Quote for the day

"Conversation with God" - I know exactly what you are talking about, Paulo Coelho is my favourite author , then comes Neale Donald Walsch... Nice quote.

Really nice quote Terence.

hiya!
how's the people doing in here?

here's one: The road of life is paved with emotion. (William Carmen Soyak III)

i dunno the guy actually(william), but i found another good one:
   the journey is hard and tough, but it will make you smile i'm sure

cheers

"To work with God's happiness bubbling in the soul is to carry a portable paradise within you wherever you go."
— Paramahansa Yogananda

"Never bend your knees to insolent might.."Tagore..Geetanjali

Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.

"The greatest life one can have is of service. Give joy, happiness, bliss, laughter, wisdom, prosperity, love & light to others. By doing so, you tap into the Infinite Source within ensuring that you will never have to do without these "treasures" yourself!" Lateef Warnick

"Let today be a day of joy and blessings where dreaming the impossible becomes our reality. A day where we walk with angels through a lush garden of bliss where we lift our hearts high that all may see its beauty as we set our souls of fire with love and compassion for all. Let us today embrace heavens glory and seek to touch every soul in a way that bathes them in holy light and liberates their spirit". Micheal Teal

A very Happy Diwali to all of you!!!

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hi everybody,

I stumbled upon this thread by chance and boy, did I love reading all the quotes shared by all! I have a habit of noting down interesting quotes when I come across them and naturally, I liked this thread the moment I saw it .

May I take the liberty to share a few of my favorite quotes here?

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying - Gilbert K Chesterton

Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it - David Starr Jordan

Only  the mediocre are always at their best - Jean Giraudoux

A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey - Dolly Parton

The best way to approach your job is to imagine yourself without one - Oscar Wilde

To understand everything is to forgive everything - Gautama Buddha

The perfect man? A poet on a motor cycle - Lucinda Williams

Cheers

"knowing is not enough,we must apply.
willing is not enough,we must do.."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Good one, Terence.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change - Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want - Oscar Wilde

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it - Danny Kaye

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome - Samuel Johnson

Dear Expat.com Members,

This thread is wonderful, with beautiful quotes and citations.

Thank you all for your contribution.

Regards
Yud

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love - Goethe

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart. Who looks outside,dreams; who looks inside, awakens - Carl Jung

You have your way. I have my way. As for the correct way,the only way,it does not exist - Friedrich Nietzsche

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools,because they have to say something - Plato

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser - H G Wells

When your neighbour's wall is on fire, it becomes your business - Horace

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today.  Have you used one to say "thank you?"  ~William A. Ward

How about interesting proverbs from around the world?

The pillar of the world is hope -- African proverb

A traveller to distant places should make no enemies - Nigerian  proverb

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."

You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.

"If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it's a waste of time looking for Him further." ~Mahatma Gandhi

To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family - Buddha

Rejoice in the way things are. When you realise there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you - Lao Tzu

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but noone thinks of changing himself (Leo Toistoy)

‎'A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change".

Earl Nightingale

Men stumble over truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened - Winston Churchill

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them - Galileo Galilei

Ironically written years before the banking crisis...

“Of course, it’s a bit of a jump, isn’t it? I mean, er… chartered accountancy to lion taming in one go… You don’t think it might be better if you worked your way towards lion taming, say via banking?”

BERTRAND RUSSELL - "War does not determine who is right - only who is left."

AESOP (~600 B.C) - "It is easy to be brave from a safe distance."

A VISION IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING; A PLAN IS HOW YOU GET THERE.

"To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect."  ~Joan Didion

"The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him."  ~William McGill

"Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up."  ~Jesse Jackson

"I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble."  ~Rudyard Kipling

One must starve problems and feed opportunities (Peter Druker)

Never insult an Aligator until you have cross the river (Cordell Hull)

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.  ~Samuel Johnson

Do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back (Philips Brooks)

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior - Aristotle

"Trying to understand the "plan" is like trying to understand a snowflake. In the end, we can only behold the wonder of it. It does us no good to mourn the fact that it has melted. Far better for us to simply celebrate the beauty it has brought into our lives" Neale Donald Walsch

The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves. That faith calls out the divinity within. You can do anything!  - Swami Vivekananda

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness - Leo Tolstoy

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart - Kahlil Gibran

Darkness is not opposite of light, it's just the absence of light..!!
Likeways, a problem is the absence of an idea, not an absence of a solution.....!!

Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence - Mencius

"Who is wise?  He that learns from everyone.  Who is powerful?  He that governs his passions.  Who is rich?  He that is content.  Who is that?  Nobody."  ~Benjamin Franklin

TIPS FOR 2011
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1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment

3. Don't over do; keep your limits

4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does

5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip

6. Dream more while you are awake

7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..

8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present

11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you

12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.

Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

13. Smile and laugh more

14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

HATE CANNOT DESTROY HATE, BUT LOVE CAN AND DOES (Daniel A. Polling)