Friday, July 31, 2009

Thoughful quotes-Righteous

I'm not a leftist; I'm where the righteous ought to be.
~M.M. Coady

Quotes on Marriage-Blossom

Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry.

Funny definitions-Statistician

A statistician is someone who is good with numbers, but lacks the personality to be an accountant.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Humor quotes-Not laughing

"They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now!"
-Bob Monkhouse

Love quotes-Open arms

Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
--Leo Buscaglia

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Deep quotes-Lonesome

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
- Carl Sandburg, 1878-1967, American Poet and Historian

Thought for the day-Blessed

Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused.

Inspirational quotes-Don't be afraid

"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
- Chanakya

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Quotes on Marriage-Better prepared

I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

Friendship quotes-Medecine

"A faithful friend is the medicine of life."
- Apocrypha

Monday, July 27, 2009

Thoughtful quotes-Officially denied

Nobody believes a rumor here in Washington until it's officially denied.
~ Edward Cheyfitz

Sex quotes-Premarital Sex

"It isn't premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married."
- Matt Barry

Funny thoughts-Avoid

funny-thoughts

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Thoughts-Ropes that bind

As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.
No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not. I saw a trainer near by and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
"Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away.
They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free."
I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Humor quotes-Verbal skills

"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh!' " (Conan O'Brien)

Love quotes-Never fades

Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.
--Unknown

Friday, July 24, 2009

Motivational thoughts-Curious

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. - Marie Curie, 1867-1934, Polish-French Physicist and Chemist

Thoughts on Life-Pain

Sometimes we must be Hurt in order to Grow, Sometimes we must Fail in order to Know,
Sometimes we must Lose in order to Gain, Because some lessons in life are best learnt through PAIN.

Thought for the day-Stress

thought-for-the-day

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Quotes on Marriage-

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years. That is what makes a marriage last -- more than passion or even sex!

Friendship quotes-The greatest gift

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.
- Cindy Lew

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Political quotes-Many times

Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. ~Winston Churchill

Funny thoughts-Time teaches but..

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils

Inspirational quotes-Do not wait!

inspirational-quotes

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Humor quotes-Learning how to swim

"My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim!' "
(Paula Poundstone)

Deep thoughts-To add

Monday, July 20, 2009

Meaningful quotes-Outlived

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
- Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American Author

Love quotes-Like a Rhino

Thought for the day-Absorbed

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and there is an invisible labour.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Inspirational thoughts and quotes-Good decisions

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
- Peter F. Drucker, 1909-2005, Austrian-born Management Consultant and Author

Thoughts-Anger and Love

A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?'
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.'
'But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint. 'Isn't it
possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?'
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint. Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.'
Then the saint asked, 'What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small...' The saint continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Funny thoughts-Nepotism

funny-thoughts

Humor quotes-Full time job

"Relationships are hard. It's like a full time job, and we should treat it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they should give you two weeks' notice. There should be severance pay. The day before they leave you, they should have to find you a temp."
(Bob Ettinger)

Friday, July 17, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Proverbs-Heard

What is told in the ear of a man is often heard 100 miles away.
- Chinese Proverb

Thoughts on life-Rich and beautiful

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.
- Isak Dinesen

Sex quotes-Safe

"I can remember when riding motorcycles was dangerous and sex was safe."
- Unknown

Love quotes-Like a ghost

True love is like a ghost; everyone talks of it, few have seen it.
--La Rochefoucauld

Monday, July 13, 2009

Thoughts on Life-Backward

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
- Ann Landers

Friendship quotes-True friend is..

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
- Bernard Meltzer.

Humor quotes-Driver program

"The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house."
(Jeff Foxworthy)

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Thoughts by Oprah Winfrey

I live in the space of thankfulness - and I have been rewarded a million times over for it. I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased. That's because what you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life. "Say thank you!" Those words from my friend and mentor Maya Angelou turned my life around.

