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Who Wants To Go Outside And Play?

1/13/2026

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Who wants to go outside and play? All creatures were made to play, to roam and romp, to explore and discover, to find joy in all the small hidden spots and vast open spaces of the world. Within the stifling confines of walled buildings, very little can be found compared to the great outdoors, with its sunshine and white fluffy clouds, birds in the trees and aloft in the sky, flowers of more colors than minds can imagine, and running rivers upon whose banks butterflies and dragonflies flitter. The world out there is teeming with life of all kinds, who are finding joy and challenges - let’s go have daily adventures out there!

You have arrived on www.MakeFunOfLife.net . . . don’t just watch others finding fun in life . . . join in and be part of it, or make your own fun . . .

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Happiness

1/12/2026

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“There is always something to be happy about.” -Author Unknown

“The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.” -William R. Inge (William Ralph Inge (1860 - 1954)): as quoted in “The Reader’s Digest” (1983), Volume 123, page 79

“A happy life is built up of little clumps of violets noticed along the roadside.” -Author Unknown
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Cheerfulness

I’m glad the sky is painted blue
And the Earth is painted green
And such a lot of nice fresh air
All sandwiched in between.

By Author Unknown
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“You have it easily in your power to increase the total sum of this world’s happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))

“Happiness is a choice.” -Barry Neill Kaufman (born 1942) at http://www.barryneilkaufman.com/
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“Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.” -Aeschylus (about 525 B.C.E. - about 456 B.C.E.): “Agamemnon,” 928

“When you seek happiness for others, you will find it for yourself.” -Lori Moreno
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“Being happy never goes out of style.” -Lily Pulitzer

“Happiness seems made to be shared.” [translation to English]
“Le bonheur semble fait pour être partagé.” [original French]
-Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684): “Notes par Rochefoucauld”

“Being happy doesn’t mean everything’s perfect; it just means you’ve decided to see beyond the imperfections.” -Author Unknown

“Happiness walks on busy feet.” -Kitte Turmell
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“It’s being so cheerful as keeps me going.” -Mona Lott’s catchphrase on “ITMA” (1939 - 1949), a BBC radio program; Mona Lott is a character portrayed by Joan Harben (1909 - 1953)

“Happiness will bring you good luck.” -Author Unknown: fortune cookie saying
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“Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.” -Jane Porter (1776 - 1850): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 298

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“Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.” -John Sutherland Bonnell (1893 - 1992)

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“Life does not always meet our expectations, but that should not prevent us from seeking what happiness we can.” -Richard Parks: “Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge” (2006), reprinted in Rich Horton, editor: “Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2007,” page 300
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“A lot of happiness is overlooked because it doesn’t cost anything.” -Author Unknown

“There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.” -Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)

“Whoever said you can’t buy happiness forgot about puppies.” -Gene Hill (Gene Atkins Hill (1928 - 1997))
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“Happiness! Can any human being undertake to define it for another?” -Dinah Craik (Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock (1826 - 1887))): “A Woman’s Thoughts About Women” (1858), Chapter 10

“Happiness is in the heart, not in circumstances or in things.” -Author Unknown

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in the “Holy Bible,” (King James Version (1611)), ‘The Book of Proverbs,’ chapter 17, verse 22

“Happiness is a direction, not a destination.” -Author Unknown

“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.” -Martha Washington (1731 - 1802)

“To me there is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy, we sow enormous benefits upon the world.” -Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850 - 1894)): “Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers” (1877): Essay 3: ‘An Apology for Idlers,’ page 131

“Happiness is a way-station between too little and too much.” -Channing Pollock (1880 - 1946)

“How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the sky clearer, the Earth has a brighter green . . . the flowers are more fragrant . . . and the Sun, Moon, and stars all appear more beautiful, and seem to rejoice with us.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924))

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.” -William Cowper (1731 - 1800): “Task,” book III, line 41

“Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.” -Author Unknown

“Cheerful people live longest here on earth, afterward in our hearts.” -Author Unknown

Happiness: hap-pi-ness, ha-pē-nǝs, noun: A mental state of well-being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
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“Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure, are by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral, and subject to chance.” -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)

“Folks are generally as happy as they make up their minds to be.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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“The great end of all human industry, is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modelled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object, of his being.” -David Hume (1711 - 1776): “The Philosophical Works of David Hume” (1826), volume 3: ‘Essays, Moral, Political and Literary,’ Part 1, essay 16: ‘The Stoic,’ page 167

“Cheerful people, the doctors say, resist disease better than glum people. In other words, ‘The surly bird catches the germ.’” -Author Unknown
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“We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.” [translation to English]
Ducimus autem
Hos quoque felices, qui ferre incommoda vitæ,
Nec jactare jugum vita didicere magistra.
[original Latin]
-Decimus Junius Juvenalis (also known as Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis or simply Juvenal (about C.E. 55 - C.E. 128)): “Satires” (early 2nd century), XII, 20

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“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180))

“Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment.” -Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)

“Jumping for joy is good exercise.” -Author Unknown
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“I do not know of any sure way of making others happy as being so oneself.” -Arthur Helps (1813 - 1875)

“Spread happiness; a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” -Author Unknown

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.” -Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969): “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia” (2006) memoir book
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“The happiness of life . . . is made up of minute fractions - the little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834): ‘The Improvisatore’ poem published in S. C. Hall, editor: “The Amulet for 1828”

“Happiness doesn’t depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much.” -William Dempster Hoard (1836 - 1918)
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“Of all the means which wisdom acquires to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is friendship.” -Epicurus (341 B.C.E. - 270 B.C.E.): “Sovran Maxims” (English: “Sovereign Maxims” or “Principle Doctrines”), Number 28

“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.” -Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989)
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“The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime.” -Author Unknown

“Now and then, it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” -Guillaume Apollinaire (Wilhelm Apollinaris de Dostrowitsky (1880 - 1918))
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“Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” -Margaret Runbeck (Margaret Lee Runbeck (1900 - 1956)): “Time for Each Other” (1944)

“It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902)

True happiness is to no spot confined.
If you preserve a firm and constant mind,
’Tis* here, ’tis everywhere.
-John Huddlestone Wynne (1743 - 1788): “A General History of Ireland” (1772)
*’tis: it is
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“A multitude of small delights constitutes happiness.” -Charles Baudelaire (Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821 - 1867))

“The greatest happiness is to be that which one is.” -Theodore Herzl (1860 - 1904)

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“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” -Hugh Downs (Hugh Malcolm Downs (born 1921)): as quoted in Roy B. Zuck: “The Speaker’s Quote Book: Over 4,500 Illustrations” (1997), page 185
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“A light heart lives long.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

“A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.” -Helen Keller: “The Simplest Way to be Happy” (1933)

“The happiest people are the ones who make others happy.” -Author Unknown
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“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.” -William L. Phelps (William Lyon Phelps (1865 - 1943))

“What is happiness and unhappiness? It depends so little on the circumstances; it depends really only on what happens inside a person. I am grateful for every day . . . and that makes me happy.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945)

“In whatever situation we are placed, our greater or less degree of happiness must be derived from ourselves. Happiness is in a great measure the result of our own dispositions and actions.” -Hannah Webster Foster (about 1758 - 1840)

“Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.” -Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (also known simply as Colette (1873 - 1954))

“Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination.” -Immanual Kant (1724 - 1804): “Fundamentals Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics” (1785)

“Happiness is no laughing matter.” -Richard Whately (1787 - 1863): “Thoughts and Apophthegms from the Writings of Archbishop Richard Whately” (1856)
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“If happiness truly consists in physical ease and freedom of care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow.” -William Lyon Phelps (William Lyon ‘Billy’ Phelps (1865 - 1943))

“Happiness is surely the best teacher of good manners: only the unhappy are churlish in deportment.” -Christopher Morley (Christopher Darlington Morley (1890 - 1957)): “Where the Blue Begins” (1922)

“You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.” -Author Unknown
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“A single joy can scatter a hundred griefs.” -Author Unknown

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others,
And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832): ‘Distichs’ as quoted in Edgar Alfred Bowring, translator: “The Poems of Geothe” (1853)

“Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.” -Alice Meynell (1847 - 1922)
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“I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.” -Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1788))

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” -J. A. K. Thomson: interpretative summarization of Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): “Nicomachean Ethics,” book 1, section 9

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” -William Morris (1834 - 1896)
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“He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.” -Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)

“An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.” -Lydia M. Child (Lydia Maria Child (born Lydia Maria Francis (1802 - 1880)))

“The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.” -John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 - 1892)

Affirmation: I choose happiness!
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“Happiness is surely the best teacher of good manners: only the unhappy are churlish in deportment.” -Christopher Morley (Christopher Darlington Morley (1890 - 1957)): “Where the Blue Begins” (1922)

“The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)

“Some pursue happiness, while others create it.” -Author Unknown
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“Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.” -Leo Tolstoy -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))

“There are only two roads that lead to something like human happiness. They are marked by the words: love and achievement . . . In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy . . . The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.” -Theodor Reik (1888 - 1969): “A Psychologist Looks at Love” (1957), chapter 3, page 194

“Seek lifelong progress toward happierness.” -Arthur C. Brooks: ‘Jung’s Five Pillars of a Good Life,’ published in “The Atlantic” (2024) magazine
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“Your happiness is your gift to the world.” -Robert Holden

“Happiness is the atmosphere in which all things grow.” -Author Unknown

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Walking And Ambulating

1/5/2026

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In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of five times around the Earth’s equator. Be sure to pick up some coconuts and bananas while you are there.

“If you walk backwards, you’ll never stub your toe.” -Harvey McKay

Humans are the ‘walking animals.’ We were made to walk all day, originally as hunter-gatherers. We were not made to sit or lay about all day. In fact, being sedentary, or inactive, for too long weakens us by causing everything from bone mass loss to muscle atrophy. So, to maintain good physical fitness - and mental fitness, walk a little or a lot, every single day, just like your long-ago ancestors did.
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There was an old person of Deal,
Who in walking used only his heel;
     When they said, “Tell us why?”
     He made no reply,
That mysterious old person of Deal.
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872)

Riddle: What has one hundred legs but cannot walk?
Solution: Fifty pairs of pants.

Amish men take about 18,425 steps per day. Amish women take about 14,196. The average American adult takes about 4,000 steps per day. Only 4 percent of Amish are obese, compared to 31 percent of the general American population.

“The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy. “The best of all ways to lengthen our days” is not, as Mr. Thomas Moore has it, “to steal a few hours from night, my love;” but, with leave be it spoken, to walk steadily and with a purpose. The wandering man knows of certain ancients, far gone in years, who have staved off infirmities and dissolution by earnest walking, - hale fellows close upon eighty and ninety, but brisk as boys.” -Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870))

‘Walking’ is also known as ‘ambulating.’ The word ‘walk’ is derived from the Old English word ‘wealcan’ meaning ‘to roll’ . . . which brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, “Let’s roll!”

