Tact and courtesy
“Don’t flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes
Take the rest as it happens
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.” –Epictetus
Take to the oars
“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” –Latin Proverb
Television education
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” –Groucho
That word is love
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.” –Sophocles
That’s funny…
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’, but ‘That’s funny…’ –Isaac Asimov
The Answer
“There is no answer. There never has been an answer. There never will be an answer. That’s the answer.” –Gertrude Stein
The best and most beautiful things
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor touched…but are felt in the heart.” –Hellen Keller
The best time to plant
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” –Chinese Proverb
The chain of destiny
“It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped on link at a time.” –Sir Winston Churchill
The flexible
“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” –Unknown
The great rulers
“The great rulers -the people do not notice their existence. The lesser ones they attach to and praise them. The still lesser ones -they fear them. The still lesser ones -they despise them. For where faith is lacking it cannot be met by faith.” –Tao Te Ching
The harder I work
“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” –Thomas Jefferson
The highest reward
“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.” –John Ruskin
The kinds of things that come from the heart
“Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you won’t be dissatisfied, you won’t be envious, you won’t be longing for somebody else’s things. On the contrary, you’ll be overwhelmed with what comes back.” –Morrie Schwartz
The Life Imagined
“It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.” –Henry James
The medium of television
“Television -a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done.” –Ernie Kovacs
The mind can’t possibly address these issues
“It’s an illusion that the mind, through technological inventions, will correct the current environment of stress, because this environment is powered by self-centeredness, ambition, competition, and addiction to stimulation. As I’ve said many times, the mind can’t possibly address these issues without consulting the intelligence of the heart. It’s essential for us to learn the ways of love and then shape them into an intelligent format for basic living. Through intentionally practicing more love and care, people can bring in more of their own spirit, resulting in a deeper bonding with one another and with God or their personal Source.” –Doc Childre
The more you need imagination
“The more you revere facts, the more resistant you are to change. The faster things change, the less you can use facts and the more you need imagination.” –Stanley Davis
The most handicapped person
“The most handicapped person in the world is a negative thinker.” –Heather Whitestone, former Miss America…she is deaf
The most pleasant and useful persons
“The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about.” –Don Marquis
The Power to Change
“In the power to change yourself is the power to change the world around you.” –Anwar Sadat
The problem is not that there are problems
“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.” –Theodore Rubin
The shoe that fits
“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.” –Carl Jung
The state of your life
“The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.” –Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
The thing you think you cannot do
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face… You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
The third and fourth tries
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” –James Michener
The universe is full of magical things
“The Universe is Full of magical things Patiently waiting For our Wits to grow sharper.” –Eden Phillips
The universe is full of magical things
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” –Eden Phillpotts
The work of one extraordinary one
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” –Elbert Hubbard
There is no greater investment
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There is no greater investment.” –Stephen Covey
There you are!
“There are two types of people. Those who come into a room and say, ‘Well, here I am!’ and those who come in and say, ‘Ah, there you are.’” –Frederick Collins
They have the heart
“Volunteers don’t necessarily have the time, but they have the heart.” –Unknown
Third act of life
“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.” –Truman Capote
Thoroughly used up
“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live.” –George Bernard Shaw
Those who win
“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.” –Richard Bach
Three ingredients to the good life
“There are three ingredients to the good life; learning, earning, and yearning.” –Christopher Morley
Three R’s
“You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 Rs, only one begins with an R.” –Dennis Miller
Three winter months
“One kind word can warm three winter months.” –Japanese proverb
Through changing
“When you’re through changing, you’re through.” –Bruce Barton
Throwing kisses
“People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.” –Bob Hope
Tie a knot
“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt
Time changes
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” –Andy Warhol
Time cools, clarifies
“Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.” –Mark Twain
Time doing nothing
“You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.” –Mortimer Adler
Time is also a companion
“Someone once told me that time is a predator that stalks us all our lives. But maybe time is also a companion … who goes with us on a journey and reminds us to cherish the moments of our lives – because they will never come again. We are, after all, only mortal.” –Captain Jean-Luc Picard – “Star Trek Generations”
Time is not a line
“Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.” –Taisen Deshimaru
Time to be dead
“Enjoy life. There’s plenty of time to be dead.” –Anonymous
Times of disorder
“Just as the tumultuous chaos of a thunderstorm brings a nurturing rain that allows life to flourish, so too in human affairs times of advancement are preceded by times of disorder. Success comes to those who can weather the storm.” –I CHING
To avoid criticism
“To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” –Elbert Hubbard
To exist is to change
“For a conscious person, to exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” –Henri Bergson
To find peace
“There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.” –Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
To get what they want…
“People may or may not say what they mean … but they always say something designed to get what they want.” –David Mamet
To have more to give
“The whole reason to get is to have more to give.” –Mark Victor Hansen
Toiling to Become
“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.” –John Ruskin
Tomorrow
“‘Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.’ Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow’s work slop backwards into today’s, and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow.” –J. A. Spender
Tomorrow is a new day
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Too small for you
“Anything that does not bring you fully alive is too small for you.” –David Whyte
Touching hands
“Touching hands are not like pharmaceuticals or scalpels. They are like flashlights in a darkened room. The medicine they administer is self-awareness. And for many of our painful conditions, this is the aid that is most urgently needed.” –Deane Juhan
Translate intention into reality
“Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and then sustain it.” –Warren Bennis
Treasures
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” –Thornton Wilder
Treating the whole person
“Experience has taught me that we have to take care of ourselves from the outside in as well as from the inside out. In other words, we need to take care of our internal health as well as our physical appearance, and our mental and spiritual well-being. You may think I’m stating the obvious, but I think the reason so many programs fail is that they focus on one body part at a time instead of treating the whole person.” –Dr. Julian Whitaker
