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“Poirot,” I said. “I have been thinking.”
“An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.”
-Agatha Christie (Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890 - 1976)): “Peril at End House” (February 1932)
“Guard your thoughts carefully. The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
A Beautiful Thought
It just can’t be given or bought
And must be most tenderly sought.
With a velvety pelt,
So soft it may melt -
It’s known as a beautiful thought.
By Author Unknown
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“It seems that thought itself has a power for which it has never been given credit.” -Colin Wilson: “Frankenstein’s Castle” (1980), page 16
Boris: What gets sharper the more you use it?
Doris: Your mind.
“Everything in your life started as a thought, a wish, a hope, or a dream, either in your mind or in the mind of someone else. Your thoughts are creative. Your thoughts form and shape your world and everything that happens to you.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944): “Goals!” (December 2024) at https://www.briantracy.com
“You can think best when you’re happiest.” -Dorothy Parker (born Dorothy Rothschild (1893 - 1967))
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“Do not worry at all about negative thoughts, and do not try to control them. All you have to do is begin to think good thoughts each day. Plant as many good thoughts as you can in each day. As you begin to think good thoughts you will attract more and more good thoughts, and eventually the good thoughts will wipe out the negative thoughts altogether.” -Rhonda Byrne (born 1951)
“Minds are for people who think.” -Mark Jones (born 1953): “The A-Team,” Season 3, Episode 1 (18 September 1984); words on a T-shirt worn by fictional character Madman Murdoch
“Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences.” -Author Unknown
“Don’t feed your mind with negative thoughts. If you do, you will come to believe them.” -Catherine Pulsifer (born 1927) at https://www.QuotesChristian.com and https://www.StressLessCountry.com/quotes/
“We find it hard to believe that other people’s thoughts are as silly as our own.” -James Harvey Robinson
Thoughts are funny little things,
They can make paupers or make kings.
-Sidney Madwed
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“Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.” -Tony Robbins (Anthony Jay ‘Tony’ Robbins (born 1960 as Anthony J. Mahavoric))
“The value of a thought cannot be told.” -Philip James Bailey (1816 - 1902): “Fetus” (1839) poem, ‘A Country Town’ scene
“Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers and prophets, have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on this one point that they are in complete and unanimous agreement. We become what we think about.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“When we say our mind wanders, where does it go?” -Author Unknown
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“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day.” -Elizabeth Gilbert
“Everything’s in the mind. That’s where it starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.” -Mae West (1893 - 1980)
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“Whatever you think about grows in your life.” -Author Unknown
“Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun with nettles.” -Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797): letter (10 July 1779) to Caroline, Countess of Ailesbury
“What you allow to occupy your mind will sooner or later determine your feelings, your speech, and your actions. Thoughts . . . have a real impact on how you feel and behave.” -Daniel Amen and Lisa Routh: “Healing Anxiety and Depression” (2003), page 184
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Humans And Human Nature Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.” -Robert Henri: as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“You live with your thoughts - so be careful what they are.” -Eva Arrington
“Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?” -Author Unknown
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“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.” -René Descartes (1596 - 1650)
“Every thought we think is creating our future.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017))
“There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.” -Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
“Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don’t bite everybody.” -Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909 - 1966): “Unkempt Thoughts” (1957)
“A thought is a substance, producing the thing that is imagined by the thought.” -Wallace D. Wattles (Wallace Delois Wattles (born Wallace Delois Walters (1860 - 1911)))
“Change your thoughts, change your life.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“It is your ability to think that is your chief source of value; in fact, you are a mind with a body to carry it around in.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“A purely mental life may be destructive if it leads us to substitute thought for life and ideas for actions. The activity proper to man is not purely mental because man is not just a disembodied mind. Our destiny is to live out what we think, because unless we live what we know, we do not even know it. It is only by making our knowledge part of ourselves, through action, that we enter into the reality that is signified by our concepts.” -Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
“Don’t try to think too many thoughts all at once. Even the smartest among us can only think one or two things at a time.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Thought is action in rehearsal.” -Author Unknown
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“Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.” -Thomas Szasz (Thomas Stephen Szasz (1920 - 2012))
“How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?” -E. M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster (1879 - 1970)): “Aspects of the Novel” (1927)
“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.” -Ernest Holmes (Ernest Shurtleff Holmes (1887 - 1960))
“Let one therefore keep the mind pure, for what a man thinks, that he becomes.” -Author Unknown: “The Upanishads”
“No mind is much employed on the present: recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
“The finest thought runs the risk of being irrevocably forgotten if we do not write it down.” -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860): “Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer” (as translated by T. Bailey Saunders (1851)), ‘The Art of Literature: On Thinking for One’s Self’
“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.” -Walter Lippmann (1889 - 1974): “The Stakes of Diplomacy” (1915), page 51
“Good impulses are naught, unless they become good actions.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824), as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
“We seem to do most of our thinking in our minds.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.”
-Agatha Christie (Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890 - 1976)): “Peril at End House” (February 1932)
“Guard your thoughts carefully. The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
A Beautiful Thought
It just can’t be given or bought
And must be most tenderly sought.
With a velvety pelt,
So soft it may melt -
It’s known as a beautiful thought.
By Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Limericks Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“It seems that thought itself has a power for which it has never been given credit.” -Colin Wilson: “Frankenstein’s Castle” (1980), page 16
Boris: What gets sharper the more you use it?
Doris: Your mind.
“Everything in your life started as a thought, a wish, a hope, or a dream, either in your mind or in the mind of someone else. Your thoughts are creative. Your thoughts form and shape your world and everything that happens to you.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944): “Goals!” (December 2024) at https://www.briantracy.com
“You can think best when you’re happiest.” -Dorothy Parker (born Dorothy Rothschild (1893 - 1967))
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Happiness Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“Do not worry at all about negative thoughts, and do not try to control them. All you have to do is begin to think good thoughts each day. Plant as many good thoughts as you can in each day. As you begin to think good thoughts you will attract more and more good thoughts, and eventually the good thoughts will wipe out the negative thoughts altogether.” -Rhonda Byrne (born 1951)
“Minds are for people who think.” -Mark Jones (born 1953): “The A-Team,” Season 3, Episode 1 (18 September 1984); words on a T-shirt worn by fictional character Madman Murdoch
“Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences.” -Author Unknown
“Don’t feed your mind with negative thoughts. If you do, you will come to believe them.” -Catherine Pulsifer (born 1927) at https://www.QuotesChristian.com and https://www.StressLessCountry.com/quotes/
“We find it hard to believe that other people’s thoughts are as silly as our own.” -James Harvey Robinson
Thoughts are funny little things,
They can make paupers or make kings.
-Sidney Madwed
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Poverty And Prosperity Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.” -Tony Robbins (Anthony Jay ‘Tony’ Robbins (born 1960 as Anthony J. Mahavoric))
“The value of a thought cannot be told.” -Philip James Bailey (1816 - 1902): “Fetus” (1839) poem, ‘A Country Town’ scene
“Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers and prophets, have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on this one point that they are in complete and unanimous agreement. We become what we think about.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“When we say our mind wanders, where does it go?” -Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Geography Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day.” -Elizabeth Gilbert
“Everything’s in the mind. That’s where it starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.” -Mae West (1893 - 1980)
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Beginning And Starting Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“Whatever you think about grows in your life.” -Author Unknown
“Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun with nettles.” -Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797): letter (10 July 1779) to Caroline, Countess of Ailesbury
“What you allow to occupy your mind will sooner or later determine your feelings, your speech, and your actions. Thoughts . . . have a real impact on how you feel and behave.” -Daniel Amen and Lisa Routh: “Healing Anxiety and Depression” (2003), page 184
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Humans And Human Nature Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.” -Robert Henri: as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“You live with your thoughts - so be careful what they are.” -Eva Arrington
“Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?” -Author Unknown
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“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.” -René Descartes (1596 - 1650)
“Every thought we think is creating our future.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017))
“There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.” -Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
“Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don’t bite everybody.” -Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909 - 1966): “Unkempt Thoughts” (1957)
“A thought is a substance, producing the thing that is imagined by the thought.” -Wallace D. Wattles (Wallace Delois Wattles (born Wallace Delois Walters (1860 - 1911)))
“Change your thoughts, change your life.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“It is your ability to think that is your chief source of value; in fact, you are a mind with a body to carry it around in.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“A purely mental life may be destructive if it leads us to substitute thought for life and ideas for actions. The activity proper to man is not purely mental because man is not just a disembodied mind. Our destiny is to live out what we think, because unless we live what we know, we do not even know it. It is only by making our knowledge part of ourselves, through action, that we enter into the reality that is signified by our concepts.” -Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
“Don’t try to think too many thoughts all at once. Even the smartest among us can only think one or two things at a time.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Thought is action in rehearsal.” -Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Daffynitions And Definitions Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.” -Thomas Szasz (Thomas Stephen Szasz (1920 - 2012))
“How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?” -E. M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster (1879 - 1970)): “Aspects of the Novel” (1927)
“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.” -Ernest Holmes (Ernest Shurtleff Holmes (1887 - 1960))
“Let one therefore keep the mind pure, for what a man thinks, that he becomes.” -Author Unknown: “The Upanishads”
“No mind is much employed on the present: recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
“The finest thought runs the risk of being irrevocably forgotten if we do not write it down.” -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860): “Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer” (as translated by T. Bailey Saunders (1851)), ‘The Art of Literature: On Thinking for One’s Self’
“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.” -Walter Lippmann (1889 - 1974): “The Stakes of Diplomacy” (1915), page 51
“Good impulses are naught, unless they become good actions.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824), as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
“We seem to do most of our thinking in our minds.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Are you thinking what we’re thinking?
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“Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“Think only about what you want . . . never dwell on what you don’t want.” -Shane K. Hughes
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“Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Coningsby” (1844), book 3, chapter I
“We can do only what we think we can do. We can be only what we think we can be. We can have only what we think we can have. What we do, what we are, what we have, all depend on what we think.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)
“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“What’s going on in the inside shows on the outside.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.” -Author Unknown
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“The mind attracts the thing it dwells upon.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))
“Guard well your thoughts, for your thoughts are heard in Heaven.” -Author Unknown
“A penny for your thoughts.” -Author Unknown
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“Our best friends and our worst enemies are our thoughts.” -Frank Crane (1861 - 1928)
“We become what we think about.” -Napoleon Hill -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))
“We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“My thinking is first and last and always for the sake of my doing.” -William James (1842 - 1910): “The Principles of Psychology” (1890), Volume 1, Chapter 22
“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” -Author Unknown
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“The biggest lesson I have ever learned is the stupendous importance of what we think. If I knew what you think, I would know what you are, for your thoughts make you what you are; by changing our thoughts, we can change our lives.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))
“If you change your way of thinking, you change your life.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180))
“I realize that I will be, when my life’s labor is complete, the product of my thoughts.” -George Albert Smith
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“A man is literally what he thinks.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912): “As A Man Thinketh” (1902)
“Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious.” -Bill Meyer
“Few minds wear out; more rust out.” -Christian Nestell Bovée (1820 - 1904): “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought” (1862), volume 1
“If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.” -Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
“Life is but thought.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834): “Youth and Age” (1822) poem, line 37
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
“An open mind is all very well in its way but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it. It should be capable of shutting its doors sometimes, or it may be found a little drafty.” -Samuel Butler (also known as Samuel Butler the Younger (1835 - 1902)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.” -Natalie Clifford Barney (1876 - 1972)
“What you think about you bring about.” -Author Unknown
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“Training and managing your own mind is the most important skill you could ever own, in terms of both happiness and success.” -T. Harv Eker (born 1954) at https://www.harveker.com/
“Happy thoughts are half of your health.” -Author Unknown
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“You are free to think thoughts of worry or joy, and whatever you choose will attract the same kind back to you. Worry attracts worry. Joy attracts joy.” -Rhonda Byrne
It is the mind that maketh good or ill,
That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
-Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599)
“Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment.” -Ira Gassen
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“As cloud on clouds, snow on snow, as the bird on air, as the planet rests on space in its flight, so do nations of men and their institutions rest on thoughts.” -Author Unknown
“We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
“You can think your way to failure and unhappiness, but you can also think your way to success and happiness.” -Author Unknown
“Our life is what our thoughts make it.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180)): “The Meditations” (C.E. 167), Book 4, meditation 3
“Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.” -Author Unknown
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“Thoughts have power. Thoughts are energy. You can make your world or break it by your thinking.” -Susan Taylor
“Why can’t somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior (1809 - 1894): “The Professor at the Breakfast Table” (1859), Chapter VI
“Ultimate human power is not in our possessions, but in our minds.” -Author Unknown
Overheard: Sometimes you have to think outside your mind.
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“Thoughts are things.” -Bruce Lee (pseudonym of Lee Jun-fan (1940 - 1973)): as quoted in John Little: “Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee’s Commentaries on the Martial Way” (1997), Part 6 “Beyond System - The Ultimate Source of Jeet Kune Do”
“Man is made or unmade by himself . . . In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912): “As a Man Thinketh” (1903)
“You become what you think about all day long.” -Author Unknown
“Thought creates character.” -Annie Bessant (1847 - 1933)
“Whatever you hold in your mind will tend to occur in your life. If you continue to believe as you have always believed, you will continue to act as you have always acted. If you continue to act as you have always acted, you will continue to get what you have always gotten. If you want different results in your life or your work, all you have to do is change your mind.” -Author Unknown
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“The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017))
“What you think about comes about.” -Author Unknown
“What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.” -George Adams (George Matthew Adams (1878 - 1962))
“A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824): as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
“All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it’s a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))
“You are what you think.” -Author Unknown
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“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!” -Dr. Seuss (pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991)): “Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!” (21 August 1975)
“Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“If you can think it, you can do it.” -Author Unknown
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“You are today where your thoughts have brought you. You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. Think well.” -Danielle Pierre
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We are MFOL! . . . we haven’t lost our minds . . . we’ve got them backed up on disk . . . now where did we put that disk . . . it’s around here somewhere . . .
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“Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“Think only about what you want . . . never dwell on what you don’t want.” -Shane K. Hughes
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“Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Coningsby” (1844), book 3, chapter I
“We can do only what we think we can do. We can be only what we think we can be. We can have only what we think we can have. What we do, what we are, what we have, all depend on what we think.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)
“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“What’s going on in the inside shows on the outside.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.” -Author Unknown
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“The mind attracts the thing it dwells upon.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))
“Guard well your thoughts, for your thoughts are heard in Heaven.” -Author Unknown
“A penny for your thoughts.” -Author Unknown
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“Our best friends and our worst enemies are our thoughts.” -Frank Crane (1861 - 1928)
“We become what we think about.” -Napoleon Hill -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))
“We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“My thinking is first and last and always for the sake of my doing.” -William James (1842 - 1910): “The Principles of Psychology” (1890), Volume 1, Chapter 22
“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” -Author Unknown
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“The biggest lesson I have ever learned is the stupendous importance of what we think. If I knew what you think, I would know what you are, for your thoughts make you what you are; by changing our thoughts, we can change our lives.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))
“If you change your way of thinking, you change your life.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180))
“I realize that I will be, when my life’s labor is complete, the product of my thoughts.” -George Albert Smith
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“A man is literally what he thinks.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912): “As A Man Thinketh” (1902)
“Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious.” -Bill Meyer
“Few minds wear out; more rust out.” -Christian Nestell Bovée (1820 - 1904): “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought” (1862), volume 1
“If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.” -Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
“Life is but thought.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834): “Youth and Age” (1822) poem, line 37
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
“An open mind is all very well in its way but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it. It should be capable of shutting its doors sometimes, or it may be found a little drafty.” -Samuel Butler (also known as Samuel Butler the Younger (1835 - 1902)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.” -Natalie Clifford Barney (1876 - 1972)
“What you think about you bring about.” -Author Unknown
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“Training and managing your own mind is the most important skill you could ever own, in terms of both happiness and success.” -T. Harv Eker (born 1954) at https://www.harveker.com/
“Happy thoughts are half of your health.” -Author Unknown
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“You are free to think thoughts of worry or joy, and whatever you choose will attract the same kind back to you. Worry attracts worry. Joy attracts joy.” -Rhonda Byrne
It is the mind that maketh good or ill,
That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
-Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599)
“Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment.” -Ira Gassen
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“As cloud on clouds, snow on snow, as the bird on air, as the planet rests on space in its flight, so do nations of men and their institutions rest on thoughts.” -Author Unknown
“We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
“You can think your way to failure and unhappiness, but you can also think your way to success and happiness.” -Author Unknown
“Our life is what our thoughts make it.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180)): “The Meditations” (C.E. 167), Book 4, meditation 3
“Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.” -Author Unknown
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“Thoughts have power. Thoughts are energy. You can make your world or break it by your thinking.” -Susan Taylor
“Why can’t somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior (1809 - 1894): “The Professor at the Breakfast Table” (1859), Chapter VI
“Ultimate human power is not in our possessions, but in our minds.” -Author Unknown
Overheard: Sometimes you have to think outside your mind.
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“Thoughts are things.” -Bruce Lee (pseudonym of Lee Jun-fan (1940 - 1973)): as quoted in John Little: “Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee’s Commentaries on the Martial Way” (1997), Part 6 “Beyond System - The Ultimate Source of Jeet Kune Do”
“Man is made or unmade by himself . . . In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912): “As a Man Thinketh” (1903)
“You become what you think about all day long.” -Author Unknown
“Thought creates character.” -Annie Bessant (1847 - 1933)
“Whatever you hold in your mind will tend to occur in your life. If you continue to believe as you have always believed, you will continue to act as you have always acted. If you continue to act as you have always acted, you will continue to get what you have always gotten. If you want different results in your life or your work, all you have to do is change your mind.” -Author Unknown
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“The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017))
“What you think about comes about.” -Author Unknown
“What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.” -George Adams (George Matthew Adams (1878 - 1962))
“A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824): as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
“All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it’s a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))
“You are what you think.” -Author Unknown
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“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!” -Dr. Seuss (pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991)): “Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!” (21 August 1975)
“Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“If you can think it, you can do it.” -Author Unknown
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“You are today where your thoughts have brought you. You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. Think well.” -Danielle Pierre
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We are MFOL! . . . we haven’t lost our minds . . . we’ve got them backed up on disk . . . now where did we put that disk . . . it’s around here somewhere . . .
“There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.” -Vicki Baum
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“When dancing, if you get confused, just jump around and wave your arms.” -Author Unknown
“Dancing is the poetry of the foot.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
“When you take dancing lessons, you learn steps and you learn steps and you learn steps. It can go on for a long time. And then one day, you just learn to dance, and it is so different.” -Bill Austin
A Tango dancer once decided to shine his dirty shoes by rubbing them against his trousers while dancing in a competition. Thinking that he was doing a dance move, other people started doing it . . . and that is the story of how the ‘Shine’ dance move began.
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“Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.” -Martha Graham (1894 - 1991): quoted in “I Am a Dancer” written for the radio program, “This I Believe,” published in “This I Believe,” Volume 2 (1952); also in Alexandra Carter and Janet O’Shea: “The Routledge Dance Studies Reader” (1998), page 96
The Polka Dance
My cousin Nance came from France
To teach me the Polka dance.
First the heels, then the toes,
Yes, that’s the way the Polka goes.
By Author Unknown
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“Put a little fun into your life. Try dancing.” -Kathryn Murray
“Socrates learned to dance when he was seventy because he felt that an essential part of himself had been neglected.” -Author Unknown
Hugh: Why is the new dance named ‘The Elevator’?
Grant: Because it has no steps!
“Learning to walk set you free. Learning to dance gives you the greatest freedom of all: to express your whole self, the person you are.” -Melissa Hayden (pseudonym of Mildred Herman (1923 - 2006))
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We Are The Dancers
We dance for laughter,
We dance for tears,
We dance for madness,
We dance for fears,
We dance for happiness,
We dance for screams,
We are the dancers . . .
We create the dreams!
By Author Unknown
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“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
“We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” -Author Unknown
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The Old Woman From France
There came an old woman from France
Who taught grown-up children to dance;
But they were so stiff,
She sent them home in a tiff,
That sprightly old woman from France.
By Author Unknown
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“‘On with the dance, let the joy be unconfined!’ is my motto, whether there’s any dance to dance or any joy to unconfine.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
“More than anything else in the world, Angelina loved to dance. She danced all the time and she danced everywhere, and often she was so busy dancing that she forgot about the other things she was supposed to be doing.” -Katharine Holabird (born 1948): “Angelina Ballerina” (1983) at http://www.katharineholabird.com/
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“We do not always dance because we are happy, but we dance and cannot help but become happy.” -Author Unknown
“Our classes are our practices. Our dance sneakers are our equipment. Our teacher is our coach. Our dance clothes are our jerseys. Our performances are our matches. Our audiences are our fans. Our concert is our tournament. The rhythm is our rule. Failure is our opponent; we will not lose. This is our game. This is our sport.” -Vala Yankovski
Esther: Why did the tap dancer retire?
Astaire: He kept falling in the sink.
“You don’t grow old and stop dancing; you stop dancing and grow old.” -Jessie M. Newburn
Some Actual Dance Names
- The Construction Worker
- The Fruit Bowl
- The Jay Walker
- The Lame Duck
- The Road Runner
- The Robot
- The Slip and Slide
- The Trampoline Dance
- The Trip and Fall
Can you think of other dances with zany names?
“We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life.” -Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)
“Dancing allows me to explore myself in so many ways, to learn about my limitations and strengths, my ability to cope with adversity and to go farther than I thought I could. You find out what you’re made of.” -Andrew Asnes
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“When dancing, if you get confused, just jump around and wave your arms.” -Author Unknown
“Dancing is the poetry of the foot.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
“When you take dancing lessons, you learn steps and you learn steps and you learn steps. It can go on for a long time. And then one day, you just learn to dance, and it is so different.” -Bill Austin
A Tango dancer once decided to shine his dirty shoes by rubbing them against his trousers while dancing in a competition. Thinking that he was doing a dance move, other people started doing it . . . and that is the story of how the ‘Shine’ dance move began.
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“Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.” -Martha Graham (1894 - 1991): quoted in “I Am a Dancer” written for the radio program, “This I Believe,” published in “This I Believe,” Volume 2 (1952); also in Alexandra Carter and Janet O’Shea: “The Routledge Dance Studies Reader” (1998), page 96
The Polka Dance
My cousin Nance came from France
To teach me the Polka dance.
First the heels, then the toes,
Yes, that’s the way the Polka goes.
By Author Unknown
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“Put a little fun into your life. Try dancing.” -Kathryn Murray
“Socrates learned to dance when he was seventy because he felt that an essential part of himself had been neglected.” -Author Unknown
Hugh: Why is the new dance named ‘The Elevator’?
Grant: Because it has no steps!
“Learning to walk set you free. Learning to dance gives you the greatest freedom of all: to express your whole self, the person you are.” -Melissa Hayden (pseudonym of Mildred Herman (1923 - 2006))
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We Are The Dancers
We dance for laughter,
We dance for tears,
We dance for madness,
We dance for fears,
We dance for happiness,
We dance for screams,
We are the dancers . . .
We create the dreams!
By Author Unknown
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“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
“We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” -Author Unknown
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The Old Woman From France
There came an old woman from France
Who taught grown-up children to dance;
But they were so stiff,
She sent them home in a tiff,
That sprightly old woman from France.
By Author Unknown
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“‘On with the dance, let the joy be unconfined!’ is my motto, whether there’s any dance to dance or any joy to unconfine.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
“More than anything else in the world, Angelina loved to dance. She danced all the time and she danced everywhere, and often she was so busy dancing that she forgot about the other things she was supposed to be doing.” -Katharine Holabird (born 1948): “Angelina Ballerina” (1983) at http://www.katharineholabird.com/
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“We do not always dance because we are happy, but we dance and cannot help but become happy.” -Author Unknown
“Our classes are our practices. Our dance sneakers are our equipment. Our teacher is our coach. Our dance clothes are our jerseys. Our performances are our matches. Our audiences are our fans. Our concert is our tournament. The rhythm is our rule. Failure is our opponent; we will not lose. This is our game. This is our sport.” -Vala Yankovski
Esther: Why did the tap dancer retire?
Astaire: He kept falling in the sink.
“You don’t grow old and stop dancing; you stop dancing and grow old.” -Jessie M. Newburn
Some Actual Dance Names
- The Construction Worker
- The Fruit Bowl
- The Jay Walker
- The Lame Duck
- The Road Runner
- The Robot
- The Slip and Slide
- The Trampoline Dance
- The Trip and Fall
Can you think of other dances with zany names?
“We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life.” -Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)
“Dancing allows me to explore myself in so many ways, to learn about my limitations and strengths, my ability to cope with adversity and to go farther than I thought I could. You find out what you’re made of.” -Andrew Asnes
“You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart.” -Author Unknown
“As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.” -Suzanne Farrell
Dance And Dancing Facts
- Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour.
- Somewhere someone is dancing even as you read these very words.
- Now it’s your turn - what do you know about dancing, or would you just like to get up and dance?
“Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.” -Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)
“All that music and only two feet.” -Author Unknown
“I will make an average man into an average dancer, provided he be passably well made. I will teach him how to move his arms and legs, to turn his head. I will give him steadiness, brilliancy, and speed; but I cannot endow him with that fire and intelligence, those graces and that expression of feeling which is the soul of true pantomime.” -Jean Georges Noverre
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“I never dance, unless I am allowed to do it in my own peculiar way. There is no use trying to describe it: it has to be seen to be believed . . . . Did you ever see the Rhinoceros, and the Hippopotamus, at the Zoological Gardens, trying to dance a minuet together? It is a touching sight.” -Lewis Carroll: letter (27 December 1873) to Gaynor Simpson: as published in Evelyn M. Hatch, editor, “A Selection from the Letters of Lewis Carroll to his Child-Friends” (1933)
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“Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
“Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.” -Fred Astaire (pseudonym of Frederick Austerlitz (1899 - 1987))
Fae: Why did the rooster dance across the floor?
Phineas: To ask the hen to dance.
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“Happiness is finding the right dance partner.” -Author Unknown
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“I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance.” -Fred Astaire (pseudonym of Frederick Austerlitz (1899 - 1987))
Types Of Dances And Dance Styles
- Ballet
- Ballroom
- Couples
- Disco
- Irish Jig
- Line
- Polka
- Solo
- Square
- Tap
Can you think of other types of dances or dance styles?
“Enjoy the process of learning to dance. The process of our profession, and not its final achievement, is the heart and soul of dance.” -Jacques d’Amboise
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“Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyone’s toes, pretty much the same as life.” -Robert Brault (1938 - 2016) at rbrault.blogspot.com
“Some dance floors are so crowded you can’t tell who your partner is.” -Author Unknown
“It’s not magic! It’s physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright.” -Deborah Bull
“If you stumble, make it part of the dance.” -Author Unknown
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“Dance when you hear music.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“I don’t want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.” -George Balanchine (Georgy Melitonovich Balanchivadze)
“There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.” -Mary Lou Cook (1918 - 2013)
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“On dancing on pointe: Why don’t they just get taller girls?” -Henny Youngman (Henry ‘Henny’ Youngman (1906 - 1998))
“As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.” -Suzanne Farrell
Dance And Dancing Facts
- Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour.
- Somewhere someone is dancing even as you read these very words.
- Now it’s your turn - what do you know about dancing, or would you just like to get up and dance?
“Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.” -Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)
“All that music and only two feet.” -Author Unknown
“I will make an average man into an average dancer, provided he be passably well made. I will teach him how to move his arms and legs, to turn his head. I will give him steadiness, brilliancy, and speed; but I cannot endow him with that fire and intelligence, those graces and that expression of feeling which is the soul of true pantomime.” -Jean Georges Noverre
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“I never dance, unless I am allowed to do it in my own peculiar way. There is no use trying to describe it: it has to be seen to be believed . . . . Did you ever see the Rhinoceros, and the Hippopotamus, at the Zoological Gardens, trying to dance a minuet together? It is a touching sight.” -Lewis Carroll: letter (27 December 1873) to Gaynor Simpson: as published in Evelyn M. Hatch, editor, “A Selection from the Letters of Lewis Carroll to his Child-Friends” (1933)
You need dance lessons right away - there’s no time to waste! Visit Fred Astaire Dance Studios at https://www.fredastaire.com/.
“Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
“Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.” -Fred Astaire (pseudonym of Frederick Austerlitz (1899 - 1987))
Fae: Why did the rooster dance across the floor?
Phineas: To ask the hen to dance.
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“Happiness is finding the right dance partner.” -Author Unknown
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“I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance.” -Fred Astaire (pseudonym of Frederick Austerlitz (1899 - 1987))
Types Of Dances And Dance Styles
- Ballet
- Ballroom
- Couples
- Disco
- Irish Jig
- Line
- Polka
- Solo
- Square
- Tap
Can you think of other types of dances or dance styles?
“Enjoy the process of learning to dance. The process of our profession, and not its final achievement, is the heart and soul of dance.” -Jacques d’Amboise
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“Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyone’s toes, pretty much the same as life.” -Robert Brault (1938 - 2016) at rbrault.blogspot.com
“Some dance floors are so crowded you can’t tell who your partner is.” -Author Unknown
“It’s not magic! It’s physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright.” -Deborah Bull
“If you stumble, make it part of the dance.” -Author Unknown
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“Dance when you hear music.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“I don’t want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.” -George Balanchine (Georgy Melitonovich Balanchivadze)
“There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.” -Mary Lou Cook (1918 - 2013)
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“On dancing on pointe: Why don’t they just get taller girls?” -Henny Youngman (Henry ‘Henny’ Youngman (1906 - 1998))
“Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.” [translation to English]
“La danse, c’est la poésie avec des bras et des jambs.” [original French]
-Charles Baudelaire (Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)): “La Fanfarlo” (1847)
“To dance is to live.” -John Milton (1608 - 1674): “L’Allegro” (1645)
“Why walk when you can dance?” -Author Unknown
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“No sane man will dance.” -Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))
“There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good.” -Edwin Denby (Edwin Orr Denby (1903 - 1983))
“You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive.” -Merce Cunningham
“They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head.” -Publius Terentius Afer (also known simply as Terence (185 B.C.E. - 159 B.C.E.))
Joy: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Bliss: To get to the barn dance, of course!
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“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
“Dancing is the art of pulling your feet away faster than your partner can step on them.” -Author Unknown
“The Earth sets some music going in us and dance we must.” -Ludwig Boone
“In life, as in dance, grace glides on blistered feet.” -Alice Abrams
“I set as my goal to be the best dancer I could be. Not the most famous, or the highest paid dancer, just the best I could be. Out of this discipline came great freedom and calm.” -Suzanne Farrell
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Chorophobia is a persistent fear of dancing. Weddings, proms, and parties may pose problems for those who suffer from a fear of dancing. Try singing instead . . . la, la, la, la! Everybody can do something, right? Okay, maybe whistling? Counting on your fingers and toes?
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“Everything in the Universe has rhythm - everything dances.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))
You may have noticed this article scarcely mentions Ballet Dancing, only hinting at it ever so slightly - and that is because that topic will be covered in a future article . . . on MFOL!
“Dancers have a very hard job. We must take our ugly, callused, blistered, and bruised feet and present them in a way so that they are mistaken as the most beautiful things on Earth.” -Author Unknown
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“Thousands of emotions well up inside me throughout the day. They are released when I dance.” -attributed to Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
“. . . those move easiest who have learn’d to dance.” -Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
“Every day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
“I found that dance was key to keeping depression out of my life. When you dance, things just go away, things don’t seem so bad. There’s no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.” -Patrick Swayze (Patrick Wayne Swayze (1952 - 2009))
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“There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.” -John Selden
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“Dance is the only art in which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.” -Ted Shawn
“Dance isn’t just about fancy footwork. It requires grace, discipline, and major muscles.” -Author Unknown
“Dancing is silent poetry.” -Simonides
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.” -Mikhail Baryshnikov (Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (born 1948))
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“On the dance floor, as in life, you’re only as good as your partner.” -Robin Marantz Henig
“If you think dancers aren’t athletes, think again.” -Author Unknown
“Dance is music made visible.” -George Balanchine
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“If people stand in a circle long enough, they’ll eventually begin to dance.” -George Carlin (George Denis Patrick Carlin (1937 - 2008)): “Napalm and Silly Putty” (2001)
There was an old lady of France,
Who taught little ducklings to dance;
When she said, “Tick-a-tack!” -
They only said, “Quack!”
Which grieved that old lady of France.
-Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
“Dancing is like life: it’s good to have a plan, but be prepared to improvise.” -Author Unknown
“When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.” -Lee Ann Womack
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“We are accompanied by the whole dancing universe.” -Ruth St. Denis
“Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.” -Anne Lamott
“Life is a dance, from one stage to the next.” -Author Unknown
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“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” -Wayne Dyer (Wayne Walter Dyer (1940 - 2015)) at https://www.drwaynedyer.com/
“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair . . .” -Susan Polis Shutz (born 1944 as Susan Polis)
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Overheard: Do you hear that? That music means I have to dance!
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“La danse, c’est la poésie avec des bras et des jambs.” [original French]
-Charles Baudelaire (Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)): “La Fanfarlo” (1847)
“To dance is to live.” -John Milton (1608 - 1674): “L’Allegro” (1645)
“Why walk when you can dance?” -Author Unknown
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“No sane man will dance.” -Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))
“There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good.” -Edwin Denby (Edwin Orr Denby (1903 - 1983))
“You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive.” -Merce Cunningham
“They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head.” -Publius Terentius Afer (also known simply as Terence (185 B.C.E. - 159 B.C.E.))
Joy: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Bliss: To get to the barn dance, of course!
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“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
“Dancing is the art of pulling your feet away faster than your partner can step on them.” -Author Unknown
“The Earth sets some music going in us and dance we must.” -Ludwig Boone
“In life, as in dance, grace glides on blistered feet.” -Alice Abrams
“I set as my goal to be the best dancer I could be. Not the most famous, or the highest paid dancer, just the best I could be. Out of this discipline came great freedom and calm.” -Suzanne Farrell
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Chorophobia is a persistent fear of dancing. Weddings, proms, and parties may pose problems for those who suffer from a fear of dancing. Try singing instead . . . la, la, la, la! Everybody can do something, right? Okay, maybe whistling? Counting on your fingers and toes?
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“Everything in the Universe has rhythm - everything dances.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))
You may have noticed this article scarcely mentions Ballet Dancing, only hinting at it ever so slightly - and that is because that topic will be covered in a future article . . . on MFOL!
“Dancers have a very hard job. We must take our ugly, callused, blistered, and bruised feet and present them in a way so that they are mistaken as the most beautiful things on Earth.” -Author Unknown
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“Thousands of emotions well up inside me throughout the day. They are released when I dance.” -attributed to Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
“. . . those move easiest who have learn’d to dance.” -Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
“Every day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
“I found that dance was key to keeping depression out of my life. When you dance, things just go away, things don’t seem so bad. There’s no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.” -Patrick Swayze (Patrick Wayne Swayze (1952 - 2009))
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“There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.” -John Selden
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“Dance is the only art in which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.” -Ted Shawn
“Dance isn’t just about fancy footwork. It requires grace, discipline, and major muscles.” -Author Unknown
“Dancing is silent poetry.” -Simonides
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.” -Mikhail Baryshnikov (Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (born 1948))
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“On the dance floor, as in life, you’re only as good as your partner.” -Robin Marantz Henig
“If you think dancers aren’t athletes, think again.” -Author Unknown
“Dance is music made visible.” -George Balanchine
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“If people stand in a circle long enough, they’ll eventually begin to dance.” -George Carlin (George Denis Patrick Carlin (1937 - 2008)): “Napalm and Silly Putty” (2001)
There was an old lady of France,
Who taught little ducklings to dance;
When she said, “Tick-a-tack!” -
They only said, “Quack!”
Which grieved that old lady of France.
-Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
“Dancing is like life: it’s good to have a plan, but be prepared to improvise.” -Author Unknown
“When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.” -Lee Ann Womack
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“We are accompanied by the whole dancing universe.” -Ruth St. Denis
“Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.” -Anne Lamott
“Life is a dance, from one stage to the next.” -Author Unknown
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“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” -Wayne Dyer (Wayne Walter Dyer (1940 - 2015)) at https://www.drwaynedyer.com/
“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair . . .” -Susan Polis Shutz (born 1944 as Susan Polis)
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“Think of good posture as your body’s projection of a positive message to those you meet.” -Author Unknown
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“Great posture never goes out of style.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“Good posture is the one most important thing anybody can do now to look better.” -Helen Gurley Brown (1922 - 2012)
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“If you’re a fish, and you want to be a fish-stick, you must have very good posture.” -Mitch Hedberg (Mitchell Lee ‘Mitch’ Hedberg (1968 - 2005))
“Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.” -Max L. Forman (Max Leon Forman (1909 - 1990))
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Posture And Gait Facts
- Gait is standing posture plus movement of the arms, legs, torso, and entire body during walking, to remain balanced in an upright position while covering distance.
- Gait is the manner or style of walking of a person.
- Physical exercise to strengthen muscles and improve motor skills can help correct bad Posture And Gait.
- Posture And Gait can be improved through learning and practice.
- Posture is assumed in standing, walking, sitting, and in positions for activities such as work, dance, and athletics.
- Posture is the position in which a person holds his or her body.
“One of the best ways to help yourself achieve better posture is through movement and exercise. This can take the form of work, play, dance, sports, or fitness activities.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“By adopting a certain physical posture, a resonant chord is struck in spirit.” -Bruce Lee (pseudonym of Lee Jun Fan (1940 - 1973))
“I have very bad posture.” -Kurt Cobain (Kurt Donald Cobain (1967 - 1994))
Tips to Improve Posture And Gait
- Do regular and varied exercises to help strengthen the back, abdomen, and other body areas.
- Move head to look away from computer screens and other devices periodically, to reduce strain from holding body continually in one position.
- Read any available information about Posture And Gait.
- Stand or sit in a chair in front of a mirror and practice good posture.
- Study other people’s posture as they sit, stand, walk, and are in other positions.
- Take periodic breaks to walk and move around and stretch, especially when staying seated, standing, or in other positions for long periods of time.
- Talk to knowledgeable people about Posture And Gait, as for example, doctors and sports coaches.
What can you add to this list?
“When I hold my shoulders back, head high, I instantly feel better.” -Author Unknown
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“Our nonverbal behavior (including posture) gives away our inner personality and reflects our inner attitude.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“If you stand at all, stand tall.” -James I (1566 - 1625)
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Tips for Good Standing Posture
- Bend the knees slightly, but do not lock them.
- Hold shoulders back and relaxed.
- Keep arms and hands relaxed and still at sides.
- Keep back straight.
- Place one foot slightly ahead of the other.
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart.
- The ears should be directly above the shoulders, which are directly above the hips, knees, and ankles, with all features forming a straight, vertical line.
“All through life, be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
“People don’t realize that when they ‘throw out’ their back, it’s often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.” -Sylvester Stallone
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Tips For Good Sitting Posture
- Crossing the legs for long periods of time can obstruct circulation, possibly causing swollen legs and contributing to varicose veins.
- Keep shoulders back and down.
- Keep the back straight.
- The soles of the feet should be flat on the floor.
“Sit up straight, listen, and participate.” -Pat Summit
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“Great posture never goes out of style.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“Good posture is the one most important thing anybody can do now to look better.” -Helen Gurley Brown (1922 - 2012)
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“If you’re a fish, and you want to be a fish-stick, you must have very good posture.” -Mitch Hedberg (Mitchell Lee ‘Mitch’ Hedberg (1968 - 2005))
“Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.” -Max L. Forman (Max Leon Forman (1909 - 1990))
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Posture And Gait Facts
- Gait is standing posture plus movement of the arms, legs, torso, and entire body during walking, to remain balanced in an upright position while covering distance.
- Gait is the manner or style of walking of a person.
- Physical exercise to strengthen muscles and improve motor skills can help correct bad Posture And Gait.
- Posture And Gait can be improved through learning and practice.
- Posture is assumed in standing, walking, sitting, and in positions for activities such as work, dance, and athletics.
- Posture is the position in which a person holds his or her body.
“One of the best ways to help yourself achieve better posture is through movement and exercise. This can take the form of work, play, dance, sports, or fitness activities.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of this article, or click or tap on these words to visit the Health And Fitness Page.
“By adopting a certain physical posture, a resonant chord is struck in spirit.” -Bruce Lee (pseudonym of Lee Jun Fan (1940 - 1973))
“I have very bad posture.” -Kurt Cobain (Kurt Donald Cobain (1967 - 1994))
Tips to Improve Posture And Gait
- Do regular and varied exercises to help strengthen the back, abdomen, and other body areas.
- Move head to look away from computer screens and other devices periodically, to reduce strain from holding body continually in one position.
- Read any available information about Posture And Gait.
- Stand or sit in a chair in front of a mirror and practice good posture.
- Study other people’s posture as they sit, stand, walk, and are in other positions.
- Take periodic breaks to walk and move around and stretch, especially when staying seated, standing, or in other positions for long periods of time.
- Talk to knowledgeable people about Posture And Gait, as for example, doctors and sports coaches.
What can you add to this list?
“When I hold my shoulders back, head high, I instantly feel better.” -Author Unknown
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“Our nonverbal behavior (including posture) gives away our inner personality and reflects our inner attitude.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“If you stand at all, stand tall.” -James I (1566 - 1625)
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Tips for Good Standing Posture
- Bend the knees slightly, but do not lock them.
- Hold shoulders back and relaxed.
- Keep arms and hands relaxed and still at sides.
- Keep back straight.
- Place one foot slightly ahead of the other.
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart.
- The ears should be directly above the shoulders, which are directly above the hips, knees, and ankles, with all features forming a straight, vertical line.
“All through life, be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
“People don’t realize that when they ‘throw out’ their back, it’s often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.” -Sylvester Stallone
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Tips For Good Sitting Posture
- Crossing the legs for long periods of time can obstruct circulation, possibly causing swollen legs and contributing to varicose veins.
- Keep shoulders back and down.
- Keep the back straight.
- The soles of the feet should be flat on the floor.
“Sit up straight, listen, and participate.” -Pat Summit
“The Kraken was somewhat obsessed with posture. As for Lily, she barely gave it a second thought. In her opinion, it was better to read books than balance them. That’s what they were designed for, after all. And if you wanted to wear something on your head, there was a perfectly good item designed for that too: it was called a hat.” -Peter Bunzl: “Cogheart” (1 September 2016)
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“Proper posture conveys that you are ready to take command and master new situations. When you project this level of confidence, you will instill confidence in others.” -Susan C. Young: “The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact” (September 2017)
“If you want to change your mood, change your posture.” -Amy Cuddy
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“Healthy posture is based on natural positions that balance and support your skeletal system’s curves and weight-bearing abilities against the force of gravity.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
“Stress can also lead to poor posture because it causes you to breathe more shallowly, which leads to slumping.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
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“My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I’m ashamed of something.” -Randy Harrison
Tips for Good Walking Posture
- Keep at a comfortable space between steps, striding neither with steps exaggeratedly too long or too short.
- Keep the head and neck straight.
- Step with the heel of the foot first and then move to the toes.
“Always walk with style and finesse.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
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“Never bend your head! Always hold it high! Look the world straight in the face!” -Helen Keller (Helen Adams Keller (1880 - 1968)), speaking to a five-year-old child
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“Proper posture conveys that you are ready to take command and master new situations. When you project this level of confidence, you will instill confidence in others.” -Susan C. Young: “The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact” (September 2017)
“If you want to change your mood, change your posture.” -Amy Cuddy
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“Healthy posture is based on natural positions that balance and support your skeletal system’s curves and weight-bearing abilities against the force of gravity.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
“Stress can also lead to poor posture because it causes you to breathe more shallowly, which leads to slumping.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
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“My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I’m ashamed of something.” -Randy Harrison
Tips for Good Walking Posture
- Keep at a comfortable space between steps, striding neither with steps exaggeratedly too long or too short.
- Keep the head and neck straight.
- Step with the heel of the foot first and then move to the toes.
“Always walk with style and finesse.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
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“Never bend your head! Always hold it high! Look the world straight in the face!” -Helen Keller (Helen Adams Keller (1880 - 1968)), speaking to a five-year-old child
The Way To Walk
It is a well-known fact that very few people know how to walk properly. Walking, when one knows how, is not fatiguing, as most people think. On the other hand, it is relaxing, because it brings into play almost all the muscles in the body. Here’s how.
Stand at attention with your shoulders thrown well back, your head up, and your arms straight at your side. Now step forward with the right leg, the heel of the foot striking the ground first; then another step, bringing the left foot directly into line with the right. Don’t try to take large steps. Walk just as naturally as possible, with your arms swinging loosely and your legs working from the hips.
If you keep your back straight and your head pushed back as if you were trying to touch an imaginary wall with it, you’ll find your posture improving greatly. If you don’t do anything else, avoid the habit of stooping. It is bad for the figure and it prevents free action in the arms.
Walk every time you can. Now is the season for hikes. Let’s go!
By Author Unknown
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It is a well-known fact that very few people know how to walk properly. Walking, when one knows how, is not fatiguing, as most people think. On the other hand, it is relaxing, because it brings into play almost all the muscles in the body. Here’s how.
Stand at attention with your shoulders thrown well back, your head up, and your arms straight at your side. Now step forward with the right leg, the heel of the foot striking the ground first; then another step, bringing the left foot directly into line with the right. Don’t try to take large steps. Walk just as naturally as possible, with your arms swinging loosely and your legs working from the hips.
If you keep your back straight and your head pushed back as if you were trying to touch an imaginary wall with it, you’ll find your posture improving greatly. If you don’t do anything else, avoid the habit of stooping. It is bad for the figure and it prevents free action in the arms.
Walk every time you can. Now is the season for hikes. Let’s go!
By Author Unknown
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“Never slouch, as doing so compresses the lungs, overcrowds other vital organs, rounds the back, and throws you off balance.” -Joseph Pilates (Joseph Hubertus Pilates (1883 - 1967))
“Even if your posture has been a problem for years, it’s possible to make improvements. Rounded shoulders and a hunched stance may seem like they’re set in stone by the time we reach a certain age, and you may feel you’ve missed the boat for better posture. But there’s a good chance you can still stand up taller.” -Author Unknown: “Is It Too Late to Save Your Posture?” (1 December 2019), Harvard Health Publishing of Harvard Medical School at https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/is-it-too-late-to-save-your-posture
“Mind your posture.” -Author Unknown
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“You project a confident image through good body posture.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.” -Morihei Ueshiba
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“Good posture can be beneficial to your health.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
Common Causes Of Bad Posture
- A sedentary or inactive lifestyle.
- Carrying excess body weight.
- Emotions and feelings, including poor self-esteem, low level of self-confidence, and bad attitude.
- Footwear, possibly including flip-flips, sandals, and shoes that fit improperly.
- Lack of muscle tone.
- Prolonged use of electronic devices.
- Sitting for extended periods of time.
- Using poor form when walking or exercising.
What else might cause bad posture?
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“No amount of high fashion can make up for a lifetime of poor posture.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“In the training of anyone, nothing equals the importance of proper posture; it is the very foundation upon which the entire fabric of a successful course in physical training must be founded.” -Herman J. Koehler
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People Who Help People Improve Their Posture
- Chiropractors.
- Physical therapists or physiotherapists.
- Workout coaches.
Can you think of anyone else?
“Posture reflects your attitude.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
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Posture And Gait Quiz
- Can you name 3 people with good posture that you could copy?
- How would you describe your posture?
- Is good posture simply sitting pretty and standing tall?
“Attractive men and women have good posture.” -Liz Miller
“Posture is paramount.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
“I’d love to look like my mum when I am her age. She taught ballet for years, and my attitude to exercise and fitness has definitely been influenced by her. She’s 84 now, and I’ve watched how well she has aged, and a lot of that is to do with her fantastic posture.” -Sarah Parish
Your footwear affects your gait.
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“Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.” -Loretta Young
“To attain good posture, you can practice standing and walking while balancing a book on your head. However, you might not want to use fruit such as an apple instead of a book, just in case William Tell might be somewhere nearby.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.” -Joseph Pilates (Joseph Hubertus Pilates (1883 - 1967))
“Cats have intercepted my footsteps at the ankle for so long that my gait, both at home and on tour, has been compared to that of a man wading through low surf.” -Roy Blount, Junior
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“Proper posture sends a positive message since ninety percent of all communication occurs through body language and how you carry yourself.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today”
“Your posture is the key to your personal and professional foundation.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“Bad posture shows uncertainty and a lack of confidence and ability. Good posture conveys confidence and an air of capability.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
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How To Learn And Apply Good Posture Techniques
- Go people watching, observing the differences in the ways people carry themselves: posture, gait, arm swing, hand positions.
- Engage in regular or structured physical fitness routines, such as distance walking, Martial Arts, dancing, Pilates, or sports.
Can you think of other ways to learn and apply good posture techniques?
“Posture is a leadership language.” -Janna Cachola (born 1989): “Lead By Choice, Not By Checks” (about 2018)
“By taking good care of your posture now, you will enjoy and savor lifelong health benefits and beauty.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“Use proper posture to realize your professional image potential.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“Change your posture, change your life!” -D. Nicole Williams
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“Stand up straight and look people in the eye. Two old-fashioned things that stand out and never go out of style. The way you carry yourself dramatically impacts how the world will engage with you.” -Sahil Bloom
“Confident posture gets you noticed for all the right reasons.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
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“Mind your posture.” -Author Unknown
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“You project a confident image through good body posture.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.” -Morihei Ueshiba
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“Good posture can be beneficial to your health.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
Common Causes Of Bad Posture
- A sedentary or inactive lifestyle.
- Carrying excess body weight.
- Emotions and feelings, including poor self-esteem, low level of self-confidence, and bad attitude.
- Footwear, possibly including flip-flips, sandals, and shoes that fit improperly.
- Lack of muscle tone.
- Prolonged use of electronic devices.
- Sitting for extended periods of time.
- Using poor form when walking or exercising.
What else might cause bad posture?
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“No amount of high fashion can make up for a lifetime of poor posture.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“In the training of anyone, nothing equals the importance of proper posture; it is the very foundation upon which the entire fabric of a successful course in physical training must be founded.” -Herman J. Koehler
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People Who Help People Improve Their Posture
- Chiropractors.
- Physical therapists or physiotherapists.
- Workout coaches.
Can you think of anyone else?
“Posture reflects your attitude.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
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Posture And Gait Quiz
- Can you name 3 people with good posture that you could copy?
- How would you describe your posture?
- Is good posture simply sitting pretty and standing tall?
“Attractive men and women have good posture.” -Liz Miller
“Posture is paramount.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
“I’d love to look like my mum when I am her age. She taught ballet for years, and my attitude to exercise and fitness has definitely been influenced by her. She’s 84 now, and I’ve watched how well she has aged, and a lot of that is to do with her fantastic posture.” -Sarah Parish
Your footwear affects your gait.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Shoes And Footwear Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.” -Loretta Young
“To attain good posture, you can practice standing and walking while balancing a book on your head. However, you might not want to use fruit such as an apple instead of a book, just in case William Tell might be somewhere nearby.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.” -Joseph Pilates (Joseph Hubertus Pilates (1883 - 1967))
“Cats have intercepted my footsteps at the ankle for so long that my gait, both at home and on tour, has been compared to that of a man wading through low surf.” -Roy Blount, Junior
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Domestic Cats Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“Proper posture sends a positive message since ninety percent of all communication occurs through body language and how you carry yourself.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today”
“Your posture is the key to your personal and professional foundation.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“Bad posture shows uncertainty and a lack of confidence and ability. Good posture conveys confidence and an air of capability.” -Cindy Ann Peterson
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Differences And Individuality Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
How To Learn And Apply Good Posture Techniques
- Go people watching, observing the differences in the ways people carry themselves: posture, gait, arm swing, hand positions.
- Engage in regular or structured physical fitness routines, such as distance walking, Martial Arts, dancing, Pilates, or sports.
Can you think of other ways to learn and apply good posture techniques?
“Posture is a leadership language.” -Janna Cachola (born 1989): “Lead By Choice, Not By Checks” (about 2018)
“By taking good care of your posture now, you will enjoy and savor lifelong health benefits and beauty.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“Use proper posture to realize your professional image potential.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
“Change your posture, change your life!” -D. Nicole Williams
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“Stand up straight and look people in the eye. Two old-fashioned things that stand out and never go out of style. The way you carry yourself dramatically impacts how the world will engage with you.” -Sahil Bloom
“Confident posture gets you noticed for all the right reasons.” -Cindy Ann Peterson: “My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today” (17 January 2011)
Much more mind-boggling is coming up next . . . on MFOL!
“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021))
“You have to be careful about being too careful.” -Beryl Pfizer (1928 - 2016)
“When we try to be safe, we live our lives being very, very careful; and we wind up having no lives.” -Byron Katie (Byron Kathleen ‘Katie’ Mitchell (born 1942))
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“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” -Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872 - 1970))
“What is life, but one long risk?” -Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879 - 1958)
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“They say we are all one risk away from being financially independent.” -Author Unknown
“I risked much, but I made much.” -P. T. Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810 - 1891))
“All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.” -Herodotus (about 484 B.C.E. - about 425 B.C.E.)
“The greatest rewards in life go to the risk takers.” -Jim McCormick (James ‘Jim’ McCormick (1856 - 1918))
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“‘You’ve got to be able to make those daring leaps or you’re nowhere,’ said Muskrat.” -Russell Hoban (Russell Conwell Hoban (1925 - 2011)): “The Mouse and His Child” (1967)
“Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over 18. Must be expert riders willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages $25 per week.” -Author Unknown: Pony Express advertisement (1860)
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Aaron!
Aaron, who?
Aaron on the side of caution!
“If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.” -Hank Aaron (Henry Louis ‘Hank’ Aaron (born 1934))
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“Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.” -Karl Wallenda (1905 - 1978)
“Ever since I started flying jets I’ve been driving cars slower and slower. I can’t explain why - just cautious.” -James Jabara (1923 - 1966)
“We fail by not taking risks.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“No noble thing can be done without risk.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592))
“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right.” -Author Unknown
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“There’s as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.” -Trammell Crow (Fred ‘Trammell’ Crow (1914 - 2009))
“Land is always in the mind of the flying birds.” -Author Unknown
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“The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all.” -Leo Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))
“There’s no such thing as a risk-free life.” -Author Unknown
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“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com
“Just remember, kid: if it doesn’t kill you, it makes a great story later on.” -Adam Savage (Adam Whitney Savage (born 1967))
“The only way to be absolutely safe is never to try anything for the first time.” -Magnus Pyke (Magnus Alfred Pyke (1908 - 1992))
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“The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.” -Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.” -Herodotus (484 B.C.E. - 425 B.C.E.)
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“We live in the interface between radioactive molten rock and hard vacuum and we worry about safety.” -Chris Hunt
“There is no security on this Earth, there is only opportunity.” -Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964) (1955)
“Anything can be achieved in small, deliberate steps. But there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.” -David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945)
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“The trouble is, if you don’t risk everything, you risk even more.” -Erica Jong (Erica Mann Jong (born 1942)): “How to Save Your Own Life” (1977)
“Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.” -Tobias Smollett (Tobias George Smollett (1721 - 1771))
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“Naught venture, naught have.” -Thomas Tusser (about 1524 - 1580)
The Cautious Man
There was a very cautious man
Who never laughed or played.
He never risked, he never tried,
He never sang or prayed.
And when he one day passed away,
His insurance was denied.
For since he never really lived,
They claimed he never died.
By Author Unknown
“Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.” -Shirley Hufstedler (Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler (1925 - 2016))
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“Leap, and the net will appear.” -John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)
“Look before you leap.” -Robert Greene (1558 - 1592): “Greenes Never Too Late” (1590)
“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.” -William James (1842 - 1910): “The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy” (1897)
“You have to be careful about being too careful.” -Beryl Pfizer (1928 - 2016)
“When we try to be safe, we live our lives being very, very careful; and we wind up having no lives.” -Byron Katie (Byron Kathleen ‘Katie’ Mitchell (born 1942))
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“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” -Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872 - 1970))
“What is life, but one long risk?” -Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879 - 1958)
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“They say we are all one risk away from being financially independent.” -Author Unknown
“I risked much, but I made much.” -P. T. Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810 - 1891))
“All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.” -Herodotus (about 484 B.C.E. - about 425 B.C.E.)
“The greatest rewards in life go to the risk takers.” -Jim McCormick (James ‘Jim’ McCormick (1856 - 1918))
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“‘You’ve got to be able to make those daring leaps or you’re nowhere,’ said Muskrat.” -Russell Hoban (Russell Conwell Hoban (1925 - 2011)): “The Mouse and His Child” (1967)
“Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over 18. Must be expert riders willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages $25 per week.” -Author Unknown: Pony Express advertisement (1860)
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Aaron!
Aaron, who?
Aaron on the side of caution!
“If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.” -Hank Aaron (Henry Louis ‘Hank’ Aaron (born 1934))
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“Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.” -Karl Wallenda (1905 - 1978)
“Ever since I started flying jets I’ve been driving cars slower and slower. I can’t explain why - just cautious.” -James Jabara (1923 - 1966)
“We fail by not taking risks.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“No noble thing can be done without risk.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592))
“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited about what could go right.” -Author Unknown
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“There’s as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.” -Trammell Crow (Fred ‘Trammell’ Crow (1914 - 2009))
“Land is always in the mind of the flying birds.” -Author Unknown
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“The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all.” -Leo Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))
“There’s no such thing as a risk-free life.” -Author Unknown
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“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com
“Just remember, kid: if it doesn’t kill you, it makes a great story later on.” -Adam Savage (Adam Whitney Savage (born 1967))
“The only way to be absolutely safe is never to try anything for the first time.” -Magnus Pyke (Magnus Alfred Pyke (1908 - 1992))
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“The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.” -Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.” -Herodotus (484 B.C.E. - 425 B.C.E.)
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“We live in the interface between radioactive molten rock and hard vacuum and we worry about safety.” -Chris Hunt
“There is no security on this Earth, there is only opportunity.” -Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964) (1955)
“Anything can be achieved in small, deliberate steps. But there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.” -David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945)
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“The trouble is, if you don’t risk everything, you risk even more.” -Erica Jong (Erica Mann Jong (born 1942)): “How to Save Your Own Life” (1977)
“Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.” -Tobias Smollett (Tobias George Smollett (1721 - 1771))
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“Naught venture, naught have.” -Thomas Tusser (about 1524 - 1580)
The Cautious Man
There was a very cautious man
Who never laughed or played.
He never risked, he never tried,
He never sang or prayed.
And when he one day passed away,
His insurance was denied.
For since he never really lived,
They claimed he never died.
By Author Unknown
“Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.” -Shirley Hufstedler (Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler (1925 - 2016))
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Opportunities And Possibilities Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“Leap, and the net will appear.” -John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)
“Look before you leap.” -Robert Greene (1558 - 1592): “Greenes Never Too Late” (1590)
“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.” -William James (1842 - 1910): “The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy” (1897)
All things considered, activities such as skydiving may be less dangerous to your health and longevity than eating starchy foods and staring at the screens of televisions, computers, and cell phones day after day. Give yourself a break - and maybe go skydiving!
“Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach (born 1947) at http://www.sarahbanbreathnach.com/
“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.” -George S. Patton (George Smith Patton, Junior (1885 - 1945))
“Don’t play for safety. It’s the most dangerous thing in the world.” -Hugh Walpole (Hugh Seymour ‘Hugh’ Walpole (1884 - 1941)): “Fortitude” (1913)
“Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.” -Pietro Metastasio (pseudonym of Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (1698 - 1782))
“When you play it too safe, you’re taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we’re given.” -Barbara Sher (Barbara Lynn Sher (1935 - 2020)) at https://www.barbarasher.com/
“If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.” -Neil Simon (Marvin Neil ‘Neil’ Simon (1927 - 2018))
“There is no safety. Only varying degrees of risk.” -Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949)
“Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)
“He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732)
“For me, the safest place is out on a limb.” -Shirley MacLaine (pseudonym of Shirley MacLean Beaty (born 1934))
“Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on Earth for you. Act for yourself.” -Katherine Mansfield (pseudonym of Kathleen Mansfield Murry (born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (1888 - 1923))), John Middleton Murray (1889 - 1957), editor: “The Journal of Katherine Mansfield” (1927), ‘14 October 1922’ at http://www.katherinemansfield.com/
“If you don’t live on the edge, you can’t see the view.” -Vicky Corrington
“Take a risk a day - one small or bold stroke that makes you feel great once you’ve done it.” -Susan Jeffers (1938 - 2012)
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“If you’re never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.” -Julia Sorel (pseudonym of Rosalyn Drexler): “See How She Runs” (1978)
Who Am I?
Who am I?
Where you are, I am.
Where you go, I go.
I am always and everywhere,
I am in everything.
Though perhaps you think of me not,
Though perhaps you do not even know,
I am dangerous.
There are stairs to fall down,
Curbs to trip over.
Falling trees.
Yet also new friendships, gardens to grow.
