Hello & Welcome to the Quote of the Week! The place to go to where you can get timeless wisdom at bargain basement prices!! Are you concerned about how to have a great Holiday season? Pershaps this double-recycled quote/question by Debbie Ford may help.
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"If you were going to make this the best holiday season ever, how would you do it? It won't happen for most people, because most people won't have that as their #1 intention. And it's unlikely that you'll have the life-changing holidays that you could have if you don't create a powerful intent."
Debbie Ford
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How about you? What is your intention for this Holiday Season?
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Another Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"All that you can take with you is that which you have given away."
From the movie "It is a Wonderful Life"
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
11 January 2011
Catching up ~ From the Quote of the Week Files; November 22, 2010
In the U.S., this week marks our Thanksgiving holiday. In spite of all the pre-holiday sales, anticipation of the arrival of Santa, traveling, eating Turkey, drinking and watching football, the center of this holiday is thankfulness. Or is it?
Here are 5 quotes on gratitude and Thanksgiving plus for you history buffs, Geoge Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation!
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"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice."
Meister Eckhart
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"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
Melody Beattie
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"Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much."
Estonian Proverb
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"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."
W.J. Cameron
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"Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in."
Phillips Brooks
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George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"
Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October, A.D. 1789.
George Washington
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Thinking the best for you and your family this Thanksgiving!
Here are 5 quotes on gratitude and Thanksgiving plus for you history buffs, Geoge Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation!
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"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice."
Meister Eckhart
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"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
Melody Beattie
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"Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much."
Estonian Proverb
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"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."
W.J. Cameron
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"Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in."
Phillips Brooks
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George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"
Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October, A.D. 1789.
George Washington
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Thinking the best for you and your family this Thanksgiving!
From the Quote of the Week Files; November 15, 2010
Step out of the chaos as you refresh, reawaken and rediscover yourself with a motivational and inspirational thought with today's Quote of the Week!
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Generous Heart / Wholesome Actions
"It is worth reminding ourselves that what brings us the greatest joy and satisfaction in life are those actions we undertake out of concern for others. Indeed we can go further. For whereas the fundamental questions of human existence, such as why we are here, where we are going, and whether the universe had a beginning, have each elicited different responses in different philosophical traditions, it is self-evident that a generous heart and wholesome actions lead to greater peace."
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Ethics for the New Millenium
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at, change."
Wayne Dyer
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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Generous Heart / Wholesome Actions
"It is worth reminding ourselves that what brings us the greatest joy and satisfaction in life are those actions we undertake out of concern for others. Indeed we can go further. For whereas the fundamental questions of human existence, such as why we are here, where we are going, and whether the universe had a beginning, have each elicited different responses in different philosophical traditions, it is self-evident that a generous heart and wholesome actions lead to greater peace."
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Ethics for the New Millenium
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at, change."
Wayne Dyer
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
Catching Up ~ From the Quote of the Week Files; November 8, 2010
Good Morning, Good Afternoon or Good Evening and Welcome to the Quote of the Week! You mean there are lessons is some of these negative feelings that overcome me from time to time? Who knew?
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“…feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in when we feel we’d rather collapse and back away. They’re like messengers that show us, with terrifying clarity, exactly where we’re stuck. This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it’s with us wherever we are.”
Pema Chodron
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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!
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“…feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in when we feel we’d rather collapse and back away. They’re like messengers that show us, with terrifying clarity, exactly where we’re stuck. This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it’s with us wherever we are.”
Pema Chodron
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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!
Catching up ~ From the Quote of the Week Files; November 1, 2010
Hello & Welcome to the Quote of the Week! The place to go to where you can get timeless wisdom at bargain basement prices!! This week's theme ~ Beginnings! Enjoy!
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Look to this Day
Look to this day:
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence.
The bliss of growth,
The glory of action,
The splendour of achievement
Are but experiences of time.
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision;
And today well-lived, makes
Yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day;
Such is the salutation to the ever-new dawn!
Kalidasa
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning."
Ivy Baker Priest
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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Look to this Day
Look to this day:
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence.
The bliss of growth,
The glory of action,
The splendour of achievement
Are but experiences of time.
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision;
And today well-lived, makes
Yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day;
Such is the salutation to the ever-new dawn!
Kalidasa
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning."
Ivy Baker Priest
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
Catching up ~ From the Quote of the Week Files; October 25, 2010
Hello and Welcome to the Quote of the Week!! This week's quotes are bit on the lighter side. Enjoy!
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"People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict."
Lemony Snicket
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."
Margaret Halsey
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!
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"People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict."
Lemony Snicket
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...
"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."
Margaret Halsey
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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; October 18, 2010
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!
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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!
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!
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