Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: The Deepest Craving of Human Nature Is To Be Appreciated

“The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” –  WIlliam James      

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Thought For the Day: Have Deep Gratitude For Those Who Light the Flame Within Us

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer      … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Let Us Be Grateful To People Who Make Us Happy and Make Our Souls Blossom

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust    

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Thought For the Day: What One Can Be, One Must Be

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.” – Abraham Maslow, psychologist (1 Apr 1908-1970)    

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Thought For the Day: Dare To Read, Think and Do Something Different Than Others Around You

“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Bad Weather Looks Worse Through A Window

“Bad weather always looks worse through a window.” – Tom Lehrer, singer-songwriter and mathematician (b. 9 Apr 1928)    

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Thought For the Day: Idleness, Like Kisses, Must Be Stolen To Be Sweet

“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: April Showers Do Bring May Flowers

“Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.” – Thomas Tusser    

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Thought For the Day: The Best Way To Predict the Future Is To Create It

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay    

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Thought For the Day: Early Success Can Be A Horrible Teacher

“Early success is a terrible teacher. You’re essentially being rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can’t do it. You don’t know how.” – Chris Hadfield, Astronaut and … Continue reading

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