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All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.

"Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better"

Any body can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls the earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. But back where I come from, we have Universities, seats of great learning where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing that you haven't got: a diploma.

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

"Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail." (Source: BrainyQuote.com)

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training

"Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth." -Mark Twain "Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein "When the power of love overcomes the love of power then the world will know peace." Jimi Hendrix

"Do more than exist, live. Do more than touch, feel. Do more than look, observe. Do more than read, absord. Do more than hear, listen. Do more than listen, understand. Do more than think, ponder. Do more than talk, say something."

"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door".

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.

"eVeRyBoDy WaNtS tO gO tO hEaVeN bUt NoBoDy WaNtS 2 dIe"

Fact is stranger than fiction. Fiction is truer than fact.

Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the contemplation of great art, and being in the presence of death or disaster, and hearing the human voice lifted in song

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

"He who doubts, loses

How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes!

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these".

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you learn to appreciate them when they're right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself...and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

"I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, But down at the bottom we, too, should have rights."

I like to reminisce with people I don't know.

I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things!

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I've learned that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it.

"I've learned that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it." - Unknown

"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything." - Notebook, 1894

In life, be your own best friend. That way, when the time comes that you don't have a support circle, you can depend on you.

In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: either she's a feminist or a masochist.

In solitude we are least alone.

It is the desperate traveler who teaches us the most profound lesson and affords us the most exquisite thrills. She touches us with her boldness and vulnerability, for her sole preparation is the fierce determination to leave where she is, and her only destination is somewhere other than where she has been.

life is like photography, we develop from the negatives

Never fear shadows, for shadows only mean there is a light shining somewhere near by.

Never part without loving words to thin during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

"Oh, the seasons...they go round and round and the painted ponies go up and down. We're riding on a carousel of time...."

Our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.

Our lives begin to end the day that we become silent about the things that matter.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels

"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind"

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

The reputation of a lifetime may be determined by the conduct of a single moment.

The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.

"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

There's a natural law that says you never get something without giving up something

To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep: No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to,--'t is a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's cont...

Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for...

What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.

You are what you are and where you are because of what goes into your mind. You change what you are and where you by changing what goes into your mind.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

"You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think." ~A Course in Miracles The choice is simple - either stand up and be counted, or lie down and be counted out. Choice, not chance, determines your destiny!

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

"Your mood doesn't really matter. Some of the best creative work gets done on the days when you feel that everything you're doing is just plain junk"

A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes - Indian saying

A hug is like a boomerang- you get it back right away.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

A mind too active is no mind at all.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Adonis? No, but I get that a lot.

Adversity is the stuff that shows whether you are what you thought you were.

All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

All words are pegs to hang ideas on.

Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old

Asking the right questions, instead of asking for the right answers, allows us to know the function rather than the effect of our choices

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

Be yourself everyone else is taken

Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.

Beyond myself, somewhere I wait for my arrival.

Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.

But you really shouldn't be frightened of Death. He's very approachable, really, not at all aloof, never passes by on the other side of the road simply because he's not been introduced. He makes no distinction of class...a flea-bitten rat or a beautiful princess, it's all the same to Death.

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.

Count your blessings. Your days are numbered whether you like or not.

Create your own reason.

Cutting stalks at noontime. Perspiration drips to the earth. Know you that your bowl of rice each grain from hardship comes?

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.

Do not go where the path may lead Go instead where there is no path And leave a trail.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Don't worry until worry worrys you......

Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.

Enjoy the little things in life for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things.

Es bringt nichts am System zu rütteln. Man kann es nur zerbrechen.

Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul--chicken, pork, half a cow. they must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!

Every soul is a circus...

Everything you can imagine is real.

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

For all I am or ever want to be is woven in my tapestry of life which only the master weaver sees.

Forgiveness is wonderful, whether you are the giver, or the receiver.

friends can be lost but never enemies.

give a smile get a smile

God has given you one face and you make yourselves another.

Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.

Happiness is felt by making other people happy.

Have a bunch of ideas running through the halls of my mind. they're lost... but I'll find them eventually....now just to get them on paper.........

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

Here I Am! Now what are your other two wishes?

Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent.

How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.

Human race should learn to value the dignity of every person. It looks like people think they are superior race. It seems they can do anything they want because they have more rights than others. These behaviors and attitudes will destroy all human beings, as it will result in unending conflict. Though we look different from each other and unique in a physical sense, we still share the same rights before God. - Alon Calinao Dy

Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody - it saves so much trouble.

