Years ago my mother said to me, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. —Mary Chase More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Maybe the greatest challenge now is to find a way to keep independence while also committing ourselves to the ties that bind people, families, and ultimately societies together. —Jane O'Reilly More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. —Whoopi Goldberg More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In the end, I decide that the mark we've left on each other is the color and shape of love. That the unfinished business between us. Because love, love is never finished. It circles and circles, the memories out of order and not always complete. —Sara Zarr More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To become acquainted with kindness one must be prepared to learn new things and feel new feelings. Kindness is more than a philosophy of the mind. It is a philosophy of the spirit. —Robert J. Furey More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away. —Phyllis McGinley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another. —Madonna More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow. —Harriet Martineau More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can. —Norman Vincent Peale More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Pleasure is an important component of the quality of life, but by itself it does not bring happiness. Pleasure helps to maintain order, but by itself cannot create a new order in consciousness. —Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. —Sydney J. Harris More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful. —Dame Rose Macaulay More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. —Og Mandino More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers, but it is the sins of the mothers that are the most difficult to avoid repeating. —Melanie Benjamin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale. —Brock Chisholm More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email