There is A Time...

"There is a time for work. And a time for love. That leaves no other time." - Coco Chanel

Right to be Heard

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. - Hubert H. Humphrey

Mental & Emotional Diets

Our mental and emotional diets determine our overall energy levels, health and well-being more than we realize. Every thought and feeling, no matter how big or small, impacts our inner energy reserves. --Doc Childre

Enough

There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. --G.K. Chesterton

Habit of Giving

"The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give." - Walt Whitman

What is Stereotype?

Stereotypes are devices for saving a biased person the trouble of learning
--Author Unknown

Questioning the Logic

We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes. - Gene Roddenberry

Trust

"I've learned that it take years to build up trust, and it only take suspicion, no proof, to destroy it." - Unknown

Be Grateful

"Be grateful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." —Oprah

Oprah Says ....

"We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are." —Oprah

Time Shifting

"...recognizes that every single moment has a particular rhythm to it, and that we have the capacity to expand or contract an individual moment as appropriate. One way to shift what's going on in our world is not to try to rush to do more, but to allow ourselves to go deeper into that moment of being present. Our ability to shift gears, to shift our rhythm to meet that moment and be present in it, is what allows us to experience the fullness of life - to create our life in the way we want it to be." - Stephan Rechtschaffen

Source: Time Shifting vs Time Management

Unhurried Sense of Time

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth. --Bonnie Friedman.

What is It You Plan to Do?

Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life? --Mary Oliver

True Heroism

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost,but the urge to serve others at whatever cost --Arthur Ashe

Little Things?

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things -- a chance word, a tap on the shoulder, or a penny dropped on a newsstand -- I am tempted to think...there are no little things. --Bruce Barton

Creativity

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous. --Bill Moyers

No Others

There are no others. --Ramana Maharishi

Empty Pockets

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. --Norman Vincent Peale

So, What Do You See?

What we see depends mainly on what we look for. --John Lubbock

Look Ahead

Didn't know the crappy daily horoscope can bring words of wisdom too ... well, inspirations are everywhere indeed.

"You cannot change the past. Today, if you are full of regrets, just look ahead."

Speak the Truth

It takes two to speak the truth -- one to speak and another to hear.
--Thoreau

Reality & Fairy Tales

Fairy tales don't come true.
Reality is much stormier.
Much murkier.
Much scarier.
Reality is so much more interesting than living happily ever after.
- Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy (Season 5 Episode 1)

Dream & Desire

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. - Khalil Gibran

When A Few Quotes Give Wake Up Calls

"Resourceful people ... are not having fun all of the time. But they do feel empowered when they force themselves to do what's needed."

Source: www.psychologytoday.com

"The only true security lies in action. No fixed position is ever secure. Security comes from dynamic action, knowing that no matter what happens, you can always do something about it." - Steve Pavlina

Source: www.stevepavlina.com

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.” - Anonymous

Risk

RISK
Author unknown

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to others is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken,
because the greatest hazard in life is to do nothing.

The person who risks nothing,
does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.

They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.

Chained by their attitudes, they are a slave,
they forfeited their freedom.

Only the person who risks can be free

Source: http://www.iamthewitness.com/Risks.html

Die with Dignity??

"You live with dignity, you can't die with it." - Dr. House

Source: House (TV Show) - Season 1, Episode 1

I think it's really one of the best quote that just hits home run for me. How many times you heard the cliche statement, "at least I die with dignity." But have they ever thought that the precious one is not in dying but in living? Dr. House's quote made me realize that. He was confronting a patient who's giving up and asking him to allow to go home and die. "I just wanna die with a little dignity." But his reply was a harsh one,"There's no such thing. Our bodies break down. Sometimes when we are 90, sometimes before we are even born but it always happen and there's never any dignity in it. I don't care if you can walk, see, wipe your own ass. It's always ugly. Always. You live with dignity, you can't die with it."

I hope it will shed some light to some of you too. Live life with dignity.

Courage & Accomplishments

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." -- Muhammad Ali

How Do You Resolve Difficulty?

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." -- Rene Descartes

First Rate Intelligence

The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. --F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wonder & Wisdom

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. --Greek Proverb

Light on the Path

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.
--Ben Sweetland

Look in Awareness

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
--James Thurber

Not Yet?

Why always 'Not yet'? Do flowers in spring say, 'Not yet'? —Norman Douglas

Desire Happiness

"Every being must desire happiness for himself." -Richard Price

Source: www.Forbes.com

Lie Lie Lie

"Great liars lie unknowingly to others. Lousy liars lie unknowingly only to himself/herself." - D.D.

Source: Experience

I am so amused by some people's ignorance towards their own idiocy. They lie in broad day light and then think they have staged the greatest drama in their life without knowing the whole audience has already figured out the tricks long time ago.

The Art of Preparation

"I will prepare, and someday my chance will come." - Abraham Lincoln

Emotion & Status

"Emotion knows no ranks, circumstances and status. It simply falls when it feels right."

Source: Inspired by friend's experience

Wisdom & Responsibility

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. --George Bernard Shaw

Source: CharityFocus.org

French Quote of the Day

Dans les belles paroles, le coeur ne parle point. - Noël du FAIL, Propos rustiques, VI

Source: About.com

Meaning: In beautiful words, the heart doesn't speak.

I am

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art. -Madonna Ciccone

Source: www.CharityFocus.org

Imagination and Belief

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."
--Plutarch

Source: Wisdom from the Greek

"We do not need magic to change the world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: We have the power to imagine better."
-- J.K. Rowling (Author of Harry Potter)

Source: Her wonderful article

Contemplation & Action

"What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action."
--Meister Eckhart

Source: www.charityfocus.org

As we think, so we are ... simply put. :-) Be careful what you wish for, cause you might just get it all.

