Quit worrying
“Quit worrying about your health. It’ll go away.” –Robert Orben
Rat race
“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.” –Lily Tomlin
Rather than accuse them
“As I get older, I’ve learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.” –Po Bronson
Read in theory
“However much thou art read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.” –Sa’di
Read meat
“Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT’S bad for you!” –Tommy Smothers
Reading
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” –Sir Richard Steele
Real estate above principles
“Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.” –George Jean Nathan
Real power and energy
“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.” –Margaret Wheatley
Regret
“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only for wallowing in.” –Katherine Mansfield
Relinquish our certainty
“The need to relinquish our certainty lies at the heart both of modern science and ancient spirituality. From the science of Complexity, Ilya Prigogine tells us that, “The future is uncertain. . .but such uncertainty lies at the very heart of human creativity.” It is uncertainty that creates the space for invention. We must let go, clear the space, leap into the void of not-knowing, if we want to discover anything new.” –Margaret Wheatley
Rest satisfied
“Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.” –Pythagoras
Retirement
“Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.” –George Burns
Rich according to what he is
“It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.” –Henry Ward Beecher
Ripen
“It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.” –Brigitte Bardot
Risk Blossoming
“And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” –Anais Nin
Risk going too far
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” –T. S. Eliot
Ruffled mind
“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.” –Charlotte Bronte
Scars
“Every winner has scars.” –Herbert N. Casson
Science primitive and childlike
“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike — and yet it is the most precious thing we have.” –Albert Einstein
Scientific power
“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” –Martin Luther King Jr.
Seed of an equal or greater benefit
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” –Napoleon Hill
Seeing it for the first time or last
“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.” –Betty Smith
Sees the need
“Charity sees the need not the cause.” –German Proverb
Self pity
“There are few human emotions as warm, comforting, and enveloping as self-pity. And nothing is more corrosive and destructive. There is only one answer; turn away from it and move on.” –Dr. Megan Reik
Self-development
“Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.” –Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Self-respect
“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” –Abraham J. Heschel
Set yourself on fire
“Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” –Reggie Leach
Ship in a harbor
“A ship in harbor is safe–but that’s not what a ship was built for.” –MMF in Earlytorise
Shooting as a sport
“The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.” –P. G. Wodehouse.
Show the world all the love in your heart
“You’ve got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, and show the world all the love in your heart.” –Carole King
Shut my eyes
“I shut my eyes in order to see.” –Paul Gauguin
Silence within
“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.” –Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Skinned knees
“You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it’s worth it if you score a spectacular goal.” –Mia Hamm
Sleep like a baby
“People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.” –Leo J. Burke
Small tasks as if they were great and noble
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks, as if they were great and noble.” –Helen Keller
Small things with great love
“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” –Mother Teresa
Solitude
“There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.” –Colette
Some in calm, some in storm
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.” –Willa Cather
Some of your life
“Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.” –Dr. Thomas Dooley
Somewhere along the line
“Somewhere along the line we discover who we really are, and then make our real decisions for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else’s life.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
Sorrow
“Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.” –Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Sound mind, sound body
“A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.” –John Locke
Sounds travels slowly
“Sound travels slowly. Sometimes the things you say when your kids are teenagers don’t reach them till they’re in their 40s.” –Parents
Space isn’t remote
“Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.” –Fred Hoyle
Speak when angry
“Speak when you are angry–and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” –Laurence J. Peter
Speak when angry
“Speak when you are angry–and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” –Laurence J. Peter
Spending oneself
“Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.” –Sarah Bernhardt
Spirit working with the hand
“Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.” –Leonardo da Vinci
Still and alive
“We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to vibrantly alive in repose.” –Indira Gandhi
Still in the midst
“We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” –Indira Gandhi
Still learning
“I am still learning.” –Michelangelo
Still mind
“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.” –Lao Tzu
Still more complicated
“I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.” –Poul Anderson
Strain in each other
“Be on the lookout for strain in each other, and with compassion and understanding, lend a helping hand and a mature heart. Helping each other manage emotional strain can yield creative alternatives and build a new foundation for heart-based communication and hope.” –Doc Childre
Strong Will
“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” –Henry Ward Beecher
Sundial in the shade
“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?” –Ben Franklin
Survive every moment except…
“We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one.” –John Updike
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