“Walking isn’t really a lost art. One must by some such means get to the garage or parking place.” -Herbert V. Prochnow (Herbert Victor Prochnow (1897 - 1998)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
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It would take about 225 million years to walk one lightyear, at the pace of 20 minutes a mile. We had better get started now if we are going to make it before dark.

“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)): “Twilight of the Idols” (1888)

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Otis.
Otis, who?
Otis a wonderful day for a walk in the park!
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“Walking is man’s best medicine.” -Hippocrates of Kos (about 460 B.C.E. - about 370 B.C.E.)

With the Earth being about 40,234 kilometers (25,000 miles) in circumference and the average walking rate being 4.99 kilometers (3.1 miles) per hour, it would take a person walking nonstop approximately 336 days to walk around the world, assuming that he or she did not sleep and could walk on the water’s surface as well as the land.

“Walk more, worry less.” -Author Unknown
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“You must be careful how you walk, and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set.” -Robert E. Lee (Robert Edward Lee (1807 - 1870))

“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Journals” (1838 - 1859), ‘20 April 1840’

Humans became bipedal between three and six million years ago. Scientists believe that humans started walking on two legs to carry objects better and to use energy more efficiently. It also gives them a better view of their surroundings. Hey, look, a squirrel!
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There was a young girl of Majorca
Whose aunt was a very fast walker;
     She walked sixty miles
     And leaped fifteen stiles*,
Which astonished that girl of Majorca.
-Edward Lear (1812 - 1888): “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 101
*A stile is a type of gate in a fence or a wall that livestock such as cattle and sheep cannot step over or through, but which people can step over or through.

“If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented roller-skates.” -Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990)

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The Ministry of Silly Walks is a British Government agency tasked with administering funny ways of walking. It is a fictional creation of the Monty Python comedy troupe, made for a segment in “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” season 2, episode 14, titled ‘Face the Press,’ which first aired on television in 1970. The creation is commemorated on 7 January of each year in various locales around the world as International Silly Walks Day. Yes, you can attend, and show them your uniquely silly walk.

A woman went out for a walk. She came to a river and could not see a bridge anywhere. She spotted another woman on the opposite bank of the river and she shouted to her, “How can I get to the other side?!” The second woman looked up the river and down the river, and then shouted back, “You’re already on the other side!”

There was an old person of Wilts,
Who constantly walked upon stilts;
He wreathed them with lilies
And daffy-down-dillies,
That elegant person of Wilts.
-Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

“After a day’s walk everything has twice its usual value.” -George Macaulay Trevelyan (1876 - 1962)
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The longest walk around the world was completed by a former neon-sign salesman named Jean Béliveau (born 18 August 1955). He walked 46,600 miles around 64 countries. The trip took him 11 years and 2 months, from 18 August 2000 until 16 October 2011.

“Everywhere is walking distance if you’ve got the time.” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955): “Steven Wright Special” (1985)

“There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast.” -Paul Scott Mowrer (1887 - 1971)

“A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.” -Paul Dudley White (1886 - 1973)
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McGee: Why do bagpipers walk when they play?
O’Neill: To get away from the sound.

Ambulophobia is a persistent fear of walking. If you have this phobia and amaxophobia, a persistent fear of riding in a vehicle, you are pretty much not going anywhere ever, which in itself is a frightening thought.

Walking may help decrease the risk of heart attacks, decrease the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and may even reduce the risk of bone fracture. Additionally, brisk walking may reduce stress and depression levels, and possibly improve cancer survival rates. To learn the exact details, consult with your health practitioner.
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“Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

Experts suggest walking 6,000 steps a day to improve health and 10,000 steps a day to lose weight - but who among us counts their steps? Small pedometers that use electromechanical switches can be worn on the hip to count steps, and GPS-enabled devices, including some cell phones, can be equipped with ‘apps’ to measure distance.

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.” -Plato (427 B.C.E. - 347 B.C.E.)

Scientists believe that walking was originated underwater by ‘hopping’ air-breathing fish.

An average city block takes about 200 steps to cover the distance along one of its sides. If your goal is to take 10,000 steps a day, how many city blocks would you need to walk?

“He who limps is still walking.” -S. J. Lec (Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909 - 1966))

Are walking tours available to you in your community? Walking tours are typically organized with a tour leader and a group of participants, who walk through an area for sightseeing, to sample foods and beverages at local eateries, to visit galleries and museums, to explore parks and gardens, or to learn about landmarks and history. Walking groups can be organized for physical fitness and exercise as well.

“One step at a time is good walking.” -Author Unknown
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“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence, and nothing too much.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“Life can be a bore if you’re constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.” -Larry Wilcox

“Walking is also an ambulation of mind.” -Gretel Ehrlich
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Experts note that when shopping for walking shoes, you should always buy shoes that feel comfortable right away. There is no “breaking-in period.” Also, feet swell during the day, so it is important to get fitted for walking shoes at the end of the day when feet are their largest.
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“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

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Walking Woes

I’m sick and tired of walking,
     Walking here and there
Walking to and fro,
     Walking everywhere!

Tomorrow I won’t walk at all,
     I’m going to see it through,
I know I’ll have to get to school
     But walking I won’t do!

I’ll stomp downstairs,
     Creep through the door
And amble down the street
     I’ll wander round the corner
And traipse on my two feet!

I’ll plod, strut, limp, and march,
     I’ll stroll and hike and roam.
I’ll saunter, trek, and shuffle,
     As I trudge away from home.

I’ll meander past the school gates,
     And toddle through the door,
I’ll lumber to my classroom,
     And then I’ll walk no more!

By J. Shaw
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“If we all tried to make other people’s paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth, even place to walk on.” -Myrtle Reed
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“I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.” -George Macaulay Trevelyan (1876 - 1962)

“All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.” -Hal Borland

As with any changes in lifestyle, you may need to consult a physician and other experts before beginning a program of walking or other activities that could impact any existing health condition you might have and your personal safety. That is just something we have to tell people for their own good and so they know that we are not advising any person to undertake activities that could place a person at risk of harm . . . okey-dokey, then.

Edward Payson Weston (1839 - 1929) walked the 478-mile distance from Boston, Massachusetts to Washington, District of Columbia, to attend Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 inauguration as President, at which Mr. Weston received a congratulatory handshake from Mr. Lincoln, as well as newspaper coverage and a bag of peanuts. Endurance walking became a big part of his life, and at 29 years of age, he walked from Portland, Maine to Chicago, Illinois. He also did competitive walking in England and Europe. At 70 years of age, he walked the nearly 7,000 miles from New York City, New York to San Francisco, California. Known as ‘Weston the Pedestrian,’ he kept up his walking until the age of 90. To discover more details, read the book, “A Man in a Hurry” (2012), written by Nick Harris, Helen Harris, and Paul Marshall.
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“After walking by night several times, I now walk by day, but I am not aware of any crowning advantage in it.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Journal,” 15 June 1851

“If you only walk on sunny days, you’ll never reach your destination.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)

Racewalking has been an official Olympic sport for more than 90 years. The course distances vary from 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) to 153 kilometers (95 miles).

“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” -Richard Branson (Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 1950))
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“Walking: The action of repeatedly falling forward and then catching oneself each time with the foot and leg before one’s face can strike the ground.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

A notable difference between walking and running is the amount of time each foot contacts the ground. While walking, at least one foot is in contact with the ground at any given time, and the length of time the foot is in contact is longer than while running. During running, foot contact with the ground is less than walking, and there is are periods of time in which both feet are not in contact with the ground.

“I can’t seem to bring myself to say, “Well, I guess I’ll be toddling along.” It isn’t that I can’t toddle. It’s that I can’t guess I’ll toddle.” -Robert Benchley (Robert Charles Benchley (1889 - 1945))

The best way to lose weight by walking is to take a longer, moderately paced walk (40 minutes at 60 to 65 percent maximum heart rate). Shorter, faster walks (20 to 25 minutes at 75 percent to 85 percent maximum heart rate) are best for conditioning the heart and lungs.
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“I think I cannot preserve my health and spirits unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering through the woods and fields absolutely free from all worldy engagements.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Walking”

“Many a false step is taken by standing still.” -Arnold Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1998))

“Above all do not lose your desire to walk. Every day, I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill . . . if one keeps on walking everything will be alright.” -Søren Kierkegaard (Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855))

“Thoughts come clearly while one walks.” -Thomas Mann (Paul Thomas ‘Thomas’ Mann (1875 - 1955))

“It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.” -Author Unknown
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“I love walking because it clears your mind, enriches the soul, takes away stress, and opens up your eyes to a whole new world.” -Claudette Dudley

“Go on a nature walk, and you will witness a thousand wonders and a thousand miracles.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Walking is the enterprise and adventure of the day.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

“Just put one foot in front of the other.” -Austin Peck

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Socks And Stockings

1/2/2026

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“Consistently losing socks in the clothes washer and dryer while also finding coins in the machines leads one to the inevitable conclusion that somewhere in the works lurks a Sock Fairy.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Said Dorothy Hughes to Helen Hocking

Said Dorothy Hughes to Helen Hocking,
“I can’t for the life of me get on this stocking!”
“Would it help if you first removed your shoes?”
Said Helen Hocking to Dorothy Hughes.

By William Jay Smith (1918 - 2015)
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Donald: What a strange pair of socks you’re wearing; one sock is green and the other sock is blue.
Donna: Yes, they’re strange, and to add to the strangeness of it all, I have a second pair just like them back at home.

Patient: What do you have if your head is hot, one foot is cold, and you see spots before your eyes?
Doctor: You have a polka-dotted sock over your head.
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“I got up one morning and couldn’t find my socks, so I called Information. She said, “Hello, Information.” I said, “I can’t find my socks.” She said, “They’re behind the couch.” And they were!” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955))

Do you have a sock drawer, or do you simply stuff your socks into any available and otherwise unused space? Here’s a great way to store clean socks: Simply stuff socks into shoes.
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Common Complaints from Socks
- There is too much static cling in the clothes dryer.
- It’s boring in the sock drawer.
- You never take us to any of the places other socks get to go to.
- It’s cramped and stuffy inside shoes.
- It’s always work, work, work - and the only fun we ever have is at Christmastime!
- The sock with the hole in it is always getting all the attention.
What else might socks have to complain about?

David: What do you call people who sleep in their socks?
Goliath: Tiny.
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Question: What do sock puppets eat?
Answer: Finger foods.
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“True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they’ve gotta match.” -Erich Fromm (Erich Seligmann Fromm (1900 - 1980))

“I could always use more socks.” -Author Unknown
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“Socks don’t grow on trees, you know.” -Author Unknown: fatherly wisdom

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Tall tale: The people of Texas are known for wearing the world’s biggest socks, sometimes so big that, when worn, only the person’s head from the eyes up is visible. They then top this off with a ten-gallon hat.

