Monday, June 08, 2009

Our Own Life

"Maybe it's easier to like someone else's life, and live vicariously through it, than take some responsiblity to change our lives into lives we might like."

--Tish Grier

Making Adjustments

"The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings."

--Okakura Kakuzo
"To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains."

--Mary Pettibone Poole

Fruit

"Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?"

--Frank Scully

Mistakes

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

--James Joyce

The Present

"The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for."

--Dan Millman

Kindness

"Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world."

--Annie Lennox