Healing Thoughts

Lifting of the Spirit and Soul

THOUGHT ARCHIVE

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. (Sydney J. Harris)

19th April 2009

Conquest : It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. (Sir Edmund Hilary)

18th April 2009

We must choose between what's right and what's easy. (J.K. Rowling)

17th April 2009

The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. (Helen Keller)

16th April 2009

Success comes to those who dare and act; it seldom goes to the timid. (Jawaharlal Nehru)

15th April 2009

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. (Pablo Picasso)

14th April 2009

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. (Kurt Cobain)

13th April 2009

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 of you. (Dale Carnegie)

12th April 2009

We have not come into the world to be a number; we have been created for a purpose, for great things : to love and be loved. (Mother Teresa)

11th April 2009

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. (Arthur Golden)

10th April 2009

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. (Joseph Fort Newton)

9th April 2009

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. (Galileo Galilei)

8th April 2009

Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles; it empties today of its strength. (JRR Tolkein)

7th April 2009

Genius is the power to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one. (Ezra Pound)

6th April 2009

Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you are right. (Henry Ford)

5th April 2009

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. (Martin Luther King Jr.)

4th April 2009

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash! Be water, my friend. (Bruce Lee)

3rd April 2009

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

2nd April 2009

The best way to predict your future is to create it. (Patti Labelle)

1st April 2009

Truth is not found in asking those who know, but in asking those no one would think have the answers. (John Murphy)

31st March 2009

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. (Rene Descartes)

30th March 2009

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them . (Thomas Merton)

29th March 2009

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. (Leo Tolstoy)

28th March 2009

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the past. (Benjamin Franklin)

27th March 2009

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. (Albert Einstein)

26th March 2009

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -  a desire, a dream, and a vision. (Muhammad Ali)

25th March 2009

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power. You are free. (Jim Morrison)

24th March 2009

You know childhood is over when a puddle seems like an obstacle instead of an opportunity. (Unknown)

23rd March 2009

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. (John F. Kennedy)

22nd March 2009

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite. (William Blake)

21st March 2009

To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence. (Sun Tzu)

20th March 2009

Having a dream you don't pursue is like buying an ice-cream cone and watching it melt all over your hand. (Frank Papasso)

19th March 2009

Life is a grindstone; whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you're made of.  (Jacob M. Braude)

18th March 2009

May you have the foresight to know where you're going, the hindsight to know where you've been, and the insight to know when you've gone too far. (Irish Toast)

17th March 2009

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. (Bruce Lee)

16th March 2009

Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. (Matthew 6:34)

15th March 2009

Courage doesn't know what's around the corner, but goes around it anyway. (Mignon McLaughlin)

14th March 2009

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. (John Cage)

13th March 2009

Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it. (Old Chinese Proverb)

12th March 2009

To wonder is to begin to understand. (Aristotle)

11th March 2009

The first principle of achievement is mental attitude. People begin to achieve when they begin to believe. (J. C. Roberts)

10th March 2009

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can possibly go. (T.S. Eliot)

9th March 2009

Never mistake motion for action. (Ernest Hemingway)

8th March 2009

A setback is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. (Henry Ford)

7th March 2009

Knowledge is learning something new every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. (Zen Proverb)

6th March 2009

Some succeed because they are destined to; most succeed because they are determined to. (Anatole France)

5th March 2009

The door to success is labelled "PUSH". (Unknown)

4th March 2009

Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but gets you nowhere. (Unknown)

3rd March 2009

Life is not about the number of breaths we take but about the moments that leave us breathless. (Healing Thoughts)

2nd March 2009

The question is not what you look at but what you see. (Henry David Thoreau)

1st March 2009

Some men see things as they are and say "why?" I dream of things that never were and say "why not?" (Robert Kennedy)

28th February 2009

We will not find a road to success, we will make one. (Unknown)

27th February 2009

100% of the shots you don't take, you miss. (Kory Delehanty)

26th February 2009

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a small step. (Chinese Proverb)

25th February 2009

When men speak ill of thee, so live that nobody believe them. (Plato)

