Positive Quote Of The Day April 2009

[pjbs35a]

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

-- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher

[Jeff]

[vizsla]

[pjbs35a]

Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.

-- Aristotle

[vizsla]

[pjbs35a]

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
C. Malesherbes

[Jeff]

[ibrowse17]

How true, thanks

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie!

[vizsla]

[pjbs35a]

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do. But I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

-- Venus Williams US tennis champion

[ibrowse17]

So true, thanks

[vizsla]

[Jeff]

[pjbs35a]

From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.

-- Mark Helprin American Novelist and Writer

[Jeff]

[vizsla]

[pjbs35a]

Genuine security arises from actual, first-hand knowledge that one is both capable and worthy of achieving happiness (through conscious, responsible action) and, once having attained it, that he deserves it.

-- Michael J. Hurd () American Motivational Speaker

[Jeff]

[vizsla]