I love a good quotation, and have been collecting them for years. I will post quotes about a different subject from time to time....
August, 2012: Time
"A seminar on Time Travel will be held two weeks ago." ~Unknown
"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake." ~Marie Beyon Ray
"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use." ~Earl Nightingale
"How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on." ~Author Unknown
"I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them." ~Unknown
"In the consciousness of eternity, time is not, neither is space. In man's consciousness there appears so much mercy, so much love, that these have been called time and space." ~Edgar Cayce
"It's not that `today is the first day of the rest of my life,' but that now is all there is of my life." ~Hugh Prather
"Life is what happens while we're making other plans." ~John Lennon
"One day at a time is all we do. One day at a time is good for you" ~John Lennon
“Step out of the circle of time, and enter the circle of Love.” ~Rumi
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get." ~Anonymous
"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." ~Abraham Lincoln
"The best use of your time is to find a moment that is pleasing and milk it for everything that it is worth." ~Abraham
"The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it." ~Eric Hobsbawm
"The past should be worn loose over the shoulder and easily dropped to the floor." ~Unknown
"The present is a point just passed." ~David Russell
"The source of now is here." ~Rumi
"The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it." ~Franklin P. Jones
"There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past." ~George Carlin
“Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.” ~Natalie Clifford Barney
"Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so." ~Douglas Adams
"Time is not a line, but a series of now points." ~Taisen Deshimaru
"Time is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling." ~John Draper
"Time is what prevents everything from happening all at once." ~John Archibald Wheeler
"Time seems to grind to a halt. But the true mystery is that it never moves forward, only in circles. A Mystery. Mystère du temps." ~Cirque du Soleil
"You know everything is temporary because NOW is temporary. Do you know that NOW is temporary? There it went again. There it went again. There it went again!" ~Abraham
"Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream." ~Kahlil Gibran
"Your life is right now! It's not later! It's not in that time of retirement. It's not when the lover gets here. It's not when you've moved into the new house. It's not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it's not ever going to get better than right now-until it gets better right now!" ~Abraham
"A seminar on Time Travel will be held two weeks ago." ~Unknown
"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake." ~Marie Beyon Ray
"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use." ~Earl Nightingale
"How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on." ~Author Unknown
"I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them." ~Unknown
"In the consciousness of eternity, time is not, neither is space. In man's consciousness there appears so much mercy, so much love, that these have been called time and space." ~Edgar Cayce
"It's not that `today is the first day of the rest of my life,' but that now is all there is of my life." ~Hugh Prather
"Life is what happens while we're making other plans." ~John Lennon
"One day at a time is all we do. One day at a time is good for you" ~John Lennon
“Step out of the circle of time, and enter the circle of Love.” ~Rumi
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get." ~Anonymous
"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." ~Abraham Lincoln
"The best use of your time is to find a moment that is pleasing and milk it for everything that it is worth." ~Abraham
"The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it." ~Eric Hobsbawm
"The past should be worn loose over the shoulder and easily dropped to the floor." ~Unknown
"The present is a point just passed." ~David Russell
"The source of now is here." ~Rumi
"The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it." ~Franklin P. Jones
"There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past." ~George Carlin
“Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.” ~Natalie Clifford Barney
"Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so." ~Douglas Adams
"Time is not a line, but a series of now points." ~Taisen Deshimaru
"Time is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling." ~John Draper
"Time is what prevents everything from happening all at once." ~John Archibald Wheeler
"Time seems to grind to a halt. But the true mystery is that it never moves forward, only in circles. A Mystery. Mystère du temps." ~Cirque du Soleil
"You know everything is temporary because NOW is temporary. Do you know that NOW is temporary? There it went again. There it went again. There it went again!" ~Abraham
"Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream." ~Kahlil Gibran
"Your life is right now! It's not later! It's not in that time of retirement. It's not when the lover gets here. It's not when you've moved into the new house. It's not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it's not ever going to get better than right now-until it gets better right now!" ~Abraham
April, 2012: Challenges
"A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure." ~Anonymous
"All of the significant battles are waged within the self." ~Sheldon Kopp
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." ~Albert Einstein
"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours." ~Richard Bach
