Quote of the Day -- Melody Beattie

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.

-- Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie is an American author of self-help literature focusing on recovery and codependence.

Quote of the Day -- Judy Garland

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.

-- Judy Garland

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According to Goodreads, Judy Garland (1922 - 1969), a Minnesota native, was the star of many classic musical films, was known for her tremendous talent and troubled life. She started out in show business at an early age. The daughter of vaudeville professionals, she started her stage career as a child.

Quote of the Day -- Hillary DiPiano

You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.

-- Hillary DiPiano

Quote of the Day -- Oliver Burkeman

A life spent chasing the mythical state of being able to do everything is less meaningful than a life spent focusing on a few things that count.

-- Oliver Burkeman

Quote of the Day -- Desmond Tutu

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

-- Desmond Tutu

Quote of the Day -- Henry David Thoreau

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.

-- Henry David Thoreau

Quote of the Day -- Mary H.K. Choi

It doesn’t get any less scary. All that happens is that you have less life left. It helps if you do your falling early, and it really helps if you do your reaching early.

-- Mary H.K. Choi

Quote of the Day -- Charles Dickens

The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

-- Charles Dickens

Quote of the Day -- Linda Ellis -- The Dash

 

I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning… to the end.

He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own, the cars… the house… the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change? For you never know how much time is left that still can be rearranged.

To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile… remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.

So when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash, would you be proud of the things they say about how you lived your dash?

Quote of the Day -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of the Day -- Marguerite Yourcenar

Everything turns out to be valuable that one does for one’s self without thought of profit.

-- Marguerite Yourcenar

Quote of the Day -- Margaret Mitchell

Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.

-- Margaret Mitchell

Quote of the Day -- Cathy Hopkins

Don’t wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

- Cathy Hopkins

Quote of the Day -- Leo Tolstoy

There is only one time that is important— Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power.

-- Leo Tolstoy

Quote of the Day -- Maya Angelou

We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.

-- Maya Angelou

Quote of the Day -- Elbert Hubbard

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. 

-- Elbert Hubbard

Quote of the Day -- Kenichi Ohmae

Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction. 

-- Kenichi Ohmae

Quote of the Day -- Laura Esquivel

Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves.

-- Laura Esquivel

Quote of the Day -- Trevor Noah

I don’t regret anything I’ve done in life, any choice that I’ve made. But I’m consumed with regret for the things I didn’t do, the choices I didn’t make, the things I didn’t say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. 

-- Trevor Noah

Quote of the Day -- Jorge Luis Borges

So plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. 

 -- Jorge Luis Borges