131 posts tagged “quote of the day”
“Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts.”
——Charles Dickens (1812-70), novelist
“Love yourself — accept yourself — forgive yourself — and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.”
—Dr. Leonardo Buscaglia (1924-1998); professor, author
“Life means to have something definite to do—a mission to fulfill—and in the measure in which we avoid setting our life to something, we make it empty. Human life, by its very nature, has to be dedicated to something.”
—Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955); philosopher
“The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.”
—Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959); film producer and director
“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”
—Gail Devers (b.1966); three-time Olympic 100 meter champion
“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.”
—Bruce Barton (1886-1967): politician, author, executive
“With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.”
—Keshavan Nair; author, speaker
“As for courage and will we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead. ”
—Andre Norton (1912-2005), novelist
This is dedicated to the selfish of heart. Good luck out there.
“I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950), author
My fantastic friend Barb showed up at my place last night with this very appropriate gift.
Damn, she knows me well.
Now all I need is a crisp C-note and some loosely cut diamonds to snort up my nose off this thing.
