Positive Quote Of The Day December 2009 [Archive]

pjbs35a

12-01-2009, 06:24 AM

Great hopes make great men.

-- Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) English Historian

ibrowse17

12-01-2009, 07:30 AM

Thanks:thumbsup:

Jeff

12-01-2009, 08:47 AM

:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-02-2009, 06:06 AM

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

-- Samuel Goldwyn

vizsla

12-03-2009, 05:12 AM

:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-03-2009, 06:08 AM

Laughter is the language of the Gods.

-- Buddhist saying

Jeff

12-03-2009, 08:55 AM

:thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-03-2009, 05:32 PM

So true, thanks:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-04-2009, 05:23 AM

:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-04-2009, 07:06 AM

Don't wait for your "ship to come in" and feel angry and cheated when it doesn't. Get going with something small.

-- Irene Kassorla

Jeff

12-04-2009, 09:07 AM

Me and my canoe are ready to go!:thumbsup:

pdrlkr

12-04-2009, 12:32 PM

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-04-2009, 07:48 PM

Thanks:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-05-2009, 08:14 AM

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

-- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish Writer

ibrowse17

12-05-2009, 12:23 PM

That's so true, thanks:thumbsup:

Jeff

12-05-2009, 12:47 PM

:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-06-2009, 09:31 AM

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

Jeff

12-06-2009, 10:32 AM

Great one!:thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-06-2009, 11:28 AM

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-07-2009, 05:11 AM

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pjbs35a

12-07-2009, 07:22 AM

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

-- William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English Essayist

Jeff

12-07-2009, 08:27 AM

Good one!:thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-07-2009, 08:28 PM

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-08-2009, 05:14 AM

:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-08-2009, 07:29 AM

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence."
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)
Hall of Fame football coach

Jeff

12-08-2009, 10:16 AM

:thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-08-2009, 05:46 PM

Very good, thanks:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-09-2009, 05:16 AM

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pjbs35a

12-09-2009, 07:33 AM

Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

-- Henry Ford (1863-1947) American Industrialist

Jeff

12-09-2009, 09:01 AM

:thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-09-2009, 04:13 PM

So true, thank you:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-10-2009, 07:17 AM

Faith that the thing can be done is essential to any great achievement.

-- Thomas N. Carruther

Jeff

12-10-2009, 07:30 AM

:thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-10-2009, 12:00 PM

Thanks:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-11-2009, 05:11 AM

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pjbs35a

12-11-2009, 09:48 AM

I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort.

-- Elizabeth T. King

ibrowse17

12-11-2009, 06:50 PM

Thanks:thumbsup:

Jeff

12-12-2009, 07:17 AM

Good one!

pjbs35a

12-12-2009, 09:42 AM

A hero is a man who does what he can.

-- Roman Rollard

ibrowse17

12-12-2009, 11:54 AM

Very true, thanks:thumbsup:

Zawadi

12-12-2009, 12:39 PM

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

-- I don't know the original source of this from "Time waits for no man..."

pjbs35a

12-13-2009, 10:36 AM

Most of us miss out on life's big prizes. The Pulitzer. The Nobel. Oscars. Tonys. Emmys. But we're all eligible for life's small pleasures. A pat on the back. A kiss behind the ear. A four-pound bass. A full moon. An empty parking space. A crackling fire. A great meal. A glorious sunset. Hot soup. Cold Root :beer: Float.

-- Anonymous

ibrowse17

12-13-2009, 01:29 PM

Ummm... Root Beer Float...:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-14-2009, 05:24 AM

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pjbs35a

12-14-2009, 07:06 AM

To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals - that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.

-- Honore De Balzac (1799-1850) French Novelist

Jeff

12-14-2009, 09:09 AM

Awesome thought!:thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-14-2009, 05:52 PM

Nice, thank you:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-15-2009, 05:16 AM

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pjbs35a

12-15-2009, 07:04 AM

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

ibrowse17

12-15-2009, 12:00 PM

So true, thanks:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-16-2009, 05:10 AM

:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-16-2009, 07:25 AM

If you have not often felt the joy of doing a kind act, you have neglected much, and most of all yourself.

-- A. Neilen

Jeff

12-16-2009, 08:51 AM

:thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-16-2009, 08:36 PM

Thank you:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-17-2009, 05:06 AM

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pjbs35a

12-17-2009, 07:24 AM

Our real duty is always found running in the direction of our worthiest desires.

-- Randolph S. Bourne (1886-1918) American Writer

R.I.P. - Roy

Jeff

12-17-2009, 08:21 AM

:thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-17-2009, 11:34 AM

Cool, thank you:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-18-2009, 06:03 AM

Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.

-- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English Author

ibrowse17

12-18-2009, 06:57 AM

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

pdrlkr

12-19-2009, 06:14 PM

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-19-2009, 07:10 PM

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.

-- David Seabury

ibrowse17

12-20-2009, 12:57 AM

True, thanks:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-20-2009, 09:45 AM

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
St. Clement of Alexandra

pdrlkr

12-20-2009, 12:13 PM

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-20-2009, 12:50 PM

How right is that?? Thank you:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-21-2009, 05:03 AM

:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-21-2009, 07:38 AM

Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek.
- English Proverb

pdrlkr

12-21-2009, 10:35 AM

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

ibrowse17

12-21-2009, 03:22 PM

Thanks:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-22-2009, 05:08 AM

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pjbs35a

12-22-2009, 06:31 AM

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

-- Charles Du Bos

ibrowse17

12-22-2009, 07:44 AM

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-23-2009, 05:11 AM

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pjbs35a

12-23-2009, 07:49 AM

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

-- Aristotle

ibrowse17

12-23-2009, 10:56 AM

Thanks:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-24-2009, 05:14 AM

:thumbsup:

pdrlkr

12-24-2009, 09:00 AM

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

vizsla

12-25-2009, 06:59 AM

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pjbs35a

12-27-2009, 09:36 AM

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point.

-- Harold B. Melchart

ibrowse17

12-27-2009, 11:39 AM

Thank you:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-28-2009, 05:26 AM

:thumbsup:

vizsla

12-29-2009, 05:28 AM

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pjbs35a

12-29-2009, 05:54 AM

Every man stamps his value on himself... man is made great or small by his own will.

-- J.C.F. von Schiller

vizsla

12-30-2009, 07:06 AM

:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-30-2009, 07:26 AM

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.

-- Erastus Wiman

Jeff

12-30-2009, 09:44 AM

Very true:thumbsup:

pjbs35a

12-31-2009, 07:34 AM

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

-- Agatha Christie

Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010!
Another POSITIVE year!