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Solomon Short Quotes

“The difference between contribution and commitment? Ham and eggs requires a CONTRIBUTION from the chicken, but a COMMITMENT from the pig.”

“The difference between luck and ability is duration.”

“The lesser of two evils is still evil.”

“The real test of a human being is not what he knows, but what he learns.”

“I’ve always found verbs to be very strong-willed. They go where they want to, not where you tell them. Adjectives, however, are a fussy lot, extravagant, serendipitous, spoiled, upsetting, frivolous and remarkably sensitive to adverbs. Nouns pretend to be objective, and pronouns take everything personally.”

“All problems are people problems. And most people problems are people refusing to act like people.”

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in

(Leonard Cohen)

Terri Jean:
© The Good Red Road
The Turquoise Butterfly Press

Search for yourself, by yourself. Do not allow others to make your path for you. It is your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Do not take what is not yours whether from a person, a community, the wilderness or from a culture. It was not earned nor given. It is not yours.

Honor other people’s thoughts, wishes and words. Never interrupt another or mock or rudely mimic them. Allow each person the right to personal expression.

Never speak of others in a bad way. The negative energy that you put out into the universe will multiply when it returns to you. All persons make mistakes. And all mistakes can be forgiven. Bad thoughts cause illness of the mind, body and spirit. Practice optimism.

Nature is not for us, it is a part of us.

Children are the seeds of our future. Plant love in their hearts and water them with wisdom and life’s lessons. When they are grown, give them space to grow.

Make conscious decisions as to who you will be and how you will react. Be responsible for your own actions.

Be true to yourself first. You cannot nurture and help others if you cannot nurture and help yourself first.

http://www.appleseeds.org/nat-amer_ethics.htm

January 9, 2014 – Lifehack
7 Cardinal Rules of Life

1
Make peace with your past, so it doesn't spoil your present. Your past does not define your future – your actions and beliefs do.

2
What others think of you is none of your business. It's how much you value yourself and how important you think you are.

3
Time heals almost everything, give time, time. Pain will be less hurting. Scars make us who we are; they explain our life and why we are the way we are. They challenge us and force us to be stronger.

4
No one is the reason for your own happiness, except you yourself. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.

5
Don't compare your life with others', you have no idea what their journey is all about. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we would grab ours back as fast as we could.

6
Stop thinking too much, it's alright not to know all the answers. Sometime there is no answer, not going to be any answer, never has been an answer. That's the answer! Just accept it, move on!

7
Smile, you don't own all the problems in the world. A smile can brighten the darkest day and make life more beautiful. It is a potential curve to turn a life around and set everything straight.

Pessimist vs. Optimist
William Arthur Ward

The pessimist finds fault;
The optimist discovers a remedy.

The pessimist seeks sympathy;
The optimist spreads cheer.

The pessimist criticizes circumstances;
The optimist changes conditions.

The pessimist complains about the apple seeds;
The optimist plants them.

The pessimist imagines impending peril;
The optimist sees signs of prosperity.

The pessimist disparages;
The optimist encourages.

The pessimist creates loneliness;
The optimist finds friends.

The pessimist nibbles at the negative;
The optimist is nourished by the positive.

The pessimist builds barriers;
The optimist removes roadblocks.

The pessimist invents trouble;
The optimist enriches the environment.

“A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem. The man who is proudly certain of his own value, will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer--because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

by Lou Torok:

I recognize that I belong to the family of mankind
Made up of all human beings of every race, color,
creed and ideology
Now living on this Planet Earth.

I understand that there can be no common good
Without an individual good.

I am responsible for myself and for all human beings
Who share this earth with me.

I know that our enemies are those among us
Who will not share the responsibility for our common good.

I accept my own personal responsibility:
To replace darkness with light,
To replace hatred with love,
To replace suspicion with trust,
To replace lies and hypocrisy with honesty,
To replace abuse with kindness,
To replace frustration with patience,
To replace fear with understanding,
To replace bias, prejudice and discrimination
with tolerance,
To replace ignorance with knowledge,
To replace indifference with concern,
And to replace apathy with action.

