Thought for the day II

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Postby yat_chum » Sat May 26, 2007 12:50 am

"Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention."
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), in a letter to J. M. Cutts, October 26, 1863
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Postby Phalanxpursos » Sat May 26, 2007 6:12 am

'Keep on good terms with each other.'
Septimus Severus. (P.S. Severus was a severe emperor, who operated under severe circumstances. But his life lesson, is an important lesson for all of us.)
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Postby yat_chum » Sun May 27, 2007 1:05 am

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Postby Phalanxpursos » Sun May 27, 2007 6:44 am

'To will that those things which belong of right to another should not only be left unmolested, but should also be restored.’
Constantine the great.
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Postby yat_chum » Mon May 28, 2007 2:56 am

"Cherish each hour of this day for it can never return."
Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
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Postby Phalanxpursos » Mon May 28, 2007 7:38 am

‘I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.‘
Alexander the great.
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Postby yat_chum » Tue May 29, 2007 1:22 am

"Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life."
Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, August 2003
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Postby Phalanxpursos » Tue May 29, 2007 7:51 am

‘O honor those who justly defend themselves’
Isis.
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Postby yat_chum » Wed May 30, 2007 1:28 am

"Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage."
Benjamin Disraeli
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Postby yat_chum » Thu May 31, 2007 2:18 am

"Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm."
Malayan Proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:21 am

"Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so."
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:26 am

"If you can't bite, don't show your teeth."
Yiddish Proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:36 am

"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."
Indian Proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:09 am

"You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."
Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:45 am

"No man is wise enough by himself."
Titus Maccius Plautus
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:20 am

"What you are is a question only you can answer."
Lois McMaster Bujold, The Warrior's Apprentice, 1986
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:41 am

"Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up."
Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, February 2003
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:37 am

"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 have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:36 am

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler."
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:14 am

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
John Wayne (1907 - 1979)
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