Quotes & Thots for the Day November 2009

Sage/Debs · Quotes & Thots for the Day November 2009

"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning
for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime,
educate people."

-- Chinese proverb
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A river cuts through rock,
not because of its power,
but because of its persistence.
- Jim Watkins

Sage/Debs

We can throw stones,
complain about them,
stumble on them,
climb over them,
or build with them.

William Arthur Ward

Sage/Debs

Faith and doubt both are needed, not as antagonists,
but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
~Lillian Smith
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"Strength is happiness.
Strength is itself victory.
In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness.
When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose.
But regardless of the short-term outcome,
the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being."

-- Daisaku Ikeda
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Think No Evil
"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
Do not even think evil, because first you think of something, then you speak of it, then you see it.

Sage/Debs

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
~ John Wooden
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Be The Example
Instead of teaching others by telling them,
teach them by doing it yourself.

Sage/Debs

If you want happiness for an hour - take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day - go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month - get married.
If you want happiness for a year - inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else.

Chinese Proverb
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"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies,
just as much to stand up to our friends."

-- Dumbledore
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Ravi

Beautifully said sage, wonderful quotes gets me thinking

Sage/Debs

Thanks Ravi, and a note..any of you can post one if you come across one too! This ain't just mine, it's all of ours.

Sage/Debs

Create Vision
Never believe anyone who says we cannot change.
Vision is one of the secrets of personal transformation.
We are all artists, our mind is the arena of creation and vision is what we are constantly creating.

What is your vision of yourself today – patient, relaxed, positive or tense, tight and negative? What do you prefer?
So be creative – what does patience look like, feel like, what are you doing that is different when you are patient and you are expressing your power to …wait?
Always start with vision not action.
See it and you will be it.
Be it and you will do it.
We don’t ‘get a life’ as some would cynically tell us – we create our life.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein

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Ferocious Lions
The habits of guessing and assumption can be like ferocious lions.
So do not allow them to run wild.
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"Move out of your comfort zone.
You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new."
-- Brian Tracy
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The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
- George Bernard Shaw

Sage/Debs

"It is more important to know where you are going than to get
there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement."

-- Mabel Newcomber
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Look up in to the sky at the birds flying free
You have the same freedom as the birds
Its only you that has built a cage around yourself
Hermie

the hermit

I just don't know what to say Sage
You got me q22

Sage/Debs

Give and Take
Whatever you give comes back to you.
Whatever you take will not stay with you.
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"Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human
being living humanely is like.
She is a person who understands, values and develops her body, finding it beautiful and useful; a person who is real and is willing to
take risks, to be creative, to manifest competence, to change
when the situation calls for it, and to find ways to
accommodate to what is new and different, keeping that part of
the old that is still useful and discarding what is not."

-- Virginia Satir
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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are.
- John Burroughs

Sage/Debs

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached,
don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."
-- Confucius
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Give Time
Whatever or whoever you give time to, you give your attention to. Whatever gets your attention gets your energy.
Whatever gets your energy must grow.
So what will you give your time to today - who will get your attention? What or who needs your attention?
Is it a task, a process or a relationship?
Or are you waiting for these things to give you time and attention? How long have you been waiting?
Why are you waiting?
Are you a leader or a follower, a master or a slave?
Mmmm...all questions today!
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Every situation, properly perceived,
becomes an opportunity.
- Helen Schucman

Sage/Debs

Courage
Courage is taking a step forward into an area of difficulty without a solution in mind,
trusting that whatever help you need will become available.
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Did you know...

... that today, besides being Veteran's Day in the US, is also
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Day? In 1921, President Warren
Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington
National Cemetery. Trivia buffs: The Guard takes 21 steps
during his walk across the Tomb of the Unknowns; it alludes to
the 21-gun salute, which is the highest honor given any
military or foreign dignitary. There has been a Sentinel on
duty in front of the Tomb every minute of every day since 1937.

Today's Inspirational Quote:

"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all
different in the way we perceive the world and use this
understanding as a guide to our communication with others."

-- Tony Robbins

Sage/Debs

Peace
Peace is not a passive attitude;
it is an active state.
It requires having constant attention in order to live and to respond as a peaceful being to any upset in life.
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I make the most of all that comes,
And the least of all that goes.
~ Sara Teasdale

Sage/Debs

Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that we can solve them.

Norman Vincent Peale
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THINK DEEP
If we could sit and think
If we could let our mind go free
Without all the things that real life requires of us
We could be different
We could become what is locked away
What is within us all waiting for us to grow
But is held back by the lives we are required to live
Time management will only take us so far

Time to think
Time to meditate
Time to watch to world rush on by
Its a wish list for life
The best that we can do is try to become what is possible
And all this has to be within modern living
And to be true
We have more leisure time than those that went before us
And still we struggle
Don't take other people words too hard
Just be yourself and things will come to you
Chasing a dream is all well and good
But catching it can add its own pressures

the hermit

herding cats

the hermit

Thank you ladies

It seems so strange
Reading my words
With so many famous people

Sage/Debs

For us Hermie, your words are famous. I hope you don't mind my bringing them back now and again...some days it just feels right. Love you!

the hermit

I have no problems with any reposting of my thoughts
I share without restriction
People can use with out restriction also

Sage/Debs

the hermit

Kiss, kiss

Sage/Debs

"Good character is not formed in a week or a month.
It is created little by little, day by day.
Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character."
-- Heraclitus
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The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'.
It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. - Lydia Maria Child

Sage/Debs

"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing
flawlessly."

