Words for the Weekend ~ 11/11/23
⭐Mixed Quotations and Wisdom ⭐
There are even more ‘Words’ this week! … as last week my phone line/internet was accidentally severed so nothing was published. I hope you enjoy the following …⚡
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Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. — (Benjamin Disraeli)
History is a set of lies agreed upon. — (Napoleon Bonaparte)
The way of lovers is different. To them, lies from each other are better than truth from others. Impossibilities occur. — (from ‘Lies From Each Other’ by Rumi)
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Always deliver more than expected. — (Larry Page, Founder of Google)
As you walk down the fairway of life, you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. — (Ben Hogan)
Stress is caused by being here, but wanting to be there. — (Eckhart Tolle)
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We sometimes think we want to disappear, when all we really want is to be found. — (Adna)
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievement and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. — (Theodore Roosevelt)
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. — (Sigmund Freud)
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Without the rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. — (Emerson)
You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. — (L. Phelan)
I’m free when I allow my life to unfold. As soon as I restrict myself to known outcomes, I’ve got a noose around my neck. — (Adele Godstone)
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Free of hope and fear alike, the humble person remains lighthearted. - (M. Ricard)
The key to exploring your options is awareness. If you are aware that you can create options and possibilities at any time, you will be looking for them. New options can make life happier. — (from ‘How we choose to be happy’ by R. Foster/G.Hicks)
All of us who are happy have the intention of being happy. It seems to me that intention is the key. — (Janet Jantzen, fundraiser)
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Do not worry about tomorrow’s trouble, for you do not know what the day may bring. Tomorrow may come and you will be no more, and so you will have worried about a world that is not yours. — (Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Yevamot)
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. — (Benjamin Disraeli)
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. - (Thomas Paine)
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When truth is buried, it grows, it chokes, it gathers such explosive force that on the day it breaks out it blows everything up with it. — (Emile Zola, L’Aurore 1898)
Whatever comes, comes from a need, a sore distress, a hurting want. - (from ‘The Essential Rumi’)
Altruism and a constructive outlook are essential components of authentic happiness. — (Matthieu Ricard)
Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there. — (Will Smith)
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Thanks for reading!
