If we don't change, we don't grow.
If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
- Gail Sheehy
Further reading: Better Than Competition
The Best Leader
Growing up without growing old
Inspirational Quotes
Inspirational Sayings
Quotes about Being Happy
Deep Quotes
Quotes about Letting Go
Growing Up Quotes
Monday, June 25, 2012
Bill Cosby
Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
- Bill Cosby
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine.
But you have to forgive yourself.
Let go of what's bitter and move on.
- Bill Cosby
I don't know the key to success,
but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
- Bill Cosby
Through humor, you can soften some
of the worst blows that life delivers.
And once you find laughter,
no matter how painful your situation might be,
you can survive it.
- Bill Cosby
Further reading: Nothing to look forward to
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Renewal
The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Go within every day and find the inner strength
so that the world will not blow your candle out.
- Katherine Dunham
With courage you will dare to take risks,
have the strength to be compassionate,
and the wisdom to be humble.
Courage is the foundation of integrity.
- Keshavan Nair
Fear defeats more people than
any other one thing in the world.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Further reading: Ask Why Not How
Words of Encouragement
Words of Comfort
Uplifting Quotes
Inner Strength Quotes
Compassionate Quotes
Humble Quotes
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Gifts
The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable
that it is almost an injustice to accept them.
- Rod McKuen
I thank fate for having made me born poor.
Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.
- Anatole France
Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts,
even in the most difficult of times.
- Allen Klein
Calm provides clarity. Pause to consider
the gifts you have been given,
the difference you have made
and the direction in which you are headed.
- Anonymous
Further reading: May the road rise up to meet you
Abundance or Scarcity?
How God Works - old story retold
Quotes about Gifts
Quotes about Acceptance
Blessings
Quotes about Generosity
Quotes about Grace
Quotes about Gratitude
Quotes about Thanks
Friday, June 22, 2012
Life's Rhythm
Set Life's Rhythm with Your Heart-Drum
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is like dancing.
If we have a big floor, many people will dance.
Some will get angry when the rhythm changes.
But life is changing all the time.
- don Miguel Ruiz
I have just three things to teach:
simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
- Lao Tzu
Music takes us out of the actual
and whispers to us dim secrets
that startle our wonder as to who we are.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace
Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable
Acceptance Makes a Great Relationship Even Better
Rhythm Quotes
Simplicity Quotes
Dancing Quotes
Uplifting Quotes
Quotes to Live By
Positive Quotes
Labels:
dance with life,
don Miguel Ruiz,
Lao Tzu,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
rhythm
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Admire but not Envy
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy,
to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter,
and to lead but not manipulate.
- William Arthur Ward
Instead of worrying about what people say of you,
why not spend time trying to accomplish
something they will admire.
- Dale Carnegie
We always admire the other person more
after we've tried to do his job.
- William Feather
It is not the man who has too little,
but the man who craves more, that is poor.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Further reading: Humility
Comparisons are Odious
Labels:
admiration,
Dale Carnegie,
envy,
Lao Tzu,
Seneca,
William Arthur Ward,
William Feather
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
First Day of Summer (Summer Solstice)
There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.
- Celia Thaxter
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
- Hosea Ballou
A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining,
the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing,
and the lawn mower is broken.
- James Dent
This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Further reading: Tending the Garden of Our Lives
Planting Seeds
The Great Cycle
Summer Quotes
Life is Beautiful Quotes
Quotes about Life Lessons
Amazing Quotes to Live By
Live Life to the Fullest Quotes
Three Word Quotes
Quotes about Life
Labels:
Celia Thaxter,
Hosea Ballou,
James Dent,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
seasons,
summer
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Courage and Intent
Standing in the inspiring vision of my future,
I boldly take every step - large and small -
with courage and intent.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Your success will shine as a light of hope
and inspire numbers you cannot total.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The full measure of a man is
not to be found in the man himself,
but in the colors and textures that
come alive in others because of him.
- Albert Schweitzer
All our dreams can come true,
if we have the courage to pursue them.
