“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.
Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go do that,
because what the world needs is people who have come alive”
Gil Bailie
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Listen
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”
Jimi Hendrix, 1942-1970
Insoluble
“We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities
brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”
John W. Gardner, 1912-2002
Ordinary Simplicity
“The ordinary acts we practice every day at home
are of more importance to the soul
than their simplicity might suggest.”
Thomas Moore, 1779-1852
Solution
“The greatest challenge to any thinker
is stating the problem in a way
that will allow a solution.”
Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970
Damned If You Do/Don’t
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right –
for you’ll be criticized anyway.
You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962
Haughty & Humble
Turk’s Cap Lily
“Never be haughty to the humble;
never be humble to the haughty.”
Jefferson Davis, 1808-1889
Happy birthday, Sadie
“She has taught me the meaning of devotion.
With her, I know a secret comfort and a private peace.
She has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant.
Her head on my knee can heal my human hurts.”
Adapted from Gene Hill’s “Tears and Laughter”
Smile
Touch-Me-Knot
“Never regret something that once made you smile.”
Amber Deckers
Author
Time to Hush
“The time to stop talking
is when the other person nods his head affirmatively
but says nothing.”
Henry S. Haskins
Happy 4th!
“Liberty means responsibility.
That is why most men dread it.”
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
Man and Superman, “Maxims: Liberty and Equality,” 1905
Excellence
“The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.”
Shana Alexander, 1925-2005
First woman writer for Life Magazine
