SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2024 - QUOTES

 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2024 - QUOTATIONS

I am subscribed to “Quote of the Day.” Every day, a meaningful quote arrives in my mailbox. 

Some Recent Quotes of the Day:

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“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations,” Henry David Thoreau.
I grew up with books - and still “read” (or listen).  [George Pacific paper company in the 1960s had a slogan “Send me a man who reads” - of course, some pundits modified this - “Send me a man, who reads” for a woman who wanted a man in her life)

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Always try, always do your best. 

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein
Never stop learning, never stop questioning. I recently heard a TEDx talk in which the speaker encouraged us to be curious. Keep asking, keep looking, and keep expanding your comfort zone.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. Ralph Marston
Be lifelong learners

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long ago. Warren Buffett
Leave the world a better place - pick up your trash, plant flowers, and mow your grass.  Okay - maybe not cool - but I use a public restroom in a large store frequently - and sometimes there is paper on the floor - or other trash, and I put it in the trash container.

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after will be sunshine. Jack Ma
There is a Bible verse - Galatians 6:9: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up". 

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Dr. Seuss, You are unique - live authentically

You can escape tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln  There are times we might need to “face the music” - it is best (my opinion) to get it over with

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present. Bil Keane  I like presents (that is gifts). 

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. James Dean   I dream a lot at night.  I try to remember the dreams (and generally I don’t) - and I dream about what good can happen.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie  Have an attitude of gratitude!!

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today. H. G. Wells   Get up - get going.  I’ll admit I was always a morning person, but I’m slowing down. 

Every breath we take and every step we make can be filled with peace, joy and serenity. Thich Nhat Hanh  Attitude is everything

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We need to take time to reflect on who we are periodically.  Where are we going? 

I like to watch Facebook videos (others might like TikTok or another platform).  The main character takes twenty years to dig out of Shawshank prison.  TWENTY YEARS OF chipping away at rock walls, twenty years of nothing - to get his freedom.  There had to be days when he wanted to say, “This is never going to work.”

I get tired of trudging along day after day.     I see seniors at the nursing home - waiting for God.  Ned was a successful lawyer, but now, he watches television daily in bed.  (Now, in fairness to Ned, I only see him for a few seconds when I come to work and leave.  Maybe his mornings are spent in the gym, maybe he is writing his memoirs, or he communicates with young lawyers and teaches an online class.  This was an active, intelligent man - now it seems he has turned his attitude off.

Yes, I know I will die - I feel a compulsion to keep going - keep working and driving.  

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LOVE WINS

LOVE TRANSFORMS

Karen Anne White, October 26, 2024