“Happiness is . . . finding a missing sock.” -Author Unknown
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Jackie: Why was the yam wearing socks?
Jillian: To keep her pota-toes warm.

Where Do Missing Socks Go?

In this critical piece of investigative reporting, we will explore a serious issue: Where do missing socks go? Can they find their way home?

It has happened to everyone. You do a load of laundry. You wash and then dry. When you go to fold the laundry, you no longer have a pair of socks. You just have one lonesome sock. Where did its partner go? You look everywhere. You retrace your steps. You go back to the washer, back to the dryer, scope out the floors, look in the laundry basket - but no sock. Where did it go?

This can be a desperate situation. Studies have shown that if the missing sock does not reappear within the first 31 hours, your chances of finding that sock decrease by 90 percent. Okay, we just made that up, but whatever. You probably are not going to find that sock. Let us attempt to solve this mystery.

The first 24 hours are critical. The best strategy in a crisis situation such as this one is to think like a sock. Imagine to yourself, “If I were a sock, where would I go?” Would you go behind the dryer, or would you get stuck in the sleeve of a sweatshirt? Maybe. But what if your sock is a rebel? Maybe your sock was tired of being less important than other clothes. Maybe your sock had bigger dreams. Perhaps the other socks in the drawer were hampering that sock’s personal development. Maybe your missing sock had an opportunity to leave and took that opportunity!

You must consider the possibility that your sock is now living the good life elsewhere. Yes, your sock is famous now. Your sock is part of the local sock puppet theater! It happens all the time. Your renegade sock was tired of being confined to the sock drawer or being worn on your foot. Would you want to do that? Imagine being worn on a foot all day! Imagine being forced into uncomfortable shoes all the time! What kind of life is that? Can you blame your beloved sock for leaving you and the other socks behind? Of course not! That sock is living a dream now!

The bottom line is, if you do not find that sock within the short window of time, your chances are slim to none that you are bringing it back. Once that sock has a taste of freedom, it is impossible to make that sock return to live such a humiliating and boring existence.

Other theories abound, of course. Not everyone buys into the rebel sock theory. Yes, there are always doubters when an incredible new idea emerges. Your friends, family, and neighbors will probably tell you not to give up. They will tell you encouraging phrases like, “Maybe that sock ended up wrapped in a set of sheets in the back of your linen closet. Maybe that sock is under the dryer. Maybe your pet grabbed the sock out of the basket and is using it as a chew toy.” Then there is that line from your one odd uncle who keeps trying to be helpful or funny but hasn’t yet mastered the concept of empathy or of humor: “Maybe your sock ran away with the spoon.” The list can go on and on.

On 9 May of each year, we pause and reflect, as we observe Lost Sock Day, in honor of all the socks that have gone missing, and all the socks that have lost a sock buddy. Where, oh where did our little sock go? Will the world ever know how we miss our missing sock so?

By Author Unknown
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“When a sock has a hole in it, the Sock Fairy, who lives in a secret compartment inside Clothes Dryer, absconds with the sock and leaves a penny, paper clip, or other small gift in exchange at some random place, such as on a sidewalk, for the missing-sock person to find. However, sometimes Sock Fairy will not wait for a sock to develop a hole in it, especially if a sock is just too wonderful to pass up, by Sock Fairy standards.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966): “If You Believe in Fairy Tales”
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Where Do Missing Socks Go?
- The Island of Lost Socks
- They make their way through the drains in washing machines and eventually end up in the cold seas near the Earth’s poles, where the fish wear them as warm, fun, and sometimes colorful sweaters.
- Planet of the Socks
- They enlist in the Sock Secret Service and go deep undercover in the laundry pile.
- Traveling Sock Puppet Theater
Where do you suspect missing socks go?
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Chadwick: I never have to worry about having matching socks on my feet.
Marguette: How do you manage that?
Chadwick: I do not own any matching socks - not one single pair!

Jeff: Why do golfers wear two pairs of socks?
Fred: In case they get a hole in one!
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“Meanwhile, in a parallel universe, someone can be heard thinking aloud, ‘Where do all these unmatched single socks keep coming from?’” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Dexter: Why should you buy socks with holes in them?
Baxter: It’s the only way you can get your feet into them.
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“His socks compelled one’s attention without losing one’s respect.” -H. H. Munro (Hector Hugh Munro, also known by the pseudonym Saki (1870 - 1916))

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Bret: Why was the elephant walking around in his socks?
Bert: Because he couldn’t find his shoes!
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Maribel: What did the sock say to the foot?
Clarabelle: “You’re putting me on.”

A ‘sock hop’ is an informal dance event for teenagers, usually held at a school, in which hard-soled shoes are removed to protect the floor from damage.
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Kevin: What kind of socks do pirates wear?
Vincent: Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgyle!
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“A man is about thirty-eight before he stockpiles enough socks to be able to get one matching pair.” -Merrily Harpur
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What is the difference between socks and stockings? Socks are shorter, typically only covering the foot, ankle, and calf, while stockings cover the entire leg, sometimes all the way from the foot to the waist. Socks are made of thicker, opaque material such as a heavy knitted fabric, while stockings can be made of thin, sheer, semi-opaque, or opaque material. Now that we have that out of the way . . .

Mac raised his hand. “Once I could only find one of my socks,” he said. “Man, I looked everywhere for it! Under the bed, in the bathroom. You’ll never guess where I finally found it.”
“In the refrigerator,” said Bob.
Mac’s mouth dropped open. “How’d you know?”
Bob shrugged. “Where else?”
-Louis Sachar: “Wayside School Is Falling Down” (22 March 1989)

Emmaline: What do you call a rich sock maker?
Evangeline: Sock-cessful.
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Alternative Uses For Socks And Stockings
- Emergency mittens for cold days.
- Hang them by the chimney in hopes that Saint Nicholas soon will be there.
- Roll socks up into balls and use for juggling practice.
- Slip extra shoes inside baggy old socks when traveling.
- Make sock puppets.
- Use socks to store small valuables, such as gemstones, coins from around the world, or individually-wrapped butterscotch candies.
- Walk, march, or slide - but don’t run - around in clean socks on a dirty floor to try to clean it.
- Sew or glue soles to socks to make sock-shoes.
- Wear socks or stockings between your feet and your shoes.
- Get your entire village together to bring their socks to a single location so that all of you can make the world’s biggest pile of socks and become famous for achieving a new world record.
Can you think of other uses for socks?

“My socks are like snowflakes, no two are alike.” -Graham Parker (Graham Thomas Parker (born 1950))
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What are loud socks? ‘Loud socks’ are socks, and sometimes stockings, that are noticeable for their bright colors, absurd patterns, and occasionally, even words or pictures. Loud socks are usually not worn in situations in which one would want to be taken seriously, such as when applying for a home or business loan, shopping for an automobile, or graduating - unless one is graduating from clown college!

Jasmine: Why did the clown have his hands over his ears?
Carmine: Because he was wearing loud socks!
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Justina: How can a sock be empty but still have something in it?
Paulina: When it has a hole in it.

Possible New Sock Holidays
- Be Kind To Socks Day
- Free Pair Of Socks Day
- Matching Socks Day
- Sock Appreciation Day
- Take Your Socks For A Walk Day
- Thank A Sock Day
Can you think of more new sock holidays?

Today is International Wash Your Socks Day . . . well, not really . . . but what if it was?
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“You have reached the Missing Socks Detective Agency. Jenson speaking. How may I help you?” “The Sock Burglar took my sock! I was awakened in the night by the rustling of tiny wings, and there was the Sock Burglar, flying out my open window with it!” “Relax and rest assured we’ll be right over and on the case. Right now, let’s discuss fees. We charge two desk lamps plus a 3-meter extension cord and 3 ham-and-cheese sandwiches with mustard and pickles as a retainer, and an additional 400 green stamps a day until the case is solved. Can you afford us?” “Yes, yes, I’ve got to have my missing sock returned to me!”

Here is a great title for a song: Owner of a Missing Sock. Now we just need you to write the lyrics and set them to music.

Joey: What did one sock say to the other sock?
Chloe: “Hi, nice toe meet you.”
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“Always wear clean socks when you go out, just in case you should get run over by a truck.” -Author Unknown: motherly advice

Amberly: What kind of socks do gardeners wear?
Kimberly: Garden hose.
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The words ‘sock’ is derived from the Old English word ‘socc,’ meaning ‘light slipper.’

Bobby socks: Socks that belong to Bobby; not to be confused with Susie socks.

Give me the gift of a grip top sock,
A drip-drape, ship-shape, tip-top sock,
And all the better if it has spots - say . . .
Sam’s Sock Shop stocks short spotted socks!
-Author Unknown
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“One can never have enough socks.” -J. K. Rowling (pseudonym of Joanne ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965)): “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (26 June 1997), words of fictional character Albus Dumbledore (Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore)

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Playtime And Playing

12/30/2025

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“It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing.” -Marcia Wieder

George knocked on the door of his friend’s house. When his friend’s mother answered he asked, “Can Albert come out to play?” “No,” said the mother, “It’s too cold.” “Well, then,” said George, “can his football come out to play?”

“Surely all God’s people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes - all are warm with divine radium and must have lots of fun in them.” -John Muir (1838 - 1914): “The Story of My Boyhood and Youth” (1913), pages 186 and 187

“Always jump in the puddles! Always skip alongside the flowers. The only fights worth fighting are the pillow and food varieties.” -Terri Guillemets (born 1973)

Before televisions, media players, home computers, the internet, cell phones, and video games, children spent most of their free time playing outside.
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“Life is more fun if you play games.” -Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990)

“Playing outside makes children smarter, healthier, and happier.” -Author Unknown
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“It is a happy talent to know how to play.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “Journals”

“Today I will do something just for the fun of it. I will find something to do that’s just for me, and I won’t worry about what I ‘should’ be doing. I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest.” -Melody Beattie (Melody Lynn Beattie (born 1948))
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“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.” -Charles Schaefer

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Playing Outdoors

What lovely things
     Outdoors I see!
The sun, a bird,
     A great big tree!
God put them there
     For you and me!

