It's Monday and it is time for the Quote of the Week!! Enjoy!
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"The single most important decision any of us will ever make is whether or not to believe the universe is friendly."
Albert Einstein
(I think I am going for friendly! How about you?)
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic from April 10, 2000
“You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face,
And show the world all the love in your heart…
People gonna treat you better,
You're gonna find, yes you will
That you are as beautiful as you feel!”
Carole King
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
26 October 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files for October 11, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week. These quotes are Inspired by my great day outdoors this past Saturday hiking, rock-scrambling and climbing the Lemon Squeeze while sharing this experience with good friends.
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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
Henry David Thoreau
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"Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence."
Alfred Billings Street
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“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stayout till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
John Muir
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“Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way.”
Dr. Seuss
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
Henry David Thoreau
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"Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence."
Alfred Billings Street
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“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stayout till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
John Muir
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“Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way.”
Dr. Seuss
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
From the Quote of the Week Files for October 4, 2010
Yes, It is the Quote of the Week! Promoting Cosmic Wisdom at Bargain Basement Prices! When to Hang On, When to Let Go? Tough decision for many of us. Here are three Recycled Quote of the Week Classics that address this issue!!
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“To let go isn’t to forget, not to think about, or ignore. It doesn’t leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or regret. Letting go isn’t about winning or losing. It’s not about pride and it’s not about how you appear, and it’s not obsessing or dwelling on the past. Letting go isn’t blocking memories or thinking sad thoughts, and doesn’t leave emptiness, hurt, or sadness. It’s not about giving in or giving up. Letting go isn’t about loss and it’s not about defeat.
To let go is to cherish the memories, but to overcome and move on. It is having an open mind confidence in the future. Letting go is learning and experiencing and growing. To let go is to be thankful for the experiences that made you laugh, made you cry, and made you grow. It’s about all that you have, all that you had, and all that you will soon gain. Letting go is having the courage to accept change, and the strength to keep moving.”
Author Unknown
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"When you come to the end of your rope -- tie a knot in it and HANG ON!"
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"Evolving lives create changing perspectives, so it’s quite normal for accumulated burdens to be offloaded somewhere down the road. When that time comes, do it. Put the baggage down and walk toward sunshine. It won’t take long to get there."
Author Unknown
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Wishing you a most beautiful day,wherever this may find you!
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“To let go isn’t to forget, not to think about, or ignore. It doesn’t leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or regret. Letting go isn’t about winning or losing. It’s not about pride and it’s not about how you appear, and it’s not obsessing or dwelling on the past. Letting go isn’t blocking memories or thinking sad thoughts, and doesn’t leave emptiness, hurt, or sadness. It’s not about giving in or giving up. Letting go isn’t about loss and it’s not about defeat.
To let go is to cherish the memories, but to overcome and move on. It is having an open mind confidence in the future. Letting go is learning and experiencing and growing. To let go is to be thankful for the experiences that made you laugh, made you cry, and made you grow. It’s about all that you have, all that you had, and all that you will soon gain. Letting go is having the courage to accept change, and the strength to keep moving.”
Author Unknown
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"When you come to the end of your rope -- tie a knot in it and HANG ON!"
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"Evolving lives create changing perspectives, so it’s quite normal for accumulated burdens to be offloaded somewhere down the road. When that time comes, do it. Put the baggage down and walk toward sunshine. It won’t take long to get there."
Author Unknown
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Wishing you a most beautiful day,wherever this may find you!
From the Quote of the Week Files; September 27, 2010
Remembering my Dad...
"All that we can know about those we have loved and lost is that they would wish us to remember them with a more intensified realization of their reality. What is essential does not die but clarifies. The highest tribute to the dead is not grief, but gratitude."
Thornton Wilder
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My memories are rich. Thanks Dad.
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Robert I Nolan
June 8, 1923 - September 27, 2009
"All that we can know about those we have loved and lost is that they would wish us to remember them with a more intensified realization of their reality. What is essential does not die but clarifies. The highest tribute to the dead is not grief, but gratitude."
Thornton Wilder
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My memories are rich. Thanks Dad.
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Robert I Nolan
June 8, 1923 - September 27, 2009
From the Quote of the Week Files; September 20, 2010
Some Estonian proverbs are this week's quotes! Why you may ask. Well that is where I was this past weekend visiting family and it was wonderful!!!
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"Beauty does not fill your tummy."
"Where there's work, there's bread."
"Who does not thank for little will not thank for much."
"Man is after money, but money is after his soul."
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours
A Swedish Proverb
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"Beauty does not fill your tummy."
"Where there's work, there's bread."
"Who does not thank for little will not thank for much."
"Man is after money, but money is after his soul."
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours
A Swedish Proverb
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
15 September 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; September 13, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week! This week's quote is dedicated to my nephew Jesse and his new bride Karissa. They got married this past Saturday by a lake underneath a large elderly pine tree with a fantastic mountain view in beautiful Lake Tahoe, California. Congratulations Jesse and Karissa!!!
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"All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need."
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
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"They gave each other a smile with a future in it!"
Ring Lardner
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A recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
T.S. Eliot
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need."
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
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"They gave each other a smile with a future in it!"
Ring Lardner
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A recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
T.S. Eliot
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
07 September 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; September 6, 2010
Hello Everybody and Welcome to the Quote of the Week. Did you know that the Quote of the Week is Cruelty Free? I do not test the Quote of the Week on innocent lab animals. Enjoy this week's short quote!
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"My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot."
Ashleigh Brilliant
(Do you feel like that sometime? I do (unfortunately much of the time ;-) )
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration,
I can humiliate or horror, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated and a person is humanized or de-humanized.
If we treat people as they are, we make them worse.
If we treat people as they could be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.
J.W. Goethe
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May every moment in my life and the lives of others be one of wisdom, flourishing and inner peace!
