[2011-03-01]

[150]."High expectations are the key to everything."
-- Sam Walton, Wal-Mart Founder

[149].Assumptions are the termites of relationships. ~ Henry Winkler

[148]."The changing of the guard doesn't happen over three days... don't jump to conclusions that it's the end," says Roger Federer

[147].Life should be like a snowball - the further you roll, the more you gain.

[146].No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him. - Charles Kendall Adams
Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

[145]."You can't have a better tomorrow if you're thinking about yesterday."
-- Charles Kettering, Inventor

[144]."Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost."
-- Robert Schuller, Clergyman

[143]."One has enthusiasm for 30 mins, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 yrs makes a success of his life." -- Edward Butler

[142].Instead of expecting the worst, pray for the best!

[141].Think positive thoughts, expect positive results, have a positive attitude towards life!

[140]."If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do." -- Jack Welch

[139]."We can no longer pretend the fetus is invisible," writes Frances Kissling, an abortion rights advocate

[138].Laugh a little louder, smile a little more often, pray a little more fervently, dream a little further, and live much much happier.

[137].Tomorrow, Saturday, key day in Wisconsin people's showdown as Governor Scott Walker will try to shutdown protests.

[136].We don't see things as they are. We see things as we like.

[135].Instead of thinking you can't do it, ask how it can be done.

[134].Life is all about your attitude. Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

[133]."I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it."
-- Mike Ditka, Football Coach

[132]."You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals." -- George Patton

[131]."Courage is grace under pressure." -- Ernest Hemingway

[130].Find your why and you will find your way.

[129]."To get the full value of a joy, you must have somebody to divide it with."
-- Mark Twain, Writer

[128].Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. ~Mother Teresa

[127]."If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's. And guess what they might have planned for you? Not much." -- Jim Rohn, Motivational Speaker

[126]."Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." - C.S. Lewis

[125]."We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life." -- Edwin Markham, American Poet

[124].A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb

[123]."Choice, not chance, determines human destiny." -- Robert W. Ellis

[122]."A man can get discouraged many times, but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying."- John Burroughs

[121]."I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties." -- J.C. Penney, businessman

[120]."It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking, than to think your way into a new way of acting" - Jerry Sternin

[119]."True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done."
-- John Wayne

[118]."The biggest tragedy in America is not the great waste of natural resources - though this is tragic; "-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

[117]."the biggest tragedy is the waste of human resources because the average person goes to his grave with his music still in him."

[116]."No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given." -- Lou Holtz

[115]."He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger." -Confucius

[114]."Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end." Denis Waitley

[113].“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Nietzsche

[112]."To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future." Plutarch

[111]."Common sense is genius dressed up in work clothes." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[110].“Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will all be judged on one thing: the result.” – Vince Lombardi

[109]. The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. ~John E. Southard

[108]. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family, and friends. -- Art Linkletter

[107]. Do a little more than you're paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little harder than you want to.-- Art Linkletter

[106]. A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.-- Stendhal

[105]. President Obama: “Every day, families sacrifice to live within their means. They deserve a government that does the same.”

[104]. "A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror." Ken Keyes

[103]. "Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit." -- Paul J. Meyer

[102]. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone;
and do not be troubled about the future,for it has not yet come.
Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering. - SB

[101]. Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.~Erich Fromm

[100]. "Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." -- Paul Boese

[99]. "It's not where you start - it's where you finish that counts." -- Zig Ziglar, Author

[98]. Great leaders make others becoming more. They inspire others to let go of WHAT they are for WHO they could become - Cyril Legrand

[97]. "People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives."Richard Steele

[96]. "We must become the change we wish to see in the world." -- Mahatma Gandhi

[95]. Bob Hope - A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

[94]. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[93]. With every ending comes a new beginning. –Tarzan

[92]. It is not that you can't do it. It is that you don't think hard enough for a way to do it.

[91]. Leadership is personal. We need to grow the person in order to develop the leader - Cyril Legrand

[90]. Man is in Woman, Male in Female, He in She, Mr in Mrs, Adam in Madam, so no wonder why men want to be with women.

[89]. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~T. S. Elliot

[88]. "Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm." -- Publilius Syrus

[87]. "Any person who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved, has already defined his own limitations." -- Cavett Robert

[86]. A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Anonymous

[85]. Life has no rehearsals, only performances. ~ Anonymous

[84]. "All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties." - William Bradford

[83]. "The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns. The pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose." -Kahlil Gibran

[82]. "The Arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." (MLK)

[81]. The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have.

[80]. "The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things." -- Ernest Dimnet

[79]. Everyone always thinks that he/she understands others, but others don't understand him/her.

[78]. "You never know when a helping hand will change another person's entire life." ~ Zig Ziglar

[77]. I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive.
Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

[76]. Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing. ~ Oscar Wilde

[75]. "The only difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is extraordinary determination." -- Mary Kay Ash, Entrepreneur

[74]. Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours.

