Positive Quote Of The Day February 2019

[pjbs35a]

"Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young."- A.W. Pinero (1855 - 1934) English actor

[Jeff]

:thumbsup: Fantastic

[pjbs35a]

"Power is the ability to do good things for others."- Brooke Astor (1902 - 2007) American philanthropist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that."- Linda Ellerbee (1944) American Journalist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible."--Arthur C. Clarke

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Have the courage and the wisdom and the vision to raise a definite standard that will appeal to the best that is in man, and then strive mightily toward that goal."
- Harold E. Stassen (1907 - 2001) 25th Governor of Minnesota

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16 KJV

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"So let us go forward quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light." - Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) Dutch Post-Impressionist painter

[Jeff]

:thumbsup: Quietly would be nice!

[pjbs35a]

"Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives."- Dumas The Younger (1824 - 1895) French author and playwright

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success; we often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."--Samuel Smiles

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"You can be the ripest, juciest peach in the world, and there are still going to be some people who hate peaches."--Dita Von Teese

[Jeff]

Good point!

[pjbs35a]

"I think that how one lives is more important than how long one lives So I don't feel too bad."- Lim Yoon-taek (1980 - 2013) 32 Year old South Korean singer and cancer victim

[Jeff]

Courageous!

[pjbs35a]

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."- Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) Spanish painter, sculptor

[Simba Cub]

I'm loving this thread!

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

I'm loving this thread!

Welcome!

[pjbs35a]

"Students gain lasting self-confidence not by being protected from failure but by learning they can survive it."- Tony Wagner, teacher and author

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:Very true

[pjbs35a]

"Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps to define me as a man to whom details matter. Well-tailored clothing is a celebration of precision. When I'm wearing one of my custom suits, I'm in harmony with my highest ideals, my worship of great workmanship."- Gay Talese (1932) Writer



How/When did we get away from this way of thinking?

[Jeff]

I think it all started with “sweat pant Thursday”!

[pjbs35a]

I think it all started with “sweat pant Thursday”!

And went downhill from there.

[pjbs35a]

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say, ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” Fred Rogers - Spoken in 1994, quoted in his obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

“You know, I think everybody longs to be loved, and longs to know that he or she is lovable. And, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they’re loved and capable of loving.”—America’s Favorite Neighbor(television documentary), 2003.

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

“I believe that appreciation is a holy thing, that when we look for what’s best in the person we happen to be with at the moment, we’re doing what God does; so in appreciating our neighbor, we’re participating in something truly sacred.”Fred Rogers—Commencement Address at Middlebury College May, 2001

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:That is an awesome thought!

[pjbs35a]

“Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.” ― Fred Rogers

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

“Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect. ” ― Fred Rogers

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:some of us figured that our pretty fast!

[pjbs35a]

Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered . . . just one kind word to another person.- Fred Rogers

[pjbs35a]

“Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love. Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.”- Fred Rogers

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:Fred is on a roll of great advice

[pjbs35a]

“There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.”- Fred Rogers

[pjbs35a]

"We must find time to stop and thank the people who have made a difference in our lives."- Dan Zadra (1984)Austrian politician and lawyer

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American Poet and Essayist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure."- Colin Powell (1937) American Military Leader and Diplomat

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him."- Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) American Educator and Black Leader

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong."- Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - 2008) British Science Fiction Writer

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

"Wine is sunlight, held together by water."- Bernardo Bertolucci (1941 - 2018) Italian film director



BUT ONLY WITH A VALID ID!

[Jeff]

Only if it’s cherry wine from Michigan!