"The truth dazzles gradually, or else the world would be blind."
Emily Dickinson

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
Marcel Proust

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
Charles Wadsworth

"War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriortic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has not chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
John Stuart Mill
Note: Sent by NJC

"You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will,  But the scent
of the roses will hang round it still."
(Thomas Moore)
Sent by NJC

"The most important thing in life is human kindness
Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Tough times never last. Tough people do.
Robert Schuller

"The paradox of time is that people rarely consider
they have enough when in fact all of it is available to
everyone."
- Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, The Art of Time
Note: Sent  by Kevin Fisher

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common then unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
So press on towards your highest calling. You can make it.
Calvin Coolidge 1872

"I've never been afraid to step out and to reach out and to move out in order to make things happen
Victory Gray

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of
past centuries.
Rene Descartes, philosopher and mathematician (1596-1650)

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.
- T.S. Eliot

Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo

SIMPLE STEPS INCREASE HAPPINESS IN DAILY LIFE...........
change the way you look at things
Always look at the bright side. Don't let your mind drag you to think about negativity and difficulties.  

2) Think of solutions, not problems.

3) Listen to relaxing uplifting music.

4) Watch funny comedies that make you laugh.

5) Each day devote some time to reading some pages of an inspiring book or article.

6) Watch your thoughts. Whenever you catch yourself thinking negative thoughts, stop them, and try to think of pleasant things. (Stop sign cancel cancel. Visualize a big red stop sign whenever you start to have negative thoughts.) 

7) Always look at what you have done and not at what you haven't.

8) Each day do something good for yourself.

9) Each day do at least one thing to make others happy.

10) Always expect happiness. 

11) Do not envy people who are happy. On the contrary, be happy for their happiness.

12)  Be where happy people are and try to learn from them to be happy. Remember that happiness is contagious.

13) When things do not proceed as intended and desired, do your best to stay detached. Detachment will help you to stay calm and control your moods and reactions. Detachment is not indifference.
Walk fast or briskly, with your head up and with straight posture. One cannot feel depressed or sad while doing this.
READ THE BOOK BY My friend Jimmy Demesa,M.D.
Your Guide to the Happiest Possible Life

OBITUARY OF COMMON SENSE: Sent by Kenneth H. Kaufman
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape
He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
Why the early bird gets the worm;
Life isn't always fair; and
Maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6 -year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Calpol, sun lotion or a band-aid to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion
Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.&
Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason
He is survived by his 3 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I'm A Victim
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not join the majority and do nothing

The course of living of one's life, regardless of the level of one's happiness or success, carries within it problems encountered throughout in varying degrees. However, no matter what the problem may be that confronts, if one remains than the problem(s) encountered, they will pass and solutions will take their place.
Paraphrased and adapted by fsm from
T. Harv Eker's - "The Millionaire Mind"
Originally shared by Dr. James DeMesa

Definition of Persistence
Continuing on a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure....From the Movie Hitch
Will Smith's Character

"Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of
impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements."
Queen Elizabeth II

DON'T SERVE TIME, MAKE TIME SERVE YOU
If you want to be successful you can start any time.
Your only true failure lies in the failure to start.
The reason why so little is ever done,
is generally because so little is attempted. The great thing is the start.
To see an opportunity and to pursue it.
Even though in the beginning,
you're not totally sure of all the answers to your questions.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
Don't wait to overcome all your possible objections before you start,
or nothing will ever be attempted.

If you can get up the courage to begin,
you have the courage to succeed.

"There's a difference between heroes and legends, Heroes are always remembered, but legends never die. To follow your heart is to never go wrong" - George Herman Ruth from The Sandlot
Note: Introduced from Sinnet23's profile page

Less is More
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe (1886-1969

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
- William J. H. Boetcker

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
Francis Bacon; Essays