Alice Worsley's Thoughts for the Week

THOUGHTS FOR YOUR WEEK

MONDAY
“Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfilment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), minister, civil rights activist

TUESDAY
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
—John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th U.S. President

WEDNESDAY
“The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.”
—Frederick Buechner (b. 1926), educator, writer, theologian

THURSDAY
“Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.”
—John R. Wooden (b. 1910) basketball coach, author

FRIDAY
“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.”
—Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), novelist

SATURDAY
“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.”
—Rita Mae Brown (b. 1944), writer, social activist

SUNDAY
“If there is no wind, row.”
—Latin Proverb

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“Were it not for hope the heart would break.”
—Scottish Proverb

"Once you choose hope, anything's possible.”
—Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), actor, producer, director, and writer; best known for his role as Superman

“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
—Carlos Castaneda (1925-1998), author, philosopher

“Whoever you are, whatever your dream, you have to be strong in your head and strong in your heart. Be strong. There's no quitting in the person who wants it bad enough.”
—Carly Patterson (b. 1988) gold medal gymnast in 2004 Olympics

“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
—Plato (427BC-347BC), Classical Greek philosopher

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”
—Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622), author, Bishop of Geneva, Switzerland, Catholic S

“Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. ”
—J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), scholar, fantasy novelist

“Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.”
—Ella Jane Fitzgerald (1917-1996), jazz vocalist, also known as "Lady Ella" and the "First Lady of Song"

“That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved. ”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), essayist, poet, philosopher

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), First Lady, diplomat, activist

“Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.”
—Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001), businesswoman

“Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.”
—Mary Anne Radmacher, author

“Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. ”
—Sally Koch, author

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”
—Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) author

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”
- Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) author

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. ”
- Thomas Edison (1847–1931) inventor, entrepreneur

“Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action.”
- Desmond Tutu

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
- Charles R. Swindoll (b.1934), writer, clergyman

“Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.”
- Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), military and political leader

“Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.”
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) playwright, political activist

“No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, prime minister, author, Nobel Prize winner

“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. ”
- Franklin D Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd U.S. president

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”
- Talmud (attributed)

"I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do."
-Helen Keller

"If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it."
-Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Cinema will always have an important role to play in society."
- Leslie Caron

"Fame had brought me so much unhappiness."
- Brigitte Bardot

“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”
—Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere (1622–1673), playwright, actor

One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?" --Rachel Carson

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), essayist, poet, philosopher

“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.”
—Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Roman Catholic saint

"The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good." - Bertrand Russell

"Sleep: The golden chain that ties health and our bodies together." - Thomas Dekker

"The difference between a rut and a grave is the depth." - Gerald Burril

For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us. --Donald Williams

“The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), naturalist, author, philosopher

If we see light at the end of the tunnel, / It’s the light of the oncoming train.
—Robert Lowell

The greatest love is a mother’s; / Then comes a dog’s, / Then comes a sweetheart’s.
—Polish Proverb

The child who enters life comes not with knowledge or intent, / So those who enter death must go as little children sent. / Nothing is known. But I believe that God is overhead; / And as life is to the living, so death is to the dead.
—Mary Mapes Dodge

When I first heard Elvis’s voice I just knew that I wasn’t going to work for anybody and nobody was gonna be my boss. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail.
—Bob Dylan

I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which comes to others through their eyes and their ears.
—Helen Keller

PAST THOUGHTS

MONDAY

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Immanuel Kant

TUESDAY

When angry, count four;

When very angry, swear.

Mark Twain

WEDNESDAY

To catch a mouse, make a noise like a cheese.

Lewis Kornfeld

THURSDAY

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Benjamin Franklin

FRIDAY

Whenever a man commits a crime, God finds a witness. Every secret crime has its reporter.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

SATURDAY

Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows.

Helen Nielsen

SUNDAY

Since global warming the Eskimos have seventeen different words for water.

Euan Ferguson

Monday
“ Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures, it costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed. ”
- Erastus Wiman (1834-1904)
journalist and businessman

Tuesday

“When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
-Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
inventor, scientist

Wednesday

“ If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. ”
- Francis Bacon, Sr. (1561-1626)
lawyer, philosopher, and English statesmanThursday

So often in time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key. --The Eagles

Friday

Happy people roll with the punches. They know from experience that everything changes. Today's good fortune may vanish tomorrow, today's crises may turn out to be tomorrow's good fortune. --Author Unknown

Saturday

The best way out is always through.
Robert Frost

Sunday

Every path hath a puddle….George Herbert




INSULTS YOU WISH YOU COULD HAVE SAID YOURSELF!!!

MONDAY
The exchange between Churchill and Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband, I'd give you poison," and he said, "If you were my wife, I'd take it."

TUESDAY
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

WEDNESDAY

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

THURSDAY

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill

"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.

FRIDAY

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb

SATURDAY
"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt." - Robert Redford

SUNDAY
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde


MONDAY

The reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
Christian Herald

TUESDAY

Memory is the thing you forget with.
Alexander Chase

WEDNESDAY

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
Thomas Sewell

THURSDAY

Once stretched by a new idea, man's mind never returns to it's original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

FRIDAY

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb

SATURDAY

The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

SUNDAY

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
William Hazlett

MONDAY

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.
Doug Larson

TUESDAY

Happiness is nothing more than health and a poor memory.
Albert Schweitzer

WEDNESDAY
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
Wayne Dyer

THURSDAY

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which everyman has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens

FRIDAY

Rainbows apologize for angry skies.
Sylvia Voirol

SATURDAY

Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.
Earl Wilson.