"Difficult things take a long time; the impossible takes a little longer" ~Chaim Weizmann
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” ~Carl Jung
“Every problem contains within itself the seeds of its own solution.” ~Edward Somers
"From what may anyone be saved? Only from themselves! That is, their individual hell; they dig it with their own desires!" ~Edgar Cayce
“He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.” ~Aesop
"I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it." ~Frank A. Clark
"If you are going through hell, keep going." ~Winston Churchill
"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance." ~George Bernard Shaw
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” ~Seneca
"In all busy-ness let's remember to breathe, giggle, celebrate and be kinder than necessary, for everyone you communicate with is growing and facing some kind of situation." ~Happy Oasis
”Love the darkness. Daylight eyes are no good to you when the gate of night swings open, here where stars are but footprints of your trackless soul.” ~Moineddin Jablonski
"Of all your lives, do you know which ones you'll look back on with the fondest memories, the most pride, and widest grin? The ones where in spite of challenges, no matter how daunting, difficult or even painful, you pressed on." ~Mike Dooley, Notes from the Universe, tut.com
"One of the great spiritual lessons is that if you change the energy you hold about a problem, you can shift the whole thing." ~Michael through Shepherd Hoodwin
"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes." ~Henry J. Kaiser
"Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them." Anne-Sophie Swetchine
"Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary." ~Tony Robbins
"Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable." ~Theodore N. Vail
"The face of obstacles and the face of Allah are as one." ~Moineddin Jablonski
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period of one's life." ~The Dalai Lama
"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them." ~Phyllis Bottome
“There's a simple test to determine whether you still have issues: Look down. If you see a body, you still have issues.” ~Shepherd Hoodwin
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out." ~Art Linkletter
"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." ~Kahlil Gibran
"We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them." ~Charles C. West
"When things are falling apart, it means they are falling together." ~ Carol Dore
"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." ~Peter Marshall
"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity." ~John F. Kennedy
“Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?” ~Frank Scully
"A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure." ~Anonymous
"All of the significant battles are waged within the self." ~Sheldon Kopp
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." ~Albert Einstein
"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours." ~Richard Bach
"Difficult things take a long time; the impossible takes a little longer" ~Chaim Weizmann
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” ~Carl Jung
“Every problem contains within itself the seeds of its own solution.” ~Edward Somers
"From what may anyone be saved? Only from themselves! That is, their individual hell; they dig it with their own desires!" ~Edgar Cayce
“He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.” ~Aesop
"I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it." ~Frank A. Clark
"If you are going through hell, keep going." ~Winston Churchill
"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance." ~George Bernard Shaw
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” ~Seneca
"In all busy-ness let's remember to breathe, giggle, celebrate and be kinder than necessary, for everyone you communicate with is growing and facing some kind of situation." ~Happy Oasis
”Love the darkness. Daylight eyes are no good to you when the gate of night swings open, here where stars are but footprints of your trackless soul.” ~Moineddin Jablonski
"Of all your lives, do you know which ones you'll look back on with the fondest memories, the most pride, and widest grin? The ones where in spite of challenges, no matter how daunting, difficult or even painful, you pressed on." ~Mike Dooley, Notes from the Universe, tut.com
"One of the great spiritual lessons is that if you change the energy you hold about a problem, you can shift the whole thing." ~Michael through Shepherd Hoodwin
"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes." ~Henry J. Kaiser
"Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them." Anne-Sophie Swetchine
"Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary." ~Tony Robbins
"Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable." ~Theodore N. Vail
"The face of obstacles and the face of Allah are as one." ~Moineddin Jablonski
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period of one's life." ~The Dalai Lama
"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them." ~Phyllis Bottome
“There's a simple test to determine whether you still have issues: Look down. If you see a body, you still have issues.” ~Shepherd Hoodwin
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out." ~Art Linkletter
"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." ~Kahlil Gibran
"We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them." ~Charles C. West
"When things are falling apart, it means they are falling together." ~ Carol Dore
"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." ~Peter Marshall
"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity." ~John F. Kennedy
“Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?” ~Frank Scully
