"and i quote blog"

2010-01-01T12:25:00.000-05:00

"Happy New Year 2010, to all you loyal 'and i quote blog' readers... After 2700+ posts, I'm pretty much retiring this little blog. There may come a time that I might throw on a new quote or two... But the day-to-day thing ends with the decade past. Feel free to browse the Archives on here or to use the Search box. You may also join me in 2010 and beyond on Postcards from Hell's Kitchen blog and/or on my ToddHellsKitch Twitter. profile"

Cheers,
Todd

2009-12-31T05:12:00.000-05:00

"Don't long for the past or put off your life until the future. The time to live is now".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-12-30T05:49:00.000-05:00

"You don't have to believe. Aren't you willing to believe that there is a reason for your life, even though you may not know yourself what that reason is, or that you may not sometimes know the right way to behave?"
~ Daily Reflections

2009-12-29T05:09:00.000-05:00

"The flow of the universe and its perfect order has room to move in our lives when we get ourselves and our extraneous thoughts out of the way".
~~ Daily Om

2009-12-28T05:46:00.000-05:00

"All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!"
~ Lucy Van Pelt (Peanuts)

2009-12-27T05:43:00.000-05:00

"The moment you're in is plenty. The place where you are is an ideal place from which to move forward".
~ Ralph Marston

2009-12-26T05:06:00.000-05:00

"Free your spirit by facing the unknown".

-- Dr. Wayne Dyer

2009-12-25T05:47:00.003-05:00

"Imagination creates your world by simply and naturally directing the enormous creative energy that is your life"

-- Ralph Marston

2009-12-24T05:40:00.000-05:00

"It is a skill to give readers what they wish to hear while claiming to present stark, unbiased truth".

-- Quentin Crisp

2009-12-23T02:20:00.000-05:00

"Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another".
-- Condorcet

2009-12-22T05:10:00.000-05:00

"Over achievers have a little more fear of missing out, of not being there, not contributing enough".
~ Tony Robbins

2009-12-21T05:02:00.001-05:00

"What is it that drives a higly motivated over-achiever to look at his own potential destruction as excitement and as a potential release?"
~ John Mayer

2009-12-20T05:34:00.003-05:00

"Stop seeking to classify and to judge every moment, and you'll start seeing each moment's unique treasure".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-12-19T05:32:00.000-05:00

"There's one little corner of the world where you can make a difference right now. Go ahead and be the person to make that difference".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-12-18T05:27:00.000-05:00

"When you learn what your weaknesses have to teach, they will become your strengths".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-12-17T05:24:00.000-05:00

"Instead of making the stress worse by fighting it, step calmly and confidently forward to make the best of it".
~ Ralph Marston

2009-12-16T05:21:00.001-05:00

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
- Albert Einstein

2009-12-15T04:07:00.000-05:00

"If a person or a situation causes you to feel insecure, you have forgotten who you really are".
~ Fr Leo

2009-12-14T02:24:00.000-05:00

"A goal properly set is halfway reached."
- Zig Ziglar

2009-12-13T04:00:00.000-05:00

"Work! Work is a terrible thing. I presume somebody has to do it. And once you do it, then you’re stuck with it. I can’t imagine! I think you should avoid work, if you can. But if you can’t, you have to find a job that you can add what you are to what... you do. That is the essence. But if you can avoid it, avoid it".
-- Quentin Crisp

2009-12-12T04:55:00.001-05:00

"I'll play it first and tell you what it is later".
-- Miles Davis

2009-12-11T01:35:00.000-05:00

"Never underestimate the power of your presence nor your ability to comfort and encourage".
~ Fr Leo

2009-12-10T05:27:00.000-05:00

"This world is but a canvas to our imagination."
- Henry David Thoreau

2009-12-09T05:14:00.001-05:00

"You may think this is easy, this Be Who You Really Are business, but it is the most challenging thing you'll ever do in your life".
- Meditations from "Conversations With God - Book 1"

2009-12-08T05:35:00.000-05:00

"Live fully in the moment while remaining responsible to the positive possibilities that the future holds".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-12-07T05:07:00.000-05:00

"While we are postponing, life speeds by."
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

2009-12-06T05:53:00.000-05:00

"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine".
- Fran Lebowitz

2009-12-05T05:52:00.000-05:00

"No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other".
-- Jascha Heifetz

2009-12-04T05:37:00.000-05:00

“Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.”
~ Oscar Wilde

2009-12-03T05:36:00.001-05:00

"one of the best gifts you can give yourself is challenge".
-- ralph marston

2009-12-02T05:32:00.000-05:00

"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."
-- Og Mandino

2009-12-01T05:29:00.000-05:00

"Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today."
~ Mark Twain

2009-11-30T05:00:00.000-05:00

"Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient."
-- Aristotle

2009-11-29T05:53:00.000-05:00

"Over achievers have a little more fear of missing out, of not being there, not contributing enough".
~ Tony Robbins