There is rejection, failure, disappointment.
There is acceptance, success, satisfaction.
I await you in every new attempt.
I am every risk you take,
And I am every risk you do not take.
By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.” -Tim McMahon (born 1949)
“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” -Colin Cowherd (Colin Murray Cowherd (born 1964))
“Take risks - if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” -Author Unknown
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“The biggest risk you will ever take is not taking one at all.” -Author Unknown
“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955))): as quoted in Dorothy Carnegie, editor: “Dale Carnegie’s Scrapbook” (1 January 1959)
“If you take no risks, you’ll never be hurt, but you won’t really live, either.” -James Shiovitz (James Lowell Shiovitz (born 1949))
“We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring.” -David Grayson (1870 - 1946)
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“The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.” -Alfred Adler (1870 - 1937): as attributed in Ichak Adizes: “How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis” (1979)
“The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.” -Roger Babson (1875 - 1967)
“The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)): “Die fröhliche Wissenschaft” (English: “The Gay Science”) (1882), book 4
“If you risk nothing, you risk everything.” -Geena Davis (Virginia Elizabeth ‘Geena’ Davis (born 1956))
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“It is not given us to live lives of undisrupted calm, boredom, and mediocrity. It is given us to be edge-dwellers.” -Jay Deacon (F. Jay Deacon)
“Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.” -Byron Katie (Byron Kathleen ‘Katie’ Mitchell (born 1942))
“Live dangerously and you live right.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Affirmation: “I will subject myself to life’s challenges so that I may know the grace of survival.” -Author Unknown
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“Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.” -Ben Carson (Benjamin Solomon ‘Ben’ Carson, Senior (born 1951)): “Take The Risk” (2008), page 58
“He that is overcautious will accomplish nothing.” [translation to English]
“Wer gar zu viel bedenkt, wird wenig leisten.” [original German]
-Friedrich von Schiller (Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)): “Wilhelm Tell” (1804)
“Take every chance you get in life, because some things only happen once.” -Karen Gibbs
Overheard: Take a chance; you never know what might happen.
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“The biggest rewards usually go to those who take the biggest risks.” -Author Unknown
“The desire for security stands against every great and noble enterprise.” -Tacitus (about C.E. 55 - about C.E. 120)
“It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.” -Dag Hammarskjöld (1905 - 1961)
“If you don’t take risks, you will always work for someone who does.” -Author Unknown
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“Without the very few risk takers who risk it all, none of us would enjoy freedom, because tyrants and oppressors are tireless and fearless in their determination to control humanity and the world, and the majority will do absolutely nothing to stop them.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Half the failures of this world arise from pulling in one’s horse as he is leaping.” -Augustus Hare (Augustus William Hare (1792 - 1834))
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“Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.” -Johann von Schiller (Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)): “Don Carlos” (1787) play
“Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/
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“Everything is a risk. What if it doesn’t work out? Oh - but what if it does?” -Mary Engelbreit (born 1952)
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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” -T. S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965))
“If it’s both terrifying and amazing, then you should definitely pursue it.” -Erada Svetlana
“Dare to be what you ought to be; dare to be what you dream to be; dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“Of course risk taking does not always pay off. But it’s a lot of fun!” -Mary Wesley (born Mary Aline Mynors Farmar (1912 - 2002))
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“Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach (born 1947) at http://www.sarahbanbreathnach.com/
“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.” -George S. Patton (George Smith Patton, Junior (1885 - 1945))
“Don’t play for safety. It’s the most dangerous thing in the world.” -Hugh Walpole (Hugh Seymour ‘Hugh’ Walpole (1884 - 1941)): “Fortitude” (1913)
“Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.” -Pietro Metastasio (pseudonym of Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (1698 - 1782))
“When you play it too safe, you’re taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we’re given.” -Barbara Sher (Barbara Lynn Sher (1935 - 2020)) at https://www.barbarasher.com/
“If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.” -Neil Simon (Marvin Neil ‘Neil’ Simon (1927 - 2018))
“There is no safety. Only varying degrees of risk.” -Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949)
“Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)
“He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732)
“For me, the safest place is out on a limb.” -Shirley MacLaine (pseudonym of Shirley MacLean Beaty (born 1934))
“Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on Earth for you. Act for yourself.” -Katherine Mansfield (pseudonym of Kathleen Mansfield Murry (born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (1888 - 1923))), John Middleton Murray (1889 - 1957), editor: “The Journal of Katherine Mansfield” (1927), ‘14 October 1922’ at http://www.katherinemansfield.com/
“If you don’t live on the edge, you can’t see the view.” -Vicky Corrington
“Take a risk a day - one small or bold stroke that makes you feel great once you’ve done it.” -Susan Jeffers (1938 - 2012)
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“If you’re never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.” -Julia Sorel (pseudonym of Rosalyn Drexler): “See How She Runs” (1978)
Who Am I?
Who am I?
Where you are, I am.
Where you go, I go.
I am always and everywhere,
I am in everything.
Though perhaps you think of me not,
Though perhaps you do not even know,
I am dangerous.
There are stairs to fall down,
Curbs to trip over.
Falling trees.
Yet also new friendships, gardens to grow.
There is rejection, failure, disappointment.
There is acceptance, success, satisfaction.
I await you in every new attempt.
I am every risk you take,
And I am every risk you do not take.
By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.” -Tim McMahon (born 1949)
“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” -Colin Cowherd (Colin Murray Cowherd (born 1964))
“Take risks - if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” -Author Unknown
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“The biggest risk you will ever take is not taking one at all.” -Author Unknown
“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955))): as quoted in Dorothy Carnegie, editor: “Dale Carnegie’s Scrapbook” (1 January 1959)
“If you take no risks, you’ll never be hurt, but you won’t really live, either.” -James Shiovitz (James Lowell Shiovitz (born 1949))
“We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring.” -David Grayson (1870 - 1946)
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“The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.” -Alfred Adler (1870 - 1937): as attributed in Ichak Adizes: “How to Solve the Mismanagement Crisis” (1979)
“The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.” -Roger Babson (1875 - 1967)
“The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously!” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)): “Die fröhliche Wissenschaft” (English: “The Gay Science”) (1882), book 4
“If you risk nothing, you risk everything.” -Geena Davis (Virginia Elizabeth ‘Geena’ Davis (born 1956))
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“It is not given us to live lives of undisrupted calm, boredom, and mediocrity. It is given us to be edge-dwellers.” -Jay Deacon (F. Jay Deacon)
“Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.” -Byron Katie (Byron Kathleen ‘Katie’ Mitchell (born 1942))
“Live dangerously and you live right.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Affirmation: “I will subject myself to life’s challenges so that I may know the grace of survival.” -Author Unknown
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“Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.” -Ben Carson (Benjamin Solomon ‘Ben’ Carson, Senior (born 1951)): “Take The Risk” (2008), page 58
“He that is overcautious will accomplish nothing.” [translation to English]
“Wer gar zu viel bedenkt, wird wenig leisten.” [original German]
-Friedrich von Schiller (Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)): “Wilhelm Tell” (1804)
“Take every chance you get in life, because some things only happen once.” -Karen Gibbs
Overheard: Take a chance; you never know what might happen.
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“The biggest rewards usually go to those who take the biggest risks.” -Author Unknown
“The desire for security stands against every great and noble enterprise.” -Tacitus (about C.E. 55 - about C.E. 120)
“It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.” -Dag Hammarskjöld (1905 - 1961)
“If you don’t take risks, you will always work for someone who does.” -Author Unknown
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“Without the very few risk takers who risk it all, none of us would enjoy freedom, because tyrants and oppressors are tireless and fearless in their determination to control humanity and the world, and the majority will do absolutely nothing to stop them.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Half the failures of this world arise from pulling in one’s horse as he is leaping.” -Augustus Hare (Augustus William Hare (1792 - 1834))
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“Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.” -Johann von Schiller (Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)): “Don Carlos” (1787) play
“Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/
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“Everything is a risk. What if it doesn’t work out? Oh - but what if it does?” -Mary Engelbreit (born 1952)
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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” -T. S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965))
“If it’s both terrifying and amazing, then you should definitely pursue it.” -Erada Svetlana
“Dare to be what you ought to be; dare to be what you dream to be; dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“Of course risk taking does not always pay off. But it’s a lot of fun!” -Mary Wesley (born Mary Aline Mynors Farmar (1912 - 2002))
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Elsie: What is that wonderful noise?
Hank: It’s called music!
“My music is best understood by children and animals.” -Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): as quoted in the “Sunday Observer” (8 October 1961)
A New Song
There was a composer named Zong
Who composed a new popular song.
It was simply the croon
Of a lovesick baboon,
With occasional thumps on the gong.
By Author Unknown
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“I think the first time I knew what I wanted to do with my life was when I was about four years old. I was listening to an old Victrola, playing a railroad song. The song was called ‘Hobo Bill’s Last Ride.’ And I thought it was the most wonderful, amazing thing that I’d ever heard.” -Johnny Cash (1932 - 2003)
“All of one’s life is a music, if one touches the notes rightly and in time.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900): “The Ethics of the Dust” (1875), ‘Lecture IV: The Crystal Orders,’ section 35
“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Journals,” ‘January 13, 1857’
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In holy music’s golden speech
Remotest notes to notes respond:
Each octave is a world; yet each
Vibrates to worlds beyond its own.
-Aubrey Thomas de Vere (born Aubrey Thomas Hunt (1814 - 1902))
“Sing away sorrow, cast away care.” -Leo Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))
Eric: My brother has been practicing the violin for twenty years.
Zack: He must be really good.
Eric: Not really - it was nineteen and a half years before he realized you aren’t supposed to blow into it.
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“Who is there that in logical words can express the effect music has on us.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
“Today’s music has all the variety of a jackhammer.” -Gregory Benford (born 1941): “The Sigma Structure Symphony” (2012), reprinted in Paula Guran, editor: “Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries & Lore” (2017), page 357
Wesley: Why did the music teacher need a ladder?
Leslie: To reach the high notes.
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Martha: What comes before a tuba?
Bertha: A one-ba.
Martha: What comes after a tuba?
Bertha: A three-ba.
“Music is more than a combination of sounds. It is colors too. I see the different keys like a rainbow. The key of D is daffodil yellow, B Major is maroon, and B Flat is blue.” -Margaret Marian McPartland (born Margaret Marian Turner (1918 - 2013))
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“The great object of music is to touch the heart.” -Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (also known as Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714 - 1788))
“There is nothing to it. You only have to hit the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself.” -J. S. Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)): as quoted in K. Geiringer: “The Bach Family” (1954), ‘Of the Organ’
Kevin: What instrument plays only sour notes?
Marvin: A pickle-o.
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Among the fun and unusual musical instruments are didgeridoos, kazoos, pots and pans, slide whistles, washboards, wooden spoons, zinks (cornets), and zithers.
“Of all the noises, I think music the least disagreeable.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in the “Morning Chronicle” (16 August 1816)
“The hardest thing in the world is to start an orchestra, and the next hardest, to stop it.” -Hans Richter (1843 - 1916)
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“Music is well said to be the speech of angels. It brings us near to the infinite.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): “The State of German Literature” (1827)
“I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs, and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “The Mill on the Floss” (1860), Book VI, chapter vi
“Long before there was human music, the harmony and rhythm of nature, such as falling rain (rhythm section), wind whispering in the trees and rocks (wind instruments), and pounding thunder (percussion instruments), all soothed the savage beast.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it even if we so desired.” -Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (C.E. 475 - C.E. 523)
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“Musick is the thing of the world that I love most.” -Samuel Pepys (1633 - 1703): “Diary of Samuel Pepys,” ‘July 30, 1666’
“I don’t care much about music. What I like is sounds.” -Dizzy Gillespie (John Birks ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie (1917 - 1993))
Clarinet players
Are smarter than trombonists
Because they can reed
-Guy Ben-Moshe
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Hank: It’s called music!
“My music is best understood by children and animals.” -Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): as quoted in the “Sunday Observer” (8 October 1961)
A New Song
There was a composer named Zong
Who composed a new popular song.
It was simply the croon
Of a lovesick baboon,
With occasional thumps on the gong.
By Author Unknown
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“I think the first time I knew what I wanted to do with my life was when I was about four years old. I was listening to an old Victrola, playing a railroad song. The song was called ‘Hobo Bill’s Last Ride.’ And I thought it was the most wonderful, amazing thing that I’d ever heard.” -Johnny Cash (1932 - 2003)
“All of one’s life is a music, if one touches the notes rightly and in time.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900): “The Ethics of the Dust” (1875), ‘Lecture IV: The Crystal Orders,’ section 35
“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Journals,” ‘January 13, 1857’
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In holy music’s golden speech
Remotest notes to notes respond:
Each octave is a world; yet each
Vibrates to worlds beyond its own.
-Aubrey Thomas de Vere (born Aubrey Thomas Hunt (1814 - 1902))
“Sing away sorrow, cast away care.” -Leo Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))
Eric: My brother has been practicing the violin for twenty years.
Zack: He must be really good.
Eric: Not really - it was nineteen and a half years before he realized you aren’t supposed to blow into it.
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“Who is there that in logical words can express the effect music has on us.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
“Today’s music has all the variety of a jackhammer.” -Gregory Benford (born 1941): “The Sigma Structure Symphony” (2012), reprinted in Paula Guran, editor: “Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries & Lore” (2017), page 357
Wesley: Why did the music teacher need a ladder?
Leslie: To reach the high notes.
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Martha: What comes before a tuba?
Bertha: A one-ba.
Martha: What comes after a tuba?
Bertha: A three-ba.
“Music is more than a combination of sounds. It is colors too. I see the different keys like a rainbow. The key of D is daffodil yellow, B Major is maroon, and B Flat is blue.” -Margaret Marian McPartland (born Margaret Marian Turner (1918 - 2013))
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“The great object of music is to touch the heart.” -Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (also known as Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714 - 1788))
“There is nothing to it. You only have to hit the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself.” -J. S. Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)): as quoted in K. Geiringer: “The Bach Family” (1954), ‘Of the Organ’
Kevin: What instrument plays only sour notes?
Marvin: A pickle-o.
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Among the fun and unusual musical instruments are didgeridoos, kazoos, pots and pans, slide whistles, washboards, wooden spoons, zinks (cornets), and zithers.
“Of all the noises, I think music the least disagreeable.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in the “Morning Chronicle” (16 August 1816)
“The hardest thing in the world is to start an orchestra, and the next hardest, to stop it.” -Hans Richter (1843 - 1916)
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“Music is well said to be the speech of angels. It brings us near to the infinite.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): “The State of German Literature” (1827)
“I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs, and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “The Mill on the Floss” (1860), Book VI, chapter vi
“Long before there was human music, the harmony and rhythm of nature, such as falling rain (rhythm section), wind whispering in the trees and rocks (wind instruments), and pounding thunder (percussion instruments), all soothed the savage beast.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it even if we so desired.” -Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (C.E. 475 - C.E. 523)
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“Musick is the thing of the world that I love most.” -Samuel Pepys (1633 - 1703): “Diary of Samuel Pepys,” ‘July 30, 1666’
“I don’t care much about music. What I like is sounds.” -Dizzy Gillespie (John Birks ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie (1917 - 1993))
Clarinet players
Are smarter than trombonists
Because they can reed
-Guy Ben-Moshe
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Austrian composer Joseph Haydn composed his Quartet Number 49 in D-major for two violins, viola and violoncello, in the year 1785. For the most part, it is a thoughtful and serious work, but in Opus 50, Number 6, a frog can be heard croaking loudly, even stridently, in sounds produced by playing the same notes alternately on two neighboring strings. This part of the set is popularly known as ‘The Frog.’
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Harmony.
Harmony, who?
Harmony more jokes like these can a person take?
“Composers should write tunes the chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.” -Thomas Beecham (1879 - 1961): as quoted in the “New York Times” (9 March 1961) newspaper
“. . . music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life . . .” [translation to English]
“. . . die Musik wäscht ihnen den Alltagsstaub von der Seele . . .” [original German]
-Berthold Auerbach (1812 - 1882): “Auf der Höhe” (English: “On the Heights”) (1866) novel
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“What is music? The very existence of music is wonderful, I might even say miraculous. Its domain is between thought and phenomena. Like a twilight mediator, it hovers between spirit and matter, related to both, yet differing from each. It is spirit, but spirit subject to the measurement of time; it is matter, but matter that can dispense with space.” -Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856): “Letters on the French Stage” (1837)
“Music is a part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.” -Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (about C.E. 480 - about C.E. 524): “De Institutione Musica”
Marla: Why did the punk rocker take a pen and paper onstage?
Darla: He wanted to draw a big crowd.
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“Give me the making of the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.” -Andrew Fletcher (1655 - 1716): “Conversation Concerning a Right Regulation of Government for the Common Good of Mankind” (1703)
Jessica: What kind of sound comes from a refrigerator with a built-in stereo?
Jillian: Very cool music.
The Tutor
A Tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to teach two young tooters to toot.
Said the two to the Tutor,
“Is it harder to toot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?”
By Carolyn Wells (Carolyn Wells Houghton (1862 - 1942))
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There’s music in the sighing of a reed;
There’s music in the gushing of a rill;
There’s music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.
-George Gordon Byron (also known as Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)): “Don Juan” (1818 - 1824), Canto XV, Stanza 5
Two musicians were walking down the street, and one said to the other, “Was that a piccolo I saw you with last night?” The other replied, “That was no piccolo, that was my fife.”
Adolphe Sax was born in Belgium in the early nineteenth century. He grew up accident prone: He was struck on the head by a brick, swallowed a needle, fell down a flight of stairs, toppled himself onto a burning stove, and accidentally drank sulfuric acid. None of this, however, prevented him from perfecting, in 1835, a wind instrument combining the reed mouthpiece of a clarinet with a bent conical tube of metal, equipped with finger keys. In his honor, it is called the saxophone.
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“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))
Dancer: Say, can’t you stretch the music a little longer - just a dance or two more?
Band Leader: Sorry, sir, this isn’t a rubber band.
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“I believe that the use of noise to make music will continue and increase until we reach a music produced through the aid of electrical instruments.” -John Cage (John Milton Cage, Junior (1912 - 1992)): “The Future of Music: Credo” (1937)
“Music is what feelings sound like.” -Author Unknown
“Every troublesome and laborious occupation useth musicke for solace and recreation; hence it is that manual labourers and mechanical artificers of all sorts keepe such a chaunting and singing in their shoppes - the tailor on his bulk, the shoemaker at his last, the mason at his wall, the ship boy at his oar, and the tinker at his pan.” -Thomas Mace (about 1620 - about 1710)
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Sign on a music shop door: Gone Chopin. Back in a Minuet.
Important Stuff About Music
- A trumpet is an instrument when it is not an elephant sound.
- A tuba is much larger than its name.
- Cymbals are round metal clangs.
- Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English - and so altogether, he was rather large.
- Most authorities agree that the music of antiquity was written long ago.
- The main trouble with a French horn is that it is too tangled up.
- The most dangerous part about playing cymbals is being near the noise.
- Tubas are a bit too much.
- When a singer sings, he or she stirs up the air and makes it hit any passing eardrums. But if the singer is good, he or she knows how to keep it from hurting people’s eardrums.
“Music is a friend of labor, for it lightens the task by refreshing the nerves and spirit of the worker.” -William Green (1873 - 1952)
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“Brass bands are all very well in their place: outdoors and several miles away.” -Thomas Beecham (1897 - 1961)
“One man’s noise is another man’s music.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Music is medicine to man.” -Author Unknown: inscription on Bell Number 4 at Saint Mary’s Church in Harrow-on-the-Hill, England
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Harmony.
Harmony, who?
Harmony more jokes like these can a person take?
“Composers should write tunes the chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.” -Thomas Beecham (1879 - 1961): as quoted in the “New York Times” (9 March 1961) newspaper
“. . . music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life . . .” [translation to English]
“. . . die Musik wäscht ihnen den Alltagsstaub von der Seele . . .” [original German]
-Berthold Auerbach (1812 - 1882): “Auf der Höhe” (English: “On the Heights”) (1866) novel
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“What is music? The very existence of music is wonderful, I might even say miraculous. Its domain is between thought and phenomena. Like a twilight mediator, it hovers between spirit and matter, related to both, yet differing from each. It is spirit, but spirit subject to the measurement of time; it is matter, but matter that can dispense with space.” -Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856): “Letters on the French Stage” (1837)
“Music is a part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.” -Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (about C.E. 480 - about C.E. 524): “De Institutione Musica”
Marla: Why did the punk rocker take a pen and paper onstage?
Darla: He wanted to draw a big crowd.
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“Give me the making of the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.” -Andrew Fletcher (1655 - 1716): “Conversation Concerning a Right Regulation of Government for the Common Good of Mankind” (1703)
Jessica: What kind of sound comes from a refrigerator with a built-in stereo?
Jillian: Very cool music.
The Tutor
A Tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to teach two young tooters to toot.
Said the two to the Tutor,
“Is it harder to toot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?”
By Carolyn Wells (Carolyn Wells Houghton (1862 - 1942))
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There’s music in the sighing of a reed;
There’s music in the gushing of a rill;
There’s music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.
-George Gordon Byron (also known as Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)): “Don Juan” (1818 - 1824), Canto XV, Stanza 5
Two musicians were walking down the street, and one said to the other, “Was that a piccolo I saw you with last night?” The other replied, “That was no piccolo, that was my fife.”
Adolphe Sax was born in Belgium in the early nineteenth century. He grew up accident prone: He was struck on the head by a brick, swallowed a needle, fell down a flight of stairs, toppled himself onto a burning stove, and accidentally drank sulfuric acid. None of this, however, prevented him from perfecting, in 1835, a wind instrument combining the reed mouthpiece of a clarinet with a bent conical tube of metal, equipped with finger keys. In his honor, it is called the saxophone.
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“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))
Dancer: Say, can’t you stretch the music a little longer - just a dance or two more?
Band Leader: Sorry, sir, this isn’t a rubber band.
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“I believe that the use of noise to make music will continue and increase until we reach a music produced through the aid of electrical instruments.” -John Cage (John Milton Cage, Junior (1912 - 1992)): “The Future of Music: Credo” (1937)
“Music is what feelings sound like.” -Author Unknown
“Every troublesome and laborious occupation useth musicke for solace and recreation; hence it is that manual labourers and mechanical artificers of all sorts keepe such a chaunting and singing in their shoppes - the tailor on his bulk, the shoemaker at his last, the mason at his wall, the ship boy at his oar, and the tinker at his pan.” -Thomas Mace (about 1620 - about 1710)
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Sign on a music shop door: Gone Chopin. Back in a Minuet.
Important Stuff About Music
- A trumpet is an instrument when it is not an elephant sound.
- A tuba is much larger than its name.
- Cymbals are round metal clangs.
- Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English - and so altogether, he was rather large.
- Most authorities agree that the music of antiquity was written long ago.
- The main trouble with a French horn is that it is too tangled up.
- The most dangerous part about playing cymbals is being near the noise.
- Tubas are a bit too much.
- When a singer sings, he or she stirs up the air and makes it hit any passing eardrums. But if the singer is good, he or she knows how to keep it from hurting people’s eardrums.
“Music is a friend of labor, for it lightens the task by refreshing the nerves and spirit of the worker.” -William Green (1873 - 1952)
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“Brass bands are all very well in their place: outdoors and several miles away.” -Thomas Beecham (1897 - 1961)
“One man’s noise is another man’s music.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Music is medicine to man.” -Author Unknown: inscription on Bell Number 4 at Saint Mary’s Church in Harrow-on-the-Hill, England
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String instruments create sound with strings. The strings may be plucked, as in a guitar or harp; bowed, as with a cello or a violin; or struck, as with a dulcimer. When the strings vibrate, they create sound. In addition to the instruments already mentioned, in the String Family are the banjos, basses, electric guitars, fiddles, ukuleles, violas, zithers, and other similar instruments.
“Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial.” -John Chrysostom (about C.E. 345 - C.E. 407)
“The noisy drum hath nothing in it, but mere air.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732)
Suggested Minimum Safe Distances Between Street Musicians And Audiences
- Violinist: 25 feet.
- Bad violinist: 50 feet.
- Tone-deaf guitar player who knows 3 chords: 75 feet.
- 15 year-old electric guitar player with a Nirvana complex: 100 feet.
- Accordionist: 60 miles.
- Bagpipe player: 2 continents.
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“If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): “Complete Works of Aristotle,” Volume 1
“Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life.” -Jean Paul Richter (pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763 - 1825)): “Titan” (1800 - 1803)
If you wanted to learn to play a musical instrument, which one would you choose, and why?
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“Music doth extenuate fears, furies, appeaseth cruelty, abateth heaviness, and to such as are wakeful it causeth quiet rest; it cures all irksomeness and heaviness of soul.” -Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator (also known simply as Cassiodorus (about C.E. 485 - about C.E. 585)): “The Divine Letters” (about 550)
“I went to watch Pavarotti once. He doesn’t like it when you join in.” -Mick Miller
“Music: A beautiful succession of sounds.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. If heed is not paid to this, it is not true music but a diabolical bawling and twanging.” -J. S. Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750))
Musical instruments have been traditionally grouped - for the most part - into one of four ‘Families,’ based on how they produce sound. The families are the Brasswind instruments, the Percussion instruments, the String instruments, and the Woodwind instruments. Additional families, including the Keyboard instruments and the Electronic instruments, have been suggested more recently. A few instruments, such as the piano, do not fit neatly into just one family group. The piano has strings that vibrate like the Stringed instruments, and hammers that strike like the Percussion instruments.
“There are only twelve tones. You must treat them carefully.” -Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
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“When you are about thirty-five years old, something terrible always happens to music.” -Steve Race
Brasswind instruments are made of brass or other metals, and make sound when air blows through them. The musician’s lips buzz against the mouthpiece, as though making a raspberry noise. Air then vibrates inside the instrument to produce sound. The Brasswind Family includes bugles, cornets, French horns, sousaphones, trombones, trumpets, tubas, and other instruments. Some people shorten ‘Brasswind’ to simply ‘Brass.’
“There is many music. There is almost as many music as there are folk. There are a fantastic number of folk. There is therefore, many folk music.” -Mort Goode (Morton ‘Mort’ Goode (about 1912 - about 1993)), record album notes (1960)
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The definition of a flute, according to David W. Barber, in his book, “A Musician’s Dictionary,” is as follows: “A sophisticated pea-shooter with a range up to five hundred yards and deadly accuracy in close quarters. Blown transversely to confuse the enemy, it can be dismantled into three small pieces, for easy concealment.”
Who hears music feels his solitude
Peopled at once.
-Robert Browning (1812 - 1889): “Balaustion’s Adventure” (August 1871), line 323 and 324
Music, the greatest good that mortals know,
And all of Heaven we have below.
-Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719): “Song for St Cectufs Day” (1692), stanza 3
Skiffle is a music genre featuring homemade musical instruments and other unusual musical instruments, such as cigar box guitars and washtub banjos.
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Buffy: How do you fix a broken tuba?
Dottie: With a tuba glue.
“I have always loved music; who so has skill in this art is of a good temperament, fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools; a schoolmaster ought to have skill in music, or I would not regard him; neither should we ordain young men as preachers unless they have been well exercised in music.” -Martin Luther (1483 - 1546): “Table Talk” (1569)
Daren: What does a musician use to clean his teeth?
Karen: A tootbrush and a tuba tootpaste.
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“‘Ah, music,’ he said, wiping his eyes. ‘A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!’” -J. K. Rowling (pseudonym of Joanne ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965)): “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” book (2005) and film (2009), words of character Albus Dumbledore
Percussion instruments make sound when they are struck, shaken, rubbed, scratched, or are otherwise subject to mechanical action. The Percussion Family includes bass drums, chimes, cowbells, cymbals, glockenspiels (bells), maracas, marimbas, snare drums, tam-tams (gongs), tambourines, timpani (kettle) drums, triangles, wood blocks, xylophones, and some other instruments. Grand pianos (uprights) can be included in this family, although they can also be included in the Strings and the Keyboards.
“If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum.” -Author Unknown
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“Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial.” -John Chrysostom (about C.E. 345 - C.E. 407)
“The noisy drum hath nothing in it, but mere air.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732)
Suggested Minimum Safe Distances Between Street Musicians And Audiences
- Violinist: 25 feet.
- Bad violinist: 50 feet.
- Tone-deaf guitar player who knows 3 chords: 75 feet.
- 15 year-old electric guitar player with a Nirvana complex: 100 feet.
- Accordionist: 60 miles.
- Bagpipe player: 2 continents.
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“If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): “Complete Works of Aristotle,” Volume 1
“Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life.” -Jean Paul Richter (pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763 - 1825)): “Titan” (1800 - 1803)
If you wanted to learn to play a musical instrument, which one would you choose, and why?
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“Music doth extenuate fears, furies, appeaseth cruelty, abateth heaviness, and to such as are wakeful it causeth quiet rest; it cures all irksomeness and heaviness of soul.” -Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator (also known simply as Cassiodorus (about C.E. 485 - about C.E. 585)): “The Divine Letters” (about 550)
“I went to watch Pavarotti once. He doesn’t like it when you join in.” -Mick Miller
“Music: A beautiful succession of sounds.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. If heed is not paid to this, it is not true music but a diabolical bawling and twanging.” -J. S. Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750))
Musical instruments have been traditionally grouped - for the most part - into one of four ‘Families,’ based on how they produce sound. The families are the Brasswind instruments, the Percussion instruments, the String instruments, and the Woodwind instruments. Additional families, including the Keyboard instruments and the Electronic instruments, have been suggested more recently. A few instruments, such as the piano, do not fit neatly into just one family group. The piano has strings that vibrate like the Stringed instruments, and hammers that strike like the Percussion instruments.
“There are only twelve tones. You must treat them carefully.” -Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
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“When you are about thirty-five years old, something terrible always happens to music.” -Steve Race
Brasswind instruments are made of brass or other metals, and make sound when air blows through them. The musician’s lips buzz against the mouthpiece, as though making a raspberry noise. Air then vibrates inside the instrument to produce sound. The Brasswind Family includes bugles, cornets, French horns, sousaphones, trombones, trumpets, tubas, and other instruments. Some people shorten ‘Brasswind’ to simply ‘Brass.’
“There is many music. There is almost as many music as there are folk. There are a fantastic number of folk. There is therefore, many folk music.” -Mort Goode (Morton ‘Mort’ Goode (about 1912 - about 1993)), record album notes (1960)
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The definition of a flute, according to David W. Barber, in his book, “A Musician’s Dictionary,” is as follows: “A sophisticated pea-shooter with a range up to five hundred yards and deadly accuracy in close quarters. Blown transversely to confuse the enemy, it can be dismantled into three small pieces, for easy concealment.”
Who hears music feels his solitude
Peopled at once.
-Robert Browning (1812 - 1889): “Balaustion’s Adventure” (August 1871), line 323 and 324
Music, the greatest good that mortals know,
And all of Heaven we have below.
-Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719): “Song for St Cectufs Day” (1692), stanza 3
Skiffle is a music genre featuring homemade musical instruments and other unusual musical instruments, such as cigar box guitars and washtub banjos.
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Buffy: How do you fix a broken tuba?
Dottie: With a tuba glue.
“I have always loved music; who so has skill in this art is of a good temperament, fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools; a schoolmaster ought to have skill in music, or I would not regard him; neither should we ordain young men as preachers unless they have been well exercised in music.” -Martin Luther (1483 - 1546): “Table Talk” (1569)
Daren: What does a musician use to clean his teeth?
Karen: A tootbrush and a tuba tootpaste.
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“‘Ah, music,’ he said, wiping his eyes. ‘A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!’” -J. K. Rowling (pseudonym of Joanne ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965)): “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” book (2005) and film (2009), words of character Albus Dumbledore
Percussion instruments make sound when they are struck, shaken, rubbed, scratched, or are otherwise subject to mechanical action. The Percussion Family includes bass drums, chimes, cowbells, cymbals, glockenspiels (bells), maracas, marimbas, snare drums, tam-tams (gongs), tambourines, timpani (kettle) drums, triangles, wood blocks, xylophones, and some other instruments. Grand pianos (uprights) can be included in this family, although they can also be included in the Strings and the Keyboards.
“If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum.” -Author Unknown
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“Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.” -Thomas Fuller (about 1608 - 1661): “The History of the Worthies of England” (1662), ‘Musicians’
“Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic.” -Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716)
License plate seen on a professional bass clarinetist car: BSSCLRNT.
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“Never forget that music is much too important to be left entirely in the hands of professionals.” -Robert Fulghum (Robert Lee Fulghum (born 1937))
Good Reasons To Play The Tuba
8. People like shiny objects.
7. It is better than playing bagpipes.
6. When you play, people listen.
5. During rehearsal, you get to sit in the back of the room.
4. During marching practice, you can use the bell to block out the Sun.
3. People hold doors open for you.
2. You don’t have to wear those silly hats.
1. You will never be blamed for being the one with the squeaky reed.
“Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” -Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson ‘Bill’ Nye (1850 - 1896)), referring to Richard Wagner
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Play, orchestra play,
Play something light and sweet and gay,
For we must have music,
We must have music,
To drive our fears away.
-Noël Coward (Noël Pierce Coward (1899 - 1973)): “Play, Orchestra Play,” song
“The hardest thing in the world is to start an orchestra, and the next hardest, to stop it.” -Hans Richter (1843 - 1916)
The human body can make a wide range of different vocal and percussive sounds. The vocalizations can include singing, chanting, humming, and yodeling. Percussives include clapping the hands, clicking the tongue, and snapping the fingers.
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Woodwind instruments produce sound when air (wind) is blown inside. Air might be blown across an edge, as with a flute; between a reed and a surface, as with a clarinet; or between two reeds, as with a bassoon. Sound is made when air vibrates inside the instruments. Other instruments belonging to the Woodwind Family include alto clarinets, alto saxophones, baritone saxophones, bass clarinets, English horns, oboes, piccolos, recorders, soprano saxophones, and tenor saxophones.
Kermit: How do you make a small fortune in folk music?
Armand: Start with a large fortune.
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“Humming is mumbling musically.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Music is in all growing things;
And underneath the silky wings
Of smallest insects there is stirred
A pulse of air that must be heard;
Earth’s silence lives, and throbs, and sings.
-George Parsons Lathrop (1851 - 1898): “Music And Growth”
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Keyboard instruments produce sound electronically, with the exception of upright pianos such as the Grand Piano, which can be included both in this group and in the Percussion Family, and organs, some of which could fit into the Brasswind or Woodwind instruments Families. Among the other members of the Keyboards are electronic keyboards and synthesizers, which can mimic the sounds of any musical instruments and can make their own unique sounds.
“The dulcimer is the wild animal of the musical kingdom. It can be anything: bagpipe, guitar, fiddle, banjo, slide guitar, harpsichord, mandolin, but mostly itself, a droning, angelic power chord of delicacy that lives in its own world, in tune with its surroundings at a level that the well-tempered revolution could never quite tame.” -David Schnaufer (1952 - 2006) (2005)
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“An agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.” -J. S. Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)), a definition of music: as quoted in Derek Watson: “Music Quotations” (1911)
“Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.” -Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)
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“Music is the universal language, because it is the language of the universe.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
Music’s force can tame the furious beast;
Can make the wolf or foaming boar restrain
His rage; the lion drops his crested mane
Attentive to the song.
-Matthew Prior (1664 - 1721): as published in John Wesley (1703 - 1791): “A Collection of Moral and Sacred Poems From the Most Celebrated English Authors” (1744), Volume 1
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“Music is the eye of the ear.” -Thomas Draxe (birth year unknown - 1618): “Bibliotheca” (1616)
James: How many jazz musicians does it take to change a light bulb?
Kirk: None - jazz musicians can’t afford light bulbs.
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One of the greatest conductors of all time was Arturo Toscanini, whose skill was shown during a rehearsal of Claude Debussy’s “La Mer.” He wanted to achieve an especially spiritual effect in one passage. His vocabulary in English was not vast, and he was at a loss for words to describe exactly what he wanted the orchestra to do. He took a large white silk handkerchief from his coat pocket and threw it high into the air. Every player in the group was mesmerized as the handkerchief floated softly and hypnotically to the floor. “There,” Toscanini said, smiling, “play it like that!”
“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.” -Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
“I guess all songs is folk songs. I never heard no horse sing ’em.” -Big Bill Broonzy (1893 - 1958): as quoted by Charles Keil: “Urban Blues” (1966)
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Life has its music; let us seek a way
Not to jangle the chords whereon we play.
-Archilochus of Paros
We are MFOL! . . . please be advised that some of the humor that follows may be a little offbeat . . .
“Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic.” -Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716)
License plate seen on a professional bass clarinetist car: BSSCLRNT.
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“Never forget that music is much too important to be left entirely in the hands of professionals.” -Robert Fulghum (Robert Lee Fulghum (born 1937))
Good Reasons To Play The Tuba
8. People like shiny objects.
7. It is better than playing bagpipes.
6. When you play, people listen.
5. During rehearsal, you get to sit in the back of the room.
4. During marching practice, you can use the bell to block out the Sun.
3. People hold doors open for you.
2. You don’t have to wear those silly hats.
1. You will never be blamed for being the one with the squeaky reed.
“Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” -Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson ‘Bill’ Nye (1850 - 1896)), referring to Richard Wagner
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Play, orchestra play,
Play something light and sweet and gay,
For we must have music,
We must have music,
To drive our fears away.
-Noël Coward (Noël Pierce Coward (1899 - 1973)): “Play, Orchestra Play,” song
“The hardest thing in the world is to start an orchestra, and the next hardest, to stop it.” -Hans Richter (1843 - 1916)
The human body can make a wide range of different vocal and percussive sounds. The vocalizations can include singing, chanting, humming, and yodeling. Percussives include clapping the hands, clicking the tongue, and snapping the fingers.
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Woodwind instruments produce sound when air (wind) is blown inside. Air might be blown across an edge, as with a flute; between a reed and a surface, as with a clarinet; or between two reeds, as with a bassoon. Sound is made when air vibrates inside the instruments. Other instruments belonging to the Woodwind Family include alto clarinets, alto saxophones, baritone saxophones, bass clarinets, English horns, oboes, piccolos, recorders, soprano saxophones, and tenor saxophones.
Kermit: How do you make a small fortune in folk music?
Armand: Start with a large fortune.
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“Humming is mumbling musically.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Music is in all growing things;
And underneath the silky wings
Of smallest insects there is stirred
A pulse of air that must be heard;
Earth’s silence lives, and throbs, and sings.
-George Parsons Lathrop (1851 - 1898): “Music And Growth”
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Keyboard instruments produce sound electronically, with the exception of upright pianos such as the Grand Piano, which can be included both in this group and in the Percussion Family, and organs, some of which could fit into the Brasswind or Woodwind instruments Families. Among the other members of the Keyboards are electronic keyboards and synthesizers, which can mimic the sounds of any musical instruments and can make their own unique sounds.
“The dulcimer is the wild animal of the musical kingdom. It can be anything: bagpipe, guitar, fiddle, banjo, slide guitar, harpsichord, mandolin, but mostly itself, a droning, angelic power chord of delicacy that lives in its own world, in tune with its surroundings at a level that the well-tempered revolution could never quite tame.” -David Schnaufer (1952 - 2006) (2005)
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“An agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.” -J. S. Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)), a definition of music: as quoted in Derek Watson: “Music Quotations” (1911)
“Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.” -Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)
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“Music is the universal language, because it is the language of the universe.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
Music’s force can tame the furious beast;
Can make the wolf or foaming boar restrain
His rage; the lion drops his crested mane
Attentive to the song.
-Matthew Prior (1664 - 1721): as published in John Wesley (1703 - 1791): “A Collection of Moral and Sacred Poems From the Most Celebrated English Authors” (1744), Volume 1
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“Music is the eye of the ear.” -Thomas Draxe (birth year unknown - 1618): “Bibliotheca” (1616)
James: How many jazz musicians does it take to change a light bulb?
Kirk: None - jazz musicians can’t afford light bulbs.
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One of the greatest conductors of all time was Arturo Toscanini, whose skill was shown during a rehearsal of Claude Debussy’s “La Mer.” He wanted to achieve an especially spiritual effect in one passage. His vocabulary in English was not vast, and he was at a loss for words to describe exactly what he wanted the orchestra to do. He took a large white silk handkerchief from his coat pocket and threw it high into the air. Every player in the group was mesmerized as the handkerchief floated softly and hypnotically to the floor. “There,” Toscanini said, smiling, “play it like that!”
“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.” -Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
“I guess all songs is folk songs. I never heard no horse sing ’em.” -Big Bill Broonzy (1893 - 1958): as quoted by Charles Keil: “Urban Blues” (1966)
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Life has its music; let us seek a way
Not to jangle the chords whereon we play.
-Archilochus of Paros
We are MFOL! . . . please be advised that some of the humor that follows may be a little offbeat . . .
“You can accomplish virtually anything if you want it badly enough and if you are willing to work long enough and hard enough.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“Dig where the gold is unless you just need some exercise.” -John M. Capozzi: “Why Climb the Corporate Ladder When You Can Take the Elevator” (1994)
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“Much effort, much prosperity.” -Euripides (480 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“I believe people who work 12 hours a day should go home with bigger loaves of bread than people who work 8.” -Michael Levine
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“Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.” -Mary Lou Retton (Mary Lou ‘Lou’ Retton (born 1968))
Abundance comes not at your Beck.
The Fowls must Scratch before they Peck.
-Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943): “A Poet’s Proverbs” (1924), ‘Of Thrift’
“When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“Always take a job that is too big for you.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969)
“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“Who knows whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.” -Erich Fromm (Erich Seligmann Fromm (1900 - 1980))
“The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.” -William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830): “The Spirit of the Age” (1825), ‘Mr. Brougham - Sir F. Burdett’
“Efforts can have some amazing benefits.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))
“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
All that you do, do with all your might -
Things done by half are never quite right.
-Author Unknown
“Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.” -Adam Smith (1723 - 1790): “The Wealth of Nations” (1776)
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“The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.” -Luc de Clapiers (1715 - 1747)
“Labor is the great producer of wealth; it moves all other causes.” -Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852)
“All great success and achievement is preceded and accompanied by hard, hard, work. When in doubt, ‘try harder.’ And if that doesn’t work, try harder still!” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936)): “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” (1977)
“Energy, even like the Biblical grain of mustard-seed, will move mountains.” -Hosea Ballou (1771 - 1852)
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” -William Faulkner (William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner (1897 - 1962))
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“Nothing worth it ever comes without first putting in the hard work.” -Author Unknown
“The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/
“It’s true that the willing horse gets the heaviest load. It is also true that he develops the strongest muscles and gets the most oats.” -Author Unknown
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“We work to become, not to acquire.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): “A Thousand and One Epigrams” (1911)
“No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.” -Channing Pollock (1880 - 1946)
“Hard work pays off.” -Author Unknown
Without Pains,
No Gains.
-Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 6360
“You get what you work for, not what you wish for.” -Author Unknown
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“There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.” -Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 - 1881)
“Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the tradeoff they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.” -Lou Holtz (Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz (born 1937))
“Dig where the gold is unless you just need some exercise.” -John M. Capozzi: “Why Climb the Corporate Ladder When You Can Take the Elevator” (1994)
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“Much effort, much prosperity.” -Euripides (480 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“I believe people who work 12 hours a day should go home with bigger loaves of bread than people who work 8.” -Michael Levine
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“Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.” -Mary Lou Retton (Mary Lou ‘Lou’ Retton (born 1968))
Abundance comes not at your Beck.
The Fowls must Scratch before they Peck.
-Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943): “A Poet’s Proverbs” (1924), ‘Of Thrift’
“When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“Always take a job that is too big for you.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969)
“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912)
“Who knows whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.” -Erich Fromm (Erich Seligmann Fromm (1900 - 1980))
“The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.” -William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830): “The Spirit of the Age” (1825), ‘Mr. Brougham - Sir F. Burdett’
“Efforts can have some amazing benefits.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))
“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
All that you do, do with all your might -
Things done by half are never quite right.
-Author Unknown
“Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.” -Adam Smith (1723 - 1790): “The Wealth of Nations” (1776)
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“The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.” -Luc de Clapiers (1715 - 1747)
“Labor is the great producer of wealth; it moves all other causes.” -Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852)
“All great success and achievement is preceded and accompanied by hard, hard, work. When in doubt, ‘try harder.’ And if that doesn’t work, try harder still!” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936)): “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” (1977)
“Energy, even like the Biblical grain of mustard-seed, will move mountains.” -Hosea Ballou (1771 - 1852)
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” -William Faulkner (William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner (1897 - 1962))
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“Nothing worth it ever comes without first putting in the hard work.” -Author Unknown
“The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/
“It’s true that the willing horse gets the heaviest load. It is also true that he develops the strongest muscles and gets the most oats.” -Author Unknown
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“We work to become, not to acquire.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): “A Thousand and One Epigrams” (1911)
“No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.” -Channing Pollock (1880 - 1946)
“Hard work pays off.” -Author Unknown
Without Pains,
No Gains.
-Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 6360
“You get what you work for, not what you wish for.” -Author Unknown
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“There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.” -Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819 - 1881)
“Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the tradeoff they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.” -Lou Holtz (Louis Leo ‘Lou’ Holtz (born 1937))
With useless endeavor
Forever, forever,
Is Sisyphus rolling
His stone up the mountain!
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882): “The Masque of Pandora” (1875), Part V, ‘The House of Epimetheus,’ ‘Chorus of the Eumenides’
Sisyphus is a character in Greek mythology. He displeased the supernatural mythological beings, and as a result was punished by having to push a boulder up a hill, only to have the boulder roll back down, and so he had to repeat rolling the boulder up the hill again and again . . . only to have it roll back down again and again - apparently forever. The answer to the question, “Are we ever going to make it up this hill?” for Sisyphus is, “No!” Fortunately, you are not Sisyphus. However, if ever you do seem to find yourself in an exercise in futility, or doing something in which progress does not seem to be happening, keep trying and perhaps try changing your try-angle, or approach to the situation, while continuing to work on other things.
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“There’s no substitute for hard work.” -John Wooden (John Robert Wooden (1910 - 2010))
“In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. Chance is not. Gifts, powers, material, intellectual, and spiritual possessions are the fruits of effort; they are thoughts completed, objects accomplished, visions realized.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912): “As A Man Thinketh,” (1902), ‘Visions and Ideals’
“The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
“He that would eat the fruit, must climb the tree.” -Author Unknown: Scottish proverb
“He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit.” -Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
“Whatever you give to life will return to you - multiplied! This applies to our daily thoughts, feelings, and actions, be they positive or negative, uplifting or depressing.” -Frederick W. Babbel (Frederick William Babbel (1915 - 2001))
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“Nobody gets to run the mill by doing run-of-the-mill work.” -Thomas J. Frey
“Work is the grand cure for all maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind - honest work, which you intend getting done.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): address as Lord Rector of Edinburgh University (2 April 1866), as quoted in A. L. Ward, editor: “A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose” (1889)
“No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.” -Charles Kendall Adams (1835 - 1902)
“The man who rolls up his sleeves seldom loses his shirt.” -Thomas Cowan (Thomas ‘Tom’ Cowan (born 1969))
“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.” -Calvin Coolidge (John Calvin ‘Calvin’ Coolidge, Junior (1872 - 1933))
“If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.” -Xun Kuang (also known as Hsun Tzu, Xun Zi, and Xunzi (about 310 B.C.E. - about 235 B.C.E.))
“Be hard-working and surround yourself with hard-working people.” -Author Unknown
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“Getting the most out of life is giving life your most.” -Janice Markowitz
“There is no excellence anywhere without labor. We would think a man foolish indeed who would say, ‘I am willing that my business should prosper or that my farm should yield plentifully but I’ll not stir a peg.’ But he is no more foolish than the man who says, ‘I am willing that God should bless me abundantly but I shall not do anything toward that end myself.’ We must consistently rely upon the help of the Lord but we will not make any progress or meet with any success unless we put forth an earnest effort.” -Charles W. Nibley (Charles Wilson Nibley (1849 - 1931))
“If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you.” -Michael Jordan (born 1963)
“Nobody ever found a buried treasure without digging for it. Most success is beneath the surface. Dig every day.” -George W. Cummings, Senior: as quoted in Paul D. Cummings: “Lessons at the Fence Post” (November 1996)
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“It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles.” -Claude M. Bristol (Claude Myron Bristol (1891 - 1951))
“Nothing will work unless you do.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))
“Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.” -Edward H. Harriman (Edward Henry Harriman)
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“For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice.” -John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)
“If you’re not willing to put in the effort, don’t expect anything in return.” -Author Unknown
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If little labour, little are our gaines:
Man’s fortunes are according to his paines.
-Robert Herrick (about 1591 - 1674): “Hesperides” (1648), ‘No Paines, No Gaines’
“To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle.” -William Osler (1849 - 1919): as quoted in Larry Change: “Wisdom for the Soul” (2006), page 678
“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” -Roger Bannister (Roger Gilbert Bannister (1929 - 2018))
“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.” -Liane Cordes: “The Reflecting Pond: Meditations for Self-Discovery” (1981), page 89
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“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are stacked against you.” -Arnold Palmer (Arnold Daniel Palmer (1929 - 2016))
“Men will get no more out of life than they put into it.” -William J. H. Boetcker (William John Henry Boetcker (1873 - 1962))
“It is better to wear out than to rust out.” -Frances E. Willard (Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839 - 1898))
“Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.” -Lowell Thomas (Lowell Jackson Thomas (1892 - 1981))
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“Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): as quoted in Horace Smith: “The Tin Trumpet” (1859)
“Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824)
“I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.” -Jonas Salk (Jonas Edward Salk (1914 - 1995)): on receiving a Congressional Medal for Distinguished Civilian Achievement (23 April 1956)
“Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.” -Booker T. Washington (Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 - 1915)): “Up From Slavery” (1901), Chapter XII: ‘Raising Money’
“I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do. I learned that at a young age.” -Christine Marie ‘Chris’ Evert (born 1954)
“I’ve got a theory that if you give one-hundred percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” -Larry Bird (Larry Joe Bird (born 1956))
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“Four little words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: A little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.” -A. Lou Vickery
“Do more than you’re supposed to do and you can have or be or do anything you want.” -Bill Sands (born 1953)
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“If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.” -Jigoro Kano: as quoted in Neil Ohlenkamp: “Black Belt: Judo Skills and Techniques” (2006), page 36
“Celebrate the effort, for it is in the trying that you discover you.” -Sima Dahl
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We are MFOL! . . . and we just might live the good life yet . . . if we put in the effort . . .
Forever, forever,
Is Sisyphus rolling
His stone up the mountain!
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882): “The Masque of Pandora” (1875), Part V, ‘The House of Epimetheus,’ ‘Chorus of the Eumenides’
Sisyphus is a character in Greek mythology. He displeased the supernatural mythological beings, and as a result was punished by having to push a boulder up a hill, only to have the boulder roll back down, and so he had to repeat rolling the boulder up the hill again and again . . . only to have it roll back down again and again - apparently forever. The answer to the question, “Are we ever going to make it up this hill?” for Sisyphus is, “No!” Fortunately, you are not Sisyphus. However, if ever you do seem to find yourself in an exercise in futility, or doing something in which progress does not seem to be happening, keep trying and perhaps try changing your try-angle, or approach to the situation, while continuing to work on other things.
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“There’s no substitute for hard work.” -John Wooden (John Robert Wooden (1910 - 2010))
“In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. Chance is not. Gifts, powers, material, intellectual, and spiritual possessions are the fruits of effort; they are thoughts completed, objects accomplished, visions realized.” -James Allen (1864 - 1912): “As A Man Thinketh,” (1902), ‘Visions and Ideals’
“The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
“He that would eat the fruit, must climb the tree.” -Author Unknown: Scottish proverb
“He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit.” -Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
“Whatever you give to life will return to you - multiplied! This applies to our daily thoughts, feelings, and actions, be they positive or negative, uplifting or depressing.” -Frederick W. Babbel (Frederick William Babbel (1915 - 2001))
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“Nobody gets to run the mill by doing run-of-the-mill work.” -Thomas J. Frey
“Work is the grand cure for all maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind - honest work, which you intend getting done.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): address as Lord Rector of Edinburgh University (2 April 1866), as quoted in A. L. Ward, editor: “A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose” (1889)
“No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.” -Charles Kendall Adams (1835 - 1902)
“The man who rolls up his sleeves seldom loses his shirt.” -Thomas Cowan (Thomas ‘Tom’ Cowan (born 1969))
“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.” -Calvin Coolidge (John Calvin ‘Calvin’ Coolidge, Junior (1872 - 1933))
“If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.” -Xun Kuang (also known as Hsun Tzu, Xun Zi, and Xunzi (about 310 B.C.E. - about 235 B.C.E.))
“Be hard-working and surround yourself with hard-working people.” -Author Unknown
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“Getting the most out of life is giving life your most.” -Janice Markowitz
“There is no excellence anywhere without labor. We would think a man foolish indeed who would say, ‘I am willing that my business should prosper or that my farm should yield plentifully but I’ll not stir a peg.’ But he is no more foolish than the man who says, ‘I am willing that God should bless me abundantly but I shall not do anything toward that end myself.’ We must consistently rely upon the help of the Lord but we will not make any progress or meet with any success unless we put forth an earnest effort.” -Charles W. Nibley (Charles Wilson Nibley (1849 - 1931))
“If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you.” -Michael Jordan (born 1963)
“Nobody ever found a buried treasure without digging for it. Most success is beneath the surface. Dig every day.” -George W. Cummings, Senior: as quoted in Paul D. Cummings: “Lessons at the Fence Post” (November 1996)
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“It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles.” -Claude M. Bristol (Claude Myron Bristol (1891 - 1951))
“Nothing will work unless you do.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))
“Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.” -Edward H. Harriman (Edward Henry Harriman)
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“For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice.” -John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)
“If you’re not willing to put in the effort, don’t expect anything in return.” -Author Unknown
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If little labour, little are our gaines:
Man’s fortunes are according to his paines.
-Robert Herrick (about 1591 - 1674): “Hesperides” (1648), ‘No Paines, No Gaines’
“To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle.” -William Osler (1849 - 1919): as quoted in Larry Change: “Wisdom for the Soul” (2006), page 678
“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” -Roger Bannister (Roger Gilbert Bannister (1929 - 2018))
“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.” -Liane Cordes: “The Reflecting Pond: Meditations for Self-Discovery” (1981), page 89
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“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are stacked against you.” -Arnold Palmer (Arnold Daniel Palmer (1929 - 2016))
“Men will get no more out of life than they put into it.” -William J. H. Boetcker (William John Henry Boetcker (1873 - 1962))
“It is better to wear out than to rust out.” -Frances E. Willard (Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839 - 1898))
“Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.” -Lowell Thomas (Lowell Jackson Thomas (1892 - 1981))
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“Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): as quoted in Horace Smith: “The Tin Trumpet” (1859)
“Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824)
“I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.” -Jonas Salk (Jonas Edward Salk (1914 - 1995)): on receiving a Congressional Medal for Distinguished Civilian Achievement (23 April 1956)
“Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.” -Booker T. Washington (Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 - 1915)): “Up From Slavery” (1901), Chapter XII: ‘Raising Money’
“I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do. I learned that at a young age.” -Christine Marie ‘Chris’ Evert (born 1954)
“I’ve got a theory that if you give one-hundred percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” -Larry Bird (Larry Joe Bird (born 1956))
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“Four little words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: A little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.” -A. Lou Vickery
“Do more than you’re supposed to do and you can have or be or do anything you want.” -Bill Sands (born 1953)
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“If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.” -Jigoro Kano: as quoted in Neil Ohlenkamp: “Black Belt: Judo Skills and Techniques” (2006), page 36
“Celebrate the effort, for it is in the trying that you discover you.” -Sima Dahl
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We are MFOL! . . . and we just might live the good life yet . . . if we put in the effort . . .
“I rhyme for fun.” -Robert Burns (1759 - 1796): “Epistle to James Smith” (1786)
“I still believe poetry is a kind of magic.” -Edward Field (born 1924): “A Frieze for a Temple of Love” (1998), page 201
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“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” -Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
“If there would be a recipe for a poem, these would be the ingredients: word sounds, rhythm, description, feeling, memory, rhyme, and imagination. They can be put together a thousand different ways, a thousand, thousand . . . more.” -Karla Kuskin (1932 - 2009)
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“It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “Essays: Second Series” (1842), ‘The Poet’
Billy: What is your favorite one-word poem?
Jacob: “Sunshine.”
Billy: Mine’s “Hippopotamus.”
“Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.” -Robert Gilfillan
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The world is full of poetry.
The air is living with its spirit;
and the waves dance
to the music of its melodies
And sparkle in its brightness.
-James Percival (James Gates Percival (1795 - 1856))
“It occurred to me that I would like to be a poet. The chief qualification, I understand is that you must be born. Well, I hunted up my birth certificate, and found that I was all right on that score.” -Hector Hugh Monro (1870 - 1916): “Reginald” (1904), ‘Reginald’s Rubaiyat’
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“If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.” -David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine (1936 - 2009))
Cats
Cats, no less liquid than their shadows,
Offer no angles to the wind.
They slip, diminished, neat, through loopholes
Less than themselves.
By A. S. J. Tessimond: “Cats” (1934), page 20
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There are said to be no words in the English language that rhyme with month, orange, purple, and silver. Unless, of course, someone like you makes up new words.
“A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.” -Edmond de Goncourt (Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt (1822 - 1896))
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“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.” -John Adams (1735 - 1826): letter to John Quincy Adams (14 May 1781)
As I Was Falling Down The Stair
As I was falling down the stair
I met a bump that wasn’t there;
It might have put me on the shelf
Except I wasn’t there myself.
By Hughes Mearns (1875 - 1965)
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“By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination; the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colors.” -Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800 - 1859)
“Take your materials from what is around you - if you see a dandelion, write about that; if it’s misty, write about the mist. The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.” -Masaoka Shiki
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I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
-Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918): “Trees” (1913)
“I do not care. If it does not rhyme, it is not a poem.” [English]
“Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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Aspire, Break Bounds.
Endeavor To Be Good,
And Better Still, Best.
-Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
Overheard: Poems that do not rhyme . . . are written by lazy poets.
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There Isn’t Time!
There isn’t time, there isn’t time
To do the things I want to do,
With all the mountain-tops to climb,
And all the woods to wander through,
And all the seas to sail upon,
And everywhere there is to go,
And all the people, everyone
Who lives upon the Earth, to know.
There’s only time, there’s only time
To know a few, and do a few,
And then sit down and make a rhyme
About the rest I want to do.
By Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965)
Wilhelm: The poet Robert Burns wrote, “To a Field Mouse.”
Wilbert: And did he get an answer?
“Poetry is the clear expression of mixed feelings.” -W. H. Auden (Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973))
Question not, but live and labor
Till yon goal be won,
Helping every feeble neighbor,
Seeking help from none;
Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another’s trouble,
Courage in your own.
-Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833 - 1870): “Ye Wearie Wayfarer,” Fytte VIII
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Deborah: How do poets say hello?
Barbara: Hey, haven’t we metaphor?
Jane: How do poets say goodbye?
Jean: “I’d like to linger a little longer but it’s getting alliter-late.”
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You speak
As one who fed on poetry.
-Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873)): “Richelieu” (1839) play, Act I, scene I
“Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.” -Don Marquis (Donald Robert Perry ‘Don’ Marquis (1878 - 1937)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
The poet and ornithologist
Differ in ways absurd.
One writes - “The bird is on the wing”;
The other answers - “No such thing!
The wing is on the bird.”
-Author Unknown
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Duncan: Why was John Keats always hounded by creditors?
Candace: Because he Ode so much.
How are poems made? Poems seldom pop out of people’s heads in a complete and finished form. Usually a subject or a short rhyme occurs to someone, and the person puts it in writing, then adds more lines, and then changes the words and punctuation many times before a poem begins to take form. Often poems are set aside for a time, and then the poet returns to them, reads them, and makes more changes. What eventually happens is one of three things: 1. the poet says to him or herself that a poem is good enough, though perhaps not perfect, and leaves it as is; 2. the poet gives up and discards the poem; 3. the poet finds the poem to be perfect and proudly proclaims it to the entire world or to a somewhat smaller audience.
I Saw A Man Pursuing The Horizon
I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
“It is futile,” I said,
“You can never -”
“You lie,” he cried,
And ran on.
By Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)
“I still believe poetry is a kind of magic.” -Edward Field (born 1924): “A Frieze for a Temple of Love” (1998), page 201
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“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” -Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
“If there would be a recipe for a poem, these would be the ingredients: word sounds, rhythm, description, feeling, memory, rhyme, and imagination. They can be put together a thousand different ways, a thousand, thousand . . . more.” -Karla Kuskin (1932 - 2009)
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“It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “Essays: Second Series” (1842), ‘The Poet’
Billy: What is your favorite one-word poem?
Jacob: “Sunshine.”
Billy: Mine’s “Hippopotamus.”
“Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.” -Robert Gilfillan
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The world is full of poetry.
The air is living with its spirit;
and the waves dance
to the music of its melodies
And sparkle in its brightness.
-James Percival (James Gates Percival (1795 - 1856))
“It occurred to me that I would like to be a poet. The chief qualification, I understand is that you must be born. Well, I hunted up my birth certificate, and found that I was all right on that score.” -Hector Hugh Monro (1870 - 1916): “Reginald” (1904), ‘Reginald’s Rubaiyat’
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“If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.” -David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine (1936 - 2009))
Cats
Cats, no less liquid than their shadows,
Offer no angles to the wind.
They slip, diminished, neat, through loopholes
Less than themselves.
By A. S. J. Tessimond: “Cats” (1934), page 20
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There are said to be no words in the English language that rhyme with month, orange, purple, and silver. Unless, of course, someone like you makes up new words.
“A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.” -Edmond de Goncourt (Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt (1822 - 1896))
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“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.” -John Adams (1735 - 1826): letter to John Quincy Adams (14 May 1781)
As I Was Falling Down The Stair
As I was falling down the stair
I met a bump that wasn’t there;
It might have put me on the shelf
Except I wasn’t there myself.
By Hughes Mearns (1875 - 1965)
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“By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination; the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colors.” -Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800 - 1859)
“Take your materials from what is around you - if you see a dandelion, write about that; if it’s misty, write about the mist. The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.” -Masaoka Shiki
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I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
-Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918): “Trees” (1913)
“I do not care. If it does not rhyme, it is not a poem.” [English]
“Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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Aspire, Break Bounds.
Endeavor To Be Good,
And Better Still, Best.
-Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
Overheard: Poems that do not rhyme . . . are written by lazy poets.
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There Isn’t Time!
There isn’t time, there isn’t time
To do the things I want to do,
With all the mountain-tops to climb,
And all the woods to wander through,
And all the seas to sail upon,
And everywhere there is to go,
And all the people, everyone
Who lives upon the Earth, to know.
There’s only time, there’s only time
To know a few, and do a few,
And then sit down and make a rhyme
About the rest I want to do.
By Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965)
Wilhelm: The poet Robert Burns wrote, “To a Field Mouse.”
Wilbert: And did he get an answer?
“Poetry is the clear expression of mixed feelings.” -W. H. Auden (Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973))
Question not, but live and labor
Till yon goal be won,
Helping every feeble neighbor,
Seeking help from none;
Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another’s trouble,
Courage in your own.
-Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833 - 1870): “Ye Wearie Wayfarer,” Fytte VIII
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Deborah: How do poets say hello?
Barbara: Hey, haven’t we metaphor?
Jane: How do poets say goodbye?
Jean: “I’d like to linger a little longer but it’s getting alliter-late.”
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You speak
As one who fed on poetry.
-Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873)): “Richelieu” (1839) play, Act I, scene I
“Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.” -Don Marquis (Donald Robert Perry ‘Don’ Marquis (1878 - 1937)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
The poet and ornithologist
Differ in ways absurd.
One writes - “The bird is on the wing”;
The other answers - “No such thing!
The wing is on the bird.”
-Author Unknown
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Duncan: Why was John Keats always hounded by creditors?
Candace: Because he Ode so much.
How are poems made? Poems seldom pop out of people’s heads in a complete and finished form. Usually a subject or a short rhyme occurs to someone, and the person puts it in writing, then adds more lines, and then changes the words and punctuation many times before a poem begins to take form. Often poems are set aside for a time, and then the poet returns to them, reads them, and makes more changes. What eventually happens is one of three things: 1. the poet says to him or herself that a poem is good enough, though perhaps not perfect, and leaves it as is; 2. the poet gives up and discards the poem; 3. the poet finds the poem to be perfect and proudly proclaims it to the entire world or to a somewhat smaller audience.
I Saw A Man Pursuing The Horizon
I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
“It is futile,” I said,
“You can never -”
“You lie,” he cried,
And ran on.
By Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)
“A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.” -Author Unknown
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P
P’s a poetical bore
Who recites his own lines by the score.
The ladies, poor dears,
Are all moved to tears
And strong men are moved - to the door.
By Oliver Herford (Oliver Brooke Herford (1860 or 1863 - 1935))
Poetic Outlook. A University of North Carolina English instructor introduced to his class what he termed, “one of the finest, most elegant lines of poetry in the English language.” He had duly recorded it in all of his notebooks as a constant reminder of its beauty. “Walk with light!” he quoted, and then repeated softly and blissfully to himself, “Walk with light . . . now isn’t that a wonderful thing to say to someone?” The class agreed, of course, and wished to know the author. “I suppose it’s anonymous,” said the instructor. “It’s written on a sign at the intersection of Franklin Street and Fourteenth Avenue.”
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A ‘poet laureate’ is a person chosen to voice the sentiments of a group or organization, such as a government or a private club, in poetry.
“I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.” -Thornton Wilder (Thornton Niven Wilder (1897 - 1975))
“If there’s no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.” -Robert Graves (Robert von Ranke Graves (1895 - 1985)): “Mammon and the Black Goddess” (1965), ‘Mammon’
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“If you want to write poetry you must earn a living some other way.” -T. S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 - 1965))
Lila: Why are poets poor?
Silas: Because rhyme does not pay.
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“A backwards poet writes inverse.” -Author Unknown
“Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.” -Paul Valéry (Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules ‘Paul’ Valéry (1871 - 1945)): as attributed in “The Reporter” (1958)
“Poetry equals the best words in the best order.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
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P
P’s a poetical bore
Who recites his own lines by the score.
The ladies, poor dears,
Are all moved to tears
And strong men are moved - to the door.
By Oliver Herford (Oliver Brooke Herford (1860 or 1863 - 1935))
Poetic Outlook. A University of North Carolina English instructor introduced to his class what he termed, “one of the finest, most elegant lines of poetry in the English language.” He had duly recorded it in all of his notebooks as a constant reminder of its beauty. “Walk with light!” he quoted, and then repeated softly and blissfully to himself, “Walk with light . . . now isn’t that a wonderful thing to say to someone?” The class agreed, of course, and wished to know the author. “I suppose it’s anonymous,” said the instructor. “It’s written on a sign at the intersection of Franklin Street and Fourteenth Avenue.”
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A ‘poet laureate’ is a person chosen to voice the sentiments of a group or organization, such as a government or a private club, in poetry.
“I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.” -Thornton Wilder (Thornton Niven Wilder (1897 - 1975))
“If there’s no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.” -Robert Graves (Robert von Ranke Graves (1895 - 1985)): “Mammon and the Black Goddess” (1965), ‘Mammon’
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“If you want to write poetry you must earn a living some other way.” -T. S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 - 1965))
Lila: Why are poets poor?
Silas: Because rhyme does not pay.
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“A backwards poet writes inverse.” -Author Unknown
“Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.” -Paul Valéry (Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules ‘Paul’ Valéry (1871 - 1945)): as attributed in “The Reporter” (1958)
“Poetry equals the best words in the best order.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
The Zigzag Boy And Girl
I know a little zigzag boy,
Who goes this way and that;
He never knows just where he puts
His coat or shoes or hat.
I know a little zigzag girl,
Who flutters here and there;
She never knows just where to find
Her brush to fix her hair.
If you are not a zigzag child,
You’ll have no cause to say
That you forgot, for you will know
Where things are put away.
By Author Unknown
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I know a little zigzag boy,
Who goes this way and that;
He never knows just where he puts
His coat or shoes or hat.
I know a little zigzag girl,
Who flutters here and there;
She never knows just where to find
Her brush to fix her hair.
If you are not a zigzag child,
You’ll have no cause to say
That you forgot, for you will know
Where things are put away.
By Author Unknown
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“The three r’s of poetry are rhyme, rhythm, and reason. To leave out any one of them is to risk writing nonsense or a garbled jumble of words.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Our poets . . . spent too much of their lives inside rooms and classrooms when they should have been trudging up mountains, slogging through swamps, rowing down rivers.” -Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989): “Vox Clamantis in Deserto” (English: “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”) (1989), chapter 5: ‘On Writing and Writers, Books and Art’
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Epigram From The French
Sir, I admit your gen’ral rule,
That evr’y poet is a fool:
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet.
By Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744): as published in “The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift” (about 1710 - 1730), Volume 17
“Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.” -Adrian Mitchell: “Poems” (1964), ‘Preface’
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Some poems rhyme
Some poems have titles
Some poems have authors
And then there are ones like this one -
The nutty nonconformist poem
By an anonymous poet.
Free verse: Verse that follows no particular form, meter, or rhyme scheme.
“I would as soon wright free verse as play tennis with the net down.” -Robert Frost (Robert Lee Frost (1874 - 1963))
“It’s silly to suggest the writing of poetry as something ethereal, a sort of soul-crashing emotional experience that wrings you. I have no fancy ideas about poetry. It doesn’t come to you on the wings of a dove. It’s something you work hard at.” -Louise Bogan
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“As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug’s game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.” -T. S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 - 1965))
“Poetry has been to me ‘its own exceeding great reward;’ it has soothed my afflictions; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
“To have great poets, there must be great audiences, too.” -Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
And now for some nice, relaxing poetry to soothe your frazzled mind . . .
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“Our poets . . . spent too much of their lives inside rooms and classrooms when they should have been trudging up mountains, slogging through swamps, rowing down rivers.” -Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989): “Vox Clamantis in Deserto” (English: “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”) (1989), chapter 5: ‘On Writing and Writers, Books and Art’
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Epigram From The French
Sir, I admit your gen’ral rule,
That evr’y poet is a fool:
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet.
By Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744): as published in “The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift” (about 1710 - 1730), Volume 17
“Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.” -Adrian Mitchell: “Poems” (1964), ‘Preface’
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Some poems rhyme
Some poems have titles
Some poems have authors
And then there are ones like this one -
The nutty nonconformist poem
By an anonymous poet.
Free verse: Verse that follows no particular form, meter, or rhyme scheme.
“I would as soon wright free verse as play tennis with the net down.” -Robert Frost (Robert Lee Frost (1874 - 1963))
“It’s silly to suggest the writing of poetry as something ethereal, a sort of soul-crashing emotional experience that wrings you. I have no fancy ideas about poetry. It doesn’t come to you on the wings of a dove. It’s something you work hard at.” -Louise Bogan
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“As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug’s game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.” -T. S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 - 1965))
“Poetry has been to me ‘its own exceeding great reward;’ it has soothed my afflictions; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
“To have great poets, there must be great audiences, too.” -Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
And now for some nice, relaxing poetry to soothe your frazzled mind . . .
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A Song Of Thanks
It’s sensible that icicles
Hang downward as they grow,
For I would hate to step on one
That’s buried in the snow.
It’s really best that tides come in
And then return to sea;
For if they kept on coming in,
How wet we all would be.
I’ve often thought tomatoes are
Much better red than blue,
A blue tomato is a food
I’d certainly eschew.
It’s best of all that everyone’s
So tolerant today
That I can write this sort of stuff
And not get put away.
By William Cole
It’s sensible that icicles
Hang downward as they grow,
For I would hate to step on one
That’s buried in the snow.
It’s really best that tides come in
And then return to sea;
For if they kept on coming in,
How wet we all would be.
I’ve often thought tomatoes are
Much better red than blue,
A blue tomato is a food
I’d certainly eschew.
It’s best of all that everyone’s
So tolerant today
That I can write this sort of stuff
And not get put away.
By William Cole
Abecedarius
A verse called an abecedarius
Begins every line with the various
Consecutive letters.
Demanding, these fetters
Encumber - it’s rarely hilarious.
By Author Unknown
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“For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.” -Maxwell Bodenheim
“Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the secret rays of the universe and restores to us forgotten paradises.” -Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)
Lyric poetry, or lyrical poetry, is meant to be sung to the accompaniment a musical instrument called a lyre.
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“Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.” -Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
A verse called an abecedarius
Begins every line with the various
Consecutive letters.
Demanding, these fetters
Encumber - it’s rarely hilarious.
By Author Unknown
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“For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.” -Maxwell Bodenheim
“Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the secret rays of the universe and restores to us forgotten paradises.” -Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)
Lyric poetry, or lyrical poetry, is meant to be sung to the accompaniment a musical instrument called a lyre.
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“Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.” -Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
I’m Nobody! Who Are You?
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there’s a pair of us - don’t tell!
They’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog,
To tell your name the livelong day,
To an admiring bog!
By Emily Dickinson (Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830 - 1886))
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there’s a pair of us - don’t tell!
They’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog,
To tell your name the livelong day,
To an admiring bog!
By Emily Dickinson (Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830 - 1886))
“My friend said to me, ‘What rhymes with orange?’ I said, ‘No it doesn’t!’” -Author Unknown
“I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.” -Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
“‘Poetry,’ said Emilia, ‘seems like talking on tiptoe.’” -George Meredith (1828 - 1909): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.” -Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822): “A Defence of Poetry” (1821)
My life has been the poem I would have writ,
But I could not both live and utter it.
-Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “A Week on the Concord and Marrimack Rivers (1849),” ‘My Life Has Been a Poem I Would Have Writ’
“Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - 347 B.C.E.): “The Republic” (about 380 B.C.E.), book II, section 5
“I’ve written some poetry I don’t understand myself.” -Carl Sandburg (Carl Augustus Sandburg (1878 - 1967))
It matters not what you do -
Make a nation or a shoe;
For he who does an honest thing
In God’s pure sight is ranked a king.
-John Parnell
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“A poet’s ink never dries.” -Marie Summers
We are Make Fun Of Life! . . . everything’s better with a bit of poetry . . .
“I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.” -Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
“‘Poetry,’ said Emilia, ‘seems like talking on tiptoe.’” -George Meredith (1828 - 1909): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.” -Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822): “A Defence of Poetry” (1821)
My life has been the poem I would have writ,
But I could not both live and utter it.
-Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “A Week on the Concord and Marrimack Rivers (1849),” ‘My Life Has Been a Poem I Would Have Writ’
“Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - 347 B.C.E.): “The Republic” (about 380 B.C.E.), book II, section 5
“I’ve written some poetry I don’t understand myself.” -Carl Sandburg (Carl Augustus Sandburg (1878 - 1967))
It matters not what you do -
Make a nation or a shoe;
For he who does an honest thing
In God’s pure sight is ranked a king.
-John Parnell
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“A poet’s ink never dries.” -Marie Summers
We are Make Fun Of Life! . . . everything’s better with a bit of poetry . . .
Fearlessly accept the one and only you . . .
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” -Joseph Campbell (Joseph John Campbell (1904 - 1987))
“Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.” -Clark Moustakas (Clark E. Moustakas (1923 - 2012)): as quoted in Lori Knutson: “Sacred Simplicities: Meeting the Miracles in Our Lives” (2004), page 141
“If I had one gift that I could give you, my friend, it would be the ability to see yourself as others see you, because only then would you know how extremely special you are.” -B. A. Billingsly
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“It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1933)
“There might be things about yourself that you do not like . . . until one day you notice those same things in someone else who seems to be doing well enough in life. So go ahead and take a closer look at other people. You will see something of yourself in some of them and you will come to know an important truth, which is that you are a good enough person just as you are.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
“Learning to love yourself is like learning to walk - essential, life-changing, and the only way to stand tall.” -Vironika Tugaleva (born 1988)
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“You are wholly complete, and your success in life will be in direct proportion to your ability to accept this truth about you.” -Robert Anthony (Robert Newton Anthony (1916 - 2006))
“The greatest miracle you can hope for is self-acceptance.” -Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)
“Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017)) at www.louisehay.com
“Live as if you like yourself, and it may happen.” -Marge Piercy (born 1936)
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“Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are.” -Julius Charles Hare (1795 - 1855) and Augustus William Hare (1792 - 1834): “Guesses at Truth: By Two Brothers” (1861), page 555
“When I start comparing myself to every stranger I pass on the street - convinced that each one is thinner, richer, smarter, and happier than I am - I will try to remember that they’re looking at me and thinking exactly the same thing.” -Barbara Graham
“When a person grows to like himself, he becomes more tolerant of others.” -Lao Wei: “Strawberry Wisdom” (2017)
“The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.” -Goldie Hawn (Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born 1945))
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“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” -Lucille Ball (Lucille Désirée Ball (1911 - 1989))
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832): “Faust” (1806), Part 1
“If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.” -Nicolas Chamfort (also known as Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1741 - 1794))
Affirmation: “I accept myself as I am, all the while knowing I am also capable of becoming so much more.”
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“Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the main keys to positive changes in every area of our lives.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017))
“Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as you see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.” -Stacey Charter
“Everything about you is just wonderful.” -Author Unknown
“Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it.” -Thaddeus Golas (Thaddeus Stanley Golas (1924 - 1997))
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“I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others as what I am in my own; I would be rich of myself and not by borrowing.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (English: “Essays”) (March 1580), ‘Of Glory’
“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))
“Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out, ‘I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Listen to me! Confirm for me that I am important. That I matter!’” -Marion D. Hanks (Marion Duff Hanks (1921 - 2011))
“No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.” -Deborah Day
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“Be a Friend to thyself and others will too.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 847
“We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.” -Roderick Thorp (Roderick Mayne Thorp, Junior (1936 - 1999)): “Rainbow Drive” (1986)
“Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise, you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.” -Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” -Joseph Campbell (Joseph John Campbell (1904 - 1987))
“Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.” -Clark Moustakas (Clark E. Moustakas (1923 - 2012)): as quoted in Lori Knutson: “Sacred Simplicities: Meeting the Miracles in Our Lives” (2004), page 141
“If I had one gift that I could give you, my friend, it would be the ability to see yourself as others see you, because only then would you know how extremely special you are.” -B. A. Billingsly
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“It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1933)
“There might be things about yourself that you do not like . . . until one day you notice those same things in someone else who seems to be doing well enough in life. So go ahead and take a closer look at other people. You will see something of yourself in some of them and you will come to know an important truth, which is that you are a good enough person just as you are.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
“Learning to love yourself is like learning to walk - essential, life-changing, and the only way to stand tall.” -Vironika Tugaleva (born 1988)
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“You are wholly complete, and your success in life will be in direct proportion to your ability to accept this truth about you.” -Robert Anthony (Robert Newton Anthony (1916 - 2006))
“The greatest miracle you can hope for is self-acceptance.” -Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)
“Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017)) at www.louisehay.com
“Live as if you like yourself, and it may happen.” -Marge Piercy (born 1936)
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“Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are.” -Julius Charles Hare (1795 - 1855) and Augustus William Hare (1792 - 1834): “Guesses at Truth: By Two Brothers” (1861), page 555
“When I start comparing myself to every stranger I pass on the street - convinced that each one is thinner, richer, smarter, and happier than I am - I will try to remember that they’re looking at me and thinking exactly the same thing.” -Barbara Graham
“When a person grows to like himself, he becomes more tolerant of others.” -Lao Wei: “Strawberry Wisdom” (2017)
“The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.” -Goldie Hawn (Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born 1945))
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“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” -Lucille Ball (Lucille Désirée Ball (1911 - 1989))
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832): “Faust” (1806), Part 1
“If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.” -Nicolas Chamfort (also known as Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1741 - 1794))
Affirmation: “I accept myself as I am, all the while knowing I am also capable of becoming so much more.”
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“Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the main keys to positive changes in every area of our lives.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017))
“Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as you see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.” -Stacey Charter
“Everything about you is just wonderful.” -Author Unknown
“Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it.” -Thaddeus Golas (Thaddeus Stanley Golas (1924 - 1997))
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“I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others as what I am in my own; I would be rich of myself and not by borrowing.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (English: “Essays”) (March 1580), ‘Of Glory’
“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))
“Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out, ‘I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Listen to me! Confirm for me that I am important. That I matter!’” -Marion D. Hanks (Marion Duff Hanks (1921 - 2011))
“No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.” -Deborah Day
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“Be a Friend to thyself and others will too.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 847
“We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.” -Roderick Thorp (Roderick Mayne Thorp, Junior (1936 - 1999)): “Rainbow Drive” (1986)
“Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise, you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.” -Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)
“If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” -Fred Rogers (Fred McFeely Rogers (also known as Mister Rogers (1928 - 2003)))
“I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.” -Brené Brown (Casandra Brené Brown (born 1965))
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“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.” -Author Unknown
“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.” -Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
“Be yourself . . . you’re better at it.” -Author Unknown
“Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone is mean to you all the time.” -Christine Arylo
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“Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.” -Heath L. Buckmaster: “Box of Hair: A Fairy Tale” (30 April 2008)
“I’m not perfect, but I’m pretty good.” -Author Unknown
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” -Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
“You were born to be real, not to be perfect.” -Author Unknown
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Self-love, my liege*, is not so vile a sin
As self-neglecting.
-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Henry V” (about 1599), Act 2, scene 4, lines 74 and 75
*liege: a feudal superior to whom allegiance and service are due, within a feudal society in which land use by subjects is exchanged for work
“I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.” -Henry James (Henry James, Junior (1843 - 1916))
“It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.” -Sally Field (Sally Margaret Field Mahoney (born 1946))
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“Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” -Stephanie Lahart
“If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.” -Kristin Chenoweth (Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (born in 1968 as Kristi Dawn Chenoweth))
“You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.” -Diane Von Furstenberg (born 1946 as Diane Simone Michelle Halfin)
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“Don’t be-little yourself. Be-big yourself.” -Corita Kent (Mary Corita Kent (1918 - 1986))
“Don’t look for approval from anyone other than yourself.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie (born 1945)
“Once you embrace your value, talents, and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.” -Rob Liano at https://robliano.wordpress.com/
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“It needs to be said and heard: It’s okay to be who you are.” -Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996)
“Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.” -Nathaniel Branden (born Nathan Blumenthal (1930 - 2014))
“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.” -Author Unknown
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“To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.” -Sandra Bierig
“A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.” -Vernon Howard (Vernon Linwood Howard (1918 - 1992))
“What self-acceptance does is open up more possibilities of succeeding because you aren’t fighting yourself along the way.” -Shannon Ables
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“I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.” -Brené Brown (Casandra Brené Brown (born 1965))
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“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.” -Author Unknown
“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.” -Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
“Be yourself . . . you’re better at it.” -Author Unknown
“Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone is mean to you all the time.” -Christine Arylo
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“Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.” -Heath L. Buckmaster: “Box of Hair: A Fairy Tale” (30 April 2008)
“I’m not perfect, but I’m pretty good.” -Author Unknown
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” -Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
“You were born to be real, not to be perfect.” -Author Unknown
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Self-love, my liege*, is not so vile a sin
As self-neglecting.
-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Henry V” (about 1599), Act 2, scene 4, lines 74 and 75
*liege: a feudal superior to whom allegiance and service are due, within a feudal society in which land use by subjects is exchanged for work
“I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.” -Henry James (Henry James, Junior (1843 - 1916))
“It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.” -Sally Field (Sally Margaret Field Mahoney (born 1946))
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“Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” -Stephanie Lahart
“If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.” -Kristin Chenoweth (Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (born in 1968 as Kristi Dawn Chenoweth))
“You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.” -Diane Von Furstenberg (born 1946 as Diane Simone Michelle Halfin)
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“Don’t be-little yourself. Be-big yourself.” -Corita Kent (Mary Corita Kent (1918 - 1986))
“Don’t look for approval from anyone other than yourself.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie (born 1945)
“Once you embrace your value, talents, and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.” -Rob Liano at https://robliano.wordpress.com/
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“It needs to be said and heard: It’s okay to be who you are.” -Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996)
“Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.” -Nathaniel Branden (born Nathan Blumenthal (1930 - 2014))
“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.” -Author Unknown
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“To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.” -Sandra Bierig
“A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.” -Vernon Howard (Vernon Linwood Howard (1918 - 1992))
“What self-acceptance does is open up more possibilities of succeeding because you aren’t fighting yourself along the way.” -Shannon Ables
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“It’s not your job to like me . . . it’s mine!” -Byron Katie (Byron Kathleen Mitchell (born 1942))
“When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits - anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.” -Kim McMillen: “When I Loved Myself Enough” (2001)
“Option A: Spend your life trying to get others to accept you. Option B: Accept yourself, and spend your life with others who recognize what a beauty you are.” -Scott Stabile
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“Be yourself. Try to be anything else but your genuine self, even if you deceive the entire world, and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing . . . You have been blessed with special skills that are yours alone. Use them, whatever they may be and forget about wearing another’s hat. A talented chariot driver can win gold and renown with his skills. Let him pick figs and he would starve. No one can take your place! Realize this and be yourself. You have no obligation to succeed. You have only the obligation to be true to yourself. Do the very best that you can, in the things you do best, and you will know, in thy soul, that you are the greatest success in the world.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996)): “The Greatest Success in the World” (1968), page 94
“Loving yourself isn’t vanity, it’s sanity.” -André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 - 1951))
“What you think of yourself is much more important than what people think of you.” -Author Unknown
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“When you acknowledge the less than perfect parts of yourself, something magical begins to happen. Along with the negative, you’ll also begin to notice the positive, the wonderful aspects of yourself that you may not have given yourself credit for, or perhaps even been aware of.” -Richard Carlson (1961 - 2006): “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” (1997) at https://dontsweat.com/
“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.” -Amy Bloom (born 1953)
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“Stop hating yourself for everything that you aren’t. Start loving yourself for everything that you are.” -Author Unknown
“Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life.” -Ellen Sue Stern
“You work so hard to fix yourself, but maybe what you need isn’t another tactic, another book, another expert, another five-step plan. Maybe, you don’t need to be fixed. Maybe, what’s really holding you back is the idea that you need to be fixed.” -Vironika Tugaleva (born 1988)
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“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” -Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994)
“You are a wonderful, worthy, and lovable person. Appreciate that about yourself. No one has ever been, or will ever be, quite like you. You are an individual, an original, and all those things that make you uniquely you are deserving of love and praise.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))
“When you stop living your life based on what others think of you, real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self-acceptance opened.” -Shannon L. Alder at https://www.shannonalder.com/
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“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.” -Charles Evans Hughes (1862 - 1948): address to the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of New York: as quoted in “The Homiletic Review” (November 1907)
“Too many people overvalue what they are not, and undervalue what they are.” -Malcolm S. Forbes (Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1919 - 1990))
“Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.” -Alexander Lowen (1910 - 2008)
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“Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth. Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet, ‘I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent.’” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie (born 1945)
“You are enough just as you are.” -Meghan Markle
“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” -Robert Morley
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“The greatest success is successful self-acceptance.” -Ben Sweet
“You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.” -Jane Roberts
“If you want to be somebody, somebody really special, be yourself.” -Author Unknown
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“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017)) at www.LouiseHay.com
“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.” -Roy T. Bennett: “The Light in the Heart” (26 February 2016)
“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” -Mary Dunbar (Evelyn Mary Dunbar (1906 - 1960))
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“When people accept themselves, they have something to build on. When people reject themselves, they have nothing to build on, or worse yet, something which destroys anything that could ever be built. Accept yourself. No matter how meager, how small the self, it is a place for beginning, where building up can start.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?” -Goldie Hawn (Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born 1945))
“Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.” -Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (1910 - 1987)
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“Stop dimming your light to fit in. Shine, and attract what’s meant for you.” -Author Unknown
“Acceptance is the key to everything.” -Michael J. Fox (pseudonym of Michael Andrew Fox (born 1961))
“What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.” -Hecato (also known as Hecaton of Rhodes): as quoted in Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Younger (about 4 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “Epistulae morales ad Lucilium” (about C.E. 65)
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The most delightful surprise in life
Is to suddenly recognize your own worth.
-Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)
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“When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits - anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.” -Kim McMillen: “When I Loved Myself Enough” (2001)
“Option A: Spend your life trying to get others to accept you. Option B: Accept yourself, and spend your life with others who recognize what a beauty you are.” -Scott Stabile
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“Be yourself. Try to be anything else but your genuine self, even if you deceive the entire world, and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing . . . You have been blessed with special skills that are yours alone. Use them, whatever they may be and forget about wearing another’s hat. A talented chariot driver can win gold and renown with his skills. Let him pick figs and he would starve. No one can take your place! Realize this and be yourself. You have no obligation to succeed. You have only the obligation to be true to yourself. Do the very best that you can, in the things you do best, and you will know, in thy soul, that you are the greatest success in the world.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996)): “The Greatest Success in the World” (1968), page 94
“Loving yourself isn’t vanity, it’s sanity.” -André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 - 1951))
“What you think of yourself is much more important than what people think of you.” -Author Unknown
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“When you acknowledge the less than perfect parts of yourself, something magical begins to happen. Along with the negative, you’ll also begin to notice the positive, the wonderful aspects of yourself that you may not have given yourself credit for, or perhaps even been aware of.” -Richard Carlson (1961 - 2006): “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” (1997) at https://dontsweat.com/
“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.” -Amy Bloom (born 1953)
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“Stop hating yourself for everything that you aren’t. Start loving yourself for everything that you are.” -Author Unknown
“Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life.” -Ellen Sue Stern
“You work so hard to fix yourself, but maybe what you need isn’t another tactic, another book, another expert, another five-step plan. Maybe, you don’t need to be fixed. Maybe, what’s really holding you back is the idea that you need to be fixed.” -Vironika Tugaleva (born 1988)
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“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” -Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994)
“You are a wonderful, worthy, and lovable person. Appreciate that about yourself. No one has ever been, or will ever be, quite like you. You are an individual, an original, and all those things that make you uniquely you are deserving of love and praise.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))
“When you stop living your life based on what others think of you, real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self-acceptance opened.” -Shannon L. Alder at https://www.shannonalder.com/
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“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.” -Charles Evans Hughes (1862 - 1948): address to the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of New York: as quoted in “The Homiletic Review” (November 1907)
“Too many people overvalue what they are not, and undervalue what they are.” -Malcolm S. Forbes (Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1919 - 1990))
“Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.” -Alexander Lowen (1910 - 2008)
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“Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth. Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet, ‘I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent.’” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie (born 1945)
“You are enough just as you are.” -Meghan Markle
“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” -Robert Morley
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“The greatest success is successful self-acceptance.” -Ben Sweet
“You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.” -Jane Roberts
“If you want to be somebody, somebody really special, be yourself.” -Author Unknown
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“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017)) at www.LouiseHay.com
“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.” -Roy T. Bennett: “The Light in the Heart” (26 February 2016)
“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” -Mary Dunbar (Evelyn Mary Dunbar (1906 - 1960))
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“When people accept themselves, they have something to build on. When people reject themselves, they have nothing to build on, or worse yet, something which destroys anything that could ever be built. Accept yourself. No matter how meager, how small the self, it is a place for beginning, where building up can start.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?” -Goldie Hawn (Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born 1945))
“Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.” -Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (1910 - 1987)
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“Stop dimming your light to fit in. Shine, and attract what’s meant for you.” -Author Unknown
“Acceptance is the key to everything.” -Michael J. Fox (pseudonym of Michael Andrew Fox (born 1961))
“What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.” -Hecato (also known as Hecaton of Rhodes): as quoted in Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Younger (about 4 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “Epistulae morales ad Lucilium” (about C.E. 65)
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The most delightful surprise in life
Is to suddenly recognize your own worth.
-Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)
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“The greatest thing about being an artist is that no one can tell you you’re not.” -Author Unknown
“Art is creating something beautiful where nothing existed before.” -Author Unknown
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Clyde: Where can cow art be found?
Claudia: In moo-seums!
During an exhibit at a museum, a modern artist was explaining his work. “This,” he said, pointing to a completely blank canvas, “is a cow grazing.” “Where is the grass?” asked a visitor. “The cow has eaten it,” the artist answered. “Well, then,” the visitor said, “where is the cow?” “Do you think she would stick around,” the artist replied, “after she had eaten all the grass?”
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“The fact that no one understands you doesn’t make you an artist.” -Author Unknown
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Drew.
Drew, who?
Drew a picture for you!
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” -Thomas Merton (also known as Father Louis (1915 - 1968)): “No Man Is An Island” (1955)
“Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.” -Al Hirschfeld
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“Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful.” -Susanna Clarke
Question: They are now worth millions of dollars each, and are much sought after, but how many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell in his lifetime?
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one of his paintings during his entire lifetime, titled, “Red Vineyard at Arles,” which was bought by his brother.
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“I cannot help it that my pictures do not sell. Nevertheless, the time will come when people will see that they are worth more than the price of the paint.” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890)): letter (20 October 1888) to his brother Theo
Alice: What did the painter say to her boyfriend?
Alicia: “I love you with all my art!”
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“A very rich man once commissioned a famous artist to do a painting of a fish. One year later the man returned and asked for his painting. The artist took out a clean sheet of paper and painted a beautiful fish while the man waited. The man then asked why it had taken a year to get the painting of the fish. The artist opened a door to a closet, which was filled with 1,000 paintings of that fish.” -Author Unknown
Bo
An artistic young man called Bo,
To an art class decided to go.
The teacher said, “Not right -
Your page is all white!”
Bo said, “It is a polar bear in snow.”
By Author Unknown
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“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.” -Frank Zappa (Francis Vincent ‘Frank’ Zappa, Junior (born 1940))
Sculpture: An art that consists of eliminating all superfluous material.
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“I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.” -Auguste Rodin (also known as François Auguste René Rodin, Auguste-René Rodin, and François-Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)), when asked how he managed to make his statues
Luther: What did the art dealer say when you asked what the abstract picture was supposed to be?
Rutherford: “It is a reflection of the person looking at it.”
“The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette.” -Henry S. Haskins (Henry Stanley Haskins (1876 - 1957))
Overheard: You are my favorite work of art.
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“There are only two styles of portrait painting, the serious and the smirk.” -Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870))
“Sometimes there is no need to be either clever or original.” -Ivan Chermayeff
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[Henri] “Matisse’s painting “Le Bateau” hung upside down in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, for forty-seven days before anyone noticed (October 18 to December 4, 1961). In that period 116,000 people had visited the gallery.” -Jean Cocteau (1890 - 1963): “Past Tense: Diaries” (1987), Volume 1
“Art is life seen through a temperament.” -Émile Zola
“Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.” -John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925): as quoted in Evan Esar: “The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations” (1949)
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“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” -Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, also known as Buonarroti Michelangelo (1475 - 1564))
“Art is awesome!” -Author Unknown
“If I didn’t start painting, I would have raised chickens.” -Anna Mary Robertson Moses (also known as Grandma Moses (1860 - 1961))
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“The real artist’s work is a surprise to himself.” -Robert Henri
“Art is creating something beautiful where nothing existed before.” -Author Unknown
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Clyde: Where can cow art be found?
Claudia: In moo-seums!
During an exhibit at a museum, a modern artist was explaining his work. “This,” he said, pointing to a completely blank canvas, “is a cow grazing.” “Where is the grass?” asked a visitor. “The cow has eaten it,” the artist answered. “Well, then,” the visitor said, “where is the cow?” “Do you think she would stick around,” the artist replied, “after she had eaten all the grass?”
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“The fact that no one understands you doesn’t make you an artist.” -Author Unknown
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Drew.
Drew, who?
Drew a picture for you!
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” -Thomas Merton (also known as Father Louis (1915 - 1968)): “No Man Is An Island” (1955)
“Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.” -Al Hirschfeld
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“Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful.” -Susanna Clarke
Question: They are now worth millions of dollars each, and are much sought after, but how many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell in his lifetime?
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one of his paintings during his entire lifetime, titled, “Red Vineyard at Arles,” which was bought by his brother.
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“I cannot help it that my pictures do not sell. Nevertheless, the time will come when people will see that they are worth more than the price of the paint.” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890)): letter (20 October 1888) to his brother Theo
Alice: What did the painter say to her boyfriend?
Alicia: “I love you with all my art!”
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“A very rich man once commissioned a famous artist to do a painting of a fish. One year later the man returned and asked for his painting. The artist took out a clean sheet of paper and painted a beautiful fish while the man waited. The man then asked why it had taken a year to get the painting of the fish. The artist opened a door to a closet, which was filled with 1,000 paintings of that fish.” -Author Unknown
Bo
An artistic young man called Bo,
To an art class decided to go.
The teacher said, “Not right -
Your page is all white!”
Bo said, “It is a polar bear in snow.”
By Author Unknown
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“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.” -Frank Zappa (Francis Vincent ‘Frank’ Zappa, Junior (born 1940))
Sculpture: An art that consists of eliminating all superfluous material.
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“I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.” -Auguste Rodin (also known as François Auguste René Rodin, Auguste-René Rodin, and François-Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)), when asked how he managed to make his statues
Luther: What did the art dealer say when you asked what the abstract picture was supposed to be?
Rutherford: “It is a reflection of the person looking at it.”
“The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette.” -Henry S. Haskins (Henry Stanley Haskins (1876 - 1957))
Overheard: You are my favorite work of art.
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“There are only two styles of portrait painting, the serious and the smirk.” -Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870))
“Sometimes there is no need to be either clever or original.” -Ivan Chermayeff
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[Henri] “Matisse’s painting “Le Bateau” hung upside down in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, for forty-seven days before anyone noticed (October 18 to December 4, 1961). In that period 116,000 people had visited the gallery.” -Jean Cocteau (1890 - 1963): “Past Tense: Diaries” (1987), Volume 1
“Art is life seen through a temperament.” -Émile Zola
“Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.” -John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925): as quoted in Evan Esar: “The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations” (1949)
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“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” -Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, also known as Buonarroti Michelangelo (1475 - 1564))
“Art is awesome!” -Author Unknown
“If I didn’t start painting, I would have raised chickens.” -Anna Mary Robertson Moses (also known as Grandma Moses (1860 - 1961))
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“The real artist’s work is a surprise to himself.” -Robert Henri
“A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.” -Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860 - 1961))
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Kevin: Which artists live on farms?
Nikki: Vincent van Goat and Pablo Pigcaso.
“An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.” -Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola): “Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)” (1975), chapter 10
“When one buys some of my artwork, I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes!” -Christian Cardell Corbet (1997)
“Real art is illumination . . . It adds stature to life.” -Brooks Atkinson (Justin Brooks ‘Brooks’ Atkinson (1894 - 1984))
“The purpose of art is to stop time.” -Bob Dylan (Robert ‘Bob’ Dylan (born 1941 as Robert Allen Zimmerman))
“Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.” -Lincoln Steffens (1846 - 1936)
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“There’s no correlation between creativity and equipment ownership. None. Zilch. Nada. Actually, as the artist gets more into his thing, and as he gets more successful, his number of tools tends to go down. He knows what works for him. Expending mental energy on stuff wastes time.” -Hugh Macleod
“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.” -Charles Horton Cooley
“Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting.” -Barnett Newman
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“Abstract art? A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled, to the utterly bewildered.” -Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin (1909 - 1979)): as quoted in the “National Observer” (1 July 1963)
“Good art does exist, though less and less in the world. It is worth a few dollars, though never any outrageous sum of money. What is now called art is usually color smears on a surface or pieces of material that has been mangled or stacked off-center and called a sculpture, and at this time, much of what is called art is only a way to separate the gullible from their money. Perhaps someday the world will return to good art and to paying just a few dollars for it.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art’s audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.” -Paul Gauguin
A Still-Life
An artist woke up from his slumbers
To paint a still-life of cucumbers.
When asked for a hint
About color or tint
He said, “Wait ‘til I mark down the numbers.”
By Author Unknown: a limerick about paint-by-numbers
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“In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“It’s clever, but is it art?” -Rudyard Kipling (Joseph Rudyard ‘Rudyard’ Kipling (1865 - 1936))
“It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.” -Henri Matisse
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“I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.” -Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, also known as Buonarroti Michelangelo (1475 - 1564))
“Art never expresses anything but itself.” -Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900))
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“Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.” -Tom Stoppard (born 1937 as Tomás Straussler): “Artist Descending a Staircase” (1972)
“Modern art - isn’t that like music with an irregular beat that nobody ever listens to or notices because it is really only background noise?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Kevin: Which artists live on farms?
Nikki: Vincent van Goat and Pablo Pigcaso.
“An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.” -Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola): “Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)” (1975), chapter 10
“When one buys some of my artwork, I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes!” -Christian Cardell Corbet (1997)
“Real art is illumination . . . It adds stature to life.” -Brooks Atkinson (Justin Brooks ‘Brooks’ Atkinson (1894 - 1984))
“The purpose of art is to stop time.” -Bob Dylan (Robert ‘Bob’ Dylan (born 1941 as Robert Allen Zimmerman))
“Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.” -Lincoln Steffens (1846 - 1936)
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“There’s no correlation between creativity and equipment ownership. None. Zilch. Nada. Actually, as the artist gets more into his thing, and as he gets more successful, his number of tools tends to go down. He knows what works for him. Expending mental energy on stuff wastes time.” -Hugh Macleod
“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.” -Charles Horton Cooley
“Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting.” -Barnett Newman
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“Abstract art? A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled, to the utterly bewildered.” -Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin (1909 - 1979)): as quoted in the “National Observer” (1 July 1963)
“Good art does exist, though less and less in the world. It is worth a few dollars, though never any outrageous sum of money. What is now called art is usually color smears on a surface or pieces of material that has been mangled or stacked off-center and called a sculpture, and at this time, much of what is called art is only a way to separate the gullible from their money. Perhaps someday the world will return to good art and to paying just a few dollars for it.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art’s audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.” -Paul Gauguin
A Still-Life
An artist woke up from his slumbers
To paint a still-life of cucumbers.
When asked for a hint
About color or tint
He said, “Wait ‘til I mark down the numbers.”
By Author Unknown: a limerick about paint-by-numbers
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“In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“It’s clever, but is it art?” -Rudyard Kipling (Joseph Rudyard ‘Rudyard’ Kipling (1865 - 1936))
“It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.” -Henri Matisse
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“I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.” -Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, also known as Buonarroti Michelangelo (1475 - 1564))
“Art never expresses anything but itself.” -Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900))
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“Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.” -Tom Stoppard (born 1937 as Tomás Straussler): “Artist Descending a Staircase” (1972)
“Modern art - isn’t that like music with an irregular beat that nobody ever listens to or notices because it is really only background noise?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“The motivation of all artists is, ‘Look at me, Mum.’” -Sebastian Horsley
Annabelle: How does Salvador Dali start his mornings?
Christabel: With a bowl of breakfast ‘surreal.’
“The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.” -Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)
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“Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird?” -Pablo Picasso (Pablo Diego Jose Francisco do Paula Juan Nepomuceno Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad (1881 - 1973))
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” -Scott Adams (Scott Raymond Adams (1957 - 1926)) at https://scottadams.locals.com/
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how but very difficult when you do.” -Edgar Degas (born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas (1834 - 1917))
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“Looking at ‘modern art’ is like trying to follow the plot in a bowl of alphabet soup.” -Author Unknown
“The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.” -Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882 - 1944): “The Arts” (1937)
“No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.” -Alberti (Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472))
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“I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890))
“The artist is not a special kind of person; rather each person is a special kind of artist.” -Ananda Coomaraswamy
Moe: What does an artist draw just before going to bed?
Josey: Is it the blinds or is it the curtains?
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A doodle is a tiny sketch of a character or object; a whacky doodle is a whimsical such drawing.
“The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.” -G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)): “Heretics” (1905), Chapter 16
“Art for art’s sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of the true, and for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.” -George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (1804 - 1876)): letter (19 April 1872) to Alexandre Saint-Jean
“A painting is never finished; it simply stops in interesting places.” -Paul Gardner
“Can anyone explain art?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“It looks like a tortoise-shell cat having a fit in a platter of tomatoes.” -Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)), commenting on a modern art painting
“No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.” -Salvador Dali
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“For a long time I limited myself to one color - as a form of discipline.” -Pablo Picasso (Pablo Diego Jose Francisco do Paula Juan Nepomuceno Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad (1881 - 1973)): “Picasso on Art” (1972), on his blue and rose periods
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Monet!
Monet, who?
Monet for art does not grow on trees!
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“I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.” -Richard Feynman (Richard Phillips Feynman (1918 - 1988)) at http://richardfeynman.com/ and Ralph Leighton (born 1949): “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman” (1985), Part 5: ‘The World of One Physicist,’ ‘But Is It Art?’
“Art is ruled uniquely by the imagination.” -Benedetto Croce
“Some people color inside the lines, others color outside the lines. Me? I eat the crayons.” -Bill Carter
“The highest triumph of art, is the truest presentation of nature.” -Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806 - 1867)
“The prudent painter should know how to paint what is appropriate to the individual, the time, and the place . . . Is it not an error to paint St. Jerome with a red hat, like the one cardinals wear today? He was indeed a cardinal, but he did not wear such a costume, since it was Pope Innocent IV, more than 700 years later, who gave cardinals their red hats and red gowns . . . All this proceeds from the ignorance of painters.” -Gilio da Cybele: “Dialogue on the Error of Painters” (1564), as quoted in Daniel J. Boorstin: “The Discoverers” (1983)
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“It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall, it’s a painting, and if you can walk around it, it’s a sculpture.” -Author Unknown
“All art is but imitation of nature.” [translation to English]
“Omnis ars naturae imitatio est.” [original Latin]
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger or simply Seneca (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium” (English: “Moral Letters to Lucilius”), Letter LXV: On the first cause, as translated by Richard Mott Gummere
“In his lifetime van Gogh painted 486 paintings. Oddly enough, 8,975 of them are to be found in the United States.” -Werner Lansburgh
Signs That You Might Be An Artist
- The only book you own is a book with large full-color illustrations of renaissance art, with paint smears on the pages.
- The only piece of new furniture in your home is a $2,000 easel.
- There are Prussian blue fingerprints on your telephone.
- When you take a day off to relax at the beach, you take along an easel, paint, brushes, and several blank canvasses.
- You are more than a month behind on your rent.
- You butter your toast with your fingers just to feel its texture.
- You chose your car for its color rather than fuel economy.
- You frequently take your work on the road by loading up your vehicle with examples of your best art and make the rounds of the galleries in nearby towns, and you wonder if Monet ever did the same thing with a horse and wagon.
- You have nothing to wear on a date because everything has paint smears on it.
- You know the names of more than twenty-eight colors.
- You know what color of green the lichen growing on the tree is.
- Your date ends up with paint smears on him or her.
“The ‘Earth’ without ‘art’ is just ‘Eh.’” -Author Unknown
[Of James Whistler] “His most famous painting was titled “Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1” (1871), but it’s more commonly known as “Whistler’s Mother.” It’s a portrait of Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler in a black dress, seated in profile against a gray wall. When Whistler’s scheduled model didn’t show up for a sitting, he decided to paint his mother instead.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Writer’s Almanac” (11 July 2012)
After James Whistler painted his mother, were they ever able to get all of the paint off her?
“Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.” -Marc Chagall (born Moishe Shagal (1887 -1985)) (1977) at https://www.marcchagall.com/
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“Through art we make tomorrow better.” -Eyran Katsenelenbogen: “One Time” (2018)
This is MFOL! . . . it’s like fine art that is available to everyone . . .
Annabelle: How does Salvador Dali start his mornings?
Christabel: With a bowl of breakfast ‘surreal.’
“The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.” -Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)
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“Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird?” -Pablo Picasso (Pablo Diego Jose Francisco do Paula Juan Nepomuceno Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad (1881 - 1973))
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” -Scott Adams (Scott Raymond Adams (1957 - 1926)) at https://scottadams.locals.com/
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how but very difficult when you do.” -Edgar Degas (born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas (1834 - 1917))
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“Looking at ‘modern art’ is like trying to follow the plot in a bowl of alphabet soup.” -Author Unknown
“The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.” -Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882 - 1944): “The Arts” (1937)
“No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.” -Alberti (Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472))
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“I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890))
“The artist is not a special kind of person; rather each person is a special kind of artist.” -Ananda Coomaraswamy
Moe: What does an artist draw just before going to bed?
Josey: Is it the blinds or is it the curtains?
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A doodle is a tiny sketch of a character or object; a whacky doodle is a whimsical such drawing.
“The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.” -G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)): “Heretics” (1905), Chapter 16
“Art for art’s sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of the true, and for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.” -George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (1804 - 1876)): letter (19 April 1872) to Alexandre Saint-Jean
“A painting is never finished; it simply stops in interesting places.” -Paul Gardner
“Can anyone explain art?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“It looks like a tortoise-shell cat having a fit in a platter of tomatoes.” -Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)), commenting on a modern art painting
“No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.” -Salvador Dali
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“For a long time I limited myself to one color - as a form of discipline.” -Pablo Picasso (Pablo Diego Jose Francisco do Paula Juan Nepomuceno Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad (1881 - 1973)): “Picasso on Art” (1972), on his blue and rose periods
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Monet!
Monet, who?
Monet for art does not grow on trees!
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“I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.” -Richard Feynman (Richard Phillips Feynman (1918 - 1988)) at http://richardfeynman.com/ and Ralph Leighton (born 1949): “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman” (1985), Part 5: ‘The World of One Physicist,’ ‘But Is It Art?’
“Art is ruled uniquely by the imagination.” -Benedetto Croce
“Some people color inside the lines, others color outside the lines. Me? I eat the crayons.” -Bill Carter
“The highest triumph of art, is the truest presentation of nature.” -Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806 - 1867)
“The prudent painter should know how to paint what is appropriate to the individual, the time, and the place . . . Is it not an error to paint St. Jerome with a red hat, like the one cardinals wear today? He was indeed a cardinal, but he did not wear such a costume, since it was Pope Innocent IV, more than 700 years later, who gave cardinals their red hats and red gowns . . . All this proceeds from the ignorance of painters.” -Gilio da Cybele: “Dialogue on the Error of Painters” (1564), as quoted in Daniel J. Boorstin: “The Discoverers” (1983)
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“It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall, it’s a painting, and if you can walk around it, it’s a sculpture.” -Author Unknown
“All art is but imitation of nature.” [translation to English]
“Omnis ars naturae imitatio est.” [original Latin]
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger or simply Seneca (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): “Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium” (English: “Moral Letters to Lucilius”), Letter LXV: On the first cause, as translated by Richard Mott Gummere
“In his lifetime van Gogh painted 486 paintings. Oddly enough, 8,975 of them are to be found in the United States.” -Werner Lansburgh
Signs That You Might Be An Artist
- The only book you own is a book with large full-color illustrations of renaissance art, with paint smears on the pages.
- The only piece of new furniture in your home is a $2,000 easel.
- There are Prussian blue fingerprints on your telephone.
- When you take a day off to relax at the beach, you take along an easel, paint, brushes, and several blank canvasses.
- You are more than a month behind on your rent.
- You butter your toast with your fingers just to feel its texture.
- You chose your car for its color rather than fuel economy.
- You frequently take your work on the road by loading up your vehicle with examples of your best art and make the rounds of the galleries in nearby towns, and you wonder if Monet ever did the same thing with a horse and wagon.
- You have nothing to wear on a date because everything has paint smears on it.
- You know the names of more than twenty-eight colors.
- You know what color of green the lichen growing on the tree is.
- Your date ends up with paint smears on him or her.
“The ‘Earth’ without ‘art’ is just ‘Eh.’” -Author Unknown
[Of James Whistler] “His most famous painting was titled “Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1” (1871), but it’s more commonly known as “Whistler’s Mother.” It’s a portrait of Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler in a black dress, seated in profile against a gray wall. When Whistler’s scheduled model didn’t show up for a sitting, he decided to paint his mother instead.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Writer’s Almanac” (11 July 2012)
After James Whistler painted his mother, were they ever able to get all of the paint off her?
“Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.” -Marc Chagall (born Moishe Shagal (1887 -1985)) (1977) at https://www.marcchagall.com/
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“Through art we make tomorrow better.” -Eyran Katsenelenbogen: “One Time” (2018)
This is MFOL! . . . it’s like fine art that is available to everyone . . .
The unicorn is the national animal mascot of Scotland.
The world record for the most T-shirts worn at once is 260.
Light and fluffy as a cloud . . . an average cumulus cloud weighs about 1 billion, 400 million pounds.
Elephants cannot jump. However, they can snorkel, stomp, stampede, and trumpet.
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The planet ‘55 Cancri e’ is forty light-years from us. It is about twice the size of the Earth, and is made mostly of diamonds.
Bees can fly higher than the height of Mount Everest.
“Now, there’s not many people know that.” -Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers (1925 - 1980)): his impression of Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in 1933), who is an actor and a compiler of two trivia books
Fathers tend to determine the height of their children, and mothers tend to determine their weight.
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The world record for continuous pogo stick jumping is 41 hours.
At about 4,000 kilometers from west coast to east coast, Australia is wider than the Moon’s width, or diameter, which is about 3,400 kilometers.
‘Never odd or even’ spelled backwards is ‘never odd or even.’
In the entire American state of Ohio there were only two automobiles in the year 1895 . . . and they collided.
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New York City has its own unique ant species, which scientists have named after Manhattan, one of New York City’s boroughs, as ManhattAnts.
Lemons float in water, but limes sink.
A spacecraft would be unable to set down on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune because these planets are made of gases and have no solid surfaces.
Active volcanoes existed on the Moon when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
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Worcestershire sauce is really just anchovy ketchup.
Clarinets are made almost entirely out of wood from the mpingo tree.
Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. This is the second most important reason children should be encouraged to stay in school.
The Antpitta avis canis Ridgley is a species of bird that barks like dog.
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Oddly, perfectly straight lines do not exist. If examined close-up, all lines are actually curves and have other inconsistencies, a fact that could inspire roller-coaster designers.
Everything weighs one percent less at the Earth’s equator.
The noise that is thunder is created when the air around lightning is rapidly heated and expands at a rate faster than the speed of sound.
Ketchup was sold as a medicine in the 1830’s.
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The sticks of ‘chalk’ used to write on chalkboards are not actually made of chalk, but are instead made of plaster of Paris. Now we’re starting to wonder if anything is really what it is said to be . . .
Real chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils.
The dinosaur called the Tyrannosaurus rex probably had feathers, because the ancestors of T-rexes had feathers, and this trait continued into future generations of animals, right up to the dinosaurs that live in trees, also known as ‘birds.’
Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom became the modern military salute.
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On 23 December 1947, Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States of America, held a secret demonstration of the transistor, which was the beginning of modern electronics.
According to the National Confectioners Association, 400 cocoa beans go into the making of a pound of chocolate.
Boston College is in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts . . . much to the consternation of people who arrive in Boston, expecting to find it there.
There are more ducks swimming in water than there are fish flying in the sky.
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The Ten Commandments contain 297 words.
The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address contains 266 words.
A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words.
The Earth’s oceans produce most of the breathable air in the atmosphere.
Before 1814, Congresspersons in the United States House of Representatives were paid six dollars a day (or per diem) when Congress was in session. They were not paid on non-session days.
The word ‘trivia’ comes from the Latin word ‘trivium,’ meaning a place where three roads meet. At such places in the ancient world, just as at public squares today, people would gather and talk about all sorts of matters, most of which were ‘trivial.’
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The English Channel between England and France grows about 300 millimeters wider each year. Perhaps the British are on their way to visit their relatives in America?
There is no egg in eggplant, no ham in hamburger, and neither apple nor pine in pineapple. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads are meat - and not at all sweet.
Why do the wires on power poles and telephone poles hum? Well, it is not the electricity or people’s phone conversations that produce the hum. The hum that is sometimes heard is caused by the wind passing through the wires and making them vibrate to make a sound, which varies in pitch depending upon the speed of the wind and the tightness of the wire.
Camel’s hair brushes are made of squirrel fur.
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The very first computer ‘mouse’ was made in 1964 by a man named Doug Engelbert. The mouse was made of wood.
Mike Hayes, a man from Rochelle, Illinois, funded his education by asking 2.8 million people for one penny each. This happened in 1987, so if someone wanted to pay for his or her college education the same way today, that person would have to ask more than ten million people.
The coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain in Italy are collected for charity.
A horse can have more than one horsepower! One horse can have up to twenty-four horsepower. How many horsepower do you have?
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The speed of light in a vacuum, or empty space, is 299,792,458 meters per second, or about to 671 million miles per hour.
Intelligent people are said to have more zinc and copper in their hair.
A car traveling at 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour burns half of its fuel just to overcome wind resistance. What a drag . . . on your wallet.
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
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The average person will consume 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water in his or her lifetime.
The most common time for wakeup calls at hotels is 7:00 a.m.
The expression ‘three dog night’ originated with the Eskimos and means a very cold night - so cold that a person would have to bed down with three dogs to keep warm.
The supersonic Concorde jetplane made its first trial flight on 1 January 1969. On 20 July of that same year, the first human footprints appeared on the Moon.
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The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) once did a study that found the average airline stewardess (flight attendant) has a nose that is 5.5372 centimeters (2.18 inches) long. Did the ‘study’ help stewardesses move around in the narrow spaces inside airplanes, or help to keep the aircraft weight low to conserve fuel and increase flight distance?
A reading-machine, always wound up and going,
He mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.
-James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891): “A Fable for Critics” (1848), ‘Prologue,’ stanza 7
Sound cannot travel in space. So . . . where does it go? Does it just get stuck at the source?
Aphesis is the skipping of unstressed vowels. Examples are because - ’cause, amid - ’mid, especially - ’specially.
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“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.” -Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872 - 1970)): “In Praise of Idleness” (1932)
Classical music composer Ludwig van Beethoven was once told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music.
According to the “Guinness Book of World Records,” the bumblebee bat is the world’s smallest and lightest mammal, weighing just 0.05 to 0.07 ounces.
According to the Audubon Society, the most common wild bird on Earth is not the sparrow or the robin, but the red-billed quelea, which lives in Africa and has an estimated population of 1.5 billion.
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While she never lived further west than Ohio, Annie Oakley (pseudonym of Phoebe Anne Moses) was famous as an expert shotgun and rifle marksman in ‘Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.’
All the people on Earth could fit into a 1-kilometer cube, if done so in the manner that groups of people once stuffed themselves into telephone booths or crowds of clowns stuff all of themselves into tiny cars
The letter combination ‘ough’ can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains all of them: “A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.”
Fried chicken is the most popular meal ordered in full-service, or sit-down, restaurants in the United States of America. The next in popularity are roast beef, spaghetti, turkey, baked ham, and fried shrimp.
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The world record for the most T-shirts worn at once is 260.
Light and fluffy as a cloud . . . an average cumulus cloud weighs about 1 billion, 400 million pounds.
Elephants cannot jump. However, they can snorkel, stomp, stampede, and trumpet.
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The planet ‘55 Cancri e’ is forty light-years from us. It is about twice the size of the Earth, and is made mostly of diamonds.
Bees can fly higher than the height of Mount Everest.
“Now, there’s not many people know that.” -Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers (1925 - 1980)): his impression of Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in 1933), who is an actor and a compiler of two trivia books
Fathers tend to determine the height of their children, and mothers tend to determine their weight.
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The world record for continuous pogo stick jumping is 41 hours.
At about 4,000 kilometers from west coast to east coast, Australia is wider than the Moon’s width, or diameter, which is about 3,400 kilometers.
‘Never odd or even’ spelled backwards is ‘never odd or even.’
In the entire American state of Ohio there were only two automobiles in the year 1895 . . . and they collided.
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New York City has its own unique ant species, which scientists have named after Manhattan, one of New York City’s boroughs, as ManhattAnts.
Lemons float in water, but limes sink.
A spacecraft would be unable to set down on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune because these planets are made of gases and have no solid surfaces.
Active volcanoes existed on the Moon when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
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Worcestershire sauce is really just anchovy ketchup.
Clarinets are made almost entirely out of wood from the mpingo tree.
Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. This is the second most important reason children should be encouraged to stay in school.
The Antpitta avis canis Ridgley is a species of bird that barks like dog.
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Oddly, perfectly straight lines do not exist. If examined close-up, all lines are actually curves and have other inconsistencies, a fact that could inspire roller-coaster designers.
Everything weighs one percent less at the Earth’s equator.
The noise that is thunder is created when the air around lightning is rapidly heated and expands at a rate faster than the speed of sound.
Ketchup was sold as a medicine in the 1830’s.
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The sticks of ‘chalk’ used to write on chalkboards are not actually made of chalk, but are instead made of plaster of Paris. Now we’re starting to wonder if anything is really what it is said to be . . .
Real chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils.
The dinosaur called the Tyrannosaurus rex probably had feathers, because the ancestors of T-rexes had feathers, and this trait continued into future generations of animals, right up to the dinosaurs that live in trees, also known as ‘birds.’
Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom became the modern military salute.
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On 23 December 1947, Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States of America, held a secret demonstration of the transistor, which was the beginning of modern electronics.
According to the National Confectioners Association, 400 cocoa beans go into the making of a pound of chocolate.
Boston College is in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts . . . much to the consternation of people who arrive in Boston, expecting to find it there.
There are more ducks swimming in water than there are fish flying in the sky.
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The Ten Commandments contain 297 words.
The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address contains 266 words.
A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words.
The Earth’s oceans produce most of the breathable air in the atmosphere.
Before 1814, Congresspersons in the United States House of Representatives were paid six dollars a day (or per diem) when Congress was in session. They were not paid on non-session days.
The word ‘trivia’ comes from the Latin word ‘trivium,’ meaning a place where three roads meet. At such places in the ancient world, just as at public squares today, people would gather and talk about all sorts of matters, most of which were ‘trivial.’