SUNDAY

Don’t you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘brightness’ but it doesn’t work.
Gallagher



MONDAY
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
-Winston Churchill

TUESDAY
The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
-Fortune Cookie

WEDNESDAY
It’s easy to be brave from a safe distance.
-Aesop

THURSDAY
Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier’n puttin’ it back in.
-Will Rogers

FRIDAY
How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you are on.
Anon

SATURDAY
Birthdays are good for you; the more you have, the longer you live.
-Sign.

SUNDAY
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.
The moral: When you’re full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
-Will Rogers

MONDAY
The advertisement is the most truthful part of the newspaper.
-Thomas Jefferson.

TUESDAY
If you can dream it, you can do it.
-Walt Disney

WEDNESDAY
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
-Robert Frost

THURSDAY
An ugly carpet will last forever.
-Erma Bombeck

FRIDAY
It’s the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
-Tallulah Bankhead


SATURDAY
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
-James M. Barrie

SUNDAY
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
-Michael Caine


MONDAY

Silence hides nothing. Words conceal.
-August Strindberg

TUESDAY

There was life before Coronation Street, but it didn’t amount to much.
-Russell Harty (British Talk Show Host)

WEDNESDAY

An inferiority complex would be a blessing, if only the right people had it.
- Alan Reed

THURSDAY

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; But, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends – it gives a lovely light.
-Edna St Vincent Millay. ‘First Fig.’

FRIDAY

I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.
-Lily Tomlin

SATURDAY

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
- Muhammad Ali

SUNDAY

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people that annoy me.
-Fred Allen (Comedian)


MONDAY
There are two ways of spreading light--to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. --Edith Wharton

TUESDAY
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. --Louisa May Alcott

WEDNESDAY
A hug is a handshake from the heart. --Author Unknown

THURSDAY
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. --John Ruskin+

FRIDAY
There are two types of people…those who come into a room and say, “Well, here I am!” and those who come in and say, “Ah, there you are.” – Frederick L. Collins

SATURDAY
Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time. — Norman Ford

SUNDAY
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. — Og Mandino

FOR FATHER'S DAY - DON'T FORGET IT'S THIS SUNDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER

MONDAY
“Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad”

TUESDAY
“Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice”

WEDNESDAY
“We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.” - Henry Ward Beecher

THURSDAY
“Becoming a father is easy enough, but being one can be very rough” – Wilhelm Busch

FRIDAY
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. – Bill Cosby

SATURDAY
My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either. -Madonna

SUNDAY
There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.- Samuel Johnson

20th August

Monday

Rainbows apologize for angry skies.
- Sylvia Voirol

Tuesday

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
- Lily Tomlin

Wednesday

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.
-Bob Hope

Thursday

We didn’t lose the game, we just ran out of time.
-Vince Lombardi

Friday

Man does not live by word alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
-Adlai Stevenson

Saturday

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds
up to be.
-Abraham Lincoln

Sunday

Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.
-Groucho Marx

 

 

13th AUGUST

MONDAY
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
-- Anne Bradstreet

TUESDAY
"Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day."
-- Elizabeth Bowen

WEDNESDAY
"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."
-- Margaret Atwood

THURSDAY
"Spring would not be spring without bird songs."
-- Francis M. Chapman

FRIDAY
"When spring comes the grass grows by itself. "
-- Tao Te Ching

SATURDAY
"Sweet springtime is my time is your time is our time for springtime is love time and viva sweet love. "
-- e.e. cummings

SUNDAY
"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar."
-- Helen Hayes

6th August 2007

The quotes this week are from Dorothy Parker. She was a writer and a critic for magazines like Vanity Fair and Vogue. She was famous for her wit and satire. She died in 1967 at the age of 74. Enjoy!!


MONDAY
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

TUESDAY
The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tyres.

WEDNESDAY
Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.

THURSDAY
She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

FRIDAY
The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.'

SATURDAY
I'm never going to be famous. I don't do anything, not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.

SUNDAY
Women and elephants never forget.

More of my favourite quotes

Eat dessert first! After all, life is uncertain.

Hard work is an accumulation of things that you didn't do when you should have done them.
- Annon

I used to sit back and wait for things to happen, now I've learnt to make things happen. It's a good feeling. Life is short.
- John Kehoe

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away any shadows.
- St Francis of Assisi.

The older you get, the more important it is not act your age.
- Anon

Life is like a 10-speed bike. We all have gears we never use.
- Charles Schultz

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away any shadows.
- St Francis of Assisi.

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
- Sir Winston Churchill

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.
- Unknown

Learn from the mistakes of others - you don't have to make them all yourself.
- Unknown

There seems to be so much more winter than we need this year.
- Kathleen Norris

A painter paints pictures on canvas, but musicians paint their pictures on silence.
- Leo Stokowski

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you. William James

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. Roy L. Smith

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. Mary Ellen Chase

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. Charles Dickens

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. Burton Hillis

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. W.T. Ellis

 

 

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Published 30th Jul 2007

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