Friday 28 February 2014

Concentration

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.
Ray Knight

Thursday 27 February 2014

Love

Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.
Ray Bradbury

Saturday 22 February 2014

16/02 - 22/02

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. 
Tom Wilson


If you thing twice before speaking once, you will speak twice the better for it. 
William Penn


Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of. 
Anonymous

Words of wisdom should be ways of wisdom. 
Arrested Development

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

Listen to all, plycking a feather from every passing goose, but follow no one absolutely. 
Chinese proverb

Wisdom has two parts: 1) Having a lot to say. 2) Not saying it.
Church billboard in Vermont

Saturday 15 February 2014

Happiness

Happines often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. 
John Barrymore

Friday 14 February 2014

Silence

Words can sting like anything. But silence breaks the heart.
Suzanne Nichols

Thursday 13 February 2014

Education

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
Robert E. Lee

Did you know the words "almost", "accent" and "billow" are the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order ?

Wednesday 12 February 2014

Wisdom

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Horace

Just another way of saying that life experience means something. 

Tuesday 11 February 2014

Change

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Nelson Mandela


Monday 10 February 2014

Appearances

Do not judge by appearances. A rich heart may be under a poor coat.
Scottish proverb

Sunday 9 February 2014

Health

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. 
Mohandas Gandhi

Saturday 8 February 2014

Rest

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book. 
Thomas A Kempis


I don't normally post more than one quote a day, but just found this one and I couldn't help myself. It's me.

Health

The groundwork of all happiness is good health.
Leigh Hunt

Friday 7 February 2014

Criticizing

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
F. Scott Fitzgerald


Thursday 6 February 2014

Happiness

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.
John Gunther

As they say, love goes through the stomach, so I pressume it might be the same thing for happiness. 

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Lagom

Even where sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing.
Homer

Lagom (pronounced [ˈlɑ̀ːɡɔm]) is a Swedish word with no direct English equivalent, meaning "just the right amount". source: wikipedia

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Learn

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
Ghandi

Monday 3 February 2014

Forgiveness

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi

Sunday 2 February 2014

Happiness

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. 
Elsa Schiapirelli

Saturday 1 February 2014

Breathe

If you know the art of breathing, you have the strength, wisdom and courage of ten tigers.
Chinese adage