"Your whole life is a rehearsal for the moment you are in now."

—Judith Malina

Note: Sent from NJC

"We live, and we learn, as much unconscious absorption and imitations as by systematic effort." -Luella B. Cook

"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are."

Kierkergaard

Note:Sourced by Julia Kristmundsdottir

The greatest comfort of my old age, and that which gives me the highest satisfaction, is the pleasing remembrance of the many benefits and friendly offices I have done to others.
Marcus Cato

Note: Sent from Donna Dickinson Schneider

Tighten Your Belt, Strengthen Your Mind
By SANDRA AAMODT and SAM WANG
Consistently doing any activity that requires self-control seems to increase willpower — and the ability to delay gratification is highly associated with success in life.

Note: Sourced by NJC

"What you fear eventually overtakes you."

Jenny Holzer:

Note: Contributed by NJC

These words spoken long ago by a GREAT MAN hold

meaning today....

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the
strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging
thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage
payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting
class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away
men's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them,
what they could and should do for themselves.

--Abraham Lincoln

Why do we fall, sir?

So that we might better learn to pick ourselves up.

Alfred Pennyworth to Bruce Wayne in the movie

Batman Begins

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."

~ Paulo Coelho
author of The Alchemist

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Author: Seneca, [Red Jacket] Native American

Time is not a line, but a series of now points.
- Taisen Deshimaru

"Life must be lived forwards, but can only be understood backwards." -Soren Kierkegaard

Going up?
First floor~friendships, hobbies and social occasions.
Second floor~family and domestic pleasures.
Third floor~creative endeavours and dedicated commitments.
Fourth floor~Spiritual quests and intellectual challenges.

In the department store of life's experience, much depends on which floor we take the lift to.
It's not a question of going up or down, but a question of making the most of whatever floor you find yourself on.
There are problems attached to every situation you ever encounter~ however, there are also wonderful benefits...if you simply recognize and enjoy those advantages.

~J.C.of the U.K.~

Note: Sent by Lynda Goldman

Education is not the taming or domestication of the soul's raw passions -- not suppressing them or excising them, which would deprive the soul of its energy -- but forming and informing them as art.
Allen Bloom

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
Omar Khayyam

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.
Anotole France

	What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
	Ralph Waldo Emerson Note: A Favorite of NJC

Randy Pausch, Science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, gave a lecture posed on the following question," What Wisdom would you share with the world if you knew it was your last chance?"

The attached is an actual transcript of that lecture. It is also available on UTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HqdnjgkExY

And now as a book, " The Last Lecture" by Hyperion Press

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"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment."
Michael Corleone( Al Pacino) -The Godfather

"Santino whats a matta you? Never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking."

Don Vito Corleone( Marlon Brando) to his Son Santino Coleone (James Caan)

The Godfather 1

"When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart." -Confucius

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I never said it. Honest. Oh, I said there are maybe 100 billion galaxies and 10 billion trillion stars. It's hard to talk about the Cosmos without using big numbers. I said "billion" many times on the Cosmos television series, which was seen by a great many people. But I never said "billions and billions." For one thing, it's too imprecise." - Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Billions & Billions

Ability is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
—Lou Holtz, famed former Notre Dame football coach

Thought For The Day

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
William Hazlitt

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