“It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.” -Aristotle (284 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)
“I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours.” -Monica Baldwin
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“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” -John Graham: letter (10 April 189-) to his son Pierrepont, as quoted in George Lorimer (George Horace Lorimer (1867 - 1937)), editor: “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son” (1902)
“Wake up every morning and tell yourself, ‘I can do this!’” -Author Unknown
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“The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.” -Sarah Addison Allen
“There is a close connection between getting up in the world and getting up in the morning.” -Author Unknown
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“In the morning, everything is new.” -Author Unknown
“A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset.” -Author Unknown
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“In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting, up let this thought be present: I am rising to a man’s work.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180)): “Meditations,” verse 1
“Each dawn is a new beginning.” -Author Unknown
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Sunrise
A sunrise is
a lovely way
to begin a day.
By David Hugh Beaumont (Born 1966)
“When in the fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake,
I go for the time being into perfect happiness.” -Cecilia Thaxter
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Getting Up
When I get up in the morning
I’ll tell you what I do
I wash my hands and wash my face
Splishety-splash, splishety-splash
I clean my teeth till they’re shining white
Scrubbity-scrub, scrubbity-scrub
Then I put on my clothes and brush my hair
And runnity-run, I run downstairs.
By Author Unknown
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“I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours.” -Monica Baldwin
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“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” -John Graham: letter (10 April 189-) to his son Pierrepont, as quoted in George Lorimer (George Horace Lorimer (1867 - 1937)), editor: “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son” (1902)
“Wake up every morning and tell yourself, ‘I can do this!’” -Author Unknown
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“The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.” -Sarah Addison Allen
“There is a close connection between getting up in the world and getting up in the morning.” -Author Unknown
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“In the morning, everything is new.” -Author Unknown
“A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset.” -Author Unknown
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“In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting, up let this thought be present: I am rising to a man’s work.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180)): “Meditations,” verse 1
“Each dawn is a new beginning.” -Author Unknown
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Sunrise
A sunrise is
a lovely way
to begin a day.
By David Hugh Beaumont (Born 1966)
“When in the fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake,
I go for the time being into perfect happiness.” -Cecilia Thaxter
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Getting Up
When I get up in the morning
I’ll tell you what I do
I wash my hands and wash my face
Splishety-splash, splishety-splash
I clean my teeth till they’re shining white
Scrubbity-scrub, scrubbity-scrub
Then I put on my clothes and brush my hair
And runnity-run, I run downstairs.
By Author Unknown
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This is the tower . . . you are cleared for takeoff . . .
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” -E. B. White (Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985))
“Start the day with a joke . . . because there’s no better way!” -Author Unknown
“Upon waking, let your first thought be, ‘Thank you.’” -Author Unknown
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“How beautiful, how buoyant, and glad is morning! The first sunshine on the leaves: the first wind, laden with the first breath of the flowers-that deep sigh with which they seem to waken from sleep; the first dew, untouched even by the light foot of the early hare; the first chirping of the rousing birds, as if eager to begin song and flight; all is redolent of the strength given by rest, and the joy of conscious life.” -Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802 - 1838): “Heath’s Book of Beauty, 1833” (1832), ‘Rebecca’
Al: Good morning.
Fred: And a great morning to you!
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” -E. B. White (Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985))
“Start the day with a joke . . . because there’s no better way!” -Author Unknown
“Upon waking, let your first thought be, ‘Thank you.’” -Author Unknown
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“How beautiful, how buoyant, and glad is morning! The first sunshine on the leaves: the first wind, laden with the first breath of the flowers-that deep sigh with which they seem to waken from sleep; the first dew, untouched even by the light foot of the early hare; the first chirping of the rousing birds, as if eager to begin song and flight; all is redolent of the strength given by rest, and the joy of conscious life.” -Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802 - 1838): “Heath’s Book of Beauty, 1833” (1832), ‘Rebecca’
Al: Good morning.
Fred: And a great morning to you!
Sunrise
This
is the only gold
I’ll ever possess . . .
I treasure it,
counting its glory
each dawn.
By Pollyanna Sedziol (Pollyanna Rogers ‘Polly’ Sedziol (born 1935))
This
is the only gold
I’ll ever possess . . .
I treasure it,
counting its glory
each dawn.
By Pollyanna Sedziol (Pollyanna Rogers ‘Polly’ Sedziol (born 1935))
“If you get up in the morning, you’re a morning person.” -Author Unknown
A crowing rooster tells all the barnyard, “It’s time to get up, you sleepyheads!”
