"THOUGHTS OF THE DAY"



"An "F" is not the first letter of "failure", an "S" is!
To spell "failure" correctly, therefore,
One must begin from inside of "failure",
Where "S" stands for "success";
For when "failure" is turned inside out,
It actually spells "success"!"
--- Copyright © 2004 Joel Ajayi



"Those who forget where they came from, tend to get lost where they are going."
--- Copyright © 2004 Billy Jeffries






"Life is not just for living once... it's for living everyday."
--- Copyright © 2004 Ruth Harnish



"One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences."
--- O.A. Battista



"Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to."
--- Arnold H. Glasow



"By the time I was old enough to understand and agree with my father's advice, I had a daughter of my own who questioned mine."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Juli Link --- Oregon



"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
--- Confucius



"Stone on terrace is not a Mountain. Grow big; stay grounded."
--- Copyright © 2004 Dhruv Soi
Many people get into bad habits, just to grow up in their lives. This quote is intended to get them to think.



"There's nothing cozier than a warm realization."
--- Copyright © 2004 Lisa Gratz



"Think always... but don't think a lot; otherwise at the end, you will just end up thinking....and will do nothing."
--- Copyright © 2004 Shashi Prakash Ladha
This is what I believe according to my experiences in my life to date.



"A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait."
--- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe



"The most successful way to change the world is to change a heart, one person at a time, with love, peace, and forgiveness."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nick W. --- Montana



"Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles. Why should we all dress after the same fashion? The frost never paints my windows twice alike."
--- Lydia Maria Child



"Making excuses for selfishness will get you nowhere in life."
--- Written in 2004 by L. Garrison --- Kentucky



"If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen."
--- Loretta Girzartis



"Mediocrity is unacceptable and the status quo is the same as failure."
--- Copyright © 2001 Chief J. Mike Baker (San Marcos Fire Rescue)



"Without continuous personal development you are now all that you will ever become."
--- Eli Cohen