[250]. "Worry often gives a small thing a great shadow." -- Swedish Proverb

 

[249]. Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~ Hans Christian Anderson

 

[248]. Change starts with the smallest movement. If we all take small steps forward the earth will be a better place for us all.

 

[247]. "Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul." -Saint Teresa of Avila

 

[246]. The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King Jr.

 

[245]. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. Cherish!

 

[244]. Life is a long journey. Choose well those with whom you travel.

 

[243].

Your beliefs become your thoughts,

Your thoughts become your words,

Your words become your actions,

Your actions become your habits,

Your habits become your values,

Your values become your destiny.

 

[242]. A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you just the way you are.

 

[241]. "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do."

-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Author

 

[240]. "Every organization rests upon a mountain of secrets" Wikileaks' Julian Assange

 

[239]. Bill Gates - What I'm Thinking - Improving College Completion in the U.S. - The Gates Notes

 

[238]. The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. --Ralph Nader

 

[237]. 5 H's to abide by: Happiness, Humanity, Health, Humbleness, Hamony

 

[236]. Where there are people, there are gossips.

 

[235]. We often thank the moon and forget the sun.

 

[234]. Your ATTITUDE determines Your ALTITUDE.

 

[233]. "Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out." ~Michael Burke

 

[232]. Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.- Rumi

 

[231]. "Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." -- Japanese Proverb

 

[230]. People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. Dale Carnegie

 

[229]. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

 

[228]. Mistakes makes us human. Failure makes us stronger. Hope keeps us going. Love keeps us alive.

 

[227]. Better a good conscience without wisdom than wisdom without a good conscience. ~ German

 

[226]. Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

 

[225]. A relationship doesn't need any promises, terms or conditions. It just need two persons "one who can trust & one who can understand.

 

[224]. There are a lot of ways that you can start your day, but the most important way is with a happy and thanksgiving heart.

 

[223]. Cherish different voices and those who oppose you. They make you improve.

 

[222]. The more we share, the more we have. The more we have, the more we should share.

 

[221]. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough enemies to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright

 

[220]. "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the staircase." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

[219]. Every challenge creates an opportunity. It is up to you to decide what to do with it.

 

[218]. The world may judge you negatively for your deeds, but being true to yourself is better than being a liar just to impress everyone.

 

[217]. You never know how strong you are until life gives you no choice and you are forced to be your own hero.

 

[216]. Life is an adventure and there is no adventure without risks.

 

[215]. Transparency is the best medicine for corruption.

 

[214]. The American people did not vote for gridlock. They didn¡¦t vote for unyielding partisanship. They¡¦re demanding cooperation, and they¡¦re demanding progress. And they¡¦ll hold all of us accountable for it. --President Obama

 

[213]. Integrity is the first chapter in the book of leadership - Brian Bacon

 

[212]. By sharing, you double your happiness and half your grief.

 

[211]. Beauty is like a book, it cannot be judged by its cover.

 

[210]. As you breathe in cherish yourself. As you breathe out cherish all beings. ~ Dalai Lama (It's deep.)

 

[209]. "Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet

 

[208]. Dreams are like stars. You may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny.

 

[207]. Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can. ~Elsa Maxwell

 

[206]. Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror.

 

[205]. The tree does not withdraw its shade from the woodcutter.

 

[204]. Better to be the architect of your future than a prisoner of your past.

 

[203]. What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.

 

[202]. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

 

[201]. What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.

 

[200].  ¡§It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.¡¨ ¡V Seneca

 

[199]. If you don¡¦t have anything nice to say, don¡¦t say anything.

 

[198]. You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.- Paulo Coelho

 

[197]. Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we¡¦ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek ¡VBarack Obama

 

[196]. Everyday try to make a difference, touch one heart, encourage one mind, and inspire one soul.

 

[195]. Our lives are books and each day is a page. We can't erase what has already been written but we can always try to write a better next page and a good ending.

 

[194]. Thanksgiving is a holiday that asks us to be thankful for what we have and generous to those who have less. It¡¦s a time to spend with the ones we love and a chance to show compassion and concern to people we¡¦ve never met. --Obama

 

[193]. Don't make decisions when you are too happy!

 

[192]. Daud Santosa Also when you are upset he he he

 

[191]. If you have more than three priorities, then you don¡¦t have any. ¡V Jim Collins

 

[190]. I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it.- Oprah Winfrey

 

[189]. If one does not know to which direction one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

 

[188]. Politicians are nothing. We make them something. When they become something, they treat us as nothing.

 

[187].

