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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Inspiration From Aristotle and Others

People always make time to do the things they really want to do.
~Anon~

Time goes by so fast; people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.
~Unknown~

Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment. That is what's real.
~Sara Paddison, The Hidden Power of the Heart~

If you are not your man’s bestfriend, and he yours, then you are wasting not only your time, but his as well.
~Unknown~

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
~Aristotle~

The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
~Aristotle~

Wicked men obey from fear, good men, from love.
~Aristotle~

I count him braver who overcomes his desires, than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.
~Aristotle~

No-one loves the man whom he fears.
~Aristotle~

Missing someone isn’t about how long it’s been since you’ve seen them last, or the amount of time since you last talked. It’s about that very moment when you’re doing something and you wish that they were right there with you.
~Unknown~

You’re writing the story of your life one moment at a time.
~Doc Childre and Howard Martin~

This is the beginning of a new day.
God has given me this day to use as I will.
I can waste it or use it for good.
What I do today is important, because
I am exchanging a day of my life for it.
When tomorrow comes,
this day will be gone forever,
leaving in its place something
that I have traded for it.
I want it to be gain, not loss;
good not evil; success not failure;
in order that I shall not regret
the price I paid for it.
~Author Unknown~

The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: “I did not have time.”
Franklin Field

Someone has said that we should refrain from speaking of another's faults until we are sure that we have none of our own.
~Reverend Canon Peter Bertram~

A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.
~Donna Roberts~

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
~Octavia Butler~