"The important thing is not to stop questioning.
   Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
                                                                       – Albert Einstein

About Albert Einstein

The brilliant physicist Albert Einstein became an international icon for his groundbreaking theory of relativity. He was born in Germany in 1879 and began his seminal work while at the Swiss Patent Office. He later fled the Nazi regime, moving to the United States to teach at Princeton. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize. He declined Israel's invitation to become its president, saying he lacked the necessary people skills. He died in 1955.

"Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway."
– Mary Kay Ash

About Mary Kay Ash

The bumblebee is the corporate symbol of Mary Kay Cosmetics, founded in 1963 by Mary Kay Ash and her son. Ash was born in Texas in 1918 and worked in direct sales until she retired in 1963 to write a book for women in business. Her book morphed into a plan, which became Mary Kay Cosmetics. Ash had an unconventional business approach: She believed in praise and encouragement, and awarded pink Cadillacs to her top salespeople. She died in 2001.

"You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people to get what they want."
                                                                 - Zig Ziglar

               "We don't stop playing because we grow old;
                   we grow old because we stop playing."
                                 - George Bernard Shaw

This is one of my favorite sayings:

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."
– Marcel Proust

About Marcel Proust

French writer Marcel Proust is renowned for his book In Search of Lost Time (formerly translated as Remembrance of Things Past), an autobiographical novel that Somerset Maugham called the greatest fiction to date. He was born near Paris in 1871. He had a severe asthma attack at age nine that nearly killed him; he remained in poor health much of his life. His bedroom was lined with cork for soundproofing; he wrote his novel at night and slept during the day. It took him 13 years to write the 3,200 page opus. He died in 1922.

 

"If you learn to appreciate more of what you already have, you will find yourself having more to appreciate."
Michael Angier

"Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist,
           but in the ability to start over."
                                                            – F. Scott Fitzgerald

About F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, who wrote as F. Scott Fitzgerald, is best known for his novel The Great Gatsby. He was born in St. Paul in 1896. Fear of mortality spurred him to write the novel This Side of Paradise while in the Army. It was rejected twice by Scribner's before they finally published it. His wife Zelda's schizophrenia was the basis for his novel Tender Is the Night. After they separated, he moved to Los Angeles and wrote screenplays for studio films. He died in 1940.

                It's not even Mother's Day. It's just Sunday
                 but this thought reminded me of Moms

   IF GOD HAD A REFRIGERATOR
 YOUR PICTURE WOULD BE ON IT

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this — you haven't."
                                                     – Thomas A. Edison

About Thomas A. Edison

Thomas Edison, the American inventor who made his early fortune with the stock ticker and the phonograph record, is credited with inventing the light bulb — although he simply improved upon the original idea by making the bulb burn longer. Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio. He was a dreamer in school; his teacher called him "addled," and his mother taught him at home. He used the money from his inventions to set up a lab with a number of employees; he held a record 1,093 patents in his name. He died in 1931.

HER QUOTE IS CORRECT FOR ME PERSONALLY AFTER MY EXPERIENCE OF "WALKING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH" DURING 2001 - 2010.

"Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever."
                                                              – Isak Dinesen

About Isak Dinesen

Isak Dinesen was the pen name of Karen Blixen, the Danish author famously portrayed by Meryl Streep in the film of her best-selling memoir, Out of Africa. She was born near Copenhagen in 1885. In 1914, she and her new husband moved to Kenya to run a coffee plantation. She stayed on after divorcing her husband ten years later, living an unusually independent life. Her book of stories, Seven Gothic Tales, sold well, but Out of Africa made her a worldwide success. She died in 1962.

          Appreciate Small Beginnings

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
                               -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken."
                                                               – Frank Herbert

About Frank Herbert

American author Frank Herbert is the author of Dune, the ecological science-fiction classic that has inspired cult-like devotion among fans. He was born in Tacoma in 1920. He lied about his age to get his first newspaper job in 1939. He was inspired to write Dune after researching an article about sand dunes in Oregon. The book took six years to write and was rejected by 23 publishers. It was a critical success for its exploration of issues of religion, politics, and survival. He died in 1986.

"A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work."
                                                                      – John Lubbock

About John Lubbock

John Lubbock, the multifaceted British banker, statesman, and scientist, was responsible for the institution of England's monthly Bank Holidays, sometimes referred to as St. Lubbock Days. He was born in 1834 in England. Growing up, he learned science from his father's friend Charles Darwin. He coined the terms Paleolithic and Neolithic to denote the different Stone Ages, and he wrote the well-regarded books Prehistoric Times and Ants, Bees, and Wasps. He died in 1913.

   "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
             Live the life you've imagined."
         Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau

"If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm,
  you'll never enjoy the sunshine."
                                                            – Morris West

About Morris West

Morris West, the popular Australian writer best known for religious thrillers including The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Devil's Advocate, spent 12 years in a Christian Brothers monastery but left before taking his final vows. He was born in Melbourne in 1916. He wrote his first book while serving in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, he held such varied jobs as a radio soap-opera writer and Vatican correspondent for London's Daily Mail. He died in 1999.

"People become really quite remarkable
when they start thinking that they can do things.
When they believe in themselves,
they have the first secret of success."
- Norman Vincent Peale

"Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise."
                                                                 – Thomas J. Watson

About Thomas J. Watson

American businessman Thomas J. Watson built IBM into a Fortune 500 company. He was born in rural New York in 1874. He sold sewing machines, musical instruments, and cash registers before becoming president of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording company, which merged with IBM in 1924. His paternalistic business style was a model for later Japanese management, and his motto, "THINK," became his company's slogan. Under his leadership, IBM funded the first computers. He died in 1956.

"Don't carry a grudge. While you're carrying a grudge,
               the other guy's out dancing."
                                                                    – Buddy Hackett

"The power of imagination makes us infinite."
                                                                    – John Muir

About John Muir

American naturalist John Muir is remembered as a passionate champion of the natural wonder of Yosemite; he was instrumental in turning the land into a national park. Born in Scotland in 1838, he immigrated with his family to Wisconsin in 1849. He dropped out of college to walk 1,000 miles from Indiana to Florida. After falling in love with Yosemite, he took a job herding sheep nearby. He developed the theory that the valley was created by glaciers, which is now accepted as fact. He died in 1914.

      

"Reading is important — read between the lines. Don't swallow everything."
                                                               – Gwendolyn Brooks

About Gwendolyn Brooks

In 1950, poet Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African-American awarded a Pulitzer Prize. She was born in 1917 in Kansas and grew up in Chicago. Her poetry often evokes the environment of Chicago's tough South Side neighborhood. In later years her work became more overtly political, though she continued to combine an understanding of traditional forms like sonnets and ballads with the rhythm of the blues and experimental verse. She died in 2000.