Quotes & Notes

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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. - Josh Billings Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 14, 2022

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from. - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Sign in to see full entry.

“By the miraculous care of providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectations; for I had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot under me yet escaped unhurt...." - George Washington. Sign in to see full entry.

In a dark time, the eye begins to see. - Theodore Roethke Theodore Roethke’s poem “In a Dark Time” opens with an assertion: Hardships clarify who we are and what matters to us most. Without challenges to illuminate needs from wants, we risk taking aspects of our lives for granted. Roethke, who lost... Sign in to see full entry.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. - R. Buckminster Fuller Vision stands on the shoulders of what is actual to get a better view of what is possible. - Mary Anne Radmacher There are all kinds of futures. There is a hoped-for future, there is a feared... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. - Anne Frank Sign in to see full entry.

Food For Thought

Albert Einstein once wrote on a blackboard: 9 x 1 = 9 9 x 2 = 18 9 x 3 = 27 9 x 4 = 36 9 x 5 = 45 9 x 6 = 54 9 x 7 = 63 9 x 8 = 72 9 x 9 = 81 9 x 10 = 91 Suddenly chaos erupted in the classroom because Einstein made a mistake. Obviously, the correct answer to 9 × 10 isn’t 91. And all his students... Sign in to see full entry.

Not all those who wander are lost. - J. R. R. Tolkien At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can. - Frida Kahlo Sign in to see full entry.

What? Me Worry? - Alfred E Newman

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future. - Anonymous How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened. - Thomas Jefferson Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. - Swedish Proverb Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 12, 2022

She said, "Don't call the doctor, I want to fall asleep peacefully, with your hand in mine." He told her about the past, how they met, their first kiss. They didn't cry. They smiled. They didn't regret anything. They were grateful. Then she repeated softly, 'I love you forever!' He returned her... Sign in to see full entry.

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