Triumph of machine
“[Television is] the triumph of machine over people.” –Fred Allen
True leisure
“He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.” –Henry David Thoreau
True silence
“True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” –William Penn
Trust men
“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Trusted with everything
“He who needs nothing can be trusted with everything.” –Gary Renard
Trusting and being myself
“When I’m trusting and being myself… everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously.” –Shakti Gawain
Trustworthy
“The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.” –Henry L. Stimson
TV news performs well when…
“The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.” –David Brinkley
Underestimate the power of touch
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” –Leo F. Buscaglia
Unhurried sense of time
“An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.” –Bonnie Friedman
Unlived life
“Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.” –Carl Jung
Unmasked by fortune
“Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.” –Suzanne Necker
Veggie humor
“We’ll have a hamburger and a Veggie Burger, please.” “Two burgers, one regular, one de-calf!” –Heard in a west coast diner
Victory over one’s self
“There is no finer sensation in life than that which comes with victory over one’s self. It feels good to go fronting into a hard wind, winning against its power; but it feels a thousand times better to go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.” –Vash Young
Virtue of Gratitude
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” –Cicero
Vision
“We go where our vision is.” –Joseph Murphy
Vision is not enough
“Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.” –Vaclav Havel
Volunteers
“Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another.” –Erma Brombeck
Voyage of discovery
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in making new landscapes but in having new eyes.” –Marcel Proust
Waiting to be known
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” –Carl Sagan
Wake up and claim our birthright
“I’ve continued to recognize the power individuals have to change virtually anything and everything in their lives in an instant. I’ve learned that the resources we need to turn our dreams into reality are within us, merely waiting for the day when we decide to wake up and claim our birthright.” –Tony Robbins
Walking
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” –Thomas Jefferson
Wanting what you have
“When you can’t have what you want, it’s time to start wanting what you have.” –Kathleen A. Sutton
Wasted days
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” –e e cummings
We are what we…
“We are what we repeatedly do.” –Aristotle
We cannot teach people anything
“We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.” –Galileo Galilei
We Dance!
“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.” –Albert Einstein
We don’t know
“We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything.” –Thomas A. Edison
We have much to do together
“We have much to do together. Let us do it in wisdom and love and joy. Let us make this the human experience.” –Gary Zukav
We shape our lives
“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
Weak can never forgive
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” –Mahatma Gandhi
Wear out!
“It is better to wear out than to rust out.” –Bishop Richard Cumberland
What a pessimist is
“Do you know what a pessimist is? A person who thinks everybody as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.” –George Bernard Shaw
What lies within
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
What makes us sick and well
“Love and intimacy are the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. I am not aware of any other factor in medicine – not diet, not smoking, not exercise… not drugs, not surgery – that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death.” –Dean Ornish
What someone else thinks of you
If your happiness depends on what someone else thinks of you, you’ll never have control of your life. And you’ll never be happy. –Paul Myers
What we do for others
“The greatest good is what we do for others.” –Mother Teresa
What we may be
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” –William Shakespeare
What you believe
“Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are.” –Noah Porter
What you can do…
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” –John Wooden
Whatever comes…
“Trust yourself to meet and greet whatever comes, and no one need be ‘trustworthy’ again.” –Christine Felker
When eagles are silent
“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.” –Sir Winston Churchill
When everything goes dead wrong
“Tis easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows like a song. But the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.” –Ella Wheeler Wilcox
When love and skill work together
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.” –John Ruskin
When they believe in themselves
“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.” –Norman Vincent Peale
Where others end in failure
“Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.” –Edward Eggleston
Where the fruit is
“Why not go out on a limb–that’s where all the fruit is!” –Mark Twain
White lies
“Those that think it permissible to tell white lies soon grow color blind.” –Austin O’Malley
Who can never repay
“You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” –Unknown
Who will be really happy?
“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.” –Albert Schweitzer
Whole Universe
“A human being is part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe’; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest–a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compasion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely but striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.” –Albert Einstien
Why not at seventeen?
“Why can’t life’s problems hit us when we’re seventeen and know everything?” –A.C. Jolly
William Shakespeare
“Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.” –Shakespeare
Winners do the uncomfortable
“Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.” –Ed Foreman
Wise and otherwise
“Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.” –Tobias George Smolett
With time and patience
“With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.” –Chinese Proverb
World peace from inner peace
“It is essential to know that to be a happy person, a happy family, a happy society, it is very crucial to have a good heart, that is very crucial. World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just the absence of violence but the manifestation of human compassion.” –Dalai Lama
You are not alone
“When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within.” –Epictetus
You are what you think
“You are what you think about all day long.” –Dr. Robert Schuller
You can become blind
“You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.” –Paulo Coelho
You can’t choose
“You can’t choose the ways in which you’ll be tested.” –Robert J. Sawyer
You live the consequences
“You choose, you live the consequences. Every yes, no, maybe, creates the school you call your personal experience.” –Richard Bach
You wouldn’t have them over…
“Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn’t have in your home.” –David Frost
You’ll be right
“Think you can, think you can’t; either way, you’ll be right.” –Henry Ford
You, too, can become great
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” –Mark Twain
You, too, can become great!
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” –Mark Twain
Young soldiers
“It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray-haired. But most of them were boys when they died, they gave up two lives –the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their county, for us. All we can do is remember.” –Ronald Reagan
Younger at sixty
“Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty.” –Ellen Glasgow
Your best is going to change
“Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstances, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.” –Don Miguel Ruiz
Your own recovery
“Make your own recovery the first priority in your life.” –Robin Norwood
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