Contemplations

If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. ~Gertrude Stein~
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. ~Josh Billings~
Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be. ~Jimmy Johnson~
Every cynic is a sentimentalist under the skin. ~Louis L’Amour~
Great results are born from a single unreasonable thought
Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby ~Jean Paul Richter~
For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.
The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. ~Doug Engelbart~
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. ~Henry Ward Beecher~
I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. ~Bernard Berenson~
In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely. ~John Fisher~
Praise is like sunlight to human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it. ~Jess Lair~
He who gains victory over other men is strong, but he who gains a victory over himself is all-powerful ~Lao-Tze~
Be thankful for what you have – you’ll end up having more. ~Oprah Winfrey~
There are no regrets in life, just lessons. ~Jennifer Aniston~
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one. ~Bill Gates~
Everywhere we look, the world urges us to turn on the radio or TV, to make a phone call, to see a movie. Many of us, I fear, worry that if left alone with our thoughts and feelings, we may discover that we do not make very good company for ourselves. ~James Freedman~
Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers. ~Dr Ester Buchholz~
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~George Bernard Shaw~
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there – buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day. ~Deepak Chopra~
Behind every advance of the human race is a germ of creation growing in the mind of some lone individual, an individual whose dreams waken him in the night while others contentedly sleep. ~Crawford Greenewalt~
Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You’ll realize this as soon as they are born and they start using sleep deprivation to break you. ~Ray Romano~
We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare, and love we can spare. In return, dogs give us their all. It’s the best deal man has ever made. ~Margery Facklam~