"Action is the antidote to despair."
                                                  – Joan Baez

  I would rather have my mind
opened by wonder than closed
               by belief.
      

Never confuse a single defeat
        with a final defeat.

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life...than no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
- Zig Ziglar

"It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving." 
     - Mother                                                                  --- -Mother Teresa
TMeresa

         Come on 2011!
"Cheers to a new year and
  another chance for us
       to get it right." 
         -Oprah Winfry Oprah Winfrey

        Friendship is like a BOOK.
        It takes few seconds to burn,
        but it takes years to write

"A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day."
                                                                          – Albert Schweitzer

About Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer, the German medical missionary, won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work at a hospital in French Equatorial Africa, where he treated and operated on thousands of people, including hundreds of people afflicted with leprosy. He was also an organist, famous for his interpretation of J.S. Bach's music. Late in life, he worked with Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell against nuclear proliferation. He was born in 1875 in Kaysersberg and died in 1965.

          ONE DAY AT A TIME?

"I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's."
                                                                       – Henry Moore

About Henry Moore

British sculptor Henry Moore is known for his voluptuous abstract figures. He was born in 1898 to a poor mining family. After Moore served in World War I, he became the first student of sculpture at Leeds School of Art; a sculpture studio was set up specifically for him. As he studied primitive arts, his own work became more abstract. He established The Henry Moore Foundation in 1977 to promote public appreciation of art. He died in 1986. His work can be seen in public spaces all over the world.

 

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."                 

"My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened."

"You already possess everything necessary to become great."

Native American Proverb

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving."
                                                 – St. Francis de Sales

About St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622), known as the Gentle Saint, was bishop of Geneva. His motto was, "He who preaches with love preaches effectively," and his religious texts, including Introduction to the Devout Life, have resonated with many non-Catholics. Pope Pius IX proclaimed him a patron saint of writers. Some consider him a patron saint of the deaf; he invented a form of sign language to teach a young deaf man how to communicate.

"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth."
                                                                     – Benjamin Disraeli

About Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) was a novelist, dandy, and ultimately a politician — he served twice as prime minister of England, the first (and thus far only) Jewish man to hold that office. He introduced a number of domestic reforms, including the Factory Act, the Public Heath Act, and the Education Act, but is best remembered for his imperialist foreign policies. During his second ministry Britain annexed the Fiji Islands and the Transvaal, purchased a controlling share of the Suez Canal, and declared Queen Victoria the empress of India.

How does this fit with the common attitude about feelings that we encounter in life?

"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

                                                     Ancient Chinese Wisdom

"Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it.…Success is shy — it won't come out while you're watching."
                                                                  – Tennessee Williams

About Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams was the pen name of Thomas Lanier Williams, the multiple-award-winning Southern Gothic playwright best known for his plays Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie. He was born in 1911 in Mississippi, where he had a difficult childhood with an abusive father, a smothering mother, and a schizophrenic sister. His emotionally honest plays often feature sensitive souls who don't fit into a confining culture. He spent most of his adult life in New York City. He died in 1983.

"Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny."
                                                   – Don Sutton

About Don Sutton

American Major League baseball player Don Sutton, never a flashy player, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after an amazingly consistent winning career as a pitcher. He was born in Alabama in 1945, and broke into the big leagues at age 21. By the time he retired in 1988, he had won 324 games, recorded more than 3,500 strikeouts, racked up a record 21 consecutive 100-plus strikeout seasons, and never missed his turn in the pitching rotation. He is now a TV announcer for the Washington Nationals.

"Can anything be sadder than work unfinished? Yes, work never begun."

"Were the diver to think only on the
jaws of the shark, he would never
lay hands on the precious pearl."