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The English Channel between England and France grows about 300 millimeters wider each year. Perhaps the British are on their way to visit their relatives in America?
There is no egg in eggplant, no ham in hamburger, and neither apple nor pine in pineapple. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads are meat - and not at all sweet.
Why do the wires on power poles and telephone poles hum? Well, it is not the electricity or people’s phone conversations that produce the hum. The hum that is sometimes heard is caused by the wind passing through the wires and making them vibrate to make a sound, which varies in pitch depending upon the speed of the wind and the tightness of the wire.
Camel’s hair brushes are made of squirrel fur.
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The very first computer ‘mouse’ was made in 1964 by a man named Doug Engelbert. The mouse was made of wood.
Mike Hayes, a man from Rochelle, Illinois, funded his education by asking 2.8 million people for one penny each. This happened in 1987, so if someone wanted to pay for his or her college education the same way today, that person would have to ask more than ten million people.
The coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain in Italy are collected for charity.
A horse can have more than one horsepower! One horse can have up to twenty-four horsepower. How many horsepower do you have?
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The speed of light in a vacuum, or empty space, is 299,792,458 meters per second, or about to 671 million miles per hour.
Intelligent people are said to have more zinc and copper in their hair.
A car traveling at 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour burns half of its fuel just to overcome wind resistance. What a drag . . . on your wallet.
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
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The average person will consume 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water in his or her lifetime.
The most common time for wakeup calls at hotels is 7:00 a.m.
The expression ‘three dog night’ originated with the Eskimos and means a very cold night - so cold that a person would have to bed down with three dogs to keep warm.
The supersonic Concorde jetplane made its first trial flight on 1 January 1969. On 20 July of that same year, the first human footprints appeared on the Moon.
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The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) once did a study that found the average airline stewardess (flight attendant) has a nose that is 5.5372 centimeters (2.18 inches) long. Did the ‘study’ help stewardesses move around in the narrow spaces inside airplanes, or help to keep the aircraft weight low to conserve fuel and increase flight distance?
A reading-machine, always wound up and going,
He mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.
-James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891): “A Fable for Critics” (1848), ‘Prologue,’ stanza 7
Sound cannot travel in space. So . . . where does it go? Does it just get stuck at the source?
Aphesis is the skipping of unstressed vowels. Examples are because - ’cause, amid - ’mid, especially - ’specially.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of this article, or click or tap on these words to visit the English Grammar Page.
“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.” -Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872 - 1970)): “In Praise of Idleness” (1932)
Classical music composer Ludwig van Beethoven was once told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music.
According to the “Guinness Book of World Records,” the bumblebee bat is the world’s smallest and lightest mammal, weighing just 0.05 to 0.07 ounces.
According to the Audubon Society, the most common wild bird on Earth is not the sparrow or the robin, but the red-billed quelea, which lives in Africa and has an estimated population of 1.5 billion.
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While she never lived further west than Ohio, Annie Oakley (pseudonym of Phoebe Anne Moses) was famous as an expert shotgun and rifle marksman in ‘Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.’
All the people on Earth could fit into a 1-kilometer cube, if done so in the manner that groups of people once stuffed themselves into telephone booths or crowds of clowns stuff all of themselves into tiny cars
The letter combination ‘ough’ can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains all of them: “A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.”
Fried chicken is the most popular meal ordered in full-service, or sit-down, restaurants in the United States of America. The next in popularity are roast beef, spaghetti, turkey, baked ham, and fried shrimp.
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“‘Meow’ means ‘woof’ in cat.” -George Carlin (George Denis Patrick Carlin (1937 - 2008))
The sari or saree, the traditional dress of women on the Indian subcontinent, has been used continuously and relatively unchanged for thousands of years.
Most of the vitamin C in fruits is in the skin.
Why is it that when people are in the public eye they are said to be ‘in the limelight’? Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and stage lighting by burning a cylinder of lime in an oxyhydrogen flame to produce a brilliant light. In the theatre, performers on stage ‘in the limelight’ were seen by the audience as the center of attention.
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A silverback gorilla can lift more than 1,763 pounds.
What is ‘dry ice’? Dry ice is compressed carbon dioxide gas. It is compressed until it is liquefied; after liquefaction, it is frozen. Dry ice is used as a refrigerant, as it is a solid that changes back to a gas without ever becoming a liquid. It remains in a solid state for a longer time, and at cooler temperatures, than ordinary ice.
The oldest word in the English language is ‘town.’
The Phonetic ABC’s is a system used by the military and others when people need to be precise in spoken communications. Usually this is done to avoid confusion when words or letters have similar sounds. Words are substituted for letters of the alphabet, commonly: Alpha for a, Bravo for b, Charlie for c, Delta for d, Echo for e, Foxtrot for f, Golf for g, Hotel for h, India for i, Juliet for j, Kilo for k, Lima for l, Mike for m, November for n, Oscar for o, Papa for p, Quebec for q, Romeo for r, Sierra for s, Tango for t, Uniform for u, Victor for v, Whiskey for w, X-ray for x, Yankee for y, and Zulu for z.
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A purple finch is a type of bird. Despite its name, it is crimson, a shade of the color red.
‘Moon trees’ were grown from seeds taken to the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission in early 1971. NASA and USFS wanted to see if being in space or in the Moon’s orbit caused the seeds to grow differently.
Cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949.
Cartoon character Sylvester the Cat’s full name is Sylvester J. Pussycat.
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The world’s largest human-made hole is in Kimberly, South Africa. It has a circumference, or distance around its outer edge, of 1.6 kilometers, and a depth of 800 meters. Digging was started on it in 1871, to find buried diamonds.
China is believed to be the world’s oldest continuously existing human civilization. That is, if we consider humans to be ‘civilized.’
The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea is Sicily.
Abdul Kassem Ismael, the Grand Vizier of Persia in the 10th century, could not bear to part with his 177,000-volume library when he traveled, and so he had the books carried by a caravan of 400 camels trained to walk in alphabetical order.
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Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
Every year, one ton of cement is poured for each man, woman, and child on Earth. What are you going to do with yours?
The world record for a photographic memory feat is held by a man in Burma who recited 16,000 pages of Buddhist canonical texts from memory.
American car horns beep in the tone of F.
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William Moulton Marston was the creator of the fictional superhero Wonder Woman. He also invented the polygraph machine, widely known as the lie detector.
Bali, an island of Indonesia, has the world’s largest variety of flora, or plant life.
The car in the foreground on the back of an American $10 bill is a 1925 Hupmobile.
An average person consumes more than a ton of food and drink each year.
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The real-life name of the talking horse in the television show “Mister Ed” was Bamboo Harvester.
England’s first great industry was wool.
Clark Gable’s middle name was Clark, and his first name was William.
The longest over-land walking distance in the world is the 14,000-mile trek from Magdan, Russia to Cape Town, South Africa.
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An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
Two of the words in the English language that have all five vowels in alphabetical order are ‘abstemious’ and ‘facetious.’ Even more amazing is that no one really knows what these words mean. Yes, we are being ‘facetious.’
Some people claim it takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 muscles to frown.
Question: If you were to spell out each number, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter ‘a’?
Answer: One thousand.
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Ninety percent or more of an iceberg is under water.
During a total solar eclipse, the temperature can drop by 6 degrees Celsius (20 degrees Fahrenheit).
About 45 percent of the world’s human population lives in China and India.
Morgan Niquet, François Robin, and Julien Serri of France placed 834 different types of cheese on a pizza in 2021, setting a world record.
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A wire clothes hanger is about 112 centimeters (44 inches) long when straightened.
Halley’s Comet passes the Earth every 76 years, and the next time it will return will be 2062.
The first comic strip was, “The Yellow Kid,” published in the “New York World” newspaper starting in 1896. The cartoonist was named Richard Felton Outcault.
Molar bears are tiny bears that live inside your mouth and help you chew your food. Well, not quite, but maybe, just maybe, if you told this to your younger brother, he would believe it!
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Each year, 16 million thunderstorms happen around the world, and at any given moment, there are about 2,000 thunderstorms in progress.
1,100 watts of electricity are needed to power a toaster.
The Sea of Tranquility on the Moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth.
The oldest business in the United States of America is the cymbal company Zildjian, which was originally founded in Constantinople in 1623, according to “American Heritage of Invention & Technology” (Winter 2000)
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‘Sheik’ means ‘old man’ in Arabic.
More than 500 meteorites, or rocks from outer space, hit the Earth each year.
Rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated. So, what else lasts longer in a refrigerator?
Dreamt is the only English word that ends in ‘mt.’
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Lobsters have blue blood and ten legs.
The first rugby club was formed in 1843.
If Earth doubled in size, all of the trees would topple over, from the change in surface gravity.
The symbol # is known as a pound sign, a hashtag, an octothorpe, and by other names. Octo means eight, and it does appear to have 8 legs. It also resembles the grid used in the game tic-tac-toe. Fascinating.
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In 1872, Yellowstone Park in the United States of America became the world’s first national park.
In the United States of America, email messages that are more than 180 days old can be read by the Federal Government without a warrant, and this includes deleted emails, which are still stored in the email system even after ‘deletion.’
Venus is the only planet in our solar system that spins clockwise.
The Tower of Independence clock on the back of a U.S. $100 dollar bill shows the time as 4:10.
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The typical wave height from a Pacific tsunami is between 6 and 9 meters (20 and 30 feet).
Rhode Island is the smallest American state. Also, it is not an island.
Dolphins can hold their breath for eight to ten minutes underwater before needing to resurface to breath air.
Due to the distance between the stars and the Earth, humans see stars as they were more than 4,000 years ago.
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The average person has 10,000 taste buds.
The Pyramid of Giza, one of the Great Pyramids in Egypt, is made of 2.5 million blocks of stone.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is ‘screeched.’
Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog, and the official mascot of Groundhog Day.
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The search engine Yahoo was originally called ‘Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web.’
Chinese gooseberries originate in New Zealand.
Before jets and jet lag, there were boats and boat lag.
In 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard played golf on the Moon, the first sport ever to be played on the Earth-orbiting spherical space rock.
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The oldest living land animal is a tortoise named Jonathan, who turned 194 years old in 2026. He was hatched in 1832 and has lived on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean since 1882.
The world’s knowledge is growing so fast that ninety percent of what we will know in 50 years’ time will be discovered in those 50 years.
The doorbell was invented in 1831.
The automatic dishwasher was invented in 1889.
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‘Karoke’ means ‘empty orchestra’ in Japanese.
Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet airplanes.
The three most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and English.
Sliced bread was first manufactured by machine and sold in the 1920’s by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri. It was the greatest thing since unsliced bread.
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Eleven-year-old Frank Epperson left a cup of soda with a stirring stick inside it on a windowsill overnight. It froze solid, creating the very first ‘ice pop.’
Ninety percent of the world’s population lives in the Northern Hemisphere.
‘Almost’ is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
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The first vegetable ever to be grown in space was a potato.
Possibly, every person is afraid of something, and some people are said to be afraid of everything. A fear of everything is called panophobia. A fear of nothing is called nihilophobia . . . also known as being foolhardy.
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States of America, and he is listed in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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In 1972, a Swedish man balanced himself on one foot for more than five hours, without holding onto anything for support.
The largest living structure on Earth is the 2,000 kilometer (1,243 mile) long Great Barrier Reef on Australia’s coast.
According to the United States Government, people have tried nearly 28,000 different ways to lose weight.
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“Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine equipped to work efficiently if narrowly and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position.” -Robertson Davies
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The sari or saree, the traditional dress of women on the Indian subcontinent, has been used continuously and relatively unchanged for thousands of years.
Most of the vitamin C in fruits is in the skin.
Why is it that when people are in the public eye they are said to be ‘in the limelight’? Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and stage lighting by burning a cylinder of lime in an oxyhydrogen flame to produce a brilliant light. In the theatre, performers on stage ‘in the limelight’ were seen by the audience as the center of attention.
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A silverback gorilla can lift more than 1,763 pounds.
What is ‘dry ice’? Dry ice is compressed carbon dioxide gas. It is compressed until it is liquefied; after liquefaction, it is frozen. Dry ice is used as a refrigerant, as it is a solid that changes back to a gas without ever becoming a liquid. It remains in a solid state for a longer time, and at cooler temperatures, than ordinary ice.
The oldest word in the English language is ‘town.’
The Phonetic ABC’s is a system used by the military and others when people need to be precise in spoken communications. Usually this is done to avoid confusion when words or letters have similar sounds. Words are substituted for letters of the alphabet, commonly: Alpha for a, Bravo for b, Charlie for c, Delta for d, Echo for e, Foxtrot for f, Golf for g, Hotel for h, India for i, Juliet for j, Kilo for k, Lima for l, Mike for m, November for n, Oscar for o, Papa for p, Quebec for q, Romeo for r, Sierra for s, Tango for t, Uniform for u, Victor for v, Whiskey for w, X-ray for x, Yankee for y, and Zulu for z.
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A purple finch is a type of bird. Despite its name, it is crimson, a shade of the color red.
‘Moon trees’ were grown from seeds taken to the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission in early 1971. NASA and USFS wanted to see if being in space or in the Moon’s orbit caused the seeds to grow differently.
Cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949.
Cartoon character Sylvester the Cat’s full name is Sylvester J. Pussycat.
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The world’s largest human-made hole is in Kimberly, South Africa. It has a circumference, or distance around its outer edge, of 1.6 kilometers, and a depth of 800 meters. Digging was started on it in 1871, to find buried diamonds.
China is believed to be the world’s oldest continuously existing human civilization. That is, if we consider humans to be ‘civilized.’
The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea is Sicily.
Abdul Kassem Ismael, the Grand Vizier of Persia in the 10th century, could not bear to part with his 177,000-volume library when he traveled, and so he had the books carried by a caravan of 400 camels trained to walk in alphabetical order.
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Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
Every year, one ton of cement is poured for each man, woman, and child on Earth. What are you going to do with yours?
The world record for a photographic memory feat is held by a man in Burma who recited 16,000 pages of Buddhist canonical texts from memory.
American car horns beep in the tone of F.
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William Moulton Marston was the creator of the fictional superhero Wonder Woman. He also invented the polygraph machine, widely known as the lie detector.
Bali, an island of Indonesia, has the world’s largest variety of flora, or plant life.
The car in the foreground on the back of an American $10 bill is a 1925 Hupmobile.
An average person consumes more than a ton of food and drink each year.
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The real-life name of the talking horse in the television show “Mister Ed” was Bamboo Harvester.
England’s first great industry was wool.
Clark Gable’s middle name was Clark, and his first name was William.
The longest over-land walking distance in the world is the 14,000-mile trek from Magdan, Russia to Cape Town, South Africa.
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An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
Two of the words in the English language that have all five vowels in alphabetical order are ‘abstemious’ and ‘facetious.’ Even more amazing is that no one really knows what these words mean. Yes, we are being ‘facetious.’
Some people claim it takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 muscles to frown.
Question: If you were to spell out each number, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter ‘a’?
Answer: One thousand.
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Ninety percent or more of an iceberg is under water.
During a total solar eclipse, the temperature can drop by 6 degrees Celsius (20 degrees Fahrenheit).
About 45 percent of the world’s human population lives in China and India.
Morgan Niquet, François Robin, and Julien Serri of France placed 834 different types of cheese on a pizza in 2021, setting a world record.
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A wire clothes hanger is about 112 centimeters (44 inches) long when straightened.
Halley’s Comet passes the Earth every 76 years, and the next time it will return will be 2062.
The first comic strip was, “The Yellow Kid,” published in the “New York World” newspaper starting in 1896. The cartoonist was named Richard Felton Outcault.
Molar bears are tiny bears that live inside your mouth and help you chew your food. Well, not quite, but maybe, just maybe, if you told this to your younger brother, he would believe it!
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Each year, 16 million thunderstorms happen around the world, and at any given moment, there are about 2,000 thunderstorms in progress.
1,100 watts of electricity are needed to power a toaster.
The Sea of Tranquility on the Moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth.
The oldest business in the United States of America is the cymbal company Zildjian, which was originally founded in Constantinople in 1623, according to “American Heritage of Invention & Technology” (Winter 2000)
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‘Sheik’ means ‘old man’ in Arabic.
More than 500 meteorites, or rocks from outer space, hit the Earth each year.
Rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated. So, what else lasts longer in a refrigerator?
Dreamt is the only English word that ends in ‘mt.’
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Lobsters have blue blood and ten legs.
The first rugby club was formed in 1843.
If Earth doubled in size, all of the trees would topple over, from the change in surface gravity.
The symbol # is known as a pound sign, a hashtag, an octothorpe, and by other names. Octo means eight, and it does appear to have 8 legs. It also resembles the grid used in the game tic-tac-toe. Fascinating.
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In 1872, Yellowstone Park in the United States of America became the world’s first national park.
In the United States of America, email messages that are more than 180 days old can be read by the Federal Government without a warrant, and this includes deleted emails, which are still stored in the email system even after ‘deletion.’
Venus is the only planet in our solar system that spins clockwise.
The Tower of Independence clock on the back of a U.S. $100 dollar bill shows the time as 4:10.
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The typical wave height from a Pacific tsunami is between 6 and 9 meters (20 and 30 feet).
Rhode Island is the smallest American state. Also, it is not an island.
Dolphins can hold their breath for eight to ten minutes underwater before needing to resurface to breath air.
Due to the distance between the stars and the Earth, humans see stars as they were more than 4,000 years ago.
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The average person has 10,000 taste buds.
The Pyramid of Giza, one of the Great Pyramids in Egypt, is made of 2.5 million blocks of stone.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is ‘screeched.’
Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog, and the official mascot of Groundhog Day.
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The search engine Yahoo was originally called ‘Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web.’
Chinese gooseberries originate in New Zealand.
Before jets and jet lag, there were boats and boat lag.
In 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard played golf on the Moon, the first sport ever to be played on the Earth-orbiting spherical space rock.
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The oldest living land animal is a tortoise named Jonathan, who turned 194 years old in 2026. He was hatched in 1832 and has lived on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean since 1882.
The world’s knowledge is growing so fast that ninety percent of what we will know in 50 years’ time will be discovered in those 50 years.
The doorbell was invented in 1831.
The automatic dishwasher was invented in 1889.
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‘Karoke’ means ‘empty orchestra’ in Japanese.
Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet airplanes.
The three most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and English.
Sliced bread was first manufactured by machine and sold in the 1920’s by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri. It was the greatest thing since unsliced bread.
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Eleven-year-old Frank Epperson left a cup of soda with a stirring stick inside it on a windowsill overnight. It froze solid, creating the very first ‘ice pop.’
Ninety percent of the world’s population lives in the Northern Hemisphere.
‘Almost’ is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
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The first vegetable ever to be grown in space was a potato.
Possibly, every person is afraid of something, and some people are said to be afraid of everything. A fear of everything is called panophobia. A fear of nothing is called nihilophobia . . . also known as being foolhardy.
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States of America, and he is listed in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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In 1972, a Swedish man balanced himself on one foot for more than five hours, without holding onto anything for support.
The largest living structure on Earth is the 2,000 kilometer (1,243 mile) long Great Barrier Reef on Australia’s coast.
According to the United States Government, people have tried nearly 28,000 different ways to lose weight.
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“Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine equipped to work efficiently if narrowly and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position.” -Robertson Davies
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“Where there is great love, there are always miracles.” -Willa Sibert Cather (born Wilella Sibert Cather (1873 - 1947))
“You don’t have to be perfect to be worth loving.” -Harold S. Kushner (Harold Samuel Kushner (born 1935))
Book Of Love
If I could read you like a book,
And if I chanced to steal a look,
I wonder if I’d find that you
Were just as faithful, and as true
In chapter four, page sixty-seven
As you were on page eleven?
By Author Unknown
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“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” -Dr. Seuss (pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991))
Melissa: Do you love me with all your heart?
Fred: Uh-huh.
Melissa: Do you think I am the most beautiful woman in the world?
Fred: Uh-huh.
Melissa: Am I the only one for you?
Fred: Uh-huh.
Melissa: Oh, you say the most wonderful things!
“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” -Robert A. Heinlein (Robert Anson Heinlien (1907 - 1988)): “Jubal Harshaw” (1961)
“Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Venus and Adonis” (1593), line 821; type of work: narrative poem
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Olive.
Olive, who?
Olive you!
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“The course of true love never did run smooth.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1595 - 1596), Act I, scene i, line 140; words of character Lysander
“The course of true love . . . gathers no moss.” -Author Unknown: “The Philadelphia Story,” character Margaret Lord speaking to character Macaulay Connor
“I am nothing special; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.” -Nicholas Sparks (Nicholas Charles Sparks (born 1965)): “The Notebook” (1996), ‘Duke, Miracles,’ page 2; at https://NicholasSparks.com/
“Love is a verb.” -Clare Boothe Luce (1903 - 1987)
“The heart that loves is always young.” -Author Unknown
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“Love is the reward of love.” -Johann Friedrich von Schiller (Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805))
“There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.” -Kurt Vonnegut (Kurt Vonnegut, Junior (1922 - 2007)): “Cat’s Cradle” (1963), Chapter 7; at http://www.Vonnegut.com/
Love’s Prerogative
Love ever gives
Forgives - outlives
And ever stands
With open hands.
And while it lives,
It gives.
For this is
Love’s prerogative -
To give - and give - and give.
By John Oxenham
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“Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.” -Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
“When we love - we grow.” -Author Unknown
“There are a great deal of a great many kinds of love.” -Lytton Strachey to Dora Carrington (23 March 1917)
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“No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.” -Author Unknown
“You don’t have to be perfect to be worth loving.” -Harold S. Kushner (Harold Samuel Kushner (born 1935))
Book Of Love
If I could read you like a book,
And if I chanced to steal a look,
I wonder if I’d find that you
Were just as faithful, and as true
In chapter four, page sixty-seven
As you were on page eleven?
By Author Unknown
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“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” -Dr. Seuss (pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991))
Melissa: Do you love me with all your heart?
Fred: Uh-huh.
Melissa: Do you think I am the most beautiful woman in the world?
Fred: Uh-huh.
Melissa: Am I the only one for you?
Fred: Uh-huh.
Melissa: Oh, you say the most wonderful things!
“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” -Robert A. Heinlein (Robert Anson Heinlien (1907 - 1988)): “Jubal Harshaw” (1961)
“Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Venus and Adonis” (1593), line 821; type of work: narrative poem
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Olive.
Olive, who?
Olive you!
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“The course of true love never did run smooth.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1595 - 1596), Act I, scene i, line 140; words of character Lysander
“The course of true love . . . gathers no moss.” -Author Unknown: “The Philadelphia Story,” character Margaret Lord speaking to character Macaulay Connor
“I am nothing special; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.” -Nicholas Sparks (Nicholas Charles Sparks (born 1965)): “The Notebook” (1996), ‘Duke, Miracles,’ page 2; at https://NicholasSparks.com/
“Love is a verb.” -Clare Boothe Luce (1903 - 1987)
“The heart that loves is always young.” -Author Unknown
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“Love is the reward of love.” -Johann Friedrich von Schiller (Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805))
“There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.” -Kurt Vonnegut (Kurt Vonnegut, Junior (1922 - 2007)): “Cat’s Cradle” (1963), Chapter 7; at http://www.Vonnegut.com/
Love’s Prerogative
Love ever gives
Forgives - outlives
And ever stands
With open hands.
And while it lives,
It gives.
For this is
Love’s prerogative -
To give - and give - and give.
By John Oxenham
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“Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.” -Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
“When we love - we grow.” -Author Unknown
“There are a great deal of a great many kinds of love.” -Lytton Strachey to Dora Carrington (23 March 1917)
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“No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.” -Author Unknown
Perfect Love
They walked in the lane together,
The sky was covered with stars;
They reached the gate in silence,
He lifted down the bars.
She neither smiled nor thanked him,
Because she knew not how;
For he was a farmer’s son,
And she, a Jersey cow.
By Author Unknown
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They walked in the lane together,
The sky was covered with stars;
They reached the gate in silence,
He lifted down the bars.
She neither smiled nor thanked him,
Because she knew not how;
For he was a farmer’s son,
And she, a Jersey cow.
By Author Unknown
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“When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.” -P. L. Travers (Pamela Lyndon Travers (born Helen Lyndon Goff (1899 - 1996)): ‘I Never Wrote for Children’ published in “The New York Times Magazine” (2 July 1978)
“To love and be loved, is to feel the Sun from both sides.” -David Viscott (David Steven Viscott (1938 - 1996)): “How to Live with Another Person” (1974)
“Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that the person will love you back. Do not expect love in return, just wait for it to grow in their hearts but if it does not, be content it grew in yours.” -Author Unknown
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“I love you more than yesterday, less than tomorrow.” -Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918)
“We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.” -Bernard of Clairvaux (C.E. 1090 - C.E. 1153)
Werther had a love for Charlotte,
Such as words could never utter;
Would you know how first he met her?
She was cutting bread and butter.
-William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863): “The Sorrows of Werther”
“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.” -Euripides (about 480 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.): “Orestes” (408 B.C.E.), line 298, as translated by William Arrowsmith
“To be loved, be lovable.” [translation to English]
“Ut ameris, amabilis esto.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Ars Amatoria” (English: “The Art of Love”), Book II, line 107
“We miss so much out of life if we don’t love. The more we love the richer life is - even if it is only some little furry or feathery pet.” -L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942)): “Rainbow Valley” (1919), Chapter 20
“To love and be loved, is to feel the Sun from both sides.” -David Viscott (David Steven Viscott (1938 - 1996)): “How to Live with Another Person” (1974)
“Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that the person will love you back. Do not expect love in return, just wait for it to grow in their hearts but if it does not, be content it grew in yours.” -Author Unknown
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“I love you more than yesterday, less than tomorrow.” -Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918)
“We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.” -Bernard of Clairvaux (C.E. 1090 - C.E. 1153)
Werther had a love for Charlotte,
Such as words could never utter;
Would you know how first he met her?
She was cutting bread and butter.
-William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863): “The Sorrows of Werther”
“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.” -Euripides (about 480 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.): “Orestes” (408 B.C.E.), line 298, as translated by William Arrowsmith
“To be loved, be lovable.” [translation to English]
“Ut ameris, amabilis esto.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Ars Amatoria” (English: “The Art of Love”), Book II, line 107
“We miss so much out of life if we don’t love. The more we love the richer life is - even if it is only some little furry or feathery pet.” -L. M. Montgomery (Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942)): “Rainbow Valley” (1919), Chapter 20
Lovebirds are small parrots. The male and female birds are identical in plumage, or feather color and pattern, and they are monogamous, each bird faithful for life to just one other bird. The word ‘lovebirds’ is commonly generalized to any pair of small birds, as well as humans . . . because, as it turns out, love isn’t just for the birds . . .
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“What we love, we shall grow to resemble.” -Bernard of Clairvaux (C.E. 1090 - C.E. 1153)
“A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.” -Haruki Murakami (born 1949) at https://www.harukimurakami.com/
“All love shifts and changes. I don’t know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.” -Julie Andrews
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“True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.” -Erich Segal
“The heart is a strange beast and not ruled by logic.” -Maria V. Snyder (born 1973)
“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” -Pearl Bailey (Pearl Mae Bailey (1918 - 1990)): as quoted in “Weekly World News” (25 April 2005)
“Love is never without some thorns.” -Author Unknown
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“Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If you love each thing you will perceive the mystery of God in all; and when once you perceive this, you will from that time on grow every day to a fuller understanding of it until you come at last to love the whole world with a love that will then be all-embracing and universal.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881)): “The Brothers Karamazov” (1879 - 1880), Book VI, chapter 3: “Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima; Of Prayer, of Love, and of Contact with other Worlds”
“Love is metaphysical gravity.” -R. Buckminster Fuller (Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller (1895 - 1983))
“When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.” -Elizabeth Bowen (Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen (1899 - 1973))
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“I think . . . if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))
“We don’t love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.” -Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973)
“Love is space and time measured by the heart.” -Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
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“What we love, we shall grow to resemble.” -Bernard of Clairvaux (C.E. 1090 - C.E. 1153)
“A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.” -Haruki Murakami (born 1949) at https://www.harukimurakami.com/
“All love shifts and changes. I don’t know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.” -Julie Andrews
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“True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.” -Erich Segal
“The heart is a strange beast and not ruled by logic.” -Maria V. Snyder (born 1973)
“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” -Pearl Bailey (Pearl Mae Bailey (1918 - 1990)): as quoted in “Weekly World News” (25 April 2005)
“Love is never without some thorns.” -Author Unknown
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“Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If you love each thing you will perceive the mystery of God in all; and when once you perceive this, you will from that time on grow every day to a fuller understanding of it until you come at last to love the whole world with a love that will then be all-embracing and universal.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881)): “The Brothers Karamazov” (1879 - 1880), Book VI, chapter 3: “Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima; Of Prayer, of Love, and of Contact with other Worlds”
“Love is metaphysical gravity.” -R. Buckminster Fuller (Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller (1895 - 1983))
“When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.” -Elizabeth Bowen (Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen (1899 - 1973))
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“I think . . . if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910))
“We don’t love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.” -Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973)
“Love is space and time measured by the heart.” -Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
Together
Because we do
All things together
All things improve,
Even weather.
Our daily meat
And bread taste better,
Trees are greener,
Rain is wetter.
By Paul Engle (1908 - 1991)
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Because we do
All things together
All things improve,
Even weather.
Our daily meat
And bread taste better,
Trees are greener,
Rain is wetter.
By Paul Engle (1908 - 1991)
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People have made a silly pastime of holding a daisy and plucking off its petals while saying, “He loves me, he loves me not,” or “She loves me, she loves me not.” Supposedly, the last petal has the answer - but how would a flower know?
“Just because someone does not love you the way you want him or her to, does not mean they do not love you with everything they have got.” -Author Unknown
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“The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))
Treasure the love you receive above all,
It will survive long after,
Your gold and good health have vanished.
-Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
“Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” -Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778))
“When we first fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s love that makes the world go ‘round.” -W. S. Gilbert (William Schwenck Gilbert (1836 - 1911))
Jared: How do you mend a broken heart?
Annie: With ticker tape.
“We loved with a love that was more than love.” -Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849): “Annabel Lee”; type of work: poem
“He was happy and unhappy all at once. He was in love.” -Petra Mathers: “Victor and Christabel” (1993)
“Love flowers best in openness and freedom.” -Edward Abbey: “Desert Solitaire” (1968): ‘Cliffrose and Bayonets,’ page 26
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“Whoever loves much, does much.” -Thomas à Kempis (meaning Thomas of Kempen (born Thomas Hammerken (about 1379 - 1471))): “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), Book I, chapter xv
“Draw a circle, not a heart, around the one you love, because a heart can break, but a circle goes on forever.” -Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky (1911 - 1987))
“To love someone means to see him as God intended him.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881))
“Hearts are wild creatures. That’s why our ribs are cages.” -Author Unknown
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“We are most alive when we’re in love.” -John Updike (John Hoyer Updike (1932 - 2009))
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach . . .
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning (born Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett (1806 - 1861)): “Sonnets from the Portuguese” (1850), Number XLII
“Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.” -Bette Davis (Ruth Elizabeth ‘Bette’ Davis (1908 - 1989)): “The Lonely Life” (1962), chapter 19
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“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983)
“Just because someone does not love you the way you want him or her to, does not mean they do not love you with everything they have got.” -Author Unknown
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“The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))
Treasure the love you receive above all,
It will survive long after,
Your gold and good health have vanished.
-Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
“Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” -Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778))
“When we first fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s love that makes the world go ‘round.” -W. S. Gilbert (William Schwenck Gilbert (1836 - 1911))
Jared: How do you mend a broken heart?
Annie: With ticker tape.
“We loved with a love that was more than love.” -Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849): “Annabel Lee”; type of work: poem
“He was happy and unhappy all at once. He was in love.” -Petra Mathers: “Victor and Christabel” (1993)
“Love flowers best in openness and freedom.” -Edward Abbey: “Desert Solitaire” (1968): ‘Cliffrose and Bayonets,’ page 26
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“Whoever loves much, does much.” -Thomas à Kempis (meaning Thomas of Kempen (born Thomas Hammerken (about 1379 - 1471))): “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), Book I, chapter xv
“Draw a circle, not a heart, around the one you love, because a heart can break, but a circle goes on forever.” -Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky (1911 - 1987))
“To love someone means to see him as God intended him.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881))
“Hearts are wild creatures. That’s why our ribs are cages.” -Author Unknown
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“We are most alive when we’re in love.” -John Updike (John Hoyer Updike (1932 - 2009))
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach . . .
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning (born Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett (1806 - 1861)): “Sonnets from the Portuguese” (1850), Number XLII
“Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.” -Bette Davis (Ruth Elizabeth ‘Bette’ Davis (1908 - 1989)): “The Lonely Life” (1962), chapter 19
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“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983)
“Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; It does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” -Paul of Tarsus: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘First Corinthians,’ chapter 13, verses 4 through 8
“The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.” -Helen Hayes (Helen Hayes MacArthur (born Helen Hayes Brown (1900 - 1993)))
“What power has love but forgiveness?” -William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
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“To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.” -Bess Myerson (1924 - 2014)
“Love begins when nothing is expected in return.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944)) at https://www.antoinedesaintexupery.com/
“Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.” -Germaine de Staël (Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, also known as Madame de Staël (1766 - 1817)): “Corinne” (1807), Book VIII, Chapter II, as translated by Isabel Hill (1833)
Do you love me,
Or do you not?
You told me once,
But I forgot.
-Elena Helms
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“Love creates an ‘us’ without destroying the ‘me’.” -Leo Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))
“Let all you do be done with love.” -Author Unknown
“You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments where you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” -Henry Drummond (1851 - 1897)
“Love one another.” -Jesus of Nazareth: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘John,’ chapter 13, verses 34 and 35
“I’m bananas for you - let’s never split!” -Author Unknown
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“I love you right up to the Moon - and back.” -Sam McBratney: “Guess How Much I Love You” (1994)
“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much a heart can hold.” -Zelda Fitzgerald (born Zelda Sayre (1900 - 1948))
I Love You!
I love you, I love you,
I love you, I do.
But don’t get excited -
I love monkeys, too!
By Author Unknown
“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - 347 B.C.E.): “The Symposium”
“Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to do good.” -Jonathan Edwards (1703 - 1758)
“If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.” -Author Unknown
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“Perfect love casts out fear.” -Uell Stanley Andersen (1917 - 1986)
“If you would be loved, love and be lovable.” -Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (1755)
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944)): “Le Petit Prince” (English: “The Little Prince”) (1943) at https://www.antoinedesaintexupery.com/
“I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea.” -Nicholas Sparks
“True love isn’t so much a dreamy feeling that you have as it is an enduring commitment to give sacrificially - even, or perhaps especially, when you don’t feel like it.” -William R. Mattox, Junior
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“To acquire love, fill yourself up with it until you become a magnet.” -Charles Haanel (1866 - 1949)
“We can only learn to love by loving.” -Iris Murdoch (Jean Iris ‘Iris’ Murdoch (1919 - 1999)): “The Bell” (1958), chapter 19
“For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.” -Rainer Maria Rilke (René Karl Wilhelm Johann Joseph Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926): “Letters to a Young Poet” (1934), ‘Letter Seven’ (14 May 1904)
“Who ever loved that lov’d* not at first sight?” -Christopher Marlowe (Christopher ‘Kit’ Marlowe (1564 - 1593)): “Hero and Leander,” ‘First Sestiad,’ line 176
*love’d: loved
“Love at first sight is a great time saver.” -Author Unknown
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“Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary.” -Teresa of Calcutta (also known as Mother Teresa (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910 - 1997)))
“Above all do not forget your duty to love yourself.” -Søren Kierkegaard (Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)): letter (1848) to his cousin Hans Peter
“I found the greatest love of all inside of me. The greatest love of all is easy to achieve. Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all.” -Michael Masser and Linda Creed: “The Greatest Love of All” song
“Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” -Rumi (13th century): as quoted in Helen Schucman: “A Course in Miracles” (1976), Chapter 16: ‘The Forgiveness of Illusions, page 162
“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” -Sam Keen (born 1931)
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“One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.” -Viktor Frankl (Viktor Emil Frankl (1905 - 1997)): “Man’s Search for Meaning” (1946)
“Love is not singular except in syllable.” -Marvin Taylor
“There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.” -George Sand (pseudonym of Amandine Lucile Aurore Dudevant (1804 - 1876))
“What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))
“Love is by far the most important thing of all.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com/
“The secret of health, happiness, and long life: If you simply learn how to accept and express love, you will live longer . . . be happier . . . grow healthier. For love is a powerful force.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence.” -Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845): “Lady Holland’s Memoir” (1855), Volume I, chapter 6, ‘Of Friendship,’ page 176
“Well, when you think you love somebody, you love them. That’s what love is. Thoughts . . .” -Author Unknown: “Battlestar Galactica” (2003 - 2009), ‘The Farm’; words of character Commander William Adama (portrayed by actor Edward James Olmos)
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“To her, love was like the air of heaven - invisible, intangible; it yet encircled her soul, and she knew it; for in it was her life.” -Elizabeth Gaskell (Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (born Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson (1810 - 1865)): “North and South” (1855) novel; sentiment of main character Margaret Hale
I loved you yesterday,
I love you still -
I always have,
I always will.
-Author Unknown
“Real love stories never have endings.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936))
“Do all things with love.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” -eden ahbez (George Alexander Aberle (1908 - 1995)): “Nature Boy” (1948) song
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“The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.” -Helen Hayes (Helen Hayes MacArthur (born Helen Hayes Brown (1900 - 1993)))
“What power has love but forgiveness?” -William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
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“To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.” -Bess Myerson (1924 - 2014)
“Love begins when nothing is expected in return.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944)) at https://www.antoinedesaintexupery.com/
“Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.” -Germaine de Staël (Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, also known as Madame de Staël (1766 - 1817)): “Corinne” (1807), Book VIII, Chapter II, as translated by Isabel Hill (1833)
Do you love me,
Or do you not?
You told me once,
But I forgot.
-Elena Helms
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“Love creates an ‘us’ without destroying the ‘me’.” -Leo Buscaglia (Felice Leonardo ‘Leo’ Buscaglia, also known as Leo F. Buscaglia (1924 - 1998))
“Let all you do be done with love.” -Author Unknown
“You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments where you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” -Henry Drummond (1851 - 1897)
“Love one another.” -Jesus of Nazareth: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘John,’ chapter 13, verses 34 and 35
“I’m bananas for you - let’s never split!” -Author Unknown
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“I love you right up to the Moon - and back.” -Sam McBratney: “Guess How Much I Love You” (1994)
“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much a heart can hold.” -Zelda Fitzgerald (born Zelda Sayre (1900 - 1948))
I Love You!
I love you, I love you,
I love you, I do.
But don’t get excited -
I love monkeys, too!
By Author Unknown
“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - 347 B.C.E.): “The Symposium”
“Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to do good.” -Jonathan Edwards (1703 - 1758)
“If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.” -Author Unknown
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“Perfect love casts out fear.” -Uell Stanley Andersen (1917 - 1986)
“If you would be loved, love and be lovable.” -Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (1755)
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944)): “Le Petit Prince” (English: “The Little Prince”) (1943) at https://www.antoinedesaintexupery.com/
“I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea.” -Nicholas Sparks
“True love isn’t so much a dreamy feeling that you have as it is an enduring commitment to give sacrificially - even, or perhaps especially, when you don’t feel like it.” -William R. Mattox, Junior
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“To acquire love, fill yourself up with it until you become a magnet.” -Charles Haanel (1866 - 1949)
“We can only learn to love by loving.” -Iris Murdoch (Jean Iris ‘Iris’ Murdoch (1919 - 1999)): “The Bell” (1958), chapter 19
“For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.” -Rainer Maria Rilke (René Karl Wilhelm Johann Joseph Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926): “Letters to a Young Poet” (1934), ‘Letter Seven’ (14 May 1904)
“Who ever loved that lov’d* not at first sight?” -Christopher Marlowe (Christopher ‘Kit’ Marlowe (1564 - 1593)): “Hero and Leander,” ‘First Sestiad,’ line 176
*love’d: loved
“Love at first sight is a great time saver.” -Author Unknown
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“Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary.” -Teresa of Calcutta (also known as Mother Teresa (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910 - 1997)))
“Above all do not forget your duty to love yourself.” -Søren Kierkegaard (Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)): letter (1848) to his cousin Hans Peter
“I found the greatest love of all inside of me. The greatest love of all is easy to achieve. Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all.” -Michael Masser and Linda Creed: “The Greatest Love of All” song
“Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” -Rumi (13th century): as quoted in Helen Schucman: “A Course in Miracles” (1976), Chapter 16: ‘The Forgiveness of Illusions, page 162
“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” -Sam Keen (born 1931)
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“One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.” -Viktor Frankl (Viktor Emil Frankl (1905 - 1997)): “Man’s Search for Meaning” (1946)
“Love is not singular except in syllable.” -Marvin Taylor
“There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.” -George Sand (pseudonym of Amandine Lucile Aurore Dudevant (1804 - 1876))
“What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!” -Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885))
“Love is by far the most important thing of all.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com/
“The secret of health, happiness, and long life: If you simply learn how to accept and express love, you will live longer . . . be happier . . . grow healthier. For love is a powerful force.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence.” -Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845): “Lady Holland’s Memoir” (1855), Volume I, chapter 6, ‘Of Friendship,’ page 176
“Well, when you think you love somebody, you love them. That’s what love is. Thoughts . . .” -Author Unknown: “Battlestar Galactica” (2003 - 2009), ‘The Farm’; words of character Commander William Adama (portrayed by actor Edward James Olmos)
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“To her, love was like the air of heaven - invisible, intangible; it yet encircled her soul, and she knew it; for in it was her life.” -Elizabeth Gaskell (Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (born Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson (1810 - 1865)): “North and South” (1855) novel; sentiment of main character Margaret Hale
I loved you yesterday,
I love you still -
I always have,
I always will.
-Author Unknown
“Real love stories never have endings.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936))
“Do all things with love.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” -eden ahbez (George Alexander Aberle (1908 - 1995)): “Nature Boy” (1948) song
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“Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” -Will Rogers (William Penn Adair ‘Will’ Rogers (1879 - 1935))
“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book, or simply close it.” -Shannon L. Alder
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“It’s no use to go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” -Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898)): “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865)
“When you’re too caught up in what happened in the past, you miss what’s right in front of you.” -Author Unknown
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“If you’re yearning for the good old days, just turn off the air conditioning.” -Griff Niblack
“I am not really a reminiscing person. I am not nostalgic at all.” -Petula Clark
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“Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.” -Candace Bushnell
“It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
“Examine the past, but don’t live in it.” -Author Unknown
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“Too much looking backward . . . is bad for progress.” -Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
“The Ogle Fish swims everywhere backwards, because it is only interested in seeing where it has already been.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Remember, you can’t reach for what’s in front of you, until you let go of what’s behind you.” -Author Unknown
“You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest, that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.” -Jan Glidewell (James Janis ‘Jan’ Glidewell (1944 - 2013))
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“If you spend too much time living in the past, you never move forward.” -Jodi Picoult (Jodi Lynn Picoult (born 1966)) at https://jodipicoult.com/
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“‘Living in the past’ is a way of saying that a person is not giving enough attention to his or her present life.” -Author Unknown
“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.” -Roy T. Bennett
“I live in the past because it’s cheaper there.” -Author Unknown
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“Move forward, don’t look back, just forget the past.” -Author Unknown
“If you let go of the past, it no longer has a hold on you.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s but little good you’ll do a-watering the last year’s crop.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “Adam Bede” (1859)
“Do not look back; if Cinderella had gone back to pick up her shoe, she would never have become a princess.” -Author Unknown
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“The mill cannot grind with water that’s past.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert (1593 - 1633): “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 153
Bernard: How many past-dwellers does it take to change a light bulb?
Glennard: Four. One to change the bulb and three to reminisce about how good the old burned-out, broken light bulb was.
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“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book, or simply close it.” -Shannon L. Alder
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“It’s no use to go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” -Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898)): “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865)
“When you’re too caught up in what happened in the past, you miss what’s right in front of you.” -Author Unknown
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“If you’re yearning for the good old days, just turn off the air conditioning.” -Griff Niblack
“I am not really a reminiscing person. I am not nostalgic at all.” -Petula Clark
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“Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.” -Candace Bushnell
“It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
“Examine the past, but don’t live in it.” -Author Unknown
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“Too much looking backward . . . is bad for progress.” -Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
“The Ogle Fish swims everywhere backwards, because it is only interested in seeing where it has already been.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Remember, you can’t reach for what’s in front of you, until you let go of what’s behind you.” -Author Unknown
“You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest, that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.” -Jan Glidewell (James Janis ‘Jan’ Glidewell (1944 - 2013))
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“If you spend too much time living in the past, you never move forward.” -Jodi Picoult (Jodi Lynn Picoult (born 1966)) at https://jodipicoult.com/
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“‘Living in the past’ is a way of saying that a person is not giving enough attention to his or her present life.” -Author Unknown
“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.” -Roy T. Bennett
“I live in the past because it’s cheaper there.” -Author Unknown
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“Move forward, don’t look back, just forget the past.” -Author Unknown
“If you let go of the past, it no longer has a hold on you.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s but little good you’ll do a-watering the last year’s crop.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “Adam Bede” (1859)
“Do not look back; if Cinderella had gone back to pick up her shoe, she would never have become a princess.” -Author Unknown
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“The mill cannot grind with water that’s past.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert (1593 - 1633): “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 153
Bernard: How many past-dwellers does it take to change a light bulb?
Glennard: Four. One to change the bulb and three to reminisce about how good the old burned-out, broken light bulb was.
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“Don’t look back. You’re not going that way.” -Author Unknown
“That which is past is gone and irrevocable, and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “Essays” (1597)
“How many people long for that ‘past, simpler, and better world,’ I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?” -R. A. Salvatore
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“There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“Life goes on whether you choose to move on and take a chance in the unknown or stay behind, locked in the past, thinking of what could’ve been. I don’t want to live in the past anymore. I’m so lonely here, there’s nothing for me here anymore.” -Stephanie Smith: “Wherever You Will Go” (7 August 2014)
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“We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.” -Lyndon B. Johnson (Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 - 1973))
“The longer you live in the past, the less future you have to enjoy.” -Author Unknown
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“We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.” -Author Unknown
“That which is past is gone and irrevocable, and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “Essays” (1597)
“How many people long for that ‘past, simpler, and better world,’ I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?” -R. A. Salvatore
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“There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“Life goes on whether you choose to move on and take a chance in the unknown or stay behind, locked in the past, thinking of what could’ve been. I don’t want to live in the past anymore. I’m so lonely here, there’s nothing for me here anymore.” -Stephanie Smith: “Wherever You Will Go” (7 August 2014)
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“We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.” -Lyndon B. Johnson (Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 - 1973))
“The longer you live in the past, the less future you have to enjoy.” -Author Unknown
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“We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.” -Author Unknown
The Good Old Days
“In my day, we couldn’t afford shoes, so we went barefoot. In the Winter we had to wrap our feet with barbed wire for traction.” -Bill Flavin
“In my day, we didn’t have virtual reality. If a one-eyed razorback barbarian warrior was chasing you with an ax, you just had to hope you could outrun him.” -Sarah M. Wolford
“In my day, we didn’t have days. There was only ‘time for work,’ ‘time for prayer,’ and ‘time for sleep.’ The sheriff would go around and tell everyone when to change.” -Elden Carnahan
“In my day, we didn’t have water. We had to smash together our own hydrogen and oxygen atoms.” -Diana Hugue
By Author Unknown: as published in the “Washington Post” (about 1997) newspaper, in a contest on the subject of the difficulties of the good old days
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“In my day, we couldn’t afford shoes, so we went barefoot. In the Winter we had to wrap our feet with barbed wire for traction.” -Bill Flavin
“In my day, we didn’t have virtual reality. If a one-eyed razorback barbarian warrior was chasing you with an ax, you just had to hope you could outrun him.” -Sarah M. Wolford
“In my day, we didn’t have days. There was only ‘time for work,’ ‘time for prayer,’ and ‘time for sleep.’ The sheriff would go around and tell everyone when to change.” -Elden Carnahan
“In my day, we didn’t have water. We had to smash together our own hydrogen and oxygen atoms.” -Diana Hugue
By Author Unknown: as published in the “Washington Post” (about 1997) newspaper, in a contest on the subject of the difficulties of the good old days
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“Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” -Robin Sharma (Robin S. Sharma (born 1965))
“The past is a great place, and I don’t want to erase it or to regret it, but I don’t want to be its prisoner either.” -Mick Jagger (Michael Philip ‘Mick’ Jagger (born 1943))
Clarence: They don’t make them like they used to.
Lawrence: And for good reason!
“Stop living backwards while the world continues to move forward.” -Roger Lee
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“The illusion that times that were are better than those that are has probably pervaded all ages.” -Horace Greeley (1811 - 1872)
“We must not confuse the present with the past. With regard to the past, no further action is possible.” -Simone de Beauvoir: “Pour une morale de l’ambiguïté” (English: “The Ethics of Ambiguity”) (1947), Chapter 1: ‘The Aesthetic Attitude’
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“When setting priorities, going forward is likely to be more important than looking back.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Our image of happiness is indissolubly bound up with the image of the past.” -Walter Benjamin: “Theses on the Philosophy of History” (1940), II
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“If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.” -Jules Renard (Pierre-Jules Renard (1864 - 1910))
“For those who live in the past, there is no future.” -Author Unknown
“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.” -attributed to Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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“Draw from your past, but do not let your past draw from you.” -Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie: “Stargate Atlantis,” Season 4, Episode 3, ‘Reunion’ (12 October 2007), words of character Teal’c (portrayed by actor Christopher Judge)
“The past is a great place, and I don’t want to erase it or to regret it, but I don’t want to be its prisoner either.” -Mick Jagger (Michael Philip ‘Mick’ Jagger (born 1943))
Clarence: They don’t make them like they used to.
Lawrence: And for good reason!
“Stop living backwards while the world continues to move forward.” -Roger Lee
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“The illusion that times that were are better than those that are has probably pervaded all ages.” -Horace Greeley (1811 - 1872)
“We must not confuse the present with the past. With regard to the past, no further action is possible.” -Simone de Beauvoir: “Pour une morale de l’ambiguïté” (English: “The Ethics of Ambiguity”) (1947), Chapter 1: ‘The Aesthetic Attitude’
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“When setting priorities, going forward is likely to be more important than looking back.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Our image of happiness is indissolubly bound up with the image of the past.” -Walter Benjamin: “Theses on the Philosophy of History” (1940), II
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“If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.” -Jules Renard (Pierre-Jules Renard (1864 - 1910))
“For those who live in the past, there is no future.” -Author Unknown
“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.” -attributed to Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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“Draw from your past, but do not let your past draw from you.” -Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie: “Stargate Atlantis,” Season 4, Episode 3, ‘Reunion’ (12 October 2007), words of character Teal’c (portrayed by actor Christopher Judge)
“A Retrosaurus is a backward-looking dinosaur, which is why we do not find its kind anymore in our world.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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What Day To Live In?
Yesterday is now far away,
Tomorrow is another day -
Not yet here, though on its way.
My advice? Enjoy today!
By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The more we look backwards, the less we will be able to see forward.” -Author Unknown
“The past is to learn from and not to live in.” -Richard L. Evans (Richard Louis Evans (1906 - 1971))
“It has taken me a while, but I’m learning that letting go of the past is a good thing. It doesn’t mean forgetting, it just means moving on. Because the fact is, we can’t enjoy the present and embrace the future when we are still stuck in the past.” -Don Dewberry
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“You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))
“Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror.” -Byrd Baggett
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“If you are still talking about what you did yesterday, you haven’t done much today.” -Author Unknown
“Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way.” -Edna Ferber (1885 - 1968)
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“I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880))
“It’s okay to look back at the past. Just don’t stare.” -Benjamin Dover
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“When we cling to the past, we become unavailable in the present.” -Author Unknown
“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” -Author Unknown
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“The past should be a springboard, not a hammock.” -Irving Ball
“Once you make the decision to move on, don’t look back. Your destiny will never be found in the rear-view mirror.” -Mandy Hale (born 1978) at https://mandyhale.com
“We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.” -Aulus Persius Flaccus (also known simply as Persius (C.E. 34 - C.E. 62))
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“The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post.” -L. Thomas Holdcroft (Leslie Thomas ‘Les’ Holdcroft (1922 - 2018))
“It is not possible to go forward while looking back.” -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 - 1969)
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“Don’t look back - that’s not where your future is.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Back when I was a boy, it was 40 miles to everywhere and it was always snowing.” -Author Unknown
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“I delight in the past.” -Henri Matisse
“When you focus on what might have been, it gets in the way of what can be.” -Patricia Fripp
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Living In The Past And Reminiscing Quiz
- What does it mean when a person is said to be dwelling in or on the past?
- What is the difference between dwelling in or on the past and reminiscing?
- What harm can it do to dwell in or on the past?
- How can a person stop dwelling in or on the past, start living in the present, and start planning and working for the future?
“Don’t look back - something might be gaining on you.” -Author Unknown
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“That’s like, so five minutes ago . . .” -Author Unknown
“Never live in the past, but always learn from it.” -Author Unknown
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“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” -Lyndon B. Johnson (Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 - 1973))
“Looking back gives you regrets. Looking ahead gives you opportunities.” -Author Unknown
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“When you finally let go of the past, something better comes along.” -Author Unknown
“One of the reasons people hold onto the past is because they don’t like their life in the now. You can keep the memories close to your heart, but you must let go of longings in order to plan a better life ahead of you.” -Brigitte Nicole
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“To be able to look back on one’s past life with satisfaction is to live twice.” -Marcus Valerius Martialis (also known simply as Martial (between C.E. 38 and C.E. 41 - between C.E. 102 and C.E. 104))
“‘Old times’ never come back and I suppose it’s just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that’s better.” -George E. Woodberry (George Edward Woodberry (1855 - 1930))
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We are MFOL! . . . and we are looking forward to what is coming next . . .
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What Day To Live In?
Yesterday is now far away,
Tomorrow is another day -
Not yet here, though on its way.
My advice? Enjoy today!
By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The more we look backwards, the less we will be able to see forward.” -Author Unknown
“The past is to learn from and not to live in.” -Richard L. Evans (Richard Louis Evans (1906 - 1971))
“It has taken me a while, but I’m learning that letting go of the past is a good thing. It doesn’t mean forgetting, it just means moving on. Because the fact is, we can’t enjoy the present and embrace the future when we are still stuck in the past.” -Don Dewberry
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“You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))
“Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror.” -Byrd Baggett
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“If you are still talking about what you did yesterday, you haven’t done much today.” -Author Unknown
“Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way.” -Edna Ferber (1885 - 1968)
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“I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880))
“It’s okay to look back at the past. Just don’t stare.” -Benjamin Dover
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“When we cling to the past, we become unavailable in the present.” -Author Unknown
“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” -Author Unknown
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“The past should be a springboard, not a hammock.” -Irving Ball
“Once you make the decision to move on, don’t look back. Your destiny will never be found in the rear-view mirror.” -Mandy Hale (born 1978) at https://mandyhale.com
“We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.” -Aulus Persius Flaccus (also known simply as Persius (C.E. 34 - C.E. 62))
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“The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post.” -L. Thomas Holdcroft (Leslie Thomas ‘Les’ Holdcroft (1922 - 2018))
“It is not possible to go forward while looking back.” -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 - 1969)
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“Don’t look back - that’s not where your future is.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Back when I was a boy, it was 40 miles to everywhere and it was always snowing.” -Author Unknown
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“I delight in the past.” -Henri Matisse
“When you focus on what might have been, it gets in the way of what can be.” -Patricia Fripp
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Living In The Past And Reminiscing Quiz
- What does it mean when a person is said to be dwelling in or on the past?
- What is the difference between dwelling in or on the past and reminiscing?
- What harm can it do to dwell in or on the past?
- How can a person stop dwelling in or on the past, start living in the present, and start planning and working for the future?
“Don’t look back - something might be gaining on you.” -Author Unknown
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“That’s like, so five minutes ago . . .” -Author Unknown
“Never live in the past, but always learn from it.” -Author Unknown
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“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” -Lyndon B. Johnson (Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 - 1973))
“Looking back gives you regrets. Looking ahead gives you opportunities.” -Author Unknown
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“When you finally let go of the past, something better comes along.” -Author Unknown
“One of the reasons people hold onto the past is because they don’t like their life in the now. You can keep the memories close to your heart, but you must let go of longings in order to plan a better life ahead of you.” -Brigitte Nicole
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“To be able to look back on one’s past life with satisfaction is to live twice.” -Marcus Valerius Martialis (also known simply as Martial (between C.E. 38 and C.E. 41 - between C.E. 102 and C.E. 104))
“‘Old times’ never come back and I suppose it’s just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that’s better.” -George E. Woodberry (George Edward Woodberry (1855 - 1930))
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“Life is better with clowns.” -Author Unknown
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“I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.” -Diane Cilento
What is a clown? A clown is an entertainer who wears colorful makeup and clothes, plays practical jokes, sometimes has props such as a unicycle, a noisemaker, or a trained animal, and uses physical acting, such as dancing or falling down, for comedic effect to entertain audiences and get laughs.
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“A clown’s makeup and character, that’s all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.” -Emmet Kelly (Emmett Leo Kelly (1898 - 1979)): quoted in “The Greeley Daily Tribune” (21 June 1975) newspaper of Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, United States of America
“I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not.” -Ernest Borgnine
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“I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular person.” -Tim Duncan
“I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, ‘Wow, this is exciting, I’m a little bit nervous.’” -Nathan Fillion (born 1971)
Chuckles the Clown: Why did Jolly the Clown cross the road?
Giggles the Clown: To be funny on the other side!
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“The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.” -Miguel de Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616)): “Don Quixote” (1605)
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“I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.” -Diane Cilento
What is a clown? A clown is an entertainer who wears colorful makeup and clothes, plays practical jokes, sometimes has props such as a unicycle, a noisemaker, or a trained animal, and uses physical acting, such as dancing or falling down, for comedic effect to entertain audiences and get laughs.
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“A clown’s makeup and character, that’s all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.” -Emmet Kelly (Emmett Leo Kelly (1898 - 1979)): quoted in “The Greeley Daily Tribune” (21 June 1975) newspaper of Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, United States of America
“I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not.” -Ernest Borgnine
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“I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular person.” -Tim Duncan
“I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, ‘Wow, this is exciting, I’m a little bit nervous.’” -Nathan Fillion (born 1971)
Chuckles the Clown: Why did Jolly the Clown cross the road?
Giggles the Clown: To be funny on the other side!
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“The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.” -Miguel de Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616)): “Don Quixote” (1605)
Happy clowns bring happiness wherever they are seen, and not the horrors of the creepy clowns that make people fearful or the depression of the sad clowns that make people feel bad. True clowns perform for the benefit of others; they spread joy. Send in the happy clowns!
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“I only come to life when there are people watching.” -Red Skelton (Richard Bernard ‘Red’ Skelton (1913 - 1997))
“A clown’s only goal is to make the audience forget their troubles, if only for a moment.” -Author Unknown
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“I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown.” -Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer ‘Charlie’ Chaplin (1889 - 1977)): as quoted in “The Observer” (17 June 1960) newspaper of London, England
Baggy Trousers
Baggy trousers
Nose, bright red,
A silly hat
Upon his head.
Squirting flower
Spinning tie,
A teardrop falling
From his eye.
Elastic braces
Going twang,
His car exploding
With a bang!
A patchwork coat
Those flapping shoes,
A painted smile
To chase the blues.
Making us laugh
And banish that frown,
The simple duties
Of a clown.
By Pip The Clown (Written For Bluey The Clown)
“Things happen for a reason. Except for clowns. There’s no reason for clowns.” -Author Unknown
“If you’re a man, and you’ve ever wondered, should I wear makeup and unique fashions . . . the answer is yes, you definitely should become a clown.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
A man went to a doctor, and said, “Doc, sometimes I feel like a clown - what should I do?” The doctor replied, “Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious!”
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Peachy the Clown: How does Jokey the Clown like her eggs?
Pinky the Clown: Funny side up!
“A clown sees life simply, without complications.” -George Bishop
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“If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you’ll just be the thirteenth clown.” -Adam Walinsky
Sarah: What are clown suits made from?
Matilda: Polyjester.
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The word ‘clown’ is possibly derived from the Icelandic word ‘klunni’ meaning ‘clumsy person.’
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“I only come to life when there are people watching.” -Red Skelton (Richard Bernard ‘Red’ Skelton (1913 - 1997))
“A clown’s only goal is to make the audience forget their troubles, if only for a moment.” -Author Unknown
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“I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown.” -Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer ‘Charlie’ Chaplin (1889 - 1977)): as quoted in “The Observer” (17 June 1960) newspaper of London, England
Baggy Trousers
Baggy trousers
Nose, bright red,
A silly hat
Upon his head.
