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QUOTE OF THE DAY 2008



o Cheers to a new year and another chance to get it right. Oprah Winfrey
o A loving heart is the truest wisdom. Charles Dickens
o A wise man never knows all; only fools know everything. Unknown Author
o Act as if you have already achieved your goal, and it is yours. Robert Anthony
o Act in such a way that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world. Immanuel Kant
o All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. Henry Miller
o All the arts you practice are apprenticeship. The masterpiece is your life. M. C. Richards
o All true success depends at last upon you. Theodore T. Hunger
o All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord. Earl Nightingale
o Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what task. Og Mandino
o Animals can learn, but it is not by learning that they become dogs, cats, or horses. Only humans have to learn to become what they is supposed to be. Eric Hoffer
o At the centre of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. Lao Tzu
o Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are; your reputation is merely what others think you are. Dale Carnegie
o Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up. Oprah Winfrey
o Begin doing what you want to do now. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake. Marie Beyon Ray
o Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. William James
o Belief creates the actual fact. William James
o Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show people who have the most birthdays live the longest. Larry Lorenzoni
o Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. Oprah Winfrey
o Challenges are gifts that force us to search for new centres of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand. Oprah Winfrey
o Compassion is the basis of all morality. Arthur Schopenhauer
o Confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits allows us to keep looking for new adventures, directions to grow in, and lessons to learn — which is what life’s all about. Oprah Winfrey
o Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last. Samuel Johnson
o Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
o Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings Bryan
o Determine that the thing can and will be done, and you shall find the way. Abraham Lincoln
o Dignity does not consist of possessing honours, but deserving them. Aristotle
o Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. Albert Szent-Györgyi
o Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin
o Do the one thing you think you can’t do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never stumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. Oprah Winfrey
o Doing your best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. Oprah Winfrey
o Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will take care of themselves. Dale Carnegie
o Don’t be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small steps. David Lloyd George
o Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner
o Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. David Ogilvy
o Don’t follow where the path may lead. Go where there is no path and leave a trail.
o Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
o Don't let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden
o Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. John Updike
o Energy is life’s essence. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus. Oprah Winfrey
o Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think. Chinese Proverb
o Enthusiasm spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. It gives warmth and good feeling to all personal relationships. Norman Vincent Peale
o Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right. Aldous Huxley
o Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance. Oprah Winfrey
o 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
o Everything comes too late for those who only wait. Elbert Hubbard
o Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley
o Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. Benjamin Disraeli
o First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do. Epictetus
o Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Confucius
o Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day. Will Durant
o Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of the immense benefits you receive when you forgive. Lawana Blackwell
o Fortune favours the brave. Publius Terence
o Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it. Cicero
o Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. Desiderius Erasmus
o Give me a museum and I’ll fill it. Pablo Picasso
o Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau
o Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Brian Tracy
o Great floods have flown from simple sources. William Shakespeare
o Happiness can be defined as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually. Stephen Covey
o Happiness depends more on inward disposition of mind than outward circumstances. Benjamin Franklin
o Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, but by your mental attitude. Dale Carnegie
o Happiness grows at our own firesides; it is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens. Douglas Jerrold
o Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind. Alice Meynell
o Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it. J. Petit Senn
o Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt
o Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus
o Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. Leon J. Suenes
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o I am a slow walker, but I never walk backward. Abraham Lincoln
o I define joy as a sustained sense of wellbeing and internal peace — a connection to what matters. Oprah Winfrey
o I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby
o I finally realized being grateful to my body is key to giving more love to myself. Oprah Winfrey
o I trust everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it. Oprah Winfrey
o I’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers. Tennessee Williams
o If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. William Edward Hickson
o If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Milton Berle
o If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass
o If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all? Joe Namath
o If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. Denis Waitley
o If you can create something, you must be something. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
o If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer
o If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes. St. Clement of Alexandra
o If you don’t know where you’re going, you'll end up someplace else. Yogi Berra
o If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong
o If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. David Viscott
o If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back. Lois McMaster Bujold
o If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. If you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race. Oprah Winfrey
o If you want others to be happy, practice compassion; if you want to be happy, practice compassion. The Dalai Lama
o If you want to make life easy, make it hard. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
o If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think. Oprah Winfrey
o If your actions inspire others to dream, learn, do, and become more, you’re a leader. John Quincy Adams
o Imagination rules the world. Napoleon Bonaparte
o Impatience never commanded success. Edwin H. Chapin
o In the hopes of reaching the moon people fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. Albert Schweitzer
o In the long run, you will hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau
o Inspiration and genius are one and the same. Victor Hugo
o It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
o It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no person can sincerely try to help another without helping themselves. Ralph Waldo Emerson
o It is wiser to find out than suppose. Mark Twain
o It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. William Somerset Maugham
o It’s always too early to quit. Norman Vincent Peale
o It’s not knowing what to do, but doing what you know. Anthony Robbins
o Joy is not in things; it is in us. Richard Wagner
o Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. Ella Fitzgerald
o Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. George Santayana
o Laughter gives you distance, lets you step back from an event, deal with it, and move on. Bob Newhart
o Learning isn’t a means to an end; it’s an end in and of itself. Robert A. Heinlein
o Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy. Sarah Ban Breathnach
o Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. Winston Churchill
o Let your light shine within you so it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine. Oprah Winfrey
o Let your speech be better than silence, or be silent. Dionysus the Elder
o Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. Viktor Frankl
o Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. Sir Thomas Brown
o Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller
o Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing. Denis Waitley
o Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. Jawaharal Nehru
o Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler
o Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life's blessings. Oprah Winfrey
o Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they’ll surprise you with their ingenuity. George Patton
o No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
o No bird soars too high if it soars with his own wings. William Blake
o No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. Voltaire
o Not what I have, but what I do, is my kingdom. Thomas Carlyle
o Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose —
a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. Mary Shelley
o Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson
o Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. John Tillotson
o One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
o One machine can do the work of 50 ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. Elbert Hubbard
o One of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk. Oprah Winfrey
o One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure. William Feather
o One’s self-image is very important because if that's in good shape, you can do practically anything. Sir John Gielgud
o Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. Confucius
o Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations. Federico Fellini
o People are as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln
o People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be, whether they will admit that or not. Earl Nightingale
o People who move not forward, go backward. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
o Practice yourself in little things, and thence proceed to greater. Epictetus
o Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. Oprah Winfrey
o Real joy comes not from ease, riches, or praise, but from doing something worthwhile. Sir Wilfred Grenfell
o Real leaders have no need to lead — they’re content to point the way. Henry Miller
o Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness. Confucius
o Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant of metals. Voltaire
o Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing, we see too late one that is open. Alexander Graham Bell
o Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. St. Francis of Assisi
o Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one twice. Josh Billings
o Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration, and inspiration. Evan Esar
o Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier
o Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Martin Luther King, Jr.
o Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution. Kahlil Gibran
o The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success. Henry Ward Beecher
o The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook. William James
o The best way out is always through. Robert Frost
o The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. Linus Pauling
o The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. Elbert Hubbard
o The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey
o The choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself. Oprah Winfrey
o The fight is won or lost long before I dance under those lights. Muhammed Ali
o The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others. Solomon Ibn Gabriol
o The first step to becoming is to will it. Mother Teresa
o The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. Orison Swett Marden
o The great and glorious masterpiece of humanity is to know how to live to purpose. Michel de Montaigne
o The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you can’t. Walter Bagehot
o The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. Ben Stein
o The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power. Ninon de Lenclos
o The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance — then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning. Oprah Winfrey
o The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: If there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Jung
o The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch
o The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it. Michel de Montaigne
o The only joy in the world is to begin. Cesare Pavese
o The only reason for time is so everything doesn’t happen at once. Albert Einstein
o The only way to find the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke
o The power of imagination makes you infinite. John Muir
o The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. William Hazlitt
o The secret of success in life is to be ready for your opportunity when it comes. Earl of Beaconsfield
o The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well. Henry W. Longfellow
o The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. Frank Loyd Wright
o The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty to use it, not misuse it. Plutarch
o The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were meant to be. Oprah Winfrey
o The world is all gates, all opportunities. Ralph Waldo Emerson
o There are no gains without pains. Adlai Stevenson
o There are two choices in life: Accept conditions as they exist, or accept responsibility for changing them. Denis Waitley
o There is more to life than increasing its speed. Mahatma Ghandi
o There is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work. Oprah Winfrey
o There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness. Cicero
o There is no greater joy or reward than making a difference in someone’s life. Sister Mary Rose McGeady
o There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you. David Burns
o There is only one success — to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley
o There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Oscar Wilde
o There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things beyond the power of our will. Epictetus
o There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. Aldous Huxley
o There's no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favourite things! Oprah Winfrey
o Things won are done; joy’s soul lies in the doing. William Shakespeare
o Those who wish to sing always find a song. Swedish Proverb
o To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first. Shakespeare
o To find what you seek in life, leave no stone unturned. Edward Bulwer Lytton
o To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and true success is to labour. Robert Louis Stevenson
o Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which can turn a life around. Leo Buscaglia
o Try not to become a person of success but a person of value. Albert Einstein
o Try not to become a person of success but a person of value. Albert Einstein
o Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
o Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility. Oprah Winfrey
o Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Ralph Waldo Emerson
o Unrest of spirit is a mark of life; one problem after another presents itself and in the solving of them we can find our greatest pleasure. Kal Menninger
o Use time wisely. The time is always ripe to do right. Nelson Mandela
o Use what you have to run toward your best. Oprah Winfrey
o Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin. Robert Collier
o Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. F. Scott Fitzgerald
o We are masters of our fate. We are captains of our souls. Winston Churchill
o We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill
o We make our fortunes, and we call them fate. Earl of Beaconsfield
o We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. Henry David Thoreau
o We’re each responsible for our own lives — no other person is or even can be. Oprah Winfrey
o What we dwell on is who we become. Oprah Winfrey
o What you fear most has no power — it’s your fear that has the power. Oprah Winfrey
o What you give comes back to you. Oprah Winfrey
o Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Napoleon Hill
o Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln
o When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao Tzu
o When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door we do not see the one that has been opened for us. Helen Keller
o When you believe in yourself, you have the first secret of success. Norman Vincent Peale
o When you’re generous in small, barely detectable ways, it can change someone else’s life forever. Margaret Cho
o When you’re through changing, you’re through. Bruce Barton
o Winners compare their achievements with their goals; losers compare their achievements with those of other people. Nido Qubein
o With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. Oprah Winfrey
o Years teach us more than books. Berthold Auerbach
o You are never a loser until you quit trying. Mike Ditka
o You are rich in proportion to the number of things you can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau
o You become what you think about. Earl Nightingale
o You can alter your life by altering your attitude. William James
o You can because you think you can. Virgil
o You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat. Christy Mathewson
o You can make more friends by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can by trying to get other people interested in you. Dale Carnegie
o You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. You can’t be defeated if you keep taking one breath followed by another. Oprah Winfrey
o You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Author Unknown
o You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization. Denis Waitley
o You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. Winston Churchill
o You’re built not to shrink down to less but blossom into more. Oprah Winfrey
o You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution. Robert F. Kennedy