"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Cicero
"The heart has reasons the brain know nothing of."
- Blaise Pascal
"Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself
makes you fearless."
— Lao Tzu
"You never know how strong you are,
until being strong is your only choice."
— Christina Cuomo
"There is no love, there are only proofs of love."
— Pierre Reverdy
"The true art of memory is the art of attention."
— Samuel Johnson
"The secret of happiness is something to do."
— John Burroughs
"Success is a lousy teacher.
It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
— Bill Gates
"Tell and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
— Benjamin Franklin
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit."
— Aristotle
"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."
— Tony Robbins
"There is always a barrier between me and someone who does not like dogs."
— Ellen Glasgow
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
— Maya Angelou
"Three o'clock is always too late, or too early, for anything you want to do."
— -Jean Paul Sartre,"
"She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there, leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together."
— J.D. Salinger
"Every charitable act is a step toward heaven."
— Unknown
"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."
— Henry Ward Beecher
"I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day,
as each day came."
— Abe Lincoln
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection
we can catch excellence."
— Vince Lombardi
"Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost."
— William Ellery Channing
"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."
— Frank Lloyd Wright
"Cruel, but composed and bland, dumb, inscrutable and grand. So Tiberius might have sat, had Tiberius been a cat."
— Matthew Arnold
"The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence.
All passes; nothing returns."
— Ellen Glasgow
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Tommy Joe, don't take any wooden nickels."
— Dolly Hale (my Mom)
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."
— Albert Einstein
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain."
— Vivian Greene
""As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other is for helping others."
— Audrey Hepburn
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."
— Dolly Parton
"The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting."
— Walt Disney
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words"
— Unknown
"We become what we think about."
— Earl Nightingale
"Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it."
—Charles Swindoll
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
—Buddha
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
—Chinese Proverb
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
—Socrates
"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."
—Vince Lombardi
"Good friends are like stars, you don't always see them but you know they are there"
— Christy Evans
"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."
—Christopher Columbus
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."
—Henry Ford
"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."
—Mark Twain
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
—Anais Nin
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."
—Aristotle
"Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart."
—Ancient Indian Proverb
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare."
—Mark Twain
"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
—Mark Twain
“How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
—Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
—Lewis Carrol
“One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.”
—E.V. Lucas
"A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer."
—Unknown
"It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it."
—Albert Einstein
"The years teach me much which the days never knew."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
"For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness."
—Unknown
"Forget injuries, never forget kindness."
—Confucius
"Success is going from failure without losing your enthusiasm."
—Winston Churchill
"
When they call the roll in the Senate, they don't know whether to answer "present' or "not guilty"
—Theodore Roosevelt (still true today)
"My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers"
—Jimmy Carter
"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."
—Babe Ruth
"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions."
—Albert Einstein
"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."
—Henry David Thoreau
"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."
—Jim Rohn
"If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?"
—Joe Namath
"You can't pour from an empty cup"
—Robin Miget
"I find the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
—Thomas Jefferson
"You've got to try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it"
—Jimmy Dean
"The secret to a long and happy marriage is not finding someone you can live with for 50 years. It's finding someone you can't live without"
—Frank Caprio
"Truth isn’t always easy to find, or to face. "
—George T. Conway III
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts"
—Daniel Patrick Moynihan
"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
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More..."A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Cicero
"The heart has reasons the brain know nothing of."
- Blaise Pascal
"Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself
makes you fearless."
— Lao Tzu
"You never know how strong you are,
until being strong is your only choice."
— Christina Cuomo
"There is no love, there are only proofs of love."
— Pierre Reverdy
"The true art of memory is the art of attention."
— Samuel Johnson
"The secret of happiness is something to do."
— John Burroughs
"Success is a lousy teacher.
It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
— Bill Gates
"Tell and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
— Benjamin Franklin
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit."
— Aristotle
"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."
— Tony Robbins
"There is always a barrier between me and someone who does not like dogs."
— Ellen Glasgow
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
— Maya Angelou
"Three o'clock is always too late, or too early, for anything you want to do."
— -Jean Paul Sartre,"
"She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there, leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together."
— J.D. Salinger
"Every charitable act is a step toward heaven."
— Unknown
"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."
— Henry Ward Beecher
"I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day,
as each day came."
— Abe Lincoln
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection
we can catch excellence."
— Vince Lombardi
"Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost."
— William Ellery Channing
"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."
— Frank Lloyd Wright
"Cruel, but composed and bland, dumb, inscrutable and grand. So Tiberius might have sat, had Tiberius been a cat."
— Matthew Arnold
"The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence.
All passes; nothing returns."
— Ellen Glasgow
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Tommy Joe, don't take any wooden nickels."
— Dolly Hale (my Mom)
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."
— Albert Einstein
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain."
— Vivian Greene
""As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other is for helping others."
— Audrey Hepburn
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."
— Dolly Parton
"The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting."
— Walt Disney
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words"
— Unknown
"We become what we think about."
