Sunday, December 28, 2008

ON MOT - Jan2009

1/1 - "We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life." ---William Osler

1/1 - "You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." ---Unknown

2/1 - "It may be that those who do most, dream most." ---Stephen Leacock

2/1 -"Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be." ---Jimmy Johnson

3/1 - "The world is blessed most by men who do things, not by those who merely talk about them." ---James Oliver

3/1- "I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." ---Goethe

4/1 - "The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." ---J.M. Power

4/1 - "It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." ---W. Somerset Maugham

5/1 - "You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late." ---Ralph Waldo Emerson

5/1 - "Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting." ---William Arthur Ward

6/1 - "Go the extra mile. It's never crowded." ---Executive Speechwriter Newsletter

6/1 - "When a man's willing and eager, the gods join in." ---Aeschylus

7/1 - "Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced." ---James Baldwin

8/1 - "Every problem is just an opportunity waiting to be made use of." ---Unknown

8/1 - "I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life. 'Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be." ---Sandra Bullock

15/1 - "It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it." ---Wally Amos

16/1 - "The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning." ---Ivy Baker

16/1 - "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start now and make a brand new ending." ---Carl Bard

17/1 - "Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter." ---Bono

19/1 - "Optimism is a cheerful frame of mind that enables a tea kettle to sing though it's in hot water up to its nose." ---Unknown

19/1 - "It is not intelligence alone that brings success, but also the drive to succeed, the commitment to work hard, and the courage to believe in yourself."-Unknown

20/1 - "Know that your dreams must come from your heart's deepest desires. Only then will the barriers come down before you."-Unknown

20/1 - "To know your heart, you must know yourself. You are who you decide to be, not who other people decide for you to be. Be noble. Stand on the higher ground. Create your life and then go out and live it." ---Unknown

21/1 - "The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it." ---John Ruskin

21/1 - "Sometimes someone says something really small, and it just fits right into this empty place in your heart." ---Angela Chase (Claire Danes), My So-Called Life

22/1 - "Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you." ---Maori Proverb

22/1 - "If you want it and you dream about it...there's nothing that's going to stop you." ---Chris Witty

23/1 - "Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not." ---Oprah Winfrey

23/1 - "Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself loses his misery." ---Matthew Arnold

24/1 - "Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement, and we will make the goal." ---Jerome Fleishman

28/1 "Keep in mind that part of growing up is learning how to deal with difficult issues, and the benefits can be great if you have the courage to ask for help. Human beings are not designed to go through life alone. No one has to bear the burden of the tough times all by themselves." ---Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Kimberly Kirberger

29/1 "If you want then start to laugh. If you must then start to cry. Be yourself. Don't hide. Just believe in destiny." ---Enigma, "The Return to Innocence"

30/1"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which those who dream only by night may miss." ---Edgar Allan Poe

31/1 "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and conveniences, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ---Martin Luther King, Jr.

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