By Author Unknown
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“My childhood may be over, but that doesn’t mean playtime is.” -Ron Olson

“As astronauts and space travelers children puzzle over the future; as dinosaurs and princesses they unearth the past. As weather reporters and restaurant workers they make sense of reality; as monsters and gremlins they make sense of the unreal.” -Gretchen Owocki

“The highest form of research is essentially play.” -N. V. Scarfe (Neville Vincent Scarfe (1908 - 1985)

“The true object of all human life is play.” -G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)): “All Things Considered” (1908)

When Albert’s baby sister was born, his mother told him the baby would be nice to play with. After looking at it for a while, he complained, “Yes, but where are its wheels?”
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“Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.” -Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)

“Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.” -Kay Redfield Jamison

Riddle: What does the following mean? A maximum amount of purposeful activity and a minimum amount of disport and dalliance cause Jack to become a dim-witted, stagnant dunce of the male species.
Solution: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in James Howell (1594 - 1666): “Proverbs in English, Italian, French, and Spanish” (1659)

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.
-Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849): “Harry and Lucy Concluded” (1825)

“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” -John Cleese (John Marwood Cleese (born 1939)): as quoted in Dale N. LeFevre: “Best New Games” (2002), page 9

“Play is essential to development because it contributes to the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children.” -Kenneth R. Ginsburg

Have you played today?
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“Children’s games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592))

“Let them play! The more they play, the more resilient and socially adept they will become.” -Jessica Joelle Alexander

“Play: Instinctually guided unrestrained accelerated learning along unpredictable tangential paths leading to successful survival.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

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“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning.” -Fred Rogers (Fred McFeely Rogers (also known as Mr. Rogers (1928 - 2003))): “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America’s Most Beloved Neighbor,” Chapter 4

“Imaginative play is a key that opens the doors of intuition.” -Frances Vaughan (1935)
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“Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.” -Evan Esar (born Esar Levine (1899 - 1995)): “Esar’s Comic Dictionary” (1943)

“Learning to share and take turns happens during play.” -Author Unknown
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As Johnny Went A-Walking

As Johnny went a-walking, a-walking, a-walking
As Johnny went-a-walking one fine day
He met a little neighbor, a neighbor, a neighbor
And they began to play:
First they played at horses, horses, horses
First they played at horses
Just this way:
They played at aeroplanes, aeroplanes, aeroplanes (and so on).
Then they played at bunnies, bunnies, bunnies (and so on).
Then they played at fire engines, fire engines, fire engines (and so on).

By Author Unknown

“Work and play are an artificial pair of opposites, because the best kind of play contains an element of work, and the most productive kind of work must include something of the spirit of play.” -Sydney J. Harris (Sydney Justin Harris (1917 - 1986)): “On the Contrary” (1964), Chapter 7

“Play is the exultation of the possible.” -Martin Buber (1878 - 1965)
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“Play keeps us vital and alive. It gives us an enthusiasm for life that is irreplaceable.” -Lucia Capacchione

“It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.” -Leo Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))

Let’s play ‘airplane’! Let’s play choo-choo train! Let’s play tag - you’re it! Let’s play swamp monster! Let’s play dinosaurs! Let’s play hide-and-seek! Let’s play space aliens! Let’s play cops and robbers! Let’s play follow-the-leader! Let’s play dress-up! Let’s play store! Can you think of other games we can play? Which one is your favorite?
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“For a child, it is in the simplicity of play that the complexity of life is sorted, like puzzle pieces joined together to make sense of the world.” -L. R. Knost

“To the art of working well a civilized race would add that art of playing well.” -George Santayana (1863 - 1952): “Little Essays” (1920)

“All play is associated with intense thought activity and rapid intellectual growth.” -N. V. Scarfe (Neville Vincent Scarfe (1908 - 1985): ‘Play is Education’ article published in the “Childhood Education” (November 1962) journal, Volume 39, Issue 3, page 120
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“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

Let The Children Play!
- Climb trees
- Dig in the dirt
- Follow the leader
- Go on a bug hunt
- Hide and seek
- Hopscotch
- Jump over things
- Make mud pies
- Roll down a hill
- Stomp in puddles
- Tag
- Weave a daisy chain
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“The ability to play is essential to being a creative artist.” -Dewitt Jones
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Our minds need relaxation and give way
Unless we mix with work a little play.
-Molière (pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622 - 1673)): “The School for Husbands” (1661)

“Play is not a break from learning. It is learning.” -Priya Florence Shah
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“Playing is working in a state of grace.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” -Carl Jung (Carl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961))
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“It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (“Essays”) (1595), Book 1, chapter 23

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“Play so that you may be serious.” -Anacharsis: as quoted in Aristotle: “Nicomachean Ethics” (about 350 B.C.E.)

“Give childhood back to children: if we want our offspring to have happy, productive and moral lives, we must allow more time for play, not less.” -Peter Gray
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“In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.” -Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17 or 18)): “The Art of Love” (about C.E. 8)

“If animals play, this is because play is useful in the struggle for survival; because play practices and so perfects the skills needed in adult life.” -Susanna Miller
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“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.)

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Play

Housework can wait,
     My children need kisses.
They want me to play,
     I’ll put off the dishes.

When they’re grown,
     I’ll keep the house spic’n’ span . . .
But children grow fast so
     I’ll play while I can.

By Leslie Prest
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Overheard: I would like to run around in circles and flap my arms and loudly imitate the sounds made by animals - will you join me?

“Play and playful forms of activity potentially lead towards increasingly complex forms of knowledge, skills, and understanding.” -Elizabeth Wood

“When children pretend, they are using their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero.” -Fred Rogers (Fred McFeely ‘Mister’ Rogers (1928 - 2003))

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Wanda.
Wanda, who?
Wanda come over and play with me?
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“Play is the work of childhood.” -Jean Piaget (Jean William Fritz Piaget (1896 - 1980))

“Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” -Diane Ackerman

“Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.” -May Sarton (pseudonym of Eleanore Marie Sarton (1912 - 1995))
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“Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.” -Heraclitus (Heraclitus of Ephesus (about 535 B.C.E. - 475 B.C.E.)) (500 B.C.E.)

“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.” -Joseph Chilton Pearce (1926 - 2016)

“Having forgotten the importance of play or even how to play, we have invented professional sports leagues. Play is fun; sport as entertainment is vicarious fun, or fun minus the robust growth of mind and muscle and genuine camaraderie.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” -Alan Watts (Alan Wilson Watts (1915 - 1973)): “Essential Lectures of Alan Watts” (1973), Volume 1: ‘Work as Play’ audio recording

“When we deny children play, we are denying them the right to understand the world.” -Erika Christakis

“Whoever wants to understand much must play much.” -Gottfried Benn

“Life is playfulness . . .We need to play so that we can rediscover the magic all around us.” -Flora Colao
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“Many children cannot play because they live in circumstances in which merely surviving is everything. By adulthood, they have had their play instinct suppressed so completely that they would actually have to relearn it. What is the solution to this?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Play keeps us fit physically and mentally.” -Stuart Brown
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“Play brings joy. And it’s vital for problem solving, creativity, and relationships.” -Margarita Tartakovsky

“The human urge to create comes from the play impulse.” -Carla Hannaford: “Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head”
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“It is in playing, and only in playing, that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality . . .” -D. W. Winnicott

“The world is your playground. Why aren’t you playing?” -Ellie Katz

“Children are not built to sit and be taught. They were built to play, explore, and discover.” -Author Unknown
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“Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.” -Jean Piaget (Jean William Fritz Piaget (1896 - 1980))

Henny: Why did the child cross the playground?
Penny: To get to the other slide!
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“When they play, children learn the skills they need for life.” -Peter Gray

“Some days are simply meant for playing.” -Mary Anne Radmacher (Mary Anne Em Radmacher (born 1957)) at https://www.maryanneradmacher.net/
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“Life must be lived as play.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.)

Every day, it is beneficial for all of us to get out of the little boxes in which we live, and away from the little screens we stare at for hours without end, and go outside - do you remember the place called ‘outside’? Sure you do! It’s where birds and squirrels and grasshoppers and people live and learn and grow and play and have fun! So why not head out there right now and . . . Make Fun Of Life!

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Hats And Headwear

12/29/2025

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“Wearing a hat is fun; people have a good time when they’re wearing a hat.” -Philip Treacy

“Whenever you wear your hat, your day will be special.” -Margo Nickel at www.margonickel.com
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“I myself have twelve hats, and each one represents a different personality. Why be just yourself?” -W. H. Auden (Wystan Hugh Auden (1907 - 1973))

When Dr. Seuss (pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991)) found himself with writer’s block, or an inability to think of anything to write, he would go to a closet filled with hundreds of hats and wear them until he became inspired and thought of the words he needed for his rhyming storybook writing. You might know Dr. Seuss as the author of a book titled, “The Cat in the Hat” (12 March 1957).

“He can’t think without his hat.” -Samuel Beckett (Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989)): “Waiting for Godot” (5 January 1953), act I

“Saying you don’t look good in hats is like saying you don’t look good in shoes.” -Author Unknown
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Overheard: I put on my funny hat, and suddenly the world becomes a much happier place.

“Some hats can only be worn if you’re willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you’re only a step away from dancing. They demand a lot of you.” -Neil Gaiman (Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born 1960)): “Anansi Boys” (20 September 2005)

“Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.” -Frank Sinatra (Francis Albert ‘Frank’ Sinatra (1915 - 1998))
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“Wearing a hat versus not wearing a hat is the difference between looking adequate and looking your best.” -Martha Sliter

Og: What hat for?
Ug: Forehead, of course!

In 1778, fashionable women of Paris, France never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.

“And all your future lies beneath your hat.” -John Oldham
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“You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off.” -Raymond Chandler

Hat And Headwear Sayings
- If the hat fits, it’s a good day.
- With the right hat, you can travel the world.
- You can’t eat your hat and have it, too.
What can you add to this list?

Customarily, men remove their hats and hold them over their hearts at funeral processions and funerals, when the flag of their nation passes by in a parade or procession, and when entering a church. When out of doors, men tip their hats when greeting women and persons of standing in the community in passing one another.
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Overheard: In these immensely difficult times, the world is facing a critical shortage of . . . funny hats! Visit https://www.villagehatshop.com/.

“How a hat makes you feel is what a hat is all about.” -Philip Treacy
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In 1571, England’s Queen Elizabeth I decreed that all females over 7 years of age had to wear hats on Sundays.

Bonnie: Which country makes Panama hats?
Hattie: Ecuador - confused, are you?
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“He wears hats, even though he has hair. Very suspicious.” -Dan Theis

“If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

“With the right hat, nothing else matters.” -Author Unknown: LaPaloma Hats

“Hat: Something the average man covers his head with, the beggar passes around, the statesman throws into the ring, and the politician talks through.” -Author Unknown
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How To Measure USA Hat Size. Take a flexible tape measure or a piece of string and wrap it around the head, holding it about 1/8 of an inch or 3 millimeters above the ears and just slightly above the eyebrows, which is typically the largest circumference-area of the head. Find the resulting length and divide it by an approximation of pi, with 3.14 usually being close enough. So, for example, a person whose head measures 23.25 inches around would divide 23.25 inches by 3.14, giving 7.4 (rounded to the nearest tenth of a decimal), which converts to approximately 7 and 3/8ths, which would be the person’s hat size. Some hats, however, do not have precise measurements, coming instead in sizes such as small, medium, and large, so the imprecise hats would have to tried-on for fit. Other hats have an elastic band or lining inside, which stretches to fit the wearer’s head. Baseball caps and trucker’s hats commonly have an adjustable fitting at the backs of the hats.

