Sunday, December 27, 2015

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can

 afford to be stupid with them.” 

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can 

afford to be stupid with them.

Friday, November 6, 2015

“Try to learn something about everything 

and everything about something.”

Tuesday, March 17, 2015


"Children have never been very good

at listening to their elders
,

but they have never failed

to imitate them."

Monday, March 16, 2015


"If you tell the truth,

you don’t have to remember anything."

Sunday, March 15, 2015


"The past cannot be changed.

The future is yet in your power."

Saturday, March 14, 2015


"If you want to test your memory,
 
try to recall what you were worrying about
 
one year ago today."

Friday, March 13, 2015


“The only real prison is fear,

and the only real freedom

is freedom from fear”

Thursday, March 12, 2015


"Catch fire today!

Make today the day

you stop complaining

and do something!"

Wednesday, March 11, 2015


"My wish isn’t to mean

everything to everyone

but something to someone."

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

"The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart,
the less capable you are of loving in the present."

Monday, March 9, 2015

"Before you quit, try.
Before you talk, listen.
Before you react, think.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you move on, forgive."

Sunday, March 8, 2015


" Many people lose the small joys
 
in the hope for the big happiness. "

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Friday, March 6, 2015


"The practice of forgiveness
 
is our most important contribution
 
to the healing of the world."

Thursday, March 5, 2015


" But some emotions don’t make a lot of noise.

It’s hard to hear pride.

Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat.

And pure love why, some days it’s so quiet,

you don’t even know it’s there. "

Wednesday, March 4, 2015


" People believe in those

who believe in themselves. "

Tuesday, March 3, 2015


" It is possible to fly without motors,

but not without knowledge and skill. "

Monday, March 2, 2015


" While one person hesitates

because he feels inferior,

the other is busy making mistakes

and becoming superior. "

Sunday, March 1, 2015


" We will never have a perfect world,

but it’s not romantic

or naive

to work toward a better one. "

Saturday, February 28, 2015


" The only man who never makes mistakes

is the man who never does anything. "

Friday, February 27, 2015


" You are perfect exactly as you are.

With all your flaws and problems,

there’s no need to change anything.

All you need to change is

the thought that

you aren’t good enough. "

Thursday, February 26, 2015


" When we are young,

the words are scattered all around us.

As they are assembled by experience,

so also are we,

sentence by sentence,

until the story takes shape. "

Wednesday, February 25, 2015


“People who matter are most aware 

that everyone else does, too.”

Tuesday, February 24, 2015


" The difference between what you were 

yesterday,

and what you will be tomorrow

is what you do today. "

Monday, February 23, 2015


" There are two ways you can get through pain.

You can let it destroy you,

or you can use it as fuel to drive you:

to dream bigger, to work harder. "

Sunday, February 22, 2015


" Life may have no meaning.

Or even worse,

it may have a meaning

of which I disapprove. "

Saturday, February 21, 2015


" Find a time and place of solitude.

Look into the distance,

and into the future.

Visualize the tomorrow you are going to build,

and begin to build that tomorrow,

today. "

Friday, February 20, 2015


" Never say ‘no’ to adventures.

Always say ‘yes’,

otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life. "

Thursday, February 19, 2015


" If you don’t live on the edge,

you can’t see the view."

Wednesday, February 18, 2015


" Our bodies are our gardens

to which our wills

are gardeners. "

Tuesday, February 17, 2015


" Not only to say the right thing

 in the right place,

but far more difficult,

 to leave unsaid

the wrong thing at the tempting moment. "

Monday, February 16, 2015


" How old would you be if

you didn’t know how old you are? "

Sunday, February 15, 2015


" Life is precious,

do not waste it doing anything

that your heart does not

respect or agree with. "

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Friday, February 13, 2015

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones,
you'll start having positive results.

Thursday, February 12, 2015


" If everyone is thinking alike

then somebody isn’t thinking "

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015


" Little progress can be made

by merely attempting to repress what is evil.