One day about ten years ago, I was sitting in my bathroom with the door closed and the toilet lid down, booing and a hooing on the phone so uncontrollably that I was incoherent.
"Stop it! Stop it right now and say thank you!" Maya chided.
"But - you don't understand," I sobbed.
To this day, I can't remember what it was that had me so far gone, which only proves the point Maya was trying to make.
"I do understand," she told me. "I want to hear you say it now....Out loud."
"Thank you.'" Tentatively, I repeated it: "Thank you - but what am I saying thank you for?"
"You're saying thank you," Maya said, "because your faith is so strong that you don't doubt that whatever the problem, you'll get through it. You're saying thank you because you know that even in the eye of the storm, God has put a rainbow in the clouds. You're saying thank you because you know there's no problem created that can compare to the Creator of all things. Say thank you!"
So I did - and still do. Only now I do it every day.
I kept a gratitude journal, as Sarah Ban Breathnach suggests in Simple Abundance, list at least five things that I'm grateful for. My list includes small pleasures:
The feel of Kentucky bluegrass under my feet (like damp silk);
A walk in the woods with all nine of my dogs and my cocker spaniel Sophie trying to keep up;
Cooking fried green tomatoes with Stedman and eating them while they're hot;
Reading a good book and knowing another awaits.
My thank-you list also includes things too important to take for granted:
An "okay" mammogram, friends who love me, 25 years at the same job (and loving it more than the first day I started), a chance to share my vision for a better life, staying centered, having financial security.
I won't kid you, having money for all the things I want is a blessing. But as I look back over my journals, which I've kept since I was 15 years old, 99 per cent of what brought me real joy had nothing to do with money.(It had a lot to do with food, however.)
It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you:

PERSPECTIVE.

And as Meister Eckhart so eloquently stated: "If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is 'Thank you God', that would suffice."

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Funny thoughts-PMS

They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken

Inspirational quotes-Limit

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as you mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.
-Mary Kay Ash

Friday, July 10, 2009

Friendship quotes-Silence

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love quotes-Produce together

Love is the passionate and abiding desire on the part of two or more people to produce together conditions under which each can be and spontaneously express, his real self;
to produce together an intellectual soil and an emotional climate in which each can flourish, far superior to what either could achieve alone.
-Author unknown

Thought for the day-Either you think

Either you think–or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Quotes-Fly up

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below;
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Funny thoughts-Most famous last words

-> Let it down slowly.
-> Rat poison only kills rats.
-> OK, I'll go ahead and make your day.

Love quotes-Measured

Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.
-Zelda Fitzgerald

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Deep thoughts-Choice of life

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters.

Think Positive !!

This is nice - finding positive out of every negative - which we don't always manage to do.

I am thankful...
1. For the husband who snores all night, because he is at home asleep with me and not with someone else.
2. For my teenage daughter who is complaining about doing dishes, because that means she is at home & not on the streets.
3. For the taxes that I pay because it means that I am employed.
4. For the mess to clean after a party because it means that I have been surrounded by friends.
5. For the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I have enough to eat.
6. For my shadow that watches me work because it means I am out in the sunshine.
7. For a floor that needs mopping, and windows that need cleaning because it means I have a home.
8. For all the complaining I hear about the government because it means that we have freedom of speech.
9. For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking and that I have been blessed with transportation.
10. For the noise I have to bear from my neighbours because it means that I can hear.
11. For the pile of laundry and ironing because it means I have clothes to wear.
12. For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means I have been capable of working hard.
13. For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means that I am still alive.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Friendship quotes-Interested

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
~ Dale Carnegie

Funny thoughts-Romance over

You know the romance is over when you come to bed, ready to make love to your wife, and she is on the phone, and she tells whoever she is talking to that she will call them back in two minutes...

Inspirational quotes-Satisfied

Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing in the future.
-Rabbi Nochem Kaplan

Monday, July 6, 2009

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Thoughts-The Law of the Garbage truck

One day, I hopped into a taxi and took off for the airport . We were driving in the right lane when suddenly, a black car, jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed the brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!
The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. I mean, was really friendly.
So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!"
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck'
He explained, "Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. NEVER take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on with the routine life." Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so...... 'Love the people who treat you right.. Pray for the ones who don't.'

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Inspirational quotes-Fail

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.
~H. Stanley Judd

Funny thoughts-Begging

Friday, July 3, 2009

Sex quotes-Dirty

"I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty."
- George Burns

Deep thoughts-Experience

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot learn men from books.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Thought for the day-Labor

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Funny thoughts-Lifetime

Ham and eggs...A day's work for a chicken,
a lifetime commitment for a pig.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Inspirational quotes-Hope

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
-Dale Carnegie

Humor quotes-Tension

Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: 'Take two aspirin' and 'Keep away from children.'
- (Unknown)