Morning Coffe Quotes for 1/30/17

Great Smoky Mountains National Park - photo by Cindy Caraway

 “The shallower the brook, the more it babbles.”
— Indonesian Proverb

“Courage is as often the outcome of despair as hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other all to gain.”
— Diane de Poitiers

“Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source.”
— Ron Nessen

“It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.”
— Theodor Seuss Geisel aka Dr. Seuss

“I count myself lucky, having long ago won a lottery paid to me in seven sunrises a week for life.”
— Robert Brault

“Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk.”
— Susan Scarf Merrell

“People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.”
— Ben Franklin

“Two thoughts cannot occupy the mind at the same time, so the choice is ours whether or not our thoughts will be constructive or destructive.”
— Betty Sachelli

“We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.”
— Christian N. Bovee

“Ability is a wonderful thing, but its value is greatly enhanced by dependability. Ability implies repeatability and accountability.”
— Robert Heinlein

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

“Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.”
— Charles F. Kettering

“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.”
— Thomas Fuller

“Where there is strife, there is pride,
but wisdom is found in those who take advice.”
— Proverbs 13:10

“The uncommitted life is not worth living. We either believe in something or we don't ... Commitment is willingness to stand up and be counted. It is a human must for young and old, for black and white, for Christian, Moslem and Buddhist. It is skill plus goodwill. It is a thoughtful decision on the part of an individual to participate passionately in the events of his time ... Commitment will bring sadness as well as joy, loneliness as well as friendship, but whichever it is, it brings excitement and demands the use of all a person's resources. Even beyond this, it increases our capacity for the generous enjoyment of life and colors all we do with a concern for others ... With commitment, we can move mountains. Without it we cannot move a molehill.”
— Pearl S. Buck

“Reason can get you to probability, but only commitment can get you to certainty.”
— Timothy Keller

“You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy, because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.”
— Jean Kerr

“Very few men are wise by their own counsel, or learned by their own teaching.”
— Ben Jonson

*Just so you know, I cannot take credit for selecting these quotes. They are selected and distributed weekly by Bob Varga of Johns Creek, GA and have been since 1997. These are forwarded to me from a family member. I enjoy sharing them with you here but I will find out where you need to go to subscribe to his weekly email and post the link for you. Enjoy!

Morning Coffee Quotes

Photo by Cindy Caraway

"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving."
— Amy Carmichael

"It is in the shelter of each other that people live."
— Irish Proverb

"It is possible to proceed perfectly logically from an inaccurate premise to an inaccurate and unfortunate conclusion."
— Donald Rumsfeld

"Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does no one else."
— Unknown

"No man is a failure who has friends."
— Clarence Oddbody (George's angel) in 'It's a Wonderful Life'

"It is the privilege of wisdom to listen."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes

"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"If you’re not accountable in life that means ultimately that your life doesn’t count."
— R.C. Sproul

"The only thing you should ever quit is giving up!”
— Steve Pfiester

"Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding."
— Chinese Proverb

"We have put so much emphasis on avoiding evil that we have become virtually blind to the endless opportunities for doing good. We have defined holiness through what we separate ourselves from rather than what we give ourselves to. I am convinced that the great tragedy is not the sins that we commit, but the life that we fail to live."
— Erwin McManus, 'Seizing Your Divine Moment'

"Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted."
— Buddha

"Once upon a time, the Reindeer took a running leap and jumped over the Northern Lights.  But he jumped too low, and the long fur of his beautiful flowing tail got singed by the rainbow fires of the aurora.  To this day the reindeer has no tail to speak of. But he is too busy pulling the Important Sleigh to notice what is lost. And he certainly doesn’t complain.  What's your excuse?
— Vera Nazarian, 'The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration'

"The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from."
— Andrew S. Tanenbaum

"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be."
— C.S. Lewis

"Never quit - least of all out of fears, anger, opinions of others, past failures or self-pity."
— Coe D. Behr

Pic of the Day - Yarn Wound

Actually, it's Pics of the Day because I liked them both! I'm so in love with the colors in this new lot of yarns I bought yesterday. Arranged in this vintage tin, I could probably just sit and look at them all day! But it's wound and ready to go so I guess I know what I'm going to be doing to tonight after work... Yay! :)

Pic of the Day - Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas - photo by Cindy Caraway

Pic of the Day - Morning Grapefruit

Morning Grapefruit - photo by Cindy Caraway