-
Unknown: Remember why
“When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.” ~ Unknown Chicken Soup for the Soul
-
Unknown: Friendship
“Friendship isn’t a big thing – it’s a million little things.” ~ Author Unknown. Embed from Getty Images
-
Voltaire: Animals
“Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.” —Voltaire, philosopher and writer (1694-1778).
-
Pastor Rick Warren: Friends, not customers
To improve customer service at work, start thinking of them as FRIENDS, not customers.You always take good care of friends. Pastor Rick Warren. Embed from Getty Images
-
Carl Sagan: Cosmic arena
Image via Wikipedia “The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants…
-
George Bernard Shaw: Playing
“We don’t stop playing because we grow older, we grow older because we stop playing” ~ George Bernard Shaw,Chicken Soup for the Soul.
-
Aristotle: Philosophy
I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. –Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)
-
Irish blessing: St. Patrick’s Day
“May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.” ~ Irish Blessing for St. Patrick’s Day.
-
Leopold Stokowski: Painting pictures
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” ~ Leopold Stokowski Chicken Soup for the Soul
-
Paulo Coelho: Freedom
“Freedom only exists when love is present.That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.” —Paulo Coelho.
-
Dr. Wayne Dyer: Change
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer. Embed from Getty Images
-
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: Courage
A very popular error: having the courage of one’s convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one’s convictions. -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900).
-
George Bernard Shaw: Life
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life’s about creating yourself.” ~ George Bernard Shaw, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
-
James A. Garfield: Wrinkles
“If wrinkles must be written upon our brow, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.” ~ James A. Garfield.
-
Bernard Berenson: Search For Truth
Embed from Getty Images Between truth and the search for truth, I opt for the second. -Bernard Berenson, art historian (1865-1959).
-
Eric Idle: Comedy, humour and satire—seriously
At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This…
-
Tom Robbins: Decisions
“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” ~ Tom Robbins Chicken Soup for the Soul
-
Anonymous: Be led by your dreams
“Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.” ~ Anonymous Chicken Soup for the Soul
-
Phyllis Dryde: Life, love and laughter
Image via Wikipedia “Life, love and laughter — what priceless gifts to give our children.” Phyllis Dryde Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul
-
Orson Welles: What to ask for
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.” ~ Orson Welles. Chicken Soup for the Soul
-
Pierce Brosnan: Love and dancing
”Love is a lot like dancing; you just surrender to the music.” ~ Pierce Brosnan. Chicken Soup for the Soul http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/149694488
-
Anonymous: Caring and knowing
“People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” – Anonymous Chicken Soup for the Soul
-
Jerome K Jerome: Idleness and work
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen. -Jerome K. Jerome, humorist and playwright…
-
William James: Make a difference
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ~ William James. Chicken Soup for the Soul.
-
Winston Churchill: Courage
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” ~ Winston Churchill.
-
Paulo Coelho: Hide your craziness
“Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That’s all you need.” —Paulo Coelho.
-
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: Convictions
“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.” —Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900).
-
Albert Einstein: Never tried anything new
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” ~ Albert Einstein. Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul
-
Confucius: Wisdom
Image via Wikipedia “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” ~ Confucius, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
-
William Hazlitt: Fear of death
Image via Wikipedia “Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when you were not: that gives us no concern. Why then should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?…
-
Catherine the Great: The more a man knows, the more he forgives
“The more a man knows, the more he forgives.” ~ Catherine the Great Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul
-
Pastor Rick Warren: Music
Music is a miraculous medicine that can calm you down or fire you up. The greatest music draws you to God. —Pastor Rick Warren. Embed from Getty Images
-
Pastor Rick Warren: Music
Music is God’s gift to us for expressing emotion. —Pastor Rick Warren. Embed from Getty Images
-
Pastor Rick Warren: Friends
Friends show up.They walk into your life when everyone else walks out. —Pastor Rick Warren.
-
Paulo Coelho: Changes
“Changes only happen when we go against everything we’re used to doing.” —Paulo Coelho.
-
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: In matters of conscience
“In matters of conscience the law of majority has no place.” —Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948).
-
Unknown: Sky’s not the limit
“Never tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.” ~ Author Unknown
-
Josh Billings: Yes, too quickly. No, not soon enough.
“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” ~ Josh Billings.
-
Albert Camus: Absolute justice
Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction: therefore it destroys freedom. –Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (1913-1960). Embed from Getty Images Related articles Co-ordination and disintegration (linusfernandes.com)
-
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Thousand forests
”The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
-
Paulo Coelho: Revenge
“A very small dose of revenge is always good for your health.” —Paulo Coelho.
-
Albert Schweitzer: Optimists and pessimists
”An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
-
Martin Luther King Jr.: Measure of a man
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
-
Richard Dumb: Dreams
“Don’t follow your dreams; chase them.” ~ Richard Dumb
-
George Carlin: Person on the left
“In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.” ~ George Carlin
-
George Eliot: Never Too Late
”It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” ~ George Eliot.
-
Benjamin Spock: Trust yourself
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” ~ Benjamin Spock
-
W. Clement Stone: Courage
“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.” ~ W. Clement Stone. Chicken Soup for the Soul
