Quotables

December 2006 

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

“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)

MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE

“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

“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)

HARD WORK & SUCCESS

“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) 

ACHIEVEMENT

“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

“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)