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"My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot."
Ashleigh Brilliant
(Do you feel like that sometime? I do (unfortunately much of the time ;-) )
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration,
I can humiliate or horror, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated and a person is humanized or de-humanized.
If we treat people as they are, we make them worse.
If we treat people as they could be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.
J.W. Goethe
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May every moment in my life and the lives of others be one of wisdom, flourishing and inner peace!
30 August 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, August 30, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week where wisdom of the ages is styled just for you!!
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"What you are looking for is who is looking."
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"What you are looking for is who is looking."
St. Francis of Assisi
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"No effort is ever wasted, although some pay dividends later than you think... Do not imagine that you 'wasted your time' because something didn't turn out right. There is no such thing as 'waste' in the Universe. Everything -- everything -- yields benefit... It's true. And your life will show you this. So don't decry the 'effort that failed.' All things lead to your highest good. You just may not know it yet".
Neale Donald Walsch
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"No effort is ever wasted, although some pay dividends later than you think... Do not imagine that you 'wasted your time' because something didn't turn out right. There is no such thing as 'waste' in the Universe. Everything -- everything -- yields benefit... It's true. And your life will show you this. So don't decry the 'effort that failed.' All things lead to your highest good. You just may not know it yet".
Neale Donald Walsch
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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!
23 August 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, August 23, 2010
You are dazed, bewildered, trapped in a world with no time, where color collides with sound, and shadows explode. You see a sign up ahead. This is no ordinary email, this is the "Quote of the Week Zone"
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"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want but the realization of how much you already have."
Anonymous
(From an embroidered sign I saw on Saturday in a Long Beach Island, NJ Deli. Inspiration is everywhere if you look for it!
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Through the gateway of feeling your weakness lies your strength.
Through the gateway of feeling your pain lies your pleasure and joy.
Through the gateway of feeling your fear lies your security and safety.
Through the gateway of feeling your loneliness lies your capacity to have fullment, love and companionship.
Through the gateway of feeling your hopelessness lies true and justified hope.
Through the gateway of accepting the lacks in your childhood lies your fulfullment now.
Eva Pierrakos
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want but the realization of how much you already have."
Anonymous
(From an embroidered sign I saw on Saturday in a Long Beach Island, NJ Deli. Inspiration is everywhere if you look for it!
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Through the gateway of feeling your weakness lies your strength.
Through the gateway of feeling your pain lies your pleasure and joy.
Through the gateway of feeling your fear lies your security and safety.
Through the gateway of feeling your loneliness lies your capacity to have fullment, love and companionship.
Through the gateway of feeling your hopelessness lies true and justified hope.
Through the gateway of accepting the lacks in your childhood lies your fulfullment now.
Eva Pierrakos
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
16 August 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; August 16, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week! You weekly email dedicated to... EMPOWERED choice, MIND EXPANDING persepective and FAITH in the future. Oneness is the theme of this week's quote!
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No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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"All that you can take with you is that which you have given away."
From the movie "It is a Wonderful Life"
(The saying beneath Peter Bailey's picture in George Bailey's office)
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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"All that you can take with you is that which you have given away."
From the movie "It is a Wonderful Life"
(The saying beneath Peter Bailey's picture in George Bailey's office)
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
09 August 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files;
Welcome to the Quote of the Week! Your weekly spiritual snack for mind, body & soul.
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"You are more likely to be successful, overall, if you participate joyfully with projects and goals and do not think your life depends on achieving the mark because then you will be better able to connect to people all around you. On the whole, resources are likely to come to you in greater abundance when you are generous and inclusive and engage people in your passion for life. There aren’t any guarantees of course. When you are oriented to abundance, you care less about being in control, and you take more risks. You may give away short term profits in pursuit of a bigger dream; you may take a long view without being able to predict the outcome. In a measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set a context and let life unfold.”
Benjamin Zander & Rosamond Stone Zander (The Art of Possibilities)
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic (April 14, 2003)...
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these."
George Washington Carver
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Wishing you a MOST beautiful day, where ever this may find you!
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"You are more likely to be successful, overall, if you participate joyfully with projects and goals and do not think your life depends on achieving the mark because then you will be better able to connect to people all around you. On the whole, resources are likely to come to you in greater abundance when you are generous and inclusive and engage people in your passion for life. There aren’t any guarantees of course. When you are oriented to abundance, you care less about being in control, and you take more risks. You may give away short term profits in pursuit of a bigger dream; you may take a long view without being able to predict the outcome. In a measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set a context and let life unfold.”
Benjamin Zander & Rosamond Stone Zander (The Art of Possibilities)
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic (April 14, 2003)...
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these."
George Washington Carver
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Wishing you a MOST beautiful day, where ever this may find you!
03 August 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, August 2, 2010
Yes, It is the Quote of the Week! Promoting Cosmic Wisdom at Bargain Basement Prices!
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"Most people can look back over the years and identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly. Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when, because of a readiness within us and a collaboration with events occurring around us, we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that will affect the rest of our lives."
Frederick F. Flack
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By the Way, can you identify the time and place when your life changed significantly?
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic (July 6, 2009)...
"The best year of our lives is not made up of days or weeks or months. It is made up of moments. Moments when we allow our separateness to melt away so we can be truly intimate with another; moments when we take a risk and express our love in an unexpected way; moments when we choose forgiveness over resentment; moments when we appreciate the perfection of where we are and who we are with. These are the moments that bring meaning to our lives and joy to our hearts."
Debbie Ford
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"Most people can look back over the years and identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly. Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when, because of a readiness within us and a collaboration with events occurring around us, we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that will affect the rest of our lives."
Frederick F. Flack
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By the Way, can you identify the time and place when your life changed significantly?
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic (July 6, 2009)...
