Quotes & Notes - Blogithttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/I've collected and savored 'quotes' since I was young. Some were from 'famous' people, and some were from folks like you and me. If it caught my fancy, I saved it. Now, I'll share them with you.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/998148This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate and instead be a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. - Dwight D. Eisenhower We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. - Martin Luther King, Jr. We shall draw from the heart of...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/998120Equanimity (or composure) is the state of being calm, balanced, and in control of one's emotions, even under stress or in the midst of difficulty. I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/997910When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt. - Honore De Balzac Action is our greatest weapon against fear. Left to molder, fear grows upon itself, but in the face of action, fear is left in the dust. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/997889Society is a masked ball, where everyone hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. - Eric Hoffer We are what we...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/997826A person who is a master of patience is master of everything else. - George Savile [paraphrase] A tree that is unbending, is easily broken. - Lao Tzu When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. - Saint Francis de Sales...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/997786Life is not always as it seems. What you have wished for is not always best. What you have feared may become a blessing. A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. - Lao Tzu Change always comes bearing gifts. - Price Pritchett Zig as Life Zigs and Zag as Life Zags. Stay...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/997760A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. - Richard Whately Each of us must decide whether to walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Personal importance, or taking things...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/997712This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, Smiles when sadness intrudes, Rainbows to follow the clouds, Laughter to kiss your lips, Sunsets to warm your heart, Hugs when spirits sag, Beauty for your eyes to see, Friendships to brighten your being, Faith so that you can believe,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/997698Persistence only takes you so far. Then you need to try a different approach. Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. - Tony Robbins Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. - Sun Tzu Intelligence...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigVQuotes/997681We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgment of the intellect is only part of the truth. - Carl Jung Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later. - Bono When dealing with people, remember you are not...