"THOUGHTS OF THE DAY"
Saying someone is stupid
Doesn't make you any smarter.
Saying someone is ugly
Doesn't make you any prettier.
Saying someone is fat
Doesn't make you any skinnier.
Making fun of someone
Doesn't make you any better.
So why do we do it?
--- Written in 2005 by Danielle C., Age 15 --- Texas
"Logs of wood - like hard work - can fuel the fire (life) sooner or later."
--- Written in 2005 by Vibhore Jain --- Punjab, India
"Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men."
--- Mahatma Gandhi
"If you work to desire and desire to work, then you will achieve."
--- Copyright © 2005 Brandon Johnson
I know that I am guilty myself of sitting at my desk, dreaming all day of what I could be doing or have. As my days go on, I realize that time lost daydreaming is time lost working to achieve my goals.
"A true friend is one that can celebrate you when you are the only one being celebrated."
--- Copyright © 2004 Richard Washington
"If you worry about time, remember this: you can't beat time, but you can work with it. With that known you can tackle each of your days because time will never end until our creator is ready to end it."
--- Written in 2005 by Jason S. --- Minnesota
This helps me get through my days if I ever worry about time. So don't worry about time or time will control you, from what I've learned. Have a great and wonderful life!
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."
--- Rosa Parks
"Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education."
--- Thomas Carlyle
"No man's error becomes his law; nor obliges him to persist in it."
--- Thomas Hobbes
"Dissatisfaction is the Milestone of Success."
--- Written in 2005 by Jodhbir Singh Josan --- India
Success gets direct feedback from satisfaction and links to it inversely - more the satisfaction corresponding lesser will be urge to do more for high rates for success. Success in life is directing upwards with no stops due to satisfaction.
"For time, driving all things in front of it, may bring with it evil as well as good."
--- Niccolo Machiavelli --- Submitted by K.B. --- Washington
The inevitable happens, remember to take it in stride.
"Life is like a stadium. Some go pick the jerseys while others go pick the tickets."
--- Rev. Gbeminiyi Eboda --- Submitted by Seun Makinde --- Nigeria
"When you're in doubt, do you believe in doubt? If yes, why won't you believe because you believe in doubt?"
--- Written in 2005 by Johnny Spence --- Canada
"A dream is only a dream until you make it a reality."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Naja Daigle --- Louisiana
"Barking is dog, howling is fox, roaring is lion, but only Crying is man!"
--- Written in 2005 by Muthu Aiyyar --- India
"Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And whatdo we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France.When will we also teach them what they are?
We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move.
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?
You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children."
--- Pablo Casals
"There is a thought in your mind right now. The longer you hold on to it, the more you dwell upon it, the more life you give to that thought. Give it enough life, and it will become real. So make sure the thought is indeed a great one."
--- Ralph Marston
"If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"
--- Author Unknown
"There are so many stars in the sky, but only some get noticed. Among those you choose to ignore is the one that was willing to shine for you forever, even if your glance remained elsewhere."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sujani Mundru --- India
"We can live on the old oil of life, but our lives will be much better if we change and live on the new oil of life."
--- Copyright © 2005 Joseph Primm
Regarding attitude and changing one's life for the better.
"We are who we choose to Be."
--- Written in 2005 by Eric S. Doms --- South Africa
"It's not what was said that matters, but how you took it."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robin Dutton --- South Carolina
"Nothing in life is given. Everything is earned but once in a while we come across this thing called luck. Luck is like an enzyme, it catalyses the reaction. It's a head start but what we choose to do with it is entirely up to us."
--- Written in 2005 by Noha Al-Yasiri --- Canada
"Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.C. --- Pennsylvania
This quote is from the movie Tuck Everlasting. I was always afraid of death or dying but now hearing this quote puts my fears aside and really makes me want to live my life to the fullest.