Never blame any day in your life.

Good days give you happiness.

Bad days give you experience.

Worst days give you a lesson.

 

[186]. "Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far better than dictating demands." -- Dan James

 

[185]. ¡§First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.¡¨ ¡V Mahatma Gandhi

 

[184]. Those who never appreciate what they have, don't deserve to have another. For they won't appreciate it neither.

 

[183]. All we need is to slim. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

 

[182]. Be nice, smile at people, hold the door for someone. You never know when a small act of random kindness might change someone's life (and yours).

 

[181]. To succeed, you need friends. To succeed tremendously, you need enemies.

 

[180]. "An optimist laughs to forget. A pessimist forgets to laugh." Unknown

 

[179]. "Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting." - Brian Tracy

 

[178]. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.

 

[177]. Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go. (Don't be the latter)

 

[176]. "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill

 

[175]. A friend is one who knows you (your weakness) and loves you just the same. ~Elbert Hubbard

 

[174]. We can tell more about a person by what he says about others than by what others say about him.

 

[173]. Go where you need to be, not where you want to be.

 

[172]. One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching. -Unknown

 

[171]. "Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profundity. Kindness in giving creates love." Lao Tzu

 

[170]. "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it." - Nelson Mandela

 

[169]. Smile in trouble, gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

 

[168]. We all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. If we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.

 

[167]. Adversity causes someone to break, and another to break records.

 

[166]. You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again. - Bonnie Prudden

 

[165]. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

-- Reinhold Niebuhr

 

[164]. "We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will." -- Chuck Palahniuk, Author

 

[163]. Don't wait for perfect moments, take the moments and make them perfect

 

[162]. "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - MLK Jr.

 

[161]. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Brooks Adams

 

[160]. "A problem well stated is a problem half solved." - Charles Franklin Kettering

 

[159]. A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. Malcolm X

 

[158]. We have to be something before we can do anything. But we need to do anything before we can have something.

 

[157]. An airplane is always safe at ground, but it's not made for that. Neither are you.

 

[156]. Friends, Health and Love, these things do not come with price tags. But, when we lose them, then we will realize the cost. Cherish them while you can.

 

[155]. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. -Chinese Proverbs

 

[154]. "Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness." - Unknown

 

[153]. Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. -- Jack London

 

[152]. Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don¡¦t mind, it doesn¡¦t matter. - Mark Twain

 

[151]. Everyday try harder to be better.

 

[150]. If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of progress? Paul Harvey

 

[149]. Don't give up. Grow up.

 

[148]. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

 

[147]."It is your attitude more than your aptitude that determines your altitude." - Brian Tracy

 

[146]. What is not initiated today is never completed tomorrow.

 

[145]. "If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance." ~Andrea Boydston

 

[144]. Locks are never manufactured without a key. Similarly, God never gives problems without solutions. Only we need to have patience to unlock them.

 

[143]. You can't change someone else, but you can change yourself.

 

[142]. "Follow your heart. Our brain always screws things up" ~Chuck Bartowski

 

[141]. Leadership is a combination of strategy & character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy. -Gen Norman Schwarzkopf

 

[140]. Be silent in two situations: when you feel one can't understand your feelings from your words

And when one can understand you without any words.

 

[139]. Reputation is what you are known by. Character is who you are!

 

[138]. Bill Clinton: "Learn to take criticism seriously but not personally. Once you take it personally, you can't take it seriously."

 

[137]. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ? Confucius (What is the corresponding Chinese?)

 

[136]. Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.

 

[135]. Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. ~William Sprague

 

[134]. Do not limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.

 

[133]. A hug is a handshake from the heart. ~Author Unknown

 

[132]. "Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it." - David Starr

 

[131]. "The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said." -- Peter F. Drucker

 

[130]. Things may happen for a reason, but sometimes things happen to give you a reason!

 

[129]. "Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise." -- Anonymous

 

[128]. You are strengthened by your weaknesses. You are brave because of your fears. You are greater because of your mistakes. Life goes on, forget the past , embrace your present so that your future will be bright.

 

[127]. The quickest way to acquire self-confidence is to do exactly what you are afraid to do.

 

[126]. "The more you learn, the more you earn." - Brad Sugars

(And the more you earn, the more you yearn. -RS)

 

[125]. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ? Confucius (What is the corresponding Chinese?)

 

[124]. Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.

 

[123]. A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. ? Wilson Mizner

 

[122]. The most important thing is your self-respect. It doesn't matter what people think about you, but what you think about yourself.

 

[121]. Fat cells never die. They just duplicate.

