094. Quotes of the Week

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
- Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)

There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else.
- Cyrus H. Curtis (1850 - 1933)

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself.
- Oprah Winfrey

093. Quotes of the Week

Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
- Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

I lived what most people call the good life. I was happy, but deep inside I always felt that, with the short amount of time we are given to live and love in this world, we spend too much time loving things instead of people.
- Antonia Brenner

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.
- Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)

092. Quotes of the Week

Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise.
- Denise Levertov

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
- Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)

Part of being creative is learning how to protect your freedom. That includes freedom from avarice.
- Hugh Macleod

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.
- Solomon Short

Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost.
- Isak Dineson

091. Quotes of the Week

Put up with it and you will get more of it.
- Lynne Deal

Swallow your pride, you will not die, it’s not poison.
- Bob Dylan, Tombstone Blues

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.
- Evenius

I have come to realize that all my trouble with living has come from fear and smallness within me.
- Angela L. Wozniak

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
- Edgar Allan Poe

090. Quotes of the Week

All existing business models are wrong. Find a new one.
- Hugh Macleod

Make your own recovery the first priority in your life.
- Robin Norwood

You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762)

To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
- Marquis de Vauvenargues

Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.
- Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)