Eclectic quotations accumulating in Hell's Kitchen, NY, USA.

20090930

"Better to trust and be disappointed once in a while, than it is to distrust & be miserable all the time"
~~ Coach John Wooden

20090929

"If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."
~~ eubie blake
; on his 100th birthday

20090928

"All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs..what belief have you held on to that has out lived its usefulness in your life?"
-- Tony Robbins

20090927

"Let go of anger - it is an acid that burns away the delicate layers of your happiness."
~~ Anonymous

20090926

"Have the courage to act instead of react."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

20090925

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."
-- Kurt Cobain

20090924

"Your destiny is in your hands and don't you forget that."
-- President Barack Obama

20090923

"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."
-- Moliere

20090922

"My Intent this week is to be sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of all those I come into contact with".
-- Deepak Choprah

20090921

"Go for it now. The future is promised to no one."
-- Wayne Dyer

20090920

"True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future."
-- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

20090919

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
-- Winston Churchill

20090918

"It's always too early to quit."
-- Norman Vincent Peale

20090917

"If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals."
-- Brian Tracy

20090916

“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.”
-- Aldous Huxley

20090915

"Goals help you channel your energy into action."
~~ Les Brown

20090914

"I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is."
~~ Donald Trump

20090913

"Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized."
-- Leo Buscaglia

20090912

"Everything you do is infused with the consciousness with which you do it. What you do is not as important as how you do it".
-- Marianne Williamson, (on Twitter 08/10/09)

20090911

"Fear is active on the planet, but remember that SO IS LOVE. In every moment, download your assignment for how YOU can further its progress".
-- Marianne Williamson, on Twitter (8/10/2009)

20090910

"You cant be mad and eat a cupcake."
-- Alec Mapa, in a FaceBook update

20090909

"Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life".
~~ Sanskrit poem

20090908

"Hurry and busyness are forms of self-will. Deluded by an exaggerated sense of our own importance, we deem it crucial to perform all tasks and activities according to our personal schedule. Impatient with traffic tie-ups, other people's slowness, or unavoidable delays, we make ourselves tense and miserable by our refusal to accept life as it comes".
~ Food for Thought

20090907

"Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes."
-- Buddha

20090906

"The smallest positive action can overcome the biggest negative doubt".
~~ Ralph Marston

20090905

"All you have to do is look for the best in that person, and then show it to them, right then and there. Describe it. Admire it. Thank them for it".
-- Neale Donald Walsch

20090904

"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all".
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

20090903

"... It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference".
-- Tom Brokaw

20090902

"A good plan is like a road map: It shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there."
~~ H. Stanley Judd

20090901

"Walk lightly through life."
~~ Guy Finley