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Thought For the Day: Take the Moment and Perfect It Now
“If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.” – Maurice Chevalier
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Tagged Achieve, Arrive, Assured, Climb, Happiness, Maurice Chevalier, Mountains, Perfect Moment, Race, Safe, Thought For the Day, Wait, Won
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Thought For the Day: Maybe Christmas Is Something More Than What Comes From Stores
“It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!… Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas … perhaps … means a … Continue reading
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Tagged Boxes, Christmas, Dr. Seuss, Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Means, More, Packages, Ribbons, Tags, Thought, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Nothing Is So Invisible As An Unpleasant Truth
“To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it is held before our eyes, pushed under our noses, rammed down our throats — we know it not.” – Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)
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Tagged Change, Eric Hoffer, Inherit, Invisible, Know, Learn, Majority, Nothing, Thought For the Day, Unpleasant Truth
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Thought For the Day: A Key To Happiness Is Deciding To Be A Source of It
“A key to happiness, is deciding to be a source for it.” – Allison Massari
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Thought For the Day: Art Like A Holiday Gives Mankind A Chance To See the World Differently and Change Points of View
“Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.” – Paul Klee, painter (18 Dec 1879-1940)
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Thought For the Day: Patience Is Also A Form of Action
“Patience is also a form of action.” – Auguste Rodin, sculptor (12 Nov 1840-1917)
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Thought For the Day: Poetry Is the Art of Creating Imaginary Gardens Filled With Real Toads
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.” – Marianne Moore, poet (15 Nov 1887-1972)
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Joy In Christmas Is In the Simple Things Not the Great Occasions
“When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things — not the great occasions — give off the greatest glow of happiness.” – Bob Hope
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Thought For the Day: Pedantry and Mastery Are Opposite Attitudes Toward Rules
“Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry … To apply a rule with natural ease, … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Giving Books For Christmas Is A Healthy Alternative
“Do give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.” – Lenore Hershey
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