— Earl Nightingale
"Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it."
—Charles Swindoll
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
—Buddha
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
—Chinese Proverb
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
—Socrates
"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."
—Vince Lombardi
"Good friends are like stars, you don't always see them but you know they are there"
— Christy Evans
"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."
—Christopher Columbus
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."
—Henry Ford
"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."
—Mark Twain
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
—Anais Nin
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."
—Aristotle
"Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart."
—Ancient Indian Proverb
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare."
—Mark Twain
"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
—Mark Twain
“How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
—Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
—Lewis Carrol
“One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.”
—E.V. Lucas
"A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer."
—Unknown
"It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it."
—Albert Einstein
"The years teach me much which the days never knew."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
"For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness."
—Unknown
"Forget injuries, never forget kindness."
—Confucius
"Success is going from failure without losing your enthusiasm."
—Winston Churchill
When they call the roll in the Senate, they don't know whether to answer "present' or "not guilty"
—Theodore Roosevelt (still true today)
"My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers"
—Jimmy Carter
"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."
—Babe Ruth
"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions."
—Albert Einstein
"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."
—Henry David Thoreau
"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."
—Jim Rohn
"If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?"
—Joe Namath
"You can't pour from an empty cup"
—Robin Miget
"I find the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
—Thomas Jefferson
"You've got to try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it"
—Jimmy Dean
"The secret to a long and happy marriage is not finding someone you can live with for 50 years. It's finding someone you can't live without"
—Frank Caprio
"Truth isn’t always easy to find, or to face. "
—George T. Conway III
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts"
—Daniel Patrick Moynihan
"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
—Dale Carnegie
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Almost two years ago a fatal car crash happened in my small town...
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I believe in the power of prayer...
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Last week I went into town to get my annual flu shot...
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It was finally here, the day when we would be leaving our home...
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I hate to be wrong...
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A few days ago...
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I have always been slow to anger, and that is a trait we should all aspire to have...
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Have I done anything...
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Every morning...
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A few days ago...
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I realized one day that what I know about someone is only what they want me to know...
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The English dictionary doesn’t. give a particularly good distinction between joy and happiness, but I think it should....
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Grandparents – Relic From The Past
I read recently that grandchildren see grandparents as a relic from the past. I certainly hope that is not true. Being a grandparent with great-grandchildren, I was surely taken aback by that statement. I have. . .
Read more
My Magnificent Adventure
Share this...FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin ⚽ In 1893 Frank Sprague installed the first modern elevators in Manhattan’s Postal Telegraph Building in New York City (he later sold his company to Otis Elevator). This one act started the rise. . .
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Goodbye Old Friend!
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The Saddest Day of My Life!
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Want To see What I’m Dreaming?
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Cheesecake in Florida
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My Washington Redskins
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All fishermen lie, except you and me, and I’m not so sure about you
Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Linkedin A few days ago Jerilyn and I were running the Noland Trail (it wraps around Lake Maury in Newport News) and spotted several turtles digging holes near the trail. . .
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Appointment in Samarra
A merchant in Baghdad sends his servant to the marketplace for provisions. Soon afterwards, the servant came home white and trembling and told him that in the marketplace he was jostled by a woman whom. . .
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Watching TV
We Americans, according to research studies, are more likely to watch television than engage in any activity other than sleeping and working. Studies show that what we watch can shape our thinking, political preferences, and. . .
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Teachers Make Excellent Friends
I read recently that forty of the fifty tallest mountains on earth are in Pakistan. I had absolutely no idea of that fact, showing just how little, I know about our planet’s geography. But, thinking. . .
Read more
Goodbye Old Friend!
Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Linkedin On March 31st, one of my very best friends passed over to the other side, twenty-six days before she turned 80. I first met Mary Ann when she was. . .
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Be Still When You Have Nothing To Say….
Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot." - D. H. Lawrence
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“The Year”
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That’s not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.
We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.
We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.
We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead.
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that’s the burden of a year.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Books I’m Reading
The Shell Seekers by Roseamunde Pilcher
War Beneath The Sea: Submarine Conflict During WW II by Peter Padfield
Three Stores & 10 Poems by Ernest Hemingway
Washington’s End: The Final Years And Forgotten Struggle by Jonathan Horn
Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly
American Revolution by Robert McDonald
The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
The Scientists Who Changed History by DK
Three Days In January by Bret Baier & Courtney Whitney
Web Things to Read
The Forgotten Town, The Forgotten Backwater by Cheryl Isaac
Terms You Will Only
Know If You Live In The South
Your Health A to Z
How Cancer Changes Hope
A Definition of Blockchain
Are car headlights getting brighter
Find out how stuff works
Search For Clinical Trials
IRS Tax Brackets for 2020
Find Any Info On 50 States USA
It’s Time to Talk About Death
Time and Date World Clock
COVID Dashboard
COVID-19 In Virginia
List of My 5 Star Movies
Dolittle (for kids ****)
In A Valley Of Violence (western) ***
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood ****
Yesterday ****