"Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us, but in what we make out of what they do to us." - H. E. Fosdick
"One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks." - Jack Penn
"Happiness is having something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for." - Anonymous.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Claw has been enjoying a week off, on vacation. He's back, and wants to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, on this glorious eve. Feliz Navidad. Joyeux Noel. Tsing Don Fi Lo. Maliguyang Pascow. Happy Hanukkah. Kwanzaa. Eid al-Adha. And to all a good night.
"Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences." - Norman Cousins
"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no what fork you use." - Emily Post
"May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, the foresight to know where you're going, and the insight to know when you've gone too far." - Anonymous
"A mind stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." - Anonymous
"Idleness is not doing nothing; it's being free to do anything." - Anonymous
"Reality is the leading cause of stress among those who are in touch with reality." - Anonymous
"The time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted time." - Anonymous
"A good test of a person's character is his behavior when they are wrong." - Unknown
"An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity." - Anonymous
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out." - Anonymous
"The less we identify with who we think we are, the sooner we'll discover who we really are." - Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D
"The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation." - Peter Marshall
"Appreciation comes in two flavors - thanks and compliments." - Marabel Morgan
"Preaching is the least effective course of action to achieving success in your intentions of getting your point across." - Dan LaFever
"Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind." - Andy Sklivis
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out." - Anonymous
"Generosity is giving more than you can; and pride is taking less than you need." - Kahlil Gibran
"Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match." - Karl Kraus
"You don't speak because you want to say something; you speak because you've got something to say." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The shield may be as important for victory as the sword or spear." - Charles Darwin.
(Dedicated to all those who've served in our US Armed Forces, on this Veteran's Day.)
"It isn't what we don't know that gets us into trouble; it's what we know that isn't so." - David Stockman
"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the methods we use to hide them." - La Rochefoucauld
"Character is like a tree, and reputation is its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; but the tree is the real thing." - Abraham Lincoln
"Some people never learn anything because they understand everything too soon." - Alexander Pope
"Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but want a different one." - Ivern Ball
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend." - Abraham Lincoln
"The hardest thing in life to learn, is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn." - David Russell
"He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it."- Charron
"A disappointment that feels like a letdown, can sometimes be the result of selfishness; but depending on the letdown, it could still be a disappointment, nonetheless." - Tiger Claw
"A true friend is someone who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes."- Doug Larson
"You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are." - Eckhart Tolle
"Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on." - Eckhart Tolle
"Experience is not what happens to a person; it is what a person does with what happens to them." - Aldous Huxley
"One of the most difficult things in the world is to know how to do something while another is doing it wrong, and not say anything." - Theodore White
"One of the oldest of human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night." - Margaret Mead
"It is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it as such." - William Shakespeare
"Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily." - Lazarus Long
"A true friend is someone who is there for you, when they'd rather be somewhere else." - Lou Weir
"Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools." - George Chapmen
"No one is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately." - Michel deMontaigne
"Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have of trying to change others." - Jacob M. Broude
"If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." - Bob Hope
"Waiting and hoping are the whole of life; when the dream is realized, it is destroyed." - Gian-Carlo Menotti
"Friends must know how much you care, before they care how much you know." - Marabel Morgan
Dedicated to Opie, son of Piney, one of the nine redwood originals, Sons Of Anarchy.
"A sense of humor is the ability to laugh at your own jokes when someone else tells them." - Gene Brown
"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey in the end, that matters." - Urlsula K. LeGuin
It is stupidity second to none to busy oneself with the correction of the world. - Moliere
There are literally hundreds of thousands of quotes out there, that inspire us, make us laugh, and open our minds. From people we know, to those we don't, it doesn't matter. It is the quote that matters. I've been collecting quotes for years, ones I feel that have an impact. At least, an impact on yours truly.
There are plenty of books available, and websites, as well, filled with quotes. I read them regularly. But we all pick out certain quotes that either have to do with our current situations, or ones that we like more than the majority of others. No rants or blogs. Just a daily thought, quote, etc. You can save it to your link, and check it whenever you want, or type in your email on the right, to follow Claw, and you'll receive an email anytime I publish a thought for the day. There are additional thoughts from other sources, located to the right, such as buddha, bruce lee, darth vader, poems, etc. Here is the first, which ironically, is the first in my book of quotes. Enjoy.
Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
- Merry Browne