I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

I Believe that the most important thing in life is to be a good person.

I can't dance and I'm too fat to fly!

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do!. That is character.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

I do know all the answers, but I've been sworn to secrecy.

I do not condone free will, I suffer it

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.

I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.

I haven't a clue as to how my story will end. But that's all right. When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, you don't conclude that the road has vanished... and how else could we discover the stars?

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

I scrapbook therefore, I am. Author: Hopefully just me

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and the friends I want to see.

I think somehow we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

I want to be somebody great for you, Lord somebody so strong and powerful and wise that everyone will praise you for making me. and no one will ever doubt you again- i want to be somebody great for you, Lord. ...why do you want me to be just me?

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

I'm always telling others that "You mean the world to me"...Today, I'm telling you!

I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.

I'm not judging people, I'm judging their actions. It's the same type of distinction that I try to apply to myself, to judge, but not be judgmental.

I'm sick of being my wife's arm candy.

I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.

I've always thought you've got to believe in luck to get it.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you can't convince em'...confuse em'.

If you want to be happy, be.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid

If you're going my way, I'll walk with you.

Imagination is more important than knowledge... Albert Einstein It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Albert Einstein

Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was given to us to console us for what we are.

Imagine it, Live it!

In the present, every day is a miracle.

In times like these it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Intense love is often akin to intense suffering.

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear.

It's better to be the widow of a hero than a wife of a coward.

It's nice to hear Praises, after which you should reflect upon if you deserve it.

It's what on the inside that counts, not the outside

Its important to measure your words before you speak them ‘gaaliyaan’ have more value attached to them than your pleasantries as they speak for your company and relationships you keep so please do not strew them around

just...laugh!

Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction, and you will not have to worry about your feet.

Learn how to withhold judgment Learn to listen Get in touch with your own inner self Look at life with joy Don't ever cry over something that cannot cry over you.

Life is like a mirror. If you frown at it, it frowns back. If you smile at it, it returns the greeting.

Life is short. Read fast!

Life is to short. Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness.Laugh when you can apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change. Love deeply and forgive quickly. Take chances. Give everything and have no regrets. Life is to short to be unhappy. You have to take the good with the bad,smile when you should,love what you got and always remember what you had.Always forgive but never forget.Learn from your mistakes but never regret. People change and things go wrong.But always remember life goes on.

Live so you wouldn't be afraid to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.

Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worth while.

love is the only thing in which person..........can die or live for one time.

Love is a dangerous angel... especially nowadays.

love like you'll never be hurt, sing like no one is listening, dance like no one is watching, live like it's heaven on earth.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.

Mommy, okay okay I have a deal for ya.......

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma, they've already passed all their tests in life, they're Aristocrats.

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior Spirit who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

One cannot tell what passes through the heart of a man by the look on his face.

One farmer says to me, "You cannot live on vegetable food solely, for it furnishes nothing to make the bones with;" and so he religiously devotes a part of his day to supplying himself with the raw material of bones; walking all the while he talks behind his oxen, which, with vegetable-made bones, jerk him and his lumbering plow along in spite of every obstacle.

One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Opposites are extensions of themselves, like two opposing hands of the same body; one opposite implies the other.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Our greatest experiences are our quiet moments.

People are culturally unique through the exhibition of external obvious differences, genetically they are the same, therefore, identical.

Perfection only exists in our minds.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Practice Forgiveness, but Start by Forgiving Yourself

Prior Preparation Prevents Poor performance ....The 5 P's....

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

Remember this,--that very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all in your way of thinking.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

Sailing is just the bottom line, like adding up the score in bridge. My real interest is in the tremendous game of life.

Schade, dass Gesundheit nicht ansteckend ist.

Second thoughts are ever wiser.

She wants to be swept off her feet, but your broom doesn't have any bristles!

So much to do and so many things to distract me

Soll die Welt doch untergehen, wär' doch mal ne' Abwechslung.

some girls are just born with glitter in their veins!!

SoMeDaY YoU WiLl Be SoRrY, SoMeDaY WhEn YoU'rE FrEe, MeMoRiEs WiLl ReMiNd YoU, ThAt We WeRe MeAnT To Be* Meeting you was fate,Be coming ur friend was a choice, but falling in love with u was beyond my control *Friends last forever, but Boyfriends only last you so long!* hE LuVz mE, He lOvEs mE NOt, I DONT CARE....i aM HoT, No MaKe uP, nO rUlEs, I GoT Da tOoLS, GOT Me? Kisses spread germs and germs are hated.....so kiss me baby!! I'm vacinated!!!!!!!!! "Men kick friendship around like a football and it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it falls to pieces" You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in people, than you can in two years...