“The British electors will not vote for a man who does not wear a hat.” -William Maxwell Aitken Beaverbrook (also known as Lord Beaverbrook (1879 - 1964))

Wendy: Why did the hat cross the road?
Breeze: Because it was a windy day.
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“It is not a small world to a man who chases his hat on a windy day.” -Author Unknown

“I tip my hat to everyone doing the very best they can do in a world that can make it difficult.” -Author Unknown

Gentlemen, that’s a lawful order: A law in the American state of Kentucky forbids men from buying ten-gallon hats if their wives are not present to assist in choosing the hats.
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So, do ten-gallon hats really hold 38 liters? The hats actually can hold only about three liters (about three-quarters of a gallon or three quarts).

There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sat upon it;
But she said: ‘I don’t care!
All the birds in the air
Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!’
-Edward Lear (1812 - 1888): “A Book of Nonsense” (1846)

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“Don’t hang your hat higher than you can reach.” -Author Unknown: Belizean proverb
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“A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.” -Frederick the Great

A person who makes women’s hats is called a milliner, while a person who makes hats for men is called a hatter. The distinction in the names of the two trades arose originally in Europe, where different materials and methods, requiring different sets of skills, were used in making men’s hats and women’s hats.
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My Hat

My hat it has three corners,
     Three corners has my hat,
And if it didn’t have three corners,
     It wouldn’t be a hat!

By Author Unknown
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“When you put on a hat, you are saying that you are going out into the world with a definite purpose in mind. A hat gives you a sense of direction. Without a hat, you might wander around aimlessly for days and possibly become lost, requiring a search party to be sent out to find you.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“The hat you wear can say a lot about you . . . what does your hat seem to be saying?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Of all the felt I ever felt, I never felt a piece of felt which felt as fine as that felt felt, when first I felt that felt hat’s felt.” -Author Unknown
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Hat Types And Styles
- Baseball Caps
- Bowlers
- Bucket Hats
- Driver Hats
- Fedoras
- Funny Hats
- Gibus (collapsible top hat)
- Rain Hats
- Stetsons
- Stovepipe Hats
- Straw Hats
- Tinfoil Hats
- Top Hats
- Trucker Hats
- Watch Caps
Can you think of other types of hats?

“No man is uninteresting when his hat is blown off and he has to scuttle after it down the street.” -Robert Wilson Lynd

A tall chef’s hat is called a toque. When a chef wears a toque and everyone else wears a hairnet, you easily spot who is the boss of the kitchen.
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“A man is nothing without his hat.” -Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb, who penned the screenplay based on the story developed by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, and Andrew Stanton: “Toy Story 2” (1999) at https://movies.disney.com/toy-story-2; words of character Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen)

Headwear (Other Than Hats) Types And Styles
- Bonnets
- Crowns
- Hairnets
- Headbands
- Helmets
- Scarves
- Shower Caps
- Tierras
- Veils
Can you think of other types of headwear?

“Hats allow you to make a statement without saying a word.” -Author Unknown

In what way are hats like shoes for your head?
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Maude: Whenever I’m down in the dumps, I buy a new hat.
Mattie: Oh, so that’s where you get them.

“If you’re going to wear three hats, you’d better grow two more heads.” -Mel Gibson

Hat Etiquette
- Remove hats when entering buildings as a sign of respect.
- Tip your hat to the ladies and the gentlemen.
What can you add to this list?

Why is a person who acts crazy sometimes called ‘mad as a hatter?’ Hat makers in the nineteenth-century used mercury, which is a poison, in the manufacture of hats. This poison had the effect of causing hatters who came in direct contact with the mercury or its vapors to hallucinate, shake, and do other sorts of strange and weird things. As a result, hatters during that period had the reputation of being ‘mad.’

Old Man Of Seaside

There was an old man of Seaside
Whose hat was exceedingly wide,
     But he said, “Do not fail,
     If it happens to hail,
To come under my hat at Seaside!”

By Author Unknown
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“Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.” -E. B. White (Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985))

National Hat Day is observed on 15 January of each year. Now you have to remember to wear a hat on that day . . . as if you didn’t already have enough to worry about, like making sure your shoelaces are properly tied!

We are MFOL! . . . keep your wits about you, and definitely hang on to your hat . . . as we head into the next article . . .

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Loneliness And Solitude

12/24/2025

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If you find yourself struggling with loneliness, you are not alone in what you are experiencing . . . and yet, you are alone . . . so very, very alone . . .

“Feeling lonely is fine. Staying this way forever is not.” -Maxime Lagacé

Jered: Why are bananas never lonely?
Derek: Because they hang around in bunches!

“You call it being alone. I call it enjoying my own company.” -Author Unknown
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“One’s need for loneliness is not satisfied if one sits at a table alone. There must be empty chairs as well.” -Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936)

I love tranquil solitude
And such society
As is quiet, wise, and good.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822): “Rarely, Rarely, Comest Thou”

“When you have shut your doors and darkened your room, remember never to say that you are alone; for you are not alone, but God is within and your genius is within.” -Epictetus (about C.E. 55 - about C.E. 135): “Discourses,” Book I, chapter 14

“When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.” -Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)
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“Dear sidewalk, please get wider. Sincerely, third friend walking behind and feeling excluded.” -Author Unknown

“More than any other human problem, loneliness, the absence of meaningful human connection, drains the joy and sense of purpose from our lives. It explains why people go to shopping centers when they have no intention of shopping. They just need to be somewhere where other people are, hoping that among the hundreds of strangers passing by, they will find one familiar face. It explains why people come home from work or school and immediately switch on the television. They are not interested in the program much of the time, they do not even know what is on. But they are desperate for the sound of another human voice in their lives.” -Harold Kushner (Harold Samuel Kushner (born 1935))

“Robinson Crusoe hardly used to the best advantage his glorious chance of solitude, because it pleased him to dine with four companions - a parrot, a dog, and two cats. Worse than this, the parrot could talk!” -Norman Gale: “Solitude” (1913), page 10

How to Deal with Loneliness
- Adopt a pet.
- Go to places where other people go.
- Help others or become a volunteer.
- Keep busy with whatever you can find to do.
- Make friends of strangers.
- Take up a hobby or a cause.
What can you add to this list?

“People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.” -Kim Culbertson: “The Liberation of Max McTrue” (3 January 2012) at https://kimculbertson.com/

“Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.” -Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955): “My Credo” (Autumn 1932) speech to the German League of Human Rights, in Berlin, Germany

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“If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.” -Aldous Huxley (Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 - 1963))

“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.” -Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900))

“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will . . . The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of Cambridge College is as solitary as a dervish in the desert. The farmer can work alone in the field or the woods all day, hoeing or chopping, and not feel lonesome, because he is employed . . .” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Walden; or, Life in the Woods” (1854)

“They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.” -Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)
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“I like to be alone, but I dislike being lonely.” -Author Unknown

“There is a French proverb: To live happy, live hidden. Where can Brigitte Bardot hide?” -Brigitte Bardot (born 1934)

“I was never less alone than when by myself.” -Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794): “Memoir” (1796), Volume i, page 117

“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.” -C. G. Jung (Carl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961)): “Memories, Dreams and Reflections” (1963), page 356

“A crowd is not company.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “Essays” (1625), “On Friendship” (1625)

“The pain of loneliness is normal, and is felt by everyone, and is nature’s way of telling us that we are meant to be with others of our own kind.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.” -Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962): “Reflections” (1974), number 196

“It’s better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.” -Diane Grant (born 1939)

“Solitude is only comfortable when it’s an option.” -Beverly Bird
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A guy was lonely and so he decided life would be more fun if he had a pet. He went to the pet store and told the owner that he wanted to buy an unusual pet. After some discussion, he finally bought a centipede (a one-hundred-legged bug), which came in a little white box to use for its house. He took the box back home, found a good location for the box, and decided he would start off by taking his new pet to a restaurant to have a meal. “Would you like to go to Frank’s Diner with me and have a bite to eat?” he asked the centipede in the box. But there was no answer from his new pet. This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few minutes and then asked him again, “How about going out and having a snack with me?” But again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet. So he waited a few minutes more, thinking about the situation. He decided to ask him one more time - this time putting his face up against the centipede’s house and shouting, he said, “Hey, in there! Would you like to go get some food with me?” A tiny little voice came squeaking out of the box in reply, “I heard you the first time! I’m putting on my shoes.”

“In a world full of people, we are alone.” -Author Unknown

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There are times when you want to be alone - but the world will not let you alone!

“I never said, ‘I want to be alone.’ I only said, ‘I want to be left alone.’ There is all the difference.” -Greta Garbo (Greta Lovisa Gustafsson (1905 - 1990))

“It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.” -Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

“People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.” -J. F. Newton (Joseph Fort Newton (1878 - 1949))

“I might be alone, but I’m never lonely.” -Megan Hart
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“You keep a lot to yourself because it’s difficult to find people who understand.” -Author Unknown

“The finest hours of life are not those spent among groups of people, but in good conversation with a few, in reading good books, in listening to great music, wandering in a forest of giant Sequoias, peering into a microscope, unraveling Nature’s secrets in a laboratory. The men who have the most to give their fellow men are those who have enriched their minds and hearts in solitude. It is a poor education that does not fit a man to be alone with himself.” -Joel Henry Hildebrand (1881 - 1983)

“If I’m such a legend, why am I so lonely?” -Judy Garland (pseudonym of Frances Ethel Gumm (1922 - 1969))

“I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.” -Marilynne Robinson
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“One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.” -Stendhal (pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle (1783 - 1842))

“Grant me the ability to be alone, may it be my custom to go outdoors each day among the trees and grasses, among all growing things, and there may I be alone, and enter into prayer to talk with the one that I belong to.” -Nachman of Breslov (1772 - 1810)

“Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.” -Robert M. Pirsig (Robert Maynard Pirsig (born 1928))

“One form of loneliness is to have a memory and no one to share it with.” -Phyllis Rose (born 1942 as Phyllis Davidoff): ‘Hers’ article published in the “New York Times” (3 May 1984) newspaper, Section C, page 2
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“The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and remains free from entanglements.” -I Ching (1150 B.C.E.)

“Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.” -Paul Tournier (1898 - 1986)

“Don’t try to hog loneliness and keep it all to yourself. Share it with a special someone.” -Jarod Kintz (born 1982)
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“City life: Millions of people being lonesome together.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

“Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.” -Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794)

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“My husband, a forester, often has to consult property owners to determine boundary lines. Walking up a dirt road to question one such individual, he encountered signs reading, ‘No Trespassing,’ ‘Beware of Dog,’ and ‘Keep Out - This Means You!’ Finally, arriving at the door, he talked with the congenial, cooperative landowner. When my husband was ready to leave, the man said to him, ‘Come and see me again sometime. I don’t get many visitors up this way.’ The lesson is simple: Ask yourself, am I lonely because of the ‘messages’ I am sending out?” -Author Unknown

“No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know none who cares or understands.” -Arthur H. Stainback (Arthur House Stainback (1909 - 1994))

“The truth is that we all know something about loneliness, and that includes even those who might not know what they are feeling when they feel lonely.” -Author Unknown
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“Loneliness is the most terrible poverty.” -Teresa of Calcutta (also known as Mother Teresa (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910 - 1997)))

“The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.” -Norman Cousins (1915 - 1990)

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))

“Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose.” -Guillermo Maldonado
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“The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.” -Henrik Ibsen (Henrik Johan ‘Henrik’ Ibsen (1828 - 1906)): “An Enemy of the People” (1882), act 5

“What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “Middlemarch” (1871 - 1872): “Middlemarch” (1871 - 1872), Book V, Chapter XLIV

“The difference between solitude and loneliness is the quality of the company we keep.” -Author Unknown

“He who professes a firm faith, although in solitude, is not alone.” -Berthold Auerbach: “On the Heights” (1865), as translated by Simon Adler Stern. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1907, page 622
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“Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.” -James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891): “Among My Books, Dryden”

William Osler (1849 - 1919), visiting one of London’s leading children’s hospitals, noticed that in a convalescent ward all the children were clustered at one end of the room dressing their dolls, playing games, and playing in the sandbox - all except for one little girl, who sat forlornly on the edge of her high, narrow bed, clutching a cheap doll. The great physician looked at the lonely little figure, then at the ward nurse. “We’ve tried to get Susan to play,” the nurse whispered, “but the other children just won’t have anything to do with her. You see, no one comes to see her. Her mother is deceased, and her father has been here just once - he brought her that doll. The children have a strange code. Visitors mean so much. If you don’t have any visitors, you are ignored.” William walked over to the child’s bed and asked in a voice loud enough for the others to hear, “May I sit down, please?” The little girl’s eyes lit up. “I can’t stay very long this visit,” Osler went on, “but I have wanted to see you so badly.” For five minutes he sat talking with her, even inquiring about her doll’s health and solemnly pulling out his stethoscope to listen to the doll’s chest. And as he left, he turned to the youngster and said in a carrying voice, “You won’t forget our secret, will you? - and mind, don’t tell anyone.” At the door he looked back. His new friend was now the center of a curious and admiring throng.

“The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.” -Francis Bacon (1561- 1626)

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“Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.” -Ann Richards

“A man thinking or working is always alone.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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“The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))

“Some people can’t stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I’m a regular talking machine. It’s all or nothing for me.” -Céline Dion (Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 1968))
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“A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.” -Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745): “Essay on the Faculties of the Mind”

“Great minds are like eagles and build their nest in some lofty solitude.” -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)

“Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.” -Paul Tillich (Paul Johannes Tillich (1886 - 1965)): “The Eternal Now,” page 11

“I remember being alone a lot as a child, and I still love to be alone.” -Cindy Williams (Cynthia Jane ‘Cindy’ Williams (born 1947))
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“Your thought is easily influenced by the presence of another soul; a person can be completely free only when he is alone.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))

“I restore myself when I’m alone.” -Marilyn Monroe (pseudonym of Norma Jean Mortenson Baker (1926 - 1962))
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“I was never less alone than when by myself.” -Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794): “Memoirs” (1796), Volume I, page 117

“A high degree of loneliness is an inexorable part of being a sensitive and intelligent human. It’s a built-in feature of a complex existence.” -Alain de Botton

“I secretly enjoy being alone - hiking alone, skiing alone, walking along the beach alone, going to movies alone. Do not get me wrong, I like sharing my life with other people, but sometimes I really enjoy being as alone as possible.” -Josh Zuckerman (Joshua Ryan Zuckerman (born 1985))
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“The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which makes you lonely.” -Lorraine Hansberry

“I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.” -George Gordon Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron (also known as Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)))

“You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.” -Diane Von Furstenberg

“The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.” -Hugh MacLeod
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“Ordinary men hate solitude. But the master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole Universe.” -Lao Tzu (about 604 B.C.E. - about 531 B.C.E.)

“I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.” -Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Hepburn-Ruston (1929 - 1993))

“One of the most important things you can do on this Earth is to let people know they are not alone.” -Shannon L. Alder at https://www.shannonalder.com/

“Alternate between the solitary and the social. Whether alone or with others, keep serenity.” -Deng Ming-Dao
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“If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” -Thomas Edison (Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931)): as quoted in Martin E. Ford: “Motivating Humans: Goals, Emotions, and Personal Agency Beliefs” (1992), page 17

“There is nothing worse than being a doer with nothing to do.” -Elizabeth Layton

“Do something, do anything, because often in life, one thing leads to another, and it may be the second thing that the first thing leads to that is definitely worthwhile.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.” -Evenius (42 B.C.E. - C.E. 13)
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“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” -Jerry Rice (Jerry Lee Rice, Senior (born 1962))

“We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals; and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.” -Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975): “Psycho-Cybernetics” (1960)

“Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.” -P. T. Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810 - 1891))

“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.” -Peter Marshall (1902 - 1949)

“There are generations yet unborn whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take today.” -Andy Andrews (born 1959): “The Butterfly Effect: How Your Life Matters” (September 2009)
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“We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.” -Woodrow Wilson (Thomas Woodrow ‘Woodrow’ Wilson (1856 - 1924))

There are three ways to get things done:
1. Do it yourself.
2. Hire someone to do it.
3. Forbid your children to do it.
-Author Unknown

“If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much.” -Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898))

“Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.” -Michael Landon (born Eugene Michael Orowitz (1936 - 1991))
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“The smallest action is better than the largest plan.” -John Graves (John Alexander Graves (1920 - 2013))

“Reality is not the same to the doer as it is to the sayer.” -Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942 as Don Luther Lee)

“If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.” -John Lubbock (1834 - 1913)

“‘ACT’ is an acronym standing for ‘Action Changes Things.’” -Author Unknown
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“They can because they think they can.” [translation to English]
“Possunt, quia posse videntur.” [original Latin]
-Publius Vergilius Maro (also known simply as Vergil or Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.)): “Aeneid” (29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), Book V, Line 231 (as translated by John Conington)

“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.” -Willis Whitney (Willis Rodney Whitney (1868 - 1958))

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” -Peter Marshall (1902 - 1949)

“Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.” -Marie Beynon Ray (1886 - 1969)

“Doing is better than saying.” -Thomas Draxe (birth year unknown - 1618)

“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.” -Eckhart von Hochheim (also known as Meister Eckhart (1260 - 1327))
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“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.” -Author Unknown: proverb

“When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.” -John Lubbock (1834 - 1913): “The Pleasures of Life,” volume 1 (1887), chapter II: ‘The Happiness of Duty’

“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.” -Vince Lombardi (Vincent Thomas ‘Vince’ Lombardi (1913 - 1970))

“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.” -John Locke (1632 - 1704): “Essay Concerning Human Understanding” (1689), Book 1, Chapter 3, section 3

“Never undertake anything for which you wouldn’t have the courage to ask the blessings of Heaven.” -G. C. Lichtenberg (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799))

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“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.” -Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845): “Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy” (1849), Lecture XIX: ‘On the Conduct of the Understanding,’ Part II

“The best time to do a thing is when it can be done.” -William Pickens (1881 - 1954): “Fifty Years after Emancipation” (1912)

“Action is the foundational key to all success.” -Pablo Picasso (Pablo Diego Jose Francisco do Paula Juan Nepomuceno Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad (1881 - 1971))

“I move forward in my life every day, even if it’s only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves, but nothing is accomplished by standing still.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“Do lovely things, not dream them, all day long.” -Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875): “Andromeda and Other Poems” (1858), ‘A Farewell to C. E. G.’

“Look around you, and you will behold the universe full of active powers. Action is, so to speak, the genius of nature. By motion and exertion, the system of being is preserved in vigor. By its different parts always acting in subordination one to another, the perfection of the whole is carried on. The heavenly bodies perpetually revolve. Day and night incessantly repeat their appointed course. Continual operations are going on in the earth and in the waters. Nothing stands still. All is alive and stirring throughout the universe. In the midst of this animated and busy scene, is man alone to remain idle in his place? Belongs it to him to be the sole inactive and slothful being in the creation, when in so many various ways he might improve his own nature; might advance the glory of the God who made him; and contribute his part in the general good?” -Hugh Blair (1718 - 1800): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 4

“Actions speak louder than words.” -Author Unknown
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“Many people carry a Can’t Do It List around in their heads as they travel on their journey in life, and it becomes their guide for every decision in their lives and for every moment they are alive and awake. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if that list were transformed into a Possibilities List, or perhaps a Things To Try List?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.” [translation to English]
“Quod est, eo decet uti: et quicquid agas, agere pro viribus.” [Latin]
-Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)) : “De Senectute,” IX

“Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” -E. H. Chapin (Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814 - 1880)): as attributed in Charles Northend: “Memory Gems” (1890), page 6

“What you do every day should contribute to giving your life meaning. If it doesn’t, why are you doing it?” -Don Hutcheson (Don ‘Hutch’ Hutcheson)
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“I’m not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.” -Sally Rand (born Helen Gould Beck (1904 - 1979))

“Good intentions are not enough. They’ve never put an onion in the soup yet.” -Sonya Levien (born Sara Opesken (1888 - 1960))

“In doing we learn.” -George Herbert (1593 - 1633)

“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Ecclesiastes,’ chapter 9, verse 10

Throw away your wishbone,
Straighten up your backbone,
Stick out your jawbone,
And go to it!
-Author Unknown
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“If you don’t have time to do it right, you must have time to do it over.” -Author Unknown

“The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.” -William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)

Out of the strain of the Doing,
Into the peace of the Done.
-Julia Louise Woodruff (Julia Louise Matilda Woodruff (1832 - 1909)): ‘Harvest Home’ poem published in “Sunday at Home” (1910) magazine

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900): “The Crown of Wild Olive” (1866), Lecture IV: ‘The Future of England,’ section 151

“Never mistake motion for action.” -Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899 - 1961))

“Every living creature that comes into the world has something allotted to him to perform, therefore he should not stand an idle spectator of what others are doing.” -Sarah Kirby Trimmer (1741 - 1810): “Fabulous Histories” (1821)

