Quotation Saturday

YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD

We all have, without exception, a very deep longing to give--to give to the Earth, to give to others, to give to society, to work, to love, to care for this Earth. That's true for every human being. And even the ones who don't find it, it's because it has been squashed or somehow suppressed in some brutal way in their life. But it's there to be discovered. We all long for that.
--Jack Kornfield

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.
--Faith Baldwin

“If your sunshine wants far outstrip your cold morning desire, have a talk with yourself. Then have a lot more talks with yourself. Convince number one that you can succeed--and you will succeed. If you don't believe in you, why should anyone else?”
--Tom Hopkins

You become what you affirm; positively affirm your greatness, genius and fullest potential.”
--Mark Victor Hansen

TRUTH

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom--these are the pillars of society.
--Henrik Ibsen, Pillars of Society

 ASK…

"Before beginning a hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it." -- Winnie the Pooh

"When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" -- Sydney J. Harris

"When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." - Abert F. Geoffrey

ALL IN FUN...

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts.. . for support rather than illumination. "
-- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.."
-- Oscar Wilde

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
-- Mark Twain

Quotation Saturday

Ps. 18: 1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.


HOPE ~

“Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.” 

~Barbara Kingsolver

“Hope is a waking dream.” 

~Aristotle

“Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.” 

~Nicholas Murray Butler

“There is no hope of joy except in human relations.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupery

JOY ~

Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.
~ Edward Chapin

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
~Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)


There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.
~Sister Mary Rose McGeady

LIGHT ~
 

Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light.
~Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic

LOVE ~
 

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
~ Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
 

Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less. ~Rabbi Julius Gordon
 

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. 
~ Sophocles(496 BC - 406 BC)

Quotation Saturday

Psalm 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

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"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music the words make." 

~Truman Capote
 

"Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good expression; it is having wit, soul, and taste, all together." 

~Buffon
 

"Take away the art of writing from this world, and you will probably take away its glory." ~Chateaubriand
 

"Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to." 

~Somerset Maugham

"Thoughts fly and words go on foot. Therein lies all the drama of a writer." Julien Green
"There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
Somerset Maugham

"Have something to say and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style." Matthew Arnold
"Write without pay until somebody offers to pay." 

~Mark Twain
 

"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." 

~Mark Twain V.S. Pritchett
 

"You must write for yourself, above all. That is [your] only hope of creating something beautiful." 

~Gustave Flaubert

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
 ~Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784)