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Thursday, January 28, 2016

The world is a dangerous place to live

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Albert Einstein

Peace cannot be kept by force

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Albert Einstein

Education is what remains

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Albert Einstein

When you are courting a nice girl

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
Albert Einstein

Try not to become a man of success

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Albert Einstein

You can't blame gravity

You can't blame gravity for falling in love.

Albert Einstein

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

What we think

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.
—John Ruskin

Everyone is a genius

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Watch your

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
—Lao-Tze

A wise man gets more use

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
—Baltasar Gracian

We are what we repeatedly

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
—Aristotle

To the man who only has a hammer

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
—Abraham Maslow

The third-rate mind is only happy

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
—A. A. Milne

When hungry, eat your rice

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.
—Lin-Chi

You must be the change you wish

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
—Gandhi

Courage is not the absence of fear

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
—Ambrose Redmoon

You miss 100 percent

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
—Wayne Gretzky

The richest man

The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
—Unknown Author

Perfection is achieved

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

You can do anything

You can do anything, but not everything.
—David Allen

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Always forgive your enemies

“Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much.”
Oscar Wilde

A friend is someone who

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
Elbert Hubbard

If you tell the truth

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
Mark Twain

No one can make you feel inferior

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story

“If you want to know what a man's like

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Don’t walk in front of me

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
Albert Camus

Friendship

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

In three words

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
Robert Frost

Be the change

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi

You only live once

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
Mae West

So many books

“So many books, so little time.”
Frank Zappa

A room without books

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Dr. Seuss

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
William W. Purkey

Be who you are and say what you feel

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
Bernard M. Baruch

Two things are infinite

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
Albert Einstein

Be yourself

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure...

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
Marilyn Monroe

Don't cry because it's over...

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
Dr. Seuss

Anisa Kamadoli Costa "If you believe"

"If you believe passionately in what you are doing and whom you are doing it with, success is bound to follow. "

Anisa Kamadoli Costa

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