[73]. 3 No's in communication: no criticizing, no blaming, and no complaining

[72]. "Until you commit your goals to paper, you have intentions that are seeds without soil." -- Anonymous

[71]. A strong person knows when to hide their tears and say 'I'm Okay' .

[70]. A leader never reacts. First is to observe the big picture, clarify your intention, focus your ki, and then act decisively - Brian Bacon

[69]. Kindness costs nothing and creates the largest and most lasting ROI.

[68]. A different world cannot be built by indifferent people. Peter Marshall

[67]. "If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."

-- Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach

[66]. Add life to your days instead of days to your life.

[65]. "Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind."

-- Robert G Ingersoll, American Political Leader

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

[63]. "An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves." Bill Vaughan

[62]. "We are not the same persons this year as last, nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person." -Jacques Maritain

[61]. Without OOOpen, voice is vice

[60]. We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

[59]. "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." - Winston Churchill

[58]. No matter how busy you are, always make time for those people you would be afraid to lose.

[57]. "Enthusiasm is the least expensive and most beneficial cosmetic in the world." - George Zalucki

[56]. "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken."

-- Samuel Johnson, Lexicographer

[55]. The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."

-- Ferdinand Foch, military strategist

[54]. If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.

[53]. Beautiful pictures are developed from negatives in a dark room. So if you see darkness in your life, be reassured that a beautiful picture is being prepared.

[52]. "A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."

-- Grace Hopper, American Computer Scientist

[51]. Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.- Einstein

[50]. The value of a gift is in the love of the giver.

[49]. Enjoy what we have today. Either it will be gone, or we will be gone.

[48]. "The real source of inner joy is to remain truthful and honest" ~DalaiLama

[47]. May the season warm your soul, bring love to your heart and bless you with everything this life has to offer.

[46]. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

[45]. A civilization has to be measured by how it takes care of its old and its very young. -Unknown

[44]. Giving up doesn't always mean you're weak; sometimes it means you're strong enough to let go.

[43]. It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity. George M. Adams

[42]. Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful. ~Annette Funicello

[41]. I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself. - Jack London

[40]. Sacrifice is what you do for those you love without them asking and without waiting for a "thank you".

[39]. 'Making money' is like breathing. It is essential to life, but it’s not the reason to live - Brian Bacon

[38]. God’s mill grinds slow but sure.

[37]. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.

[36]. Time is the best critic. Patience is the best teacher. -Chopin

[35]. One's first step in wisdom is to question everything and one's last is to come to terms with everything. - Georg C. Lichtenberg

[34]. Life is infinitely more enriching when you notice it. Observe and you will see the beauty. (Paul Wilson)

[33]. Every second of every day is a chance to start again.

[32]. W/out pressure and heat there would be no diamonds. It's how you cope with Life's difficult situations that determine how bright you shine.

[31]. Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers. Colin Powell

[30]. "One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. "

-- Michael Fox

[29]. One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.

[28]. Choice, not chance, determines your destiny. ~Aristotle

[27]. Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

[26]. It takes a genius to create; a brilliance to understand; and little more than mere mediocrity to follow.-- Ashfaq Saraf

[25]. "Some of us learn from other people's mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people." -- Zig Ziglar, Author

[24]. Laughter is the closest distance between two people. ~Victor Borge

[23]. "There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else." Cullen Hightower

[22]. "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."

-- Winston Churchill

[21]. "The difference in winning and losing is most often in not quitting." - Walt Disney

[20]. A sucessful person is the one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.

[19]. "Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe." -Mitch Albom

[18]. God won't give you anything you can't handle.

[17]. When one door closes, another always opens.

[16]. "Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping stones to greater experience.

[15]. "Change is good; but if you keep changing for people, you'd have no identity!" Tomika Easton

[14]. A compromise is an agreement whereby both parties get what neither of them wanted. ~Author Unknown

[13]. A compromise is an agreement whereby both parties get what neither of them wanted. ~Author Unknown

[12]. “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”- Helen Keller

[11]. Don't forget to appreciate the one who stands by you today. Tomorrow may be too late.

[10]. "Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first." -- Frederick Wilcox, writer

[9]. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas Edison

[8]. "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." --John Lennon

[7]. "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato

[6]. It takes a minute to have a crush on X, an hour to like X, and an day to love X. But a lifetime to forget X.- Biswajit Tripathy (X=someone)

[5]. "Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless."

-- Mary Kay Ash, Entrepreneur

[4]. Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves? Robin Williams

[3]. Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else's suffering, there is the birth of understanding. ~ Deepak Chopra

[2]. A loving heart is the truest wisdom. ~Charles Dickens

[1]. "If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that files feels the attraction of earth."

-- Henry W. Longfellow