RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 31, 2012: "Soup puts the heart at ease..."

"Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite." 

~Auguste Escoffier

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 30, 2012: "The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am..."

"The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am; they reveal who I am."

~Laura Schlessinger, American radio host, born 1947

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 29, 2012: "Our deepest need is..."

"Our deepest need is for the joy that comes with loving and being loved, with knowing we are of genuine use to others." 

~Eknath Easwaran

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 28, 2012: "Everything you are against weakens you..."

"Everything you are against weakens you.

Everything you are for empowers you."

~Wayne Dyer

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 27, 2012: "Without goals, and plans to reach them..."

"Without goals, and plans to reach them, 

you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."

~Fitzhugh Dodson

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 26, 2012: "My private measure of success is daily..."

"My private measure of success is daily.

If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? 

To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for."

~Jane Rule

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 24, 2012: "As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties..."

"As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time, that doesn't work for me. I'd just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh."

~Daniel Radcliffe
(Harry Potter Actor)

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 23, 2012: "Never miss a joy in this world of trouble..."

"Never miss a joy in this world of trouble...that’s my theory!

Happiness, like mercy, is twice blest: It blesses those most intimately associated with it and it blesses all those who see it, hear it, touch it or breathe the same atmosphere." 

~Kate Douglas Wiggin

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 21, 2012: “The deep root of failure in our lives is to think..."

“The deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 

‘Oh how useless and powerless I am.’ 

It is essential to think strongly and forcefully, 

‘I can do it,’ without boasting or fretting.” 

~Dalai Lama

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 20, 2012: "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect..."

"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."

~John Quincy Adams

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 18, 2012: "Forgiveness is the final form of love..."

"Forgiveness is the final form of love."

~Reinhold Niebuhr

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 14, 2012: "One word frees us from the weight and pain of life..."

"One word frees us from the weight and pain of life; 

that word is love."

~Sophocles

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 13, 2012: "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men..."

"Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven."

~Matthew 6:1(KJV)

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 12, 2012: "If we are to go forward..."

"If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control."

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 11, 2012: "Conscious evolution begins as we take responsibility for..."

"Conscious evolution begins as we take responsibility for clearing our own obstructions."

~Dan Millman

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: December 10, 2012: "You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head..."

"You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair."

~Swedish proverb

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 9, 2012: “Nothing is so fatiguing as..."

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”

~William James

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 8, 2012: "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes..."

"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, 

one of his great surprises, 

is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do."

~Henry Ford

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 7, 2012: “Don’t store up treasures here on earth..."

“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 

Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 

Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be."

~Matthew 6:19 -21(NLT)

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 6, 2012: "When men speak ill of you..."

"When men speak ill of you, so live that nobody believes them."

~Plato, Greek philosopher, 427 B.C. – 347 BC

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 5, 2012: "You block your dream when..."

"You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith."

~Mary Manin Morrissey

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 4, 2012: "We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life..."

"We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life,

but in times of a stormy weather, 

you will discover true friends when they don't hesitate to be a lighthouse."

~Dodinsky

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 3, 2012: "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love..."

"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 

If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing."

"...And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. 
But the greatest of these is love."

~1 Corinthians 13:1-3&13(NIV)

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 2, 2012: “How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults..."

“How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.”

~Benjamin Franklin

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: January 1, 2012: “It's a brand new year..."

“It's a brand new year. 

Time to rip off the rear view mirrors and focus on the road ahead!”

~Via Chip Coffey, Author unknown