 

[120]. Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

 

[119]. "Don't get discouraged; it's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock." Unknown

 

[118]. To move forward, you have to give something back.

 

[117]. Letting go doesn¡¦t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are other possibilities.

 

[116]. Life is never perfect so learn from yesterdays mistakes, live for today and hope for tomorrow!!

 

[115]. If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. -Napoleon Hill

 

[114]. Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence ~Vince Lombardi

 

[113]. Problems and personal challenges are never-ending. As long as we are experiencing new ones we know we are growing.

 

[112]. Humanity at crossroads: can choose more ecocide, consumerism, militarism & apocalypse or find new way of sharing, simplicity & ecological sustainability.

 

[111]. Humans will transform themselves very soon or perish forever as ecological being ends.

 

[110]. "We build too many walls and not enough bridges" ~Sir Isaac Newton

 

[109]. I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.

 

[108]. Whatever comes our way, whatever battle we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. It's the choices that make us who we are, and we can always choose to do what's right.

 

[107]. In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock.~Thomas Jefferson

 

[106].  ¡§If we could only persuade every person in China to lengthen his shirttail by a foot, we could keep the mills of Lancashire (in England) working round the clock.¡¨ An anonymous economist

 

[105]. People don't always mean what they say and don't always say what they mean.

 

[104]. Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. Mark Twain

 

[103]. Always be a little kinder than necessary.

 

[102]. An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi

 

[101].  ¡§Tears are 1% water and 99% feelings¡¨ ~Unknown

 

[100]. There is a "lie" in believe, "over" in lover, "end" in friend, "us" in trust, and "if" in life. ~Unknown

 

[99]. If you judge people, you have no time to love them. - Mother Theresa

 

[98]. Don't let cloud computing become clouded computing.

 

[97]. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary - Vidal Sassoon

 

[96]. "When you hate, the only one that suffers is you because half the people you hate don't know it, and the other half don't care!" Medgar Evers

 

[95]. Stand up for what you believe is right; even though sometimes you may be be standing alone.

 

[94]. The tongue is like a sharp knife. It kills without drawing blood. ~ Buddha

 

[93]. We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. ~ Dalai Lama

 

[92]. Duty makes us do things well, but Love makes us do them Beautifully. Phillips Brooks

 

[91]. Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. -Isaac Asimov

 

[90]. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. - Albert Schweitzer

 

[89]. Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

 

[88]. Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

 

[87]. It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer ~ Albert Einstein

 

[86]. "Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them." ¡X Albert Einstein

 

[85]. Life's not about the steps you've taken but the footprints you've left behind.

 

[84]. Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

 

[83]. Often we stand at life's difficulties and crossroads, what we think is the END. But think again. It's just a BEND, not the END.

 

[82]. We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, but others judge us by what we have already done. - Longfellow

 

[81]. If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy.

 

[80]. Changes are everywhere. Anticipate changes else you will be changed by the changes.

 

[79]. Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. - Arnold H. Glasgow

 

[78]. Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.

 

[77]. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

 

[76]. When you truly care for someone, their mistakes never changes our feelings because it is the mind that gets angry but the heart still cares.

 

[75]. One learns people through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect. ~ Mark Twain

 

[74]. Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

 

[73]. Luck is what happens when preperation meets opportunity.

 

[72]. In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. - Anthony J. D'Angelo

 

[71]. When nothing in life goes right, go left.

 

[70]. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

 

[69]. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy

 

[68]. Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. ~Albert Einstein

 

[67]. Never explain -- your friends don't need it, & your enemies won't believe you anyway.-E.Hubbard

 

[66]. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. ~Roald Dahl

 

[65]. You can have everything in life you want if you just help enough other people get what they want ~ Zig Ziglar

 

[64]. A beautiful life does not just happen, it is built daily by prayer, humility, sacrifice and love. Dennis Castillo

 

[63]. Hot heads & cold hearts never solve anything. Cold heads and hot hearts solve everything.

 

[62]. He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. - Arabian Proverb

 

[61]. No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

 

[60]. Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today. ~James Dean

 

[59]. When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out. - David Weatherford

 

[58]. "To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult." - Plutarch

 

[57]. The person who complains that he/she never had a chance probably hasn't the courage to take a chance.

 

[56]. Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get - Dale Carnegie

 

[55]. Who said 'the smile is a symbol of joy' and who said 'the tear is a symbol of sadness'? Sometimes, we express our great joy by a tear and the great sadness with a smile.

 

[54]. Just because someone hurts you, doesn't mean you should hurt others. But if someone made you smile, it's your duty to make someone smile too.