“The deeds you do today may be the only sermon some people will hear today.” -Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226)

“The secret of getting things done is to act!” -Dante degli Alighieri (also known as Durante Alighieri or simply Dante (about 1265 - 1321))

“Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.” -Baltasar Gracián (Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601 - 1658))

“The world is blessed most by men who do things and not by those who merely talk about them.” -James Oliver

“You don’t have to do everything, but you can always do something.” -Malia Blake (Malia T. Blake (born 1965))

“The fact is that in order to do any thing in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.” -Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 6

“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” -Molière (pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622 - 1673))

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“Do something. If it doesn’t work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.” -Jim Hightower (James Allen ‘Jim’ Hightower (born 1943))

“Life is too short to sit on the sidelines; it is much more fun to give it your enthusiastic best.” -Bob Apple
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“Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.” -David Thomas (1776 - 1859)

“During a very busy life I have often been asked, “How did you manage to do it all?” The answer is very simple. It is because I did everything promptly.” -Richard Tangye (1833 - 1906)

“People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))

“Deeds, not words.” [translation to English]
“Facta non verba.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” -W. B. Yeats (William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939))

“The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that the world cares about.” -Booker T. Washington (Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 - 1915)): “Mind and Matter” (5 June 1895), address to the Alabama State Teachers’ Association, in Selma, Alabama, United States of America

“Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.” -Robert Half (1918 - 2001)
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“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945)

“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.” -James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891): as quoted in the “North American Review” (July 1867)

“Don’t just stand there, make something happen.” -Lee Iacocca (Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca (1924 - 2019))

Affirmation: If it is to be, it is up to me.
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“It has long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” -Elinor Smith (1911 - 2010)

“Well done is better than well said.” -Author Unknown

“Action makes more fortune than caution.” -Luc DeClapiers (1715 - 1747)
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“Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890))

“The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can’t be done.” -Will Durant (William James ‘Will’ Durant (1885 - 1981))

“The shortest way to do many things at once is to do them one at a time.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904)

“Get good counsel before you begin: and when you have decided, act promptly.” [translation to English]
“Prius quam incipias consulto, et ubi consulueris mature facto opus est.” [original Latin]
-Gaius Sallustius Crispus (also known simply as Sallust (86 B.C.E. - 34 B.C.E.)): “Bellum Catilinae” (about 44 B.C.E.), I
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“Let us turn our ‘To Do Lists’ into ‘All Done Lists.’” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Do, doing, done!” -Author Unknown

“The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.” -Thomas Guthrie (1803 - 1873)

“Step by step and the thing is done.” -Charles Atlas (born Angelo Siciliano (1892 - 1972))

“I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.” -Alfred Tennyson (also known as Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892))

“Action is the antidote to despair.” -Joan Baez (Joan Chandos Baez (born 1941))

“The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach (born 1947): “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy” (1995) at http://www.sarahbanbreathnach.com/

“Always say nothing doing to doing nothing.” -Frank Tyger (1929 - 2011)

“Deeds grow into destiny.” -A. L. Linall, Junior
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“Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.” -Author Unknown

“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“And, having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.” -Enoch A. Bennett (Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931)): “How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day” (1910), Chapter 12
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“Action has magic, grace, and power in it.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

“So little done, so much to do.” -Cecil Rhodes (1853 - 1902)

“Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.” -Philip Dormer Stanhope (also known as Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)): “Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman” (1774), ‘10 March 1746’

“The more things you do, the more you can do.” -Lucille Ball (Lucille Désirée Ball (1911 - 1989))

“In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.” -Dorothea Dix (Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802 - 1887)): as quoted in Lydia Maria Child: “Letters from New York,” Volume 2 (1845), ‘Letter 31’ (31 December 1844), page 284

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Affirmations And Self-Talk

12/22/2025

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Today I will be the best me that I know how to be.

I fill my mind with positive thoughts that create positive outcomes.
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Today, I will concentrate on taking one step forward, however small it might be.

What are affirmations? Affirmations are expressions that can transform your life by influencing the way you think about yourself, others, and the world around you. When you change how you think, you change how you speak and how you act, and the results can be immensely rewarding.
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I know myself better than anyone else does.

“An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so.” -Shakti Gawain
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Following is the ‘formula’ first used at the clinic of psychologist Émile Coué in Nancy, France. What he called his ‘formula’ was an affirmation, which he prescribed to his patients, to be repeated by them 15 to 20 times in the morning and again in the evening of each day:

“Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.” -Émile Coué (Émile Coué de la Châtaigneraie (1857 - 1926)): “How to Practice Suggestion and Autosuggestion” (1923)

A limerick may provide further insight:

On Monsieur Coué

This very remarkable man
Commends a most practical plan:
You can do what you want
If you don’t think you can’t,
So don’t think you can’t - think you can.

By Charles Cuthbert Inge (1868 - 1957): “The Week-end Book” (1928), page 217
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I am intelligent and capable of success in any endeavor which I may choose.
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“As long as you know what it is you desire, then by simply affirming that it is yours - firmly and positively, with no ifs, buts, or maybes - over and over again, from the minute you arise in the morning until the time you go to sleep at night, and as many times during the day as your work or activities permit, you will be drawn to those people, places, and events that will bring your desires to you.” -Scott Reed

I have confidence.
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“The words ‘I am . . .’ are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you’re claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.” -A. K. Kitselman

New opportunities are calling to me and I am ready to answer the call.
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“Change your thoughts, and you change your world.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993): as quoted in Richard Shea, editor: “The Book of Success” (1993)

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You can create your own affirmations, or select affirmations from those found in this topic that you believe best apply to you and your particular circumstances. Write your affirmations on a piece of paper, and place it where you will be sure to read it daily, as for example, on your car dashboard, on your refrigerator door, or on your bedroom mirror. You could also type affirmations into your cell phone or other device. If you keep a diary or journal, consider challenging yourself to write a new affirmation in it for each day.

“Surround yourself with uplifting words, and let them shape your inner dialogue.” -Author Unknown

What I have done before I can do again, even better.
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I like fresh salads.

“I am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I am the creator of my life and my world. I meet daily challenges gracefully and with complete confidence. I fill my mind with positive, nurturing, and healing thoughts.” -Alice Potter
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“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief, and once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” -Claude M. Bristol (Claude Myron Bristol (1891 - 1951)): “The Magic of Believing” (1948)

I can accomplish anything I set my mind to.
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“I am - the two most powerful words in the world, for whatever we put after them becomes our reality.” -Susan Howson

I am worthy of the respect, attention, and love that I receive from others.
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“You are what you think about all day long.” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))

I feel good about myself.

I have the confidence to try new things.
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“Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)

I am excited that I can create whatever I desire, and I begin right here - right now - with the resources that I have.
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“There is power in your words. Instead of talking about how tired, broke, or depressed you feel, speak about how grateful you are. Shift your focus, and your mindset will follow.” -Author Unknown

I am stronger than everything that happened in the past.
I am stronger than my present circumstances.
I am strong today and will be even stronger tomorrow.
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I am good enough.

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“Affirmations are a form of thought training - training oneself how to think, just as running every day conditions an athlete to compete in a footrace, or studying every day prepares a student for a test.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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I appreciate and acknowledge the participation and contributions of others.

I love who I am and what I do.
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“Talk to yourself positively all the time. Keep repeating, ‘I can do it! I can do it!’ until your fears disappear.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)

I can face my fears and work to overcome them.
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“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.” -Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993)

I focus on what I can do right now.
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“What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)

“I’m not here to be average, I’m here to be awesome!” -Author Unknown

The ghosts of my past can no longer haunt me.
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I enjoy saving money and investing money.

“I really like who I am.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Star Trek,” ‘Loud as a Whisper’ (9 January 1989); line of character Geordi Laforge portrayed by actor LeVar Burton

Life is good and getting better.
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“Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.” -Author Unknown

“I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.” -Watty Piper (pseudonym of Arnold H. Munk (1886 - 1957)): “The Little Engine That Could” (1930)
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I will remain confident and unaffected by negative attitudes around me.

I am patient with myself.
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I can live my life without knowing all of the answers.

I begin working on tasks the moment the thought of the tasks occurs to me.
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I am at peace with myself and the Universe.

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” -Otto Rank (1884 - 1939)
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“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” -attributed to Solomon: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Book of Proverbs,’ chapter 23, verse 7

I feel happiness and joy just from being alive.
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“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.” -Author Unknown

“When you engage in positive self-talk, you learn to think like an optimist. As an optimist you will be able to visualize more options and solutions to your problems. Your problem-solving abilities will improve. As an optimist you will be less prone to giving in to defeat.” -Richard B. Rosse
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I am able to relax and maintain good form when around strangers or in unfamiliar situations.

I can help others without expecting them to give me anything in return.
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“Affirmations provide a way to inoculate against negative thinking.” -Author Unknown

I will live as if my dreams are possible, and work each day to make them happen.
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I am ready to begin moving forward in the direction of what my heart desires.

“Every word you speak and every thought you think is an affirmation for your future.” -Cheryl Richardson at http://www.cherylrichardson.com/
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I speak with confidence and calm assurance.

I like who I am becoming.
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What is self-talk? Self-talk is simply another term for affirmations. You can choose to say affirmations aloud, or say them silently to yourself, or write them on paper or read them.

I always have time for my friends.
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“I am in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017)) at www.LouiseHay.com

“Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations.” -Federico Fellini (1920 - 1993)
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I am a good person.

I stay strong mentally and physically by exercising regularly.
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“Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970))

I am in charge of my feelings, and today I am choosing happiness.
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I can learn how to live with pain so that I can get what I want from my life.

“Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” -Brené Brown (Casandra Brené Brown (born 1965)) at www.brenebrown.com
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“My life is my business. I don’t let somebody else run it.” -Author Unknown

I feel great when I go on a walk.
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I am a responsible person.

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“The most influential person who will talk to you all day is you, so you should be very careful about what you say to you!” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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I see the best in myself and others.

Today I am planting the seeds of new beginnings.
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Be sure to say your affirmations loud enough so that you yourself can hear them.

I am a friendly person.
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“Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

I am doing pretty good - how can I do better?
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“Be very careful what you say to yourself because someone very important is listening . . . you!” -John Assaraf

I seek new adventures.
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I am too blessed to be stressed!

If we are what we think about, what should we think about?
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“Tomorrow I am going to worry. Today I am going to work.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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I will imagine the best and focus on that.

“Affirmations are statements going beyond the reality of the present into the creation of the future through the words you use in the now.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017)) at www.LouiseHay.com

I am a good listener.

“Life is a canvas, and your thoughts are the paintbrush. Create a masterpiece of your own reality.” -Author Unknown
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I am divinely guided in all that I do.