Squirting flower
Spinning tie,
A teardrop falling
From his eye.
Elastic braces
Going twang,
His car exploding
With a bang!
A patchwork coat
Those flapping shoes,
A painted smile
To chase the blues.
Making us laugh
And banish that frown,
The simple duties
Of a clown.
By Pip The Clown (Written For Bluey The Clown)
“Things happen for a reason. Except for clowns. There’s no reason for clowns.” -Author Unknown
“If you’re a man, and you’ve ever wondered, should I wear makeup and unique fashions . . . the answer is yes, you definitely should become a clown.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
A man went to a doctor, and said, “Doc, sometimes I feel like a clown - what should I do?” The doctor replied, “Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious!”
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Peachy the Clown: How does Jokey the Clown like her eggs?
Pinky the Clown: Funny side up!
“A clown sees life simply, without complications.” -George Bishop
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“If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you’ll just be the thirteenth clown.” -Adam Walinsky
Sarah: What are clown suits made from?
Matilda: Polyjester.
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The word ‘clown’ is possibly derived from the Icelandic word ‘klunni’ meaning ‘clumsy person.’
If you’ve ever wondered what’s inside the really big clown shoes . . . well, now you know . . . really big clown feet!
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Do clowns wear really big socks?
“Yesterday, a clown held a door open for me. I thought it was a nice jester.” -Author Unknown
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There are believed to be more than 20,000 clowns in the world today. The most famous ones have their faces painted onto chicken eggs or goose eggs, which are then displayed in collections in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The tradition was started in the United Kingdom in about 1946.
“I just want to be known as a clown, because to me, that’s the height of my profession. It means you can do everything - sing, dance, and above all, make people laugh.” -Red Skelton (Richard Bernard ‘Red’ Skelton (1913 - 1997))
“I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids’ parties for about three years.” -Hugh Jackman (Hugh Michael Jackman (born 1968)): as quoted in “The Advocate,” No. 898 (16 September 2003), page 46
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“If by chance some day you’re not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I’ve said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.” -Red Skelton (Richard Bernard ‘Red’ Skelton (1913 - 1997))
“For several years now, the clown has taken on great importance, as part of the search for what is laughable and ridiculous in man. We put the emphasis on the rediscovery of our own individual clown, the one that has grown-up within us and which society does not allow us to express.” -Jacques Lequoc (1973)
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“The clown may be the source of mirth, but - who shall make the clown laugh?” -Angela Carter
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Do clowns wear really big socks?
“Yesterday, a clown held a door open for me. I thought it was a nice jester.” -Author Unknown
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There are believed to be more than 20,000 clowns in the world today. The most famous ones have their faces painted onto chicken eggs or goose eggs, which are then displayed in collections in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The tradition was started in the United Kingdom in about 1946.
“I just want to be known as a clown, because to me, that’s the height of my profession. It means you can do everything - sing, dance, and above all, make people laugh.” -Red Skelton (Richard Bernard ‘Red’ Skelton (1913 - 1997))
“I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids’ parties for about three years.” -Hugh Jackman (Hugh Michael Jackman (born 1968)): as quoted in “The Advocate,” No. 898 (16 September 2003), page 46
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“If by chance some day you’re not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I’ve said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.” -Red Skelton (Richard Bernard ‘Red’ Skelton (1913 - 1997))
“For several years now, the clown has taken on great importance, as part of the search for what is laughable and ridiculous in man. We put the emphasis on the rediscovery of our own individual clown, the one that has grown-up within us and which society does not allow us to express.” -Jacques Lequoc (1973)
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“The clown may be the source of mirth, but - who shall make the clown laugh?” -Angela Carter
Signs That You Might Be A Clown
- You attract crowds wherever you go.
- People compliment you on your big shoes, bright-red nose, and painted-on smile.
- You share your ‘home on wheels’ with a trained seal, a fortune teller, a trapeze artist, and a magician.
- You spend every free minute practicing your routine - in fact, you do not have a moment to spare in your life.
- You have been to more birthday parties than the “Happy Birthday” song has.
- You put sprinkles on everything: ice cream, chicken soup, oatmeal - and you have even thought about putting sprinkles on sprinkles.
- Even your name draws smiles and laughs.
- You will cry yourself to sleep tonight because you think you did not make enough people happy today.
- When someone says he would like to be a clown, you are tempted to tell the person, “You might think that being a clown is just fun all day, but many hours of hard work go with the job.” But you don’t, and instead, you do something silly.
- You cannot imagine any other kind of life.
Laughy the Clown: Why does Snoozy the Clown wear loud socks?
Smiley the Clown: So his feet won’t fall asleep!
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“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” -Carl Sagan (Carl Edward Sagan (1934 - 1996)): “Broca’s Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science” (1979)
Clowns spelled backwards is snwolc.
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Clowns We Have Yet To See
- The clown duo of Fraidy The Clown, who is afraid of everything, and his friend Fearless the Clown, who is afraid of nothing.
- Excitable, the clown who gets excited about everything - and sometimes about nothing!
- Jumpy, the clown who is always jumping up and down.
- Reader, the clown who is always reading.
- Choco Chipper the Clown, the clown who doesn’t have any chocolate right now, because he ate it all, and now he’s not feeling well . . . because he ate it all!
What clown can you imagine and then add to this list?
- You attract crowds wherever you go.
- People compliment you on your big shoes, bright-red nose, and painted-on smile.
- You share your ‘home on wheels’ with a trained seal, a fortune teller, a trapeze artist, and a magician.
- You spend every free minute practicing your routine - in fact, you do not have a moment to spare in your life.
- You have been to more birthday parties than the “Happy Birthday” song has.
- You put sprinkles on everything: ice cream, chicken soup, oatmeal - and you have even thought about putting sprinkles on sprinkles.
- Even your name draws smiles and laughs.
- You will cry yourself to sleep tonight because you think you did not make enough people happy today.
- When someone says he would like to be a clown, you are tempted to tell the person, “You might think that being a clown is just fun all day, but many hours of hard work go with the job.” But you don’t, and instead, you do something silly.
- You cannot imagine any other kind of life.
Laughy the Clown: Why does Snoozy the Clown wear loud socks?
Smiley the Clown: So his feet won’t fall asleep!
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“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” -Carl Sagan (Carl Edward Sagan (1934 - 1996)): “Broca’s Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science” (1979)
Clowns spelled backwards is snwolc.
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Clowns We Have Yet To See
- The clown duo of Fraidy The Clown, who is afraid of everything, and his friend Fearless the Clown, who is afraid of nothing.
- Excitable, the clown who gets excited about everything - and sometimes about nothing!
- Jumpy, the clown who is always jumping up and down.
- Reader, the clown who is always reading.
- Choco Chipper the Clown, the clown who doesn’t have any chocolate right now, because he ate it all, and now he’s not feeling well . . . because he ate it all!
What clown can you imagine and then add to this list?
A Prayer For Clowns
God bless all clowns
Who star in the world with laughter
Who ring the rafters with flying jest,
Who make the world spin merry on its way
And somehow add more beauty to each day.
God bless all clowns
So poor the world would be
Lacking their piquant, hilarity,
The belly laughs, the ringing lovely mirth
That makes a friendly place of Earth.
God bless all clowns -
Give them a long good life.
Make bright their way - they’re a breed apart!
Alchemists most, who turn their hearts’ pain
Into a dazzling jest to lift the heart.
God bless all clowns.
By Author Unknown
God bless all clowns
Who star in the world with laughter
Who ring the rafters with flying jest,
Who make the world spin merry on its way
And somehow add more beauty to each day.
God bless all clowns
So poor the world would be
Lacking their piquant, hilarity,
The belly laughs, the ringing lovely mirth
That makes a friendly place of Earth.
God bless all clowns -
Give them a long good life.
Make bright their way - they’re a breed apart!
Alchemists most, who turn their hearts’ pain
Into a dazzling jest to lift the heart.
God bless all clowns.
By Author Unknown
“People who know me, they know I have a sense of humor, I’m a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really.” -Gary Oldman (Gary Leonard Oldman (born 1958))
The nickname for a clown is a Joey, after the English actor, comedian, dancer, and pantomime performer Joseph Grimaldi (1778 - 1837).
“This place is just a few clowns short of a circus.” -Author Unknown
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Gladys: I’m starting a clown shoe business.
Candice: That will be no small feet.
National Clown Week was signed into law on 2 August 1971 by American President Richard Milhous Nixon. It has since become International Clown Week, and is observed from 1 August to 7 August of every year.
Jess: I’d like to take over the clown’s job!
Jeff: Those are some mighty big shoes to fill!
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A Few Of The Many Types Of Clowns
- Visiting clowns
- Street performer clowns
- Spokesperson clowns
- Rodeo clowns
- Random clowns
- Grand opening clowns
- Event clowns
- Circus clowns
- Carnival clowns
- Birthday party clowns
What kind of clown would you like to be?
Founded by Herb Metz in 1983, the World Clown Association is an organization for clowns, jugglers, magicians, and face painters. They hold annual conventions, mainly in the United States. They have scholarships for people interested in attending clowning schools, personal liability insurance, and a newsletter. For the location and date of the next clown convention and more visit https://worldclown.com/.
Overheard: I’ve often wondered what shoe stores clowns go to.
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The nickname for a clown is a Joey, after the English actor, comedian, dancer, and pantomime performer Joseph Grimaldi (1778 - 1837).
“This place is just a few clowns short of a circus.” -Author Unknown
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Gladys: I’m starting a clown shoe business.
Candice: That will be no small feet.
National Clown Week was signed into law on 2 August 1971 by American President Richard Milhous Nixon. It has since become International Clown Week, and is observed from 1 August to 7 August of every year.
Jess: I’d like to take over the clown’s job!
Jeff: Those are some mighty big shoes to fill!
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A Few Of The Many Types Of Clowns
- Visiting clowns
- Street performer clowns
- Spokesperson clowns
- Rodeo clowns
- Random clowns
- Grand opening clowns
- Event clowns
- Circus clowns
- Carnival clowns
- Birthday party clowns
What kind of clown would you like to be?
Founded by Herb Metz in 1983, the World Clown Association is an organization for clowns, jugglers, magicians, and face painters. They hold annual conventions, mainly in the United States. They have scholarships for people interested in attending clowning schools, personal liability insurance, and a newsletter. For the location and date of the next clown convention and more visit https://worldclown.com/.
Overheard: I’ve often wondered what shoe stores clowns go to.
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A big part of the rodeo clowns’ job is to distract agitated beasts so that thrown horse riders and thrown bull riders can make it to safety without being trampled, chomped, butted, or gored by the animals. Rodeo clowns also do comedy routines to keep crowds entertained between competitions. If you feel comfortable around large animals and you know something about animal nature, and if you want to live a life of danger and have people laugh at you, become a rodeo clown!
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In the early 1970’s, an American doctor named Hunter Doherty ‘Patch’ Adams started the practice of clowning for patients in hospitals, which helps patients recover faster and lightens the gloominess often associated with hospital stays.
Margaret: What protects clowns from the sun?
Maggie: The Bozone layer!
Holy Trinity Church in London, England is dedicated to clowns. The church has a stained-glass window depicting Joseph Grimaldi, who was a major influence on modern clowning. It also has an altar rail where clowns can kneel and pray, and a clowns gallery with items from famous clowns. Once a year, clowns from all over the world attend Holy Trinity Church in makeup and costume for a special service, asking God’s blessing on all clowns everywhere. Holy Trinity Church is in a section of London often described as economically depressed, and the citizens are pleased that clowns have their church in an area where laughter is needed the most.
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A Clown’s Blessing
May your nose be red and shiny,
And your smile always bright.
May your cheeks be nice and rosy,
Your eyes sparkle in the light.
May your shoes be always too big,
Your costume be perma-pressed,
Your heart overflow with laughter,
Each time you’re clownishly dressed.
May face paint be at the ready,
And your balloons be ‘easy-blow.’
May children run to greet you,
Wherever you may go.
By Author Unknown
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In the early 1970’s, an American doctor named Hunter Doherty ‘Patch’ Adams started the practice of clowning for patients in hospitals, which helps patients recover faster and lightens the gloominess often associated with hospital stays.
Margaret: What protects clowns from the sun?
Maggie: The Bozone layer!
Holy Trinity Church in London, England is dedicated to clowns. The church has a stained-glass window depicting Joseph Grimaldi, who was a major influence on modern clowning. It also has an altar rail where clowns can kneel and pray, and a clowns gallery with items from famous clowns. Once a year, clowns from all over the world attend Holy Trinity Church in makeup and costume for a special service, asking God’s blessing on all clowns everywhere. Holy Trinity Church is in a section of London often described as economically depressed, and the citizens are pleased that clowns have their church in an area where laughter is needed the most.
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A Clown’s Blessing
May your nose be red and shiny,
And your smile always bright.
May your cheeks be nice and rosy,
Your eyes sparkle in the light.
May your shoes be always too big,
Your costume be perma-pressed,
Your heart overflow with laughter,
Each time you’re clownishly dressed.
May face paint be at the ready,
And your balloons be ‘easy-blow.’
May children run to greet you,
Wherever you may go.
By Author Unknown
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Gladys: I’m starting a clown shoe business.
Candice: That will be no small feat.
“Every human being is a clown but only few have the courage to show it.” -Charlie Rivel
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“A clown knows that not everything in life is a comedy, but still understands there is comedy in life.” -Author Unknown
The All-Around On Clowns And Clowning: Questions With Answers
Where can clowns be found? Clowns can be found at charity events, grand openings, birthday parties, carnivals, and in public spaces such as sidewalks and parks.
What do clowns do? Clowns make people laugh by acting goofy, dancing, making balloon animals, showing people how to laugh and have a good time when everything goes wrong, or doing face painting of audience members.
How can someone be a clown? Go to clown college or clown school, then work long hours at practicing and rehearsing, whenever possible in front of other people, or simply repeat these words: “I am a clown.”
Can I be a clown? If you think you might be a clown, maybe you already are one.
What do clowns need? Clowns needs fun names, like Jumping Josaphat or Skippy Lou.
If you have further questions, just ask your nearest clown.
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Sunny the Clown: Where was Jelly the Clown when the lights went out?
Sparkles the Clown: In the dark!
Candice: That will be no small feat.
“Every human being is a clown but only few have the courage to show it.” -Charlie Rivel
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“A clown knows that not everything in life is a comedy, but still understands there is comedy in life.” -Author Unknown
The All-Around On Clowns And Clowning: Questions With Answers
Where can clowns be found? Clowns can be found at charity events, grand openings, birthday parties, carnivals, and in public spaces such as sidewalks and parks.
What do clowns do? Clowns make people laugh by acting goofy, dancing, making balloon animals, showing people how to laugh and have a good time when everything goes wrong, or doing face painting of audience members.
How can someone be a clown? Go to clown college or clown school, then work long hours at practicing and rehearsing, whenever possible in front of other people, or simply repeat these words: “I am a clown.”
Can I be a clown? If you think you might be a clown, maybe you already are one.
What do clowns need? Clowns needs fun names, like Jumping Josaphat or Skippy Lou.
If you have further questions, just ask your nearest clown.
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Sunny the Clown: Where was Jelly the Clown when the lights went out?
Sparkles the Clown: In the dark!
The Clown’s Prayer
As I stumble through this life,
help me to create more laughter than tears,
dispense more happiness than gloom,
spread more cheer than despair.
Never let me become so indifferent
that I will fail to see
the wonders in the eyes of a child,
or the twinkle in the eyes of the aged.
Never let me forget that my total effort
is to cheer people, make them happy,
and forget momentarily,
all the unpleasantness in their lives.
And in my final moment,
may I hear You whisper:
“When you made My people smile,
you made Me smile.”
By Author Unknown
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As I stumble through this life,
help me to create more laughter than tears,
dispense more happiness than gloom,
spread more cheer than despair.
Never let me become so indifferent
that I will fail to see
the wonders in the eyes of a child,
or the twinkle in the eyes of the aged.
Never let me forget that my total effort
is to cheer people, make them happy,
and forget momentarily,
all the unpleasantness in their lives.
And in my final moment,
may I hear You whisper:
“When you made My people smile,
you made Me smile.”
By Author Unknown
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“If you’ve ever said, ‘Somewhere a circus is missing its clown,’ it might be time to put on your costume and grab your clown gear and head out to the big top!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Send in the clowns.” -Stephen Sondheim: ‘Send in the Clowns’ song in “A Little Night Music”
“All the world loves a clown.” -Cole Porter: ‘Be a Clown’ in “The Pirate” (1948) movie
“A clown is what the world needs right now . . . or for that matter, at any time, because any time is the right time for a clown . . . at least, that’s what the clowns say!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Anna: Which clown wears the biggest shoes?
Hannah: The one with the biggest feet, of course!
“See the world through a clown’s eyes, and find the magic in everything.” -Author Unknown
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“As a clown, a person can be the cause of the laughter that lights up a thousand faces.” -Author Unknown
“Dare to be different, for a clown stands out in the world.” -Author Unknown
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“You don’t always need a clown costume to be a clown and bring happiness to the world . . . sometimes you can just wear your everyday clothes and smile and wave at random strangers.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
We are MFOL! . . . let’s make clowning fun for all again, especially for the clowns!
“Send in the clowns.” -Stephen Sondheim: ‘Send in the Clowns’ song in “A Little Night Music”
“All the world loves a clown.” -Cole Porter: ‘Be a Clown’ in “The Pirate” (1948) movie
“A clown is what the world needs right now . . . or for that matter, at any time, because any time is the right time for a clown . . . at least, that’s what the clowns say!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Anna: Which clown wears the biggest shoes?
Hannah: The one with the biggest feet, of course!
“See the world through a clown’s eyes, and find the magic in everything.” -Author Unknown
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“As a clown, a person can be the cause of the laughter that lights up a thousand faces.” -Author Unknown
“Dare to be different, for a clown stands out in the world.” -Author Unknown
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“You don’t always need a clown costume to be a clown and bring happiness to the world . . . sometimes you can just wear your everyday clothes and smile and wave at random strangers.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
We are MFOL! . . . let’s make clowning fun for all again, especially for the clowns!
We are about to enter the mysterious world of gum . . . keep your wits about you . . . and watch out for strange flavors!
Chewing gum and bubble gum are soft, elastic materials that are meant to be chewed but not swallowed.
Hugh: Where is the best place to have a bubble gum bubble-blowing contest?
Bert: On a chew-chew train.
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People have enjoyed chewing gum-like substances in many lands and from very early times. Some of the materials were thickened resins and latexes from certain kinds of trees. Others were various sweet grasses, leaves, grains, and waxes. Modern chewing gum was originally made from the natural gum chicle, found in the sapodilla tree. Chicle is expensive, so other natural gums and chewy synthetic materials are also in use presently.
Eunice: How did the chewing gum get across the road?
Josie: By sticking to the chicken’s foot.
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For centuries the ancient Greeks chewed mastic gum (or mastiche pronounced ‘mas-tee-ka’). This is the resin obtained from the bark of the mastic tree, a shrub-like tree found on the island of Chios, Greece. Grecian women especially favored chewing mastic gum to clean their teeth and sweeten their breath.
Dottie: What do bees chew?
Babs: Bumble gum.
Chewing gum burns about 11 calories per hour.
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Modern chewing gum emerged from a series of failures. American inventor Thomas Adams had tried for an entire year to use chicle as a substitute for rubber in waterproof boots, rainwear, and toys. Mr. Adams was frustrated when the experiments did not work as he had hoped, and he was ready to throw away all of the remaining chicle. Then a visit to a drug store gave him an idea. There, he overheard a girl ask for a penny’s worth of paraffin wax candy, and he recalled that chicle had been chewed by people for many centuries. By 1870, he had developed a chewing gum manufacturing process, for which he obtained United States Patent #111,798 issued on 14 February 1871. He sold his product as ‘Adams’ New York Gum No. 1.’ In 1871, he made a licorice-flavored gum called Black Jack, the first flavored chewing gum.
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Eugene: What did the shoe say to the chewing gum?
Wallace: “Stick with me, and we’ll go places.”
On 28 December 1869, a patent for an ‘improved’ type of chewing gum was obtained by dentist William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio. He combined rubber with chalk, powdered licorice root, and other substances to make his gum. The resulting gum purportedly cleaned the teeth and strengthened the jaw. Other types of chewing gum did exist prior to Mr. Semple’s product, including a ‘State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum’ made by John B. Curtis starting in 1848, and an earlier patent for chewing gum obtained by Toledo, Ohio resident Amos Tyler on 27 July 1869. Mr. Tyler’s gum was made of white rosin and olive oil, which he heated and mixed together. Once it cooled, he cut it into strips, or sticks, and packaged each piece individually. Of course, prior to all of this, chewing gum had been around for thousands of years of human history, but in a more basic form and it was not widely sold commercially.
Lizzy has been saving all her bubblegum, today she will give it a go,
She’s decided that whatever happens, a bubble she will blow.
-Kim Green: “Dizzy Lizzy and the Gigantic Bubblegum Balloon” (11 February 2014) at https://www.amazon.com/Dizzy-Lizzy-Gigantic-Bubblegum-Balloon/dp/1493133233
William Wrigley, Junior originally got his start in the baking powder business in Chicago, Illinois. With each can of his baking powder, he included a free pack of chewing gum. However, when he learned people were buying the baking powder only because they wanted the gum, he stopped selling the baking powder altogether and focused solely on the gum. In 1893, he began selling two of the most popular chewing gums ever: Juicy Fruit and Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum. The rest is history . . .
While chewing gum has been in existence for thousands of years, the variety of chewing gum called bubble gum is a development of relatively recent times: the year 1928. It was an accidental invention of Walter Diemer, a cost accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company. He experimented with gum recipes in his spare time, and eventually created a gum with better properties for bubble blowing. However, the dull gray color of the gum seemed unappealing to him, so he put into it the only food coloring then available to him at the factory, a red dye, making a pink gum, and to this day, pink is still the most common color of bubble gum.
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Walter Diemer spent his retirement riding around on a tricycle, giving out free bubble gum to children.
“I’ve done something with my life; I’ve made kids happy around the world.” -Walter E. Diemer (1904 or 1905 - 1998)
Cinnamon, spearmint, and peppermint are among the most popular flavors of chewing gum today. Some people like to take two or more different flavors of gum and chew them together.
Chewing gum and bubble gum are soft, elastic materials that are meant to be chewed but not swallowed.
Hugh: Where is the best place to have a bubble gum bubble-blowing contest?
Bert: On a chew-chew train.
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People have enjoyed chewing gum-like substances in many lands and from very early times. Some of the materials were thickened resins and latexes from certain kinds of trees. Others were various sweet grasses, leaves, grains, and waxes. Modern chewing gum was originally made from the natural gum chicle, found in the sapodilla tree. Chicle is expensive, so other natural gums and chewy synthetic materials are also in use presently.
Eunice: How did the chewing gum get across the road?
Josie: By sticking to the chicken’s foot.
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For centuries the ancient Greeks chewed mastic gum (or mastiche pronounced ‘mas-tee-ka’). This is the resin obtained from the bark of the mastic tree, a shrub-like tree found on the island of Chios, Greece. Grecian women especially favored chewing mastic gum to clean their teeth and sweeten their breath.
Dottie: What do bees chew?
Babs: Bumble gum.
Chewing gum burns about 11 calories per hour.
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Modern chewing gum emerged from a series of failures. American inventor Thomas Adams had tried for an entire year to use chicle as a substitute for rubber in waterproof boots, rainwear, and toys. Mr. Adams was frustrated when the experiments did not work as he had hoped, and he was ready to throw away all of the remaining chicle. Then a visit to a drug store gave him an idea. There, he overheard a girl ask for a penny’s worth of paraffin wax candy, and he recalled that chicle had been chewed by people for many centuries. By 1870, he had developed a chewing gum manufacturing process, for which he obtained United States Patent #111,798 issued on 14 February 1871. He sold his product as ‘Adams’ New York Gum No. 1.’ In 1871, he made a licorice-flavored gum called Black Jack, the first flavored chewing gum.
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Eugene: What did the shoe say to the chewing gum?
Wallace: “Stick with me, and we’ll go places.”
On 28 December 1869, a patent for an ‘improved’ type of chewing gum was obtained by dentist William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio. He combined rubber with chalk, powdered licorice root, and other substances to make his gum. The resulting gum purportedly cleaned the teeth and strengthened the jaw. Other types of chewing gum did exist prior to Mr. Semple’s product, including a ‘State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum’ made by John B. Curtis starting in 1848, and an earlier patent for chewing gum obtained by Toledo, Ohio resident Amos Tyler on 27 July 1869. Mr. Tyler’s gum was made of white rosin and olive oil, which he heated and mixed together. Once it cooled, he cut it into strips, or sticks, and packaged each piece individually. Of course, prior to all of this, chewing gum had been around for thousands of years of human history, but in a more basic form and it was not widely sold commercially.
Lizzy has been saving all her bubblegum, today she will give it a go,
She’s decided that whatever happens, a bubble she will blow.
-Kim Green: “Dizzy Lizzy and the Gigantic Bubblegum Balloon” (11 February 2014) at https://www.amazon.com/Dizzy-Lizzy-Gigantic-Bubblegum-Balloon/dp/1493133233
William Wrigley, Junior originally got his start in the baking powder business in Chicago, Illinois. With each can of his baking powder, he included a free pack of chewing gum. However, when he learned people were buying the baking powder only because they wanted the gum, he stopped selling the baking powder altogether and focused solely on the gum. In 1893, he began selling two of the most popular chewing gums ever: Juicy Fruit and Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum. The rest is history . . .
While chewing gum has been in existence for thousands of years, the variety of chewing gum called bubble gum is a development of relatively recent times: the year 1928. It was an accidental invention of Walter Diemer, a cost accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company. He experimented with gum recipes in his spare time, and eventually created a gum with better properties for bubble blowing. However, the dull gray color of the gum seemed unappealing to him, so he put into it the only food coloring then available to him at the factory, a red dye, making a pink gum, and to this day, pink is still the most common color of bubble gum.
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Walter Diemer spent his retirement riding around on a tricycle, giving out free bubble gum to children.
“I’ve done something with my life; I’ve made kids happy around the world.” -Walter E. Diemer (1904 or 1905 - 1998)
Cinnamon, spearmint, and peppermint are among the most popular flavors of chewing gum today. Some people like to take two or more different flavors of gum and chew them together.
That’s the Bubble-Blowing Bubble-Gum Gal . . . on MFOL!
How to Blow a Bubble
1. Take a piece of gum and chew it until the flavor is gone.
2. Stretch the gum around your tongue.
3. Blow air into the gum, and close your mouth to seal the bubble.
4. Peel the gum off your face and start all over again.
Nigel: Why do elephants paint their toenails different colors?
Logan: So they can hide in gumball machines.
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Chewing gum while cutting onions can help keep people from producing tears.
How to Blow a Bubble
1. Take a piece of gum and chew it until the flavor is gone.
2. Stretch the gum around your tongue.
3. Blow air into the gum, and close your mouth to seal the bubble.
4. Peel the gum off your face and start all over again.
Nigel: Why do elephants paint their toenails different colors?
Logan: So they can hide in gumball machines.
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Chewing gum while cutting onions can help keep people from producing tears.
Mary Had Some Bubble Gum
Mary had some bubble gum,
She chewed it long and slow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
Her gum was sure to go.
She chewed the gum in school one day,
Which was against the rule,
The teacher took her pack away,
And chewed it after school.
By Author Unknown: parody poem
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Mary had some bubble gum,
She chewed it long and slow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
Her gum was sure to go.
She chewed the gum in school one day,
Which was against the rule,
The teacher took her pack away,
And chewed it after school.
By Author Unknown: parody poem
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You probably will not want to go out and nibble on any tires after reading this, but the fact is that chewing gum is made from rubber, just like the tires on bicycles and automobiles. No wonder rodents like to chew the insulation off wires - it’s like chewing gum for them!
Monique: Here, try this new flavor of gum I just invented.
Dominique: Hmmm, tastes and smells just like old truck tires.
Monique: Fantastic, because I made it by recycling some of them. We’ll sell boatloads of my new gum - and be richer than the Emperor of Spain!
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Studies have shown that chewing sugarless gum sweetened with xylitol has an antibacterial action. It fights bacteria that cause tooth decay. Gum also increases the flow of saliva, which dilutes acid produced by bacteria. Saliva also contains calcium and phosphorous minerals that can help to repair soft spots in tooth enamel, actually healing early tooth decay.
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“Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavour on the Bedpost Overnight?” is the title of a 1924 song with lyrics written by Billy Rose and set to music by Ernest Breuer. The song was revived in 1959 by Lonnie Donegan, newly titled as, “Does Your Chewing-Gum Lose Its Flavour on the Bedpost Overnight?”
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Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don’t chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
Can you catch it on your tonsils, can you heave it left and right?
Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?
-Lonnie Donegan: excerpt from the song, “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It Flavour” on the album “Just About as Good as It Gets! More Original Skiffle Recordings” (1952 - 1959)
Humans are the only animals on Earth that chew gum. If given a piece of gum, a monkey will chew it for a couple of minutes, and then the monkey will take the gum out of his mouth and stick the gum in its hair.
Do you have gum stuck in your hair, and you don’t want to cut your hair to get rid of the gum? It’s a sticky situation, but you can apply ice to the gum to make it cold and harden it, and then try to break it off in pieces. Or, you can use peanut butter or vegetable oil to soften the gum and then try to remove it. Afterward, wash your hair thoroughly.
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“For some reason, chewing gum for me gets my brain going.” -Brie Larson
Studies have shown that chewing gum helps people concentrate. It’s true - in fact, right now we’re concentrating on the cinnamon-peach flavor of the chewing gum in our mouths! Seriously, though, chewing gum can help in studying for exams, tests, quizzes, and other brain-taxing endeavors.
Cheryl: Would you like some ABC gum?
Daryl: What’s ABC gum?
Cheryl: It’s ‘Already Been Chewed’ gum.
Daryl: No, thanks!
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Oswald.
Oswald, who?
Oswald my chewing gum!
Monique: Here, try this new flavor of gum I just invented.
Dominique: Hmmm, tastes and smells just like old truck tires.
Monique: Fantastic, because I made it by recycling some of them. We’ll sell boatloads of my new gum - and be richer than the Emperor of Spain!
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Studies have shown that chewing sugarless gum sweetened with xylitol has an antibacterial action. It fights bacteria that cause tooth decay. Gum also increases the flow of saliva, which dilutes acid produced by bacteria. Saliva also contains calcium and phosphorous minerals that can help to repair soft spots in tooth enamel, actually healing early tooth decay.
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“Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavour on the Bedpost Overnight?” is the title of a 1924 song with lyrics written by Billy Rose and set to music by Ernest Breuer. The song was revived in 1959 by Lonnie Donegan, newly titled as, “Does Your Chewing-Gum Lose Its Flavour on the Bedpost Overnight?”
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of this article, or click or tap on these words to visit the Silly Songs Page.
Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don’t chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
Can you catch it on your tonsils, can you heave it left and right?
Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?
-Lonnie Donegan: excerpt from the song, “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It Flavour” on the album “Just About as Good as It Gets! More Original Skiffle Recordings” (1952 - 1959)
Humans are the only animals on Earth that chew gum. If given a piece of gum, a monkey will chew it for a couple of minutes, and then the monkey will take the gum out of his mouth and stick the gum in its hair.
Do you have gum stuck in your hair, and you don’t want to cut your hair to get rid of the gum? It’s a sticky situation, but you can apply ice to the gum to make it cold and harden it, and then try to break it off in pieces. Or, you can use peanut butter or vegetable oil to soften the gum and then try to remove it. Afterward, wash your hair thoroughly.
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“For some reason, chewing gum for me gets my brain going.” -Brie Larson
Studies have shown that chewing gum helps people concentrate. It’s true - in fact, right now we’re concentrating on the cinnamon-peach flavor of the chewing gum in our mouths! Seriously, though, chewing gum can help in studying for exams, tests, quizzes, and other brain-taxing endeavors.
Cheryl: Would you like some ABC gum?
Daryl: What’s ABC gum?
Cheryl: It’s ‘Already Been Chewed’ gum.
Daryl: No, thanks!
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Oswald.
Oswald, who?
Oswald my chewing gum!
During World War 2, American military personnel increased the popularity of chewing gum by trading it and giving it away free to people in Europe, Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world.
In 1919 in Lockport, New York, United States of America, a Baptist minister named W. H. Mason invented the first modern gumball machine, which he patented and turned over to his son, Ford Mason, who began manufacturing the machines in the basement of his father’s church. Ford Gum & Machine Company soon began producing gumballs, too, and the younger Mason spent a decade perfecting ways to protect the candy from moisture condensation inside the see-through glass globes. A single drop of water would ruin the colors of a barrel of gumballs. Once he had invented a water-resistant glaze, a person could take a handful of glazed gumballs and hold them under a running faucet without the color coming off.
In 1919 in Lockport, New York, United States of America, a Baptist minister named W. H. Mason invented the first modern gumball machine, which he patented and turned over to his son, Ford Mason, who began manufacturing the machines in the basement of his father’s church. Ford Gum & Machine Company soon began producing gumballs, too, and the younger Mason spent a decade perfecting ways to protect the candy from moisture condensation inside the see-through glass globes. A single drop of water would ruin the colors of a barrel of gumballs. Once he had invented a water-resistant glaze, a person could take a handful of glazed gumballs and hold them under a running faucet without the color coming off.
Alike Yet Different Somehow
The gum-chewing student,
The cud-chewing cow,
Somewhat alike,
Yet different somehow.
Just what is the difference -
I think I know now -
It’s the thoughtful look
On the face of the cow.
By Author Unknown
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The gum-chewing student,
The cud-chewing cow,
Somewhat alike,
Yet different somehow.
Just what is the difference -
I think I know now -
It’s the thoughtful look
On the face of the cow.
By Author Unknown
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Chewing gum is not made with chocolate flavoring because the cocoa butter in chocolate acts as an emulsifier on the chewing gum base, making it too soft, and ruining the chewability of the product. You can test this yourself by putting a piece of chocolate and a piece of gum in your mouth at the same time and chewing them together.
According to Guinness World Records, the largest bubble ever blown was about 58 centimeters (23 inches) in diameter. The record was set on Tuesday 19 July 1994 by Susan Montgomery Williams of Fresno, California, United States of America. She used her hands to keep the bubble from sagging and popping. Hmmm, seems like that bubble might have been large enough to hold a small dog, a cat, a hamster, a parakeet, and a goldfish inside it.
Also according to the Guinness World Records, the largest ‘hands-free’ bubble ever blown was 51 centimeters (20 inches) in diameter. The record was set on 24 April 2004 by Chad Fell, who chewed three pieces of bubble gum.
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Japanese chemists have invented ‘Mood Gum.’ Like the Mood Rings once popular in America, Mood Gum changes color when people are happy, sad, angry, and so forth.
Chewing gum is a very stable product. It has a non-reactive nature and low moisture content. Because of this, chewing gum retains its quality for a longer time than most other food products - so long, in fact, that in most countries, chewing gum is not required by law to be labeled with an expiration date. Chewing gum can, however, become brittle and lose some flavor as it ages, but will still remain safe to chew.
Chewing gum on an airplane will prevent a person’s ears from popping. Chewing gum makes the salivary glands produce 250 percent more saliva than is normally produced, so people swallow more. This helps balance the pressure in the head.
At one time, a manufacturer ordered workers to stop chewing gum on the job - but the workers went to the National Labor Relations Board and won the right to do so.
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National Chewing Gum Day is 30 September of each year.
Chewing-gum was illegal in all of Eastern Europe until Czechoslovakia began manufacturing it in 1957. Poland and East Germany quickly followed suit, but it was not until 1976 that the Soviet Union lifted its ban on gum. Tourists who visit Singapore are allowed to bring gum with them, but only a maximum of two packs per person. Any more than that and they can be charged with ‘gum smuggling’ which carries the penalty of one year in jail and a $5,500 fine. A doctor’s prescription may be required for chewing gum. Anyone caught leaving chewing gum in a public area can be charged with a monetary fine, community work, or, as has been proposed theoretically under the laws, a public beating with a bamboo stick.
Better than cough drops? Cough drops are just candy, but the act of chewing gum may provide some real relief from a dry or sore throat that frequently accompany a cold, influenza (flu), seasonal allergies, prolonged speaking or singing, and some other conditions by stimulating the flow of saliva.
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Any guesses as to what percentage of people are incapable of blowing bubbles with gum? Get a clipboard, a pen, a piece of paper, and decide how you are going to word your question or questions. Now go out and begin asking people, writing down the number of people who say they can blow bubbles and the number of people who say they cannot blow bubbles. But wait, there are probably a statistically significant number of people who have never tried and therefore do not know if they can or cannot blow bubbles, and you will want to count those people also. As an inducement to get people to participate in your study, you might offer them each a piece of gum. When you have your results, please let us know.
Chewing gum first went into orbit when astronauts Edward Higgins White II and James Alton McDivitt smuggled it onboard their space capsule during the Gemini IV mission that launched on 3 June 1965 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America.
According to a leading columnist on the subject of etiquette, chewing gum in public is perfectly all right as long as it is not done with too much gusto.
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We are MFOL! . . . a website for those who can walk and chew gum at the same time . . .
According to Guinness World Records, the largest bubble ever blown was about 58 centimeters (23 inches) in diameter. The record was set on Tuesday 19 July 1994 by Susan Montgomery Williams of Fresno, California, United States of America. She used her hands to keep the bubble from sagging and popping. Hmmm, seems like that bubble might have been large enough to hold a small dog, a cat, a hamster, a parakeet, and a goldfish inside it.
Also according to the Guinness World Records, the largest ‘hands-free’ bubble ever blown was 51 centimeters (20 inches) in diameter. The record was set on 24 April 2004 by Chad Fell, who chewed three pieces of bubble gum.
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Japanese chemists have invented ‘Mood Gum.’ Like the Mood Rings once popular in America, Mood Gum changes color when people are happy, sad, angry, and so forth.
Chewing gum is a very stable product. It has a non-reactive nature and low moisture content. Because of this, chewing gum retains its quality for a longer time than most other food products - so long, in fact, that in most countries, chewing gum is not required by law to be labeled with an expiration date. Chewing gum can, however, become brittle and lose some flavor as it ages, but will still remain safe to chew.
Chewing gum on an airplane will prevent a person’s ears from popping. Chewing gum makes the salivary glands produce 250 percent more saliva than is normally produced, so people swallow more. This helps balance the pressure in the head.
At one time, a manufacturer ordered workers to stop chewing gum on the job - but the workers went to the National Labor Relations Board and won the right to do so.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Employment And Work Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
National Chewing Gum Day is 30 September of each year.
Chewing-gum was illegal in all of Eastern Europe until Czechoslovakia began manufacturing it in 1957. Poland and East Germany quickly followed suit, but it was not until 1976 that the Soviet Union lifted its ban on gum. Tourists who visit Singapore are allowed to bring gum with them, but only a maximum of two packs per person. Any more than that and they can be charged with ‘gum smuggling’ which carries the penalty of one year in jail and a $5,500 fine. A doctor’s prescription may be required for chewing gum. Anyone caught leaving chewing gum in a public area can be charged with a monetary fine, community work, or, as has been proposed theoretically under the laws, a public beating with a bamboo stick.
Better than cough drops? Cough drops are just candy, but the act of chewing gum may provide some real relief from a dry or sore throat that frequently accompany a cold, influenza (flu), seasonal allergies, prolonged speaking or singing, and some other conditions by stimulating the flow of saliva.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Health And Health Practitioners Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Any guesses as to what percentage of people are incapable of blowing bubbles with gum? Get a clipboard, a pen, a piece of paper, and decide how you are going to word your question or questions. Now go out and begin asking people, writing down the number of people who say they can blow bubbles and the number of people who say they cannot blow bubbles. But wait, there are probably a statistically significant number of people who have never tried and therefore do not know if they can or cannot blow bubbles, and you will want to count those people also. As an inducement to get people to participate in your study, you might offer them each a piece of gum. When you have your results, please let us know.
Chewing gum first went into orbit when astronauts Edward Higgins White II and James Alton McDivitt smuggled it onboard their space capsule during the Gemini IV mission that launched on 3 June 1965 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America.
According to a leading columnist on the subject of etiquette, chewing gum in public is perfectly all right as long as it is not done with too much gusto.
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We are MFOL! . . . a website for those who can walk and chew gum at the same time . . .
You can begin now . . . from wherever you are in life . . .
“If I must start somewhere, right here and now is the best place imaginable.” -Richelle E. Goodrich (Richelle Elaine Goodrich (born Richelle Elaine Gelinas in 1968)) at https://richellegoodrich.com/
“Mighty things from small beginnings grow.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
“This is the start of something wonderful.” -Author Unknown
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“The word ‘begin’ is full of energy. The best way to get something done is to begin. It’s truly amazing what tasks we can accomplish if only we begin.” -Clifford Warren (about 1932 - 2009)
“For what it’s worth . . . it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)): “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (1922)
“Start from wherever you are and with whatever you’ve got.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com
“The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.” -Robyn Davidson (born 1950)
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“Everything must have a beginning.” -Author Unknown
“It is time to get moving. Your spirits will lift accordingly.” -Author Unknown
“The hardest step of any worthwhile endeavor is always the first step. The second hardest step is the one you take after every fiber in your body says, ‘Quit!’ but you know in your spirit you must carry on.” -Al Argo
“You begin by always expecting good things to happen.” -Tom Hopkins (born 1944) at www.TomHopkins.com
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“The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.” -Dave Weinbaum (born about 1952)
“What’s well begun, is half done.” [translation to English]
“Dimidium facti qui cœpit habet.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Epistles” (about 20 B.C.E. and 14 B.C.E.), Book I, epistle ii, line 40 (traced to Hesiod)
“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“Sometimes it is really hard to get going. We put off things we do not want to do, or we are afraid to try. We occasionally feel overwhelmed by the size of a job to be done, like cleaning out the cellar or reading a long book for a class. But think a minute. If Beethoven had thought about how complicated it would be to write his Ninth Symphony, with all the instruments and voices and notes to blend together, do you really think he would ever have started? But he did not get overwhelmed. He sat down and wrote just one small note, and then another, and third. It took him months, but writing one note led to a second and, one note at a time, he completed it. We begin the same way with whatever tasks we have ahead of us. Each tiny bit of progress helps us go on to the next part. We begin by reading one page of that book, or taking one box of junk from the cellar. That is all we have to do. The rest will follow almost on its own. The trick is to begin.” -Author Unknown
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“If I have work to do, the sooner started, the sooner through.” -Author Unknown
“If we wait for the moment when everything is ready, we shall never begin.” -Ivan Turgenev (Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883))
“As the dimensions of the tree are not always regulated by the size of the seed, so the consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)): “Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words” (1820), CLXXXVIII
“We each start from a different place.” -Author Unknown
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“It doesn’t matter where you start. Only that you begin.” -Robin Sharma (born 1965)
“All glory comes from daring to begin.” -Eugene F. Ware (Eugene Fitch Ware (1841 - 1911)): “John Brown” poem, line 15; as published in James and Mary Ford, editors: “Every Day in the Year” (1902)
“It is never too late, just as it is never too early.” -Author Unknown
“If I must start somewhere, right here and now is the best place imaginable.” -Richelle E. Goodrich (Richelle Elaine Goodrich (born Richelle Elaine Gelinas in 1968)) at https://richellegoodrich.com/
“Mighty things from small beginnings grow.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
“This is the start of something wonderful.” -Author Unknown
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“The word ‘begin’ is full of energy. The best way to get something done is to begin. It’s truly amazing what tasks we can accomplish if only we begin.” -Clifford Warren (about 1932 - 2009)
“For what it’s worth . . . it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)): “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (1922)
“Start from wherever you are and with whatever you’ve got.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com
“The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.” -Robyn Davidson (born 1950)
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“Everything must have a beginning.” -Author Unknown
“It is time to get moving. Your spirits will lift accordingly.” -Author Unknown
“The hardest step of any worthwhile endeavor is always the first step. The second hardest step is the one you take after every fiber in your body says, ‘Quit!’ but you know in your spirit you must carry on.” -Al Argo
“You begin by always expecting good things to happen.” -Tom Hopkins (born 1944) at www.TomHopkins.com
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“The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.” -Dave Weinbaum (born about 1952)
“What’s well begun, is half done.” [translation to English]
“Dimidium facti qui cœpit habet.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Epistles” (about 20 B.C.E. and 14 B.C.E.), Book I, epistle ii, line 40 (traced to Hesiod)
“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“Sometimes it is really hard to get going. We put off things we do not want to do, or we are afraid to try. We occasionally feel overwhelmed by the size of a job to be done, like cleaning out the cellar or reading a long book for a class. But think a minute. If Beethoven had thought about how complicated it would be to write his Ninth Symphony, with all the instruments and voices and notes to blend together, do you really think he would ever have started? But he did not get overwhelmed. He sat down and wrote just one small note, and then another, and third. It took him months, but writing one note led to a second and, one note at a time, he completed it. We begin the same way with whatever tasks we have ahead of us. Each tiny bit of progress helps us go on to the next part. We begin by reading one page of that book, or taking one box of junk from the cellar. That is all we have to do. The rest will follow almost on its own. The trick is to begin.” -Author Unknown
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“If I have work to do, the sooner started, the sooner through.” -Author Unknown
“If we wait for the moment when everything is ready, we shall never begin.” -Ivan Turgenev (Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883))
“As the dimensions of the tree are not always regulated by the size of the seed, so the consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)): “Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words” (1820), CLXXXVIII
“We each start from a different place.” -Author Unknown
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“It doesn’t matter where you start. Only that you begin.” -Robin Sharma (born 1965)
“All glory comes from daring to begin.” -Eugene F. Ware (Eugene Fitch Ware (1841 - 1911)): “John Brown” poem, line 15; as published in James and Mary Ford, editors: “Every Day in the Year” (1902)
“It is never too late, just as it is never too early.” -Author Unknown
“Do it now, because sometimes ‘later’ becomes ‘never.’” -Author Unknown
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“If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” -David Viscott (David Steven Viscott (1938 - 1996))
“It is better to begin in the evening than not at all.” -Author Unknown: English proverb
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” -Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899 - 1961)): “The Old Man and the Sea” (1952)
No matter our age or where we’ve been
or what we’ve said and done,
Each sunrise is a reminder
that we’ve only just begun.
-Author Unknown
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“He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” -Author Unknown: Dutch proverb
“If the first button of one’s coat is wrongly buttoned, all the rest will be crooked.” -Giordano Bruno (born Filippo Bruno (1548 - 1600)): as attributed in John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton: “The Cambridge Modern History” (1904), page 707
“He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” -Author Unknown: Dutch proverb
Start now.
Start where you are.
Start with fear.
Start with pain.
Start with doubt.
Start with hands shaking.
Just start.
-Author Unknown
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“I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
“Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you’ve got, and fix it along the way.” -Paul Arden (1940 - 2008)
“Don’t be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That’s only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.” -Olga Korbut (Olga Valentinovna Korbut (born 1955))
“A good place to start is where you are.” -Charles Wolf, Junior
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” -Joe Sabah: as attributed in Zig Ziglar: “Over the Top” (1994)
“I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.” -Takeshi Shudo (1949 - 2010): “The Art of Pokemon, the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back!”; line spoken by fictional character Mewtwo
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“It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts.” -Ella Fitzgerald (1918 - 1996)
“It does not matter where you start from. You can have every advantage, or no advantages, or even seemingly every disadvantage. You can know a little or know a lot or know nothing or even know something or much that is not true. You can be a shining example of humanity or a lowly unknown nobody from nowhere. All that matters is that you make some kind of start, no matter how small, and work daily or at least as often as you are able, and not give up no matter what the world does or other people do or what the past has been or done to you or what present circumstances are or future circumstances might be. You can have times when you feel like quitting, and you may indeed pause or even quit - for a period of time, whether it is hours or days or years, and then resume when the time is right for you, not by waiting for the right time, but by making the time right, to continue on.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” -Richard L. Evans (Richard Louis Evans (1906 - 1971))
“Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.” -John Henry Newman (also known as Cardinal Newman (1801 - 1890))
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“Begin with the end in mind.” -Stephen R. Covey (Stephen Richards Covey (1932 - 2012)) at StephenCovey.com
“You can’t get much done by starting tomorrow.” -Author Unknown
“The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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“If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” -David Viscott (David Steven Viscott (1938 - 1996))
“It is better to begin in the evening than not at all.” -Author Unknown: English proverb
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” -Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899 - 1961)): “The Old Man and the Sea” (1952)
No matter our age or where we’ve been
or what we’ve said and done,
Each sunrise is a reminder
that we’ve only just begun.
-Author Unknown
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“He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” -Author Unknown: Dutch proverb
“If the first button of one’s coat is wrongly buttoned, all the rest will be crooked.” -Giordano Bruno (born Filippo Bruno (1548 - 1600)): as attributed in John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton: “The Cambridge Modern History” (1904), page 707
“He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” -Author Unknown: Dutch proverb
Start now.
Start where you are.
Start with fear.
Start with pain.
Start with doubt.
Start with hands shaking.
Just start.
-Author Unknown
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“I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
“Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you’ve got, and fix it along the way.” -Paul Arden (1940 - 2008)
“Don’t be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That’s only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.” -Olga Korbut (Olga Valentinovna Korbut (born 1955))
“A good place to start is where you are.” -Charles Wolf, Junior
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” -Joe Sabah: as attributed in Zig Ziglar: “Over the Top” (1994)
“I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.” -Takeshi Shudo (1949 - 2010): “The Art of Pokemon, the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back!”; line spoken by fictional character Mewtwo
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“It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts.” -Ella Fitzgerald (1918 - 1996)
“It does not matter where you start from. You can have every advantage, or no advantages, or even seemingly every disadvantage. You can know a little or know a lot or know nothing or even know something or much that is not true. You can be a shining example of humanity or a lowly unknown nobody from nowhere. All that matters is that you make some kind of start, no matter how small, and work daily or at least as often as you are able, and not give up no matter what the world does or other people do or what the past has been or done to you or what present circumstances are or future circumstances might be. You can have times when you feel like quitting, and you may indeed pause or even quit - for a period of time, whether it is hours or days or years, and then resume when the time is right for you, not by waiting for the right time, but by making the time right, to continue on.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” -Richard L. Evans (Richard Louis Evans (1906 - 1971))
“Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.” -John Henry Newman (also known as Cardinal Newman (1801 - 1890))
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“Begin with the end in mind.” -Stephen R. Covey (Stephen Richards Covey (1932 - 2012)) at StephenCovey.com
“You can’t get much done by starting tomorrow.” -Author Unknown
“The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“Whether we make our start on a dusty highway or a tree-lined lane, or from a place where roads don’t go . . . whether we travel for hours or days or years . . . we can get to someplace better, in distance traveled or in life-improvement, or in both.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” -Karen Lamb (born 1956) at www.karenlamb.com
“You can’t cross the sea merely by staring at the water.” -Rabindranath Tagore (also known as Ravīndranātha Thākura, born Rabindranath Thakur (1861 - 1941))
“The beginning is the most important part of any work.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.): “The Republic” (about 380 B.C.E.), Book 2
“The secret to living the life of your dreams is to start living the life of your dreams today, in every little way you possibly can.” -Mike Dooley (born 1961) at https://www.tut.com/
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The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. ‘Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?’ he asked.
‘Begin at the beginning,’ the King said gravely, ‘and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’
-Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898)): “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865)
“Of a good beginning cometh a good end.” -John Heywood (about 1497 - 1580): “Proverbs” (1546), part I, chapter X
The above in contemporary English would be: “A good beginning makes a good ending.”
“The start is what stops most people.” -Don Shula (Donald Francis ‘Don’ Shula (born 1930))
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“I will make so many beginnings there will never be an end.” -Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)
“This is just the beginning, and it’s only going to get better from here.” -Author Unknown
“Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.”
[translation to English]
“Incipe; dimidium facti est cœpisse. Supersit Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.”
[original Latin]
-Ausonius: “Epigrams,” LXXXI, 1
“Starting slow is still a start.” -Author Unknown
“Making a start involves physics: An object at rest tends to remain at rest and an object in motion tends to remain in motion, unless acted upon by an outside force in either case. So the difficulty is only one of getting an object at rest - which is you, your circumstances, other people around you, and so forth, into a state of motion. Once in motion, or that is, having made a start, objects and courses of events have a known propensity to remain in motion.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.” [translation to English]
“Le premier pas, mon fils, que l’on fait dans le monde, est celui dont dépend le reste de nos jours.” [original French]
-Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778)): “L’Indiscret,” I, 1
“Be brave enough to be bad at something new.” -Jon Acuff
“You don’t have to get it right. You just have to get it going.” -Mike Litman: as quoted in Chineme Noke: “There Is No Time Like the Present to Create Your Future” (March 2012), page 11
“Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.” -Author Unknown
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He that well his warke beginneth
The rather a good ende he winneth.
-John Gower: “Confessio Amantis” (about 1386 - 1393)
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” -William Faulkner (William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner (1897 - 1962))
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“It’s never too late to start. Don’t wait for Mondays, a new month, or a new year to begin. Every new day is an opportunity to change your life. You don’t have to have all the equipment and whatnot to start. You just have to go for it. Do what you can with what you have while you work for what you want. Stay true to your vision. Be persistent, dedicated, and consistent. Hard work always pays off.” -Author Unknown
“Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you’re going to finish.” -Herman Edwards
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“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” -Karen Lamb (born 1956) at www.karenlamb.com
“You can’t cross the sea merely by staring at the water.” -Rabindranath Tagore (also known as Ravīndranātha Thākura, born Rabindranath Thakur (1861 - 1941))
“The beginning is the most important part of any work.” -Plato (about 427 B.C.E. - about 347 B.C.E.): “The Republic” (about 380 B.C.E.), Book 2
“The secret to living the life of your dreams is to start living the life of your dreams today, in every little way you possibly can.” -Mike Dooley (born 1961) at https://www.tut.com/
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The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. ‘Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?’ he asked.
‘Begin at the beginning,’ the King said gravely, ‘and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’
-Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898)): “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865)
“Of a good beginning cometh a good end.” -John Heywood (about 1497 - 1580): “Proverbs” (1546), part I, chapter X
The above in contemporary English would be: “A good beginning makes a good ending.”
“The start is what stops most people.” -Don Shula (Donald Francis ‘Don’ Shula (born 1930))
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“I will make so many beginnings there will never be an end.” -Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)
“This is just the beginning, and it’s only going to get better from here.” -Author Unknown
“Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.”
[translation to English]
“Incipe; dimidium facti est cœpisse. Supersit Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.”
[original Latin]
-Ausonius: “Epigrams,” LXXXI, 1
“Starting slow is still a start.” -Author Unknown
“Making a start involves physics: An object at rest tends to remain at rest and an object in motion tends to remain in motion, unless acted upon by an outside force in either case. So the difficulty is only one of getting an object at rest - which is you, your circumstances, other people around you, and so forth, into a state of motion. Once in motion, or that is, having made a start, objects and courses of events have a known propensity to remain in motion.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.” [translation to English]
“Le premier pas, mon fils, que l’on fait dans le monde, est celui dont dépend le reste de nos jours.” [original French]
-Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778)): “L’Indiscret,” I, 1
“Be brave enough to be bad at something new.” -Jon Acuff
“You don’t have to get it right. You just have to get it going.” -Mike Litman: as quoted in Chineme Noke: “There Is No Time Like the Present to Create Your Future” (March 2012), page 11
“Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.” -Author Unknown
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He that well his warke beginneth
The rather a good ende he winneth.
-John Gower: “Confessio Amantis” (about 1386 - 1393)
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” -William Faulkner (William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner (1897 - 1962))
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“It’s never too late to start. Don’t wait for Mondays, a new month, or a new year to begin. Every new day is an opportunity to change your life. You don’t have to have all the equipment and whatnot to start. You just have to go for it. Do what you can with what you have while you work for what you want. Stay true to your vision. Be persistent, dedicated, and consistent. Hard work always pays off.” -Author Unknown
“Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you’re going to finish.” -Herman Edwards
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“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” -Alan Cohen (born 1946)
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” [variant translation to English]
“A journey of a thousand li* begins with a single step.” [translation to English]
Qiān lǐ zhī xíng shǐ yú zú xià. [original Chinese in English characters]
千里之行始於足下。[original Chinese in Chinese characters]
-Lao-tzu (about 604 B.C.E. - about 531 B.C.E.): ”Tao-te Ching” (English: “The Way of Power”), section 64, line 12
*li: a unit of distance that has historically varied from 323 to 645 meters
“You can’t get anywhere unless you start.” -Author Unknown
“The beginning is always today.” -Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851))
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“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” -Eckhart von Hochheim (also known as Meister Eckhart (1260 - 1327))
“If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.” -Maurice Chevalier (Maurice Auguste Chevalier (1888 - 1972))
“It’s a job that’s never started that takes the longest to finish.” -J. R. R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 - 1973))
“It will get easier once you make the initial push.” -Author Unknown
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“This is the beginning of anything you want.” -Author Unknown
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” -attributed to Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
“Well begun is half done.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): “Eudemian Ethics,” Book VII, 1238a.20, ‘Politics,’ Book V, 1303b.19-30
“So many fail because they don’t get started - they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002))
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” -Stephen King (Stephen Edwin King (born 1947))
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“The beginnings of all things are small.” [translation to English]
“Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply as Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)): “De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum,” Book V, Chapter 58
“Begin and you’re halfway there.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.maxwellleadership.com/
“You don’t get to the finish line unless you start.” -Author Unknown
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“You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up for you.” -Barbara Sher (born 1935): “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It” (1995)
“First things first, but not necessarily in that order.” -Author Unknown: “Doctor Who” science fiction series
“The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.” -Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757 - 1804)
“Take the first step, no more, no less, and the next will be revealed.” -Ken Roberts (born 1946): “A Rich Man’s Secret” (1995)
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“Two little words that can make the difference: Start now.” -Mary C. Crowley
“Begin anywhere.” -John Cage (John Milton Cage, Junior (1912 - 1992))
“It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.” -Henry James, Junior (1843 - 1916)
“The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.” -Mike Dooley (born 1961) at https://www.tut.com/
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“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” -Shunryu Suzuki (1904 - 1971)
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” -Arthur Ashe (Arthur Robert Ashe, Junior (1943 - 1993))
“He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.” -Author Unknown
“You already have all you need.” -James Cardinal Gibbons: “The Light of the Cross” (1905; 2 volumes)
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“No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.” -Channing Pollock (1880 - 1946)
“Dare to be wise; begin!” [translation to English]
“Sapere aude; incipe!” [original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Epistles” (about 20 B.C.E. and 14 B.C.E.), Book I, epistle ii, line 41
“Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): “Signs of the Times” (1829)
“Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)
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“Can anything be sadder than work unfinished? Yes, work never begun.” -Christina Rossetti (Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894))
“Every really new idea looks crazy at first.” -Abraham Maslow (Abraham Harold Maslow (1908 - 1970))
“Out of the lowest depths there is a path to the loftiest height.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
“As it turns out, now is the moment you’ve been waiting for.” -Lucinda Williams (born 1953)
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“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a step.” -Naeem Callaway (Naeem D. Callaway (born 1979))
“Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far-off success, may be crowded with grand possibilities.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))
“And suddenly you just know it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” -Eckhart von Hochheim (also known as Meister Eckhart (1260 - 1327))
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“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” [variant translation to English]
“A journey of a thousand li* begins with a single step.” [translation to English]
Qiān lǐ zhī xíng shǐ yú zú xià. [original Chinese in English characters]
千里之行始於足下。[original Chinese in Chinese characters]
-Lao-tzu (about 604 B.C.E. - about 531 B.C.E.): ”Tao-te Ching” (English: “The Way of Power”), section 64, line 12
*li: a unit of distance that has historically varied from 323 to 645 meters
“You can’t get anywhere unless you start.” -Author Unknown
“The beginning is always today.” -Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851))
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“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” -Eckhart von Hochheim (also known as Meister Eckhart (1260 - 1327))
“If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.” -Maurice Chevalier (Maurice Auguste Chevalier (1888 - 1972))
“It’s a job that’s never started that takes the longest to finish.” -J. R. R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 - 1973))
“It will get easier once you make the initial push.” -Author Unknown
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“This is the beginning of anything you want.” -Author Unknown
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” -attributed to Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
“Well begun is half done.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): “Eudemian Ethics,” Book VII, 1238a.20, ‘Politics,’ Book V, 1303b.19-30
“So many fail because they don’t get started - they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002))
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” -Stephen King (Stephen Edwin King (born 1947))
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“The beginnings of all things are small.” [translation to English]
“Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply as Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)): “De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum,” Book V, Chapter 58
“Begin and you’re halfway there.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.maxwellleadership.com/
“You don’t get to the finish line unless you start.” -Author Unknown
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“You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up for you.” -Barbara Sher (born 1935): “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It” (1995)
“First things first, but not necessarily in that order.” -Author Unknown: “Doctor Who” science fiction series
“The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.” -Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757 - 1804)
“Take the first step, no more, no less, and the next will be revealed.” -Ken Roberts (born 1946): “A Rich Man’s Secret” (1995)
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“Two little words that can make the difference: Start now.” -Mary C. Crowley
“Begin anywhere.” -John Cage (John Milton Cage, Junior (1912 - 1992))
“It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.” -Henry James, Junior (1843 - 1916)
“The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.” -Mike Dooley (born 1961) at https://www.tut.com/
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“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” -Shunryu Suzuki (1904 - 1971)
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” -Arthur Ashe (Arthur Robert Ashe, Junior (1943 - 1993))
“He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.” -Author Unknown
“You already have all you need.” -James Cardinal Gibbons: “The Light of the Cross” (1905; 2 volumes)
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“No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.” -Channing Pollock (1880 - 1946)
“Dare to be wise; begin!” [translation to English]
“Sapere aude; incipe!” [original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Epistles” (about 20 B.C.E. and 14 B.C.E.), Book I, epistle ii, line 41
“Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): “Signs of the Times” (1829)
“Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)
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“Can anything be sadder than work unfinished? Yes, work never begun.” -Christina Rossetti (Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894))
“Every really new idea looks crazy at first.” -Abraham Maslow (Abraham Harold Maslow (1908 - 1970))
“Out of the lowest depths there is a path to the loftiest height.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
“As it turns out, now is the moment you’ve been waiting for.” -Lucinda Williams (born 1953)
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“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a step.” -Naeem Callaway (Naeem D. Callaway (born 1979))
“Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far-off success, may be crowded with grand possibilities.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))
“And suddenly you just know it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” -Eckhart von Hochheim (also known as Meister Eckhart (1260 - 1327))
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Charles: How can one person makes so many mistakes in a single day?
