"THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK"
"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions."
Kahlil Gibran
"Choose to make a difference instead of choosing to be indifferent today."
Written in 2013 by Caroline Naoroji --- Virginia
"Often heard - Nobody is perfect. It's a good excuse to hide from our inabilities... but we can still try to put our best in everything. Just try it and believe me you will get the best result. Just do your best and you will really be shocked when people call you perfect!"
Written in 2013 by Somesh Kumar --- India
I just experienced it in my real life.
"Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the hero within us is revealed."
Bob Riley --- Submitted by Swarnaprabha Kar --- India
This quote enhances my tolerance power to overcome hard times.
"Additional Risks in Life is not taking Risks."
Written in 2013 by Jeton Lajqi --- Kosovo
"Happiness is an inside job. Don't assign anyone else that much power over your life."
Mandy Hale --- Submitted by Lauren Covington --- New Jersey
"Once your mind goes from if to when, your resolve will immediately start removing the worries."
Written in 2013 by Brian G. Jett --- Kentucky
"If you have nothing, want nothing and do nothing, don't get mad when someone has something, wants something, and does something. The ball is in your court so start dribbling or pass. That simple."
Written in 2013 by Janice Harris --- Florida
People get resentful with others but are not willing to do what it takes to get ahead. Start dribbling people.
"Life is a just like a text book. Every day is a chapter. If you write the chapters of life in a meaningful and sequential order, you will get success in your life."
Written in 2013 by Srinivas Vissapragada --- India
Why do I succeed?
"I succeed because I am willing to do the things you are not. I will fight against the odds. I will sacrifice. I am not shackled by fear, insecurity or doubt. I feel those emotions but I drink them in and then swallow them away to the blackness of hell. I am motivated by accomplishment, not pride. Pride consumes the weak and kills their heart from within. If I fall... I will get up. If I am beaten... I will return. I will never stop getting better. I will never give up... EVER. That is why I succeed."
Submitted by Lauren Covington --- New Jersey
"Life and love are like the changing of the leaves during the midst of change of season. We experience the change of colors within the fallen leaves, thinking its gone and fallen without solid ground. But as the season comes the next year around, new beauty within emotion which the tree blooms, brings back the bold and blissful colors of life and heart that entwine within the branches of love and spirit."
Written in 2013 by Amy Masella --- Illinois
"All the wealth in the world cannot help one Indian village, if the people are not taught to help themselves. Our work should be mainly education, both moral and intellectual. Educate the people, so that they may learn to be self-sufficient, frugal. If the poor cannot come for education, education should reach the poor."
Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Jagdish Kaviraj
"Never expect others to give to you. Give others what they would never expect, yet need the most. Show them that you appreciate them with whatever you are able to give because maybe they need you more than you think they do."
Written in 2013 by Jesse Marie Kavumpurath --- Connecticut
"What I have cannot be measured, nor can it be timed. You cannot put a number on it. Willpower and heart are what take me to the next level."
Written in 2013 by Chase Reynolds (Running Back - St. Louis Rams)
Quitting is the easy way out. Actually, for me quitting is hard. I have way too much heart and willpower not to succeed.
"Life is to short to be negative and judgmental of others. We all have our faults and flaws, things said, things done that we are not proud of. When you think about it, it basically comes right down to learning as you live life and go through experiences! You learn who wants to share your world of inner friends and family and those trials and tribulations you have to be a better person. You learn who is worth being in your life and who truly wants to be and at what capacity. You learn who wants to be a part of your positive energy and the love and understanding you can pay forward to them. Life is tough! Love one another, breathe and live like its your last day everyday!"
Written in 2013 by Anthony Merrill --- New Jersey
I am blessed everyday for the people in my life. Family, friends, and even those who have not entered it yet. Love to all!
"Don't let yourself be weighed down by what other people think, because in a few years, in a few decades, or in a few centuries, that way of thinking will have changed. Live now, what others will only live in the future."
Paulo Coelho --- Submitted by George Wachirah --- Kenya
"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."
Martha Washington --- Submitted by Ashlesha Mahadik --- India
It motivates me :)
"I do so hate to be forced to be anything than other than what I am."
Laura Marling --- Submitted by L.S. --- New York
This was in a letter for her performance at The Grand Eagle Ball. I really liked this because it seemed to be a poetic way of saying that she doesn't like to be told what to do.
" Life will bring you to deep dark waters, self-pity; hatred and anger will drown you in the water of emotions but with acceptance, forgiveness, and love you can rise up to surface. With focus, determination, and endurance you can swim back to the shore where the new triumphed and undefeated "you" is waiting to greet you."
Written in 2013 by Bhavini Chohan --- United Kingdom
"Our life is like a thought. Often a thought comes but if we don't capture it, its gone --- gone forever, never to return."
Written in 2013 by RVM --- India
"Maybe you won't believe it, but most of the richest people on earth have no money. Most of them have a nice family. Have you seen the face of a barefoot kid kicking a football with his friends? Or a poor kid walking 10 km to get to school and still smiling as if saying, "life is so beautiful"? I've seen that, I've lived that; that makes me what I'm today. Money is not everything in life. Count your blessings because you can't order a pair of eyes in a pharmacy nor buy a brother on eBay. Maybe you can buy a beautiful girl body but not her love. When you stop chasing the money and realize what you have around you, then you will deserve money."
Written in 2013 by Rafael Lama Noel --- Haiti
I'm from Haiti, so I've lived all that and despite all the poverty, I can see a pure and sincere smile in my people's faces.
" It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."
Claude M. Bristol --- Submitted by Lauren Covington
"I am at 'Life's Buffet'; I have to pick and choose wisely, because not everything will fit on my plate!"
Written in 2012 by Michelle W. Seamons
The fabric of our lives is woven together by a combination of our daily choices and actions!
"As long as we don't forgive people who have hurt us, they occupy a rent-free space in your mind."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nagaraj Thallanje
"To forgive is powerful. To be forgiven is priceless. To embody the two is a blessing."
Written in 2013 by Traci D. Greene
I was able to experience first hand the power of REALLY forgiving someone and the reaction this person had when forgiven. In all our lifetime we either are the forgiven or the forgiver and to be able to do both, experience both, is truly an amazing thing.
"It requires strength to stand up for yourself. It requires even greater strength to stand up for others."
Written in 2013 by Robert Moore --- Massachusetts
"Decide to be HAPPY when you start your day. React with JOY, whatever comes your way. You may be hurt by what people say, but don't let anyone spoil your DAY."
Written in 2013 by RVM --- India
"Simple Guidelines for Happiness: Live Simple, Give More, Expect Less!!"
Written in 2012 by Dr. Mrudul Parekh --- India
Because everyone is in search of Happiness
"How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure."
Lee Iacocca --- Submitted by Lauren Covington --- New Jersey
"In a garden, growth occurs. So too in a body or in a mind. It's vital to see not what one wants, but rather, what one can give. Only in this state of living does one truly live."
Written in 2013 by Miles Patrick Yohnke
"Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves."
Nathaniel Branden --- Submitted by George Wachirah
"Your life is not a wheelbarrow nor a wagon, so expect no one to pull or push you to where you want to be... let your effort take you there!!!"
Written in 2013 by Mduduzi Mundalamo
It inspires me.
"The hardest decision or the one you fear the most is usually the decision you need to make."
Written in 2013 by Chrisne Garnier
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