I believe that all men are entitled to equal opportunities
To live, to grow and to flourish as human beings
With dignity and respect.

I acknowledge that it is as important
To live and work for peace
As to die for peace.

As a member of the family of mankind
Now living on this Planet Earth
I thus commit myself
And challenge my children
And their children
To do as well.

Source Unknown:

If you open it, close it.

If you turn it on, turn it off.

If you unlock it, lock it up.

If you break it, admit it.

If you can't fix it, call in someone who can.

If you borrow it, return it.

If you value it, take care of it.

If you make a mess, clean it up.

If you move it, put it back.

If it belongs to someone else, get permission to use it.

If you don't know how to operate it, leave it alone.

If it's none of your business, don't ask questions.

Author Unknown:

It takes strength to be firm.
It takes courage to be gentle.

It takes strength to stand guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.

It takes strength to conquer.
It takes courage to surrender.

It takes strength to be certain.
It takes courage to have doubt.

It takes strength to fit in.
It takes courage to stand out.

It takes strength to feel a friend’s pain.
It takes courage to feel your own pain.

It takes strength to hide your own pains.
It takes courage to show them.

It takes strength to endure abuse.
It takes courage to stop it.

It takes strength to stand alone.
It takes courage to lean on another.

It takes strength to love.
It takes courage to be loved.

It takes strength to survive.
It takes courage to live.

Neil Eskelin:

10 Ways to be Unhappy

1. Make little things bother you. Don’t just let them, make them.

2. Lose your perspective on things and keep it lost: don’t put first things first.

3. Find yourself a good worry, one about which you cannot do anything.

4. Be a perfectionist, which means not that you work hard to do your best, but that you condemn yourself and others for not achieving perfection.

5. Be right. Be always right. Be the only one who is always right, and be rigid in your rightness.

6. Don’t trust or believe people, or accept them at anything but their worst and weakest.

7. Be suspicious. Insist that others always have hidden motives.

8. Always compare yourself unfavorably to others. This guarantees instant misery.

9. Take personally everything that happens to you.

10. Don’t give yourself whole-heartedly to anyone or anything.

I Have Learned…
Source Unknown

I've learned—
that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I've learned—
that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.

I've learned—
that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned—
that it's not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life that counts.

I've learned—
that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.

I've learned—
that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do.

I've learned—
that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it, but do the best you can do.

I've learned—
that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I've learned—
that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.

I've learned—
that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I've learned—
that it's a lot easier to react than it is to think.

I've learned—
that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I've learned—
that you can keep going long after you think you can't.

I've learned—
that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I've learned—
that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I've learned—
that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

I've learned—
that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I've learned—
that learning to forgive takes practice.

I've learned—
that there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.

I've learned—
that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I've learned—
that my best friend and I can do anything, or nothing, and have the best time.

I've learned—
that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.

I've learned—
that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I've learned—
that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I've learned—
that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

I've learned—
that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

I've learned—
that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.

I've learned—
that your family won't always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't biological.

I've learned—
that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I've learned—
that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I've learned—
that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I've learned—
that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I've learned—
that sometimes when my friends fight, I'm forced to choose sides even when I don't want to.

I've learned—
that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

I've learned—
that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.

I've learned—
that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I've learned—
that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

I've learned—
that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I've learned—
that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.

I've learned—
that there are many ways of falling and staying in love.

I've learned—
that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves get farther in life.

I've learned—
that no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them most.

I've learned—
that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.

I've learned—
that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

I've learned—
that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.

I've learned—
that the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us.

I've learned—
that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I've learned—
that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.

I've learned—
that although the word "love" can have many different meanings, it loses value when overly used.

I've learned—
that it's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you believe.

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

Stokely Carmichael

This is really an intriguing write up and worthy of noting.

We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not enough to simply complain about injustice; the only way to prevent future injustice is to create the society we would like to see, one where we are all equal under the law.

Al Sharpton

“If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected .”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

Lucretius

A fart is just your arse applauding!

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Che Guevara