Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Quotes for April

"We fail to see that we can control our own destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be." Orison Swett Marden

"The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach." Yutang Lin

"You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences." W. Somerset Maugham

"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
Aristotle

"Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful -- just as one is angrier for being told one is angry."Katherine F. Gerould

"If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be." John Heywood

"He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm. " Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others."Author Unknown

"A man's errors are his portals of discovery." James Joyce

"Service is nothing but love in work clothes."Author Unknown

"Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow."Brigham Young

"Being part of an agenda beyond ourselves liberates us to complement each other rather than compete with each other."Joseph Stowell

"You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions."Denis Waitley

"Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty."Anne Herbert

"The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make it."Rabbi Harold S. Kushner

"How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking."David J. Schwartz

"Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power."Benjamin Disraeli

"He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end."Harry Emerson Fosdick

"Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it." Bill Cosby

"Prejudices are what fools use for reason." Voltaire