Thank you, Senator Kennedy – Rest in Peace!
“There is no morality in the mushroom cloud. The black rain of nuclear ashes will fall alike in the just and the unjust. And then it will be too late to wish that we had done the real work of this atomic age — which is to seek a world that is neither red nor dead.” Senator Edward Kennedy
“The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.” Senator Edward Kennedy
“Frankly, I don’t mind not being president. I just mind that someone else is.” Senator Edward Kennedy
“Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.” Senator Edward Kennedy
“The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.” Senator Edward M. Kennedy
“Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.” Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Quotes of Laughter!
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” E. E. Cummings
“Laughter is an instant vacation.” Milton Berle
“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” Victor Borge
“What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.” Yiddish Proverb
“Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.” Bob Newhart
“A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.” Puzant Kevork Thomajan
“Seven days without laughter makes one weak.” Mort Walker
“A laugh is a smile that bursts.” Mary H. Waldrip
“Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.” Arnold Glasow
“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.” Oscar Wilde
Persistence: Quotes for the Week!
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” Confucius
“I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has to get down to work.” Pearl Buck
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” John Quincy Adams
“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. it’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.” President Barack Obama
“The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.” Dr. Joyce Brothers
“When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time.’” Author Unknown
“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
“You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chances there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.” Charles F. Kettering
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there’s love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” Ella Fitzgerald
Sharing Quotes of Persistence!
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people 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. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race” Calvin Coolidge
“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.” Unknown
“Some guys they just give up living, others start dying little by little piece by piece, some guys come home from work and wash up, and go racing in the streets.” Bruce Springsteen
“Did you know the pen is stronger than the knife: they can kill you once but they can’t kill you twice.” Damian Marley
“Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent.” Marilyn vos Savant
“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” Charles F. Kettering
“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.” Flavia Weedn
“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” Mary Pickford
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Thomas Edison
“No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.” Agnes De Mille
Sharing Quotes of Growth for Week of April 13th
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” Benjamin Franklin
“Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.” Oscar Wilde
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” John F. Kennedy
“All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.” Ellen Glasgow
“Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey
“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.” Ronald Reagan
“Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.” Bo Bennett
“Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.” William Butler Yeats
“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.” Calvin Coolidge
“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” Frank Howard Clark
Sharing Quotes of Success!
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. - General George Patton
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. - Norman R. Augustine
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you make them feel. - Carol Buchner
A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. - Arthur Golden
It is time for us to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever, the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it. - Vince Lombardi
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. - Italian Proverb
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Lincoln
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. - Malcolm Forbes
Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. Courage is what counts. - Sir Winston Churchill
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. - Albert Pike
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
Sharing Motivational Quotes for the Week of March 16th
“I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you’re trying to accomplish and what you’re willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.” Lee Iacocca
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” Harper Lee
“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” Norman Vincent Peale
“Leadership is action, not position.” Donald McGannon
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” Helen Keller
“The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all – doing nothing.” Benjamin Franklin
“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” Arthur Ashe
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” Frank A. Clark
“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.” Demosthenes
“The only place you’ll find success before work is in the dictionary.” May B. Smith
Motivational Quotes for the Week
”There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” Roger Staubach
”People don’t want to communicate with an organization or a computer. They want to talk to a real, live, responsive, responsible person who will listen and help them get satisfaction.” Theo Michelson, State Farm Insurance
”Well done is better than well said.” Benjamin Franklin
”The true leaders serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in doing so will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.” Eugene B. Habecker
“Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire – you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.” Dennis Waitley
”Let me pass, I have to follow them, I am their leader.” Alexandra Ledru-Rollin
”The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind.” William James, Psychologist
”Here is a simple but powerful rule – always give people more than what they expect to get.” Nelson Boswell
”You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That’s the mark of a true professional. Professionalism has nothing to do with getting paid for your services.” Joe Paterno
“A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.” Unknown
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