Our great hope lies

in developing what is good "

Monday, February 9, 2015

" You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself

any direction you choose "

Sunday, February 8, 2015


" So many things are possible

just as long as you don’t know

they’re impossible "

Saturday, February 7, 2015


" There are far too many of us

who place far too much stock

in being alive

and far too little in living "

Friday, February 6, 2015


" Look within

Within is the fountain of good,

and it will ever bubble up,

if thou wilt ever dig "


" The practice of forgiveness 

is our most important contribution
 
to the healing of the world. "

Thursday, February 5, 2015


“A society is defined

not only by what it creates,

but by what it refuses to destroy.”

Wednesday, February 4, 2015


“An idealist is one who,

on noticing that

a rose smells better than a cabbage,

concludes that it makes a better soup.”

Tuesday, February 3, 2015


“That the situation appears

 hopeless

should not prevent us from

 doing our best.”

Monday, February 2, 2015


"Thankfully,


dreams can change.


If we’d all stuck with our first dream,


the world would be overrun


with cowboys and princesses "

Sunday, February 1, 2015


“God does not play favorites.

The difference between a flower

or wildflower or weed

is only a matter

of human judgment.”

Saturday, January 31, 2015


"All life is an experiment.

The more experiments you make the better."

Friday, January 30, 2015


“Slow down and

everything you are chasing

will come around

and catch you.”

Thursday, January 29, 2015


“It isn’t your position


that makes you happy or unhappy,


it’s your disposition.”

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, 

you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”


Tuesday, January 27, 2015

“You are the only person on earth

who can use your ability.”

Monday, January 26, 2015

“Children are likely to live up to

 what you 

believe of them.”

Sunday, January 25, 2015


“Courage is the art of being

the only one who knows you’re scared to

 death.”

Saturday, January 24, 2015


" As I get older, I get smaller.

I see other parts of the world I didn’t see

 before.

Other points of view.

I see outside myself more "

Friday, January 23, 2015

" Originality 

is the fine art

of remembering what you hear

but forgetting where you heard it "

Thursday, January 22, 2015


" Growth means change and change involves 

risk,

stepping from the known to the unknown "

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

" It takes nothing away from a human to be 

kind to an animal "

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

“One who fears failure limits his activities.

Failure is only the opportunity

to more intelligently begin again.”

Monday, January 19, 2015


“Happy people plan actions,

they don’t plan results.”

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Saturday, January 17, 2015


“A people without children would face hopeless future.

A country without trees is almost as helpless.”

Friday, January 16, 2015


“The day the child realizes that all adults are

 imperfect,

he becomes an adolescent;

the day he forgives them,

he becomes an adult;

the day he forgives himself,

he becomes wise.”

Thursday, January 15, 2015

The motivational message and 

Motto of The Graham Johnson Cultural Arts

 Endowment is 

"Life Is For The Living"

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

" Strong people are made by opposition like 

kites that go up against the wind. "

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

" Keep your face always toward the sunshine 

and shadows will fall behind you."

Monday, January 12, 2015

" I am so tired of waiting,

Aren’t you,

For the world to become good

And beautiful and kind? "

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Saturday, January 10, 2015


" The early bird gets the worm,

but the second mouse gets the cheese. "

Friday, January 9, 2015

" Inaction breeds doubt and fear.

Action breeds confidence and courage.

If you want to conquer fear,

don’t sit a t home and think about it.

Go out and get busy."

Thursday, January 8, 2015

" Waiting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. "

Wednesday, January 7, 2015


" Success is never final

and failure never fatal.

It is courage that counts. "

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Monday, January 5, 2015


" Remain true to yourself, child.

If you know your own heart,

you will always have one friend

who does not lie "

Sunday, January 4, 2015


" I really believe that everyone

has a talent, ability, or skill

that he can mine to support himself

and to succeed in life "

Saturday, January 3, 2015

" Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that,

but the really great make you feel that you too,can become great. "



" When we show our respect for other living things,

they respond with respect for us. "



" We all live under the same sky,but we don’t all have the same horizon. "

“If The Beatles or the 60’s had a message,it was ‘Learn to swim.And once you’ve learned – swim!”


" Everyone who is successful
must have dreamed of something "

" Don’t walk in front of me,I may not follow;Don’t walk behind me,I may not lead;Walk beside me,and just be my friend. "

“Business today consists
in persuading crowds. “
“Happiness is a by-product.
You cannot pursue it by itself.”

" The Gift of Giving is the Best Gift We Have Been Given "


" Hard work does not kill, Worry does " 

“Waiting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”