Clippings

Don't give up

2007-08-12T21:23:00.000+01:00

'I think & think for months & years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.'

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Dealing with people

2007-06-16T17:23:00.000+01:00

'The ability to deal with people is as purchasible a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability, than for any other under the sun.'

- John D. Rockefeller

Imagination

2007-06-13T12:45:00.000+01:00

'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'

- Einstein

Never explain yourself to anyone

2007-06-08T23:07:00.000+01:00

'Because the person who likes you, doesn't need it, & the person who dislikes you won't believe it.'

-Anonymous

2007-06-07T16:21:00.000+01:00

Praise

2007-05-29T19:03:00.000+01:00

'Praise is like the sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower & grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of critisism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.'

- Jess Lair

Books

2007-05-25T12:42:00.000+01:00

'...if you are able to read books & enjoy them & love them, you've got the whole world of literature at your feet.'

- Roald Dahl

One important law of human conduct

2007-05-24T20:13:00.000+01:00

'Always make the other person feel important.'

- Dale Carnegie

Women

2007-05-23T15:28:00.000+01:00

'There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.'

- Helena Rubinstein

An open mind

2007-05-22T22:13:00.000+01:00

'The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along & trying to put things in it.'

- Terry Pratchett

Anger

2007-05-21T12:46:00.000+01:00

'Anyone can become angry - that is easy. but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose & in the right way - this is not easy.'

-Aristotle

Free press

2007-05-20T11:36:00.000+01:00

'To enjoy the inestimable blessings of a free press it is necessary to tolerate the ills that it endangers.'

- De Tocqueville

Temperament is not destiny

2007-05-19T16:07:00.000+01:00

'Our emotional capacities is not a given; with the right learning, they can be improved.'

- Daniel Goleman

Boredom

2007-05-18T17:07:00.000+01:00

'It's amazing what positive virtues, of kindness, sympathy & community spirit, can spring from the simple negative condition of not being bored.'

- Jane Shilling

Make a difference in a lonely person's life today.

2007-05-17T21:55:00.000+01:00

'Take a colleague to lunch, make a call to a family member, deliver a bunch of flowers or a thoughtful little gift (chocolates, a book or magazine). A visit to someone in an Old age home... There are so many posibilities. - Just do someting today to make someone feel that they are worth something. You will get back much more. - DO IT!'

- Anne Jeffrey

Humour

2007-05-16T14:47:00.000+01:00

'Humour is the shortest distance between people.'

- Victor Borge

Freedom to choose

2007-05-15T15:48:00.000+01:00

'Live YOUR values, not other people's.'

- Anonymous

Talent

2007-05-11T21:41:00.000+01:00

'What you refuse to use,
you will surely loose.'

- Ted Engstrom

'Interesting people...

2007-05-10T21:42:00.000+01:00

... don't give up on life, they just find something new, worthwhile & fun to do!'

- Fiona Harold

Failure

2007-05-08T12:23:00.000+01:00

'... failure isn't fatal.'

- Mike Ditka

'My definition of a free society...

2007-05-06T21:58:00.000+01:00

... is one where it is safe to be unpopular.'

- Adlai Stevenson

Forget IQ

2007-05-05T16:58:00.000+01:00

'Brains may come in useful, as may social class & luck, but as a predictor of who will succeed in any area of life, EQ (Emotional Quotient) is the thing to worry about.'

- Good Housekeeping, on 'Emotional Intelligence.' by Daniel Goleman

Greatness

2007-03-22T22:17:00.000+01:00

'Not everybody can be famous, but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.'

- Dr. Martin Luther King

In your hands

2007-03-21T18:29:00.000+01:00

'I'm someone who believes that you contribute to your own future.'

- Tom Cruise

I don't care if you're rich, famous, cute, thin...

2007-03-20T21:35:00.000+01:00

'Are you useful?'

- Barack Obama

A good investment

2007-03-19T21:56:00.000+01:00

'If you show someone that you have faith in them, it will make them stronger.'

-Anonymous

The time is now...