“You’ve made your bed, now go bounce on it.” -Peter Scott
“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!” -John Muir (1838 - 1914)
“One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” -Author Unknown
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“He who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows out that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life. The orderly arrangement of his time is a like a ray of life which darts itself through all his occupations. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))
“The sunrise never failed us yet.” -Celia Thaxter: “Drift-Weed” (1878), page 64, ‘The Sunrise Never Failed Us Yet’ poem
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Good Morning Mr. Sun
Good morning Mr. Sun,
Our day has just begun,
We love to see your shining face,
Good morning Mr. Sun.
By Author Unknown
“The morning is the rudder of the day.” -Author Unknown
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“I awaken in the morning with confidence, rejoicing in whatever work is given to me to do. Whatever that work is, I do it, not in order to earn a living or in a sense of performing an onerous duty; but, with joy and gladness, I let it unfold as the activity of God’s expression through me.” -Joel S. Goldsmith (Joel Solomon Goldsmith (1892 - 1964))
“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.” -Richard Whately (1787 - 1863)
“Dawn begins at midnight.” -Author Unknown
“Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.” -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860): “The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims” (originally published 1851; as translated by T. Bailey Saunders (June 1890)), chapter 2
“Those who do not get up in the mornings to work diligently at the business of life are fated to forever mourn over a lifetime of lost mornings.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Mick: Top of the morning to you!
Mack: And the rest of the day to yourself!
“Don’t start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Every day is a fresh start. Each day is a new beginning. Every morning we wake up is the first day of our new life.” -Author Unknown
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“Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
“You’ve made your bed, now go bounce on it.” -Peter Scott
“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!” -John Muir (1838 - 1914)
“One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” -Author Unknown
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“He who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows out that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life. The orderly arrangement of his time is a like a ray of life which darts itself through all his occupations. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))
“The sunrise never failed us yet.” -Celia Thaxter: “Drift-Weed” (1878), page 64, ‘The Sunrise Never Failed Us Yet’ poem
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Good Morning Mr. Sun
Good morning Mr. Sun,
Our day has just begun,
We love to see your shining face,
Good morning Mr. Sun.
By Author Unknown
“The morning is the rudder of the day.” -Author Unknown
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“I awaken in the morning with confidence, rejoicing in whatever work is given to me to do. Whatever that work is, I do it, not in order to earn a living or in a sense of performing an onerous duty; but, with joy and gladness, I let it unfold as the activity of God’s expression through me.” -Joel S. Goldsmith (Joel Solomon Goldsmith (1892 - 1964))
“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.” -Richard Whately (1787 - 1863)
“Dawn begins at midnight.” -Author Unknown
“Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.” -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860): “The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims” (originally published 1851; as translated by T. Bailey Saunders (June 1890)), chapter 2
“Those who do not get up in the mornings to work diligently at the business of life are fated to forever mourn over a lifetime of lost mornings.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Mick: Top of the morning to you!
Mack: And the rest of the day to yourself!
“Don’t start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Every day is a fresh start. Each day is a new beginning. Every morning we wake up is the first day of our new life.” -Author Unknown
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“Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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“Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))
“We must take great care never to do anything before having said our morning prayers . . . The Devil once declared that if he could have the first moment of the day, he was sure of all the rest.” -John Vianney (Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney (1786 - 1859))
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“Invest the first hour of the day, the ‘Golden Hour,’ in yourself.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))
“We must take great care never to do anything before having said our morning prayers . . . The Devil once declared that if he could have the first moment of the day, he was sure of all the rest.” -John Vianney (Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney (1786 - 1859))
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“Invest the first hour of the day, the ‘Golden Hour,’ in yourself.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
Morning Windows
The brightest thing a house can do,
When morning fills the skies,
Is just to catch the sun’s first rays,
And flash the brilliant prize.
No eighty-candle lights within
Can match the dazzling sight,
And every window-pane becomes
A fusillade of light!
Thus, thus it is when households kneel
In humble morning prayer.
The very Sun of Righteousness
Is caught and captured there:
And all the day, in all its ways,
However dull they be,
The happy windows of that home
Are scintillant to see!
By Author Unknown
The brightest thing a house can do,
When morning fills the skies,
Is just to catch the sun’s first rays,
And flash the brilliant prize.
No eighty-candle lights within
Can match the dazzling sight,
And every window-pane becomes
A fusillade of light!
Thus, thus it is when households kneel
In humble morning prayer.
The very Sun of Righteousness
Is caught and captured there:
And all the day, in all its ways,
However dull they be,
The happy windows of that home
Are scintillant to see!
By Author Unknown
Morning has broken,
Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken
Like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them springing
Fresh from the Word!
-Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965): “Thanks for a Day” hymn song, stanza 1; as published in “Songs of Praise” (1931) hymnal; later varied renditions of the hymn song are known by the titles “A Morning Song” and “Morning Has Broken”
“The difference between rising at five and seven o’clock in the morning, for the space of forty years, supposing a man to go to bed at the same hour at night, is nearly equivalent to the addition of ten years to a man’s life.” -Philip Doddridge (1702 - 1751): as quoted in W. J. and J. Richardson: “The Works of Philip Doddridge” (1804), volume 1
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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180))
“Morning is the best of all times in the garden. The sun is not yet hot. Sweet vapors rise from the earth. Night dew clings to the soil and makes plants glisten. Birds call to one another. Bees are already at work.” -William Longgood
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“If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once!” -Walter Scott (1771 - 1832): “Diary” (2 March 1826)
“Good morning. Have an amazing day.” -Author Unknown
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“Awaken each day with the expectation that something wonderful is about to happen.” -Charles F. Glassman
Like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken
Like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them springing
Fresh from the Word!
-Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965): “Thanks for a Day” hymn song, stanza 1; as published in “Songs of Praise” (1931) hymnal; later varied renditions of the hymn song are known by the titles “A Morning Song” and “Morning Has Broken”
“The difference between rising at five and seven o’clock in the morning, for the space of forty years, supposing a man to go to bed at the same hour at night, is nearly equivalent to the addition of ten years to a man’s life.” -Philip Doddridge (1702 - 1751): as quoted in W. J. and J. Richardson: “The Works of Philip Doddridge” (1804), volume 1
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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180))
“Morning is the best of all times in the garden. The sun is not yet hot. Sweet vapors rise from the earth. Night dew clings to the soil and makes plants glisten. Birds call to one another. Bees are already at work.” -William Longgood
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“If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once!” -Walter Scott (1771 - 1832): “Diary” (2 March 1826)
“Good morning. Have an amazing day.” -Author Unknown
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“Awaken each day with the expectation that something wonderful is about to happen.” -Charles F. Glassman
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
Oh, what a beautiful mornin’,
Oh, what a beautiful day,
I’ve got a wonderful feeling,
Everything’s going my way.
There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow,
There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow,
The corn is as high as an elephants’ eye,
And it looks like it’s climbing right up to the sky.
Oh, what a beautiful morning,
Oh, what a beautiful day,
I’ve got a wonderful feeling,
Ev’rything’s going my way.
By Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 - 1960): “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” (1943) as presented in the musical “Oklahoma”
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Oh, what a beautiful mornin’,
Oh, what a beautiful day,
I’ve got a wonderful feeling,
Everything’s going my way.
There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow,
There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow,
The corn is as high as an elephants’ eye,
And it looks like it’s climbing right up to the sky.
Oh, what a beautiful morning,
Oh, what a beautiful day,
I’ve got a wonderful feeling,
Ev’rything’s going my way.
By Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 - 1960): “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” (1943) as presented in the musical “Oklahoma”
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“The stillness of the early morning scene enables me to take in and enjoy many things which pass me by during the bustle of the day. First, there are the scents, which seem even more generous with their offerings than they are in the evening.” -Rosemary Verey
“Colors change; in the morning light, red shines out bright and clear and the blues merge into their surroundings, melting into the greens; but by evening the reds lose their piquancy, embracing a quieter tone and shifting toward the blues in the rainbow. Yellow flowers remain bright, and white ones become luminous, shining like ghostly figures against a darkening green background.” -Rosemary Verey: “The Scented Garden” (1981)
“Start each day with an attitude of gratitude.” -Author Unknown
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Good Morning Song
Oh, the duck says, “Quack,”
and the cow says, “Moo,”
the old red rooster says,
“Cock-a-doodle-doo!”
The sheep says, “Baa,”
and the cat says, “Meow,”
but I say, “Good Morning!”
when I see you.
By Author Unknown
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“Next to temperance, a quiet conscience, a cheerful mind, and active habits, I place early rising as a means of health and happiness.” -Author Unknown
“With each sunrise, we are given the gift of another chance to make a difference.” -Author Unknown
We are MFOL! . . . heading out to greet the dawn . . .
“Start each day with an attitude of gratitude.” -Author Unknown
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Good Morning Song
Oh, the duck says, “Quack,”
and the cow says, “Moo,”
the old red rooster says,
“Cock-a-doodle-doo!”
The sheep says, “Baa,”
and the cat says, “Meow,”
but I say, “Good Morning!”
when I see you.
By Author Unknown
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“Next to temperance, a quiet conscience, a cheerful mind, and active habits, I place early rising as a means of health and happiness.” -Author Unknown
“With each sunrise, we are given the gift of another chance to make a difference.” -Author Unknown
We are MFOL! . . . heading out to greet the dawn . . .