"The best year of our lives is not made up of days or weeks or months. It is made up of moments. Moments when we allow our separateness to melt away so we can be truly intimate with another; moments when we take a risk and express our love in an unexpected way; moments when we choose forgiveness over resentment; moments when we appreciate the perfection of where we are and who we are with. These are the moments that bring meaning to our lives and joy to our hearts."
Debbie Ford
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
29 July 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, July 26, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week. Your presence, exactly as is at this very moment, is greatly appreciated.
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"I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side"
Audre Lorde
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic (From April 2, 2001)...
“If you ask me, I will tell you, what I came into to this world to do, I came live out loud.”
Emile Zola
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side"
Audre Lorde
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic (From April 2, 2001)...
“If you ask me, I will tell you, what I came into to this world to do, I came live out loud.”
Emile Zola
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
19 July 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, July 19
The weekend's over. It's Monday again.
Maybe you need something to inspire you? Something to get you to take the next step?
Maybe you need something to inspire you? Something to get you to take the next step?
No Problem!! Welcome to the Quote of the Week!!!
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"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
To allow my living to open me,
To make me less afraid,
More accessible.
To loosen my heart until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
To live so that which came to me as seed
goes on to the next as blossom
And that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
Dawna Markova
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
To allow my living to open me,
To make me less afraid,
More accessible.
To loosen my heart until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
To live so that which came to me as seed
goes on to the next as blossom
And that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
Dawna Markova
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
12 July 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; July 12, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week!This week ~ 2 quotes; 6 short video clips ~ Subject: laughing! ;-)
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"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
e.e. cummings
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." Victor Borge
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Enjoy the clips!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptqzCFIb_Vg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ZN5J1N9Vk&feature=related
And for some of the older Quote of the Week members (I thought they were funny)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnL0Mnu46z8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc4Ac1OvTdA
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
e.e. cummings
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." Victor Borge
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Enjoy the clips!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptqzCFIb_Vg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ZN5J1N9Vk&feature=related
And for some of the older Quote of the Week members (I thought they were funny)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnL0Mnu46z8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc4Ac1OvTdA
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
11 July 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, July 5, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week. Take a deep breath, relax your shoulders, kick off your shoes and enjoy reading today's quote on life and the importance of belonging to a community!
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"In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal."
Nisami
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
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"In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal."
Nisami
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Community.
Somewhere, there are people
to whom we can speak with passion
without having the words catch in our throats.
Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us,
eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate with us
whenever we come into our own power.
Community means strength that joins our strength
to do the work that needs to be done.
Arms to hold us when we falter.
A circle of healing. A circle of friends.
Someplace where we can be free.
STARHAWK, Dreaming the Dark
in Calling the Circle
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21 June 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, First Day of Summer!
Ahhhh. first day of summer..
...and to celebrate, the Quote of the Week is featuring, not only a quote, but also a poem, lyrics to a song, a question (with a link) and a request to share your top 5 summer songs!. Happy Summer Everybody!
The Quote..
That beautiful season the Summer!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The Poem...
A something in a summer's Day
As slow her flambeaux burn away
Which solemnizes me.
A something in a summer's noon -
A depth - an Azure - a perfume -
Transcending ecstasy.
And still within a summer's night
A something so transporting bright
I clap my hands to see -
Then veil my too inspecting face
Lets such a subtle - shimmering grace
Flutter too far for me -
The wizard fingers never rest -
The purple brook within the breast
Still chafes it narrow bed -
Still rears the East her amber Flag -
Guides still the sun along the Crag
His Caravan of Red -
So looking on - the night - the morn
Conclude the wonder gay -
And I meet, coming thro' the dews
Another summer's Day!
Emily Dickinson
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The Song...
In the Summer Time
Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh
Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh...
In the summertime when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find
Mungo Jerry
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The Question..
Is there a cure for the Summer Time Blues?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_wu_v7NvTI
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By the way, here are my top 5 all time favorite summer songs...
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Sunny Afternoon--The Kinks
Vacation--The Go-Gos
Walkin' on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Anything by the Beach Boys (That is 6, sorry)
What are yours?
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...and to celebrate, the Quote of the Week is featuring, not only a quote, but also a poem, lyrics to a song, a question (with a link) and a request to share your top 5 summer songs!. Happy Summer Everybody!
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The Quote..
That beautiful season the Summer!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The Poem...
A something in a summer's Day
As slow her flambeaux burn away
Which solemnizes me.
A something in a summer's noon -
A depth - an Azure - a perfume -
Transcending ecstasy.
And still within a summer's night
A something so transporting bright
I clap my hands to see -
Then veil my too inspecting face
Lets such a subtle - shimmering grace
Flutter too far for me -
The wizard fingers never rest -
The purple brook within the breast
Still chafes it narrow bed -
Still rears the East her amber Flag -
Guides still the sun along the Crag
His Caravan of Red -
So looking on - the night - the morn
Conclude the wonder gay -
And I meet, coming thro' the dews
Another summer's Day!
Emily Dickinson
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The Song...
In the Summer Time
Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh
Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh...
In the summertime when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find
Mungo Jerry
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The Question..
Is there a cure for the Summer Time Blues?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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By the way, here are my top 5 all time favorite summer songs...
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Sunny Afternoon--The Kinks
Vacation--The Go-Gos
Walkin' on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Anything by the Beach Boys (That is 6, sorry)
What are yours?
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Wishing you a most beautiful summer, wherever this may find you!
16 June 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; June 14, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week; Your First Aid for Pessimism! The Reality of your life is the theme for this week's quote!
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“People talk about the reality of their life as if it is important. And we want you to understand, it’s only the temporary indicator. Do you go to the gas station-your gas gauge is on empty-do you go to the gas station and look at your gas gauge in horror? “How did this happen? Why, why, why did this happen to me?” Do you lay your head on the steering wheel and just sob? “Oh, look what it’s come to. I’m finished. I’ve lived all of this life, and look where I am.” Or do you just fill up.”
