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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall--confucius

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." anon

A man is but the product of his thoughts--what he thinks, he becomes. Gandhi


I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do something that I can do. edward everett hale
Doom to you who legislate evil, who make laws that make victims -- laws that make misery for the poor, that rob my destitute people of dignity, exploiting defenseless widows, taking advantage of homeless children. What will you have to say on Judgment Day, when Doomsday arrives out of the blue? Who will you get to help you? What good will your money do you? (Isaiah 10:1-3, The Message)

There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad w/radiance. william sharp

I think no matter how old or infirm I may become, I will always plant a large garden in the spring. Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature's rebirth? edward giobbi

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. marcel proust

I am only one, but still I am one.I cannot do everything,but still I can do something;and because I cannot do everything,I will not refuse to do something that I can do. edward everett hale




Friday, February 5, 2010

Quotations for February 2010

from the March Woman's Day magazine

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. (Beverly Sills)

The trouble with talking nicely is that, unfortunately, some people don't hear you until you scream. (Stephanie Powers)

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. (Muhammad Ali)

A good home must be made, not bought. Joyce Maynard

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all. Stanley Horowitz

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. Edgar Degas

Delicious Autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. George Eliot

Painters are inspired by the distinctive subtropical glow in Naples, a sun-fueled fluorescent dawn that becomes lemony by midmorning and pearly in the afternoon. The sunsets? Pure purple. (?)

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring it with you. Joseph Joubert

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy. Lope de Vega

White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black. God paints in many colors; but He never paints so gorgeously as when He paints in white. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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