Quotables
RESOLUTION FOR THE NEW YEAR
“Let this coming year be better than all
the others. Vow to do some of
the things you've always wanted to do but
couldn't find the time.”
— Ann Landers
(1918-2002,
American advice columnist)
“Beginnings are full of wonder and
excitement about what lies ahead.”
— Anonymous (Beginnings, Noel Group)
GIFTS
”You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
— Kahlil Gibran
(1883-1931,
Lebanese American poet, author, and philosopher)
“I cannot do all the good that the world
needs, but the world needs all the good that I can do.”
— Jana Stanfield (Singer,
song writer & motivational speaker) From her song “All the
Good”
“Kindness has a way of bringing your soul
out of hiding.”
— Anonymous
PATIENCE
”When angry, count ten before you speak;
if very angry, a hundred.”
— Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1862, third
American President and drafter of the U.S. Declaration of Independence)
“Working hard overcomes a whole lot of
other obstacles. You can have unbelievable intelligence, you can have
connections, and you can have opportunities fall out of the sky. But in the
end, hard work is the true, enduring
characteristic of successful people.”
— Marsha Evans
ABILITY
”Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him,
and to let him know that you trust him.”
— Booker T. Washington
(1856-1915 Influential American Black educator and
writer)
“Don't limit yourself. Many people limit
themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets
you. What you believe, you can achieve!”
— Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001, Founder of Mary
Kay Cosmetics and philanthropist)
DREAMS
”All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
— Walt Disney (Optimistic, creative leader in
animated film production, TV programming, and theme parks)
“Success is measured not by what you get
but rather by what you give.”— Mitzi Perdue (American
environmentalist, syndicated columnist and author)
HOPE
”There is no medicine like hope,
no incentive so great,
no tonic so powerful
as expectation of something tomorrow.”
— Orison S. Marden
(1850-1924
American author of motivational books)