Hi Princess, | |
Here’s three quotes for your birthday: | |
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. | |
— William Penn | |
[Today counts!] | |
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. | |
— Lao-Tzu | |
[People matter!] | |
Keep hope alive! | |
— Rev. Jesse Jackson | |
[Faith restores!] | |
Happy Birthday! | |
We love you always, | |
Mum and Dad | |
XXX |
|
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2015 | Princess |
2014 | Optional |
2013 | Happy Birthday, Rebecca |
2012 | Be Not Old |
2012 National League Western Division Champions!!! | |
2011 | What Kind Of Work Do You Do? |
2010 | Another Loser… And Come November |
Posts Tagged ‘On Hope’
BD Quotes
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Family and Friends, Happy Birthday Rebecca, Lao-Tzu, My Journal, On Hope, On Kindness, On Presense, Philosophy, Quotes, Rev. Jesse Jackson, William Penn on September 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Expiation For Rest
Posted in Quotes, tagged Charles Dickens, Expiation, On Death, On Hope, Quotes on June 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss, and, in their struggles to be truly free, in their triumphs and defeats, through long years to come, I see the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out. | |
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. | |
— Charles Dickens | |
From his novel: “A Tale of Two Cities“ | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2015 | You’ll Get Through It |
2014 | A Special Kind Of Fall |
2013 | Very Rewarding |
2012 | MIB3 – The Team Is Closer Than Ever |
Yet | |
2011 | Little By Little |
Rising From The Ashes
Posted in Quotes, tagged Maya Angelou, On Hope, On Persistence, Optimism, Quotes on March 14, 2016| Leave a Comment »
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. | |
― Maya Angelou | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2015 | Honor |
2014 | Disappointment |
2013 | Seeing Heart |
2012 | On Success |
2011 | What This Place Needs Is Another Theory |
A Good Present
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Eckhart Tolle, On Creating The Future, On Hope, Philosophy, Quotes on October 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present. | |
― Eckhart Tolle | |
[Happy New Fiscal Year, everybody! — KMAB] | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2014 | And Your Point Is? |
2013 | Our Never-Ending Task |
Furloughed | |
2012 | More Mature Than I Thought |
2011 | Outlaw’s Music |
Can Do! | |
When It Is Darkest
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged On Hope, On Optimists, Oscar Wilde, Philosophy, Quotes on April 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. | |
–– Oscar Wilde | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2014 | Knowledge And Doubt |
2013 | Three Thoughts |
2012 | Gentle Reader |
2011 | Leave The Light On For Me Anyway |
Just In Time — Happy Thanksgiving (2014)
Posted in Faith, Quotes, tagged 2014 Thanksgiving, Faith, John Kerry, Just In Time, Lawrence Lessig, On Being Thankful, On Hope, On Troublemakers, Quotes, Thanksgiving Wishes, The Genius Issue, Time Magazine, Vaclav Havel on November 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Faith in our collective power to resolve intractable problems is a gift that should inspire us all this Thanksgiving. I give thanks for the activists and “troublemakers” across the glove who speak up for better government and the rule of law; for those who defend dignity and rights while honoring the rights of others; for our armed forces and diplomats; and for all who rebel against the counsels of complacency and defeatism and who welcome the opportunity to achieve what others say cannot be done. | |
— John Kerry | |
I’m thankful for the people willing to be crazy in their time — not for themselves or for their time, but for a future they know must be. … These people sacrifice something in the present for something important in the future. They have, as Vaclav Havel puts it, not optimism but hope. The certainty that their cause makes sense. That it is just. And that someone, sometime, has finally got to stand up for it. | |
— Lawrence Lessig | |
[Both quotes are from the “Briefing / Voices” section of Time Magazine, December 1 — 8, 2014, “The Genius Issue” — KMAB] | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2013 | For And Against |
2012 | De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum |
2011 | Similar And Different |
2010 | Reminiscing |
Differences | |
For A Time
Posted in History, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas K. Gandhi, On Despair, On History, On Hope, On Politics, Philosophy, Quotes on October 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it – ALWAYS. | |
— Mahatma Gandhi | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2012 | What Are Your True Measurements |
2011 | What It Is All About |
2010 | The Magnificent Seven |
Giants Fever!! |
Because I Can
Posted in Leadership, Quotes, tagged Leadership, On Hope, Other Blogs, Quotes, thecultivationofbeauty.wordpress.com on June 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I write to save people. I write to save the people who deserve to be saved and don’t have voices strong enough yet to save themselves. | |
… | |
I save them all. And I do so because I can. | |
[Excerpted from one of the blogs I follow: http://thecultivationofbeauty.wordpress.com | |
To read the entire post, the specific posting is: http://thecultivationofbeauty.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/on-writing-why-i-write/ | |
To quote my Star Wars friends: “I sense the force is strong within this one…” (How’s that for a recommendation?) | |
— KMAB] | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2012 | Why Bother? |
2011 | Peculiar Notions |
Just Because
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Anne Frank, My Journal, On Hope, On Ideals, Philosophy, Quotes on May 6, 2013| 2 Comments »
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. | |
— Anne Frank | |
. | |
Three Words
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Alexandre Dumas, On Hope, On Human Wisdom, On Patience, On Waiting, Philosophy, Quotes, The Count Of Monte Cristo on August 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
All human wisdom is summed up in two words — wait and hope. | |
— Alexandre Dumas | |
From: “The Count Of Monte Cristo“ | |
[Actually, that’s three words… — KMAB] | |
. | |