I am living in the present moment: the here and now.
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“What we say to ourselves in the privacy of our own minds matters. It drives our behavior, which drives our destiny, which shapes our world.” -Marie Forleo

I can enjoy leisure without guilt and anxiety.

I have everything I need to be successful.
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“An affirmation is simply a positive declaration of something you believe to be true or something you expect to become true and desire to live by. Affirmations transform your thinking, your attitudes, and finally, your behavior. Their impact on attitudes and behavior help to produce the results you desire.” -Paul J. Meyer (Paul James Meyer, Senior (1928 - 2009)) at https://PaulJMeyer.com/

I can handle criticism with ease.
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I alone hold the truth of who I am.

“Say affirmations ‘as if’ they were already a reality.” -Author Unknown

Today I view my childhood without shame.
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“Affirmations are not bound up in rules. An affirmation can be long or short, poetic or plain. If you love a phrase and find that it helps you, that is a valid affirmation.” -Eric Maisel

I am a friend to myself. I love me.
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“You can vitally influence your life from within by auto-suggestion. The first thing each morning, and the last thing each night, suggest to yourself specific ideas that you wish to embody in your character and personality. Address such suggestions to yourself, silently or aloud, until they are deeply impressed upon your mind.” -Grenville Kleiser (1868 - 1953)

I am ready for a fresh start, a new perspective, and an ‘I can do it’ attitude.
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Smiles And Smiling

12/20/2025

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“If you want people to like you, smile!” -Author Unknown

“A smile is a friend maker.” -Bangambiki Habyarimana
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“I have never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.” -Author Unknown

“Smile - happy looks good on you!” -Author Unknown
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“Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place.” -Robert Alan Aurthur (1922 - 1978)

“Smiling is a great way to look your best.” -Author Unknown
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“Smiles are such a simple thing to give but means so much to many.” -Tony Curl

“If I had a flower for every time you made me smile, I’d be walking in an endless garden.” -Author Unknown
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“It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)): “The Great Gatsby” (10 April 1925)

“I add a smile to everything I wear and that has worked great for me.” -David White (1916 - 1990)
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“I like to smile. I smile even when I’m nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.” -Yani Tseng

“If you smile at someone, they might smile back.” -Author Unknown
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“Share your smile with the world. It’s a symbol of friendship and peace.” -Christie Brinkley

Smile

I gave away my smile
     to the girl across the street.
She gave it to her brother
     as they sat down to eat.
Her brother gave it to their Mom,
     she wore it for a day.
Then gave it to another girl
     whose name was Paula Kay.
Paula took her smile outside
     and stood next to a tree.
She put her hands upon her hips
     then gave it back to me.

By Author Unknown
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“Be the reason someone smiles today.” -Author Unknown

“A smile can brighten someone’s day without using a penny’s worth of electricity.” -Author Unknown
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“A smile is the shortest distance between two people.” -Victor Borge (1909 - 2000)

“I smile because I do not know what in the world is going on.” -Author Unknown
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“A smile doesn’t always stand for a perfect life.” -Faraaz Kazi

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” -Phyllis Diller (pseudonym of Phyllis Ada Driver (1917 - 2012)): as quoted in Joel Goodman: “Laffirmations” (1 April 1995)

Worry less,
     Smile more,
Don’t regret,
     Just learn and grow!
-Author Unknown
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“A smile is a frown turned upside down.” -Author Unknown

“Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, and to hide every pain.” -Author Unknown
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“I really don’t know how to smile. Is there someplace I could get lessons, like a school or a seminar?” -Author Unknown

“If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” -Author Unknown
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The Smile

I had an extra smile
     When I left the house today
I thought I’d give it to someone
     I passed along the way.
I tried to give the smile away
     But incredibly
Each time I gave it to someone
     They’d give it back to me.
So now I have a bunch of smiles,
     What am I to do?
I think I’ll keep a couple
     And then give the rest to you!

By Author Unknown

“A smile is an act of kindness.” -A. D. Williams (Anthony Douglas Williams)
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“A smile appeared upon her face as if she’d taken it directly from her handbag and pinned it there.” -Loma Chandler

“A smile is something you can’t give away; it always comes back to you.” -Author Unknown
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“Sometimes it’s hard to force a smile, but sometimes we have to; it’s what gets us through the hard times.” -Author Unknown

World Smile Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in October. The holiday was started by Harvey Ball of Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, and first observed in 1999. He is also known as the creator, in 1963, of the smiley face symbol.

“A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.” -Charles Gordy (1871 - 1944)
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“Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” -Teresa of Calcutta (also known as Mother Teresa (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910 - 1997)))

“You want to know who’s got the most amazing and beautiful smile ever - read the first word of this sentence again!” -Author Unknown
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“A smile is the best makeup a girl can wear.” -Marilyn Monroe (pseudonym of Norma Jean Mortenson (1926 - 1962))

“Always smile back at little children . . . to ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good.” -Pam Brown (Pamela Jane Barclay Brown (born 1948))
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“People are not perfect - except when they smile.” -Author Unknown

“Is a smile a question? Or is it the answer?” -Lee Smith
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“You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.” -Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer ‘Charlie’ Chaplin (1889 - 1977))

“No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.” -Author Unknown

“Smiling doesn’t necessarily mean you’re happy. Sometimes, it just means you’re strong.” -Author Unknown
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“Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart.” -Anthony J. D’Angelo

“The world always looks better from behind a smile.” -Author Unknown
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“Smiles are great investments; the more you collect, the better you feel.” -Author Unknown

“Let your smile change the world; don’t let the world change your smile.” -Author Unknown
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“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“I would walk miles for one of your smiles.” -Author Unknown
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“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

“It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three muscles to frown.” -Author Unknown
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“A smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the head, and the heating system of the heart.” -Author Unknown

“Smiling is my favorite exercise.” -Author Unknown
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“To receive a smile, give one away!” -Author Unknown

“If you will force yourself to smile, you’ll end up laughing. You will be cheerful because you smile. Repeated experiments have shown that when a person assumes the facial expression of a given mental mood - any given mood - then that mental mood itself will follow.” -Kenneth Goode
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“When you smile you don’t only appear to be more likable and courteous, you appear to be more competent.” -Ron Gutman

“After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.” -Íngrid Betancourt (Íngrid Betancourt Pulecio (born 1961))
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“Lose your smile and lose your customers.” -Sam Walton (Samuel Moore ‘Sam’ Walton (1918 - 1992))

“A smile is the universal welcome.” -Max Eastman (1883 - 1969)
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“A smile confuses an approaching frown.” -Author Unknown

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“A smile is worth much more than it costs.” -Author Unknown

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“Smile! It increases your face value.” -Robert Harling (Robert M. Harling III (born 1951)): “Steel Magnolias” (5 November 1989)

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“Smiling is good for you and it is good for the people around you.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

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“A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” -Teresa of Calcutta (also known as Mother Teresa (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910 - 1997)))

Smile

It comforts the weary, gladdens the sad
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To rich and poor, beggar or thief,
     it’s free to all of any belief.
A natural gesture of young and old
     cheers on the faint, disarms the bold.
Unlike most blessings for which we pray,
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By Author Unknown
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“Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heart-warming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world.” -Lawrence G. Lovasik (Lawrence George Lovasik (1913 - 1986))

“Most smiles are started by another smile.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))

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5. It boosts your immune system.
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By Author Unknown

“Learn to smile at every situation. See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability.” -Joe Brown
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“Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.” -André Maurois (pseudonym of Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (1885 - 1967))

“Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.” -Author Unknown, as quoted in H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021)): “P.S. I Love You” (1990)

“Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.” -Jim Beggs
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“A smile can brighten the darkest day.” -Author Unknown

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“Everywhere you go, take a smile with you.” -Sasha Azevedo (Sasha Jade Azevedo (born 1978))
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“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” -Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)

“I love those who can smile in trouble.” -Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452 - 1519))

Smile and forgive;
It’s the only way to live.
-Author Unknown
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“Smiles are the foundation of beauty.” -Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950): “Tarzan of the Apes” (1912), Chapter 20

“Smile, it changes everything!” -Author Unknown

“Just because a person smiles all the time, doesn’t mean their life is perfect. That smile is a symbol of hope and strength.” -Lauryn Hill (Lauryn Noelle Hill (born 1975))
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“If you don’t have a smile, I’ll give you one of mine.” -Author Unknown

Lost Your Smile?

You haven’t lost your smile,
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Just waiting for the word,
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By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.” -Greta Garbo

“A smile of encouragement at the right moment may act like sunlight on a closed up flower; it may be the turning point for a struggling life.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))

“Smiling makes you and the people around you happy.” -Anna Everitt: “How to Make Friends Anywhere” (3 April 2020)

“May you always find a reason to smile.” -Author Unknown
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“Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person’s day. It’s all about paying it forward.” -Mariska Hargitay

“Did you make someone smile today? You’ve still got time.” -Melissa Stewart

“A smile is one the sweetest and most helpful ministries of kindness that every one of us has in his power to give to the world.” -Eliza Riley
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“In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile.” -Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870)): “A Christmas Carol” (1843), Stave 2

“A smile can be a way to show that you mean no harm and want to get along with others, even when language barriers make clear communication difficult.” -Author Unknown

“A smile gives your face something to do and it is good exercise and makes you look better.” -Author Unknown
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“Everyone smiles in the same language.” -George Carlin (George Denis Patrick Carlin (1937 - 2008))

“We do not smile because something good has happened; rather something good happens because we smile.” -Author Unknown

“Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his worst.” -Lauren Graham (Lauren Helen Graham (born 1967)): “Someday, Someday, Maybe” (30 April 2013)
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“While enormous strides have been made in recent years, there’s still a lot to be said for a smile.” -Franklin P. Jones (Franklin Pierce Jones (1908 - 1980))

“They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.” -Emily Dickinson (Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830 - 1886))

“Smile, it’s the easiest way to improve your day.” -Author Unknown
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“Smile, even when life does not present reasons for doing so, because your smile is a reason for many others to smile.” -Author Unknown

“Smile at strangers, and you just might change a life.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975) at https://stevemaraboli.net/

“‘SMILE’ is an acronym for, ‘See Miracles In Life Everyday.’” -Author Unknown
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“When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don’t wait until you feel better.” -Joel Osteen (born 1963)

“I just like to smile. Smiling’s my favorite.” -David Bernebaum (David Alan Bernebaum (born 1970)): “Buddy the Elf” (7 November 2003), words of character Buddy the Elf (portrayed by John William ‘Will’ Ferrell (born 1967))

“Make it a regular habit to smile - and watch as miracles begin to happen all around you.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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You look amazing when you smile . . . you should do that more often . . . now back to further humor and inspiration and learning . . . on MFOL!

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