Thought for the day

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Postby yat_chum » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:20 am

"Tradition is a guide and not a jailer."
W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:22 pm

"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:40 pm

"practise courtesy and rightousness, serve the community and honour your family" GM Ip Man.
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:20 pm

"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up."
Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:53 pm

"Help others get ahead. You will always stand taller with someone else on your shoulders."
Bob Moawad
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:11 am

"words without actions are the assassins of idealism" - Herbert Hoover
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:36 am

"Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy."
Voltaire
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:44 am

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), (attributed)
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:12 pm

"The human body has limitations, the human spirit is boundless." Dean Karnazes
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:40 pm

One should count each day a separate life.
Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:47 pm

I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
George Burns (1896 - 1996)
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Postby Inga » Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:57 pm

jo, congrats on the 600th post :)
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:49 pm

"Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people."
Lillian Eichler Watson
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:19 pm

The LORD bless you and keep you;
the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.

Numbers 6:24-26 (New International Version)

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Postby yat_chum » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:12 am

"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live!"
Bob Marley
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:22 pm

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost."
Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:13 pm

"We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies."
Etty Hillesum, O Magazine, October 2002
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:15 pm

"The feeling of fear is as natural as feelings of hunger and thirst or feeling of wanting to use the toilet. When you feel hungry you don't panic, you eat, when you feel thirst you drink. So it is with fear, Don't panic, act.” Gus Damatio
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Postby fxs1d3 » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:03 pm

"A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action." Unknown. This is wisdom is secret or closed for me, hope i understand it someday.
"The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants." Gichin Funakoshi. I hope, i understand this wisdom a little or may be it is only my error, hiding from myself. The wisdoms are taken from DVD of Bolo Yeung Classic Movies. 8) 8)
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:16 pm

“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things that he fears to do, provided he keeps doing the until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
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