"People often tell me that motivation doesn't last, and I tell them that bathing doesn't either. That's why I recommend it daily." Zig Ziglar |
Atheism is a non-prophet organisation. Unknown Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken. Anonymous Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought. E.Y. Harburg Don’t be afraid to take a big step if needed. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. Anonymous
If rabbits feet are so lucky, what happened to the rabbit? Homer Simpson
Everybody in the world is seeking happiness - and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions, it depends on inner conditions. Dale Carnegie
Do something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else. FD Roosevelt
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Napoleon
I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. Mark Twain
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved. Helen Keller
Life is like a grindstone : whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you're made of. Unknown
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. Theodore White
When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly. Edward Teller
Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected. William Plomer
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Albert Schweitzer
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world. Goethe
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. Vincent van Gogh
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the ruthless as useful. Seneca (younger)
The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. George Bernard Shaw
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Washington Irving
We are free up to the point of choice, then the choice controls the chooser. Mary Crowley
Adversity is the first path to truth. George Gordon Byron
Example is not the main thing in influencing others; it is the only thing. Albert Schweitzer
Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice. Henry Ford
Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't! George Bernard Shaw
We fear death, yet we long for slumber and beautiful dreams. Kahlil Gibran
Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man - living in the sky - who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! .....But He loves you. George Carlin
If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. Hal Borland
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. Bertrand Russell
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. Goethe "Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully. "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever." "And he has Brain." "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain." There was a long silence. "I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything." Winnie-the-Pooh/ Tao of Pooh - AA Milne/ B. Hoff
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