- Walt Disney
Further reading: How to Cope
Success Tip: Drive Change
Overcome Being Negative
Courage Quotes
Intention Quotes
Hope Quotes
Inspiring Quotes
Encouraging Quotes
Uplifting Quotes
Labels:
Albert Schweitzer,
courage,
intent,
intention,
mary anne radmacher,
Walt Disney
Monday, June 18, 2012
Personal Values
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Fathers' Day
Being a father, being a friend,
those are the things that make me feel successful.
- William Hurt
When a father gives to his son, both laugh;
when a son gives to his father, both cry.
- William Shakespeare
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant
I could hardly stand to have the old man around.
But when I got to be 21, I was astonished
at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
- Mark Twain
Further reading: What is Love?
Labels:
father,
Kent Nerburn,
Mark Twain,
William Hurt,
William Shakespeare
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Today is for Living
Friday, June 15, 2012
Normal vs. Bold
Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
- Whoopi Goldberg
When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers
and it's OK not to be perfect,
you realize that feeling confused
is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.
- Winona Ryder
I don't think anyone has a normal family.
- Edward Furlong
Normal is not something to aspire to,
it's something to get away from.
- Jodie Foster
Today is your day to paint life in bold colors;
set today's rhythm with your heart-drum;
walk today's march with courage;
create today as your celebration of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Why be Reasonable?
Expectations - Demands
Social Obligations
Bold Quotes
Strength Quotes
Quotes about Being Normal
Cheer Up Quotes
Quotes of Encouragement
Uplifting Quotes
Labels:
bold,
demands,
Edward Furlong,
Jodie Foster,
normal,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Winona Ryder
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Flag Day
The flag represents all the values and the liberties Americans have and enjoy everyday.
- Bill Shuster
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
- Jesse Ventura
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag.
- Adrian Cronauer
Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor
Further reading: What a Wonderful World
Many Paths to Joy and Service
Life Purpose - another look
Flag Quotes
Patriotism Quotes
Liberty Quotes
Encouraging Quotes
Determination Quotes
Inspiring Quotes
Labels:
Adrian Cronauer,
Bill Shuster,
flag,
Jesse Ventura,
liberty,
Statue of Liberty
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Folk Wisdom
I've had a few arguments with people,
but I never carry a grudge.
You know why?
While you're carrying a grudge,
they're out dancing.
- Buddy Hackett
If you look for the bad in people
expecting to find it, you surely will.
- Abraham Lincoln
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed
to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
- Will Rogers
Further reading: What I Know - What I Don't Know
Labels:
Abraham Lincoln,
Buddy Hackett,
Dolly Parton,
folk wisdom,
grudge,
Will Rogers
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Failure Leads To Success
In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.
- Anonymous
In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo
Success consists of going from failure to failure
without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill
Patience, persistence, and perseverance.
A little more each day, a little better each day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Practice Makes Perfect - Sometimes
Monday, June 11, 2012
Marriage
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of
becoming passionate friends.
- Harville Hendrix
Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect.
If it's not based on respect,
nothing that appears to be good will last very long.
- Amy Grant
My Loved One
You are my ground and you are my rainbow.
You are my butterfly and you are my ecstasy.
You are the start of my journeys and always my destination.
You are my home - the place to which I always return.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: 7 Secrets of Happy Couples
What is Love?
Acceptance Makes a Great Relationship Even Better
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Small Pleasures
Life is made up of small pleasures.
Happiness is made up of those tiny successes.
The big ones come too infrequently.
And if you don't collect all these tiny successes,
the big ones don't really mean anything.
- Norman Lear
It is of the small joys and little pleasures
that the greatest of our days are built.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Further reading: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Reality
Reality is what you believe it to be.
It's what you put your thought and energy into,
because your hands physically manifest thought.
So your world becomes what you feel and what you think.
- Jewel
Your thoughts create your reality.
Your mind is more powerful than you know.
- Neale Donald Walsch
What others say and do is a projection of their own reality.
