Posts Comments

You are here: Home / Archives for quotes

Dr. Seuss-isms

03/08/2011 By

The wit and wisdom of Dr. Seuss. He taught a lot of us that reading could be fun, and shared some pretty good life lessons while he was at it…

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

and those who matter, don’t mind.

***

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

***

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

***

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There’s no one alive who is Youer than You.

***

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

***

Being crazy isn’t enough.

***

[Read more...]

Filed Under: Imagine (Quotations) Tagged With: , , , ,

A Wise Man Once Said…

02/15/2011 By

Painting of the first teaching Buddha Gautama gave after his enlightenment, at the Deer Park in Sarnath, India

In honor of Nirvana Day, a few words of wisdom and quotes from Buddha:

***

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

***

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future,

concentrate the mind on the present moment.

***

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth,

faithfulness the best relationship.

[Read more...]

Filed Under: Imagine (Quotations) Tagged With: , , , , ,

Quotes about Passion…Quotes about Chocolate…and the Sweet Intersection of the Two

02/08/2011 By

There’s a definite link between chocolate and passion. Remember that old game where you’d add the words “in bed” to whatever fortune you got in your fortune cookie at the Chinese restaurant? The same works pretty well with chocolate and passion. Just add “for chocolate” after “passion” in any of these quotes that don’t already specifically mention chocolate.

See what I mean? Amazing!

***

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

***

The 12-step chocoholics program:
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!
Terry Moore

***

The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.

Dorothy L. Sayers

***

Giving chocolate to others is an intimate form of communication, a sharing of deep, dark secrets.

Milton Zelman, publisher of “Chocolate News”

***

Seen recently on a T-shirt – EMERGENCY ALERT: If wearer of this shirt is found vacant, listless, or depressed, ADMINISTER CHOCOLATE IMMEDIATELY.

***

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

Oprah Winfrey

***

[Read more...]

Filed Under: Imagine (Quotations) Tagged With: , , , , ,

On Women (Quotations in the Tradition of the Remarkable Brigid)

02/04/2011 By

Saint or goddess, real or legendary, Brigid was one remarkable woman. But she is far from the only one…

***

It has been a woman’s task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope.

Margaret Mead

***

The only question left to be settled now is: are women persons?

Susan B. Anthony

***

In passing, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.

Lady Nancy Astor

***

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

Katherine Hepburn

***

[Read more...]

Filed Under: Imagine (Quotations) Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Surprising Quotations

01/27/2011 By

Quotations about the element of surprise in the creative process (especially with Polish papercutting, as we discussed!)—and in life in general…

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

Julia Cameron

***

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer,

no surprise in the reader.

Robert Frost

***

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Boris Pasternak

***

Life is a celebration of awakenings, of new beginnings,

and wonderful surprises that enlighten the soul.

Cielo

*** [Read more...]

Filed Under: Imagine (Quotations) Tagged With: , , , , ,

On Individuality and Being Your Own Person

01/18/2011 By

Just as the snowflakes we’ve been talking about are all unique and beautiful, here’s a classic song that celebrates being your own person, along with a few great quotes…

YouTube Preview Image

John Barrowman sings I Am What I Am from the musical, La Cage Aux Folles.

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

and those who matter don’t mind.

Dr. Seuss

***

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Mahatma Gandhi

***

Do not go where the path may lead,

go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

***

Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious.

If a human disagrees with you, let him live.

In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.

Carl Sagan [Read more...]

Filed Under: Imagine (Quotations) Tagged With: , , , , ,

On Resilience and the Triumph of the Human Spirit

01/13/2011 By

Some words of wisdom about resilience and the triumph of the human spirit…

Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe,

and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Christopher Robin to Pooh (by A. A. Milne)

***

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

Ernest Hemingway

***

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you,

pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

***

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
Helen Keller [Read more...]

Filed Under: Imagine (Quotations) Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

On Doing the Impossible

01/05/2011 By

A few quotes about “dreaming the impossible dream” and why you should “never say never…”

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately;

the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

George Santayana

***
When anyone tells me I can’t do anything… I’m just not listening any more.

Florence Joyner

***

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible

Walt Disney [Read more...]

Filed Under: Imagine (Quotations) Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

On Transformation and Renewal

12/28/2010 By

Quotes on transformation, renewal, and the constancy of change in our lives…

Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.

Mahatma Gandhi

***

Personal transformation can and does have global effects.

As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us.

The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.

Marianne Williamson

***

I give you this to take with you:
Nothing remains as it was. If you know this, you can
begin again, with pure joy in the uprooting.

Judith Minty (Letters to My Daughters) [Read more...]

Filed Under: Imagine (Quotations) Tagged With: , , , , , ,

On Miracles

12/08/2010 By

A few more thoughts on everyday miracles…

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Albert Einstein

***

Miracles happen every day, change your perception of what a miracle is

and you’ll see them all around you.

Jon Bon Jovi

***

I think all of us create our own miracles.

Michael Landon

*** [Read more...]

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...
Filed Under: Imagine (Quotations) Tagged With: , , ,
« Older Posts