RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 31, 2011: "Everyone must see and feel that bad thoughts quickly ripen into bad actions..."

"Everyone must see and feel that bad thoughts quickly ripen into bad actions; 

and that, if the latter only are forbidden and the former left free, all morality will soon be at an end."

~Beilby Porteus

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 30, 2011: "The true test of character is not how much we know how to do..."

"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do."

~John Holt

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 29, 2011: "The difference between holding on to a hurt or releasing it with forgiveness is..."

"The difference between holding on to a hurt or releasing it with forgiveness is the difference between laying your head at night on a pillow filled with thorns or a pillow filled with rose petals."

- Loren Fischer

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 28, 2011: “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this..."

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven’t.” 

~Thomas Edison, 1847-1931, inventor, businessman

"But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, 'With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.'"

Matthew 19:26

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 27, 2011: “Every exit is an entry somewhere else..."

“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Remember that Columbus was looking for India when he found America.” 

~Sir Tom Stoppard, born 1937, British playwright

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 26, 2011: “Life is a great and wondrous mystery..."

“Life is a great and wondrous mystery, 

and the only thing we know that we have for sure 

is what is right here right now. 

Don’t miss it.”

~Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998, author, professor

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 25, 2011: "We should try to be the parents of our future rather than..."

"We should try to be the parents of our future 

rather than the offspring of our past."

~Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and poet, 1864-1936

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 24, 2011: “What you do speaks so loud..."

“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear you speak.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 23, 2011: "Form the habit of making decisions when..."

"Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh.

To let dark moods lead you is like choosing cowards to command your armies."

- Charles Horton Cooley

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 22, 2011: "No life can be barren which hears..."

"No life can be barren which hears the whisper of the wind in the branches, 
or the voice of the sea as it breaks upon the shore; 
and no soul can lack happiness looking up to the midnight stars."

- William Winter

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 21, 2011: “The young man and woman with sight..."

“The young man and woman with sight see things as they are.

The young man and woman with insight, 
see things as they could be.”

~Joseph P. Martino, born 1937, American quotation author and poet

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 20, 2011: "What material success does is..."

"What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter.

And that is being able to make a difference, 

not only in your own life, 

but in other people's lives.

- Oprah Winfrey

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 19, 2011: “Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind..."

“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind rather than on outward circumstances.”

~Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, politician, writer, scientist

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 18, 2011: “Your spark can become a flame and..."

“Your spark can become a flame and change everything.” 

~E.D. Nixon, 1899-1987, American civil rights leader

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 17, 2011: "The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds..."

"The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, 

ceases to be charity, 

and is only ostentation."

~William Hutton, English poet, 1723-1815

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 16, 2011: "Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and..."

"Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and 

there will be a door in it."

~Marguerite De Angeli

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 15, 2011: "There are two kinds of people..."

"There are two kinds of people: 
Those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,'
and those to whom God says,
'All right, then, have it your way.'"

~C. S. Lewis

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 14, 2011: "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when..."

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when 
you take your eyes off your goal."

~Henry Ford

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 13, 2011: “There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than..."

“There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.”

~Unknown

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 11, 2011: "Always be nice to people on the way up..."

"Always be nice to people on the way up;

because you'll meet the same people on the way down."

~Wilson Mizner, American playwright, 1876-1933

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 10, 2011: “The world breaks everyone..."

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are stronger in the broken places.” 

~Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961);novelist, Nobel Prize winner

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 9, 2011: "We believe that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean..."

"We believe that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean.

But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."

~Mother Teresa, Albanian nun, 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, 1910-1997

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 8, 2011: "What we love, we shall grow to resemble."

"What we love, we shall grow to resemble."

~Bernard of Clairvaux

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 7, 2011: "Only a life lived for others is worth living."

"Only a life lived for others is worth living."

~Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize winning physicist, 1879-1955

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 6, 2011: "When you care about other people..."

"When you care about other people, 

you are more likely to know how to really love, 

and how to be loved back."

~Laura Shipler Chico

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 5, 2011: "Well-being is not found in isolation, possessions, or power itself..."

"Well-being is not found in isolation, possessions, or power itself; 

it usually appears while serving others."

~Henry Ford

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 4, 2011: “Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but..."

“Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.” 

~Jimmy Carter, born 1924, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 3, 2011: "The absolute value of love makes life worth while..."

"The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable.

Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose."

~Arnold J. Toynbee

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 2, 2011: "Compassion is the keen awareness of..."

"Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things." 

~Thomas Merton, French theologian, 1915-1968

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 1, 2011: “Someday all you’ll have to light the way will be a single ray of hope..."

“Someday all you’ll have to light the way will be a single ray of hope, 

and that will be enough.”

~Kobi Yamada - Author