- don Miguel Ruiz
May Your Most Beautiful Dreams Become Your Reality.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: What is Real?
Friday, June 8, 2012
Path
A successful life is one that is lived
through understanding and pursuing one's own path,
not chasing after the dreams of others.
- Chin-Ning Chu
Understand that the right to
choose your own path
is a sacred privilege.
Use it.
Dwell in possibility.
- Oprah Winfrey
Further reading: Many Paths to Joy and Service
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Stories
Our stories are the window to our emotions.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We tell the real truth of our life
by the stories we repeatedly tell.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The most erroneous stories are those
we think we know best -
and therefore never scrutinize or question.
- Stephen Jay Gould
Further reading: Lessons in Our Stories
Assumptions
Labels:
mary anne radmacher,
Stephen Jay Gould,
stories,
Willa Cather
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tolerance
In the practice of tolerance,
one's enemy is the best teacher.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
To be one, to be united is a great thing.
But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
- Bono
The highest result of education is tolerance.
Long ago men fought and died for their faith;
but it took ages to teach them the other kind of courage, -
the courage to recognize the faiths of their brethren
and their rights of conscience.
- Helen Keller
Further reading: How to Forgive and Move On
Kindness and Charity
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Peaceful
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
If in our daily life we can smile,
if we can be peaceful and happy,
not only we, but everyone will profit from it.
This is the most basic kind of peace work.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
You can choose to be peaceful right here and now ...
it has nothing to do with what other people do or think.
- Gerald Jampolsky
Further reading: How to Stop Worrying
Breaking the Cycle of Self-Inflicted Suffering
Peaceful Quotes
Inner Peace Quotes
Other People Quotes
Happy Quotes
Quotes about Smiling
Quotes about Being Yourself
Monday, June 4, 2012
Gratitude for Small Miracles
If you want to feel rich,
just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous
A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.
- Cicero
With gratitude, all life appears as a blessing -
without gratitude, all of life
is perceived as a burden.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Zero-Based Gratitude
Simple Living
Gratitude Quotes
Miracles Quotes
Simplicity Quotes
Blessings
Thank You Quotes
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Day of Rest
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
- Joseph Addison
What can you do to promote world peace?
Go home and love your family.
- Mother Teresa
A time for work, a time for play -
balance in all things.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Let today be a day of rest - a day not to work, not to worry, not to regret. Let today be a day to be apart from the world - a day to turn off the television news. Let today be a day of repose and reflection.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: 12 Ways to De-Stress Your Life
Make Healthy Choices to Relieve Stress
Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now
Relax Quotes
Quotes about Balance
Quotes about Stress
Quotes about Time
Quotes about Urgency
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Discover
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain
The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes.
- Marcel Proust
He who never made a mistake,
never made a discovery.
- Samuel Smiles
One does not discover new lands without consenting
to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
- Andre Gide
Further reading: Life Purpose - another look
What do you see?
Labels:
Andre Gide,
discovery,
Marcel Proust,
Mark Twain,
Samuel Smiles
Friday, June 1, 2012
Inner Voice
Don't die with your music still inside you. Listen to your intuitive inner voice and find what passion stirs your soul.
- Wayne Dyer
Everyone who wills, can hear the inner voice.
It is within everyone.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Don't be trapped by dogma -
which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
Don't let the noise of other's opinions
drown out your own inner voice.
- Steve Jobs
You are perfect. You are complete.
Your inner voice always knows what to do,
but it is a quiet voice.
You can only hear the whisperings of your inner voice -
your inner compass - when you turn down the volume
of your fears, your regrets, your resentments,
and the fear-based advice
your neighbors are so willing to give you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further Reading: Vision (Life Purpose)
Intuition
Inner Voice Quotes
Intuition Quotes
Perspective Quotes
Positive Quotes
Optimism Quotes
Adversity Quotes
Labels:
inner voice,
intuition,
Mohandas Gandhi,
Steve Jobs,
Wayne Dyer
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