Live in Vain???

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin Into his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
-- Emily Dickinson

Dreams - Coolidge

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than
unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve
the problems of the human race.
-- Calvin Coolidge

forgiveness

~ Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. ~
share this Forgiveness saying Harriet Nelson


~ Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. ~
share this Forgiveness saying Jean Richter


~ The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~
share this Forgiveness saying Mahatma Gandhi


~ Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives. ~
share this Forgiveness saying Lawana Blackwell


~ The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~
share this Forgiveness saying Mahatma Gandhi


~ To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. ~
share this Forgiveness saying Robert Muller


~ Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. ~
share this Forgiveness saying Paul Boese


~ Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. ~
share this Forgiveness saying Isaac Friedmann


~ To err is human, to forgive, divine. ~
share this Forgiveness saying Alexander Pope


~ The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather, understand one another. ~
share this Forgiveness saying Emma Goldman

pleasure

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. ~
share this Pleasure saying Bertrand Russell


~ Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave. ~
share this Pleasure saying Augustine J Duganne


~ Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. ~
share this Pleasure saying William Henley


~ Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. ~
share this Pleasure saying Jean de Boufflers


~ Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. ~
share this Pleasure saying Jane Austen

Success

"Every one of us, unconsciously, works out a personal philosophy of life, by which we are guided, inspired, and corrected, as time goes on. It is this philosophy by which we measure out our days, and by which we advertise to all about us the man, or woman, that we are. . . . It takes but a brief time to scent the life philosophy of anyone. It is defined in the conversation, in the look of the eye, and in the general mien of the person. It has no hiding place. It's like the perfume of the flower — unseen, but known almost instantly. It is the possession of the successful, and the happy. And it can be greatly embellished by the absorption of ideas and experiences of the useful of this earth." George Matthew Adams

Inspiration

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly. - Thomas H. Huxley, 1825-1895

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. - John Locke, 1632-1704

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.' - Earl Warren, 1891-1974

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. - Bob Dylan, 1941-?

Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers. - Leigh Hunt, 1784-1859

Birthday quotes

# Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. - Charles Schultz

# Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them. - Anna Magnani

# Happiness is good health and a bad memory. - Ingrid Bergman

# Birth may be a matter of a moment, but it is a unique one. - Frederick Leboyer

# Youth is the gift of nature, but age is the work of art. - Garson Kanin

# Whatever with the past has gone, the best is always yet to come. - Lucy Larcom

# Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend. - John Lyle

# There are days of oldness, and then one gets young again. - Katherine Butler Hathaway

# At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up like a cabbage. - John Andrew Holmes

# Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do about it. - Golda Meir

# It's sad to grow old, but nice to ripen. - Brigitte Bardot

# If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people. - Jim Eason

# Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation. - Unknown

# When I passed forty I dropped pretense, ‘cause men like women who got some sense. - Maya Angelou

# Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these. - Susan B. Anthony

# To me, old age is always ten years older than I am. - John Burroughs

# The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines. - Plato

# Lead me not into temptation; I can find it myself. - Unknown

# Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. - Mark Twain

# We grow too soon old and too late smart. - Pennsylvania Dutch proverb

# Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. - Chinese proverb

# Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night. - Unknown

# Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. - Groucho Marx

Knowledge

"The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was given - all these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others." Frederic William Maitland

Civilization

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Strategy

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.
Paulo Coelho

Promise Yourself

Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can
disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to
every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel like there is
something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your
optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best,
and expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on the
greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give
every living person you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, and too
strong for fear, and to happy to permit the
presence of trouble.

The Optimist Creed
From The Optimist International

Humility

“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”- 2 Chronicles 7:14