2007-03-18T21:21:00.000+01:00

'Days are lost lamenting over lost days. What you can do, or think you can do, begin it.'

- Goethe

HAROLD KUSHNER, 'When bad things happen to good people.' (1984)

2007-03-16T02:22:00.000+01:00

Kushner, a rabbi, wrote this as a response to his child's fatal illness. About the things you can't control & how to deal with them, it is intellectually sound & practical & has remained popular.

- From the book, '50 Self-help classics', by Tom Butler-Bowdon

Sarcasm

2007-03-13T22:59:00.000+01:00

'Sarcasm is the lowest form of humour.'

-Anonymous

The way to change

2007-03-09T23:50:00.000+01:00

'Sow a thought, and you reap an action; sow an action, and you reap a habit; sow a habit , and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.'

- Charles Reade

Happiness & peace

2007-03-08T22:46:00.000+01:00

'It's so much easier to choose to love the things you have, instead of always yearning for what you're missing. Or for what you imagine you're missing. - It's so much more peaceful.'

- Anonymous

You can

2007-03-03T12:05:00.000+01:00

'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.'

- Chinese Proverb

Resisting

2007-02-09T21:54:00.000+01:00

'So long as man resists a situation, he will have it with him. If he runs away from it, it will run after him.'

- Florence Scovell Shinn

Degree in Happiness & Wellbeing

2007-02-08T09:33:00.000+01:00

'Happier people live nearly a decade longer. They are more productive at work & contribute more to society.'

- University of East London ( Masters Degree in Positive Psychology)

In the moment

2007-02-07T21:26:00.000+01:00

'Be grateful when you're feeling good & graceful when you're feeling bad.'

- Richard Carlson

Money

2007-02-06T22:28:00.000+01:00

'The man makes the money. The money does'nt make the man.'

- Anonymous

Only the truth

2007-01-26T15:31:00.000+01:00

'If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything else.'

-Anonymous

The secret of achieving more with less

2007-01-25T19:22:00.000+01:00

'By identifying what you're good at, then doing more of it, success will come easily.'

- Richard Koch

Living with change

2007-01-24T17:08:00.000+01:00

'People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about & what you value.'

- Stephen Covey

Think before you speak

2007-01-23T14:09:00.000+01:00

'A closed mouth gathers no feet.'

- Anonymous

Self-help material on personal development

2007-01-22T20:17:00.000+01:00

'To consciously decide what we will think, not allowing genes or environment or fate to determine our path - this is the essence of self-help.'

- Tom Butler-Bowdon

Persuasion

2007-01-19T11:42:00.000+01:00

'If you must persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.'

- Benjamin Franklin

Not the end of the world

2007-01-18T23:52:00.000+01:00

'Every exit is an entrance somewhere else'

- Tom Stoppard

Being 'straightforward', being 'honest'...

2007-01-17T18:41:00.000+01:00

'... doesn't mean you're licenced to be rude or tactless at the expense of someone else. Basic decency always overrules in this circumstance.'

- Anonymous

Change

2007-01-16T20:34:00.000+01:00

'Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self, will require not just small adjustments in your way of living & thinking, but a full-on metamorphosis.'

- Martha Beck

Heart on sleeve

2007-01-15T12:55:00.000+01:00

'The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.'

- Voltaire

Vision

2007-01-14T16:24:00.000+01:00

'In fact, with ... a focus on problems, you would experience anxiety which generates negative stress; whereas if the focus is on "possibilities" with a clear vision, you will experience more positive energy ... To ensure such a level of peak performance, then, you need to have , first, a vision that is a very clear image of what your work & life is about.'

- Jagdish Parikh

Change the record

2007-01-13T21:11:00.000+01:00

'Whose opinions, thoughts & beliefs are stuck in your mind? If they're not yours & they're of no value to you, don't hold onto them. You're a grown-up now. You can think your own thoughts. You can choose what to give room to. It doesn't matter how long some stuff has been there. If it's toxic, get rid of it.'

- Fiona Harrold

Networking

2007-01-11T22:17:00.000+01:00

'Treat everyone you meet today with respect. They might be tomorrow's friends or business contacts.'

