Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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It takes more courage to stay tender and sensitive in a tough world than to allow your heart to become hardened and unresponsive toward the needs of others.
~ Michele Howe
Saturday, January 26, 2013
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
- Elie Wiesel
Today is International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. For more information about this solemn day of remembrance, please consider https://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day
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I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.
~ Andrew Wyeth
Friday, January 25, 2013
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I am always happy--because I choose to be--I choose the attitude of gratitude.
~ Miles O'Brien Riley
Thursday, January 24, 2013
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“I still believe that love is the most durable power in the world.... This principle stands at the center of the cosmos. As John says, ‘God is love.’ [One] who loves is a participant in the being of God.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Holy God,
Whose presence is known
In the structures we build,
And also in their collapse,
Establish in us a community of hope,
Not to contain your mystery,
But to be led beyond security
Into your sacred space…
Amen.
- Janet Morley
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Success to me is about waking up each and every day and knowing in your heart that today you will make a difference in someone else's life. By living this way, we can all make the world a better place.
~ Michael Crossland
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You do not always have to know when you are going to get to your goal, or how you are going to get to your goal, but you do need to take the next step.
~Peggy McColl
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Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.
- Les Brown
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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When someone tells you that you can't do something, perhaps you should consider that they are only telling you what they can't do.
~Sheldon Cahoon
Sunday, January 13, 2013
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I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
- Albert Schweitzer
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It is the will of the heart that decides our destiny, for to achieve our goals, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
~ Sergio Bambaren
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If you want to change yourself, your relationships, your circumstances, or the world, begin by changing your beliefs.
~ Lion Goodman
Friday, January 11, 2013
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Until we know truth from our heart, it is just a decision between right and wrong. When it is from our heart, there is no decision; we just do what is right.
~ Michael Cupo
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The goal is not to be better than anyone else but rather be better than you were yesterday.
~ Jon Gordon
Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
~Eckhart Tolle