Quote of the Week 2012

• Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. (Maori Proverb)
• Never be afraid to try something new.  Remember, amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic. (Author Unknown)
• Personally, I don't think there is intelligent life on other planets. Why should other planets be any different than this one? (Bob Monkhouse)
• The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course. (Billy Graham)
• Happiness is a way of life that makes the most of opportunities, the least of difficulties and the best of everything. (Unknown)
• If you are going through hell, keep going. (Winston Churchill)
• A smile will gain you ten more years of life. (Chinese Wisdom)
• Be not afraid of going slowly, be only afraid of standing still. (Chinese Proverb)
• I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. - Nelson Mandela
• Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.  (Chinese Proverb)
• When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aiplane takes off against the wind, not with it. (Henry Ford)
• Whatever you are, be a good one. (Abe Lincoln)
• We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.
• People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.  (Thomas Szasz)
• He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.  (Nietzsche)
• There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't! What you've got to do is turn around and say "watch me!" (unknown)
• He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent people and the love of little children; who has filled his niche well, and accomplished his task above all expectations; who has left the world better than he found it.
• There is no education like adversity.(Benjamin Disraeli)
• Every man dies; not every man really lives.  (William Wallace in Braveheart)
• “When things got hard, you started looking for something to blame. Like a Big Shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently, if you let it…
• You, me or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. It isn’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much can you take and keep moving forward? That’s how winning is done.Now, if you know what you’re worth, Go out and Get What You’re Worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits. And not pointing fingers saying you aren’t where you wanna be because of him or her or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that.  But until you start believing in yourself, you ain’t gonna have a life!” (Rocky Balboa) 
•  Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching. (Satchell Paige)
• When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” (Henry Ford)
•  Whatever you are, be a good one! (Abe Lincoln)
• Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.

  It's not a matter of of circumstance, but of choice.

  Choose to live a life that matters.

  (Unknown)

• Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you - and be happy! (Anne Frank)
• Dare to be wrong and to dream (Frederick von Schiller)
• A Hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.  (Groucho Marx)

       .  

             In this great city that has no end,

            Around the corner I have a friend,

            Let the days go by and weeks rush on,

            And before I know it, a year is gone.

            And I never see my old friend's face,

            For life is a swift and terrible race,

            He knows I like him just as well,

            As in  the days when I rang his bell.

            And he rang mine but we were younger then,

            And now we are busy, tired men.

            Tired of playing a foolish game,

            Tired of trying to make a name.

            "Tomorrow" I say!  "I will call on Jim

            Just to show that I'm thinking of him."

            But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,

            And distance between us grows and grows.

            Around the corner, yet miles away,

           "Here's an email sir,"  "Jim died today."

           And that's what we get and deserve in the end.

           Around the corner, a vanished friend.

           Remember to always say what you mean.

           If you love someone, tell them.

           Don't be afraid to express yourself.

           Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you.

           Because when you decide that it is the right time it

           might be too late

           Seize the day. Never have regrets.

           And most importantly, stay close to your friends

           and family, for they have helped

           make you the person that you are today.

Society is not driven by the masses, but by the one percent who take risks, lead without fear, and let others sit in the shadow of the trees they grow. (Piet Naude)

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching. (Author Unknown)

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.  (Anon)