Positive Quote Of The Day September 2010

[pjbs35a]

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

-- Howard W. Newton

[ibrowse17]

So true, thank you:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing
for this, I was training for this.

-- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and
to have it found out by accident.

-- Charles Lamb (1775-1834) British Essayist

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

-- Charles Gordy

[ibrowse17]

So true, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

There is nothing so comfortable as money, - but nothing so defiling
if it be come by unworthily; nothing so comfortable, but nothing so
noxious if the mind be allowed to dwell upon it constantly. If a man
have enough, let him spend it freely. If he wants it,let him earn it
honestly.

-- Anonymous

[ibrowse17]

Thank you:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing -- and does it well.

-- E. Merrill Root (1895-1973) American Writer

[ibrowse17]

Thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate
the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.

-- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American Poet

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions
by the application of reason.

-- Marya Mannes (1904-1990) American Journalist

[ibrowse17]

True, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

-- George Eliot (1819-1880) English Novelist

[ibrowse17]

I agree, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

-- Lord Byron (1788-1824) English Poet

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and
richness to life that nothing else can bring.

-- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish Dramatist and Poet

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach
them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try
to follow where they lead.

-- Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) American Writer

[ibrowse17]

Interesting, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and
have an idea that is obviously impossible.

-- Dr. Frank Richards (1875-1961) English Writer

[ibrowse17]

True, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to
hard work, perseverance and determination.

-- Sir Frederick Treves (1853-1923) English Surgeon

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

I had rather do and not promise than promise and not do.

-- Arthur Warwick

[ibrowse17]

Agreed, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior
teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

-- William Arthur Ward

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of
improving, and that's your own self.

-- Aldous Huxley (1864-1963) English Novelist

[ibrowse17]

Thank you:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven
constitutes perfect virtue... gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity,
earnestness, and kindness.

-- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of
honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the
goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means.

-- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist

[Jeff]

Nice one!

[ibrowse17]

Thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world
without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to
honor.

-- James Lane Allen (1849-1925) American Author

[ibrowse17]

Very nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

When nothing is sure, everything is possible.

-- Margaret Drabble (1939-) English Novelist

[ibrowse17]

So true, thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but
through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
Indira Gandhi

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

-- Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Albanian Missionary

[pjbs35a]

If you have made mistakes...there is always another chance for
you...you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this
thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying
down.

-- Mary Pickford (1893-1979) Canadian Actress

[garymacd]

Good one.

[pjbs35a]

The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small
stones.

-- Chinese proverb

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to "jump at the Sun."
We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the
ground.

-- Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960) American Writer

[ibrowse17]

Thank you:thumbsup: