“Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”
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Erica Jong
Posted in Quotes Tagged be accountable, be responsible, do not blame others, erica jong, life, remove the word blame from your vocabulary, remove thoughts of blame, see where you can modify-not blame, terrible thing, thing Comments closed
Menander
“He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.”
Posted in Quotes Tagged accomplish a little each day, accomplishment, baby steps move us forward, be dedicated to your work, dedication, despair, diligence, labor, Menander, one step at a time, progress, thing Comments closed
John F. Kennedy
“So, let us not be blind to our differences – but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.”
Posted in Quotes Tagged common, common ground, common interests, direct, focus on positive, focus on similariries, john f kennedy, means, resolve differences, similar, similariries Comments closed
Real Live Preacher
“One thing is clear to me. You can’t know everything you’d like to know. You can’t do everything you’d like to do. You can’t read everything you’d like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life.”
Posted in Quotes Tagged choice, choices, choose, choose a match to strong desires, choosing, go for great, learn, learning, lessons, life, lives, living, other, perfect fit, read, reading, Real Live Preacher, right fit, skip good and go for great, thing Comments closed
Marie Beyon Ray
“We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand… and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.”
Posted in Quotes Tagged actually-being, beyon, carpe diem, fleeting moment, greatest, life, marie beyon ray, marieray, sieze the day, snowflake, the-successes-, treasure your time, value the moment Comments closed
Lois McMaster Bujold
“Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they’ll be called on to do before the next chance.”
Posted in Quotes Tagged be here now, enjoy the moment, lois mcmaster bujold, next, opportunity, relish simple pleasures, seize opportunity, seize the opportunity, sleep Comments closed
Marcel Proust
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
Posted in Quotes Tagged experience, hero journey, journey, learning lesson, marcel proust, pain of life, struggle, trials and tribulations, tribulations, turmoil, wisdom Comments closed
Dr. Thomas Fuller
“Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.”
Posted in Quotes Tagged bacchus, caution, dr thomas, freeing oneself, freely choose, great liberator, liberator, neptune, patron deity of agriculture and the theater, release inhibitions, reserve, thomas fuller Comments closed
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
“The best way to try to motivate somebody is by being direct with them. To be honest with them. Lies are never the right way to get your message across.”
Posted in Quotes Tagged candid, candid communication, direct, direct communication, honest, honest communication, matt stone, motivate, motivation, open, right, trey parker Comments closed