Affirmations

[lliam]

Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried.
Author: William Shakespeare

[Serenity]

All you have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to you. - Gandalf

[dai bread]

He aha te mea nui?
He tangata.
He tangata.
He tangata.

What is the most important thing? The people, the people, the people.
- Maori proverb.

[lliam]

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.-- John Quincy Adams

[Serenity]

If you want to enjoy success, fantasize about it. If you want a special love, fantasize about it, too. When it comes along, you will be more comfortable. It won't be a new experience. - Dr. Madeleine Hirschfield

[The Great Carouser]

"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do." Voltaire

"Do not weep. Do not wax indignant. Understand." Spinoza

"The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it." Al Batt

"If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years" Bertrand Russell

[The Great Carouser]

I'm sorry, I didn't include perhaps, the best of them all.....
"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved." Victor Hugo

[Serenity]

There is nothing to it. You only have to hit the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself. - Johann Sebastian Bach

[eaphil]

Uva uvam vivendo varia fit -- Augustus McCrae

One grape causes another grape to ripen.

http://www.geocities.com/danidarc/dove/text/uva.txt

[lliam]

Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.
Author: Marabel Morgan

[The Great Carouser]

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own." Disreali

[Jeff Dutton]

Do not let truth and mercy leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will find favor and good understanding,
in the sight of God and people.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own understanding.
Acknowledge him in all your ways,
and he will make your paths straight.
Do not be wise in your own estimation;
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
This will bring healing to your body,
and refreshment to your inner self.

~Proverbs 3:3-8 New English Translation

[Nicole Marie]

Carpe Diem.

[lliam]

*TIS ONLY IN THEIR DREAMS THAT MEN TRULY BE FREE,
'TWAS ALWAYS THUS, AND ALWAYS THUS WILL BE. -KEATING.

*PS
*For all the word scholars out there: 'Carpe Diem' is Latin for "Sieze the Day." (As if you didn't already know).

[shostakovich]

And I thought it was a complaint about a meager travel allowance. We live and learn.
Shos

[dai bread]

"For there is neither East nor West
Border nor breed nor birth
When two strong men stand face to face
Though they come from the ends of the Earth."

-Rudyard Kipling, "The Ballad of East & West".

With due apologies to my female readers, but it doesn't scan if I try to adjust it.

[lliam]

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Author: Ralph Waldo Emmerson

[The Great Carouser]

"What force is more potent than love?" Stravinsky

"Like swift water, an active mind never stagnates." Anonymous

[treebeau]

"Yada, yada, yada..." - Elaine on "Seinfeld"

[OperaTenor]

"To be is to do." - Plato

"To do is to be." - Aristotle

"Do be, do be do." - Frank Sinatra