Posts from ‘December, 2008’

Some quotes on garden and gardening
A garden is never so good as it will be next year.~Thomas Cooper
When one of my plants dies, I die a little inside, too. ~Linda Solegato
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.~Abraham Lincoln
A man’s children and his garden both reflect the [...]

No one knows whats in store for us in future…
The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. ~John Sladek
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.~Marcus Aurelius [...]

Some quotes on fame
Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal.~Don Williams, Jr
He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.~Chuang-tzu
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.~Lord Byron
If you’re holding out for universal [...]

Here goes some nice habit quotes
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.~Charles C. Noble
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.~Shaquille ONeal
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ~Samuel Johnson
Chains of [...]

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. ~ Andrew A. Rooney
If your dog doesn’t like someone you probably shouldn’t either.~ Anonymous
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because you lap is warmer.~ Alfred [...]

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.~Henry Ward Beecher
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.~Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The Bible is a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology.~Mark Twain
What the world requires of the [...]

When yu’ can’t have what you choose, yu’ just choose what you have.~Owen Wister
Life is a sum of all your choices.~Albert Camus
If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!~Anonymous.
A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.~Alexander Solzenitsyn
I will [...]

Some quotes and sayings on grief
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. ~Moliere
Only those who avoid love can avoid grief. The point is to learn from grief and remain vulnerable to love.~John Brantner
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge – myth is more potent than history – dreams are more [...]

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.~Albert Einstein
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.~Albert Einstein
Beauty is the gift [...]

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.~T.S. Eliot
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.~Abraham Lincoln
If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.~Mae West
‘Tis pity wine should be so deleterious, for tea and coffee leave [...]