2009-11-28T04:57:00.001-05:00

"What are you saying to yourself every day? Is it positive, encouraging, challenging and enriching?"
-- Ralph Marston

2009-11-27T05:50:00.000-05:00

"This moment is an empty canvas and U R an artist of extraordinary ability. What masterpiece will U create this time?"
-- Ralph Marston

2009-11-26T05:24:00.000-05:00

"If you continue to break the laws of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love, you will be broken to some extent yourself".
~~ 24 Hours a Day

2009-11-25T05:20:00.000-05:00

"What role, if any, does the fear of failure play in success for you?"
- Ann Hampton Callaway

2009-11-24T05:17:00.000-05:00

"I am worthy of attracting unlimited abundance and prosperity into my life, regardless of what life experiences have gone before me. I only reinforce and contemplate images that are in harmony with this vision."
-- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

2009-11-23T05:42:00.000-05:00

"I don't want to be an old man and look back and realize I never found my reason to be alive."
-- Princeton, Avenue Q

2009-11-22T05:38:00.000-05:00

"Don't stress, relax, let life roll off your backs... Everything in life
is only for now!
-- Trekkie Monster, Avenue Q

2009-11-21T05:34:00.000-05:00

"We don't receive wisdom. We must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us".
~ Proust

2009-11-20T03:23:00.000-05:00

"Happiness is never stopping to think if you are."
~ Palmer Sondreal

2009-11-19T03:20:00.000-05:00

"Some people think that hanging in there shows great strength when the truth is 'letting go' is the real test of character".
~~ Unknown

2009-11-18T05:24:00.000-05:00

"Happiness is a by-product of doing the right thing".
-- Unknown

2009-11-17T05:23:00.000-05:00

"My friend, if I could give you one thing, I would give you the ability to see yourself as others see you ... then you would realize what a truly special person you are".
~~ Barbara A. Billings

2009-11-16T05:44:00.000-05:00

"You're either at the effect of love or at the effect of fear. Whichever you depend on as the source of your power will have power over you".
-- Marianne Williamson

2009-11-15T05:12:00.000-05:00

"We need not push life. Just give our self to the task of the present moment,which is dying now to the now. Freedom is both living and dying now".
~~ Deepak Choprah

2009-11-14T05:10:00.000-05:00

"whether you've been up or you've been down, whether life is now good or not so good, this is the time to make it better".
~~ ralph marston

2009-11-13T05:07:00.000-05:00

“All that is not given is lost”
~Indian Proverb

2009-11-12T04:52:00.000-05:00

"As easily as you can choose to be annoyed, you can choose to be peaceful, patient and understanding".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-11-11T05:07:00.001-05:00

"Good luck comes to those who create it. Good luck comes to those who take a positive approach to every moment".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-11-10T02:14:00.000-05:00

"Do something - anything - creative, and feel how it immediately lifts your spirits".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-11-09T05:18:00.000-05:00

"First realize that your world is only a reflection of yourself and then stop finding fault with the reflection."
-- Nisargadatta

2009-11-08T02:10:00.000-05:00

"Honest thoughts delight us however bad. True information gives us clarity and power".
-- Yoko Ono, on Twitter

2009-11-07T02:08:00.000-05:00

"If you're attached to the thought that someone hurt you, you're bound to experience the hurt. Only in releasing them will you be released".
-- Marianne Williamson

2009-11-06T05:02:00.000-05:00

For years I rushed around being busy and I missed me.
~ Fr Leo

2009-11-05T05:44:00.000-05:00

"Authentic purpose is not a deep dark secret that you must struggle to discover. Allow it, & purpose will find you where you are".
~ Ralph Marston

2009-11-04T05:43:00.000-05:00

If you feel like you're stuck, in many ways that's a positive sign. It means you're eager to get moving.
~ ralph marston

2009-11-03T05:42:00.000-05:00

"Often, the effort spent avoiding a difficult challenge is more demanding and burdensome than the challenge itself".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-11-02T05:38:00.000-05:00

"Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic."
-- Dale Carnegie

2009-11-01T05:39:00.001-05:00

"We have 3 bodies, physical, mental, spiritual. The physical reflects being, the mental knowing, and the spiritual our joyous creativity".
-- Deepak Choprah

2009-10-31T05:36:00.000-04:00

"Never worry about the future. The right response to every situation is built into your nature".
-- Deepak Choprah

2009-10-30T17:25:00.000-04:00

"My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive".
~ Bill W.

