Thought for the day or Something to think about.

[SmokeyBob]

"I can't do it" never yet accomplished anything. "I will try" has accomplished wonders.
~George P. Burnham

Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
~Marilyn vos Savant

Dreams have the power to take us anywhere. Imagination is not a talent of some men, but is the health of every man.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

[SmokeyBob]

The most valuable possession we can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon we can be is an instrument of peace. ~ Carlos Santana

[SmokeyBob]

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable.
~Anon

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

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
~Teresa of Avila

[SmokeyBob]

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.
~Doug Larson

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.
~Harriet Woods

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
~Helen Keller

[SmokeyBob]

When the solution is simple, God is answering.
~Albert Einstein

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
~Horace

"Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go."
~Margaret Walker

[SmokeyBob]

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
--Samuel Johnson

Our real duty is always found running in the direction of our worthiest desires.
--Randolph S. Bourne

A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean question: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well or ill?
--John Steinbeck

[SmokeyBob]

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing and conveys much.
--Erastus Wiman

The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
--Charles Du Bos

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
--Lee Iococca

[KevinC]

Thanks so much for continuing to post these quotes. I really enjoy reading them. They are good reminders and often inspiring.

[SmokeyBob]

"Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed."
~Corita Kent

"A great artist is always before his time or behind it."
~George Edward Moore

"Opportunity knocked. My doorman threw him out."
~Adrienne Gusoff

[SmokeyBob]

Thanks so much for continuing to post these quotes. I really enjoy reading them. They are good reminders and often inspiring.

Your welcome

[mezmo]

I second KevinC's sentiment !

Cheers,
Norm/mezmo

[SmokeyBob]

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
--Oscar Wilde

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
--Malcolm S. Forbes

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
--Oscar Wilde

[SmokeyBob]

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
Will Rogers

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
Will Rogers

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
Will Rogers

[SmokeyBob]

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Buddha

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
Mark Twain

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.
Groucho Marx

[SmokeyBob]

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
Winston Churchill

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Albert Einstein

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Albert Einstein