Esther & Jerry Hicks from Money, and the Law of Attraction
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"And then the day came when the risk to remain tight inside the bud was greater than the risk to blossom."
Anais Nin
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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“People talk about the reality of their life as if it is important. And we want you to understand, it’s only the temporary indicator. Do you go to the gas station-your gas gauge is on empty-do you go to the gas station and look at your gas gauge in horror? “How did this happen? Why, why, why did this happen to me?” Do you lay your head on the steering wheel and just sob? “Oh, look what it’s come to. I’m finished. I’ve lived all of this life, and look where I am.” Or do you just fill up.”
Esther & Jerry Hicks from Money, and the Law of Attraction
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"And then the day came when the risk to remain tight inside the bud was greater than the risk to blossom."
Anais Nin
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
08 June 2010
Happy Birthday Dad
Today, June 8th would have been my father's 87th birthday. He passed away this past September and my sisters and I were blessed to have him as our father for those many years.
Here he is with my mother around 1947 or 1948 out in Long Island. They met in Germany during World War II. She was a refugee from Estonia and he was a Lieutenant from Brooklyn, NY. They were married just a month shy of 50 years and she passed away in 1995.
We miss them both very, very much.
“Surviving a loss and letting go is only half of the story. The other half is the secret belief that we will find, in one form or another, what we have lost. And it is that potential, shimmery as a star on a clear night that helps us survive.”
Veronica Chambers
Here he is with my mother around 1947 or 1948 out in Long Island. They met in Germany during World War II. She was a refugee from Estonia and he was a Lieutenant from Brooklyn, NY. They were married just a month shy of 50 years and she passed away in 1995.
We miss them both very, very much.
“Surviving a loss and letting go is only half of the story. The other half is the secret belief that we will find, in one form or another, what we have lost. And it is that potential, shimmery as a star on a clear night that helps us survive.”
Veronica Chambers
07 June 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, June 7, 2010
Every once in a while, someone has something that is truly meaningful, important, apropos, interesting, irreverent, or just plain funny and my job is to present them to you as the Quote of the Week.
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"Our time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. "
Steve Jobs
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;A
nd all good things are yours.
Swedish Proverb
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"Our time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. "
Steve Jobs
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;A
nd all good things are yours.
Swedish Proverb
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
31 May 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, May 31, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week! The daily source for nurturing your mind, body & spirit. This week's quote is the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling. There is a link to a reading of the poem by a young Dennis Hopper that I think you will enjoy.
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If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
Rudyard Kipling
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A link to a reading of "If" by a young Dennis Hopper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlfnm9gV52w&feature
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"When you look at the world in a narrow way, how narrow it seems! When you look at it in a mean way, how mean it is! When you look at it selfishly, how selfish it is! But when you look at it in a broad, generous, friendly spirit, what wonderful people you find in it."
Horace Rutledge
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
Rudyard Kipling
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A link to a reading of "If" by a young Dennis Hopper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlfnm9gV52w&feature
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"When you look at the world in a narrow way, how narrow it seems! When you look at it in a mean way, how mean it is! When you look at it selfishly, how selfish it is! But when you look at it in a broad, generous, friendly spirit, what wonderful people you find in it."
Horace Rutledge
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
From the Quote of the Week Files, May 24, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week ~ Serving the Psycho-Spritual Needs of People on the Go since 1984!
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"If someone says: 'That’s impossible,' you should understand it as: 'According to my very limited experience and narrow understanding of reality, that’s very unlikely.'”
Paul Buchheit (I think)
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything."
Albert Schweitzer
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"If someone says: 'That’s impossible,' you should understand it as: 'According to my very limited experience and narrow understanding of reality, that’s very unlikely.'”
Paul Buchheit (I think)
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything."
Albert Schweitzer
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
From the Quote of the Week Files, May 17, 2010
Who says you can't be positive in today's busy universe?? The Quote of the Week says YES!
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"To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it."
Bertrand Russell
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Ideas are like fish.
If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper.
Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure. They're huge and abstract. And they're very beautiful.
I look for a certain kind of fish that is important to me, one that can translate to cinema. But there are all kinds of fish swimming down there. There are fish for business, fish for sports. There are fish for everything.
Everything, anything that is a thing, comes up from the deepest level. Modern physics calls that level the Unified Field. The more your consciousness-your awareness-is expanded, the deeper you go toward this source, and the bigger the fish you can catch."
David Lynch
Movie Producer; Director and Author
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it."
Bertrand Russell
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Ideas are like fish.
If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper.
Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure. They're huge and abstract. And they're very beautiful.
I look for a certain kind of fish that is important to me, one that can translate to cinema. But there are all kinds of fish swimming down there. There are fish for business, fish for sports. There are fish for everything.
Everything, anything that is a thing, comes up from the deepest level. Modern physics calls that level the Unified Field. The more your consciousness-your awareness-is expanded, the deeper you go toward this source, and the bigger the fish you can catch."
David Lynch
Movie Producer; Director and Author
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
10 May 2010
From the Quote of the Week File; May 10, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week, Your State-of-the-Art Life Improvement Program! This week's quotes come from the movie, The Bucket List. Enjoy!
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"Our lives are streams flowing into the same river towards whatever heaven lies in the mist beyond the falls."
"You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you."
Carter Chambers, (Movie quote) from the movie The Bucket List
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A Recycled Quote of the Week...
"If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy."
Author Unknown
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"Our lives are streams flowing into the same river towards whatever heaven lies in the mist beyond the falls."
"You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you."
Carter Chambers, (Movie quote) from the movie The Bucket List
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A Recycled Quote of the Week...
"If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy."