2009-10-29T05:34:00.000-04:00

"To see ourself in everybody and everybody in ourself most certainly is love."
-- Deepak Choprah

2009-10-28T05:15:00.000-04:00

"Every heart has it's secret sorrows
Which the world knows not,
Often time we call a man cold

When he is only sad".

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2009-10-27T05:02:00.000-04:00

"What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul".
- Yiddish proverb

2009-10-26T05:04:00.000-04:00

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us".
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

2009-10-25T05:41:00.000-04:00

"Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude."
-Ralph Marston

2009-10-24T02:18:00.000-04:00

"Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it".
~ M. Scott Peck

"(This is also my definition of procrastination.)"
~ Scott Woodard

2009-10-23T18:26:00.000-04:00

“There are places in the heart that do not yet exist; suffering has to enter in for them to come to be.”
-- Leon Bloy

2009-10-23T05:39:00.001-04:00

"You don't need anyone's permission to feel great. In fact, you don't need anything other than to simply let yourself do it".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-10-22T02:14:00.000-04:00

"Absolutely, collectively, everyone in Manhattan wants to rule the world! I think that’s why most of them moved here. They won’t rule the world but they may rule a bit of it, and they may have the feeling at the end of their life that they did rule it".
-- Quentin Crisp

2009-10-21T04:59:00.000-04:00

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it”
-- Old Adage

2009-10-20T03:14:00.000-04:00

"It is far more useful to be aware of a single shortcoming in ourselves than it is to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. For when the fault is our own, we are in a position to correct it."
-- The Dalai Lama

2009-10-19T04:51:00.000-04:00

"This moment. Right now. Release all else but love".
-- Marianne Williamson

2009-10-18T04:54:00.000-04:00

"You were born not to hide but to live, so do it every day".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-10-17T05:21:00.000-04:00

"At the end of every storm is calm. At the end of every argument is silence. At the end of one relationship there is another. Although life is composed of many endings, there are just as many new beginnings".
~ Hazelden

2009-10-16T05:13:00.000-04:00

"All is well. Out of this situation only good will come, and I am safe."

- Louise L. Hay

2009-10-15T05:07:00.001-04:00

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony".
-- Mahatma Gandhi

2009-10-14T05:15:00.000-04:00

"The journey doesn't stop, you may reach certain parts of your destination... If you were to ask me the best thing that ever happened in my life, I don't think it's happened yet..."
-- Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens

2009-10-13T04:38:00.000-04:00

"Whatever you desire is already connected in some way to who you are and what you now have. Find that way, follow the connection."
~ Ralph Marston

2009-10-12T04:41:00.000-04:00

"Spirit is beyond the void of space. This realm beyond the void, is not an empty nothingness; it is the womb of creation".
-- Deepak Chopra

2009-10-11T05:06:00.001-04:00

"To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness."
- Malcolm Forbes

2009-10-10T05:37:00.001-04:00

"Decide today that you'll have no complaints. And your thoughts can be focused on creative, productive pursuits."
-- ralph marston

2009-10-09T05:44:00.001-04:00

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light".
~ Albert Schweitzer

2009-10-08T05:40:00.002-04:00

"Learn to love the flaws that you see within yourself as they are often the unique characteristics that other people love most about you."
~~ Janelle Johnston

2009-10-07T05:49:00.000-04:00

"Free yourself from your burdens by stepping up and doing something positive about them right now".
-- Ralph Marston

2009-10-06T03:02:00.000-04:00

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
-- Muhammad Ali

2009-10-05T03:01:00.000-04:00

"It is useful to pay attention to details but it is dangerous be ruled by them."
~ Ralph Marston

2009-10-04T03:00:00.000-04:00

"Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement."
-Henry Ford

2009-10-03T02:25:00.000-04:00

"How you treat me is your karma, how I react is mine".

-- Unknown

2009-10-02T02:03:00.000-04:00

"Point all your actions, large and small, important and seemingly insignificant, in the direction you wish to see your life move. Time will combine all those actions into an increasingly powerful set of results, and now is when you can choose those results".

~ Ralph Marston

2009-10-01T05:19:00.000-04:00

"It is not that we don't know the right answers, it is just that we don't ask the right questions."
-- Tony Robbins

2009-09-30T05:17:00.000-04:00

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

2009-09-29T05:14:00.000-04:00

"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

2009-09-28T05:16:00.001-04:00

"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

2009-09-27T05:12:00.000-04:00

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

2009-09-26T05:09:00.000-04:00

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

2009-09-25T05:08:00.000-04:00

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