February 2011 Blog Posts (20)

“If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.”

William Allen White

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There aren't enough days in the weekend.

Rod Schmidt

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Some people come into our lives and quickly go.

Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.

Flavia Weedn,

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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Abraham Lincoln

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“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”

Frederick Keonig

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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.

James Openheim

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I become happy when I choose to accept and love all of life.

Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”

Joshua J. Marine

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Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

Edwin H. Chapin

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“Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world”

Robert Hillyer

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Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.

Erma Brombeck

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Success is a tale of obstacles overcome, and for every obstacle overcome, an excuse not used.

Robert Brault,

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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.

Jewish Proverb 

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"Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others."

Wilfred A. Peterson

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“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.”

Thomas Merton

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“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”

Mother Teresa

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"The more fun you have, the greater your value to yourself and to your society.

The more fun you share with others, the more fun you have."

Author Unknown

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This nation was built by men who took risks - pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.

Brooks Atkinson

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“In the coldest February,

As in every other month in every other year,

The best thing to hold on to is each other.”

Linda Ellerbee)…

We turn not older with years, but newer every day.

Emily Dickinson

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