Author Unknown
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
03 May 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; May 3, 2010
Tired of the same old mental conditioning? Then try the Reconditioning Service of The Quote of the Week!! It is Speedy; Neat and Discreet!!
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A Story of Kindness...
Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, tells of the time he was walking down the street and passed a beggar. Tolstoy reached into his pocket to give the beggar some money, but his pocket was empty. Tolstoy turned to the man and said, "I'm sorry, my brother, but I have nothing to give." The beggar brightened and said, "You have given me more than I asked for --- you have called me brother."
From Max LucadoGrace for the Moment
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"The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside."
Dag Hammarskjold
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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A Story of Kindness...
Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, tells of the time he was walking down the street and passed a beggar. Tolstoy reached into his pocket to give the beggar some money, but his pocket was empty. Tolstoy turned to the man and said, "I'm sorry, my brother, but I have nothing to give." The beggar brightened and said, "You have given me more than I asked for --- you have called me brother."
From Max LucadoGrace for the Moment
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"The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside."
Dag Hammarskjold
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
26 April 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; April 26, 2010
Have you forgotten your own best advice? No Problem! Rediscover it right here with the Quote of the Week!
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"I used to sit on the banks with a raft and watch the water roll lazily by. One day I pushed my raft into the shallows of the water and found the water moved swifter than I thought, but my raft was actually a little rowboat. Then, after some time I rowed my little boat into deeper water. There were great storms, mighty winds, tremendous waves, and sometimes I felt so alone. But I have noticed my little rowboat is now a mighty ship manned by my friends and loved ones, and beautiful calm seas, warm sunny days, and nights filled with comfortable dreams always double after a storm. Now, I could never go back and sit on the bank, in fact, I search for deeper water. Such is life when lived."
B D Gulledge
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
T.S. Eliot
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"I used to sit on the banks with a raft and watch the water roll lazily by. One day I pushed my raft into the shallows of the water and found the water moved swifter than I thought, but my raft was actually a little rowboat. Then, after some time I rowed my little boat into deeper water. There were great storms, mighty winds, tremendous waves, and sometimes I felt so alone. But I have noticed my little rowboat is now a mighty ship manned by my friends and loved ones, and beautiful calm seas, warm sunny days, and nights filled with comfortable dreams always double after a storm. Now, I could never go back and sit on the bank, in fact, I search for deeper water. Such is life when lived."
B D Gulledge
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
T.S. Eliot
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
19 April 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; April 19, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week! The daily source for nurturing your mind, body & spirit. Enjoy this short but meaningful quote on goodness.
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"Infinite goodness has wide arms."
Dante
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"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."
Elizabeth Kubler Ross
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"Infinite goodness has wide arms."
Dante
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"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."
Elizabeth Kubler Ross
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
12 April 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files: April 12, 2010
Welcome to The Quote of the Week, your weekly source for nurturing your mind, body & spirit. There are 2 quotes this week covering a range of issues including making mistakes and forgetting about perfection, living more fully, the shortness of life and being in love (Whew, all that in 2 quotes).
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"Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and die. The storybooks are bullsh*t."
From the movie Moonstruck: What Nicolas Cage's character Ronny Cammareri says to Loretta played by Cher
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"The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues. You can't separate them. They're wedded." Henry Miller
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A Recycle Quote of the Week Classic...
"The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspirations. It falls to the level of its unchastened desires - and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own."
James Allen
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and die. The storybooks are bullsh*t."
From the movie Moonstruck: What Nicolas Cage's character Ronny Cammareri says to Loretta played by Cher
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"The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues. You can't separate them. They're wedded." Henry Miller
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A Recycle Quote of the Week Classic...
"The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspirations. It falls to the level of its unchastened desires - and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own."
James Allen
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
05 April 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, April 5, 2010
Welcome All Quote of the Week Members. It is now time to get away from the all important details of day-to-day life, take a deep breath, relax your shoulders, kick off your shoes and enjoy reading this week's quote on the best things in life.
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"The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life."
Robert Louis Stevenson
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."
Pericles
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life."
Robert Louis Stevenson
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."
Pericles
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
29 March 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, March 29, 2010
Hello & Welcome to the Quote of the Week ~ The place to go to where you can get timeless wisdom at bargain basement prices!! "To Living Content" is the theme for this weeks quote. Enjoy!!!
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"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, never hurry.
In a word, to let the spiritual unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common.
This is my symphony.”
William Henry Channing
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A Recycle Quote of the Week Classic...
"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."
Alfred Souza
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, never hurry.
In a word, to let the spiritual unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common.
This is my symphony.”
William Henry Channing
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A Recycle Quote of the Week Classic...
"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."
Alfred Souza
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
22 March 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; March 22, 2010
Are you ready to enjoy a new and hopefully insightful Quote of the Week? It's great with a fresh cup of coffee or tea as you begin your day!
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"Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Lao Tzu
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it."
W. Somerset Maugham
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Lao Tzu
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it."
W. Somerset Maugham
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
17 March 2010
An Irish Blessing!
“For each petal on the shamrock, this brings a wish your way -
good health, good luck, and happiness for today and every day.”
good health, good luck, and happiness for today and every day.”
15 March 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; March 15, 2010
The weekend's over. It's Monday again. Welcome to the Quote of the Week!!! This week's quotes offer a different perspective when facing difficult times. __________
"Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it."
Emmet Fox
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"Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever."
Isak Dinesen
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Man need only divert his attention from searching for the solution to external questions and pose the one, true inner question of how he should lead his life, and all the external questions will be resolved in the best possible way."
Leo Tolstoy
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
"Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it."
Emmet Fox
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"Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever."
Isak Dinesen
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Man need only divert his attention from searching for the solution to external questions and pose the one, true inner question of how he should lead his life, and all the external questions will be resolved in the best possible way."