24th February 2009

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. (Mark Twain)

23rd February 2009

The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you living above your means, but below your capacity. (Benjamin E. Mayes)

22nd February 2009

Things turn out best for the people that make the best out of the way that things turn out. (Lea Mcintosh)

21st February 2009

It isn't whether the grass is greener on the other side; it's about how good a gardener you are. (Aurelio Sisto)

20th February 2009

The purpose of life is a life of purpose. (Robert Byrne)

19th February 2009

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. (Mother Teresa)

18th February 2009

Don't take yourself too seriously. You'll miss out on the most enjoyable person you'll ever meet. (Dale Schmitz)

17th February 2009

If we were meant to live in the past, we would have eyes in the back of our heads. We have eyes in the front to see what is in the present while possessing the ability to move forward. (Nola Peterson)

16th February 2009

Life is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. (Mark Woods)

15th February 2009

All you need is Love. (John Lennon)

14th February 2009

All glory comes from daring to begin. (Chris Jones)

13th February 2009

If you do not have confidence you are twice defeated in the race of life, but if you have confidence, you have won before you have even started. (Marcus Garvey)

12th February 2009

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. (Frank Zappa)

11th February 2009

I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work the more I seem to have of it. (Thomas Jefferson)

10th February 2009

Don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. (Patton)

9th February 2009

As you're driving down the road of life, and you see all these headlights coming your way, don't worry about why everyone else is going the wrong way. (Greg Trevor)

8th February 2009

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity. (Keshavan Nair)

7th February 2009

Judge someone not by their mistakes but rather how they react to them. (Bradly Wilkins)

6th February 2009

If I won't be myself, who will? (Alfred Hitchcock)

5th February 2009

The value of life lies not in the length of the days, but in the use we make of them. (Montaigne)

4th February 2009

Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. (David Lloyd George)

3rd February 2009

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out. (Bertrand Russell)

2nd February 2009

You should tell the truth, but all truths don't need to be told. (Queen Katrina of Sweden)

1st February 2009

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. (Mark Twain)

31st January 2009

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. (John F. Kennedy)

30th January 2009

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

29th January 2009

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. (Joel Barker)

28th January 2009

A day without laughter is a day wasted. (Charlie Chaplin)

27th January 2009

We must either find a way or make one. (Hannibal)

26th January 2009

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. (Jean Jacques Rousseau)

25th January 2009

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. (Euripides)

24th January 2009

Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. (Aldous Huxley)

23rd January 2009

When choosing between two evils, I always take the one I've never tried before. (Mae West)

22nd January 2009

Pride only hurts. It never helps. (Dialogue from Pulp Fiction)

21st January 2009

It's kind of fun to do the impossible. (Walt Disney)

20th January 2009

I have a dream. (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

19th January 2009

I was strongest when I laughed at my weakness. (Elmer Diktonius)

18th January 2009

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt. (Abraham Lincoln)

17th January 2009

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. (Sally Kempton)

16th January 2009

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. (E. Letterman)

15th January 2009

It often takes more courage to change ones opinion than to keep it. (Willy Brandt)

14th January 2009

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. (Yiddish Proverb)

13th January 2009

One kind word can warm three winter months. (Chinese Proverb)

12th January 2009

If we are unwilling to be aware of the dark, we cannot see the light. (John Cowan)

11th January 2009

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. (Xenocrates)

10th January 2009

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. (Jules de Gaultier)

9th January 2009

Life is too important to take seriously. (Corky Siegel)

8th January 2009

We must put vision into action... If we want to build healthy lives, we have to build into our daily life moments of vision and then let our action be formed by that vision. (David Steindl-Rast)

7th January 2009

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese Proverb)

6th January 2009

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. (Winston Charchill)

5th January 2009

Just for today, I will live the attitude of gratitude. (Mikao Usui)

4th January 2009

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

3rd January 2009

It is important to energise our everyday practice and daily good works with enthusiasm, without anyone else telling us to, but doing it for our own sake. (Dalai Lama)

2nd January 2009

Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low. (Tom Peters)

1st January 2009