"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear."
— George Addair
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
— Plato
"When I was 5 years, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life."
— John Lennon
The nine scariest words in the English language: I'm from the government and I'm here to help
— Ronald Reagan
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see."
— Confucius
"Never tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon."
— Unknown
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
— Joshua J Marine
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
— Booker T. Washington
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."
—Leonardo da Vinci
"I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."
— Benjamin Franklin
"There are no traffic jams along the extra mile."
— Roger Staubach
"A truly rich man, is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty."
—Ziad K. Abdelnour
"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money."
— Abigail Van Buren
"Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs."
— Farrah Gray
"Education costs money. But then so does ignorance."
— Sir Claus Moser
“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”
— John Maynard
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear."
—Rosa Parks
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
— Confucius
"If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough."
— Oprah Winfrey
"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."
—Dalai Lama
“One of the secrets of life is all that is really worth doing is what we do for others.”
— Lewis Carroll
"Do what you can, where you are, with what you have."
—Teddy Roosevelt
"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten."
— Tony Robbins
"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."
— Grandma Moses
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
—Ayn Rand
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."
— Henry Ford
"Change your thoughts and you change your world."
—Norman Vincent Peale
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, 'I'm possible' "
—Audrey Hepburn
"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan"
—Eleanor Roosevelt
"It takes 20 years to make a reputation and only 5 minutes to destroy it"
— Warren Buffet
"“Success can be as simple as the warm feeling you get when you smile at a stranger, someone you know must be lonely, and having that stranger return your smile,”"
— Maryanne Trump Barry
"The Pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty."
— Winston Churchill
"An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends."
— Benjamin Franklin
"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
— T.S. Eliot
"Do what you love, or lean to love what you do"
— unknown
"The law sometimes sleeps, but it always wakes up"
— Unknown
"I Want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think."
— Rumi
"life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
— George Bernard Shaw
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
— Aristotle
"In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom."
— Buddha
"Reflect upon you present blessings, of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
— Charles Dickens
"Jellyfish have survived 650 million years despite not having a brain...this gives so many people hope"
— Unknown
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
—Winston Churchill
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong."
— Anonymous
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men"
—Frederick Douglass
"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Better a lie that heals than a truth that wounds"
—Czech Proverb
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
—Thomas Jefferson
"I've crunched the numbers in my retirement account. It's time to figure out who's wearing the mask and who's driving the getaway car
— Unknown
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
—Vince Lombardi
"It is not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
—Anonymous
“Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.”
— Joe Biden
"Stop living this life like it’s a dress rehearsal. This is the show! There is only one performance. You don’t have time for fear and hesitation."
— Charles M. Blow
"Time is like a river. You cannot touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed, will never pass again"
— Unknown
"There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream."
— Unknown
"Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends."
— Virginia Woolf
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
— Winston Churchill
"Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend."
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow."
— Dan Rather
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I ran across this quote by Mark Twain the other day: "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." Read more
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“The Gardener’s Morning”
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The robin’s song at daybreak Is a clarion call to me. Get up and get out in the garden, For the morning hours flee. I cannot resist the summons, What earnest gardener could? For the golden hours of morning Get into the gardener’s blood. The magic spell is upon me, I’m glad that I did not wait; For life’s at its best in the morning, As you pass through the garden gate.
~ Howard Dolf
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
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— George Addair
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
— Plato
"When I was 5 years, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life."
— John Lennon
The nine scariest words in the English language: I'm from the government and I'm here to help
— Ronald Reagan
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see."
— Confucius
"Never tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon."
— Unknown
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
— Joshua J Marine
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
— Booker T. Washington
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."
—Leonardo da Vinci
"I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."
— Benjamin Franklin
"There are no traffic jams along the extra mile."
— Roger Staubach
"A truly rich man, is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty."
—Ziad K. Abdelnour
"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money."
— Abigail Van Buren
"Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs."
— Farrah Gray
"Education costs money. But then so does ignorance."
— Sir Claus Moser
“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”
— John Maynard
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear."
—Rosa Parks
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
— Confucius
"If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough."
— Oprah Winfrey
"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."
—Dalai Lama
“One of the secrets of life is all that is really worth doing is what we do for others.”
— Lewis Carroll
"Do what you can, where you are, with what you have."
—Teddy Roosevelt
"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten."
— Tony Robbins
"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."
— Grandma Moses
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
—Ayn Rand
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."
— Henry Ford
"Change your thoughts and you change your world."
—Norman Vincent Peale
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, 'I'm possible' "
—Audrey Hepburn
"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan"
—Eleanor Roosevelt
"It takes 20 years to make a reputation and only 5 minutes to destroy it"
— Warren Buffet
"“Success can be as simple as the warm feeling you get when you smile at a stranger, someone you know must be lonely, and having that stranger return your smile,”"
— Maryanne Trump Barry
"The Pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty."
— Winston Churchill
"An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends."
— Benjamin Franklin
"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
— T.S. Eliot
"Do what you love, or lean to love what you do"
— unknown
"The law sometimes sleeps, but it always wakes up"
— Unknown
"I Want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think."
— Rumi
"life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
— George Bernard Shaw
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
— Aristotle
"In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom."
— Buddha
"Reflect upon you present blessings, of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
— Charles Dickens
"Jellyfish have survived 650 million years despite not having a brain...this gives so many people hope"
— Unknown
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
—Winston Churchill
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong."
— Anonymous
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men"
—Frederick Douglass
"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Better a lie that heals than a truth that wounds"
—Czech Proverb
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
—Thomas Jefferson
"I've crunched the numbers in my retirement account. It's time to figure out who's wearing the mask and who's driving the getaway car
— Unknown
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
—Vince Lombardi
"It is not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
—Anonymous
“Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.”
— Joe Biden
"Stop living this life like it’s a dress rehearsal. This is the show! There is only one performance. You don’t have time for fear and hesitation."
— Charles M. Blow
"Time is like a river. You cannot touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed, will never pass again"
— Unknown
"There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream."
— Unknown
"Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends."
— Virginia Woolf
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
— Winston Churchill
"Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend."
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow."
— Dan Rather
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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 Gardener’s Morning”
🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Is a clarion call to me.
Get up and get out in the garden,
For the morning hours flee.
I cannot resist the summons,
What earnest gardener could?
For the golden hours of morning
Get into the gardener’s blood.
The magic spell is upon me,
I’m glad that I did not wait;
For life’s at its best in the morning,
As you pass through the garden gate.
~ Howard Dolf
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
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