Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Confucius: Choose a job you love
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” —Confucius.
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Edwin Hubbel Chapin: Eternal vibration
“Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” ~Edwin Hubbel Chapin Embed from Getty Images
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John L. Spalding: Finding time
“What we love to do we find time to do.” ~John L. Spalding, quoted in “Older & Wiser.”
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Jean Toomer: Thank everyone
Thank everyone who calls out your faults, your anger, your impatience, your egotism; do this consciously, voluntarily. -Jean Toomer, poet and novelist (1894-1967).
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John E. Southard: Getting even
“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.” ~John E. Southard, quoted in “Older & Wiser”
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Aurobindo: Difficulties
Image via Wikipedia But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome.” ~Aurobindo, quoted in “Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul“ Related articles by Zemanta Is There a ‘Chicken Soup’ for that Soul? (neatorama.com) Sri Aurobindo’s Non-dual Experiences (prophet666.com)
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William Thackeray: Kind word
“Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.” —William Thackeray. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/3069774
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Italian proverb: King and pawn
“After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.” —Italian Proverb
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Jean-Paul Sartre: Loaded pistols
Words are loaded pistols. -Jean-Paul Sartre, writer and philosopher (1905-1980).
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Friedrich Nietzsche: Vanity, Habit and Fear
“One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.” —Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900). http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/173344829
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Jean Anouilh: Love
Image via Wikipedia Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. – Jean Anouilh Related articles by Zemanta One would always want to think of oneself as being on the side of love, ready to recognize it and wish it well –but, when confronted with it in others, one so often resented it, questioned its…
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The convert is often the better evangelist. The biggest If is always ‘ If only we knew that then…’ The larger crime is always the one in which we are victimized. Imitation is the in-sincerest form of flattery especially when it’s cruel parody.
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Arthur Ashe: Success
“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” ~Arthur Ashe, quoted in “Campus Chronicles”.
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Challenge and controversy
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr., quoted in “Older & Wiser” http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/74280021
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Helen Keller: Alone, together
Image via Wikipedia “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” ~Helen Keller.
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Michel de Montaigne: Own legs, own bottom
Image via Wikipedia “No matter that we may mount on stilts, we still must walk on our own legs. And on the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.” —Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592).
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Julia Soul: Taking chances
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/124564672 “If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances.” ~Julia Soul.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr: Poetic dictionary
Image via Wikipedia When I feel inclined to read poetry, I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences. The author may arrange the gems effectively, but their shape and lustre have been given by the attrition of ages. –Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., writer and physician…
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Louis de Bonald: Literature
Image via Wikipedia “Literature is the language of society, as speech is the language of man.” —Louis de Bonald, philosopher and politician (1754-1840).
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Carl Sagan: Humdrum existence
Image via Wikipedia For all our conceits about being the center of the universe, we live in a routine planet of a humdrum star stuck away in an obscure corner … on an unexceptional galaxy which is one of about 100 billion galaxies. … That is the fundamental fact of the universe we inhabit, and…
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Ralph Blum: New beginnings
“Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” – Ralph Blum. Embed from Getty Images
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Cassie Campbell: Heart
Image via Wikipedia Embed from Getty Images “A winner’s strongest muscle is her heart.” ~Cassie Campbell, quoted in “Runners” Related articles by Zemanta Three Angles To Cardio-Vascular Training (linusfernandes.com)
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Red Skelton: Enemies
“I don’t hate my enemies. After all, I made ’em.” –Red Skelton, comedian (1913-1997).
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Indian Proverb: Love
Image via Wikipedia Where love reigns the impossible may be attained.” ~Indian Proverb, quoted in “True Love” Related articles by Zemanta Promises, Promises (godlessgirl.com) Spanish proverb filter (ask.metafilter.com) Spanish Sayings on Love: For Mother’s Day or any Other Occasion (brighthub.com)
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Tommy Lasorda: Impossible and possible
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” — Tommy Lasorda. Embed from Getty Images
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Art Linkletter: Think Positive
Image via Wikipedia ”Things turn out for the best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out.” ~ Art Linkletter, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive.
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Francesca Reigler: Happiness
Image via Wikipedia Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” ~Francesca Reigler, quoted in “Count Your Blessings”.
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Jean de La Bruyère: Difficult miracles
Out of difficulties grow miracles.” ~ Jean de La Bruyère, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Book of Miracles. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/463969921
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Stephen R. Covey: Self-growth
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” ~Stephen R. Covey, quoted in “Empty Nesters” Related articles by Zemanta Poor Time Management: Going through the Motions (brighthub.com) Time Management Advice: Start Managing Time and Stop Managing Emergencies (brighthub.com)
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Roy L. Smith: Daily trial, daily judgment
Each morning puts a man on trial and each evening passes judgment. -Roy L. Smith
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H.L. Mencken: Live language
“A living language is like a man suffering incessantly from small hemorrhages, and what it needs above all else is constant transactions of new blood from other tongues. The day the gates go up, that day it begins to die.” -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956).
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Abraham Lincoln: Power
Image by George Eastman House via Flickr Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. —Abraham Lincoln.
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Chicken Soup for Soul: Indian Mothers
“My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, and being. I may sometimes forget the words, but I always remember the tune.” ~ Chicken Soup for Soul: Indian Mothers.
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Martin H. Fischer: Exercise
Education should be exercise; it has become massage. – Martin H. Fischer.
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Anonymous: Company
“It’s not where you go or what you do, it’s who you take along with you.” ~Anonymous, quoted in “Happily Ever After” Related articles by Zemanta Quote of the Day: Billing Practices (abovethelaw.com) How Scientists See the World (neatorama.com)
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Michael Athsuler: Time
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” ~ Michael Althsuler , Chicken Soup for the Soul .
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Samuel Smiles: Mistakes
“He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.” ~Samuel Smiles, quoted in “Empty Nesters”. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/463897017
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Boring geniuses
Image via Wikipedia “Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as a blazing meteor when it descends to earth, is only a stone.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet.
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Elizabeth Bibesco: Giving and taking
Image via Wikipedia “Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.” ~ Elizabeth Bibesco.
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Pastor Rick Warren: Grace
When darkness seems to hide his face, I rest on his unchanging grace. Pastor Rick Warren
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Hugh Downs: Attitudes
“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” ~Hugh Downs, quoted in “My Resolution”. Embed from Getty Images
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Paul Carvel: INTERNET
Image via Wikipedia “INTERNET: absolute communication, absolute isolation.”~ Paul Carvel
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Chinese proverb: Tension and relaxation
“Tension is what you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” —Chinese proverb. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/490963209
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Rick Warren: Prominence and significance
“Never confuse prominence with significance. You heart matters more than your nose.Unseen doesn’t equal unimportant.” — Rick Warren.
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Dave Scott: Goals and winning
Image via Wikipedia If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve your performance, or just finish the race; it’s up to you.” ~Dave Scott, triathlete, quoted in “Runners”
