Inspiration for the day

2010-07-15T12:11:00.003-07:00

Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

2010-07-15T12:11:00.001-07:00

No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up!

2010-07-15T12:10:00.001-07:00

What other people think of you is none of your business

2010-07-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

Look back and thank God.
Look forward and trust God.
Look around and serve God.
Look within and find God

2010-07-15T11:48:00.000-07:00

Be careful that the weight of your words doesn't surpass that of your thoughts.

Present

2009-08-20T11:15:00.003-07:00

Be present in the present.

2009-08-20T11:15:00.001-07:00

Where ever you are, be there totally.

- Unknown

Smile

2009-08-19T09:41:00.001-07:00

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

- Unknown

2009-08-17T11:16:00.000-07:00

To teach is to touch a life forever.

- Unknown

2009-08-17T10:09:00.000-07:00

You are free - the moment you do not look outside yourself for someone to solve your problems.

- Unknown.

2009-08-17T10:05:00.000-07:00

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.

- Mark Twain

2009-08-17T10:04:00.000-07:00

No unhappiness is equal to that of anticipating unhappiness.

- Unknown

Generosity

2009-08-17T10:02:00.000-07:00

Real generosity is doing something nice to someone who'll never find it out.

- Frank A. Clark

2009-08-17T10:01:00.001-07:00

If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.

- Unknown

2009-08-17T09:59:00.002-07:00

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

2009-08-17T09:59:00.001-07:00

Don't be afraid to say "I don't know"

Procrastination

2009-08-17T09:58:00.000-07:00

Don't procrastinate. Do what needs doing when it needs to be done.

Courage

2009-08-17T09:56:00.000-07:00

Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.

2009-08-17T09:55:00.002-07:00

Never walk out on a quarrel with your life partner.

- Unknown.

2009-08-17T09:55:00.001-07:00

Never underestimate the power of forgiveness.

2009-08-17T09:54:00.003-07:00

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail.

2009-08-17T09:54:00.001-07:00

Beware of the person who has nothing to lose.

2009-08-17T09:53:00.000-07:00

Be willing to lose a battle in order to win the war.

Learn

2009-08-17T09:52:00.002-07:00

Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade". Instead, learn the trade.

2009-08-17T09:52:00.001-07:00

Keep Secrets.

Instructions for Life

2009-08-17T09:50:00.002-07:00

Compliment three people each day.
Watch a sunrise at least once a year.
Look people in the eye.
Say "Thank You" a lot.
Say "Please" a lot.
Live beneath your means.
Buy whatever kids are selling.

- Unknown

2009-08-17T09:50:00.001-07:00

Treat everyone you meet as you want to be treated.

2009-08-17T09:49:00.004-07:00

Never take action when you are angry.

2009-08-17T09:49:00.003-07:00

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all he or she has.

2009-08-17T09:49:00.001-07:00

Never Cheat.

2009-08-17T09:48:00.000-07:00

Admit your mistakes.

2009-08-17T09:47:00.000-07:00

Not all of us have to possess earth-shaking talent. Just common sense and love will do.

- Unknown.

2009-08-17T09:46:00.000-07:00

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

2009-08-17T09:45:00.000-07:00

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Dreams

2009-08-17T09:44:00.001-07:00

The best way to make dreams come true is to wake up and act.

Time

2009-08-17T09:43:00.001-07:00

Time is the scarest resource. Unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.

- Peter Drucker.

2009-08-17T09:42:00.001-07:00

When bad things happen to you, you should keep the lesson and throw away the experience.

Wise

2009-08-17T09:37:00.000-07:00

A wise man sees as much as he ought to; not as much as he can.

Faith

2009-08-17T09:36:00.001-07:00

If you can't see your way out, look up!

Success

2009-08-17T09:34:00.000-07:00

Success if failure turned inside out

2009-08-17T09:33:00.002-07:00

We cannot all be the top branches of the tree, though we spring from the same root.

Trouble

2009-08-17T09:33:00.001-07:00

Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

Advice

2009-08-17T09:31:00.000-07:00

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

Life

2009-08-17T09:30:00.000-07:00

In the game of life even the 50 yard line seats don't interest me. I came to play!

- Unknown

Success

2009-08-17T09:29:00.000-07:00

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

- William Feather

Opportunities

2009-08-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

Don't wait for your ship to come in. Row out to meet it.

Today

2009-08-17T08:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

Winner

2009-08-17T08:38:00.000-07:00

A Winner is always part of the answer;
A Loser is always part of the problem.

Do Good

2009-08-17T08:36:00.000-07:00

Do all the good you can.
By all the means you can.
In all the ways you can.
In all the places you can.
At all the times you can.
To all the people you can.
As long as ever you can.

