Saturday, September 4, 2010

Thought Provoking Quotes

There is only one way to happiness, and that is cease worrying about the things which are beyond the power of our will. - Epictetus


"To those whose lives we touch in life, To whom our love we would impart, The greatest gift that we can give, May be an understanding heart" - Branon


I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy. -Og Mandino


Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."


"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”


Life is about trusting your feelings and taking chances, losing and finding happiness, appreciating the memories, learning from the past, and realizing people change.


"Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life."


Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

"Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future."

"Unless you are prepared to give up something valuable you will never be able to truly change at all, because you'll be forever in the control of things you can't give up."


Crying doesn't indicate that your WEAK...Remember, since birth, it has always been a sign that you're ALIVE.

Funny Political Facebook Quotes


“Barack Obama said today that politics has become too gummed up by money and influence … and then he had to leave to attend a fundraiser.” –Jay Leno


“Being president is like running a cemetery: you’ve got a lot of people under you and nobody’s listening.” –Bill Clinton


A diplomat is a man who says you have an open mind, instead of telling you that you have a hole in the head.


“Politics, noun. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.” —Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary


“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” -Ronald Reagan


Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. -- Seneca, A.D. 65


When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.' - Theodore Roosevelt


'The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it'. - Ronald Reagan


Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. - Gore Vidal


'Artificial hearts are nothing new. Politicians have had them for years.' - Mack McGinnis


'Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it wrongly, and applying unsuitable remedies'. - Sir Ernest Benn


Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer


The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. - Larry Hardiman


Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. -Doug Larson


Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that. - Bill Clinton


A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. -- H. L. Mencken


In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. -- Margaret Thatcher


Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge where there is no river. -Nikita Khrushchev


Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.


A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. - John Maxwell


"There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible." - Sir Alec Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister


"Our elections are free--it's in the results where eventually we pay." Bill Stern


A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.


Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable


A candidate is a person who gets money from the rich and votes from the poor to protect them from each other.


America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.


Politicians, like diapers, have to be changed frequently - and for the very same reason.


Dependence upon God makes heroes of ordinary people like you and me!-Bruce Wilkinson

Patience Quotes

The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. - Arnold H. Glasow


Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.-Napoleon Hill

"It's no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary." - Winston Churchill

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shapes of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. - Joseph Addison

Einstein's Quotes

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"The only real valuable thing is intuition."
"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."
"I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice."
"God is subtle but he is not malicious."
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."
"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."
"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."
"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."

Succes Quotes

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.


Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

The most important thing about goals is... having one." - Geoffry F. Abert


He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.

Love Qoutes


When one door of happiness closes, another opens: but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.


It’s easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows along like a song, but the man worthwhile is the man with a smile, when everything goes dead wrong.


We are not held back by love we didn’t receive in the past, but by the love we’re not extending in the present. - Marianne Williamson

To the world you may only be one person, but to one person you may

be the world. - Heather Cortez

Him that I love, I wish to be free. Even from me. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century - Mark Twain
 
"The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are your "buts" you use today." - Les Brown

A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes unnecessary. - Ingrid Bergman

Happy Quotes

Welcome the challenges. Look for the opportunities in very situation to learn and grow in wisdom.- Brian Tracy


Life is a gift, and I revel in it. - Anthony Robbins


Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like a violin.


Sometimes I have to ignore good opportunities so I could get ready for better ones.


Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude. - Joseph W. Krutch


It's not ' what you do for living', that counts as much as "what you do while you are living." Create a vocation that becomes a vacataion and you will never work another day for someone else in your life. You deserve to be passionate, creative, productive and most of all compensated for your time and effort. This is the cure to procrastination.


Happiness does not consist in things, but in the relish we have of them. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucald


The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but they seize us. - Ashley Montagu


Happiness is a grateful spirit, an optimistic attitude, and a heart full of love.


To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness. - Malcolm Forbes


Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao Tzu