22 October 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, October 22, 2102


Welcome to the Quote of the Week!

Are you dealing with unavoidable change? Are you coming into a new and different world and have trouble coping? Have you reached a turning point in your life on how you want to live the rest of your life? Do you need and want to take charge of your own choices?  

Then perhaps these lines (quotes) from the movie, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel can give you the insight you are looking for.  (I obviously saw the movie and enjoyed these upbeat aphorisms and quotable quotes.
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“This is a new and different world.  The challenge is to cope with it.  Not just cope but thrive.”

“All we know about the future is that it will be different.”

“The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing.”

“The only real failure is the failure to try. And the measure of success is how well we cope.”

“Most things don’t work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.”

“The light, the colours, the smiles. The way the people see life as a gift, a privilege — and not a right.”

”The only real measure of success is how we cope with disappointment. We get up in the morning and do our best.”

“Everything will be all right in the end, so if it is not all right, then it is not the end.”
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

16 October 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, October 15, 2012


Welcome to the Quote of the Week ~ Serving the Psycho-Spritual Needs of People on the Go since 1984 (Quote of the Week member Phyllis reminded me that the year is probably earlier if you count answering machine messages :-))

After spending a wonderful hiking with family and friends at Mohonk Mountain House, this week's quote is on Nature. By the way, our mantra for the day was "Think Outside; No Box Required"
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“If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature.”

John Burroughs
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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!

08 October 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files; October 8, 2012


Welcome back to the Quote of the Week.  This week we feature 2 quotes that have a common theme!  Can you discover it?
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"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."

Leonard Cohen
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"A stumble may prevent a fall."

English Proverb
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"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!f

01 October 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, October 1, 2012


Welcome to the Quote of the Week!!  Two quotes today both by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.  Why Mozart quotes?  Well I happen to be in Vienna, Austria and this is his birthplace.  Enjoy!
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“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” 

“The music is not in the notes,
but in the silence between.” 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."

Eric Hoffer
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

24 September 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, September 24, 2012


Hello and Welcome to the Quote of the Week, your weekly your weekly source for nurturing your mind, body & spirit. 
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“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.” 

Neil deGrasse Tyson
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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. 

Swedish Proverb
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!!!!

17 September 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, September 17, 2012


Welcome!!  This week, quotes on the lighter side.  Enjoy!!
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"Problems are like washing machines. They twist, they spin & knock us around. But in the end we come out cleaner, brighter & better than before."

Author Unknown
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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!

13 September 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, September 10, 2012


Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, or good middle of the night to all Quote of the Weeksters.
Are you ready to enjoy a new inspiring or insightful Quote of the Week?  It's great with a fresh cup of coffee or tea as you begin (or end) your day!
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“Fear knocked on the door.
Faith answered.
No one was there."

Anonymous
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic.

"The way into this new world can be so simple - and so sweet. When you're willing to listen to your own voice and trust yourself enough to follow your heart, you encounter your true power - a power marked by courage and vulnerability. Any moment you offer a whole-hearted 'Yes!' to your own truth, you are infused with the power, self-worth, self-respect, self-esteem and confidence that will give wings to the best year of your life."

Debbie Ford
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!


grace

03 September 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files; September 3, 2012


One author, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Four themes, Smiling, Love, Understanding and Compassion!  Enjoy today's Quote of the Week!
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"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."

Thich Nhat Hanh
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one.  To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the eyes of compassion.  When you understand, you cannot help but love.  And when you love, you naturally act in a way that can relieve the suffering of people."

Thich Nhat Hanh
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you
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grace

27 August 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, August 27, 2012


"What My Son's Disabilities Taught Me About 'Having It All" is the article that inspired this week's quote.  Because of her child's problems, the author will never have a tidy, peaceful life. But none of this keeps her from being happy -- as long as she asks herself the right questions. (From the Business of Life Blog)
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When I look at friends and acquaintances, many with perfectly beautiful children and wonderful lives, and see how desperately unhappy or stressed they are about balancing work and family, I think to myself that the solution to many problems is deceptively obvious. We are chasing the wrong things, asking ourselves the wrong questions. It is not, "Can we have it all?" -- with "all" being some kind of undefined marker that shall forever be moved upwards out of reach just a little bit with each new blessing. We should ask instead, "Do we have enough?"

Marie Myung-Ok Lee

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/07/what-my-sons-disabilities-taught-me-about-having-it-all/260479/
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"Don't criticize, condemn, or complain."

Dale Carnegie (His first of nine Human Relation Principles)

Here are are the other eight...

2. Give honest and sincere appreciation
3. Arouse in the other person an eager want.
4. Become genuinely interested in other people.
5. Smile.
6. Remember that a man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
7. Be a good listener.  Encourage others to talk about themselves.
8. Talk in terms of the other man's interests.
9. Make the other person feel important — and do it sincerely.
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

20 August 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, August 20, 2012


Reciprocity, A Generous Heart and Wholesome Actions are the themes for this week's Quotes!! Enjoy!
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Zigong asked: ‘Is there any single word that could guide one's entire life?’ The Master said: ‘Should it not be reciprocity? What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.’

Analects of Confucius
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"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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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

13 August 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, August 13, 2012


Welcome to the Quote of the Week. This week's quote comes from my favorite fictional character, Detective Dave Robicheaux, created by the crime writing author, James Lee Burke. It gave me pause to think. Enjoy!
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“It has been my experience that most human stories are circular rather than linear. Regardless of the path we choose, we somehow end up where we commenced - in part, I suspect, because the child who lives in us goes along for the ride.”

James Lee Burke, The Glass Rainbow
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"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.

10 August 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, August 6, 2012



Yes, It is the Quote of the Week!  Promoting Cosmic Wisdom at Bargain Basement Prices!
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The Bushman in the Kalahari Desert talk about two "hungers."
There is the Great Hunger and there is the Little Hunger.
The Little Hunger wants food for the belly; but the Great Hunger,
the greatest hunger of all, is the hunger for meaning...

Sir Laurens van der Post from Hasten Slowly, a film by Mickey Lemle
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"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 beautful day, wherever this may find you!!!

30 July 2012

From the Quote of the Week Files, July 30, 2012


Welcome to the Quote of the Week!!  Are you a traveler or a tourist?  Today's quote may help you answer that question.  Enjoy!
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"Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what’s right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in."

Andrew Zimmern
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us."

Joseph Campbell
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!