-- Robert H. Schuller
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Misfortunes one can endure -
they come from outside;
they are accidents.
But to suffer for one's own faults -
ah, there is the sting of life.
- Oscar Wilde
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People say that what we're all seeking in life
is a meaning for life.
I don't think that's what we're really seeking.
I think that what we're seeking
is an experience of being alive...
~ Joseph Campbel

Sage/Debs

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing...
some kind of excellence is within my reach.
John Gardner
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If you’re not afraid to face the music,
you may someday lead the band.
- Unknown
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Motivation is the spark that lights the fire of knowledge and fuels the engine of accomplishment. It maximizes and maintains momentum. - Zig Ziglar

Sage/Debs

Your diamonds are not
in far distant mountains or in yonder seas;
they are in your own backyard,
if you but dig for them.
~ Russell H. Conwell
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"Never be in a hurry;
do everything quietly and in a calm
spirit.
Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever,
even if your whole world seems upset."
-- Saint Francis de Sales
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"There is more in us than we know.
If we can be made to see it,
perhaps, for the rest of our lives,
we will be unwilling to settle for less."
-Kurt Hahn
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Sage/Debs

"You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough.
You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the
skin and joins the energy that created the world."
-Sheilah Graham
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Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind
and when to mind your speech.
~ Unknown
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"No Guru or Master can teach you anything that isn't already inside you.
They can help you in seeing what you are not seeing, in awakening to your true nature.
We can bring experts into our lives, but you are the authority on your life.
No-one can think your thoughts or make changes in your life but you."
~David Stanley Bell ~

Ravi

I like this one Sage, its so true and beautifully said.

Sage/Debs

"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness,
and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not
balanced by sadness."

-- Carl Jung
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Living In Peace
In order to live in peace, try not depend on anyone and at the same time try to help others not to depend on you.
Help them become independent, free and responsible for their lives.
In the same way, ensure you do not cause anyone sorrow, and do not allow others to be a source of hurt for you.
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Sage/Debs

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society.
The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. - Gil Stern
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It's the things in common that make relationships enjoyable,
but it's the little differences that make them interesting.
- Todd Ruthman

Sage/Debs

My Thankfulness is:
that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

that you can keep going long after you can't.

that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.

that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.

that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you will find the strength to help.

that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

Hope You have A Happy Everything. Not just Certain Days.
~S Bolen

Sage/Debs

May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly
Where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities
That are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts
That you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to
You. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this
Knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to
Sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us.

Sage/Debs

"I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.

I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;
for a might-have-been has never been, but a has was once an are."

-- Milton Berle

Susie

SO fabulous....LOL

Sage/Debs

Can't resist this one, sorry Hermie and other gentlemen

"Men are like steel.
When they lose their temper,
they lose
their worth."
-- Chuck Norris
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When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows
and look out upon the beautiful world,
I thank God I am alive.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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herding cats

gotta love ol Chuck q21

Sage/Debs

this one hit home

"If it's never our fault,
we can't take responsibility for it.
If we can't take responsibility for it,
we'll always be its
victim."
-- Richard Bach
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Epictetus

herding cats

Sage/Debs

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.

Johannes A. Gaertner
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"Anything that we have to learn to do we learn by the actual
doing of it... We become just by doing just acts, temperate
by doing temperate ones, brave by doing brave ones."

-- Aristotle
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Unshakeable
If we face our problems and respond to them positively,
and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self pity,
these adverse situations that look like they could bury us,
have within them the very real potential to make us unshakeable.

Sage/Debs

Humility
I value others without seeking their attention.

Self respect is my inner light.

I need nothing extra.

I am unafraid of life's great teachings in all their daily guises.

Today I will let someone help me.

Sage/Debs

Happiness
It is the art of living, the purpose of our existence.
Happiness is the true index of quality of life.
Without happiness, life is dry and meaningless.
With happiness, life immediately becomes fulfilling and wonderful.
Happiness is an infectious feeling that immediately lifts the sagging spirits of people.
Happy people keep themselves happy because they know the little ways to appreciate themselves and to see the humor and magic in each moment.

Sage/Debs

The wonderful thing about the game of life is that winning and losing are only temporary...unless you quit.

Dr. Fred Mills
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There is a sacredness in tears.
They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition & of unspeakable love.
Life brings heartache.
Grief is unavoidable.
And like the cool rain that cleans the air & brings nourishment to flowers, tears are sacred messengers of love.
~Soulla Theodoulou
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