Sometimes I think I understand everything... then I regain consciousness.

Sometimes I Wonder..."Why is that frisbee getting bigger?"...and then it hits me.

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.

Spoken softly from the heart Your words become priceless.

Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Summer afternoon --- summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Sun's Up...time to get up....Sun's goes down, time for bed

Take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then say it with the utmost levity.

Tell me and I forget; show me and I remember; involve me and I understand.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched.. they must be felt with the heart"

The biggest thing in the world - bigger than the ocean and sky...is your heart.

The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity, and this passion is the only thing that raises us above the beats that perish.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

The first time I saw you, I knew it was true, that I'd love you forever, and that's what I'll do. You don't know what you do to me, you don't have a clue, you don't know what it's like to be, me looking at you.

THE HEART THAT LOVES IS ALWAYS YOUNG.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

The man with no shoes use to complain until he met a man with no feet.

The minute you begin to do what you really want to do, it's really a different kind of life.

The more people I meet, the more I like my DOG.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The poorest service is repaid with thanks.

The secret of all those who make discoveries is that they regard nothing as impossible.

The tears for myself may be the prism needed to rediscover the rainbow that is me.

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

The world is but a canvas to the imagination.

There are no shortcuts to life's greatest achievements.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love.

They can talk They can try But you will always be mine...

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

They say dreams are the windows of the soul - take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts.

Think & Wonder, Wonder & Think

This above all; to thine own self be true

This I know for sure...you'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast-and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt-because every sixty seconds you spend upset, is a minute of happiness you'll never get back

This world has it's beauty but I could have not appreciated it without a man to share it with...

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

Though all around is darkness, Earthly joys have flown; My Savior whispers His promise Never to leave me alone.

Through tattered clothes great vices do appear.

Times when sunsets never ends and the rain shyly hid in the cloud like hope ...when the air suffocates and wind slaps me with agony...You came with a rainbow, removed all curse and said: " Don't Worry Everything will be alright, I'm in your life Now!"...and I never cried again.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

Violence is the highest degree of desperation.

we are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having an earthly experience.

We are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. We are the movers and shakers of the world forever, it seems.

We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams. World-losers and world-forsakers, Upon whom the pale moon gleams; Yet we are the movers and shakers, Of the world forever, it seems.

We cannot all do great things but we can do small things with great love.

We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.

We find what we look for.

We only conserve what we love, we only love that which we understand, we only understand what we know, we only know what we are taught.

We see the world as we are, not as it is.

What can be said in a hundred words could be better express in a single touch..or a single smile ..

What consumes your thoughts, consumes your mind; what consumes your mind, consumes your life.

What greater thing is there for human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life, to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.

What I think about, I bring about. The thought of success will foster success. The thought of love will foster love. The thought of security will foster security. What am I thinking about today?

What if – dreams are reality and reality are just dreams and when you die you wake up...

What is a man riding a horse? .... A second horse's floor.

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

When I don't have to scream to be heard, that's my life

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Wherever you are it is your friends who make your world.

While I dance I cannot judge, I cannot hate, I cannot separate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole. That is why I dance.

Wir denken, dass wir denken, doch wir folgen dem System. Die Sonne scheint heute hell am Himmel, doch schon morgen wird sie vergehn. Zerstören uns selbst durch Krieg und Hass, haben längst vergessen für was. Sag, ist es uns unser Leben wert? Durch die Welt zu laufen, als lief alles verkehrt?

With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable.

Women are the flowers in the garden of life.

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.

Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?

You are more than a human being, you are a human becoming.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

You Can pay for school but...You Can't pay for class!

You can't be a good cookie with a crummy attitude.

You have to go through hell in order to reach heaven

You never really understand something, Unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

You see things that are and say "Why?" But I dream things that never were and say "Why not?"

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

“A religion without a goddess is halfway to atheism.”

“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.”

“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”

“They should pick a dry year to fight the war. Better yet, civilize the moronic races and have no wars at all.” ~ Lt. Clair J. Clark 486th BS 340th BG United States Army Air Corp March 17, 1944

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

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