RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 30, 2013: "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom..."

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

~Thomas Paine

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 29, 2013: "Freedom has its life in the hearts..."

"Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die."

~Dwight D. Eisenhower

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 28, 2013: "Don’t pray when you feel like it..."

"Don’t pray when you feel like it.

Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.

A man is powerful on his knees."

~Corrie Ten Boom

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 27, 2013: "Rest is not idleness..."

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time."

~John Lubbock

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 26, 2013: “The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is..."

“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world. ”

~Michael Pollan

Author, activist

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 25, 2013: "There are two paths you can go by..."

"There are two paths you can go by, but in the long run there is still time to change the road you are on."

~Led Zeppelin, 1971

"Stairway to Heaven" 

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 24, 2013: "Defeat never comes to any man..."

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

~Josephus Daniels, 1862-1948

American politician

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 20, 2013: "Intense struggle is a great teacher and strengthener..."

"Intense struggle is a great teacher and strengthener to those who learn...

and a great punisher to those who will not."

~Nathaniel Bronner, Jr.

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 19, 2013: “When one has tasted watermelon..."

“When one has tasted watermelon 
he knows what the angels eat.”

~Mark Twain, 1835-1910

American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 18, 2013: "If men would consider not so much where they differ..."

"If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world."

~Joseph Addison, 1672-1719

English politician and writer

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 17, 2013: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth..."

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”

~Rachel Carson, 1907-1964

Marine biologist and conservationist

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 16, 2013: "Old as she was..."

"Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes."

~Gloria Naylor

Yep!!!

~RB

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RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 15, 2013: "I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph..."

"I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail."

~Wendell Lewis Willkie, 1892-1944

American lawyer and US Presidential candidate

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 14, 2013: “If you treat an individual as he is..."

“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832

Philosopher, scientist & author

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 12, 2013: “There is nothing I would not do..."

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

~Jane Austen, 1775-1817

Novelist

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 11, 2013: “Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others..."

“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use.”

~Emily Post, 1872-1960

American author on etiquette

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 10, 2013: “Individual commitment to a group effort..."

“Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

~Vincent "Vince" Lombardi, 1913-1970

Athletic coach

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 9, 2013: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was..."

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

~Anaïs Nin, 1903-1977

Author and diarist

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 8, 2013: “The thing always happens that you believe in..."

“The thing always happens that you believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”

~Frank Lloyd Wright, 1867-1959

Architect

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 7, 2013: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal..."

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: 
It is the courage to continue that counts.”

~Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965

British Statesman, Prime Minister, Author and Nobel Prize winner

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 6, 2013: “Nature, by example, shows us..."

“Nature, by example, shows us anything worthwhile comes over time. Anything worthwhile grows methodically, building on a strong foundation. Develop a willingness to carry on despite roadblocks.”

~Jaren L. Davis

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 5, 2013: “There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man..."

“There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.”

~George Burton Adams, 1851-1925

Educator and historian

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 4, 2013: “Start with what is right..."

“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”

~Peter F. Drucker, 1909-2005

Professor, writer, management consultant

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 3, 2013: “Someone is enjoying shade today because..."

“Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

~Warren Buffett

American businessman, philanthropist

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 2, 2013: "An essential aspect of creativity is..."

"An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail."

~Unknown

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: June 1, 2013: "There are short-cuts to happiness..."

"There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them."

~Vicki Baum