the weakness of the thing criticized. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This brings to mind another favorite quote on Power.
*Both quotes remind me to check the mirror and make sure that I’m standing straight and tall.
Quotes
29
Dec 10
The Strength of Criticism
The strength of criticism lies only in
the weakness of the thing criticized. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
the weakness of the thing criticized. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking.11
Dec 10
On Moods
On a bad day, I have mood swings – but on a good day, I have the whole mood playground.
Charles Rosenblum
7
Dec 10
On Making Do
Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.
Marion Howard
30
Nov 10
On Divorce
When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn’t a sign that they‘don’t understand’ one another, but a sign that they have, at last,
begun to. Helen Rowland
23
Nov 10
When I Forget What I Know
The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.
Mary Stewart
When I forget what I know, I give more chances, hope things will change, set us up for more hurts and disappointments.
I know the history.
I know the truth.
I get lazy and don’t want to have to maintain the boundaries on a daily basis.
I tend to act from feelings rather than what I know. The feelings tell me that we could have this fantasy life, where we all get along.
I know better.
13
Nov 10
Holding Our Breath
We think we’re turning a corner, but you’re always holding your breath.
Doug Allen
10
Nov 10
What Should They Be?
If we would amend the world, we should mend ourselves; and teach our children to be, not what we are, but what they should be.
William Penn
7
Nov 10
My Kind of Calm
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
Michael Caine
Michael Caine
3
Nov 10
Gratefulness
If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.
Gerald Good
24
Oct 10
Making It Look Easy
The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do.Galileo Galilei
*Dear Jesse, see if you can exude the same kind of grace.
18
Oct 10
Let Them Be
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
Josh Billings
Children have more need of models than of critics. Carolyn Coats
Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children.
Marilyn Penland
What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give.
P.D. James
When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out. Erma Bombeck
15
Oct 10
Notes On Stress
Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet.
Unknown
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. Lily Tomlin
Stress: The confusion created when one’s mind overrides the body’s basic desire to choke the living daylights out of some jerk who desperately deserves it. Unknown
There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That’s what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad. Garson Kanin