- Anonymous

Weekly inventory

2007-01-10T16:11:00.000+01:00

'Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.'

- Dale Carnegie

Meaning of life

2007-01-09T21:59:00.000+01:00

'He who has a WHY to live can bear with almost any HOW.'

- Nietzche

Education

2007-01-08T21:42:00.000+01:00

'The great aim of education, is not knowledge but action.'

- Herbert Spencer

Health

2007-01-06T22:34:00.000+01:00

'Let food be your medicine...'

- Hippocrates (The Father of Medicine) 400BC

Maintaining friendship

2007-01-05T14:34:00.000+01:00

'It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.'

- Colette (1873-1954)

My New Year's resolutions

2007-01-04T00:12:00.000+01:00

1. Spend more time with friends & family.

2. Live a healthier lifestyle.

3. Do what has to be done every day & do it to the best of my ability.

4. Think before I speak or act.

5. Make a point to be more caring & kinder, patient & forgiving.

6.To remember that the glass is always half full.

7. Not to let time slip through my fingers.

8. Count my blessings when the going gets tough.

2007

2007-01-01T14:29:00.000+01:00

MAY YOU ENJOY GOOD HEALTH, PEACE, PROSPERITY
& MAY YOU SUCCEED IN EVERYTHING YOU DO.

WHATEVER MAY COME OUR WAY THIS YEAR, MAY WE RISE ABOVE IT ALL.

BEST WISHES FOR 2007!

LAVENDER

At the end of 2006

2006-12-31T23:28:00.000+01:00

'Look not mournfully to the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Great gift at no cost

2006-12-29T12:43:00.000+01:00

'A hug is a great gift. One size fits all.'

- Anonymous

The buck doesn't stop with you

2006-12-28T21:49:00.000+01:00

'You can have everything you want in life, as long as you help enough other people to get what they want.

- Zig Zigler

THIS DAY

2006-12-25T12:18:00.000+01:00

PEACE ON EARTH & GOODWILL TO ALL!

Age

2006-12-24T19:54:00.000+01:00

'Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.'

- Jack Benny

Prosperity

2006-12-23T22:05:00.000+01:00

'Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.'

- Calvin Coolidge

Birds of a feather...

2006-12-22T14:09:00.000+01:00

'Birds of a feather flock together.

If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens:

CHICKENS CAN'T FLY!'

- Anonymous

Time

2006-12-21T16:41:00.000+01:00

'Time is very slow for those who wait, very fast for those who are scared, very long for those who lament, very short for those who celebrate. But for those who love, time is eternity.'

- William Shakespeare

small print

2006-12-20T20:53:00.000+01:00

'The large print giveth & the small print taketh away.'

- Tom Waits

Kindness

2006-12-19T20:40:00.000+01:00

'A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind.'

- Richard Dehmel

'Luck'

2006-12-18T21:39:00.000+01:00

'I'm a firm believer in luck, and the harder I work, the more I seem to have of it.'

- Thomas Jefferson

Civilisation

2006-12-16T22:22:00.000+01:00

'Civilisation is an exercise in self-restraint.'

- W.B. Yeats

Don't let go

2006-12-15T20:49:00.000+01:00

'It is almost dawn. The day will soon break for you. Don't give up.'

- Daniel Odunmitide

Benefit of the doubt

2006-12-14T20:24:00.000+01:00

'Never judge someone before you know all the facts.'

- Anonymous

Learning from mistakes

2006-12-12T19:48:00.000+01:00

'Learn from your mistakes & keep going. In fact, don't call them mistakes at all; call them education.'

- Ted Engstrom

Time off

2006-12-10T20:45:00.000+01:00

'Time off makes me a better person. When I get it, I can feel my sanity & energy tanks refilling, & afterwards, I'm glad to get back to the fray.'

- Harriet Lane

100th Post

2006-12-04T22:23:00.000+01:00

As 2006 draws to a close, please comment & share your greatest achievement - whether big or small - of the past year.

Against all the odds...

