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Friday 30 November 2012

78/365 - Luck in Life (Mother Teresa)


“God made the world for the delight of human beings-- 
if we could see His goodness everywhere,
 His concern for us, 
His awareness of our needs: 
the phone call we've waited for,
 the ride we are offered,
 the letter in the mail, 
just the little things He does for us throughout the day.

 As we remember and notice His love for us, 
we just begin to fall in love with Him 
because He is so busy with us --
 you just can't resist Him. 

I believe there's no such thing as luck in life, 
it's God's love, it's His.”

  - Mother Teresa
(A Simple Path: Mother Teresa)



Thursday 29 November 2012

Wednesday 28 November 2012

76/365 - To live on top of the Mountain (Andy Rooney)


“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain,
 but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.”
 
- Andy Rooney





Tuesday 27 November 2012

75/365 - When the People (Thomas Jefferson)


“When the people fear the government 
there is tyranny, 
when the government fears the people 
there is liberty.”

  - Thomas Jefferson



Monday 26 November 2012

74/365 - My Apple Tree (Martin Luther King Jr.)


“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces,
 I would still plant my apple tree.”

  - Martin Luther King Jr.



Sunday 25 November 2012

73/365 - Grab on with Both Hands (Christine Feehan)


“Life gives us choices. 

You either grab on with both hands
 and just go for it,
 or you sit on the sidelines.”

  - Christine Feehan
(Night Game)


Saturday 24 November 2012

Friday 23 November 2012

71/365 - Little Cost in the Giving ( F. Scott Fitzgerald)


“It was only a sunny smile,
and little it cost in the giving, 
but like morning light it scattered the night
 and made the day worth living.”

  - F. Scott Fitzgerald



Thursday 22 November 2012

Wednesday 21 November 2012

Tuesday 20 November 2012

68/365 - The only cure for loneliness (Mother Teresa)


“The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy;
 it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for.

 We can cure physical diseases with medicine, 
but the only cure for loneliness, 
despair, and hopelessness
  is love.

 There are many in the world who are dying
 for a piece of bread 
but there are many more dying for a little love.

 The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -
 it is not only a poverty of loneliness
 but also of spirituality. 

There's a hunger for love,
 as there is a hunger for God.”

- Mother Teresa
 (A Simple Path: Mother Teresa)



Monday 19 November 2012

67/365 - Power over your mind (Marcus Aurelius)

“You have power over your mind - 
not outside events. 

Realize this, and you will find strength.”

  - Marcus Aurelius



Sunday 18 November 2012

66/365 - The Race (Garth Stein)


“There is no dishonor in losing the race.

There is only dishonor in not racing
 because you are afraid to lose.”

  - Garth Stein
(The Art of Racing in the Rain)


Saturday 17 November 2012

65/365 - The Beauty of the Earth (Rachel Carson)


“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth 
find reserves of strength 
 that will endure as long as life lasts. 

There is something infinitely healing
in the repeated refrains of nature -- 
the assurance that dawn comes after night, 
and spring after winter.”

  - Rachel Carson
(Silent Spring)


Friday 16 November 2012

64/365 - Loyalty to who I am (Jarod Kintz)


“Just because I liked something at one point in time
 doesn’t mean I’ll always like it, 
or that I have to go on liking it at all points in time 
as an unthinking act of loyalty to who I am as a person, 
based solely on who I was as a person.

 To be loyal to myself
 is to allow myself to grow and change, 
and challenge who I am and what I think.

 The only thing I am for sure is unsure, 
and this means I’m growing, 
and not stagnant or shrinking. 
”

  - Jarod Kintz



Thursday 15 November 2012

63/365 - Tomorrow will be better (Morgan Matson)


“Tomorrow will be better.”

“But what if it’s not?” I asked.

“Then you say it again tomorrow. 
Because it might be. 
You never know, right? 
At some point, tomorrow will be better.”

  - Morgan Matson
(Amy and Roger's Epic Detour)



Wednesday 14 November 2012

62/365 - A Little bit of Summer (Henry David Thoreau)


“One must maintain a little bit of summer, 
even in the middle of winter.”

  - Henry David Thoreau



Tuesday 13 November 2012

61/365 - Into a Golden Haze (Elinor Glyn)


“Romance is the glamour
 which turns the dust of everyday life
 into a golden haze. ”
 
- Elinor Glyn


Monday 12 November 2012

60/365 - A Single Heart (Mahatma Gandhi)


“To give pleasure to a single heart 
by a single act
 is better than a thousand heads 
bowing in prayer.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

Saturday 10 November 2012

58/365 - There are years (Zora Neale Hurston)



“There are years that ask questions
 and years that answer.”

  - Zora Neale Hurston
(Their Eyes Were Watching God)


Friday 9 November 2012

57/365 - The things you do for yourself (Kalu Kalu)


“The things you do for yourself 
are gone when you are gone,
but the things you do for others 
remain as your legacy.”

  - Kalu Kalu


Thursday 8 November 2012

56/365 - Who you are (Thomas Jefferson)


“Do you want to know who you are? 

Don't ask.
 Act! 

Action will delineate and define you.”

  - Thomas Jefferson



Wednesday 7 November 2012

55/365 - The Most important of all the Virtues (Maya Angelou)


“Courage: 
the most important of all the virtues
because without courage, 
you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

  - Maya Angelou


Tuesday 6 November 2012

54/365 - What you do (Jane Goodall)


“What you do makes a difference, 
and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
 
- Jane Goodall



Monday 5 November 2012

53/365 - When we love (Paulo Coelho)


“When we love, 
we always strive to become better than we are. 

When we strive to become better than we are, 
everything around us becomes better too.”

- Paulo Coelho
(The Alchemist)



Sunday 4 November 2012

Saturday 3 November 2012

Friday 2 November 2012

50/365 - I do not fear death (Mark Twain)


“I do not fear death. 

I had been dead for billions and billions of years 
 before I was born,
 and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”

- Mark Twain



Thursday 1 November 2012

49/365 - You is Kind (Kathryn Stockett)


“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”
 
- Kathryn Stockett
(The Help)