Chuck: I get up early.
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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You are doing things you have never done before, and more importantly, you are doing something. So that is my wish for you, and all of us. And my wish for myself. Make new mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody has ever made before. Do not freeze, do not stop, do not worry that it is not good enough, or it is not perfect, whatever it is. Art, or love, or work, or family, or life. Whatever it is you are scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes. Next year and forever and ever.” -Neil Gaiman (Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born 1960))
“Mistakes are great, the more I make, the smarter I get.” -R. Buckminster Fuller (Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller, also known as R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983))
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” -Marc Chernoff: “1000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently” (2013), pages 123, 176, and 408
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“People seldom make the same mistake twice - usually it is ten or more times that they do so!” -Author Unknown
“No one is perfect, we all make mistakes. Despite our failings, we still deserve respect. Don’t let anyone put you down.” -Author Unknown
We are human.
We are not perfect.
We are alive.
We try things.
We make mistakes.
We stumble. We fall.
We get hurt. We rise again.
We try again.
We keep learning.
We keep growing.
And we are thankful
For this priceless
Opportunity called life.
-Author Unknown
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“Mistakes are proof that you are trying.” -Author Unknown
“Those who do not blunder achieve nothing.” -Chaim Weizmann: as quoted by Project Herzl
“To err is human.” [translation to English]
“Errare humanus est.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“It is normal to make mistakes. If people cannot accept that, they do not deserve to be around you.” -Author Unknown
“Mistakes are the inevitable lot of mankind.” -George Jessel (1824 - 1883)
“Making mistakes does not make you unworthy of love - it makes you human.” -Author Unknown
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“When you are not afraid to do it wrong the first time, you will eventually get it right.” -Author Unknown
A Mistake
A mistake that I made said, “My Dear,
I’m dreadfully sorry I’m here,
But my feet are so big,
And my nails cut and dig,
So I’ll be here for a while, I fear.”
By Author Unknown
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“Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.” -William Ellery Channing (1780 - 1842): “Address on the Present Age,” as quoted in “Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations” (1922)
“A mistake shows that someone tried to do something.” -Author Unknown
“Even monkeys fall from trees.” [translation to English]
“Saru mo ki kara ochiru.” [original Japanese in English characters]
猿も木から落ちる [original Japanese in Japanese characters]
-Author Unknown: Japanese proverb
“From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)
“I’ve made a lot of mistakes and I don’t regret any of them. Sometimes that’s the only way you learn.” -Nick Nolte (Nicholas King ‘Nick’ Nolte (born 1941))
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“What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!” -Alfred Adler (1870 - 1937)
“We all make mistakes. We say wrong things, we do wrong things, we fall, we get up, we learn, we grow, we move on, we live, and we thank God for always giving us another chance.” -Author Unknown
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“We all make mistakes, but everyone makes different mistakes.” -Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
“Other kings let their ministers make their mistakes for them, but Louis insisted on making the important mistakes personally.” -Will Cuppy (William Jacob ‘Will’ Cuppy (1884 - 1949)): “The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody” (1950), Part IV: ‘A Few Greats, Louis XIV’
“I’ve learned so much from my mistakes that I am thinking about making a few more.” -Author Unknown
“Remember your past mistakes just long enough to profit by them.” -Clinton D. McKinnon (Clinton Dotson McKinnon (1906 - 2001))
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“My friend Danny Breslin from Florida tells the story of two men who were sitting on a bench in London’s Hyde Park. They wanted to go shopping in Oxford Street. One of them got up and started walking in the wrong direction, but he asked the way and a passerby put him right. He finally arrived at the shops, but the other man just stayed on the bench. That guy who was walking in the wrong direction was on his way. Even his mistakes were part of getting there. The guy on the bench got nowhere. So if it feels right, give it a whirl, says Danny.” -Celia Haddon (born 1945)
“Your past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you.” -Author Unknown
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“Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.” -John Gay (1685 - 1732): “Beggar’s Opera,” Act II, scene 2
“No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.” -William E. Gladstone (William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898))
“If you’re making mistakes, it means you’re out there doing something.” -Neil Gaiman (Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born 1960))
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“A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950): “The Doctor’s Dilemma: Preface on Doctors” (1909)
Chuck: I get up early.
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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You are doing things you have never done before, and more importantly, you are doing something. So that is my wish for you, and all of us. And my wish for myself. Make new mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody has ever made before. Do not freeze, do not stop, do not worry that it is not good enough, or it is not perfect, whatever it is. Art, or love, or work, or family, or life. Whatever it is you are scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes. Next year and forever and ever.” -Neil Gaiman (Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born 1960))
“Mistakes are great, the more I make, the smarter I get.” -R. Buckminster Fuller (Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller, also known as R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983))
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” -Marc Chernoff: “1000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently” (2013), pages 123, 176, and 408
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“People seldom make the same mistake twice - usually it is ten or more times that they do so!” -Author Unknown
“No one is perfect, we all make mistakes. Despite our failings, we still deserve respect. Don’t let anyone put you down.” -Author Unknown
We are human.
We are not perfect.
We are alive.
We try things.
We make mistakes.
We stumble. We fall.
We get hurt. We rise again.
We try again.
We keep learning.
We keep growing.
And we are thankful
For this priceless
Opportunity called life.
-Author Unknown
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“Mistakes are proof that you are trying.” -Author Unknown
“Those who do not blunder achieve nothing.” -Chaim Weizmann: as quoted by Project Herzl
“To err is human.” [translation to English]
“Errare humanus est.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“It is normal to make mistakes. If people cannot accept that, they do not deserve to be around you.” -Author Unknown
“Mistakes are the inevitable lot of mankind.” -George Jessel (1824 - 1883)
“Making mistakes does not make you unworthy of love - it makes you human.” -Author Unknown
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“When you are not afraid to do it wrong the first time, you will eventually get it right.” -Author Unknown
A Mistake
A mistake that I made said, “My Dear,
I’m dreadfully sorry I’m here,
But my feet are so big,
And my nails cut and dig,
So I’ll be here for a while, I fear.”
By Author Unknown
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“Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.” -William Ellery Channing (1780 - 1842): “Address on the Present Age,” as quoted in “Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations” (1922)
“A mistake shows that someone tried to do something.” -Author Unknown
“Even monkeys fall from trees.” [translation to English]
“Saru mo ki kara ochiru.” [original Japanese in English characters]
猿も木から落ちる [original Japanese in Japanese characters]
-Author Unknown: Japanese proverb
“From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)
“I’ve made a lot of mistakes and I don’t regret any of them. Sometimes that’s the only way you learn.” -Nick Nolte (Nicholas King ‘Nick’ Nolte (born 1941))
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“What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!” -Alfred Adler (1870 - 1937)
“We all make mistakes. We say wrong things, we do wrong things, we fall, we get up, we learn, we grow, we move on, we live, and we thank God for always giving us another chance.” -Author Unknown
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“We all make mistakes, but everyone makes different mistakes.” -Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
“Other kings let their ministers make their mistakes for them, but Louis insisted on making the important mistakes personally.” -Will Cuppy (William Jacob ‘Will’ Cuppy (1884 - 1949)): “The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody” (1950), Part IV: ‘A Few Greats, Louis XIV’
“I’ve learned so much from my mistakes that I am thinking about making a few more.” -Author Unknown
“Remember your past mistakes just long enough to profit by them.” -Clinton D. McKinnon (Clinton Dotson McKinnon (1906 - 2001))
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“My friend Danny Breslin from Florida tells the story of two men who were sitting on a bench in London’s Hyde Park. They wanted to go shopping in Oxford Street. One of them got up and started walking in the wrong direction, but he asked the way and a passerby put him right. He finally arrived at the shops, but the other man just stayed on the bench. That guy who was walking in the wrong direction was on his way. Even his mistakes were part of getting there. The guy on the bench got nowhere. So if it feels right, give it a whirl, says Danny.” -Celia Haddon (born 1945)
“Your past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you.” -Author Unknown
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“Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.” -John Gay (1685 - 1732): “Beggar’s Opera,” Act II, scene 2
“No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.” -William E. Gladstone (William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898))
“If you’re making mistakes, it means you’re out there doing something.” -Neil Gaiman (Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born 1960))
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“A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950): “The Doctor’s Dilemma: Preface on Doctors” (1909)
“Life is very interesting, if you make mistakes.” -Georges Carpentier (1894 - 1975)
“We learn to walk by stumbling.” -Author Unknown: Bulgarian proverb
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“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand-in-hand.” -Emily Kimbrough (1899 - 1989)
“Even if you stumble, you’re still moving forward.” -Author Unknown
“Mistakes don’t matter; what matters is how you recover from mistakes.” -Author Unknown
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“One thing I am very good at is making mistakes.” -Author Unknown
“The wisest of the wise may err.” -Aeschylus (about 525 B.C.E. - about 456 B.C.E.)
“Don’t carry your mistakes around with you. Instead, place them under your feet and use them as stepping stones.” -Author Unknown
“My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.” -Beatrice Wood (1893 - 1998)
“The smallest errors are always the best.” [translation to English]
“Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.” [original French]
-Molière (pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622 - 1673)): “L’Etourdi,” IV, 4
“In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk.” -Robert T. Kiyosaki (Robert Toru Kiyosaki (born 1947))
“When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” -Hugh L. White (Hugh Lawson White (1773 - 1840)): as quoted in Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894), editor: “The New Dictionary of Thoughts” (1927)
“A mistake is a lesson on its way to being learned.” -Robert Orben (1927 - 2023)
“One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.” -Author Unknown
You may have noticed a large number of mistakes and errors on the Make Fun Of Life! Website. We have made them deliberately, for the benefit of the people who enjoy pointing out mistakes . . . because we want everyone to be happy!
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“Mistakes are life’s way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
“You make mistakes. Mistakes don’t make you.” -Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)
“It’s only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.” -Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Nalecz-Korzeniowski (1857 - 1924)): “An Outcast of the Islands” (1896), Part 3, Chapter 2
“If you’re not making mistakes then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” -John Wooden (John Robert Wooden (1910 - 2010))
“Only some of us learn by other people’s mistakes; the rest of us have to be the other people.” -Author Unknown
“Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.” -Anthony de Mello: “One Minute Nonsense” (1992), page 20
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“To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))
“Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don’t look back at it too long. Mistakes are life’s way of teaching you.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
“One mistake does not have to rule a person’s entire life.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison): “Any Minute” (30 June 2009) at JoyceMeyer.org
“The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.” -Edward John Phelps: speech (24 January 1889) at Mansion House, London; quoting Bishop W. C. Magee of Peterborough (1868)
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“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): as quoted in Elbert Hubbard II, compiler: “The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard: Mottoes, Epigrams, Short Essays, Passages, Orphic Sayings, and Preachments” (1927)
“Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.” -Phyllis Theroux (Phyllis Grissim-Theroux (born 1939))
“Just because you made a mistake doesn’t mean you are a mistake.” -Georgette Mosbacher (born 1947)
“I, too, have made many mistakes, but one valuable lesson that I have learned is that we cannot allow our mistakes to become our identity.” -Asa Don Brown
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“Mistakes are the inevitable accompaniment of the greatest gift given to man, individual freedom of action. Let us be glad of the dignity of our privilege to make mistakes, glad of the wisdom that enables us to recognize them, glad of the power that permits us to turn their light as a glowing illumination along the pathway of our future. Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom. Without them there would be no individual growth, no progress, no conquest.” -William George Jordan (1864 - 1928)
“We’ve all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it’s more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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DM: Do you feel you’ve learnt by your mistakes here?
PC: I think I have, yes, and I think I can probably repeat them almost perfectly. I know my mistakes inside out.
-Peter Cook (Peter Edward Cook (1937 - 1995)) and Dudley Moore (Dudley Stuart John Moore (1935 - 2002)): “Not Only . . . But Also” (1966) television show, ‘The Frog and Peach’ comedy sketch
“I would rather surround myself with people who make a lot of mistakes and have no problem admitting them, than to surround myself with people who think they make none.” -Author Unknown
“If you must make a mistake, make a new one each time.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))
“You are making progress if each mistake you make is a new one.” -Author Unknown
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“After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” -Sophia Loren (pseudonym of Sophia Sciccoloni (born 1934))
“The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.” -Akio Morita (1921 - 1999): “Made in Japan” (1987), page 149
“Mistakes are just steps, sometimes necessary, in the learning process.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Show us a man who never makes a mistake and we will show a man who never makes anything. The capacity for occasional blundering is inseparable from the capacity to bring things to pass.” -Herman Lincoln Wayland (1830 - 1898)
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“Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.” -Bob Ross (Robert Norman ‘Bob’ Ross (1942 - 1995))
“If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems.” -Frank Wilczek
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“Most of us do far better, learn faster, progress faster, and get more done when we aren’t surrounded by people who are constantly pointing out our present mistakes and reminding us of our past mistakes.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“We don’t make mistakes. We just have learnings.” -Anne Wilson Schaef (born 1934)
“No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.” -Author Unknown: Turkish proverb
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“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.” -Henry C. Link (Henry Charles Link (1889 - 1952))
“We learn to walk by stumbling.” -Author Unknown: Bulgarian proverb
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“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand-in-hand.” -Emily Kimbrough (1899 - 1989)
“Even if you stumble, you’re still moving forward.” -Author Unknown
“Mistakes don’t matter; what matters is how you recover from mistakes.” -Author Unknown
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“One thing I am very good at is making mistakes.” -Author Unknown
“The wisest of the wise may err.” -Aeschylus (about 525 B.C.E. - about 456 B.C.E.)
“Don’t carry your mistakes around with you. Instead, place them under your feet and use them as stepping stones.” -Author Unknown
“My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.” -Beatrice Wood (1893 - 1998)
“The smallest errors are always the best.” [translation to English]
“Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.” [original French]
-Molière (pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622 - 1673)): “L’Etourdi,” IV, 4
“In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk.” -Robert T. Kiyosaki (Robert Toru Kiyosaki (born 1947))
“When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” -Hugh L. White (Hugh Lawson White (1773 - 1840)): as quoted in Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894), editor: “The New Dictionary of Thoughts” (1927)
“A mistake is a lesson on its way to being learned.” -Robert Orben (1927 - 2023)
“One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.” -Author Unknown
You may have noticed a large number of mistakes and errors on the Make Fun Of Life! Website. We have made them deliberately, for the benefit of the people who enjoy pointing out mistakes . . . because we want everyone to be happy!
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“Mistakes are life’s way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
“You make mistakes. Mistakes don’t make you.” -Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)
“It’s only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.” -Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Nalecz-Korzeniowski (1857 - 1924)): “An Outcast of the Islands” (1896), Part 3, Chapter 2
“If you’re not making mistakes then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” -John Wooden (John Robert Wooden (1910 - 2010))
“Only some of us learn by other people’s mistakes; the rest of us have to be the other people.” -Author Unknown
“Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.” -Anthony de Mello: “One Minute Nonsense” (1992), page 20
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“To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))
“Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don’t look back at it too long. Mistakes are life’s way of teaching you.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
“One mistake does not have to rule a person’s entire life.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison): “Any Minute” (30 June 2009) at JoyceMeyer.org
“The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.” -Edward John Phelps: speech (24 January 1889) at Mansion House, London; quoting Bishop W. C. Magee of Peterborough (1868)
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“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): as quoted in Elbert Hubbard II, compiler: “The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard: Mottoes, Epigrams, Short Essays, Passages, Orphic Sayings, and Preachments” (1927)
“Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.” -Phyllis Theroux (Phyllis Grissim-Theroux (born 1939))
“Just because you made a mistake doesn’t mean you are a mistake.” -Georgette Mosbacher (born 1947)
“I, too, have made many mistakes, but one valuable lesson that I have learned is that we cannot allow our mistakes to become our identity.” -Asa Don Brown
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“Mistakes are the inevitable accompaniment of the greatest gift given to man, individual freedom of action. Let us be glad of the dignity of our privilege to make mistakes, glad of the wisdom that enables us to recognize them, glad of the power that permits us to turn their light as a glowing illumination along the pathway of our future. Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom. Without them there would be no individual growth, no progress, no conquest.” -William George Jordan (1864 - 1928)
“We’ve all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it’s more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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DM: Do you feel you’ve learnt by your mistakes here?
PC: I think I have, yes, and I think I can probably repeat them almost perfectly. I know my mistakes inside out.
-Peter Cook (Peter Edward Cook (1937 - 1995)) and Dudley Moore (Dudley Stuart John Moore (1935 - 2002)): “Not Only . . . But Also” (1966) television show, ‘The Frog and Peach’ comedy sketch
“I would rather surround myself with people who make a lot of mistakes and have no problem admitting them, than to surround myself with people who think they make none.” -Author Unknown
“If you must make a mistake, make a new one each time.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))
“You are making progress if each mistake you make is a new one.” -Author Unknown
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“After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” -Sophia Loren (pseudonym of Sophia Sciccoloni (born 1934))
“The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.” -Akio Morita (1921 - 1999): “Made in Japan” (1987), page 149
“Mistakes are just steps, sometimes necessary, in the learning process.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Show us a man who never makes a mistake and we will show a man who never makes anything. The capacity for occasional blundering is inseparable from the capacity to bring things to pass.” -Herman Lincoln Wayland (1830 - 1898)
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“Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.” -Bob Ross (Robert Norman ‘Bob’ Ross (1942 - 1995))
“If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems.” -Frank Wilczek
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“Most of us do far better, learn faster, progress faster, and get more done when we aren’t surrounded by people who are constantly pointing out our present mistakes and reminding us of our past mistakes.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“We don’t make mistakes. We just have learnings.” -Anne Wilson Schaef (born 1934)
“No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.” -Author Unknown: Turkish proverb
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“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.” -Henry C. Link (Henry Charles Link (1889 - 1952))
“I’ve failed over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.” -Michael Jordan (born 1963)
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“If you’re afraid you’ll make a mistake, you won’t make anything.” -Bil Keane (William Aloysius ‘Bil’ Keane (1922 - 2011))
“The main thing we learn from our mistakes . . . is that we make a lot of them.” -Author Unknown
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“There is hardly a mistake which in the course of our lives we have committed, but some proverb, had we known and attended to its lesson, might have saved us from it.” -Richard Chenevix Trench (1807 - 1886): “Proverbs and Their Lessons” (1905)
Karen: What kind of mistakes do ghosts make?
Sharon: Boo-oo-oo-boo-oo-oos!
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“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))
“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery.” -James Joyce (1882 - 1941): “Ulysses” (1922), Chapter 9: ‘Scylla and Charybdis’; often paraphrased as, “Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”
Overheard: I am human and I make mistakes.
“The secret of success is not avoiding mistakes, but learning from them.” -Michael Josephson (born 1942)
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” -John Powell: “The Secret of Staying in Love” (1990), page 85
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“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
“It would be a mistake to not try something for fear of making a mistake.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))
“Only while sleeping one makes no mistakes. Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.” -Ingvar Kamprad: “The Testament of a Furniture Dealer” (1976)
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“No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.” -William E. Gladstone (William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898))
Overheard: Have you ever noticed that no one notices you until you make a mistake?
“Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster.” -Weston H. Agor (Weston Harris Agor (1939 - 2007))
Overheard: We all make mistakes. Don’t let that be a reason to give up.
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“You can learn from your mistakes, so be sure to make some.” -Bil Keane (William Aloysius ‘Bil’ Keane (1922 - 2011))
“By seeking and blundering, we learn.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes, but that in itself would be a mistake.” -Author Unknown
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“It took me a long time to learn that mistakes aren’t good or bad, they’re just mistakes, and you clean them up and go on.” -Kaye Gibbons (born 1960)
“Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.” -Author Unknown
“Every irregularity is not erroneous.” -Lloyd Kenyon (1732 - 1802): ’Jackson v. Hunter’ (1794), 6 T. R. 74; as quoted in James William Norton-Kyshe: “Dictionary of Legal Quotations” (1904), page 107
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“Mistakes show us what we need to learn.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))
“The cautious seldom err.” [translation to English in English characters]
“Rarely does one go astray by exercising restraint.” [variant translation to English]
“Yǐ yuē shī zhī zhě, xiān yǐ.” [original Traditional (a written form of) Chinese in English characters]
「以約失之者，鮮矣。」 [original Traditional Chinese in Chinese characters]
-Confucius (a fifteenth-century Portuguese Jesuit scholars’ rendering of the Chinese name K’ung Fu-tzu or K’ung Ch’iu into Classical Latin (English: Master K’ung) about 551 B.C.E. - about 479 B.C.E.): “The Analects” (about 500 B.C.E.), Book IV, Chapter XXIII
“Whenever you fall, pick up something.” -Oswald Avery (Oswald Theodore Avery, Junior (1877 - 1955))
“By ignorance we make mistakes, and by making mistakes we learn.” -Edmund Fuller
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“He who thinks little, errs much.” -Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452 - 1519)): “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci” (1888), Book XIX: ‘Philosophical Maxims · Morals · Polemics and Speculations
“All great discoveries are made by mistake.” -Author Unknown
“Without mistakes, there would be no accidental discoveries, and without accidental discoveries, there would be far fewer better methods found, far fewer inventions made, and much less beneficial progress. The great untold secret of everything in which humans engage is that much of it would never result in useful outcomes were it not for the vast number of mistakes within it, mistakes that go by the name ‘accidental discoveries.’” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Man errs, till he has ceased to strive.” [translation to English]
“Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt.” [original German]
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy” (1808), ‘The Lord,’ line 317
“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.” -Nikki Giovanni (Yolande Cornelia ’Nikki’ Giovanni, Junior (born 1943))
“Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.” -Henry St John: “Reflections Upon Exile” (1716): as quoted in in “Letters on the Study and Use of History” (1752), page 461
“Life is not life unless you make mistakes.” -Joan Collins (born 1933)
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“Errors often serve as starting points for finding truths, and mistakes can be useful in searches for what works and what does not work.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Mistakes are common, not because people or firms are incompetent but because they are constantly dancing on the edge of knowledge.” -Gary Pisano: “Can Science Be a Business?: Lessons from Biotech,” published in “Harvard Business Review” (October 2006)
“Do not fear mistakes, there are none.” -Miles Davis (1926 - 1991)
“A mistake is simply another way of doing things.” -Katharine Graham (Katharine Meyer Graham (1917 - 2001))
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“There are no mistakes, only experiments.” -Author Unknown
“He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))
“A mistake is only a mistake if you don’t learn from it.” -Author Unknown
“Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.” -Chérie Carter-Scott (born 1949) at www.drcherie.com
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“Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget about everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.” -Will Durant (William James ‘Will’ Durant (1885 - 1981))
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
-John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “All for Love” (1678), Prologue
“Now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes.” -Neil Gaiman (Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born 1960))
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Well, that about wraps things up for now . . . we are eager to get back to making a whole lot more mistakes . . . because that is how we are certain to learn . . . and to succeed . . . let’s all go out there and make some mistakes . . . and continue to ‘Make Fun Of Life!’
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“If you’re afraid you’ll make a mistake, you won’t make anything.” -Bil Keane (William Aloysius ‘Bil’ Keane (1922 - 2011))
“The main thing we learn from our mistakes . . . is that we make a lot of them.” -Author Unknown
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“There is hardly a mistake which in the course of our lives we have committed, but some proverb, had we known and attended to its lesson, might have saved us from it.” -Richard Chenevix Trench (1807 - 1886): “Proverbs and Their Lessons” (1905)
Karen: What kind of mistakes do ghosts make?
Sharon: Boo-oo-oo-boo-oo-oos!
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“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))
“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery.” -James Joyce (1882 - 1941): “Ulysses” (1922), Chapter 9: ‘Scylla and Charybdis’; often paraphrased as, “Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”
Overheard: I am human and I make mistakes.
“The secret of success is not avoiding mistakes, but learning from them.” -Michael Josephson (born 1942)
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” -John Powell: “The Secret of Staying in Love” (1990), page 85
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“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
“It would be a mistake to not try something for fear of making a mistake.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))
“Only while sleeping one makes no mistakes. Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.” -Ingvar Kamprad: “The Testament of a Furniture Dealer” (1976)
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“No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.” -William E. Gladstone (William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898))
Overheard: Have you ever noticed that no one notices you until you make a mistake?
“Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster.” -Weston H. Agor (Weston Harris Agor (1939 - 2007))
Overheard: We all make mistakes. Don’t let that be a reason to give up.
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“You can learn from your mistakes, so be sure to make some.” -Bil Keane (William Aloysius ‘Bil’ Keane (1922 - 2011))
“By seeking and blundering, we learn.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes, but that in itself would be a mistake.” -Author Unknown
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“It took me a long time to learn that mistakes aren’t good or bad, they’re just mistakes, and you clean them up and go on.” -Kaye Gibbons (born 1960)
“Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.” -Author Unknown
“Every irregularity is not erroneous.” -Lloyd Kenyon (1732 - 1802): ’Jackson v. Hunter’ (1794), 6 T. R. 74; as quoted in James William Norton-Kyshe: “Dictionary of Legal Quotations” (1904), page 107
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“Mistakes show us what we need to learn.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))
“The cautious seldom err.” [translation to English in English characters]
“Rarely does one go astray by exercising restraint.” [variant translation to English]
“Yǐ yuē shī zhī zhě, xiān yǐ.” [original Traditional (a written form of) Chinese in English characters]
「以約失之者，鮮矣。」 [original Traditional Chinese in Chinese characters]
-Confucius (a fifteenth-century Portuguese Jesuit scholars’ rendering of the Chinese name K’ung Fu-tzu or K’ung Ch’iu into Classical Latin (English: Master K’ung) about 551 B.C.E. - about 479 B.C.E.): “The Analects” (about 500 B.C.E.), Book IV, Chapter XXIII
“Whenever you fall, pick up something.” -Oswald Avery (Oswald Theodore Avery, Junior (1877 - 1955))
“By ignorance we make mistakes, and by making mistakes we learn.” -Edmund Fuller
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“He who thinks little, errs much.” -Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452 - 1519)): “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci” (1888), Book XIX: ‘Philosophical Maxims · Morals · Polemics and Speculations
“All great discoveries are made by mistake.” -Author Unknown
“Without mistakes, there would be no accidental discoveries, and without accidental discoveries, there would be far fewer better methods found, far fewer inventions made, and much less beneficial progress. The great untold secret of everything in which humans engage is that much of it would never result in useful outcomes were it not for the vast number of mistakes within it, mistakes that go by the name ‘accidental discoveries.’” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Man errs, till he has ceased to strive.” [translation to English]
“Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt.” [original German]
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy” (1808), ‘The Lord,’ line 317
“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.” -Nikki Giovanni (Yolande Cornelia ’Nikki’ Giovanni, Junior (born 1943))
“Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.” -Henry St John: “Reflections Upon Exile” (1716): as quoted in in “Letters on the Study and Use of History” (1752), page 461
“Life is not life unless you make mistakes.” -Joan Collins (born 1933)
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“Errors often serve as starting points for finding truths, and mistakes can be useful in searches for what works and what does not work.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Mistakes are common, not because people or firms are incompetent but because they are constantly dancing on the edge of knowledge.” -Gary Pisano: “Can Science Be a Business?: Lessons from Biotech,” published in “Harvard Business Review” (October 2006)
“Do not fear mistakes, there are none.” -Miles Davis (1926 - 1991)
“A mistake is simply another way of doing things.” -Katharine Graham (Katharine Meyer Graham (1917 - 2001))
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“There are no mistakes, only experiments.” -Author Unknown
“He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))
“A mistake is only a mistake if you don’t learn from it.” -Author Unknown
“Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.” -Chérie Carter-Scott (born 1949) at www.drcherie.com
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“Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget about everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.” -Will Durant (William James ‘Will’ Durant (1885 - 1981))
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
-John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “All for Love” (1678), Prologue
“Now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes.” -Neil Gaiman (Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born 1960))
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Well, that about wraps things up for now . . . we are eager to get back to making a whole lot more mistakes . . . because that is how we are certain to learn . . . and to succeed . . . let’s all go out there and make some mistakes . . . and continue to ‘Make Fun Of Life!’
“Forget about finding four-leaf clovers - we’re going out to look for a lucky duck!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Sometimes, I drop coins on the ground so that someone will have good luck.” -Author Unknown
Al: Why so glum?
Bert: I spent my lucky penny on a piece of bubblegum, and now the flavor in the gum is all gone.
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“I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest, who complained of bad luck.” -Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
Lottery: 1. A tax on people who are bad at math. 2. A tax on people who don’t understand statistics.
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“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.” [translation to English]
“Casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus. Quo minime credas gurgite, piscis erit.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - about C.E. 17)): “Amores,” Book III, line 425
“The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.” -Bret Harte (Francis Bret ‘Bret’ Harte (1836 - 1902))
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“All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is the man who is there when the good luck comes - and is ready to receive it.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)
What power was this - chance, will you say?
But chance, what else can it mean
Than the hidden Cause of things
By human reason unseen?
-Lewis Morris: “Songs of Two Worlds: Third Series” (1875), page 23, ‘Evensong,’ lines 25 through 28
“Success in your life or business isn’t magic or luck, it is the result of knowledge of the right things to do.” -Stephen A. Matuszak
“Nothing runs on guaranteed good luck.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work, and love. The other ninety-nine percent is due to our efforts.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))
“I don’t believe in luck - I believe in preparation.” -Bobby Knight
Hezikiah: Is it really unlucky to have a black cat cross your path?
Ichabod: Only if you are a mouse!
“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.” -Groucho Marx (Julius Henry ‘Groucho’ Marx (1890 - 1977))
“Luck always seems to be against the man who depends on it.” -Author Unknown
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“Sometimes, I drop coins on the ground so that someone will have good luck.” -Author Unknown
Al: Why so glum?
Bert: I spent my lucky penny on a piece of bubblegum, and now the flavor in the gum is all gone.
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“I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest, who complained of bad luck.” -Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
Lottery: 1. A tax on people who are bad at math. 2. A tax on people who don’t understand statistics.
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“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.” [translation to English]
“Casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus. Quo minime credas gurgite, piscis erit.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - about C.E. 17)): “Amores,” Book III, line 425
“The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.” -Bret Harte (Francis Bret ‘Bret’ Harte (1836 - 1902))
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“All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is the man who is there when the good luck comes - and is ready to receive it.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)
What power was this - chance, will you say?
But chance, what else can it mean
Than the hidden Cause of things
By human reason unseen?
-Lewis Morris: “Songs of Two Worlds: Third Series” (1875), page 23, ‘Evensong,’ lines 25 through 28
“Success in your life or business isn’t magic or luck, it is the result of knowledge of the right things to do.” -Stephen A. Matuszak
“Nothing runs on guaranteed good luck.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work, and love. The other ninety-nine percent is due to our efforts.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))
“I don’t believe in luck - I believe in preparation.” -Bobby Knight
Hezikiah: Is it really unlucky to have a black cat cross your path?
Ichabod: Only if you are a mouse!
“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.” -Groucho Marx (Julius Henry ‘Groucho’ Marx (1890 - 1977))
“Luck always seems to be against the man who depends on it.” -Author Unknown
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“Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don’t depend on it.” -Author Unknown
“But experience has shown that to be true which Appius says in his verses, that every man is the architect of his own fortune.” [translation to English]
“Sed res docuit id verum esse, quod in carminibus Appius ait, fabrum esse suae quemque fortunae.” [original Latin]
-Gaius Sallustius Crispus (also known simply as Sallust (about 86 B.C.E. - about 35 B.C.E.)): “Epistulae ad Caesarem senem,” I, I, 2
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“Hard work beats luck every time.” -Author Unknown
“Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something.” -Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
“Luck can only get you so far.” -J. K. Rowling (pseudonym of Joanne ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965)): “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”; character Hermione Granger referring to a luck potion Felix Felicis
“Fortune is given to brave men.” [translation to English]
“Fortibus est fortuna viris data.” [original Latin]
-Ennius (Quintus Ennius (about 239 B.C.E. - about 169 B.C.E.)): “Annales,” line 257
“Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.” -Author Unknown
“Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.” -Sophocles (about 496 B.C.E. - about 406 B.C.E.)
“There is no one luckier than he who thinks himself so.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“‘Luck’ is a very good word if you put a ‘p’ before it.” -Author Unknown
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“Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.” -Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778)): “Dictionnaire philosophique portatif” (English: “A Philosophical Dictionary”) (1764)
“I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com/
“If you engage in gambling, or games of chance, you will have to sell your furniture, your house, your clothes, your pets, your friends, and your family. How much are they worth, to you?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it, and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.” -Lucille Ball (Lucille Désirée Ball (1911 - 1989))
“Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead.” -Brian Koslow
“The day you decide to do it is your lucky day.” -Author Unknown: proverb
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“He’s so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.” -Don Marquis (Donald Robert Perry ‘Don’ Marquis (1878 - 1937)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969), page 2
“Luck is usually good planning, carefully executed.” -Joe Moore
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“But experience has shown that to be true which Appius says in his verses, that every man is the architect of his own fortune.” [translation to English]
“Sed res docuit id verum esse, quod in carminibus Appius ait, fabrum esse suae quemque fortunae.” [original Latin]
-Gaius Sallustius Crispus (also known simply as Sallust (about 86 B.C.E. - about 35 B.C.E.)): “Epistulae ad Caesarem senem,” I, I, 2
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“Hard work beats luck every time.” -Author Unknown
“Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something.” -Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
“Luck can only get you so far.” -J. K. Rowling (pseudonym of Joanne ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965)): “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”; character Hermione Granger referring to a luck potion Felix Felicis
“Fortune is given to brave men.” [translation to English]
“Fortibus est fortuna viris data.” [original Latin]
-Ennius (Quintus Ennius (about 239 B.C.E. - about 169 B.C.E.)): “Annales,” line 257
“Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.” -Author Unknown
“Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.” -Sophocles (about 496 B.C.E. - about 406 B.C.E.)
“There is no one luckier than he who thinks himself so.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“‘Luck’ is a very good word if you put a ‘p’ before it.” -Author Unknown
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“Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.” -Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778)): “Dictionnaire philosophique portatif” (English: “A Philosophical Dictionary”) (1764)
“I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com/
“If you engage in gambling, or games of chance, you will have to sell your furniture, your house, your clothes, your pets, your friends, and your family. How much are they worth, to you?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it, and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.” -Lucille Ball (Lucille Désirée Ball (1911 - 1989))
“Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead.” -Brian Koslow
“The day you decide to do it is your lucky day.” -Author Unknown: proverb
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“He’s so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.” -Don Marquis (Donald Robert Perry ‘Don’ Marquis (1878 - 1937)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969), page 2
“Luck is usually good planning, carefully executed.” -Joe Moore
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Winner every time? Really? Sometimes the odds can seem a little odd . . . and can even leave people feeling cheated . . . so this might be decision time . . . and people could decide that games of chance, no matter how appealing the false promises associated with them might be, are simply not worth a part of anyone’s life, effort, and resources, all of which instead could be placed into something that is more likely to yield gains or favorable results.
“To persuade people not to gamble is to win for them.” -Author Unknown
“Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.” -Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873))
“Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember, it didn’t work for the rabbit.” -R. E. Shay: as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
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“A lucky rabbit’s foot is not so lucky if you are a rabbit.” -Author Unknown
“The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.” -Channing Pollock (1880 - 1946)
“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” -Harry Golden
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“A wise man turns chance into good fortune.” -Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
“Some people boast about their winnings in gambling, lotteries, card games, and other games of chance. What they often will not tell others is that for every couple of dollars they boast of having won, they have lost hundreds or thousands of dollars, in playing silly games.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“When the wild bird lacks food, all the Earth is before him.” -Author Unknown
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“Good luck is another name for tenacity* of purpose.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
*tenacity: persistence
“People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have.” -Anne Tyler
“Even bad luck is good for something, in a wise man’s hands.” -Author Unknown
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“Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.” -Douglas Jerrold (Douglas William Jerrold (1803 - 1857)): “Meeting Troubles Half-Way” (1859)
“I broke a mirror in my house, I’m supposed to get seven years of bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955))
“When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.” -Armand Hammer (1898 - 1990)
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“With luck on our side.” [translation to English]
“Fortuna suffragante.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
“The best throw of the dice is to throw them away.” -Austin O’Malley (1858 - 1932): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“To persuade people not to gamble is to win for them.” -Author Unknown
“Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.” -Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873))
“Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember, it didn’t work for the rabbit.” -R. E. Shay: as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
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“A lucky rabbit’s foot is not so lucky if you are a rabbit.” -Author Unknown
“The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.” -Channing Pollock (1880 - 1946)
“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” -Harry Golden
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“A wise man turns chance into good fortune.” -Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
“Some people boast about their winnings in gambling, lotteries, card games, and other games of chance. What they often will not tell others is that for every couple of dollars they boast of having won, they have lost hundreds or thousands of dollars, in playing silly games.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“When the wild bird lacks food, all the Earth is before him.” -Author Unknown
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“Good luck is another name for tenacity* of purpose.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
*tenacity: persistence
“People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have.” -Anne Tyler
“Even bad luck is good for something, in a wise man’s hands.” -Author Unknown
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“Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.” -Douglas Jerrold (Douglas William Jerrold (1803 - 1857)): “Meeting Troubles Half-Way” (1859)
“I broke a mirror in my house, I’m supposed to get seven years of bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955))
“When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.” -Armand Hammer (1898 - 1990)
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“With luck on our side.” [translation to English]
“Fortuna suffragante.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
“The best throw of the dice is to throw them away.” -Austin O’Malley (1858 - 1932): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“It’s hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you’ve earned.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“Luck is preparation meeting opportunity.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger or simply Seneca (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
“I understand life isn’t fair, but why couldn’t it just once be unfair in my favor?” -Christy Murphy
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Charms Said To Bring Good Luck
- An article of clothing or jewelry
- Four-leaf clovers
- Rabbits’ feet
- Horseshoes
- Pennies
Can you think of others?
“Most of the good luck attributed to charms goes to the sellers, who pocket the handsome profits made from selling the items.” -Author Unknown
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“Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.” -J. Christopher Herold
“Luck is when opportunity knocks and you answer.” -Author Unknown
“You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” -Jimmy Dean
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“People talk about getting lucky breaks in their careers. I’m living proof that the ‘lucky breaks’ theory is simply wrong. You get to make your own luck . . . The world is run by those who show up . . . not those who wait to be asked.” -Steve Blank
“The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.” -Bias of Priene
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“Good luck.” [translation to English]
“Go n-eiri an t-adh leat.” [original Irish Gaelic]
-Author Unknown
“Those who have succeeded at anything and don’t mention luck are kidding themselves.” -Larry King (pseudonym of Larry Zeigler)
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“The only ones who win every game of chance are the gambling establishments.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“You don’t just luck into things as much as you’d like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it’s friendships or opportunities.” -Barbara Bush (Barbara Pierce Bush (1925 - 2018))
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“People who are down on their luck, or who wish to have better luck, will often seek things, which they believe will bring them better luck or good luck. Though people may believe luck is in certain things possessed, the real magic is in the belief in what is possible and in what we do when we believe in possibilities.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“To have time and opportunity to search for four-leave clovers is a matter of good luck in itself.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Luck is preparation meeting opportunity.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger or simply Seneca (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
“I understand life isn’t fair, but why couldn’t it just once be unfair in my favor?” -Christy Murphy
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Charms Said To Bring Good Luck
- An article of clothing or jewelry
- Four-leaf clovers
- Rabbits’ feet
- Horseshoes
- Pennies
Can you think of others?
“Most of the good luck attributed to charms goes to the sellers, who pocket the handsome profits made from selling the items.” -Author Unknown
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“Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.” -J. Christopher Herold
“Luck is when opportunity knocks and you answer.” -Author Unknown
“You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” -Jimmy Dean
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“People talk about getting lucky breaks in their careers. I’m living proof that the ‘lucky breaks’ theory is simply wrong. You get to make your own luck . . . The world is run by those who show up . . . not those who wait to be asked.” -Steve Blank
“The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.” -Bias of Priene
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“Good luck.” [translation to English]
“Go n-eiri an t-adh leat.” [original Irish Gaelic]
-Author Unknown
“Those who have succeeded at anything and don’t mention luck are kidding themselves.” -Larry King (pseudonym of Larry Zeigler)
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“The only ones who win every game of chance are the gambling establishments.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“You don’t just luck into things as much as you’d like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it’s friendships or opportunities.” -Barbara Bush (Barbara Pierce Bush (1925 - 2018))
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“People who are down on their luck, or who wish to have better luck, will often seek things, which they believe will bring them better luck or good luck. Though people may believe luck is in certain things possessed, the real magic is in the belief in what is possible and in what we do when we believe in possibilities.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“To have time and opportunity to search for four-leave clovers is a matter of good luck in itself.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Searching for four-leaf clovers brings good luck by getting people outdoors, in the sunshine and clean, fresh air found over clover fields, where they walk around and look at green, growing plants. The much-needed change of scenery momentarily takes their minds away from worries and stressful focusses. Freedom of thought and being can happen. Searching for four-leaf clovers is good exercise for the mind and the senses.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit the mark?” -Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known simply as Cicero or Tully (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.” -Samuel Goldwyn (also known as Samuel Goldfish, born Szmuel Gelbfisz (1879 or 1882 - 1974))
“One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.” -Dan Bennett (born about 1962) at http://www.danbennett.com/
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“Luck is when probability surprises you.” -Anthony R. Kesler
“Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.” -E. B. White (Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985))
“By gaming, we lose both our time and treasure: two things most precious to the life of man.” -Owen Feltham (1602 - 1668)
“Change of fortune is the lot of life.” -Author Unknown
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“You will not need to place hope in lucky charms, when you come to know that you are a lucky charm yourself.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“In a bet there is a fool and a thief.” -Author Unknown: proverb
“The only guaranteed way to win at gambling is to never gamble.” -Author Unknown
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” -Cormac McCarthy: “No Country for Old Men”
“Luck is largely a matter of paying attention.” -Susan M. Dodd
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“The best luck of all is the luck you make yourself.” -Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)
“If people understood that all state and national lotteries, privately owned casinos with machines and table games, other games of chance, and so forth, are simply con games, or schemes by greedy, unscrupulous people to separate them from their money, we would shut down all games of chance and gambling operations and ultimately have a better world.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Shallow men believe in luck . . . Strong men believe in cause and effect.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “The Conduct of Life” (1860)
“The odds may be stacked against you. But I believe when you tap into your unique gifts and abilities, while combining them with a sense of purpose, passion, and perseverance you will not only defy those odds, you will help create a better life for yourself and rest of us.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
“If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“Chance favors those in motion.” -James H. Austin
“Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit the mark?” -Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known simply as Cicero or Tully (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.” -Samuel Goldwyn (also known as Samuel Goldfish, born Szmuel Gelbfisz (1879 or 1882 - 1974))
“One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.” -Dan Bennett (born about 1962) at http://www.danbennett.com/
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“Luck is when probability surprises you.” -Anthony R. Kesler
“Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.” -E. B. White (Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985))
“By gaming, we lose both our time and treasure: two things most precious to the life of man.” -Owen Feltham (1602 - 1668)
“Change of fortune is the lot of life.” -Author Unknown
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“You will not need to place hope in lucky charms, when you come to know that you are a lucky charm yourself.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“In a bet there is a fool and a thief.” -Author Unknown: proverb
“The only guaranteed way to win at gambling is to never gamble.” -Author Unknown
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” -Cormac McCarthy: “No Country for Old Men”
“Luck is largely a matter of paying attention.” -Susan M. Dodd
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“The best luck of all is the luck you make yourself.” -Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)
“If people understood that all state and national lotteries, privately owned casinos with machines and table games, other games of chance, and so forth, are simply con games, or schemes by greedy, unscrupulous people to separate them from their money, we would shut down all games of chance and gambling operations and ultimately have a better world.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Shallow men believe in luck . . . Strong men believe in cause and effect.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “The Conduct of Life” (1860)
“The odds may be stacked against you. But I believe when you tap into your unique gifts and abilities, while combining them with a sense of purpose, passion, and perseverance you will not only defy those odds, you will help create a better life for yourself and rest of us.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
“If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“Chance favors those in motion.” -James H. Austin
Rose: You lucky duck, you!
Roscoe: Quack, quack!
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“One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that’s the important half, for without discipline you wouldn’t know what to do with luck.” -Carl Zuckmayer (1896 - 1977)
“Fortune favors the brave.” [translation to English]
“Fortune favors the bold.” [variant translation to English]
“Audentes fortuna iuvat.” [original Latin]
-Publius Vergilius Maro (also known simply as Vergil or Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.)): “The Aeneid” (about 29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), book 10, line 284
Once upon a time, people believed that a horseshoe, hung above a doorway, would keep out mischievous spirits and bring good luck to a home. In most of Europe, the protective horseshoes were placed in a downward facing position, but in some parts of Ireland, Britain, and America, people believed that the shoes must be turned upward, because otherwise, ‘the luck would run out’ of them.
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“Of course I don’t believe in it. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.” -Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962), explaining why he had a horseshoe on his wall
“It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.” -Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Nalecz-Korzeniowski (1857 - 1924))
“I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Everyone has bad breaks but everyone also has opportunities. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.” -Samuel Goldwyn (also known as Samuel Goldfish, born Szmuel Gelbfisz (1879 or 1882 - 1974))
“If you think you’re lucky, you’ll get better luck.” -Yukio Funai (1933 - 2014)
Luck
What we call Luck
Is simply Pluck,
And doing things over and over;
Courage and will,
Perseverance and skill -
Are the four leaves of Luck’s clover.
By Author Unknown
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“Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
“Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.” -Thornton Wilder (Thornton Niven Wilder (1897 - 1975)) at https://thorntonwilder.com/
“I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.” -Fran Lebowitz (Frances Ann ‘Fran’ Lebowitz (born 1950))
“Some folk want their luck buttered.” -Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
“How often things occur by mere chance, which we dared not even to hope for.” [translation to English]
“Quam sæpe forte temere eveniunt, quæ non audeas optare.” [original Latin]
-Publius Terentius Afer (also known simply as Terence (185 B.C.E. - 159 B.C.E.)): “Phormio,” book V, section 1, line 31
“Good luck is often with the man who doesn’t include it in his plans. Luck is always waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman will bring news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o’clock and with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines, labor whistles. Luck relies on chance, labor on character.” -Richard Cobden
“I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have.” -Coleman Cox: “Listen to This” (1922)
“Never mind the odds against you. If you doubled your effort, what would the odds against you do - send for reinforcements?” -Robert Brault (1938 - 2016): “Sparsely Sage, Mostly Rosemary and Thyme” at rbrault.blogspot.com
“Luck is believing you’re lucky.” -Tennessee Williams (pseudonym of Thomas Lanier Williams (1911 - 1983))
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“Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.” -Iain Duncan Smith
“The hard work puts you where the good luck can find you.” -Author Unknown
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“Some of you will be successful, and such will need but little philosophy to take them home in cheerful spirits; others will be disappointed, and will be in a less happy mood. To such, let it be said, ‘Lay it not too much to heart.’ Let them adopt the maxim, ‘Better luck next time’; and then, by renewed exertion, make that better luck for themselves.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 -1865): speech (1859) at the Wisconsin State Agricultural Fair
“May the odds be ever in your favor!” -Suzanne Collins
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Roscoe: Quack, quack!
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“One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that’s the important half, for without discipline you wouldn’t know what to do with luck.” -Carl Zuckmayer (1896 - 1977)
“Fortune favors the brave.” [translation to English]
“Fortune favors the bold.” [variant translation to English]
“Audentes fortuna iuvat.” [original Latin]
-Publius Vergilius Maro (also known simply as Vergil or Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.)): “The Aeneid” (about 29 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.), book 10, line 284
Once upon a time, people believed that a horseshoe, hung above a doorway, would keep out mischievous spirits and bring good luck to a home. In most of Europe, the protective horseshoes were placed in a downward facing position, but in some parts of Ireland, Britain, and America, people believed that the shoes must be turned upward, because otherwise, ‘the luck would run out’ of them.
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“Of course I don’t believe in it. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.” -Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962), explaining why he had a horseshoe on his wall
“It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.” -Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Nalecz-Korzeniowski (1857 - 1924))
“I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Everyone has bad breaks but everyone also has opportunities. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.” -Samuel Goldwyn (also known as Samuel Goldfish, born Szmuel Gelbfisz (1879 or 1882 - 1974))
“If you think you’re lucky, you’ll get better luck.” -Yukio Funai (1933 - 2014)
Luck
What we call Luck
Is simply Pluck,
And doing things over and over;
Courage and will,
Perseverance and skill -
Are the four leaves of Luck’s clover.
By Author Unknown
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“Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
“Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.” -Thornton Wilder (Thornton Niven Wilder (1897 - 1975)) at https://thorntonwilder.com/
“I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.” -Fran Lebowitz (Frances Ann ‘Fran’ Lebowitz (born 1950))
“Some folk want their luck buttered.” -Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
“How often things occur by mere chance, which we dared not even to hope for.” [translation to English]
“Quam sæpe forte temere eveniunt, quæ non audeas optare.” [original Latin]
-Publius Terentius Afer (also known simply as Terence (185 B.C.E. - 159 B.C.E.)): “Phormio,” book V, section 1, line 31
“Good luck is often with the man who doesn’t include it in his plans. Luck is always waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman will bring news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o’clock and with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines, labor whistles. Luck relies on chance, labor on character.” -Richard Cobden
“I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have.” -Coleman Cox: “Listen to This” (1922)
“Never mind the odds against you. If you doubled your effort, what would the odds against you do - send for reinforcements?” -Robert Brault (1938 - 2016): “Sparsely Sage, Mostly Rosemary and Thyme” at rbrault.blogspot.com
“Luck is believing you’re lucky.” -Tennessee Williams (pseudonym of Thomas Lanier Williams (1911 - 1983))
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“Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.” -Iain Duncan Smith
“The hard work puts you where the good luck can find you.” -Author Unknown
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“Some of you will be successful, and such will need but little philosophy to take them home in cheerful spirits; others will be disappointed, and will be in a less happy mood. To such, let it be said, ‘Lay it not too much to heart.’ Let them adopt the maxim, ‘Better luck next time’; and then, by renewed exertion, make that better luck for themselves.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 -1865): speech (1859) at the Wisconsin State Agricultural Fair
“May the odds be ever in your favor!” -Suzanne Collins
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“Praise works with only three types of people; men, women, and children.” -Author Unknown
“I would like to compliment you on the fine job you are doing of complimenting me.” -Author Unknown
“You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windshield; it said ‘Parking Fine.’ So that was nice.” -Tim Vine (Timothy Mark ‘Tim’ Vine (born 1967))
“People thrive on the appreciation you show them - the smiles, the thanks, and the gestures of kindness.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s always worth taking the trouble to praise people. I can’t last but a couple of days without food, but I can live for two months on a good compliment.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 -1910))
“Celebrate what you want to see more of.” -Tom Peters (Thomas J. ‘Tom’ Peters (born 1942))
“A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.maxwellleadership.com/
“Everybody likes a compliment.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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Arnold Bennett, the British novelist, had a publisher who boasted about the extraordinary efficiency of his secretary. One day while visiting the publisher’s office, Bennett asked her: “Your boss claims you’re extremely efficient. What’s your secret?” “It’s not my secret,” said the secretary, “it’s his.” Each time she did something for him, no matter how insignificant, she explained, he never failed to acknowledge and appreciate it. Because of this, she took infinite pains with her work.
Flattery
‘Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery’s the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.
By Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745): “Cadenus and Vanessa” (1713)
“Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.” -Bernard Baruch (1870 - 1965): as attributed in William Safire and Leonard Safir: “Words of Wisdom: More Good Advice” (1989), page 294
“High praise indeed . . . comes from mountaintops!” -Author Unknown
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“Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it are lifted spirits, increased self-worth, and a hopeful future.” -Florence Littauer
“Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that one never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.” -George Adams (George Matthew Adams (1878 - 1962))
“Keep your eyes open and try to catch people in your company doing something right, then praise them for it.” -Tom Hopkins
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“Appreciate good people. They are hard to come by.” -Author Unknown
“The deepest principal in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” -William James (1842 - 1910): letter (1896) to students who had sent him a plant for Easter
“A compliment is verbal sunshine.” -Robert Orben (1927 - 2023)
“People are in greater need of your praise when they try and fail, than when they try and succeed.” -Bob Moawad (Robert Abraham ‘Bob’ Moawad (1941 - 2007))
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“You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.” -Jim Stovall (born 1958)
“Any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day.” -Booker T. Washington (Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 - 1915))
“Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.” -William Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981)): “The Business of Life” (1949)
“The most effective way to achieve right relations with any living thing is to look for the best in it, and then help that best into the fullest expression.” -J. Allen Boone (John Allen Boone (1882 - 1965))
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“You are every lovely word I could possibly think of.” -Author Unknown
“I would like to compliment you on the fine job you are doing of complimenting me.” -Author Unknown
“You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windshield; it said ‘Parking Fine.’ So that was nice.” -Tim Vine (Timothy Mark ‘Tim’ Vine (born 1967))
“People thrive on the appreciation you show them - the smiles, the thanks, and the gestures of kindness.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s always worth taking the trouble to praise people. I can’t last but a couple of days without food, but I can live for two months on a good compliment.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 -1910))
“Celebrate what you want to see more of.” -Tom Peters (Thomas J. ‘Tom’ Peters (born 1942))
“A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.maxwellleadership.com/
“Everybody likes a compliment.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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Arnold Bennett, the British novelist, had a publisher who boasted about the extraordinary efficiency of his secretary. One day while visiting the publisher’s office, Bennett asked her: “Your boss claims you’re extremely efficient. What’s your secret?” “It’s not my secret,” said the secretary, “it’s his.” Each time she did something for him, no matter how insignificant, she explained, he never failed to acknowledge and appreciate it. Because of this, she took infinite pains with her work.
Flattery
‘Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery’s the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.
By Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745): “Cadenus and Vanessa” (1713)
“Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.” -Bernard Baruch (1870 - 1965): as attributed in William Safire and Leonard Safir: “Words of Wisdom: More Good Advice” (1989), page 294
“High praise indeed . . . comes from mountaintops!” -Author Unknown
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“Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it are lifted spirits, increased self-worth, and a hopeful future.” -Florence Littauer
“Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that one never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.” -George Adams (George Matthew Adams (1878 - 1962))
“Keep your eyes open and try to catch people in your company doing something right, then praise them for it.” -Tom Hopkins
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“Appreciate good people. They are hard to come by.” -Author Unknown
“The deepest principal in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” -William James (1842 - 1910): letter (1896) to students who had sent him a plant for Easter
“A compliment is verbal sunshine.” -Robert Orben (1927 - 2023)
“People are in greater need of your praise when they try and fail, than when they try and succeed.” -Bob Moawad (Robert Abraham ‘Bob’ Moawad (1941 - 2007))
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“You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.” -Jim Stovall (born 1958)
“Any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day.” -Booker T. Washington (Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856 - 1915))
“Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.” -William Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981)): “The Business of Life” (1949)
“The most effective way to achieve right relations with any living thing is to look for the best in it, and then help that best into the fullest expression.” -J. Allen Boone (John Allen Boone (1882 - 1965))
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“You are every lovely word I could possibly think of.” -Author Unknown
“When someone does something well, applaud! You will make two people happy.” -Samuel Goldwyn (also known as Samuel Goldfish, born Szmuel Gelbfisz (1879 or 1882 - 1974))
“A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“If you mean to profit, learn to praise.” -Charles Churchill (1731 - 1764): “Gotham” (1764), book II
“Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): “The Rambler” (6 June 1751)
“The people who are lifting the world onward and upward are those who encourage more than they criticize.” -Elizabeth Harrison (1849 - 1927)
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“You can’t eat compliments.” -Charles M. Schulz (Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz (1922 - 2000)): “Things I’ve Had to Learn Over and Over Again (Plus a Few Minor Discoveries)” (1984)
“What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1960): “John Bull’s Other Island” (1904), Act 4
“You are much too intelligent to be affected by flattery.” -Author Unknown
“I have always said that if I were a rich man I’d hire a professional praiser.” -Osbert Sitwell (Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell (1892 - 1969))
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“Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.” -Arnold H. Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1999))
“One kind word can change someone’s entire day.” -Author Unknown
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“Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free - and worth a fortune.” -Sam Walton (Samuel Moore ‘Sam’ Walton (1918 - 1992)): “Sam Walton: Made in America - My Story” (1992)
“When your goal is to build people up, to make them feel better, to share in their joy, you too reap the rewards of their positive feelings. The next time you have the chance to correct someone, even if their facts are a little off, resist the temptation. Instead, ask yourself, “What do I really want out of this interaction?” Chances are, what you want is a peaceful interaction where all parties leave feeling good. Each time you resist ‘being right,’ and instead choose kindness, you’ll notice a peaceful feeling within.” -Richard Carlson (1961 - 2006): “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” (1997), page 37 at https://dontsweat.com/
“Fair words butter no parsnips.” -John Clarke (1596 - 1658): “Paroemiologia” (1639), page 21
“What men and women need is encouragement . . . Instead of always harping on a man’s faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits.” -Eleanor H. Porter (Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868 - 1920)): “Pollyanna” (1913)
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“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832): as quoted in Edward Bell (1844 - 1926), editor: “Early and miscellaneous letters of J. W. Goethe, including letters to his mother. With notes and a short biography” (1884), ‘Letter to A. F. Oeser’ (9 November 1768)
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
“A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“If you mean to profit, learn to praise.” -Charles Churchill (1731 - 1764): “Gotham” (1764), book II
“Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): “The Rambler” (6 June 1751)
“The people who are lifting the world onward and upward are those who encourage more than they criticize.” -Elizabeth Harrison (1849 - 1927)
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“You can’t eat compliments.” -Charles M. Schulz (Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz (1922 - 2000)): “Things I’ve Had to Learn Over and Over Again (Plus a Few Minor Discoveries)” (1984)
“What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1960): “John Bull’s Other Island” (1904), Act 4
“You are much too intelligent to be affected by flattery.” -Author Unknown
“I have always said that if I were a rich man I’d hire a professional praiser.” -Osbert Sitwell (Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell (1892 - 1969))
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“Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.” -Arnold H. Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1999))
“One kind word can change someone’s entire day.” -Author Unknown
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“Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free - and worth a fortune.” -Sam Walton (Samuel Moore ‘Sam’ Walton (1918 - 1992)): “Sam Walton: Made in America - My Story” (1992)
“When your goal is to build people up, to make them feel better, to share in their joy, you too reap the rewards of their positive feelings. The next time you have the chance to correct someone, even if their facts are a little off, resist the temptation. Instead, ask yourself, “What do I really want out of this interaction?” Chances are, what you want is a peaceful interaction where all parties leave feeling good. Each time you resist ‘being right,’ and instead choose kindness, you’ll notice a peaceful feeling within.” -Richard Carlson (1961 - 2006): “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” (1997), page 37 at https://dontsweat.com/
“Fair words butter no parsnips.” -John Clarke (1596 - 1658): “Paroemiologia” (1639), page 21
“What men and women need is encouragement . . . Instead of always harping on a man’s faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits.” -Eleanor H. Porter (Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868 - 1920)): “Pollyanna” (1913)
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“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832): as quoted in Edward Bell (1844 - 1926), editor: “Early and miscellaneous letters of J. W. Goethe, including letters to his mother. With notes and a short biography” (1884), ‘Letter to A. F. Oeser’ (9 November 1768)
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
Now that is indeed a job whale done . . .
