Thought For The Day
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed .... Without suspecting our abode until we drive away.
~Emily Dickinson
posted by Sanford Mahr at 8:21 AM
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thought For The Day
The nearest way to glory -- a shortcut, as it were -- is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
- Socrates, quoted in Cicero, 44 BC.
- Socrates, quoted in Cicero, 44 BC.
posted by Sanford Mahr at 7:33 PM
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thought For The Day
"Know your limits, not so that you can honor them, but so that you can smash them to pieces and reach for magnificence." ~ Cherie Carter-Scott
Note: Sourced by Richard Gorbaty
posted by Sanford Mahr at 5:55 AM
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Thought For The Day
That only which we have within, can we see without. If we meet no Gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is a grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps.
- -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
posted by Sanford Mahr at 8:28 AM
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Thought For The Day
I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expects everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate goods.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
posted by Sanford Mahr at 10:20 AM
Monday, May 25, 2009
Thought For The Day
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
posted by Sanford Mahr at 4:52 PM
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thought For The Day
You are the master of your fate.
You are the captain of your soul.
While your character is formed by your circumstances,
your own desires can do much to shape those circumstances.
What is really ennobling in the doctrine of free will is the conviction that
you have the power over the formation of your own character.
Nature is at work around you.
Character and destiny are her handiwork.
She gives you love and hate, jealousy and reverence.
You have the power to choose which impulses you will follow.
You can at any time decide to alter the course of your life.
No one can ever take that away from you.
You are the master or your joys and your sorrows.
The greatest power you possess is the power to choose.
Max Steingart
You are the captain of your soul.
While your character is formed by your circumstances,
your own desires can do much to shape those circumstances.
What is really ennobling in the doctrine of free will is the conviction that
you have the power over the formation of your own character.
Nature is at work around you.
Character and destiny are her handiwork.
She gives you love and hate, jealousy and reverence.
You have the power to choose which impulses you will follow.
You can at any time decide to alter the course of your life.
No one can ever take that away from you.
You are the master or your joys and your sorrows.
The greatest power you possess is the power to choose.
Max Steingart
posted by Sanford Mahr at 4:26 PM
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Thought For The Day
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
John F. Kennedy
posted by Sanford Mahr at 6:59 PM
Monday, May 18, 2009
Thought for The Day
"Most men in a concentration camp believed that the real opportunities of life had passed. Yet, in reality, there was an opportunity and a challenge. One could make a victory of those experiences, turning life into an inner triumph, or one could ignore the challenge and simply vegetate, as did a majority of the prisoners."Viktor E. Frankl
posted by Sanford Mahr at 8:52 PM
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Thought For The Day
"In War: Resolution.
In Defeat: Defiance.
In Victory: Magnanimity.
In Peace: Goodwill."
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
In Defeat: Defiance.
In Victory: Magnanimity.
In Peace: Goodwill."
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
posted by Sanford Mahr at 5:39 PM
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Thought For The Day
"I swear by my life and love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask
another man to live for mine."
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Note: Sourced by Kenneth H. Kaufman
posted by Sanford Mahr at 3:47 PM
Friday, May 15, 2009
Thought For The Day
"Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your promotion."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
posted by Sanford Mahr at 7:39 PM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Thought For The Day
"Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in."
-Katherine Mansfield
-Katherine Mansfield
posted by Sanford Mahr at 3:01 PM
Monday, May 11, 2009
Thought For The Day
Other people and things can stop you temporarily.
posted by Sanford Mahr at 4:33 PM
Friday, May 08, 2009
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Thought For The Day
"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks." Phillips Brooks
posted by Sanford Mahr at 5:10 PM
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Thought For The Day
"Cherish your visions and you dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements." Napoleon Hill
Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now.
posted by Sanford Mahr at 8:37 PM
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Thought For The Day
"Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution."
– Stephen Sondheim
– Stephen Sondheim
posted by Sanford Mahr at 5:00 PM
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Thought For The Day
Seldom speak of yourself to others; rather, make them talk about themselves instead:
therein lies the whole art of pleasing, and them engagement.
- J.E de Goncourt
- J.E de Goncourt
posted by Sanford Mahr at 8:05 PM
