Friday, January 10, 2020

Quote of the Day -- L.R. Knost

Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you. 
-- L.R. Knost

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Quote of the Day -- George Eliot

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. 
-- George Eliot

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Quote of the Day -- Robert Heinlein

Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.
– Robert A. Heinlein

Monday, January 6, 2020

Quote of the Day -- Twyla Tharp

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
-- Twyla Tharp

Sunday, January 5, 2020

Quote of the Day -- Elizabeth Taylor

If we do not alter with the times, the times yet alter us. We may stand perfectly still, but our surroundings shift round and we are not in the same relationship to them for long; just as a chameleon, matching perfectly the greenness of a leaf, should know that the leaf will one day fade. 
-- Elizabeth Taylor

Saturday, January 4, 2020

Quote of the Day -- William Hazlitt

We are never so disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves. 
-- William Hazlitt

Friday, January 3, 2020

Quote of the Day -- Anthony Trollope

A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
-- Anthony Trollope

Thursday, January 2, 2020

Quote of the Day -- Chinese Proverb

If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain.

If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees.

If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.

-- Chinese proverb

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Quote of the Day -- Edith Lovejoy Pierce

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
-- Edith Lovejoy Pierce