"THOUGHT OF THE DAY"
"Be careful with your words. Once they are said they can only be forgiven, not forgotten."
Sarah Doubts --- Submitted by G.B. --- Canada
"Your feelings (mood) dictate your thought, your thought determines your attitude (reactions) and your attitude describes your lifestyle, so: be careful how you feel."
Written in 2012 by Sheye Hassan
"But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than to be ignorant."
H. L. Mencken --- Submitted by Jagdish Kaviraj
"Lighting a fire UNDER someone will never be as effective as lighting a fire WITHIN someone."
Written in 2012 by Bob Teague
True desire is unstoppable.
"In this modern world, everything might be institutionalized - academicalized - legalized and demoralized but one thing remain independent in your life and that is your own decision."
Written in 2012 by Samuel Cyprian Mahlangu
In this modern world, our lives are controlled by other people e.g politician - celebrities and even peers but we are responsible for what we end up to be.
"Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you."
Robert Kiyosaki --- Submitted by Meshack Maganga
"Rather than making all his goals be about achieving happiness, the wiser man uses happiness to achieve his meaningful goals."
Written in 2012 by Brian E. Roscher
"Let the art of love be a passion... ! The feeling of happiness a destination... ! The creativity of mind devotion... ! Honesty as our determination... ! Yes... !! We are the one endowed with these possessions... ! So walk the path of life... ! Beyond 'IMAGINATION..!!!'"
Written in 2011 by Hemlata Wasnik
"When you find yourself in the valleys of life, don't kill yourself with grief. See it as a strategic position to have a clearer view of your ultimate destination, the top."
Written in 2012 by Jerry Chati
"IMPRESSION - doing things for others to make yourself look good before them. IMPACT - doing things for others to make them better people. The difference between both lies in the motive."
Written in 2012 by Manuwa Oluwatobi O'tobbie
"Before you judge others, make sure you meet the requirements!"
Written in 2012 by Mark Sloan
Everyone wants to judge each other in all aspects of life. God is the only man able to judge us all as he and only he knows our hearts and motives.
"When you crave for help, you must remember that scores of people on the earth need more help than you do. Even the mother-earth needs more help. Help others. Desire for help is selfishness, helping others is selflessness."
Written in 2012 by Tushar Vyas
I was teaching 'Lord of the Flies' and in the notes of my lecture I found myself coming up with this quote.
"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."
Martin Luther King, Jr. --- Submitted by Autumn Tomas --- Florida
"Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free."
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar --- Submitted by Narayan Veeraraghavachar --- India
"If you look back while you're going forward, you'll trip up sometime."
Written in 2012 by Michael Woodcroft --- United Kingdom
"Great people construct monuments with the stones their critics throw at them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tawanda M. --- Mozambique
In life you encounter more critics rather than compliments. If you can accept them and use them as stepping-stones to the greatest highs, it helps. And if you do not use them positively, you end up being destroyed spiritually and mentally.
"A mistake is like poured water; once done, is irreparable but you have the ability and power to learn from it and never commit such mistake in the future."
Written in 2012 by Lacy Mojela --- South Africa
I wish to encourage people that they must not feel guilty should they commit mistakes but rather be prepared not to repeat the same mistakes in the future. It is essential that we learn from the wrong doings and make progress out of what we have learned. People must not spend much time focusing on how bad they think they are after making some mistakes, but rather focus on a positive aspect of their life and how they can become generous in the future.
"Let go of what isn't working for you. You are only draining your energy. Trust that something much better, something you can't imagine, is awaiting you."
Written in 2012 by Kaoru Shinmon --- California
"Between stimulus and response is a space. In this space lies our freedom to choose our response. In these choices lie our growth and our happiness."
Stephen Covey --- Submitted by Jagdish Kaviraj --- India
"It's not intellectual. You're mostly aware of what you don't like. Henry Moore said something like that. You keep chipping away at what isn't an elephant. And Miles Davis said: 'Don't play what's there, play what's not there' --- I've put it on my wall. We think the conscious is the determining factor, and actually it's the least reliable instrument. The knowing is the infringement. You find what is exposed."
Dustin Hoffman (on acting) Submitted by Mike Scullin --- New York
"Just like you learn to speak a language. Just like you learn to punch on the computer. Just like you learn to drive a car or a plane, you have to learn to drive back to the Self. This is the saadhana, this is the practice - it's something that comes to you not just by nature, but by your effort."
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar --- Submitted by Narayan Veeraraghavachar
"Those who don't plan for their future are not interested in their future!"
Zig Ziglar --- Submitted by Onkar Chaudhari --- India
"Never change who you are. Never change how you learn. Change how you think!! Things are changing. I am willing to listen, learn, and change how I think!"
Written in 2012 by Mike Marino, Jr. --- Louisiana
"My instruments are designed to celebrate Mother Nature in all her uniquely natural beauty. The stereotype super finishes that remove individuality and reduce everything to a bland similarity are not my style. I search for the rare - the unique piece of wood with character and personality."
Patrick Hufschmid --- Submitted by Jack Gryffs --- Minnesota