RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 31, 2011: “Life is 10% of what happens to me and..."

“Life is 10% of what happens to me and 

90% of how I react to it.” 

~John Maxwell, speaker, author

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 30, 2011: “This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt..."

“This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt.

Regardless of what you are doing, 

if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, 

sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.”

~Zig Ziglar, born 1926, motivational author, speaker

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 29, 2011: "Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him..."

"Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him and attend to this, leaving all else alone."

~Henry Suso

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 28, 2011: "In life we don't get what we want..."

"In life we don't get what we want, 

we get in life what we are.

If we want more we have to be able to be more, 

in order to be more you have to face rejection."

~Farrah Gray, American businessman and philanthropist, born 1984

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 27, 2011: "Some minds seem almost to create themselves..."

"Some minds seem almost to create themselves, 

springing up under every disadvantage and 

working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles."

~Washington Irving

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 26, 2011: “The invariable mark of wisdom is to see..."

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see 

the miraculous in the common.” 

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

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 25, 2011: “Striving for success without hard work is like..."

“Striving for success without hard work is like 

trying to harvest where you haven't planted.”

~David Bly, born 1952, Politician

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 24, 2011: “To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction..."

“To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, 

is to live twice.”

~Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Artist, Poet, Writer

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 23, 2011: "He that is of the opinion money will do everything..."

"He that is of the opinion money will do everything

may well be suspected of doing everything for money."

~Benjamin Franklin

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 22, 2011: “History provides abundant examples of people whose greatest gift was in..."

“History provides abundant examples of people whose greatest gift was in redeeming, inspiring, liberating and nurturing the gifts of others.” 

~Sonya Rudikoff, Author

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 12, 2011: “The happiest people are those..."

“The happiest people are those 

who discover that what they should be doing 

and what they are doing 

are the same thing.” 

~Unknown

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 11, 2011: "“We are here to add what we can to..."

“We are here to add what we can to, 
not get what we can from...
life.” 

~Sir William Osler, 1849-1919, Canadian physician, founding professor at Johns Hopkins Hospital

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 10, 2011: "It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness..."

“It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.” 

~Pablo Casals, 1876-1973, cellist, conductor

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 9, 2011: "Each golden sunrise ushers in new opportunities for those who..."

"Each golden sunrise ushers in new opportunities for those who retain faith in themselves and keep their chins up...

Meet each sunrise with confidence. 

Fill every golden minute with right thinking and worthwhile endeavor. 

Do this and there will be joy for you in each golden sunset."

~Alonzo Newton Benn

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 8, 2011: "The roots of all goodness lie..."

"The roots of all goodness lie

in the soil of appreciation for goodness."

~The 14th Dalai Lama, born 1935

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 7, 2011: "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again..."

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, 

this time more intelligently."

~Henry Ford

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 6, 2011: "None are so poor that they have nothing to give..."

"None are so poor that they have nothing to give...

and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive."

~John Paul II

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 5, 2011: "Anger helps straighten out a problem as much as..."

"Anger helps straighten out a problem as much as 

a fan helps straighten out a pile of papers."

~Susan Marcotte

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 4, 2011: “When one tugs at a single thing in nature..."

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”

~John Muir, 1838-1914, naturalist, author

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 3, 2011: “There are those whose lives affect all others around them...."

“There are those whose lives affect all others around them.

Quietly touching one heart, who in turn, touches another.

Reaching out to ends further than they would ever know.” 

~William Bradfield

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 2, 2011: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, 

it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, 

it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, 

it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, 

it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, 

we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, 

we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - 

in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received,

 for good or for evil, 

in the superlative degree of comparison only."

~The opening paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

(Interesting to see things haven't changed much since his time, have they. ~RB)

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: August 1, 2011: "You get the best out of others when..."

"You get the best out of others when 

you give the best of yourself."

~Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, 1868-1938