“When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.” -John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890)
“Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.” -Jess Lair (1927 -2000)
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“Be an encourager, the world has plenty of critics already.” -Bob Goff
“Compliment people; magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison) at www.JoyceMeyer.org
Overheard: If you can’t get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
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“The sweetest of all sounds is praise.” -Xenophon (430 B.C.E. - 352 B.C.E.) (about 380 B.C.E.)
“Compliments are free of cost and obligation; indeed, they are ‘complimentary.’” -Author Unknown
“Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))
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“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.” -Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
“Compliments are the gift of prosperity. I have learned to accept them graciously.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017)) at www.LouiseHay.com
“Never let an opportunity pass to say a kind or encouraging word to another person.” -Author Unknown
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Some encouragement consists of praise combined with expectation, as for example, “You are always mommy’s little angel,” or “You are the best thing that has ever happened to this company.” So, there is the praise or compliment, plus the expectation, all melded into one. It is as though someone is being encouraged to do and be good, while his or her previous or present worth is being acknowledged.
“Remember the compliments you have received and forget the rude remarks.” -Author Unknown
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“Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.” -Richard Carlson (1961 - 2006) at https://dontsweat.com/
“We can often better help another by fanning a glimmer of goodness than by censuring his faults.” -Edmund Gibson
“Most of us, swimming against tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement and we’ll make the goal. Say, ‘Thank you!’ whenever you think of it. Say, ‘Nice job!’ to that workman who put extra effort into his task. Say, ‘Atta boy!’ to the fellow who is struggling through in the face of odds. You’ll get a whale of a lot of joy out of life that way. And people will love you.” -Jerome P. Fleishman (1892 - 1953)
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“I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler’s truest and best reward.” -William Dean Howells (1837 - 1920)
“Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” -Stephanie Lahart: “Overcoming Life’s Obstacles: Enlighten-Encourage-Empower” (7 March 2013)
“I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.” -Charles Schwab (Charles Michael Schwab (1862 - 1939))
“To encourage someone is literally to instill courage in someone.” -Author Unknown
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“Encourage anyone who is trying to improve mentally, physically, or spiritually.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021))
“Be an Encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.” -Roy T. Bennett: “The Light in the Heart” (25 February 2016)
“Praise the young and they will blossom.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
“I’ve always thrived on the encouragement of others.” -Pattie Smith (Patricia Lee ‘Patti’ Smith (born 1946))
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“The way to develop the best in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.” -Charles Schwab (Charles Michael Schwab (1862 - 1939)): as quoted in “The Irish Digest” (1965), Volume 84, Number 1, page 48
“So often we think that to be encouragers we have to produce great words of wisdom when, in fact, a few simple syllables of sympathy and an arm around the shoulder can often provide much needed comfort.” -Florence Littauer (born Florence Chapman (1928 - 2020))
“It’s always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth.” -Malcolm S. Forbes (Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1919 - 1990))
“The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow into their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond our wildest dreams.” -Sidney Madwed (1926 - 2013)
Give out free compliments! As you go about your day, compliment strangers on anything, for example, “Nice shoes,” or “Great eyeglasses.” You never know, you might make someone’s day brighter and even help them along on their life journey.
“Pointing out the good in others, helps us find the good in ourselves.” -Larry Lawrence (Larry Ray Lawrence (born 1947))
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“Find the good - and praise it.” -Alex Haley (Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (1921 - 1992))
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“When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.” -John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890)
“Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.” -Jess Lair (1927 -2000)
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“Be an encourager, the world has plenty of critics already.” -Bob Goff
“Compliment people; magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison) at www.JoyceMeyer.org
Overheard: If you can’t get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
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“The sweetest of all sounds is praise.” -Xenophon (430 B.C.E. - 352 B.C.E.) (about 380 B.C.E.)
“Compliments are free of cost and obligation; indeed, they are ‘complimentary.’” -Author Unknown
“Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))
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“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.” -Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
“Compliments are the gift of prosperity. I have learned to accept them graciously.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017)) at www.LouiseHay.com
“Never let an opportunity pass to say a kind or encouraging word to another person.” -Author Unknown
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Some encouragement consists of praise combined with expectation, as for example, “You are always mommy’s little angel,” or “You are the best thing that has ever happened to this company.” So, there is the praise or compliment, plus the expectation, all melded into one. It is as though someone is being encouraged to do and be good, while his or her previous or present worth is being acknowledged.
“Remember the compliments you have received and forget the rude remarks.” -Author Unknown
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“Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.” -Richard Carlson (1961 - 2006) at https://dontsweat.com/
“We can often better help another by fanning a glimmer of goodness than by censuring his faults.” -Edmund Gibson
“Most of us, swimming against tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement and we’ll make the goal. Say, ‘Thank you!’ whenever you think of it. Say, ‘Nice job!’ to that workman who put extra effort into his task. Say, ‘Atta boy!’ to the fellow who is struggling through in the face of odds. You’ll get a whale of a lot of joy out of life that way. And people will love you.” -Jerome P. Fleishman (1892 - 1953)
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“I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler’s truest and best reward.” -William Dean Howells (1837 - 1920)
“Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” -Stephanie Lahart: “Overcoming Life’s Obstacles: Enlighten-Encourage-Empower” (7 March 2013)
“I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.” -Charles Schwab (Charles Michael Schwab (1862 - 1939))
“To encourage someone is literally to instill courage in someone.” -Author Unknown
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“Encourage anyone who is trying to improve mentally, physically, or spiritually.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021))
“Be an Encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.” -Roy T. Bennett: “The Light in the Heart” (25 February 2016)
“Praise the young and they will blossom.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
“I’ve always thrived on the encouragement of others.” -Pattie Smith (Patricia Lee ‘Patti’ Smith (born 1946))
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“The way to develop the best in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.” -Charles Schwab (Charles Michael Schwab (1862 - 1939)): as quoted in “The Irish Digest” (1965), Volume 84, Number 1, page 48
“So often we think that to be encouragers we have to produce great words of wisdom when, in fact, a few simple syllables of sympathy and an arm around the shoulder can often provide much needed comfort.” -Florence Littauer (born Florence Chapman (1928 - 2020))
“It’s always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth.” -Malcolm S. Forbes (Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1919 - 1990))
“The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow into their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond our wildest dreams.” -Sidney Madwed (1926 - 2013)
Give out free compliments! As you go about your day, compliment strangers on anything, for example, “Nice shoes,” or “Great eyeglasses.” You never know, you might make someone’s day brighter and even help them along on their life journey.
“Pointing out the good in others, helps us find the good in ourselves.” -Larry Lawrence (Larry Ray Lawrence (born 1947))
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“Find the good - and praise it.” -Alex Haley (Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (1921 - 1992))
We are MFOL! . . . a website for exceedingly extraordinarily exceptionally excellent extra-special people like yourself . . .
“Good habits are the foundation of a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life.” -Arianna Huffington
“Your habits will determine your future.” -Jack Canfield (born 1944) at https://jackcanfield.com/
Good Habit
I dreamed that I found a good habit,
It scurried and skipped like a rabbit.
It was shiny and neat,
Polite and quite sweet,
But escaped when I reached out to grab it.
By Author Unknown
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“What you practice daily is what you become permanently.” -Grace Lee Boggs
“Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.” -Georges Gurdjieff (1866 - 1949)
“What I do every day matters more than what I do once in a while.” -Gretchen Rubin
“The most powerful habit you can adopt: Using the first hour of your day to build, write, or produce something of value.” -Dan Koe
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“The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones.” -Jerome Hines
“All bad habits start gradually and before you know you have the habit, the habit has you.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.MaxwellLeadership.com/
“Everybody ought to do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“Folks with good habits also seem to have most of the good luck.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Country Parson”
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“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.” -Agatha Christie (Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890 - 1976))
“Any act often repeated soon forms a habit: and habit allowed, steadily gains in strength. At first it may be but as the spider’s web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 212
“Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think.” -Martin Seligman (Martin E. P. ‘Marty’ Seligman (born 1942)): “Learned Optimism” (1991)
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Each year one vicious habit rooted out,
In time might make the worst Man good throughout.
-Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (1738)
“If you do something often enough, it becomes a habit.” -Solomon Short
“Consider carefully all things that you do, because a single choice - even if you tell yourself it will be only just this once - can begin the establishment of either a good habit or a bad habit.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Focus on the good habit you want to do, not the bad habit you don’t want to do. Overcome the bad with good.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison) at JoyceMeyer.org
“Unwinding a habit that you have allowed to entangle you can be difficult. But the power is in you. Do not despair.” -Boyd K. Packer: “How to Survive in Enemy Territory” (22 January 2012)
“I’m a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday.” -Edie Falco
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A Builder’s Lesson
“How shall I a habit break?”
As you did that habit make.
As you gathered, you must lose;
As you yielded, now refuse.
Thread by thread the strands we twist
Till they bind us, neck and wrist;
Thread by thread the patient hand
Must untwine, ere free we stand.
As we builded, stone by stone,
We must toil, unhelped, alone,
Till the wall is overthrown.
But remember, as we try,
Lighter every test goes by;
Wading in, the stream grows deep
Toward the center’s downward sweep;
Backward turn, each step ashore
Shallower is than that before.
Ah, the precious years we waste
Leveling what we raised in haste:
Doing what must be undone
Ere content or love be won!
First, across the gulf we cast
Kite-borne threads, till lines are passed,
And habit builds the bridge at last!
By John Boyle O’Reilly (1844 - 1890)
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“Nothing is stronger than habit.” [translation to English]
“Nil consuetudine majus.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Ars Amatoria,” II, line 345
“Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)
“Your habits will determine your future.” -Jack Canfield (born 1944) at https://jackcanfield.com/
Good Habit
I dreamed that I found a good habit,
It scurried and skipped like a rabbit.
It was shiny and neat,
Polite and quite sweet,
But escaped when I reached out to grab it.
By Author Unknown
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“What you practice daily is what you become permanently.” -Grace Lee Boggs
“Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.” -Georges Gurdjieff (1866 - 1949)
“What I do every day matters more than what I do once in a while.” -Gretchen Rubin
“The most powerful habit you can adopt: Using the first hour of your day to build, write, or produce something of value.” -Dan Koe
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“The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones.” -Jerome Hines
“All bad habits start gradually and before you know you have the habit, the habit has you.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.MaxwellLeadership.com/
“Everybody ought to do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“Folks with good habits also seem to have most of the good luck.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Country Parson”
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“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.” -Agatha Christie (Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890 - 1976))
“Any act often repeated soon forms a habit: and habit allowed, steadily gains in strength. At first it may be but as the spider’s web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 212
“Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think.” -Martin Seligman (Martin E. P. ‘Marty’ Seligman (born 1942)): “Learned Optimism” (1991)
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Each year one vicious habit rooted out,
In time might make the worst Man good throughout.
-Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (1738)
“If you do something often enough, it becomes a habit.” -Solomon Short
“Consider carefully all things that you do, because a single choice - even if you tell yourself it will be only just this once - can begin the establishment of either a good habit or a bad habit.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Focus on the good habit you want to do, not the bad habit you don’t want to do. Overcome the bad with good.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison) at JoyceMeyer.org
“Unwinding a habit that you have allowed to entangle you can be difficult. But the power is in you. Do not despair.” -Boyd K. Packer: “How to Survive in Enemy Territory” (22 January 2012)
“I’m a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday.” -Edie Falco
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A Builder’s Lesson
“How shall I a habit break?”
As you did that habit make.
As you gathered, you must lose;
As you yielded, now refuse.
Thread by thread the strands we twist
Till they bind us, neck and wrist;
Thread by thread the patient hand
Must untwine, ere free we stand.
As we builded, stone by stone,
We must toil, unhelped, alone,
Till the wall is overthrown.
But remember, as we try,
Lighter every test goes by;
Wading in, the stream grows deep
Toward the center’s downward sweep;
Backward turn, each step ashore
Shallower is than that before.
Ah, the precious years we waste
Leveling what we raised in haste:
Doing what must be undone
Ere content or love be won!
First, across the gulf we cast
Kite-borne threads, till lines are passed,
And habit builds the bridge at last!
By John Boyle O’Reilly (1844 - 1890)
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“Nothing is stronger than habit.” [translation to English]
“Nil consuetudine majus.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Ars Amatoria,” II, line 345
“Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)
Choosing between a modest portion of meat and a salad that together have protein and phytonutrients versus a high-calorie but otherwise low-nutrient pizza can begin the establishment of good eating habits.
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“Make it a point to do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Following the Equator” (1897)
“Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))
“Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.” -Norman Vince Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.” -Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
“Only a habit can subdue another habit.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996)): “The Greatest Salesman in the World” (1968)
“The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965))
“It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“Good habits, once established, are just as hard to break as bad habits.” -Robert Puller
To rise at six, to dine at ten,
To sup at six, to sleep at ten,
Makes a man live for ten times ten.
[translation to English]
Lever à six, coucher à dix,
Dîner à dix, souper à six,
Font vivre l’homme dix fois dix.
[original French]
-Author Unknown: inscription in the dining room of Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885)): as quoted in Gustave Larroumet: “La maison de Victor Hugo: Impressions de Guernesey” (1895), Chapter III
“Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.” -Pythagoras of Samos (about 570 B.C.E. - about 496 B.C.E.): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern” (1908), page 101
“We are what we repeatedly do.” -Will Durant (William James ‘Will’ Durant (1885 - 1981)): “The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World’s Greatest Philosophers” (1926), Chapter II: Aristotle and Green Science, part VII: Ethics and the Nature of Happiness
“Folks catch bad habits the same way they catch chicken pox - by being exposed to them.” -Author Unknown
“Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.” -Author Unknown: Yiddish proverb
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“Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it.” -Horace Mann (1796 - 1859)
“Make good habits and they will make you.” -Parks Cousins (Clyde Parks ‘Parks’ Cousins (1868 - 1954))
“A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
“The toughest habits to break are the ones we take with us from childhood.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
“The diminutive chains of habit are seldom heavy enough to be felt, till they are too strong to be broken.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 296
“Habit is overcome by habit.” [translation to English]
“Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.” [original Latin]
-Thomas à Kempis (meaning Thomas of Kempen (born Thomas Hammerken (about 1379 - 1471))): “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), Book I, 21
“Good habits result from resisting temptation.” -Author Unknown
“Old habits are strong and jealous.” -Dorothea Brande (1893 - 1948)
“The will that yields the first time with some reluctance does so the second time with less hesitation, and the third time with none at all, until presently the habit is adopted.” -Henry Giles (1809 - 1882)
Overheard: Sorry, force of habit!
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“Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Pudd’nhead Wilson” (1894), chapter 15 epigraph: ‘Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar’
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Metamorphoses” (about C.E. 2), ‘Book XV,’ ‘The Worship of Aesculapius, lines 155 and 156; translated (1700 or 1717) into English verse, under the direction of Samuel Garth, by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve, and others; the lines were incorporated by John Dryden into his poem, “Absalom and Achitophel” (November 1681), lines 116 and 117
“A large part of Christian virtue consists in right habits.” -William Paley (1743 - 1805): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 295
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Habit with him was all the test of truth;
“It must be right: I’ve done it from my youth.”
-George Crabbe (1754 - 1832): “The Borough” (1810), Letter 3: ‘The Vicar’
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“Make it a point to do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Following the Equator” (1897)
“Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))
“Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.” -Norman Vince Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.” -Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
“Only a habit can subdue another habit.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996)): “The Greatest Salesman in the World” (1968)
“The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.” -W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965))
“It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“Good habits, once established, are just as hard to break as bad habits.” -Robert Puller
To rise at six, to dine at ten,
To sup at six, to sleep at ten,
Makes a man live for ten times ten.
[translation to English]
Lever à six, coucher à dix,
Dîner à dix, souper à six,
Font vivre l’homme dix fois dix.
[original French]
-Author Unknown: inscription in the dining room of Victor Hugo (Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885)): as quoted in Gustave Larroumet: “La maison de Victor Hugo: Impressions de Guernesey” (1895), Chapter III
“Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.” -Pythagoras of Samos (about 570 B.C.E. - about 496 B.C.E.): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern” (1908), page 101
“We are what we repeatedly do.” -Will Durant (William James ‘Will’ Durant (1885 - 1981)): “The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World’s Greatest Philosophers” (1926), Chapter II: Aristotle and Green Science, part VII: Ethics and the Nature of Happiness
“Folks catch bad habits the same way they catch chicken pox - by being exposed to them.” -Author Unknown
“Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.” -Author Unknown: Yiddish proverb
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“Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it.” -Horace Mann (1796 - 1859)
“Make good habits and they will make you.” -Parks Cousins (Clyde Parks ‘Parks’ Cousins (1868 - 1954))
“A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
“The toughest habits to break are the ones we take with us from childhood.” -Charles F. Glassman: “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
“The diminutive chains of habit are seldom heavy enough to be felt, till they are too strong to be broken.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 296
“Habit is overcome by habit.” [translation to English]
“Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.” [original Latin]
-Thomas à Kempis (meaning Thomas of Kempen (born Thomas Hammerken (about 1379 - 1471))): “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418), Book I, 21
“Good habits result from resisting temptation.” -Author Unknown
“Old habits are strong and jealous.” -Dorothea Brande (1893 - 1948)
“The will that yields the first time with some reluctance does so the second time with less hesitation, and the third time with none at all, until presently the habit is adopted.” -Henry Giles (1809 - 1882)
Overheard: Sorry, force of habit!
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“Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Pudd’nhead Wilson” (1894), chapter 15 epigraph: ‘Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar’
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Metamorphoses” (about C.E. 2), ‘Book XV,’ ‘The Worship of Aesculapius, lines 155 and 156; translated (1700 or 1717) into English verse, under the direction of Samuel Garth, by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve, and others; the lines were incorporated by John Dryden into his poem, “Absalom and Achitophel” (November 1681), lines 116 and 117
“A large part of Christian virtue consists in right habits.” -William Paley (1743 - 1805): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 295
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Habit with him was all the test of truth;
“It must be right: I’ve done it from my youth.”
-George Crabbe (1754 - 1832): “The Borough” (1810), Letter 3: ‘The Vicar’
“The habits you establish today will determine the life you lead tomorrow.” -Lauren Handel Zander
“A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.” -Hosea Ballou (1771 - 1852)
“Pursuits become habits.” [translation to English]
“Abeunt studia in mores.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Heroides” (English: “The Heroines”), Book XV, line 83, ‘Epistle of Sappho to Phaon’
“Habit if not resisted soon becomes necessity.” -Augustine of Hippo (also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (C.E. 354 - C.E. 430)): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 296
“Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables.” -Author Unknown
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“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com/
Daily Routine
- Wake up early
- Brush teeth
- Drink a glass of water
What can you add to this list?
“It takes 3 weeks to break a habit, 6 weeks to develop a new habit, and 36 weeks to hardwire this new habit.” -Patrick Holford
“The habits that took years to build, do not take a day to change.” -Susan Powter (Susan Jane Powter (born 1957)) at https://susanpowter.substack.com/
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“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be what you’ve always been.” -Josh McDowell
“Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you.” -Rob Gilbert (Robert ‘Rob’ Gilbert) at http://gilbertsuccesshotline.blogspot.com/
“The way you react has been repeated thousands of times, and it has become a routine for you. You are conditioned to be a certain way. And that is the challenge: to change your normal reactions, to change your routine, to take a risk and make different choices.” -Don Miguel Ruiz (pseudonym of Miguel Ángel Ruiz Macias (born 1952))
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“Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.” -Charles Reade (1814 - 1884)
“Habits form character and character is destiny.” -Joseph Kaines: “Our Daily Faults and Failings” (21 October 1883) address
“Habits are formed by the repetition of particular acts. They are strengthened by an increase in the number of repeated acts. Habits are also weakened or broken, and contrary habits are formed, by the repetition of contrary acts.” -Mortimer J. Adler (Mortimer Jerome Adler (1902 - 2001))
“Each day, compel yourself to do something you would rather not do.” -Author Unknown
“Habits are your foundation - create ones that lift you higher, not hold you back.” -Lisa Nichols
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“The best way to stop a bad habit is to never begin it.” -J. C. Penney (James Cash ‘J. C.’ Penney, Junior (1875 - 1971))
“First we form habits, then they form us.” -Rob Gilbert (Robert ‘Rob’ Gilbert) at http://gilbertsuccesshotline.blogspot.com/
“Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.” -Nathanael Emmons (also spelled Nathaniel Emmons (1745 - 1840))
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“We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can . . . The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“The habits you practice every day will make you or break you.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.maxwellleadership.com/
“The secret to permanently breaking any bad habit is to love something greater than the habit.” -Bryant McGill (Bryant Harrison McGill (born 1969)) at https://bryantmcgill.com/
“Habit is more important in determining our destiny than almost any other influence.” -Author Unknown
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“Habit is, as it were, a second nature.” [translation to English]
“Consuetude quasi altera natura effici.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)): “De finibus bonorum et malorum” (English: “On the ends of good and evil”) (45 B.C.E.), Book V, section 25, ’Tusculanarum Disputationum,’ Book II, section 17
“I cannot stress this enough - build a routine. Wake up every day with a plan. Do this long enough and eventually you’ll be at your goal without even realizing it.” -Author Unknown
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“The worst boss anyone can have is a bad habit.” -Monta Crane (Monta Mildred (Henrichs) Crane (1911 - 2009))
“Every day do at least one good thing.” [translation to English in English characters]
“Ichi nichi, ichi zen.” [original Japanese in English characters]
「毎日少なくとも1つ良いことをする。」[original Japanese in Japanese characters]
-Author Unknown: Japanese proverb
“Habits eliminate the need for self-control.” -Gretchen Rubin
“A bad habit is nothing more than a mistake repeated.” -Author Unknown
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“If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always gotten.” -Jane Kirkpatrick (born 1946): “What Once We Loved” (2001)
“Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist, but by ascending a little you may often look over it altogether. So it is with our moral improvement; we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit, which could have no hold upon us if we ascended to a higher atmosphere.” -Arthur Helps (1813 - 1875)
In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.
-Isaac Williams (1802 - 1865): “The Baptistery, Or the Way of Eternal Life” (1842 - 1844), ‘Image 18’
“Read something positive every night and listen to something helpful every morning.” -Tom Hopkins (born 1944)
“Habits change into character.” -Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17))
“A daily routine built on good habits and disciplines separates the most successful among us from everyone else. The routine is exceptionally powerful.” -Darren Hardy
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“We should get into the habit of reading inspirational books, looking at inspirational pictures, hearing inspirational music, associating with inspirational friends.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“Habit formation is the art of becoming someone new.” -James Clear
“In a nutshell, your health, wealth, happiness, fitness, and success depend on your habits.” -Joanna Jast
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“The way we do anything is the way we do everything. Build good habits.” -Martha Beck
We are MFOL! . . . perhaps purposely practicing good habits can help us be on our way to becoming better people . . .
“A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.” -Hosea Ballou (1771 - 1852)
“Pursuits become habits.” [translation to English]
“Abeunt studia in mores.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Heroides” (English: “The Heroines”), Book XV, line 83, ‘Epistle of Sappho to Phaon’
“Habit if not resisted soon becomes necessity.” -Augustine of Hippo (also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis (C.E. 354 - C.E. 430)): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 296
“Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables.” -Author Unknown
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“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com/
Daily Routine
- Wake up early
- Brush teeth
- Drink a glass of water
What can you add to this list?
“It takes 3 weeks to break a habit, 6 weeks to develop a new habit, and 36 weeks to hardwire this new habit.” -Patrick Holford
“The habits that took years to build, do not take a day to change.” -Susan Powter (Susan Jane Powter (born 1957)) at https://susanpowter.substack.com/
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“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be what you’ve always been.” -Josh McDowell
“Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you.” -Rob Gilbert (Robert ‘Rob’ Gilbert) at http://gilbertsuccesshotline.blogspot.com/
“The way you react has been repeated thousands of times, and it has become a routine for you. You are conditioned to be a certain way. And that is the challenge: to change your normal reactions, to change your routine, to take a risk and make different choices.” -Don Miguel Ruiz (pseudonym of Miguel Ángel Ruiz Macias (born 1952))
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“Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.” -Charles Reade (1814 - 1884)
“Habits form character and character is destiny.” -Joseph Kaines: “Our Daily Faults and Failings” (21 October 1883) address
“Habits are formed by the repetition of particular acts. They are strengthened by an increase in the number of repeated acts. Habits are also weakened or broken, and contrary habits are formed, by the repetition of contrary acts.” -Mortimer J. Adler (Mortimer Jerome Adler (1902 - 2001))
“Each day, compel yourself to do something you would rather not do.” -Author Unknown
“Habits are your foundation - create ones that lift you higher, not hold you back.” -Lisa Nichols
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“The best way to stop a bad habit is to never begin it.” -J. C. Penney (James Cash ‘J. C.’ Penney, Junior (1875 - 1971))
“First we form habits, then they form us.” -Rob Gilbert (Robert ‘Rob’ Gilbert) at http://gilbertsuccesshotline.blogspot.com/
“Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.” -Nathanael Emmons (also spelled Nathaniel Emmons (1745 - 1840))
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“We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can . . . The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“The habits you practice every day will make you or break you.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)) at https://www.maxwellleadership.com/
“The secret to permanently breaking any bad habit is to love something greater than the habit.” -Bryant McGill (Bryant Harrison McGill (born 1969)) at https://bryantmcgill.com/
“Habit is more important in determining our destiny than almost any other influence.” -Author Unknown
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“Habit is, as it were, a second nature.” [translation to English]
“Consuetude quasi altera natura effici.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)): “De finibus bonorum et malorum” (English: “On the ends of good and evil”) (45 B.C.E.), Book V, section 25, ’Tusculanarum Disputationum,’ Book II, section 17
“I cannot stress this enough - build a routine. Wake up every day with a plan. Do this long enough and eventually you’ll be at your goal without even realizing it.” -Author Unknown
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“The worst boss anyone can have is a bad habit.” -Monta Crane (Monta Mildred (Henrichs) Crane (1911 - 2009))
“Every day do at least one good thing.” [translation to English in English characters]
“Ichi nichi, ichi zen.” [original Japanese in English characters]
「毎日少なくとも1つ良いことをする。」[original Japanese in Japanese characters]
-Author Unknown: Japanese proverb
“Habits eliminate the need for self-control.” -Gretchen Rubin
“A bad habit is nothing more than a mistake repeated.” -Author Unknown
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“If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always gotten.” -Jane Kirkpatrick (born 1946): “What Once We Loved” (2001)
“Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist, but by ascending a little you may often look over it altogether. So it is with our moral improvement; we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit, which could have no hold upon us if we ascended to a higher atmosphere.” -Arthur Helps (1813 - 1875)
In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.
-Isaac Williams (1802 - 1865): “The Baptistery, Or the Way of Eternal Life” (1842 - 1844), ‘Image 18’
“Read something positive every night and listen to something helpful every morning.” -Tom Hopkins (born 1944)
“Habits change into character.” -Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17))
“A daily routine built on good habits and disciplines separates the most successful among us from everyone else. The routine is exceptionally powerful.” -Darren Hardy
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“We should get into the habit of reading inspirational books, looking at inspirational pictures, hearing inspirational music, associating with inspirational friends.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“Habit formation is the art of becoming someone new.” -James Clear
“In a nutshell, your health, wealth, happiness, fitness, and success depend on your habits.” -Joanna Jast
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“The way we do anything is the way we do everything. Build good habits.” -Martha Beck
We are MFOL! . . . perhaps purposely practicing good habits can help us be on our way to becoming better people . . .
“The reason why fear is so powerful is because you believe it to be stronger than you.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975) at https://stevemaraboli.net/): “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 36
“Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.” -Author Unknown: “Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World” (11 November 2008) videogame, words of characters Aster and Richter Abend
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The Reality Of Fear
You’re not scared of the dark;
You’re scared of what’s in it.
You’re not afraid of heights;
You’re afraid of falling.
You’re not afraid of the people around you;
You’re afraid of rejection or mistreatment.
You’re not afraid of love;
You’re afraid of not being lovable.
By Author Unknown
“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” -George R. R. Martin (George Raymond Richard Martin (born 1948)): “A Game of Thrones” (1 August 1996) novel
“If you’re scared, just holler and you’ll find it ain’t so lonesome out there.” -Joe Sugden (Joseph ‘Joe’ Sugden (1870 - 1959))
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“The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness, not to stop your progress.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975) at https://stevemaraboli.net/: “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 16
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890))
“I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it.” -Erica Jong (Erica Mann Jong (born 1942))
“Try to be fearless, because fear can inhibit you and keep you from a life.” -Miranda Weese
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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” -Ambrose Redmoon (Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon (pseudonym of James Neil Hollingworth (1933 - 1996)))
“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” -Caroline Myss (born 1952)
“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.” -Alice M. Swaim (Alice Mackenzie Swaim)
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A lamb appears a lion, and we fear
Each bush we see’s a bear.
-Francis Quarles: “Emblems,” Book I, Emblem XIII, line 19
“I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Crime and Punishment” (1866), Part I, Chapter 1 (1866)
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“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))
“We learn courageous action by going forward whenever fear urges us back. A little boy was asked how he learned to skate. ‘Oh, by getting up every time I fell down,’ he answered.” -David Seabury (1885 - 1960)
“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” -Dorothy Thompson (1894 - 1961)
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“To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.” -Teresa of Ávila (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515 - 1582))
“Action cancels fear.” -Silver Rose
“What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.” -Author Unknown
Fear is a slinking cat I find
Beneath the lilacs of my mind.
-Sophie Tunnell (Sophia Letitia Tunnell (1884 - 1936))
“Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.” -Author Unknown: “Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World” (11 November 2008) videogame, words of characters Aster and Richter Abend
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The Reality Of Fear
You’re not scared of the dark;
You’re scared of what’s in it.
You’re not afraid of heights;
You’re afraid of falling.
You’re not afraid of the people around you;
You’re afraid of rejection or mistreatment.
You’re not afraid of love;
You’re afraid of not being lovable.
By Author Unknown
“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” -George R. R. Martin (George Raymond Richard Martin (born 1948)): “A Game of Thrones” (1 August 1996) novel
“If you’re scared, just holler and you’ll find it ain’t so lonesome out there.” -Joe Sugden (Joseph ‘Joe’ Sugden (1870 - 1959))
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“The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness, not to stop your progress.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975) at https://stevemaraboli.net/: “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 16
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890))
“I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it.” -Erica Jong (Erica Mann Jong (born 1942))
“Try to be fearless, because fear can inhibit you and keep you from a life.” -Miranda Weese
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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” -Ambrose Redmoon (Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon (pseudonym of James Neil Hollingworth (1933 - 1996)))
“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” -Caroline Myss (born 1952)
“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.” -Alice M. Swaim (Alice Mackenzie Swaim)
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A lamb appears a lion, and we fear
Each bush we see’s a bear.
-Francis Quarles: “Emblems,” Book I, Emblem XIII, line 19
“I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Crime and Punishment” (1866), Part I, Chapter 1 (1866)
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“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))
“We learn courageous action by going forward whenever fear urges us back. A little boy was asked how he learned to skate. ‘Oh, by getting up every time I fell down,’ he answered.” -David Seabury (1885 - 1960)
“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” -Dorothy Thompson (1894 - 1961)
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“To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.” -Teresa of Ávila (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515 - 1582))
“Action cancels fear.” -Silver Rose
“What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.” -Author Unknown
Fear is a slinking cat I find
Beneath the lilacs of my mind.
-Sophie Tunnell (Sophia Letitia Tunnell (1884 - 1936))
“Fear is incomplete knowledge.” -Agatha Christie (Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890 - 1976))
“A lot of people are afraid of heights; not me, I’m afraid of widths.” -Steven Wright (Stephen Alexander Wright (born 1955)): “Steven Wright Special” (1985)
Heights Made Him Dizzy
There was a young fellow so frail
He could fly on a kite - as the tail.
That gave him a view
From Maine to Peru;
But when he looked down he turned pale!
By John Ciardi (John Anthony Ciardi (1916 - 1986))
“So what are you afraid of? What is holding you back? What is it that stands in your way?” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993): “Power of the Plus Factor: The Little Extra That Makes You a Winner” (1987)
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“Fear always springs from ignorance.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “The American Scholar”
“Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.” -Brendan Francis (Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (1923 - 1964))
“He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” -Seth Godin (born 1960)
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Do not let fear confine your life
Inside a shell of doubt;
A turtle never moves until
His head is sticking out.
-Charles Ghigna
“You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.” -Dolly Parton (Dolly Rebecca Parton (born 1946))
“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” -Sheryl Sandberg (Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born 1969)): “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead” (2013)
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“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” -Mary Anne Radmacher (born 1957)
“Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.” -Hannah Arendt (Johanna ‘Hannah’ Arendt (1906 - 1975))
“Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Journals” (1838 - 1859), ‘September 7, 1851’
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“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” -Anaïs Nin (born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903 - 1977)): “Diary” (1969)
“Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.” -Michael Pritchard
“FEAR is an acronym in the English language for ‘False Evidence Appearing Real.’” -Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943)
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“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” -Author Unknown: German proverb
“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): as quoted in Joannes Stobaeus: “Florilegium”
“F.E.A.R. has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Risk.’ You decide.” -Author Unknown
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“Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.” -Robert Anthony (Robert Newton Anthony (1916 - 2006))
“Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)): inaugural address (4 March 1933), as published in “The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933” (1938), page 11
Overheard: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself . . . and spiders!
“A lot of people are afraid of heights; not me, I’m afraid of widths.” -Steven Wright (Stephen Alexander Wright (born 1955)): “Steven Wright Special” (1985)
Heights Made Him Dizzy
There was a young fellow so frail
He could fly on a kite - as the tail.
That gave him a view
From Maine to Peru;
But when he looked down he turned pale!
By John Ciardi (John Anthony Ciardi (1916 - 1986))
“So what are you afraid of? What is holding you back? What is it that stands in your way?” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993): “Power of the Plus Factor: The Little Extra That Makes You a Winner” (1987)
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“Fear always springs from ignorance.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882): “The American Scholar”
“Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.” -Brendan Francis (Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (1923 - 1964))
“He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” -Seth Godin (born 1960)
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Do not let fear confine your life
Inside a shell of doubt;
A turtle never moves until
His head is sticking out.
-Charles Ghigna
“You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.” -Dolly Parton (Dolly Rebecca Parton (born 1946))
“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” -Sheryl Sandberg (Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born 1969)): “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead” (2013)
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“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” -Mary Anne Radmacher (born 1957)
“Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.” -Hannah Arendt (Johanna ‘Hannah’ Arendt (1906 - 1975))
“Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862): “Journals” (1838 - 1859), ‘September 7, 1851’
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“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” -Anaïs Nin (born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903 - 1977)): “Diary” (1969)
“Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.” -Michael Pritchard
“FEAR is an acronym in the English language for ‘False Evidence Appearing Real.’” -Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943)
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“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” -Author Unknown: German proverb
“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): as quoted in Joannes Stobaeus: “Florilegium”
“F.E.A.R. has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Risk.’ You decide.” -Author Unknown
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“Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.” -Robert Anthony (Robert Newton Anthony (1916 - 2006))
“Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)): inaugural address (4 March 1933), as published in “The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933” (1938), page 11
Overheard: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself . . . and spiders!
“The fears we don’t face become our limits.” -Robin Sharma (Robin S. Sharma (born 1965))
“Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small.” -Ruth Gendler (Janet Ruth Gendler, also known as J. Ruth Gendler (born 1954)) at www.ruthgendler.com
“Sometimes it takes courage - maybe all the courage you’ve got - to just live life.” -Douglas Preston (Douglas Jerome Preston (born 1956)) and Lincoln Child (born 1957): “The Lost Island” (5 August 2014)
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“If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
“Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in James Boswell: “The Life of Samuel Johnson” (1791), ‘April 5, 1775’
“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” -Dorothy Bernard (Nora Dorothy ‘Dorothy’ Bernard (1890 - 1955))
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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)
Overheard: I have discovered that I scream the same way whether I am about to be devoured by a great white shark or a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
“Happiness is a form of courage.” -Holbrook Jackson (George ‘Holbrook’ Jackson (1874 - 1948))
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“I laugh in the face of danger. And then I hide until it goes away.” -Author Unknown: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997 - 2003), season 1, episode 3: ‘Witch’ (17 March 1997); line spoken by character Alexander Lavelle ‘Xander’ Harris (portrayed by actor Nicholas Brandon)
“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.” -Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965)): “Great Contemporaries” (1937), ‘Alfonso XIII’
“Fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” -Shirley MacLaine (pseudonym of Shirley MacLean Beaty (born 1934))
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“The thing I fear most is fear.” [translation to English]
“C’est de quoi j’ai le plus de peur que la peur.” [original French]
-Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (English: “Essays”) (1580), Book I, Chapter 18
A psychologist, interviewed on the “Steve Allen Show,” announced that the only two instinctive fears in man are a fear of loud noises and a fear of falling. “I have a great fear,” replied Steve Allen (Stephen Valentine Patrick William ‘Steve’ Allen (1921 - 2000)), without missing a beat, “of making a loud noise while falling.”
“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” -Maya Angelou: as quoted in “USA Today” (5 March 1988)
Overheard: Don’t let your fears win.
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“Nothing is terrible except fear itself.” [translation to English]
“Nil terribile nisi ipse timor.” [original Latin]
-Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “De Augmentis Scientiarum” (1623), Book II, ‘Fortitudo’
“To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.” -Katherine Paterson (Katherine Womeldorf Paterson (born 1932)): “Jacob Have I Loved” (1980)
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“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Book of Psalms,’ Psalm 27, verse 1 (King James Version)
“The phrase ‘do not be afraid’ is written in the Bible 365 times. That’s a daily reminder from God to live every day being fearless.” -Author Unknown
“When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.” -Stephen Richards
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“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” -Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Pudd’nhead Wilson” (1894), chapter 12: ‘Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar’
“Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small.” -Ruth Gendler (Janet Ruth Gendler, also known as J. Ruth Gendler (born 1954)) at www.ruthgendler.com
“Sometimes it takes courage - maybe all the courage you’ve got - to just live life.” -Douglas Preston (Douglas Jerome Preston (born 1956)) and Lincoln Child (born 1957): “The Lost Island” (5 August 2014)
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“If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
“Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in James Boswell: “The Life of Samuel Johnson” (1791), ‘April 5, 1775’
“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” -Dorothy Bernard (Nora Dorothy ‘Dorothy’ Bernard (1890 - 1955))
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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” -Aristotle (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)
Overheard: I have discovered that I scream the same way whether I am about to be devoured by a great white shark or a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
“Happiness is a form of courage.” -Holbrook Jackson (George ‘Holbrook’ Jackson (1874 - 1948))
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“I laugh in the face of danger. And then I hide until it goes away.” -Author Unknown: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997 - 2003), season 1, episode 3: ‘Witch’ (17 March 1997); line spoken by character Alexander Lavelle ‘Xander’ Harris (portrayed by actor Nicholas Brandon)
“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.” -Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965)): “Great Contemporaries” (1937), ‘Alfonso XIII’
“Fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” -Shirley MacLaine (pseudonym of Shirley MacLean Beaty (born 1934))
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“The thing I fear most is fear.” [translation to English]
“C’est de quoi j’ai le plus de peur que la peur.” [original French]
-Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essais” (English: “Essays”) (1580), Book I, Chapter 18
A psychologist, interviewed on the “Steve Allen Show,” announced that the only two instinctive fears in man are a fear of loud noises and a fear of falling. “I have a great fear,” replied Steve Allen (Stephen Valentine Patrick William ‘Steve’ Allen (1921 - 2000)), without missing a beat, “of making a loud noise while falling.”
“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” -Maya Angelou: as quoted in “USA Today” (5 March 1988)
Overheard: Don’t let your fears win.
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“Nothing is terrible except fear itself.” [translation to English]
“Nil terribile nisi ipse timor.” [original Latin]
-Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “De Augmentis Scientiarum” (1623), Book II, ‘Fortitudo’
“To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.” -Katherine Paterson (Katherine Womeldorf Paterson (born 1932)): “Jacob Have I Loved” (1980)
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“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Book of Psalms,’ Psalm 27, verse 1 (King James Version)
“The phrase ‘do not be afraid’ is written in the Bible 365 times. That’s a daily reminder from God to live every day being fearless.” -Author Unknown
“When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.” -Stephen Richards
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“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” -Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “Pudd’nhead Wilson” (1894), chapter 12: ‘Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar’
“The only thing I am afraid of is fear.” -Arthur Wellesley (born Arthur Wesley (1769 - 1852)): as quoted in Philip Henry Stanhope: “Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington” (1886), ‘November 3, 1831’
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“Always believe that God is with you, and fear nothing.” -Eliezer: as quoted in Isidore Singer and Cyrus Adler, editors: “The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Volume 2” (31 December 1903), page 386
“Sometimes the biggest act of courage is a small one.” -Lauren Raffo
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983): “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)
“Fear is real and there is nothing you can do about it except to keep functioning, keep your hands and legs and body moving, your mind focused on the task at hand.” -Alvah Bessie: “Men in Battle: A Story of Americans in Spain” (1939), page 241
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“Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built.” -Rollo May (Rollo Reece May (1909 - 1994)): “The Courage to Create” (1975), Chapter 1: ‘The Courage to Create,’ page 21
“Courage grows by daring, fear by holding back.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)
“Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))
“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” -Mary Tyler Moore (1937 - 2017)
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“Courage is following your conscience instead of following the crowd.” -Eric Harvey
“Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.” -Author Unknown
14 October of every year is National Face Your Fears Day, and 17 days later, you can actually see some of them, because that day is Halloween!
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“To one who is afraid, everything rustles.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” -George Addair (George Washington Addair, Junior (1931 - 2012))
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“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” -Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910): as quoted in John Cooke: “The Book of Positive Quotations” (2007), page 479
Imagination frames events unknown,
In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin,
And what it fears creates.
-Hannah More (1745 - 1833): “Belshazzar,” Part II
“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.” -Aaron Hill (1685 - 1750)
“Give yourself a pat on the back each time you hang in there when you’re scared.” -Marilyn Barrick (Marilyn Cooper Barrick (1932 - 2007))
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“Courage from hearts, and not from numbers, grows.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “Annus Mirabilis” (1667), stanza 76, line 304; type of work: poem
“Fears are nothing more than states of mind.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))
“You do not have to be fearless, just don’t let fear stop you.” -Charles Day (Charles Peckham Day (born 1976)): speech (May 2014) to graduating class of Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America
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“We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.” -Titus Livius (also known simply as Livy (59 B.C.E. - C.E. 17))
“If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“Bravery is acknowledging your fear and doing it anyway.” -Cheryl Strayed
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“Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832))
“There is no courage without fear.” -Author Unknown
“The only known cure for fear is faith.” -Lena Kellogg Sadler (1875 - 1939)
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“Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
“Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.” [translation to English]
“Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Epistolæ Ex Ponto,” II, 7, 75
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.” -John Berryman (1914 - 1972)
“Fear makes men believe the worst.” [translation to English]
“Ad deteriora credenda proni metu.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Curtius Rufus: “De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni,” IV, 3, 22
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“If you work past a fear, if you jump over the barrier of a fear, if you act despite a fear, what will be beyond, what will be on the other side, what will you experience?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” -Bethany Hamilton (Bethany Meilani Hamilton-Dirks (born 1990))
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” -Tim Ferriss (Timothy ‘Tim’ Ferriss (born 1977))
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“Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021)): “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (1991)
“Ultimately, we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.” -Marilyn Ferguson
“Stop letting fear rule your life.” -Author Unknown
“Courage is your greatest present need.” -Author Unknown
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“With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.” -Keshavan Nair (born 1932)
“Life begins where fears end.” -Author Unknown
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“Always believe that God is with you, and fear nothing.” -Eliezer: as quoted in Isidore Singer and Cyrus Adler, editors: “The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Volume 2” (31 December 1903), page 386
“Sometimes the biggest act of courage is a small one.” -Lauren Raffo
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983): “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)
“Fear is real and there is nothing you can do about it except to keep functioning, keep your hands and legs and body moving, your mind focused on the task at hand.” -Alvah Bessie: “Men in Battle: A Story of Americans in Spain” (1939), page 241
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“Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built.” -Rollo May (Rollo Reece May (1909 - 1994)): “The Courage to Create” (1975), Chapter 1: ‘The Courage to Create,’ page 21
“Courage grows by daring, fear by holding back.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)
“Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnegey (1888 - 1955)))
“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” -Mary Tyler Moore (1937 - 2017)
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“Courage is following your conscience instead of following the crowd.” -Eric Harvey
“Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.” -Author Unknown
14 October of every year is National Face Your Fears Day, and 17 days later, you can actually see some of them, because that day is Halloween!
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“To one who is afraid, everything rustles.” -Sophocles (496 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.)
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” -George Addair (George Washington Addair, Junior (1931 - 2012))
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“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” -Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910): as quoted in John Cooke: “The Book of Positive Quotations” (2007), page 479
Imagination frames events unknown,
In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin,
And what it fears creates.
-Hannah More (1745 - 1833): “Belshazzar,” Part II
“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.” -Aaron Hill (1685 - 1750)
“Give yourself a pat on the back each time you hang in there when you’re scared.” -Marilyn Barrick (Marilyn Cooper Barrick (1932 - 2007))
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“Courage from hearts, and not from numbers, grows.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “Annus Mirabilis” (1667), stanza 76, line 304; type of work: poem
“Fears are nothing more than states of mind.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))
“You do not have to be fearless, just don’t let fear stop you.” -Charles Day (Charles Peckham Day (born 1976)): speech (May 2014) to graduating class of Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America
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“We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.” -Titus Livius (also known simply as Livy (59 B.C.E. - C.E. 17))
“If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“Bravery is acknowledging your fear and doing it anyway.” -Cheryl Strayed
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“Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832))
“There is no courage without fear.” -Author Unknown
“The only known cure for fear is faith.” -Lena Kellogg Sadler (1875 - 1939)
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“Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
“Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.” [translation to English]
“Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17)): “Epistolæ Ex Ponto,” II, 7, 75
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.” -John Berryman (1914 - 1972)
“Fear makes men believe the worst.” [translation to English]
“Ad deteriora credenda proni metu.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Curtius Rufus: “De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni,” IV, 3, 22
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“If you work past a fear, if you jump over the barrier of a fear, if you act despite a fear, what will be beyond, what will be on the other side, what will you experience?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” -Bethany Hamilton (Bethany Meilani Hamilton-Dirks (born 1990))
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” -Tim Ferriss (Timothy ‘Tim’ Ferriss (born 1977))
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“Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021)): “Life’s Little Instruction Book” (1991)
“Ultimately, we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.” -Marilyn Ferguson
“Stop letting fear rule your life.” -Author Unknown
“Courage is your greatest present need.” -Author Unknown
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“With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.” -Keshavan Nair (born 1932)
“Life begins where fears end.” -Author Unknown
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How can I get people to like me?
If you were a robot but did not know it, would you want people to tell you?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
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What do penguins wear for play clothes?
“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.” -Tony Robbins (Anthony Jay ‘Tony’ Robbins (born 1960)) at https://www.tonyrobbins.com/
Where did you get that big, beautiful smile?
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Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
Is there something else you should be doing right now?
Aren’t you just the cutest thing?
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What is your favorite vegetable?
“The power to question is the basis of all human progress.” -Indira Gandhi (Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (1917 - 1984)): as quoted in in Dawn Nicole Martin: “Misbehave: Speak Truth to Power” (1 April 2011), page 51
If you were a robot but did not know it, would you want people to tell you?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
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What do penguins wear for play clothes?
“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.” -Tony Robbins (Anthony Jay ‘Tony’ Robbins (born 1960)) at https://www.tonyrobbins.com/
Where did you get that big, beautiful smile?
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Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
Is there something else you should be doing right now?
Aren’t you just the cutest thing?
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What is your favorite vegetable?
“The power to question is the basis of all human progress.” -Indira Gandhi (Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (1917 - 1984)): as quoted in in Dawn Nicole Martin: “Misbehave: Speak Truth to Power” (1 April 2011), page 51
Questions
If there is something you want to know,
A question is the way to go.
Ask a question and you will see
Information comes easily.
Use question words like when or where,
To find out if the answer’s there.
What and who, how and why,
Are other words you can try.
Comments are nice,
But they won’t do the trick.
To learn something new,
Ask a question real quick.
By Author Unknown
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If there is something you want to know,
A question is the way to go.
Ask a question and you will see
Information comes easily.
Use question words like when or where,
To find out if the answer’s there.
What and who, how and why,
Are other words you can try.
Comments are nice,
But they won’t do the trick.
To learn something new,
Ask a question real quick.
By Author Unknown
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Would you tell me a true thing?
If we can make semi-conductors, can you just imagine what we could do if we made complete conductors?
How can you know what you think until you speak so that you can hear what you have to say?
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If you were on the second floor of a three-story building, would you be upstairs and downstairs at the same time?
Everyone says things are just Jim Dandy . . . but who is this Jim Dandy fellow?
When someone erases a word with a pencil, where does it go?
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Why do British people not sound British when they sing?
“To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
Why do birds not fall out of trees when they sleep?
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Do you realize just how many holes there could be in the ground if people would just take the time to get a shovel and dig the dirt out of them?
What is the speed of dark?
What could possibly go wrong?
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If we can make semi-conductors, can you just imagine what we could do if we made complete conductors?
How can you know what you think until you speak so that you can hear what you have to say?
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If you were on the second floor of a three-story building, would you be upstairs and downstairs at the same time?
Everyone says things are just Jim Dandy . . . but who is this Jim Dandy fellow?
When someone erases a word with a pencil, where does it go?
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Why do British people not sound British when they sing?
“To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
Why do birds not fall out of trees when they sleep?
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Do you realize just how many holes there could be in the ground if people would just take the time to get a shovel and dig the dirt out of them?
What is the speed of dark?
What could possibly go wrong?
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Why do we never hear any father-in-law jokes?
Should Friday the 13th be made into a holiday?
If you were to be trapped in a television show forever, which show would you choose?
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If you could have picked your own name, what would it be?
Is there a butterscotch flavored soft drink?
Does it seem that some people specialize in turning positives into negatives?
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What did moths congregate around before campfires, torches, and light bulbs were invented?
Does wasting time damage eternity?
Why is it that when you walk up the stairs and you get to the top, you always think there is still one more step?
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Are earthquakes on Mars called marsquakes?
If a chameleon was placed in a mirrored box, what color would it be - clear?
Who wants to go outside and play?
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If the electric power went out everywhere for a week, what would you do during that time?
Since there is a speed of light and a speed of sound, is there a speed of smell and a speed of taste?
“He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes, but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever.” -Tom J. Connelly
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“Ask the young. They know everything.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824): as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
Why do people go to the top of tall buildings and then put money in telescopes so they can see things on the ground in close-up?
An average four-year-old child asks 437 questions a day. Have you asked a question today?
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“Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation but as a question.” -Niels Bohr (Neils Henrik David Bohr)
Are adults just older children?
What would love do now?
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“You’ve got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world’s most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness.” -Percy Ross
Who is the funniest person in the world?
What do you think is the right age or conditions for marriage and why?
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Does glue ever stick to the inside of the bottle?
What things do you always carry with you in your pocket, purse, backpack, or wallet?
What does it mean, to live happily ever after?
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What just happened?
Have you ever heard a bird sing out of tune?
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Why are roads built so close to the ground?
What do you wish you knew more about?
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Alex?
Alex, who?
Alex the questions around here!
Is a British billionaire richer than an American billionaire?
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Can you name something that is not weird, odd, or unusual?
Is there a mouse-flavored cat food?
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Why hasn’t someone invented a bed that makes itself yet?
What’s what?
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If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
A year from now, what will you wish you had done today?
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Should Friday the 13th be made into a holiday?
If you were to be trapped in a television show forever, which show would you choose?
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If you could have picked your own name, what would it be?
Is there a butterscotch flavored soft drink?
Does it seem that some people specialize in turning positives into negatives?
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What did moths congregate around before campfires, torches, and light bulbs were invented?
Does wasting time damage eternity?
Why is it that when you walk up the stairs and you get to the top, you always think there is still one more step?
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Are earthquakes on Mars called marsquakes?
If a chameleon was placed in a mirrored box, what color would it be - clear?
Who wants to go outside and play?
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If the electric power went out everywhere for a week, what would you do during that time?
Since there is a speed of light and a speed of sound, is there a speed of smell and a speed of taste?
“He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes, but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever.” -Tom J. Connelly
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“Ask the young. They know everything.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824): as quoted in Paul Auster, translator: “The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert” (1883)
Why do people go to the top of tall buildings and then put money in telescopes so they can see things on the ground in close-up?
An average four-year-old child asks 437 questions a day. Have you asked a question today?
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“Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation but as a question.” -Niels Bohr (Neils Henrik David Bohr)
Are adults just older children?
What would love do now?
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“You’ve got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world’s most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness.” -Percy Ross
Who is the funniest person in the world?
What do you think is the right age or conditions for marriage and why?
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Does glue ever stick to the inside of the bottle?
What things do you always carry with you in your pocket, purse, backpack, or wallet?
What does it mean, to live happily ever after?
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What just happened?
Have you ever heard a bird sing out of tune?
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Why are roads built so close to the ground?
What do you wish you knew more about?
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Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Alex?
Alex, who?
Alex the questions around here!
Is a British billionaire richer than an American billionaire?
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Can you name something that is not weird, odd, or unusual?
Is there a mouse-flavored cat food?
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Why hasn’t someone invented a bed that makes itself yet?
What’s what?
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If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
A year from now, what will you wish you had done today?
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Whether you need the answer to a serious question or a silly question, call 1-334-844-4244 to reach the Foy Information Line at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, United States of America. The service is staffed by students, who try to answer questions on any subject, and is available during the school year, 24 hours a day Monday through Thursday and until 9:00 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Be sure to tell them you found out about them from www.MakeFunOfLife.net.
“The word ‘question’ originates from the Latin root ‘quaestio’ meaning ‘to seek.’ Inside the word ‘question’ is the word ‘quest,’ suggesting that within every question is an adventure, a pursuit which can lead us to hidden treasure.” -Tom Wujec: “Five Star Mind” (1995)
“Since we have kneecaps to protect our leg joints, why do we not have elbowcaps to protect our funny bones?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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How many days are in a light year?
“If not you, who? If not now, when?” -Garry Herbert
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How fast do you have to go to keep up with the Sun so that you are never in darkness?
Are there legitimate ways to earn money online?
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What’s next?
“Asking silly questions now is better than correcting serious mistakes later.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Do you prefer your food served on square plates or round plates?
What kind of music do you like?
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How old were you when you were born?
What are you thankful for?
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“Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?” -Harold Pinter
If life is so wonderful and exciting and full of interesting people, places, things, and activities, then why are we all by ourselves looking at the screens of our electronic devices?
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Should apartments be called togetherments, because they are together and not apart?
What are male ballerinas called?
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Why is France so far away?
Sales Person: Be sure to ask me if you have any questions.
Customer: Sure thing . . . so do I have any questions?
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If a birdhouse is placed in a tree, does it then become a treehouse?
“There are no foolish questions, and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.” -Charles Steinmetz (Charles Proteus Steinmetz (born Karl August Rudolf (1865 - 1923)))
Do you have all of your ducks in a row?
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Who is the most interesting person you ever met, and why?
At the end of the day, are you better off than you were at the start of the day?
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Why do we believe everything we see on the internet but question what The Bible says?
What is your favorite work of art?
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Are social media websites turning us into weird little creatures - maybe not all of us, but enough of us so that the rest of us should be concerned?
What is keeping you from doing the things you need to do?
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“The word ‘question’ originates from the Latin root ‘quaestio’ meaning ‘to seek.’ Inside the word ‘question’ is the word ‘quest,’ suggesting that within every question is an adventure, a pursuit which can lead us to hidden treasure.” -Tom Wujec: “Five Star Mind” (1995)
“Since we have kneecaps to protect our leg joints, why do we not have elbowcaps to protect our funny bones?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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How many days are in a light year?
“If not you, who? If not now, when?” -Garry Herbert
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How fast do you have to go to keep up with the Sun so that you are never in darkness?
Are there legitimate ways to earn money online?
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What’s next?
“Asking silly questions now is better than correcting serious mistakes later.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Do you prefer your food served on square plates or round plates?
What kind of music do you like?
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How old were you when you were born?
What are you thankful for?
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“Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?” -Harold Pinter
If life is so wonderful and exciting and full of interesting people, places, things, and activities, then why are we all by ourselves looking at the screens of our electronic devices?
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Should apartments be called togetherments, because they are together and not apart?
What are male ballerinas called?
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Why is France so far away?
Sales Person: Be sure to ask me if you have any questions.
Customer: Sure thing . . . so do I have any questions?
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If a birdhouse is placed in a tree, does it then become a treehouse?
“There are no foolish questions, and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.” -Charles Steinmetz (Charles Proteus Steinmetz (born Karl August Rudolf (1865 - 1923)))
Do you have all of your ducks in a row?
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Who is the most interesting person you ever met, and why?
At the end of the day, are you better off than you were at the start of the day?
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Why do we believe everything we see on the internet but question what The Bible says?
What is your favorite work of art?
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Are social media websites turning us into weird little creatures - maybe not all of us, but enough of us so that the rest of us should be concerned?
What is keeping you from doing the things you need to do?
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If you could be any kind of animal, what would you want to be and why?
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Who has been the biggest influence on your life?
Are we ever going to make it up this hill?
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Teacher: What if this was not a rhetorical question?
Student: What if this was not a hypothetical situation?
Why does this keep happening?
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Why is there one in every crowd?
“Why do people park in driveways and drive on parkways?” -Larry Anderson
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“Ask the experienced rather than the learned.” -Author Unknown
Which do you like more: scary movies, romantic movies, or comedy movies?
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When lights go out, where do they go?
“Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don’t have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.” -Katharine Graham (Katharine Meyer Graham (1917 - 2001)): as quoted by Jane Howard: ‘The Power That Didn’t Corrupt’ published in “Ms. Magazine” (October 1974)
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Why are there schools for preschoolers?
What kind of place is this?
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If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?
“A questioning man is halfway to being wise.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
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What do you like to do for fun?
Do some people have a condition that makes it difficult for them to remember the good things that happen and easy to remember the bad things that happen?
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Which is a sign of higher intelligence, asking questions, or not asking questions?
Can we spell creativity any way we want to?
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Have you noticed that since everyone has a digital camera or a cell phone with a built-in camera these days, no one talks about seeing UFO’s and monsters and ghosts like they used to?
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How many days are in a light year?
Is it right that you should have only a broken-down flea-bitten donkey while the local warlord has 300 camels and 1,200 horses?
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If the Universe is expanding, why are parking spaces so hard to find?
What is the difference between spelling words and casting spells?
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Would you rather go shopping or sightseeing, and why?
What is the best advice you ever received?
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“There are no foolish questions, only foolish silence.” -Author Unknown
Should a building be called a built when its construction is done?
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If a thousand seagulls were in an airplane while it was flying, with each bird weighing two pounds, and all of them flying around inside the airplane, would the airplane weigh 2,000 pounds more?
If you could go back in time and speak to your younger self, what age would you choose and what would you say?
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Do you play a musical instrument?
Are you from outer space?
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Would we all be better off if we refused to accept anything that was offered to us for free?
When was the last time you did something for the first time?
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What is your favorite song?
Why is the alphabet in the order that it is in?
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Why do we say an alarm is going off when it is actually turning on?
What is magic?
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If you woke up as a monkey, what would you do first?
What are you really good at?
Is the opposite of the opposite the same or different?
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Does your physical address plus the time equal your space-time coordinates?
What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?
“Why is the world so beautiful? is a question that we all ought to be embracing.” -Robin Wall Kimmerer Interview: “On Being” (2022) podcast
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“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
“If water had a flavor, what color would it sound like?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
What do you think is beyond the stars?
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“The important thing is not to stop questioning.” -Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Wow, those were some challenging and difficult questions! Fortunately, the topic that follows below this one on MFOL! is much easier . . .
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Who has been the biggest influence on your life?
Are we ever going to make it up this hill?
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Teacher: What if this was not a rhetorical question?
Student: What if this was not a hypothetical situation?
Why does this keep happening?
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Why is there one in every crowd?
“Why do people park in driveways and drive on parkways?” -Larry Anderson
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“Ask the experienced rather than the learned.” -Author Unknown
Which do you like more: scary movies, romantic movies, or comedy movies?
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When lights go out, where do they go?
“Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don’t have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.” -Katharine Graham (Katharine Meyer Graham (1917 - 2001)): as quoted by Jane Howard: ‘The Power That Didn’t Corrupt’ published in “Ms. Magazine” (October 1974)
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Why are there schools for preschoolers?
What kind of place is this?
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If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?
