Thought for the day or Something to think about.

[SmokeyBob]

"The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it." ~ C. P. Snow

"Motivation is a battle for the heart, not just an appeal to the mind." ~ Patrick Dixon

"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone." ~ Orison Swett Marden

[SmokeyBob]

"Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous half possession. Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A grownup is a child with layers on." ~ Paxton Blair

"Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience." ~ Laurence J. Peter

[SmokeyBob]

"Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization."
~George Bernard Shaw

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.
~ Martha Grimes

"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
--John Wooden

[SmokeyBob]

The business of life is to go forward. He who sees evil in prospect meets it in his way, but he who catches it by retrospection turns back to find it. That which is feared may sometimes be avoided, but that which is regretted today may be regretted again tomorrow.
~ Samuel Johnson

"Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head." ~Niels Henrik David Bohr

"Nobody believes the official spokesman, but everybody trusts an unidentified source."
~Ron Nesen

[SmokeyBob]

"The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to." ~ Dodie Smith

"Cats don’t like change without their consent ." ~ Roger Caras

"Cooking is 80% confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice." ~ Barbara Kingsolver

[SmokeyBob]

"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." ~William Shakespeare

"Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. " ~ Brad Henry

"Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses." ~ Elizabeth Taylor

[SmokeyBob]

I sustain myself with the love of family ~ Maya Angelou

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer “yes” without having asked any clear question. ~ Albert Camus

"Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer." ~ Ellen Degeneres

[SmokeyBob]

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
~ William Jennings Bryan

The most damaging phrase in the language is: It's always been done that way.
~ Grace Hopper

Life doesn't make any sense and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.
~ Eric Idle

[SmokeyBob]

Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life, it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.
~ Francois de la Rochefoucauld

You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings and then the outer things will come to correspond. Indeed, there is no other way of working.
~ Emmet Fox

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. ~ Rodney Dangerfield

[SmokeyBob]

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
--Alan Kay

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward Heaven.
--Henry Ward Beecher

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
--Sir Winston Churchill

[SmokeyBob]

“Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.”
~David Borenstein

"There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for." ~ Fred Hoyle

"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards." ~ Benjamin Franklin

[felixx]

"when you resign from a toxic workplace, you feel 10 years younger on the first day you do not have to return" - Felixx upon waking up this morning

[dales133]

"when you resign from a toxic workplace, you feel 10 years younger on the first day you do not have to return" - Felixx upon waking up this morning

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[SmokeyBob]

For I remember it is Easter morn, and life and love and peace are all new born.
~Alice Freeman Palmer

Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there.
~Clarence W. Hall

The Good thing: if you find Easter eggs on Easter. The Bad thing: if you find Easter eggs on Christmas.

[SmokeyBob]

Don't Hold a Grudge
Quote:"Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but

because you deserve peace."Lesson to learn:Being angry at someone

hurts only you. Let go of your anger, not for the other person, but

for yourself. Remember, forgiving doesn't mean forgetting. Forgiving

means accepting that it happened.


How to Truly Listen
Quote:"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand. Most

people listen with the intent to reply."Lesson to learn:Ask yourself

if you're truly listening to others or if you're being distracted by

your own chatter. Sometimes, listening means staying silent to give

others a chance to talk, soaking it in, then perhaps responding if

your response is needed.


Stop Comparing Yourself With Others
Quote:"The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we

compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight

reel."Lesson to learn:You may think everyone is better than you are,

but you are only seeing the image they portray to others. Everyone

has their own fears and weaknesses - after all, we're all human. Stop

comparing yourself to others, because you'll always come up short.