RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 29, 2011: "A Christmas candle is a lovely thing..."

"A Christmas candle is a lovely thing;
it makes no noise at all,
but softly gives itself away;
while quite unselfish, it grows small."

~Eva K. Logue

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 28, 2011: "Christmas Gift Suggestions..."

"Christmas Gift Suggestions: 

To your enemy, forgiveness. 

To an opponent, tolerance. 

To a friend, your heart. 

To a customer, service. 

To all, charity. 

To every child, a good example. 

To yourself, respect."

~Oren Arnold

"Christmas Gift Suggestions: 

To your enemy, forgiveness. 

To an opponent, tolerance. 

To a friend, your heart. 

To a customer, service. 

To all, charity. 

To every child, a good example. 

To yourself, respect."

~Oren Arnold

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 27, 2011: "Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone..."

"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone."

~Charles Schulz

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 26, 2011: "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life..."

"Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"

~Matthew 6:25-26 

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 25, 2011: What's the reason for the season again? Even if you don't believe it's because of the birth of Jesus, you have to believe it's better than this...

What's the reason for the season again?
Even if you don't believe it's because of the birth of Jesus, you have to believe it's better than this...

"Authorities in Los Angeles say that 20 people suffered minor injuries at a local Walmart when a woman used pepper spray on them to get to the front of the line when the store opened Thursday evening.

Police in Fayetteville, N.C. are hunting for two suspects after gunfire went off early Friday in the Cross Creek Mall.

At a Walmart in upstate New York, a man was arrested after two women were injured in a fight that broke out.

In Phoenix, television station KSAZ reported that a grandfather was roughed up by police after he put a game in his waistband to free up his hands to lift his grandson above the crowd. He was slammed to the ground by cops, who likely assumed that he was shoplifting."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/25/black-friday-violence-reported-at-stores-across-country/#ixzz1elJ52X00

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 24, 2011: “Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men..."

“Thanksgiving Day is a jewel,
to set in the hearts of honest men;
but be careful that you do not take the day,
and leave out the gratitude.” 

~E.P. Powell, 1833-1915, American author and journalist

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 23, 2011: "Change your mind and you’ll change your world..."

"Change your mind and you’ll change your world."

~Unknown

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 22, 2011: "If a man devotes himself to the instructions of his own unconscious..."

"If a man devotes himself to the instructions of his own unconscious, it can bestow this gift [of renewal], so that suddenly life, which has been stale and dull, turns into a rich unending inner adventure, full of creative possibilities."

~Marie-Louise von Franz

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 21, 2011: "Get your ideas on paper and study them..."

"Get your ideas on paper and study them.

Do not let them go to waste!"

~Les Brown

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 20, 2011: "There is no room for God..."

"There is no room for God in him who is full of himself."

~Old Hasidic saying

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 19, 2011: "Meditate within your heart on your bed..."

"Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah"

Psalms 4:4

"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"

Psalms 46:10

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 18, 2011: "There are two kinds of men who never amount to much..."

"There are two kinds of men who never amount to much:

those who cannot do what they are told, 

and those who can do nothing else."

~Cyrus H. Curtis

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 17, 2011: "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath..."

"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."

~James 1:19-20(KJV)

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 16, 2011: "The world is not to be put in order..."

"The world is not to be put in order; 

the world is order, incarnate. 

It is for us to harmonize with this order."

~Henry Miller

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 15, 2011: "People are lonely because..."

"People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges."

~Joseph Fort Newton

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 14, 2011: "Hope is the companion of power, and the mother of success..."

"Hope is the companion of power, and the mother of success;

for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles."

~Samuel Smiles

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 13, 2011: "The problem is not that there are problems..."

"The problem is not that there are problems.
The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem."

~Theodore Rubin

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 12, 2011: "Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences..."

"Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections." 

~Katherine Paterson

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 11, 2011: "No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself..."

"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true."

~Nathaniel Hawthorne

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 10, 2011: "I’d gone through life believing in the strength and competence of others..."

"I’d gone through life believing in the strength and competence of others; never in my own. 

Now, dazzled, I discovered that my capacities were real. 

It was like finding a fortune in the lining of an old coat."

~Joan Mills

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 9, 2011: "...we can no longer afford to throw away even one ‘unimportant’ day..."

"...we can no longer afford to throw away even one ‘unimportant’ day by not noticing the wonder of it all. We have to be willing to discover and then appreciate the authentic moments of happiness available to all of us every day."

~Sarah Ban Breathnach

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 8, 2011: “It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative and progressive..."

“It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture soul. 

The soul has different concerns, of equal value: 
Downtime for reflection, conversation and reverie; 
Beauty that is captivating and pleasuring;
Relatedness to the environs and to people; 
And any animal’s rhythm of rest and activity.” 

~Thomas Moore

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 7, 2011: “"Seek the wisdom of the ages..."

"Seek the wisdom of the ages, 

but look at the world through the eyes of a child."

~ Ron Wild

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 6, 2011: "Life loses its meaning when we get stuck up..."

"Life loses its meaning when we get stuck up in [our] comfort zone."

~M. K. Soni

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 5, 2011: "American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel..."

"American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. 

That's why that song has found the niche that it has."

~Don McLean

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 4, 2011: "He thinks with regret of the great days when..."

"He thinks with regret of the great days when he could at harvest time at least go down into Hungary and work on the big estates and bring back, as his wage, a side of bacon for the winter. That was wealth, to him." 

~Douglas Reed

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 3, 2011: "Every choice moves us closer to or farther away..."

"Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something.

Where are your choices taking your life?

What do your behaviors demonstrate that you are saying yes or no to in life?"

~Eric Allenbaugh

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 2, 2011: "And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance..."

"And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance 

I hope you dance 

I hope you dance."

~Sung by Lee Ann Womack

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: November 1, 2011: "Risk! Risk anything..."

"Risk! Risk anything! 

Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. 

Do the hardest thing on earth for you. 

Act for yourself. 

Face the truth."

~Katherine Mansfield