“A questioning man is halfway to being wise.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
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What do you like to do for fun?
Do some people have a condition that makes it difficult for them to remember the good things that happen and easy to remember the bad things that happen?
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Which is a sign of higher intelligence, asking questions, or not asking questions?
Can we spell creativity any way we want to?
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Have you noticed that since everyone has a digital camera or a cell phone with a built-in camera these days, no one talks about seeing UFO’s and monsters and ghosts like they used to?
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of this article, or click or tap on these words to visit the Horror Page.
How many days are in a light year?
Is it right that you should have only a broken-down flea-bitten donkey while the local warlord has 300 camels and 1,200 horses?
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Poverty And Prosperity Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
If the Universe is expanding, why are parking spaces so hard to find?
What is the difference between spelling words and casting spells?
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Would you rather go shopping or sightseeing, and why?
What is the best advice you ever received?
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“There are no foolish questions, only foolish silence.” -Author Unknown
Should a building be called a built when its construction is done?
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If a thousand seagulls were in an airplane while it was flying, with each bird weighing two pounds, and all of them flying around inside the airplane, would the airplane weigh 2,000 pounds more?
If you could go back in time and speak to your younger self, what age would you choose and what would you say?
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Do you play a musical instrument?
Are you from outer space?
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Would we all be better off if we refused to accept anything that was offered to us for free?
When was the last time you did something for the first time?
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What is your favorite song?
Why is the alphabet in the order that it is in?
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Why do we say an alarm is going off when it is actually turning on?
What is magic?
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If you woke up as a monkey, what would you do first?
What are you really good at?
Is the opposite of the opposite the same or different?
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Does your physical address plus the time equal your space-time coordinates?
What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?
“Why is the world so beautiful? is a question that we all ought to be embracing.” -Robin Wall Kimmerer Interview: “On Being” (2022) podcast
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“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
“If water had a flavor, what color would it sound like?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
What do you think is beyond the stars?
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“The important thing is not to stop questioning.” -Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Wow, those were some challenging and difficult questions! Fortunately, the topic that follows below this one on MFOL! is much easier . . .
Shane: How could six children and two dogs be under an umbrella, and yet none of them got wet?
Shannon: It wasn’t raining.
The Folded Friend
I carry my friend on a trip,
A canopy held by a grip.
He blocks out the showers,
Through all of the hours,
And opens with one easy flip.
By Author Unknown
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The word ‘umbrella’ comes from the Latin word ‘umbros’ meaning ‘shade’ or ‘shadow.’
Judy: Why do people carry umbrellas?
Jude: Because umbrellas can’t walk by themselves.
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Umbrellas were originally used to shade people from the Sun, like modern parasols, and not to protect people from the rain as they are today. In ancient Greece, umbrellas became a fashion accessory used by men though not women, probably because men tended to be out under the Sun more.
Little Umbrella
I have a little umbrella.
It helps me stay dry.
And on a very windy day,
It even helps me fly!
Open it. Close it.
Oh, what fun it can be.
Jumping over puddles,
My little umbrella and me!
By Author Unknown
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Shannon: It wasn’t raining.
The Folded Friend
I carry my friend on a trip,
A canopy held by a grip.
He blocks out the showers,
Through all of the hours,
And opens with one easy flip.
By Author Unknown
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The word ‘umbrella’ comes from the Latin word ‘umbros’ meaning ‘shade’ or ‘shadow.’
Judy: Why do people carry umbrellas?
Jude: Because umbrellas can’t walk by themselves.
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Umbrellas were originally used to shade people from the Sun, like modern parasols, and not to protect people from the rain as they are today. In ancient Greece, umbrellas became a fashion accessory used by men though not women, probably because men tended to be out under the Sun more.
Little Umbrella
I have a little umbrella.
It helps me stay dry.
And on a very windy day,
It even helps me fly!
Open it. Close it.
Oh, what fun it can be.
Jumping over puddles,
My little umbrella and me!
By Author Unknown
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“A rainy day is the only chance an umbrella gets to shine.” -Author Unknown
The Rain
Pitter-patter, raindrops,
Falling from the sky,
Here is my umbrella,
To keep me safe and dry!
When the rain is over,
And the Sun begins to glow,
Little flowers start to bud,
And grow and grow and grow!
By Author Unknown
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Pitter-patter, raindrops,
Falling from the sky,
Here is my umbrella,
To keep me safe and dry!
When the rain is over,
And the Sun begins to glow,
Little flowers start to bud,
And grow and grow and grow!
By Author Unknown
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The average life span of cheap umbrellas is one-and-a-half years.
Bella Had A New Umbrella
Bella had a new umbrella
Didn’t want to lose it,
So when she walked out in the rain
She didn’t ever use it.
Her nose went sniff,
Her shoes went squish,
Her socks grew soggy,
Her glasses got foggy,
Her pockets filled with water,
And a little green froggy.
All she could speak
Was a weak ‘kachoo!’
But Bella’s umbrella
Stayed nice and new.
By Eve Merriam (born Eva Moskovitz (1916 - 1992))
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Bella Had A New Umbrella
Bella had a new umbrella
Didn’t want to lose it,
So when she walked out in the rain
She didn’t ever use it.
Her nose went sniff,
Her shoes went squish,
Her socks grew soggy,
Her glasses got foggy,
Her pockets filled with water,
And a little green froggy.
All she could speak
Was a weak ‘kachoo!’
But Bella’s umbrella
Stayed nice and new.
By Eve Merriam (born Eva Moskovitz (1916 - 1992))
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Dale: What goes up when the rain comes down?
Gail: An umbrella!
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Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)) once told a story of trying to get rid of a wreck of an old umbrella. First he threw it in a trash can, but someone recognized it as his, and returned it. Then he dropped it down a deep well, but someone repairing the well saw the umbrella, and returned it. He tried several other methods, but always the umbrella came back. “Finally,” said Mr. Twain, “I lent it to a friend, and I never saw it again.”
Keith: Why would anyone need a chicken-proof umbrella?
Kevin: To use in case of fowl weather.
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Marla: So what kind of umbrellas do people carry on rainy days?
Marlo: Wet ones.
Why are many umbrellas black? When umbrellas first came into popular use in the 18th century, they were made of oil-soaked cotton cloth stretched over whalebone. Oil was applied to the cotton fabric to make it waterproof. It also gave the cloth a black coloration. While this type of umbrella was waterproof, it was not very durable. Soon, better umbrellas were made, and since the color black was associated with effective waterproofing, most of the newer models were dyed black. However, for safety purposes, brightly colored umbrellas, being more visible to motorists, may possibly decrease the likelihood of collisions with pedestrians. Clear umbrellas are also a good choice as they give their holders the ability to see through them.
What is a bumbershoot? ‘Bumbershoot’ is a whimsical, informal American term for ‘umbrella,’ derived from ‘umbr’ taken from ‘umbrella’ and ‘shoot’ taken from ‘parachute’ . . . because an umbrella reminds some people of a parachute. The British are known to use the informal terms ‘brolly’ for ‘umbrella’ and ‘gamp’ for an ‘oversized or very large umbrella.’
Stella’s umbrella flipped in a gale,
Changing her boring rainy day into
An eventful bumbershoot-related fail.
-Author Unknown
“I used the money I had been saving for a rainy day to buy an umbrella.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Gail: An umbrella!
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Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)) once told a story of trying to get rid of a wreck of an old umbrella. First he threw it in a trash can, but someone recognized it as his, and returned it. Then he dropped it down a deep well, but someone repairing the well saw the umbrella, and returned it. He tried several other methods, but always the umbrella came back. “Finally,” said Mr. Twain, “I lent it to a friend, and I never saw it again.”
Keith: Why would anyone need a chicken-proof umbrella?
Kevin: To use in case of fowl weather.
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Marla: So what kind of umbrellas do people carry on rainy days?
Marlo: Wet ones.
Why are many umbrellas black? When umbrellas first came into popular use in the 18th century, they were made of oil-soaked cotton cloth stretched over whalebone. Oil was applied to the cotton fabric to make it waterproof. It also gave the cloth a black coloration. While this type of umbrella was waterproof, it was not very durable. Soon, better umbrellas were made, and since the color black was associated with effective waterproofing, most of the newer models were dyed black. However, for safety purposes, brightly colored umbrellas, being more visible to motorists, may possibly decrease the likelihood of collisions with pedestrians. Clear umbrellas are also a good choice as they give their holders the ability to see through them.
What is a bumbershoot? ‘Bumbershoot’ is a whimsical, informal American term for ‘umbrella,’ derived from ‘umbr’ taken from ‘umbrella’ and ‘shoot’ taken from ‘parachute’ . . . because an umbrella reminds some people of a parachute. The British are known to use the informal terms ‘brolly’ for ‘umbrella’ and ‘gamp’ for an ‘oversized or very large umbrella.’
Stella’s umbrella flipped in a gale,
Changing her boring rainy day into
An eventful bumbershoot-related fail.
-Author Unknown
“I used the money I had been saving for a rainy day to buy an umbrella.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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It’s raining umbrellas!
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“You will need three umbrellas: one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train.” -James L. Blankenship
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“You will need three umbrellas: one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train.” -James L. Blankenship
Spin And Twirl
Spin, spin the parasol
Spin it, and it flies away -
When it stops,
It’s somehow on the ground.
Twirl, twirl the umbrella,
Water droplets fly everywhere.
Twirl it, twirl it,
And then twirl it once more!
Parasol or umbrella,
Twirl or spin,
Collapse them and stow them away,
To twirl or spin on yet another day.
By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966): “More Boring Poetry”
Spin, spin the parasol
Spin it, and it flies away -
When it stops,
It’s somehow on the ground.
Twirl, twirl the umbrella,
Water droplets fly everywhere.
Twirl it, twirl it,
And then twirl it once more!
Parasol or umbrella,
Twirl or spin,
Collapse them and stow them away,
To twirl or spin on yet another day.
By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966): “More Boring Poetry”
National Umbrella Day is observed on 10 February of each year. If it doesn’t rain on that day, it’ll be a big disappointment to many of us!
“Spin the parasol three times and repeat after me: I shield in the name of fashion. I accessorize for one and all. Pursuit of truth is my passion. This I vow by the great parasol.” -Gail Carriger
“Have you noticed that some people are not good at saving money, but somehow always manage to save an umbrella for a rainy day?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Spin the parasol three times and repeat after me: I shield in the name of fashion. I accessorize for one and all. Pursuit of truth is my passion. This I vow by the great parasol.” -Gail Carriger
“Have you noticed that some people are not good at saving money, but somehow always manage to save an umbrella for a rainy day?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
The word ‘parasol’ is a combination of ’para’ from the Latin word ‘parare’ meaning ‘to shield from’ and ’sol’ meaning ‘sun.’
Norman: Did you hear about the responsible umbrella manufacturer?
Norma: Yes, they say he is saving his money for a sunny day.
Umbrellas are among the things of which you should always have at least two, in case you lose an umbrella or need to loan one to a friend. The two best times to buy an umbrella are before you need one and when it is not raining. When it starts raining, umbrellas sell quickly, even at inflated prices, and you might not be able to find one to buy.
“I walked around for a few hours. Around one-thirty it started raining lightly. Almost immediately the umbrella sellers turned up on the street corners. You’d have thought they had existed previously in spore form, springing miraculously to life when a drop of water touched them.” -Lawrence Block (born 1938): “Out on the Cutting Edge” (1989)
Marshall: What is big and gray and protects people from the rain?
Marsha: An umbrellaphant!
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Umbrellas And Parasols Facts
- Umbrellas help keep the rain off people.
- Umbrellas are made of waterproof material.
- Parasols help keep the sunlight off people.
- Parasols are often not made of waterproof material.
“One thing we have never been able to save for a rainy day is an umbrella.” -Herbert V. Prochnow (Herbert Victor Prochnow, Senior (1897 - 1998))
Della And Her Umbrella
A delightful young duck named Della
Had in her possession an umbrella -
In appearance it was a bright sunny yellow;
And thus despite any downpour of rain,
She could always reliably remain
Quite dry, cheerful, and mellow.
By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Norman: Did you hear about the responsible umbrella manufacturer?
Norma: Yes, they say he is saving his money for a sunny day.
Umbrellas are among the things of which you should always have at least two, in case you lose an umbrella or need to loan one to a friend. The two best times to buy an umbrella are before you need one and when it is not raining. When it starts raining, umbrellas sell quickly, even at inflated prices, and you might not be able to find one to buy.
“I walked around for a few hours. Around one-thirty it started raining lightly. Almost immediately the umbrella sellers turned up on the street corners. You’d have thought they had existed previously in spore form, springing miraculously to life when a drop of water touched them.” -Lawrence Block (born 1938): “Out on the Cutting Edge” (1989)
Marshall: What is big and gray and protects people from the rain?
Marsha: An umbrellaphant!
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Umbrellas And Parasols Facts
- Umbrellas help keep the rain off people.
- Umbrellas are made of waterproof material.
- Parasols help keep the sunlight off people.
- Parasols are often not made of waterproof material.
“One thing we have never been able to save for a rainy day is an umbrella.” -Herbert V. Prochnow (Herbert Victor Prochnow, Senior (1897 - 1998))
Della And Her Umbrella
A delightful young duck named Della
Had in her possession an umbrella -
In appearance it was a bright sunny yellow;
And thus despite any downpour of rain,
She could always reliably remain
Quite dry, cheerful, and mellow.
By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Your own personal portable cloud-on-a-stick parasol is a great accessory for carrying around on sunny days, and will help keep the Sun off your head. This one is made from fluffy cotton and a broken umbrella.
Combination parasol and umbrella are called ’en-tout-cas’ meaning ‘in any case’ in French. An umbrella used in the event of falling snow is called a ’paraneige.’ What other kinds of weather and conditions might merit specialized umbrellas? Is there an umbrella for underwater use? Could we create a dust storm umbrella? Perhaps we need a specialized umbrella for use on the Moon, against Moon dust? Then there might be an autumn umbrella, to keep off falling leaves, a snow umbrella . . .
Combination parasol and umbrella are called ’en-tout-cas’ meaning ‘in any case’ in French. An umbrella used in the event of falling snow is called a ’paraneige.’ What other kinds of weather and conditions might merit specialized umbrellas? Is there an umbrella for underwater use? Could we create a dust storm umbrella? Perhaps we need a specialized umbrella for use on the Moon, against Moon dust? Then there might be an autumn umbrella, to keep off falling leaves, a snow umbrella . . .
The Gingham Umbrella
Alphonso, Alphonso, Alphonso and Arabella
They happened to meet
A man in the street,
Who carried a gingham umbrella.
Alphonso possessed neither manners nor grace,
He made at this person a hideous face;
But how different the conduct of sweet Arabella,
Who praised with politeness the gingham umbrella.
The man was a nobleman, deeply disguised;
The compliment courteous he pointedly prized;
‘Sweet creature,’ he said, ‘come away from this feller,
And take both my heart and my gingham umbrella!’
The very next morning they met in the church,
And foolish Alphonso was left in the lurch;
And they said, ‘In the future you’ll know how to tell a
Great lord from a loon, by his gingham umbrella!’
By Laura Richards (Laura Elizabeth Richards (1850 - 1943))
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Alphonso, Alphonso, Alphonso and Arabella
They happened to meet
A man in the street,
Who carried a gingham umbrella.
Alphonso possessed neither manners nor grace,
He made at this person a hideous face;
But how different the conduct of sweet Arabella,
Who praised with politeness the gingham umbrella.
The man was a nobleman, deeply disguised;
The compliment courteous he pointedly prized;
‘Sweet creature,’ he said, ‘come away from this feller,
And take both my heart and my gingham umbrella!’
The very next morning they met in the church,
And foolish Alphonso was left in the lurch;
And they said, ‘In the future you’ll know how to tell a
Great lord from a loon, by his gingham umbrella!’
By Laura Richards (Laura Elizabeth Richards (1850 - 1943))
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A successful steel-ribbed umbrella was invented by Samuel Fox in 1852, although some earlier steel-ribbed umbrellas may have existed. The first working folding umbrella was introduced by Bradford Philips in 1969.
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A friend is someone who has an umbrella when it is raining . . .
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Marissa: What goes up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
Clarissa: An umbrella!
The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella;
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.
-Charles Bowen (Charles Synge Christopher Bowen, also known as Baron Bowen (1835 - 1894)): as published in Walter Sichel: “Sands of Time” (1923)
“If you appreciate your umbrella, make it happy by walking in the rain with it.” -Author Unknown
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“Stanley wandered off into the woods, which turned out to be vaster than he had ever imagined a field of trees could be. Walking down into a densely wooded valley, he found it to be the Land of the Umbrella People. These folks had no permanent houses, but carried large umbrellas on their backs, pointing skyward. When darkness or inclement weather arrived, they opened up their umbrellas, and like tent-dwellers, they lived inside them until morning or until the skies cleared up. The lower ends of the umbrella ribs were like tent stakes that sank into the ground, and the umbrellas were sturdy enough to protect their occupants from wolves and goblins and other creatures of concern prowling about in the dark in search of somebody to eat.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966): “If You Believe In Fairy Tales”
Umbrella Etiquette
- Let others stand under your umbrella with you, including people and animals, if your umbrella is large enough, and if the others are not too peculiar.
- Shake the water off your umbrella before entering a building or vehicle, and then either place it inside a plastic bag, in an umbrella stand, or in another place where the water that runs off it will not create a dangerous slippery-slidey floor.
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“All men are equal - all men, that is to say, who possess umbrellas.” -E. M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster): “Howards End” (1910)
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Marissa: What goes up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
Clarissa: An umbrella!
The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella;
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.
-Charles Bowen (Charles Synge Christopher Bowen, also known as Baron Bowen (1835 - 1894)): as published in Walter Sichel: “Sands of Time” (1923)
“If you appreciate your umbrella, make it happy by walking in the rain with it.” -Author Unknown
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“Stanley wandered off into the woods, which turned out to be vaster than he had ever imagined a field of trees could be. Walking down into a densely wooded valley, he found it to be the Land of the Umbrella People. These folks had no permanent houses, but carried large umbrellas on their backs, pointing skyward. When darkness or inclement weather arrived, they opened up their umbrellas, and like tent-dwellers, they lived inside them until morning or until the skies cleared up. The lower ends of the umbrella ribs were like tent stakes that sank into the ground, and the umbrellas were sturdy enough to protect their occupants from wolves and goblins and other creatures of concern prowling about in the dark in search of somebody to eat.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966): “If You Believe In Fairy Tales”
Umbrella Etiquette
- Let others stand under your umbrella with you, including people and animals, if your umbrella is large enough, and if the others are not too peculiar.
- Shake the water off your umbrella before entering a building or vehicle, and then either place it inside a plastic bag, in an umbrella stand, or in another place where the water that runs off it will not create a dangerous slippery-slidey floor.
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“All men are equal - all men, that is to say, who possess umbrellas.” -E. M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster): “Howards End” (1910)
“It is the habitual carriage of the umbrella that is the stamp of Respectability. The umbrella has become the acknowledged index of social position . . . Crusoe was rather a moralist than a pietist, and his leaf-umbrella is as fine an example of the civilized mind striving to express itself under adverse circumstances as we have ever met with.” -Robert L. Stevenson (Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850 - 1894)) and J. W. Ferrier: “Philosophy of Umbrellas” (1871)
Otis: Why did your sister cut a hole in her new umbrella?
Doris: Because she wanted to be able to tell when it stopped raining.
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Umbrellas that are up when Days are duller,
Instead of being Dark should glow with Color.
-Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943): “A Poet’s Proverbs” (1924), ‘Of Cheerfulness’
Otis: Why did your sister cut a hole in her new umbrella?
Doris: Because she wanted to be able to tell when it stopped raining.
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Umbrellas that are up when Days are duller,
Instead of being Dark should glow with Color.
-Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943): “A Poet’s Proverbs” (1924), ‘Of Cheerfulness’
Umbrellas Go Up
Umbrellas go up,
When the rain falls down,
When the rain falls down on me.
Umbrellas go up,
When the weather’s wet,
To keep the rain off me!
Umbrellas go up,
When the sun shines down
On a hot day by the sea.
Umbrellas go up,
When the weather’s hot,
To keep the Sun off me!
By Author Unknown
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Umbrellas go up,
When the rain falls down,
When the rain falls down on me.
Umbrellas go up,
When the weather’s wet,
To keep the rain off me!
Umbrellas go up,
When the sun shines down
On a hot day by the sea.
Umbrellas go up,
When the weather’s hot,
To keep the Sun off me!
By Author Unknown
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“Going around under an umbrella interferes with one’s looking up at the sky.” -Jerzy Kosinski
We know you can’t wait for it to rain, so that you can try out your new umbrella, with that great new umbrella smell! More fun follows . . . on MFOL!
“Set your sights high - the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen - not in the future but right now! Realize that nothing is too good.” -Eileen Caddy (1917 - 2006)
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“This is the best day the world has ever seen; tomorrow will be better.” -R. A. Campbell (Robert Allen Campbell (born about 1836 or 1837)): as quoted in “Journal of Education” (1915) publication of Boston University, volume 81
“A great attitude precedes a great performance.” -Author Unknown
“Winners come in all shapes and sizes but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.” -Author Unknown
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“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” -Herm Albright (1876 - 1944): as attributed in “The Reader’s Digest” (1995)
“You must always be positive! And always smile! A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but being positive will affect many people to make it worth the effort.” -Daniel Carver: “What’s Wrong with Management” (2005), page 10
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” -Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965))
“It all depends on how we look at things and not on how they are themselves. “ -C. G. Jung (Carl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961))
A Bad Attitude
A boy who was terribly rude
Found his trouble: a bad attitude.
He pulled thorns from its side,
Smoothed its raw, ruffled hide,
Cut its claws, and his life was renewed.
By Author Unknown
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“Clear your mind of ‘can’t’.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
“It’s so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to.” -Annie Gottlier
“As a man is, so he sees.” -William Blake (1757 - 1827): letter (23 August 1799) to John Trusler (1735 - 1820)
“You ‘can do’ with a ‘can do’ attitude!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“It’s hard to have a good day with a bad attitude or a bad day with a good attitude.” -Joe Moore
“There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002))
“In one minute you can change your attitude and in that minute you can change your entire day.” -Spencer Johnson
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“When you look at the world in a narrow way how narrow it seems! When you look at it in a mean way how mean it is! When you look at it selfishly how selfish it is! But when you look at it in a broad generous friendly spirit what wonderful people you find in it.” -Horace Rutledge
“Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 18 October 1934))
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“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty.” -David Hume (1711 - 1776): “Essays Moral, Political, and Literary” (1875), volume 1, ‘The Sceptic’ (about 1750)
“We tend to live up to our expectations.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“Train your mind to see something good in everything.” -Author Unknown
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“Refuse to criticize, condemn, or complain. Instead, think and talk only about the things you really want.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.” -Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
“If you growl all day, you’re sure to be dog tired at night.” -Author Unknown
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“The predominant thought or the mental attitude is the magnet, and the law is that like attracts like. Consequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract such conditions as to correspond to its nature.” -Charles Haanel
“A bad attitude is like a flat tire; you can’t go anywhere until you change it.” -Author Unknown
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“The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves but in our attitude towards them.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944))
“‘You become what you think about’ is the foundation of your actions and reactions. What are your thoughts? Positive all the time? How are you guiding them?” -Jeffrey Gitomer (born 1946)
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“Declarations are powerful. If you declare that you are going to be an optimistic, upbeat person at all times, an interesting phenomenon takes place. When people expect you to be positive, you don’t want to let them down. You live your intentions every day - every minute.” -Neil Eskelin
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“This is the best day the world has ever seen; tomorrow will be better.” -R. A. Campbell (Robert Allen Campbell (born about 1836 or 1837)): as quoted in “Journal of Education” (1915) publication of Boston University, volume 81
“A great attitude precedes a great performance.” -Author Unknown
“Winners come in all shapes and sizes but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.” -Author Unknown
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“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” -Herm Albright (1876 - 1944): as attributed in “The Reader’s Digest” (1995)
“You must always be positive! And always smile! A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but being positive will affect many people to make it worth the effort.” -Daniel Carver: “What’s Wrong with Management” (2005), page 10
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” -Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965))
“It all depends on how we look at things and not on how they are themselves. “ -C. G. Jung (Carl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961))
A Bad Attitude
A boy who was terribly rude
Found his trouble: a bad attitude.
He pulled thorns from its side,
Smoothed its raw, ruffled hide,
Cut its claws, and his life was renewed.
By Author Unknown
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“Clear your mind of ‘can’t’.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
“It’s so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to.” -Annie Gottlier
“As a man is, so he sees.” -William Blake (1757 - 1827): letter (23 August 1799) to John Trusler (1735 - 1820)
“You ‘can do’ with a ‘can do’ attitude!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“It’s hard to have a good day with a bad attitude or a bad day with a good attitude.” -Joe Moore
“There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002))
“In one minute you can change your attitude and in that minute you can change your entire day.” -Spencer Johnson
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“When you look at the world in a narrow way how narrow it seems! When you look at it in a mean way how mean it is! When you look at it selfishly how selfish it is! But when you look at it in a broad generous friendly spirit what wonderful people you find in it.” -Horace Rutledge
“Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 18 October 1934))
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“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty.” -David Hume (1711 - 1776): “Essays Moral, Political, and Literary” (1875), volume 1, ‘The Sceptic’ (about 1750)
“We tend to live up to our expectations.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“Train your mind to see something good in everything.” -Author Unknown
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“Refuse to criticize, condemn, or complain. Instead, think and talk only about the things you really want.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.” -Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
“If you growl all day, you’re sure to be dog tired at night.” -Author Unknown
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“The predominant thought or the mental attitude is the magnet, and the law is that like attracts like. Consequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract such conditions as to correspond to its nature.” -Charles Haanel
“A bad attitude is like a flat tire; you can’t go anywhere until you change it.” -Author Unknown
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“The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves but in our attitude towards them.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944))
“‘You become what you think about’ is the foundation of your actions and reactions. What are your thoughts? Positive all the time? How are you guiding them?” -Jeffrey Gitomer (born 1946)
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“Declarations are powerful. If you declare that you are going to be an optimistic, upbeat person at all times, an interesting phenomenon takes place. When people expect you to be positive, you don’t want to let them down. You live your intentions every day - every minute.” -Neil Eskelin
“It’s all in the way you look at things.” -Norton Juster (born 1929)
“The world is a looking-glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion.” -William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)
“An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.” -Author Unknown
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“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” -Michael McGriffy
“Choose your attitude! There is no single universal attitude that is right for everyone at all times and in all places. If humans were machines, our attitudes would not be changeable, but thankfully, we are not machines. Choose the attitude that is good for you in this time and place and change it in other circumstances as you like, keeping in mind that your attitude will affect others and your relationships with them, as well as ultimate outcomes and end results.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” -Harry F. Banks
“Everyone must have felt that a cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around; and most of us can, as we choose, make of this world either a palace or a prison.” -John Lubbock (1834 - 1913): as quoted in Edward Everett Hale: “Modern Achievement” (1902), Volume 7
“Your attitude is an outward expression of an inward feeling.” -Author Unknown
“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.” -John Steinbeck (John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior (1902 - 1968))
“Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.” -Richard Cecil
“Change your attitude and change your life.” -Ann Bench
“High expectations are the key to everything.” -Sam Walton (Samuel Moore ‘Sam’ Walton (1918 - 1992))
“Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.jimrohn.com/
“A Great Attitude becomes a great day which becomes a great month which becomes a great year which becomes a great life.” -Mandy Hale (born 1978) at https://mandyhale.com
“Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.” -John Donne (1572 - 1631)
“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.” -Dennis Wholey (born 1939)
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“The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our actions.” -André Godin
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” -Wayne Dyer (Wayne Walter Dyer (born 1940))
“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“A healthy attitude is contagious; but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.” -Tom Stoppard (born Tomás Straussler in 1937): as quoted in Jerry S. Beall: “There Will Always Be a Tree” (2010), page 54
“Let other people catch a healthy attitude from you.” -Jerry S. Beall: “There Will Always Be a Tree” (2010), page 54
“The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” -Author Unknown
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“Surely the world we live in is but the world that lives in us.” -Daisy Bates (1863 - 1951)
“Positive attitudes create a chain reaction of positive thoughts.” -Author Unknown
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“The world can change in an instant. So can the way you choose to see it. Why not choose to see the good in yourself and others?” -Bob Perks
“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” -Pat Riley
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“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on Earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
“The most significant change in a person’s life is a change of attitude. Right attitudes produce right actions.” -William J. Johnson
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“Be someone who finds something good in each day, and then share it with others.” -Author Unknown
“We attract what we habitually expect; we become what we deeply believe.” -William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994)
“A bad attitude is merely a reflection of how you feel about yourself.” -David Roppo
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“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832): “Faust” (1808)
“The world is a looking-glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion.” -William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)
“An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.” -Author Unknown
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“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” -Michael McGriffy
“Choose your attitude! There is no single universal attitude that is right for everyone at all times and in all places. If humans were machines, our attitudes would not be changeable, but thankfully, we are not machines. Choose the attitude that is good for you in this time and place and change it in other circumstances as you like, keeping in mind that your attitude will affect others and your relationships with them, as well as ultimate outcomes and end results.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” -Harry F. Banks
“Everyone must have felt that a cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around; and most of us can, as we choose, make of this world either a palace or a prison.” -John Lubbock (1834 - 1913): as quoted in Edward Everett Hale: “Modern Achievement” (1902), Volume 7
“Your attitude is an outward expression of an inward feeling.” -Author Unknown
“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.” -John Steinbeck (John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior (1902 - 1968))
“Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.” -Richard Cecil
“Change your attitude and change your life.” -Ann Bench
“High expectations are the key to everything.” -Sam Walton (Samuel Moore ‘Sam’ Walton (1918 - 1992))
“Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.jimrohn.com/
“A Great Attitude becomes a great day which becomes a great month which becomes a great year which becomes a great life.” -Mandy Hale (born 1978) at https://mandyhale.com
“Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.” -John Donne (1572 - 1631)
“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” -William James (1842 - 1910)
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.” -Dennis Wholey (born 1939)
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“The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our actions.” -André Godin
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” -Wayne Dyer (Wayne Walter Dyer (born 1940))
“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“A healthy attitude is contagious; but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.” -Tom Stoppard (born Tomás Straussler in 1937): as quoted in Jerry S. Beall: “There Will Always Be a Tree” (2010), page 54
“Let other people catch a healthy attitude from you.” -Jerry S. Beall: “There Will Always Be a Tree” (2010), page 54
“The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” -Author Unknown
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“Surely the world we live in is but the world that lives in us.” -Daisy Bates (1863 - 1951)
“Positive attitudes create a chain reaction of positive thoughts.” -Author Unknown
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“The world can change in an instant. So can the way you choose to see it. Why not choose to see the good in yourself and others?” -Bob Perks
“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” -Pat Riley
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“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on Earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
“The most significant change in a person’s life is a change of attitude. Right attitudes produce right actions.” -William J. Johnson
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“Be someone who finds something good in each day, and then share it with others.” -Author Unknown
“We attract what we habitually expect; we become what we deeply believe.” -William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994)
“A bad attitude is merely a reflection of how you feel about yourself.” -David Roppo
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“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832): “Faust” (1808)
Formula For Living Successfully (It is easier than you might think!)
Assign each letter of the alphabet a number.
A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, and so forth all the way to Z = 26.
Next, we formulate equations as follows.
H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%.
K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E = 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%.
L+U+C+K = 12+21+3+11 = 47%.
You will notice that none of the above add up to 100%.
So, what does make 100%?
Is it BEING PERFECT? No!
Is it EDUCATION? No!
Is it FATE? No!
Is it GENETICS? No!
Is it MONEY? No!
Is it OTHER PEOPLE? No!
Our ‘ATTITUDE’ in life is what makes for success, as in A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E = 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%.
To refresh, ‘Attitude matters 100% in life.’ Now wasn’t that fun?
Every problem or condition has a solution, only if we are willing to change our ‘ATTITUDE.’
Assign each letter of the alphabet a number.
A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, and so forth all the way to Z = 26.
Next, we formulate equations as follows.
H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%.
K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E = 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%.
L+U+C+K = 12+21+3+11 = 47%.
You will notice that none of the above add up to 100%.
So, what does make 100%?
Is it BEING PERFECT? No!
Is it EDUCATION? No!
Is it FATE? No!
Is it GENETICS? No!
Is it MONEY? No!
Is it OTHER PEOPLE? No!
Our ‘ATTITUDE’ in life is what makes for success, as in A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E = 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%.
To refresh, ‘Attitude matters 100% in life.’ Now wasn’t that fun?
Every problem or condition has a solution, only if we are willing to change our ‘ATTITUDE.’
“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your reality.” -Author Unknown
“Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.” -Maurice Setter
“Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change in attitude.” -Katherine Mansfield at http://www.katherinemansfield.com/ (pseudonym of Kathleen Mansfield Murry (born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (1888 - 1923)))
“What is important to you is not so much the circumstances of your life as your attitude toward them.” -Ernest C. Wilson
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Do attitudes and expectations affect outcomes? According to proponents of the Rosenthal Effect, also known as the Pygmalion effect, higher expectations lead to an increase in performance, while conversely, low expectations lead to a decrease in performance. The idea is named after psychologist Robert Rosenthal (1933 - 2024).
“Your attitude is either the lock on, or the key to, the door of success.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/
“When you focus on what’s wrong, you get more of what’s wrong. Conversely, when you focus on what’s right, you get more of what’s right.” -Gina Mollicone-Long
“I am responsible for my attitude. My attitude determines my actions.” -Author Unknown
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“This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.” -Hannah Arendt (Johanna ‘Hannah’ Arendt (1906 - 1975))
“Attitude is everything.” -Author Unknown
“Negative attitudes bring negative results.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“The word ‘lose’ simply stands for Lack Of Success Expectancy.” -Doug Firebaugh (born 1968)
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“Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021))
“Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” -Viktor E. Frankl (Viktor Emil Frankl (1905 - 1997))
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are ourselves.” -Henry M. Tomlinson (1873 - 1958): “Out of Soundings” (1931), chapter 10
“There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference! The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002)) and Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970)): “Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude” (1977), Chapter 18: ‘Can You Attract Happiness?’
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“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on Earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
“Our attitude is our personal boomerang to the world - Whatever we throw out will come back.” -Lee J. Colan: “Orchestrating Attitude” (2005), page 13
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“Attitudes are contagious - is yours worth catching?” -Author Unknown
“You don’t have to have a bad attitude to get a better one.” -Thomas D. Willhite (Thomas Dale Willhite (1940 - 1983))
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If all the World looks drear, perhaps the meaning
Is that your Windows need a little Cleaning.
-Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943): “A Poet’s Proverbs” (1924), ‘Of Cheeriness’
“Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it - you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory.” -Franco Harris
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“Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thoughts, and habits can be acquired. An action repeated becomes an attitude realized.” -Paul Myer
“Attitude, more than aptitude, will determine your altitude in life.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“Your mental attitude is something you can control outright and you must use self-discipline until you create a positive mental attitude - your mental attitude attracts to you everything that makes you what you are.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970))
“When you look for the beauty in all people and all things, you not only feel it, you become it.” -Author Unknown
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“In this world we do not see things as they are. We see them as we are, because what we see depends mainly on what we are looking for.” -John Lubbock (1834 - 1913): “The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In” (1897), page 2, ‘Library of Alexandria’
“Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.” -Vincent de Paul (1581 - 1660)
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“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” -Raymond Chandler (1888 - 1959)
“Remember, a good attitude produces good results, a fair attitude fair results, a poor attitude poor results. We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude.” -M. Russell Ballard: ‘Providing for Our Needs,’ as published in “Ensign” (May 1981), page 85
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“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” -William James (1842 - 1910): as quoted in Norman Vincent Peale: “The Power of Positive Thinking” (1952)
“The most unknown, unused and unrecognized tool of the human mind, is the recognition that attitude is always a choice.” -Mark Horton
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“A great attitude is not the result of success; success is the result of a great attitude.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“The right mindset changes everything.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Live up to the highest you know in all things.” -Mildred Mann (1904 - 1971)
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“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“You can do anything you set your mind to.” -Author Unknown
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We are MFOL! . . . searching for the right attitude while working day and night to exceed expectations . . .
“Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.” -Maurice Setter
“Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change in attitude.” -Katherine Mansfield at http://www.katherinemansfield.com/ (pseudonym of Kathleen Mansfield Murry (born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (1888 - 1923)))
“What is important to you is not so much the circumstances of your life as your attitude toward them.” -Ernest C. Wilson
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Do attitudes and expectations affect outcomes? According to proponents of the Rosenthal Effect, also known as the Pygmalion effect, higher expectations lead to an increase in performance, while conversely, low expectations lead to a decrease in performance. The idea is named after psychologist Robert Rosenthal (1933 - 2024).
“Your attitude is either the lock on, or the key to, the door of success.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/
“When you focus on what’s wrong, you get more of what’s wrong. Conversely, when you focus on what’s right, you get more of what’s right.” -Gina Mollicone-Long
“I am responsible for my attitude. My attitude determines my actions.” -Author Unknown
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“This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.” -Hannah Arendt (Johanna ‘Hannah’ Arendt (1906 - 1975))
“Attitude is everything.” -Author Unknown
“Negative attitudes bring negative results.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“The word ‘lose’ simply stands for Lack Of Success Expectancy.” -Doug Firebaugh (born 1968)
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“Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021))
“Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” -Viktor E. Frankl (Viktor Emil Frankl (1905 - 1997))
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are ourselves.” -Henry M. Tomlinson (1873 - 1958): “Out of Soundings” (1931), chapter 10
“There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference! The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002)) and Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970)): “Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude” (1977), Chapter 18: ‘Can You Attract Happiness?’
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“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on Earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” -Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
“Our attitude is our personal boomerang to the world - Whatever we throw out will come back.” -Lee J. Colan: “Orchestrating Attitude” (2005), page 13
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“Attitudes are contagious - is yours worth catching?” -Author Unknown
“You don’t have to have a bad attitude to get a better one.” -Thomas D. Willhite (Thomas Dale Willhite (1940 - 1983))
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If all the World looks drear, perhaps the meaning
Is that your Windows need a little Cleaning.
-Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943): “A Poet’s Proverbs” (1924), ‘Of Cheeriness’
“Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it - you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory.” -Franco Harris
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“Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thoughts, and habits can be acquired. An action repeated becomes an attitude realized.” -Paul Myer
“Attitude, more than aptitude, will determine your altitude in life.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“Your mental attitude is something you can control outright and you must use self-discipline until you create a positive mental attitude - your mental attitude attracts to you everything that makes you what you are.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970))
“When you look for the beauty in all people and all things, you not only feel it, you become it.” -Author Unknown
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“In this world we do not see things as they are. We see them as we are, because what we see depends mainly on what we are looking for.” -John Lubbock (1834 - 1913): “The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In” (1897), page 2, ‘Library of Alexandria’
“Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.” -Vincent de Paul (1581 - 1660)
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“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” -Raymond Chandler (1888 - 1959)
“Remember, a good attitude produces good results, a fair attitude fair results, a poor attitude poor results. We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude.” -M. Russell Ballard: ‘Providing for Our Needs,’ as published in “Ensign” (May 1981), page 85
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“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” -William James (1842 - 1910): as quoted in Norman Vincent Peale: “The Power of Positive Thinking” (1952)
“The most unknown, unused and unrecognized tool of the human mind, is the recognition that attitude is always a choice.” -Mark Horton
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“A great attitude is not the result of success; success is the result of a great attitude.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“The right mindset changes everything.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Live up to the highest you know in all things.” -Mildred Mann (1904 - 1971)
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“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“You can do anything you set your mind to.” -Author Unknown
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“Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Cackle maniacally, and people back away from you slowly.” -Author Unknown
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Witches Brew
Dash of bat whiskers
Three purple tadpoles
Dollop of goobly goop
One teaspoon frozen rainbow
Two pinches of ghost dust
Sprinkle with troll teeth
Mix thoroughly and simmer
Over low heat for 4 hours
Serve ice cold.
By Author Unknown
Angie: Why do witches wear pointy hats?
Angelica: To cover their pointy heads.
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The word ‘witch’ is derived from the Old English words ‘wicca’ meaning ‘wise man’ and ‘wicce’ meaning ‘wise woman.’
Corey: What is evil and goes around and around?
Courtney: A witch on a merry-go-round.
Apparently, even witches get lonely for the company of their own kind. Thus, they gather into ‘covens,’ of between two and thirteen witches. The word ‘coven’ was mostly unused in the English language until 1921, when Margaret Murray advanced the idea that witches across Europe met in groups of 13, which they call covens. When covens gather, they engage in communication with the spirit world, rituals, chants, sharing of news and gossip and recipes for potions and spells, and possibly whatever else your imagination is suggesting to you right now.
Ace: Why do witches carry black cats on their brooms?
Tex: Because elephants weigh too much.
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Bonnie: Why does everyone at witches’ conventions wear a nametag?
Lonnie: So they can tell which witch is which witch.
“There’s a little witch in all of us.” -Alice Hoffman (born 1952): “Practical Magic” (1995), words of character Aunt Jet Owens, at AliceHoffman.com
Jeremiah: What sound does a witch’s car make?
Hezekiah: Broom, broom.
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Sign: Witch Parking Only - All Others Will Be Toad.
Velma: What do you call a witch who can’t make up her mind whether to turn you into a frog or a toad?
Wilma: Witchy-washy.
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Cecil: How do witches keep their hair in place while flying?
Celeste: They use scare-spray.
Dora: What did the little witch hope to get for her birthday?
Laura: A haunted dollhouse!
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In 2013, Swaziland passed a law prohibiting witches from flying above an altitude of 150 meters (492 feet). Would you say that this law is unfair?
Bill: Have you heard about the good weather witch?
Penny: Yes, and she’s forecasting sunny spells!
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“What if ‘witch’ is only a word applied to a person who believes in ‘the old ways’ and who is unjustly persecuted by malicious people who have ill will toward the person and by crazed zealots who want the old ways to no longer exist?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Ted: How do you make a witch itch?
Todd: Just take away the ‘w.’
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We would not want to attract the ire of any witches, but here is a little secret about the ways of harmless good witches: The ingredients they use in their potions and other concoctions are extraordinarily ordinary, but they give the ingredients fantastic names to keep their recipes secret. So for example, bat wings might really be leaves of cloves, and eye of newt might actually be pearl onions. Some folks just find having secrets makes their lives more interesting - that plus ‘secret recipes’ fetch a higher price in the marketplace than regular ones. On the other hand, malevolent or bad witches might actually use real scales of snakes and warts of toads and hairs of hares in their recipes.
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Witches Brew
Dash of bat whiskers
Three purple tadpoles
Dollop of goobly goop
One teaspoon frozen rainbow
Two pinches of ghost dust
Sprinkle with troll teeth
Mix thoroughly and simmer
Over low heat for 4 hours
Serve ice cold.
By Author Unknown
Angie: Why do witches wear pointy hats?
Angelica: To cover their pointy heads.
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The word ‘witch’ is derived from the Old English words ‘wicca’ meaning ‘wise man’ and ‘wicce’ meaning ‘wise woman.’
Corey: What is evil and goes around and around?
Courtney: A witch on a merry-go-round.
Apparently, even witches get lonely for the company of their own kind. Thus, they gather into ‘covens,’ of between two and thirteen witches. The word ‘coven’ was mostly unused in the English language until 1921, when Margaret Murray advanced the idea that witches across Europe met in groups of 13, which they call covens. When covens gather, they engage in communication with the spirit world, rituals, chants, sharing of news and gossip and recipes for potions and spells, and possibly whatever else your imagination is suggesting to you right now.
Ace: Why do witches carry black cats on their brooms?
Tex: Because elephants weigh too much.
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Bonnie: Why does everyone at witches’ conventions wear a nametag?
Lonnie: So they can tell which witch is which witch.
“There’s a little witch in all of us.” -Alice Hoffman (born 1952): “Practical Magic” (1995), words of character Aunt Jet Owens, at AliceHoffman.com
Jeremiah: What sound does a witch’s car make?
Hezekiah: Broom, broom.
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Sign: Witch Parking Only - All Others Will Be Toad.
Velma: What do you call a witch who can’t make up her mind whether to turn you into a frog or a toad?
Wilma: Witchy-washy.
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Cecil: How do witches keep their hair in place while flying?
Celeste: They use scare-spray.
Dora: What did the little witch hope to get for her birthday?
Laura: A haunted dollhouse!
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In 2013, Swaziland passed a law prohibiting witches from flying above an altitude of 150 meters (492 feet). Would you say that this law is unfair?
Bill: Have you heard about the good weather witch?
Penny: Yes, and she’s forecasting sunny spells!
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“What if ‘witch’ is only a word applied to a person who believes in ‘the old ways’ and who is unjustly persecuted by malicious people who have ill will toward the person and by crazed zealots who want the old ways to no longer exist?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Ted: How do you make a witch itch?
Todd: Just take away the ‘w.’
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We would not want to attract the ire of any witches, but here is a little secret about the ways of harmless good witches: The ingredients they use in their potions and other concoctions are extraordinarily ordinary, but they give the ingredients fantastic names to keep their recipes secret. So for example, bat wings might really be leaves of cloves, and eye of newt might actually be pearl onions. Some folks just find having secrets makes their lives more interesting - that plus ‘secret recipes’ fetch a higher price in the marketplace than regular ones. On the other hand, malevolent or bad witches might actually use real scales of snakes and warts of toads and hairs of hares in their recipes.
At MFOL! we do all of our own stunts, but we must remind folks that flying through the air on a broom involves significant risk, and should be done only after lengthy training, and unlike the young man shown in the image above, should be done while wearing protective gear including a helmet, goggles, and a parachute.
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Wiccaphobia is a persistent fear of witches and witchcraft. Wow, there’s a word for nearly everything, isn’t there?
“The riches of witches are flying brooms, black cats, cookery with cauldrons, loud clear cackles, the camaraderie of covens - and spells that cause itches!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Witch: An apothecary who keeps a black cat and a flying broom and a cauldron, for showmanship. Apothecary: a person who prepares and sells medicines.
Overheard: Witch doctors aren’t just for witches anymore.
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Helen Duncan, a medium, or a person who purports to communicate with the spirit world, was arrested in 1944 in Portsmouth, England. She had been arrested originally for the catch-all charge of vagrancy, but when she came up for trial at the Old Bailey, the police promptly added the charge of witchcraft, and she was tried under the Witchcraft Act of 1735. Her case is the last known instance of a person in England being tried by law as a witch.
Shelia: Where does a witch park her broom after she is done flying?
Ophelia: In a broom closet.
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Would you be willing to entertain the possibility that witches, along with warlocks, wizards, sorcerers, and sorceresses are not real, but are creations wholly of human imagination? This would mean that some people might like to pretend that they are these things, and some people might accuse other people of being these things, and though they might indeed be either good people or bad people, they are not really witches, warlocks, wizards, sorcerers, or sorceresses.
Mathilda: Why do witches fly on brooms?
Hilda: Because nature abhors a vacuum.
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According to some people, if you wear your clothes inside out and walk backwards on Halloween, you will see a witch at midnight. We strongly advise against doing this, because it could result in tripping, falling, and serious injury. Instead, anyone wanting to see a witch should watch the movie “Hocus Pocus” (1993). It is rated ‘PG’ for ‘Parental Guidance’ advised; however, like all entertainment, it should be reviewed and approved by parents or other grownups for suitability before their children are allowed to see it.
Sal: What kind of pets do witches have?
Les: Scaredy cats!
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Felicia: What do little witches eat?
Felicity: Alpha-bat soup!
“Witch doctor: An alternative health practitioner.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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The cat, frog, pig, raven, goat, wolf, bat, and mouse were believed to be a witch’s ‘familiar,’ or a spirit in animal form that was used by a witch to perform evil deeds and cast malevolent spells.
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Wiccaphobia is a persistent fear of witches and witchcraft. Wow, there’s a word for nearly everything, isn’t there?
“The riches of witches are flying brooms, black cats, cookery with cauldrons, loud clear cackles, the camaraderie of covens - and spells that cause itches!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Witch: An apothecary who keeps a black cat and a flying broom and a cauldron, for showmanship. Apothecary: a person who prepares and sells medicines.
Overheard: Witch doctors aren’t just for witches anymore.
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Helen Duncan, a medium, or a person who purports to communicate with the spirit world, was arrested in 1944 in Portsmouth, England. She had been arrested originally for the catch-all charge of vagrancy, but when she came up for trial at the Old Bailey, the police promptly added the charge of witchcraft, and she was tried under the Witchcraft Act of 1735. Her case is the last known instance of a person in England being tried by law as a witch.
Shelia: Where does a witch park her broom after she is done flying?
Ophelia: In a broom closet.
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Would you be willing to entertain the possibility that witches, along with warlocks, wizards, sorcerers, and sorceresses are not real, but are creations wholly of human imagination? This would mean that some people might like to pretend that they are these things, and some people might accuse other people of being these things, and though they might indeed be either good people or bad people, they are not really witches, warlocks, wizards, sorcerers, or sorceresses.
Mathilda: Why do witches fly on brooms?
Hilda: Because nature abhors a vacuum.
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According to some people, if you wear your clothes inside out and walk backwards on Halloween, you will see a witch at midnight. We strongly advise against doing this, because it could result in tripping, falling, and serious injury. Instead, anyone wanting to see a witch should watch the movie “Hocus Pocus” (1993). It is rated ‘PG’ for ‘Parental Guidance’ advised; however, like all entertainment, it should be reviewed and approved by parents or other grownups for suitability before their children are allowed to see it.
Sal: What kind of pets do witches have?
Les: Scaredy cats!
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Felicia: What do little witches eat?
Felicity: Alpha-bat soup!
“Witch doctor: An alternative health practitioner.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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The cat, frog, pig, raven, goat, wolf, bat, and mouse were believed to be a witch’s ‘familiar,’ or a spirit in animal form that was used by a witch to perform evil deeds and cast malevolent spells.
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Sandy: What does a witch call for when she checks into a hotel?
Sandra: Broom service.
Lily: What do you get if you cross a witch with Wintertime?
Lilith: A cold spell.
Wanda: How does a witch make scrambled eggs?
Wendy: She cracks eggs into a pan and gets two other witches to make the stove shake with fright. Then she cackles just like a chicken!
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What is the Witching Hour? The hour after midnight, when witches and other supernatural beings are thought to be active, and to which bad luck is ascribed, is called ‘the witching hour’ in folkloric tradition. All honest mortals are to be found at home fast asleep in bed at this time of night, and not wandering about in the dark.
Donny: How does a witch tell time?
Donald: By looking at her witch-watch.
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“When I consider the Question, Whether there are such Persons in the World as those we call Witches? my Mind is divided between the two opposite Opinions; or rather (to speak my Thoughts freely) I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as Witchcraft; but at the same time can give no Credit to any Particular Instance of it.” -Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719): as quoted in “The Spectator” (1711 - 1714), Number 117 (14 July 1711)
Wilfred: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
Mildred: A sand witch.
“I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don’t have names.” -Helen Oyeyemi: “White is for Witching”
Rachel: What do witches put on their bagels?
Michael: Scream cheese!
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Simon: What do you call two witches on one broom?
Cinnamon: Broommates.
“‘A witch ought never be frightened in the darkest forest,’ Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.” -Terry Pratchett: “Wintersmith” (2006)
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Wilma: How can you imagine yourself flying on a broom?
Wilfred: Just engage in witchful thinking!
Sandra: Broom service.
Lily: What do you get if you cross a witch with Wintertime?
Lilith: A cold spell.
Wanda: How does a witch make scrambled eggs?
Wendy: She cracks eggs into a pan and gets two other witches to make the stove shake with fright. Then she cackles just like a chicken!
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What is the Witching Hour? The hour after midnight, when witches and other supernatural beings are thought to be active, and to which bad luck is ascribed, is called ‘the witching hour’ in folkloric tradition. All honest mortals are to be found at home fast asleep in bed at this time of night, and not wandering about in the dark.
Donny: How does a witch tell time?
Donald: By looking at her witch-watch.
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“When I consider the Question, Whether there are such Persons in the World as those we call Witches? my Mind is divided between the two opposite Opinions; or rather (to speak my Thoughts freely) I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as Witchcraft; but at the same time can give no Credit to any Particular Instance of it.” -Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719): as quoted in “The Spectator” (1711 - 1714), Number 117 (14 July 1711)
Wilfred: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
Mildred: A sand witch.
“I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don’t have names.” -Helen Oyeyemi: “White is for Witching”
Rachel: What do witches put on their bagels?
Michael: Scream cheese!
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Simon: What do you call two witches on one broom?
Cinnamon: Broommates.
“‘A witch ought never be frightened in the darkest forest,’ Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.” -Terry Pratchett: “Wintersmith” (2006)
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Wilma: How can you imagine yourself flying on a broom?
Wilfred: Just engage in witchful thinking!
All:
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Second Witch:
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a Hell-broth boil and bubble.
All:
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
By William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Macbeth” (1606), Act IV, scene 1 [A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron], lines 1557 through 1568
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Second Witch:
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a Hell-broth boil and bubble.
All:
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
By William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Macbeth” (1606), Act IV, scene 1 [A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron], lines 1557 through 1568
Irwin: How many witches does it take to change a light bulb?
Irving: Just one, but she changes it into a toad!
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“Mortified: A witch’s reaction upon being mortalized, or being changed into a mere mortal.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Cora: What is a witch’s favorite subject in school?
Corey: Spelling!
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Emma: What bounces and cackles?
Emmit: A witch on a trampoline!
A warlock, or a man-witch, went to the doctor one day complaining of headaches. “It’s because I live in a room with two of my brothers,” he said. “One of them has six goats and the other has four pigs and they all live in the room with us. The smell is terrible.” “Well, couldn’t you just open the windows?” asked the doctor. “Certainly not,” he replied. “My bats would fly out!”
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Ollie: What do witches like to do on the computer?
Oliver: Use the ‘spell’ checker.
Irving: Just one, but she changes it into a toad!
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“Mortified: A witch’s reaction upon being mortalized, or being changed into a mere mortal.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Cora: What is a witch’s favorite subject in school?
Corey: Spelling!
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Emma: What bounces and cackles?
Emmit: A witch on a trampoline!
A warlock, or a man-witch, went to the doctor one day complaining of headaches. “It’s because I live in a room with two of my brothers,” he said. “One of them has six goats and the other has four pigs and they all live in the room with us. The smell is terrible.” “Well, couldn’t you just open the windows?” asked the doctor. “Certainly not,” he replied. “My bats would fly out!”
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Ollie: What do witches like to do on the computer?
Oliver: Use the ‘spell’ checker.
Hilda: Why don’t witches like to ride their brooms when they’re angry?
Mathilda: They’re afraid they might fly off the handle.
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“The witch knows nothing in this world is supernatural. It is all natural.” -Laurie Cabot
Ruben: What do witches say when they cast the wrong spell?
Benjamin: “Hexcuse me!”
“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” -J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 - 1973)): “The Fellowship of the Ring” (1954), book I, chapter 3
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Marcy: What has four wheels and flies?
Marcella: A witch on a vacuum cleaner!
Overheard: The local witch once threatened to turn me into a toad, but she changed her mind after thinking it over. She said it would be a waste of a perfectly good spell because no one would notice any change in my appearance!
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What should you do if a geometric witch puts a hexagon you?
Darcy: How does a witch lose the weight gained from eating Halloween candy?
Darla: She hex-ercises.
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“I am a witch. A real house-haunting, broom-riding, cauldron-stirring witch.” -Samantha Stephens: “Bewitched”
Josie: What has six legs and flies?
Joey: A witch and a cat on a broom!
“Invisible as new spring winds, fresh as the breath of clover rising from twilight fields, she flew.” -Ray Bradbury: “The April Witch”
Rutherford: How can you tell twin witches apart?
Ruth: You can never really tell which witch is which.
Mathilda: They’re afraid they might fly off the handle.
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“The witch knows nothing in this world is supernatural. It is all natural.” -Laurie Cabot
Ruben: What do witches say when they cast the wrong spell?
Benjamin: “Hexcuse me!”
“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” -J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 - 1973)): “The Fellowship of the Ring” (1954), book I, chapter 3
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Marcy: What has four wheels and flies?
Marcella: A witch on a vacuum cleaner!
Overheard: The local witch once threatened to turn me into a toad, but she changed her mind after thinking it over. She said it would be a waste of a perfectly good spell because no one would notice any change in my appearance!
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What should you do if a geometric witch puts a hexagon you?
Darcy: How does a witch lose the weight gained from eating Halloween candy?
Darla: She hex-ercises.
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“I am a witch. A real house-haunting, broom-riding, cauldron-stirring witch.” -Samantha Stephens: “Bewitched”
Josie: What has six legs and flies?
Joey: A witch and a cat on a broom!
“Invisible as new spring winds, fresh as the breath of clover rising from twilight fields, she flew.” -Ray Bradbury: “The April Witch”
Rutherford: How can you tell twin witches apart?
Ruth: You can never really tell which witch is which.
Witches’ Menu
Live lizard, dead lizard
Marinated, fried.
Poached lizard, pickled lizard
Salty lizard hide.
Hot lizard, cold lizard
Lizard over ice.
Baked lizard, boiled lizard
Lizard served with spice.
Sweet lizard, sour lizard
Smoked lizard heart.
Leg of lizard, loin of lizard
Lizard a la carte.
By Sonja Nikolay (born 1936)
Live lizard, dead lizard
Marinated, fried.
Poached lizard, pickled lizard
Salty lizard hide.
Hot lizard, cold lizard
Lizard over ice.
Baked lizard, boiled lizard
Lizard served with spice.
Sweet lizard, sour lizard
Smoked lizard heart.
Leg of lizard, loin of lizard
Lizard a la carte.
By Sonja Nikolay (born 1936)
Lynne: Which cartoon do witches like to watch on television?
Linda: “The Scare Bears.”
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What are witches, and why do some people harm them in words and deeds? Mostly spinsters and widows, so-called ‘witches’ of the present time and historically have been elderly or poor women and less commonly men with limited means, so boiled lizard’s tails, bird’s feet, roots dug from the soil, and anything else they could scavenge or gather would be preferable to starvation. People who are different from them have engaged in persecuting them, motivated by fear and desire to steal property: fear that witches might teach the old ways, such as living in close kinship to nature and practicing natural healing for sickness or injury. To stop the spreading of their knowledge to children, the others scared children away by telling them the lie that witches eat children. Greed for power over others and greed to take others’ property away, like the houses and lands left to them by their deceased husbands or other relatives, motivated the people who oppressed and persecuted the ‘witches,’ who were in fact, not witches, but simply older or poor folks who were often alone, frail, and simply trying their best to survive. The accusations by some humans against others humans, calling them by the name ‘witch’ and similar names and inventing vicious lies about them, has led to the harming of large numbers of innocent people throughout human history and right up to the present day.
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Mandy: Why do witches fly on brooms?
Manetta: Because vacuum cleaners are too heavy.
Tongue twister: If two witches watched two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
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“For all you know, a witch may be living next door to you right now.” -Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990): “The Witches” (1983)
“Remember, ‘Peace on earth, goodwill to men,’ includes witches.” -Samantha Stephens: “Bewitched”
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Judy: What did one witch say to the other witch when she asked for a lift?
Trudy: “There’s always plenty of broom for one more.”
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Linda: “The Scare Bears.”
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What are witches, and why do some people harm them in words and deeds? Mostly spinsters and widows, so-called ‘witches’ of the present time and historically have been elderly or poor women and less commonly men with limited means, so boiled lizard’s tails, bird’s feet, roots dug from the soil, and anything else they could scavenge or gather would be preferable to starvation. People who are different from them have engaged in persecuting them, motivated by fear and desire to steal property: fear that witches might teach the old ways, such as living in close kinship to nature and practicing natural healing for sickness or injury. To stop the spreading of their knowledge to children, the others scared children away by telling them the lie that witches eat children. Greed for power over others and greed to take others’ property away, like the houses and lands left to them by their deceased husbands or other relatives, motivated the people who oppressed and persecuted the ‘witches,’ who were in fact, not witches, but simply older or poor folks who were often alone, frail, and simply trying their best to survive. The accusations by some humans against others humans, calling them by the name ‘witch’ and similar names and inventing vicious lies about them, has led to the harming of large numbers of innocent people throughout human history and right up to the present day.
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Mandy: Why do witches fly on brooms?
Manetta: Because vacuum cleaners are too heavy.
Tongue twister: If two witches watched two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
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“For all you know, a witch may be living next door to you right now.” -Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990): “The Witches” (1983)
“Remember, ‘Peace on earth, goodwill to men,’ includes witches.” -Samantha Stephens: “Bewitched”
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Judy: What did one witch say to the other witch when she asked for a lift?
Trudy: “There’s always plenty of broom for one more.”
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