Thread: Thought for the Day

"We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time." - Vince Lombardi

"I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it." -Dorothy Parker

"Have the courage to live. Anyone can die." - Robert Cody

"Where facts are few, experts are many." - Donald R. Gannon

"I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me." - William Blake

"Real riches are the riches possessed inside." -B. C. Forbes


Good night

My all time favorite:

Better to keep mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open same and remove all doubt.

If this saying was addressed to my efforts to add to this forum I reply :

"The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit." -Aesop

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.
Yiddish Proverb



If not apologies and :

"Money talks, but all it ever says is good-bye." -American Proverb

My final submission to this postn :

Desiderata


Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.


If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.


Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.


Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.


Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.


Strive to be happy.


--- Max Ehrmann, 1927

"This too shall pass."