- Unknown

Love

2009-08-17T08:35:00.000-07:00

There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

- Mother Theresa

Happiness

2009-08-16T21:42:00.000-07:00

Happiness depends on what you can give. Not what you can get.

- Mahatma Gandhi

2009-08-16T21:41:00.002-07:00

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

- Lance Armstrong

2009-08-16T21:41:00.001-07:00

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

- Oscar Wilde

Life

2009-08-16T21:40:00.001-07:00

When you were born, you cried, and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.

- Unknown

Effort

2009-08-16T21:39:00.001-07:00

God doesn’t require that we succeed. He only requires that you try.

- Mother Teresa

Time

2009-08-16T21:38:00.000-07:00

Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we have got.
- Art Buchwald

Attitude

2009-08-16T21:36:00.001-07:00

You can do it if you believe you can!

Dreams

2009-08-16T21:34:00.001-07:00

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Life

2009-08-16T21:33:00.001-07:00

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Ability

2009-08-14T06:04:00.001-07:00

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Dream

2009-08-14T05:44:00.001-07:00

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.

- Unknown

Two Roads

2009-08-14T05:40:00.000-07:00

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost

Hero

2009-08-13T11:39:00.000-07:00

Part of being a hero is knowing when you don't need to be one anymore.

Main thing

2009-06-10T16:26:00.001-07:00

"The main thing is it to keep the main thing the main thing."

Simple Life

2009-06-10T11:49:00.001-07:00

“Simple living frees you to simply live.”

Mistakes

2009-06-10T09:25:00.001-07:00

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."

- Albert Einstein

Risks

2009-06-10T09:24:00.001-07:00

"Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise."

Dream

2009-06-10T09:23:00.001-07:00

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

2009-06-09T09:19:00.001-07:00

Squirrels end up with millions because they put the nuts away, not because they make lots of nuts.

2009-06-09T08:55:00.001-07:00

"There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day."

-Alexander Woollcott

2009-06-08T17:56:00.001-07:00

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

2009-06-08T17:55:00.003-07:00

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

2009-06-08T17:55:00.001-07:00

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

2009-06-05T08:19:00.002-07:00

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

2009-06-05T08:19:00.001-07:00

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

2009-06-05T08:18:00.001-07:00

You must motivate yourself EVERYDAY!

2009-06-05T08:16:00.000-07:00

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

2009-06-03T07:20:00.000-07:00

There is only one Happiness in life to love and to be loved in return.

Success

2009-06-03T07:16:00.000-07:00

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

2009-06-03T07:08:00.000-07:00

There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.

- Unknown

2009-05-31T21:27:00.001-07:00

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

- Gandhi

2009-05-31T21:25:00.001-07:00

Be the change you want to see in the world.

- Gandhi

2009-05-31T21:23:00.000-07:00

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

- Gandhi

Smile

2009-05-30T07:55:00.002-07:00

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

- Mother Teresa

2009-05-30T07:55:00.001-07:00

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

- Mother Teresa

2009-05-30T07:53:00.001-07:00

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

- Mother Teresa

Love

2009-05-30T07:51:00.000-07:00

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

- Mother Teresa

2009-05-30T07:49:00.002-07:00

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.

- Mother Teresa

Strength

2009-05-30T07:49:00.001-07:00

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

- Mother Teresa

2009-05-29T15:57:00.002-07:00

Set your goals high enough to inspire you and low enough to encourage you.

Goals

2009-05-29T15:57:00.001-07:00

Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

Obstacles

2009-05-29T15:56:00.000-07:00

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

2009-05-28T14:00:00.000-07:00

“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

- Gandhi

Time

2009-05-27T09:28:00.002-07:00

You are not spending time. Time is spending you.

2009-05-27T09:28:00.001-07:00

Character is what you are in the dark.

2009-05-27T09:25:00.000-07:00

Praise in public. Criticize in private.

2009-05-27T09:24:00.000-07:00

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

2009-05-27T09:22:00.000-07:00

One man with courage is a majority.

- Andrew Jackson

2009-05-27T09:20:00.000-07:00

If you judge people, you will have no time to love them.

- Mother Teresa

Ten Most Expressive Words

2009-05-26T09:58:00.002-07:00

The most bitter word is ALONE.
The most reverent word is MOTHER.
The most tragic is DEATH.
The most beautiful is LOVE.
The most cruel is REVENGE.
The most peaceful is TRANQUIL.
The most saddest is FORGOTTEN.
The warmest is FRIENDSHIP.
The coldest is NO.
The most comforting is FAITH.

- Dr. Wilfred Funk