Leo Tolstoy
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
08 March 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; March 8, 2010
Hello & Welcome to the Quote of the Week! The place to go to where you can get timeless wisdom at bargain basement prices!! Watching the Oscars last night inspired me to come up with these 3 quotes from various movies. Enjoy!
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"You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries, they only asked one question after a man died. 'Did he have passion?'"
Serendipity (2001) - Dean Kansky (Jeremy Piven)
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"Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental."
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) - Annie Reed (Meg Ryan)
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"Young lovers seek perfection. Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together and of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches."
How to Make an American Quilt (1995) - Finn Dodd (Winona Ryder)
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Below are the American's Film Institute top 10 Movie quotes of all time. Can you name the movie, character and actor who said them?
1. "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."
2. “I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
3. "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
4. “Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
5. "Here's looking at you, kid."
6. "Go ahead, make my day"
7. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
8. "May the Force be with you."
9. "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
10. "You talkin' to me?"
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries, they only asked one question after a man died. 'Did he have passion?'"
Serendipity (2001) - Dean Kansky (Jeremy Piven)
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"Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental."
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) - Annie Reed (Meg Ryan)
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"Young lovers seek perfection. Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together and of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches."
How to Make an American Quilt (1995) - Finn Dodd (Winona Ryder)
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Below are the American's Film Institute top 10 Movie quotes of all time. Can you name the movie, character and actor who said them?
1. "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."
2. “I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
3. "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
4. “Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
5. "Here's looking at you, kid."
6. "Go ahead, make my day"
7. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
8. "May the Force be with you."
9. "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
10. "You talkin' to me?"
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
01 March 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, March 1, 2010
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, or good middle of the night to all. It is time to get away from the all important details of day-to-day life, take a deep breath, relax your shoulders, kick off your shoes and enjoy reading this week's quote!
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"The great moments of your life won't necessarily be the things you do. They'll also be the things that happen to you. Now, I'm not saying you can't take action to affect the outcome of your life. You have to take action, and you will, but never forget, that on any day, you can step out the front door and your whole life could change forever. You see, the universe has a plan kids, and that plan is always in motion...It's a scary thought, but it's also kind of wonderful, all these little parts of the machine constantly working, making sure you end up exactly where you're supposed to be exactly when you're supposed to be there. The right place at the right time."
From the TV Show, How I met your mother
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Not everything that can be counted counts , and not everything that counts can be counted."
Albert Einstein
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
__________
"The great moments of your life won't necessarily be the things you do. They'll also be the things that happen to you. Now, I'm not saying you can't take action to affect the outcome of your life. You have to take action, and you will, but never forget, that on any day, you can step out the front door and your whole life could change forever. You see, the universe has a plan kids, and that plan is always in motion...It's a scary thought, but it's also kind of wonderful, all these little parts of the machine constantly working, making sure you end up exactly where you're supposed to be exactly when you're supposed to be there. The right place at the right time."
From the TV Show, How I met your mother
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Not everything that can be counted counts , and not everything that counts can be counted."
Albert Einstein
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
22 February 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; February 22, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week ~ Your weekly State-of-the-Art Life Enhancement in easy to digest bite-sized nuggets!
This week's quote is a remedy for when you feel some things in life are bad and they can really make you mad; or when other things just make you swear and curse. Enjoy!
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When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble,
give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...
And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...
Eric Idle; Monty Python; "Life of Brian"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"The best things in life are not things."
C. & J. Woods
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
This week's quote is a remedy for when you feel some things in life are bad and they can really make you mad; or when other things just make you swear and curse. Enjoy!
__________
When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble,
give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...
And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...
Eric Idle; Monty Python; "Life of Brian"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"The best things in life are not things."
C. & J. Woods
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
15 February 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, February 15, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week ~ You weekly message to help you make 2010 a 10!
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"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
Siddhartha Gautama
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,
Therefore, we are saved by hope.
Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;
Therefore, we are saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.
Therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite a virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own;
Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.
Reinhold Niebuhr
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
Siddhartha Gautama
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,
Therefore, we are saved by hope.
Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;
Therefore, we are saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.
Therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite a virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own;
Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.
Reinhold Niebuhr
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
08 February 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, February 8, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week. Your weekly stream of fruitful, fulfilling and inspiring insights! This week's quote is about Simplicity, Patience and Compassion!
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"Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world."
Laozi (Tao Te Ching)
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live.He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything."
Albert Schweitzer
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world."
Laozi (Tao Te Ching)
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live.He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything."
Albert Schweitzer
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
01 February 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, February 1, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week ~ Your weekly State of the Art Improvement in easy bite size nuggets!
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Do you know what to ask yourself in order to get what you really want? Debbie Ford think she does and that is the Quote of the Week!
1. Will this choice propel me toward an inspiring future or will it keep me stuck in the past?
2. Will this choice bring me long term fulfillment or will it bring me short term gratification?
3. Am I standing in my own power or am I trying to please another?
4. Am I looking for what's right, or am I looking for what's wrong?
5. Will this choice add to my life force, or will it rob me of my energy?
6. Will I use this situation as a catalyst to grow and evolve or will I use it to beat myself up?
7. Does this choice empower me or dis-empower me?
8. Is this an act of self-love or self-sabotage?
9. Is this an act of faith or an act of fear?
10 Am I choosing from my Divinity or am I choosing from my humanity?
Debbie Ford; The Right Questions: Ten Essential Questions To Guide You To An Extraordinary Life
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A Recyled Quote of the Week Classic...
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
__________
Do you know what to ask yourself in order to get what you really want? Debbie Ford think she does and that is the Quote of the Week!