2006-12-03T23:02:00.000+01:00

'Make up your mind to be happy today.'

- Anonymous

Worry

2006-12-02T22:27:00.000+01:00

'Worry a little bit every day & in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.'

- Mary Hemingway

Give unconditional love

2006-12-01T11:18:00.000+01:00

'Once we drop the need to control other people, it can also open us up to the idea of unconditional love - love that is given without the other person needing to fulfil any criteria.'

- Dr. John Briffa

Today

2006-11-30T20:11:00.000+01:00

'Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today.'

- Anonymous

Priceless

2006-11-29T16:22:00.000+01:00

'Do the things you enjoy doing, but stay out of debt.'

- Anonymous

Friendship

2006-11-28T17:33:00.000+01:00

'If there are people in your life that continually disappoint you, break promises, stomp on your dreams, too judgemental, have different values & don't give their backing during difficult times... that is not a friend.

To have a friend, be a friend. Sometimes in life as you grow, your friends will either grow with you or go. Surround yourself with people who reflect your values, goals, interests & lifestyle.'

- Anonymous

Growth

2006-11-27T23:03:00.000+01:00

'If you live in harmony with the things that come your way, then you really grow.'

- Jacinda Louw

Take joy in the moment...

2006-11-25T17:06:00.000+01:00

'Many lose the small joys, in hope for the big happiness.'

-Pearl S. Buck

Choose your friends carefully

2006-11-23T20:28:00.000+01:00

' Avoid people that make you unhappy.'

- Anonymous

Start all over again

2006-11-22T21:28:00.000+01:00

'If you didn't accomplish all you wanted today, if you're discouraged & you feel let down by others, just run yourself through the lines of the old song,
"Just pick yourself up,
dust yourself off,
& start all over again."

- Ted Engstrom

So much more...

2006-11-21T22:00:00.000+01:00

'Compared with what we ought to be, we are really only half awake. Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked. We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental & physical resources.'

- William James

Just do it

2006-11-18T21:33:00.000+01:00

'He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.'

- Horace

New beginning

2006-11-17T22:37:00.000+01:00

'Stop looking at where you have been & start looking at where you can be.'

- Anonymous

'Word of mouth'

2006-11-16T16:15:00.000+01:00

'Do not mind what anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone & everything for yourself.'

- Henry James

Forgiveness

2006-11-16T00:40:00.000+01:00

'Mercy is like money. Your deposits determine your withdrawals.'

- Anonymous

A helping hand

2006-11-05T19:59:00.000+01:00

'Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.'

- Anonymous

Learn through mistakes

2006-11-03T23:53:00.000+01:00

'Why commit the same errors, if there are so many new errors to commit.'

- Bertrand Russel

Spend time wisely

2006-11-01T15:01:00.000+01:00

'Don't spend your time brooding over sorrows or mistakes.'

-Anonymous

Whatever life has to offer

2006-10-31T14:26:00.000+01:00

'Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything & everyone has something. Sorrow intermingles with gladness of life.'

- Anonymous

Don't we all...

2006-10-30T18:06:00.000+01:00

'Love me when I less deserve it, because it's then when I need it most!'

- Chinese proverb

Take courage

2006-10-29T19:30:00.000+01:00

'Take courage! Remember: Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.'

- Victor Hugo

If you can't say something good...

2006-10-28T16:31:00.000+01:00

'The truth that's told with bad intent

Beat all the lies you can invent.'

- William Blake

The best

2006-10-27T17:20:00.000+01:00

'Be the best you were meant to be.'

- Anonymous

The life you want

2006-10-25T14:31:00.000+01:00

'Remember the full life that you want, and always go after it.'

- Belle in the Big Apple
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The power of a smile

2006-10-24T15:08:00.000+01:00

'The smile you send out always flies back to your own heart.'

- Indian proverb

A better life

2006-10-23T22:35:00.000+01:00

'Make the laughter outweigh the tears.'

- Anonymous

Never give in

2006-10-22T20:05:00.000+01:00

'Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour & good sense.'

- Sir Winston Churchill