 

[53]. How we deal with life is really a matter of choice, so choose to be happy. Find joy in the simplest things and see beauty in each person you meet.

 

[52]. We often change for two reasons. It can be either that we have learned enough that we want to change or we have been hurt enough that we need to change.

 

[51]. There are five things a person needs to be happy: some work, some food, some friends, some fun, and someone.

 

[51]. The more we share, the more we have.

 

[50]. What's worse than being blind? It is to have sight but no vision - Helen Keller

 

[49]. To make mistake is human. To be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

 

[48]. The harder you work the luckier you get.

 

[47]. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

 

[46]. The best thing in life is finding someone who knows all your weakness and still thinks you're completely amazing.

 

[45]. Don¡¦t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don¡¦t matter or that your voice doesn¡¦t count. Don¡¦t ever believe that you can¡¦t make a difference. You have. -- Obama after election

 

[44]. The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

 

[43]. ¡§Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.¡¨ Bil Keane - an American cartoonist

 

[42]. The size of candles may differ, but they yield the same brightness. It's not the matter of your position, but your ability that shines.

 

[41]. Life¡¦s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they¡¦re supposed to help you discover who you are. -Bernice Johnson Reagon

 

[4]. ¡§Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.¡¨ --George Santayana

 

[39]. Being happy does not mean everything's perfect. It means you decided to look beyond the imperfections.

 

[38]. The longest distance on earth is not from north to south; it's when I stand in front of you and you ignore me.

 

[37]. When the door of happiness closes, another opens but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us. -Mayuri

 

[36]. E.N.D. is "Effort Never Dies" and N.O. is "Next Opportunity" So always Be Positive!!!

 

[35]. Do you know why a car's windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small?Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. Look Ahead and Move on.

 

[34]. It¡¦s impossible to find someone who won¡¦t make you cry. So instead, look for someone who will be worth the tears.

 

[33]. You were born an original. Don't die a copy.

 

[32]. "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much" Author: Oscar Wilde

 

[31]. "A fact of life: after Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says W T F ..." Author: Unknown

 

[3] "Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric." Author: Bertrand Russell

 

[29] "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it!" Author: Jonathan Winters

 

[28] "Women like silent men. They think they're listening." Author: Marcel Achard

 

[27] "I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it." Author: Rita Mae Brown

 

[26]. Seeing someone smile is one of the most beautiful things, and knowing that you're the reason behind it comes in at a close second!!

 

[25]. "Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement." -- Claude M. Bristol, Author

 

[24]. Sometimes when we say we are okay, we need someone to give us a hug and look in our eyes and say, "I know you are not OK, so tell me the truth."

 

[23]. "Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark." -Rabindranath Tagore

 

[22].

Life is an opportunity,benefit from it.

Life is a dream,realize it

Life is a challenge,meet it.

Life is a duty,complete it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

 

[21]. Life has many twists and turns and sometimes what looks like a very bad day can just be clearing the way for good things to come.

 

[2. ]Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker.

-- Abhishek Shah

 

[19]. "If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers." Charles Dickens

 

[18]. Clijsters and Wozniacki in 1 set all in Doha final. Go to bed now. Good night all. See who wins tomorrow morning!

 

[17]. When we try being close to people, they neglect our care !!! And when we stay a little away from them, they start blaming us for not being with them.

 

[16]. It's better to have a successful exit than a favourable entrance because what matters is not being applauded when you arrive but being remembered when you leave.

 

[15]. "Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours."

-Swedish Proverb

 

[14]. Clijsters won the first set 6-3 against Wozniacki in Doha final. A very exciting set.

 

[13]. Life is not about the people who act true to your face. It's about the people who remain true behind your back.

 

[12]. Don't ask god to make your life easier, ask him to make you a stronger person.

 

[11]. Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.

 

[10]. "Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." -- Benjamin Franklin

 

[9]. (From Quote a Day - to make difference in your life) The longer you hold on to resentment, the more your past-hurts keep hurting you. Grab the lesson and move on!

 

[8]. "The great use of life is to spend it doing something that will outlast it." -- William James, Psychologist

 

[7]. Everyone looks different! Amazing!

 

[6]. Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. --Jonathan Swift

 

[5]. You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person." -- Scott Sorrell

 

[4]. "A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures." -- John Kennedy

 

[3]. "Chile's Rescue Formula: '75% Science, 25% Miracle'" - WSJ

 

[2]. "Difficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter." -- Dan Reeves, Football Coach

 

[1]. When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will be a better place.