1. Will this choice propel me toward an inspiring future or will it keep me stuck in the past?
2. Will this choice bring me long term fulfillment or will it bring me short term gratification?
3. Am I standing in my own power or am I trying to please another?
4. Am I looking for what's right, or am I looking for what's wrong?
5. Will this choice add to my life force, or will it rob me of my energy?
6. Will I use this situation as a catalyst to grow and evolve or will I use it to beat myself up?
7. Does this choice empower me or dis-empower me?
8. Is this an act of self-love or self-sabotage?
9. Is this an act of faith or an act of fear?
10 Am I choosing from my Divinity or am I choosing from my humanity?
Debbie Ford; The Right Questions: Ten Essential Questions To Guide You To An Extraordinary Life
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A Recyled Quote of the Week Classic...
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
25 January 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, January 25, 9009
Welcome to the Quote of the Week! Your First Aid for Pessimism!
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"The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being."
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"He only is advancing in life, whose heart is getting softer, whose blood is warmer, whose brain quicker, whose spirit is entering into Living peace. And the men who have this life in them are the true lords or kings of the earth --they, and they only."
John Ruskin
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Words for the Year
The challenge from the Quote of the Week, January 11th : Instead of a New Year's Resolution, choose 1, 2 or 3 words that will serve as your mantra throughout the year and hopefully it will remind you to be and not just to do. Here are some responses from QotW members....
Anne ~ Anew!
Joe ~ Acceptance
Stephanie ~ Gratitude and Optimism; with the acronym of GO (Stephanie even had a card made up with her words that she keeps in her daily binder. " Works like a charm." according to Stephanie!)
Darlene ~ Lottery!!!! ;-)
Julie ~ Expansion
Deborah ~ Grace, Wait, Work
Marcy ~ Attention acceptance, Appreciation, Affection
Michele ~ Openness, Contentment
Mary ~ Forgiveness
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
__________
"The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being."
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
__________
A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"He only is advancing in life, whose heart is getting softer, whose blood is warmer, whose brain quicker, whose spirit is entering into Living peace. And the men who have this life in them are the true lords or kings of the earth --they, and they only."
John Ruskin
__________
Words for the Year
The challenge from the Quote of the Week, January 11th : Instead of a New Year's Resolution, choose 1, 2 or 3 words that will serve as your mantra throughout the year and hopefully it will remind you to be and not just to do. Here are some responses from QotW members....
Anne ~ Anew!
Joe ~ Acceptance
Stephanie ~ Gratitude and Optimism; with the acronym of GO (Stephanie even had a card made up with her words that she keeps in her daily binder. " Works like a charm." according to Stephanie!)
Darlene ~ Lottery!!!! ;-)
Julie ~ Expansion
Deborah ~ Grace, Wait, Work
Marcy ~ Attention acceptance, Appreciation, Affection
Michele ~ Openness, Contentment
Mary ~ Forgiveness
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
18 January 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; January 18, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week; You weekly email dedicated to Empowered Choice, Mind Expanding Perspective and Faith in the Future!
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Never worry about numbers.
Help one person at a time,
and always start with
the person nearest you."
Mother Teresa
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
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Never worry about numbers.
Help one person at a time,
and always start with
the person nearest you."
Mother Teresa
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life — happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained by giving them to someone else."
Peyton Conway March
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Have you thought about your Word (or words) for the year as suggested by last weeks email? A number of QofheW members have and I will shared their word(s) of the year next week.
Peyton Conway March
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Have you thought about your Word (or words) for the year as suggested by last weeks email? A number of QofheW members have and I will shared their word(s) of the year next week.
If you would like to give it a try, just come up with a word (or 2 or 3) that will serve as your mantra throughout the year and hopefully it will remind you to be and not just to do. My word for 2010 is openness!
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
11 January 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files, January 11, 2010
Welcome to the Quote of the Week, your weekly source for nurturing your mind, body & spirit!
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"Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life."
Epictetus
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic.... Do your New Year's Resolutions "go in one year and out the other"?
Back in January of 2008, The Quote of the Week featured a new way of of making New Year's Resolutions (thanks to Kristine Kane's blog). She suggests that instead of making resolutions, we would pick a word or words that would guide us throughout the year. It would remind us of living our lives at the TO BE level instead of the To Do or To Have level.
This year I am choosing just one word and that is Openness! (My words for 2008 were Gratitude, Appreciation, Listen and Learn and for 2009, they were Lighter, Possibilities and Tranquility.)
What will be your word or words will you chose that will guide you throughout the year? Care to share yours?
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
__________
"Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life."
Epictetus
__________
A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic.... Do your New Year's Resolutions "go in one year and out the other"?
Back in January of 2008, The Quote of the Week featured a new way of of making New Year's Resolutions (thanks to Kristine Kane's blog). She suggests that instead of making resolutions, we would pick a word or words that would guide us throughout the year. It would remind us of living our lives at the TO BE level instead of the To Do or To Have level.
This year I am choosing just one word and that is Openness! (My words for 2008 were Gratitude, Appreciation, Listen and Learn and for 2009, they were Lighter, Possibilities and Tranquility.)
What will be your word or words will you chose that will guide you throughout the year? Care to share yours?
__________
Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
04 January 2010
From the Quote of the Week Files; January 4, 2009
2010! A New Chance to Get it Right! Welcome fresh hope and inspiration into your life with a slew of New Year's quotes! Enjoy!
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"And now let us welcome the New Year full of things that have never been."
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Recycled New Years Quotes from years past...
New Year's Quote; 2009
"What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year."
Vern McLellan
"In whatever sense this year is a New Year for you, may the moment find you eager and unafraid, ready to take it by the hand and with joy and gratitude."
Howard Thurman
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New Year's Quote; 2008
January First
The year's doors open
like those of language,
toward the unknown.
Last night you told me:
tomorrow
we shall have to think up signs,
sketch a landscape,
fabricate a plan
on the double page
of day and paper.
