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Saturday 5 July 2014

When we are no longer...

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
-Viktor E. Frankl

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by...

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
-Eleanor Roosevelt

You must be...

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
-Mahatma Gandhi

Change will not come if...

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
-Barack Obama

Change does not roll in on...

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Change is the law of...

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
-John F. Kennedy

Your time is limited, so...

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
-Steve Jobs

When one has...

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
-Friedrich Nietzsche

I am not ashamed to say...

I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.
-Hedy Lamarr

My mother was the most...

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
-George Washington

The natural state of motherhood is...

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.
-Jessica Lange

Nothing in this world can take...

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
-Calvin Coolidge

Christmas is not a time nor a .....

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
-Calvin Coolidge