“…wonderous days, surprising days” #15
December 19th, 2007 by mpottleIt is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed ours.
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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #83
December 16th, 2007 by mpottleNo race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
-Booker T. Washington
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“But we are more than logical” #1
December 9th, 2007 by mpottleIf we were logical, the future would be bleak indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
-Jacques Cousteau
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“…wonderous days, surprising days” #7
December 19th, 2007 by mpottleWhenever we feel caught on the financial treadmill, it’s time to remember our freedom of choice, and to recognize that we do choose.
-Peggy Kagan
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“We are each of us unique.” #7
December 9th, 2007 by mpottlePeople don’t want to be understood-I mean not completely. It’s too destructive. Then they haven’t anyting left.
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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No human being can really understand another and no one can arrange another’s happiness.
-Graham Greene
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“Ideas won’t keep…” #22
December 13th, 2007 by mpottleUse what talents you have; the woods would have little music if no birds sang their song except those who sang best.
-Rev. Oliver G. Wilson
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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #66
December 16th, 2007 by mpottleMy advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just to enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate,-that’s my philosophy.
-Thornton Wilder
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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #69
December 16th, 2007 by mpottleThe maxim “nothing avails but perfection” may be spelled PARALYSIS.
-Sir Winston Churchill
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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #61
December 16th, 2007 by mpottleYou would do well to budget your time as follows: one-half in work… one fourth in social pastimes with others… and one fourth as an interested, pleased observer of life.
-William B. Terhune
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“Ideas won’t keep…” #23
December 13th, 2007 by mpottleWorry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
-Swedish proverb
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