Tomorrow, we shall have to invent,
once more,
the reality of this world.
Elizabeth Bishop
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New Year's; 2007
Choices you can make for the New Year
Choose to love—rather than hate.
Choose to smile—rather than frown.
Choose to build—rather than destroy.
Choose to persevere—rather than quit.
Choose to praise—rather than gossip.
Choose to heal—rather than wound.
Choose to give—rather than take.
Choose to act—rather than delay.
Choose to forgive—rather than curse.
Choose to pray—rather than despair.
Author Unknown
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At the end of each year, I ask myself two questions:
1) What do I want to create in this New Year?
And, perhaps even more importantly,
2) What do I want to let go of?
Patricia Digh
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New Year's Quote; 2006
Five questions that will help you reflect the year past and where we find ourselves at the beginning of 2006 (2010)!
What did I learn?
What did I accomplish?
What was your greatest contribution?
How am I different this year than last?
For what am I particularly grateful?
What do remember best about the old year?
_____
New Year's Quote; 2005
"Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past."
Henry Ward Beecher
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New Year's Quote; 2004
"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and Third by experience, which is the bitterest."
Confucius
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New Year's Quote; 2003
How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
Dr. Seuss
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New Year's Quote; 2002
Recipe for a Happy New Year; Serves One, with plenty for everybody!
Ingredients:12 Months; faith; patience; courage; work; hope; faith; generosity; kindness fun ; play; humor; love; unselfishness; cheerfulness; meditation; resolution
Take twelve whole months and see that they are thoroughly free from old memories of bitterness, rancor and hate. Cleanse them completely from every clinging spite. Pick off all specks of pettiness and littleness. Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.
Cut these months into twenty eight, thirty or thirty-one different parts but don’t make the whole batch at once (so many persons spoil the entire lot this way). Prepare one day at a time.
Into each day put one part faith, one part patience, one part courage, and one part work.
Add to each day one part hope, faithfulness, generosity, and one good deed.
Put in about one heaping tablespoon of good spirits, a dash of fun, a pinch of play, and a heaping cupful of good humor.
Pour all of this into a kettle of love. Cook thoroughly over radiant joy, garnish with a smile, and serve with quietness, unselfishness, and cheerfulness.
Author Unknown
_____
New Year's Quote; 2001
"If you think back and replay your year, if it doesn't bring you tears, either of joy or sadness, consider the year wasted."
John Cage, Ally McBeal
“No one can go back and make a brand new start, but anyone can start from here and make a brand new end!"
Author Unknown
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New Year's Quote; 2000
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
Plato
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Wishing you a most beautiful year, wherever it may find you!
__________
"And now let us welcome the New Year full of things that have never been."
Rainer Maria Rilke
__________
Recycled New Years Quotes from years past...
New Year's Quote; 2009
"What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year."
Vern McLellan
"In whatever sense this year is a New Year for you, may the moment find you eager and unafraid, ready to take it by the hand and with joy and gratitude."
Howard Thurman
_____
New Year's Quote; 2008
January First
The year's doors open
like those of language,
toward the unknown.
Last night you told me:
tomorrow
we shall have to think up signs,
sketch a landscape,
fabricate a plan
on the double page
of day and paper.
Tomorrow, we shall have to invent,
once more,
the reality of this world.
Elizabeth Bishop
_____
New Year's; 2007
Choices you can make for the New Year
Choose to love—rather than hate.
Choose to smile—rather than frown.
Choose to build—rather than destroy.
Choose to persevere—rather than quit.
Choose to praise—rather than gossip.
Choose to heal—rather than wound.
Choose to give—rather than take.
Choose to act—rather than delay.
Choose to forgive—rather than curse.
Choose to pray—rather than despair.
Author Unknown
_____
At the end of each year, I ask myself two questions:
1) What do I want to create in this New Year?
And, perhaps even more importantly,
2) What do I want to let go of?
Patricia Digh
_____
New Year's Quote; 2006
Five questions that will help you reflect the year past and where we find ourselves at the beginning of 2006 (2010)!
What did I learn?
What did I accomplish?
What was your greatest contribution?
How am I different this year than last?
For what am I particularly grateful?
What do remember best about the old year?
_____
New Year's Quote; 2005
"Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past."
Henry Ward Beecher
_____
New Year's Quote; 2004
"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and Third by experience, which is the bitterest."
Confucius
_____
New Year's Quote; 2003
How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
Dr. Seuss
_____
New Year's Quote; 2002
Recipe for a Happy New Year; Serves One, with plenty for everybody!
Ingredients:12 Months; faith; patience; courage; work; hope; faith; generosity; kindness fun ; play; humor; love; unselfishness; cheerfulness; meditation; resolution
Take twelve whole months and see that they are thoroughly free from old memories of bitterness, rancor and hate. Cleanse them completely from every clinging spite. Pick off all specks of pettiness and littleness. Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.
Cut these months into twenty eight, thirty or thirty-one different parts but don’t make the whole batch at once (so many persons spoil the entire lot this way). Prepare one day at a time.
Into each day put one part faith, one part patience, one part courage, and one part work.
Add to each day one part hope, faithfulness, generosity, and one good deed.
Put in about one heaping tablespoon of good spirits, a dash of fun, a pinch of play, and a heaping cupful of good humor.
Pour all of this into a kettle of love. Cook thoroughly over radiant joy, garnish with a smile, and serve with quietness, unselfishness, and cheerfulness.
Author Unknown
_____
New Year's Quote; 2001
"If you think back and replay your year, if it doesn't bring you tears, either of joy or sadness, consider the year wasted."
John Cage, Ally McBeal
“No one can go back and make a brand new start, but anyone can start from here and make a brand new end!"
Author Unknown
_____
New Year's Quote; 2000
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
Plato
__________
Wishing you a most beautiful year, wherever it may find you!
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