Extraordinary & Ordinary

"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations."
--Jean Paul Richter

Source: www.charityfocus.org

What a profound message to all of us. How many times we hope we have a break in our daily lives where we can just be extraordinary. May be too much influence from action films or superhero figures.

But why don't we just focus on the ordinary and be totally present in it. Give our best shot make it extraordinary in the ordinary way.

When Garfield Is Oh So Wise .....

Can you believe that Garfield is actually quite wise? Check out some of his words of wisdom.

Image courtesy of www.wikipedia.org

"I gotta be me. I'm too weird to be anyone else."

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

"DO NOT DISTURB. I'm disturbed enough already."

"'Organised' is my middle name. 'Poorly' is my first."

"You are only young once but you can be immature forever."

"When in doubt, act stupid."

and my favourite, the one that I need to keep reminding myself all the time:

"I Don't Do Ordinary."

Religion & Behaviour

"Religion doesn't prevent one to inherit and practice vituperation." - D.D.

Source:
A horrible experience of witnessing someone of a strong Christian belief whose act of barbarian was worse than anything I've ever seen.

Punishment

"It's not a punishment to remember someone you love. The punishment is to forget him."

Source: Nyfes (Movie)

Hmmm .... I haven't watched this movie so I'm not sure how the tagline was inspired from the show. However I can relate on the pain of trying to forget instead of trying to remember. May be some memory is not meant to be forgotten since they bring so much pain in forgetting. May be it's just meant to be that way.

Future & Past

"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
-Thomas Jefferson

Source: www.Forbes.com

And yet most of us are so caught up with our past that we forget that our future can indeed be better.

Alcohol

"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy." - Frank Sinatra

Source: www.Forbes.com

Well, well ... something on the lighter side. I find this quote interesting. I really love how words are being played candidly :-) Don't take it too seriously, guys! But then again it's worth pondering. If alcohol is our enemy and yet we do love it why can't we love our human enemy as much. Why do we need to keep having war with each other? That ... will really the greatest mystery of all. May be the aliens from other planets will have an answer one day.

Inconsistency & Weakness

"Inconsistency with ourselves is the great weakness of human nature." - Joseph Addison

Source: www.Forbes.com

Though there's another theory that says human nature is inconsistent but I think what this quote is trying to say we have to have our own principles. Just like the foundations of the building. We may have zillion of opinions and perspectives on something but when it comes to principle to be our guiding light, we'd better decide what we want to believe in. If not we will be easily uprooted.

There's A Fine Fine Line

Heard this song at Hossan Leong's mini concert. It's actually from a Broadway Musical called Avenue Q. Such a meaningful song that contains tons of beautiful quotes. Indeed there's a fine fine line to almost anything you thought are wide apart. Enjoy the video and the lyrics.



There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend;
There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend;
And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb.

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

There's a fine, fine line between a fairy tale and a lie;
And there's a fine, fine line between "You're wonderful" and "Goodbye."
I guess if someone doesn't love you back it isn't such a crime,
But there's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of your time.

And I don't have the time to waste on you anymore.
I don't think that you even know what you're looking for.
For my own sanity, I've got to close the door
And walk away...
Oh...

There's a fine, fine line between together and not
And there's a fine, fine line between what you wanted and what you got.
You gotta go after the things you want while you're still in your prime...

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

Courage

"Courage conquers all things."
-Ovid

Begins to Die

"He begins to die, that quits his desires." --George Herbert

Source: www.Forbes.com

I'm absolutely feeling this especially these past few months. I thought it's like quarter life crisis thingie but apparently, it's because I don't really have desires for anything in life. No wonder life feels so dull. A great reminder when you feel dull, desire something. It'll change your mood.

Is Nature Simple or Complicated?

I think they are both. I think nature comprises both elements - its simplicity and its complications. How can you explain a bumblebee whose aerodynamically not supposed to fly and yet it flies, that's complicated. Or how can you explain the very basic of water it flows from the high to the low, that sounds pretty simple.

One quote that's related to nature that caught my mind recently was from a new TV show called Pretty Handsome. It's about this prestigious doctor who came from a very well to do family who secretly has the urge of being a woman. Yes, he's a guy, but since young he wants to be a woman, a secret he has been keeping to himself. The show (though very uneasy to watch by some, it's something "not" normal) has brought to focus on how being closed-minded towards one's choices in life has made others suffer in silence. It's a pity and tragic.

Anyway, the doctor has a genius son who's finally putting up one big aquarium and he tried to rear seahorses. There were 2 seahorses in the aquarium, the male and female. He said the male seahorse has the role of a female when it comes to fertilizing their eggs. As quoted from wikipedia - "The female inserts her ovipositor into the male’s brood pouch, where she deposits her eggs, which the male fertilizes."

When the parents are amazed at this phenomenon, the genius boy said:

"Nature at its best is complicated"

Source: Pretty Handsome (TV Show)

I can't agree less. The wold is so much more than what we see and know. And yet here we are compartmentalized things and think our ways are the rightest way. Oh how foolish that can be. If only humans observe more of the nature and learn from them may be one day they'll understand, they don't know nothing yet.

Better or Worse

Have you ever felt that you are nor here nor there?
How do you describe it in Chinese?
Well, the following phrase has definitely sum it well. If you are not really at the rock bottom and you are not really one of the very best, just make sure you are not too bad and don't be the worst.

比上不足，比下有余
(Meaning: Worse than some, better than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst)

God's Handwriting in Present Moment

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beauty exists in everything that we can see, hear, feel, touch and even those we can barely imagine. Love how the quote has "wordified" the experience.

Hidden & Obvious

A friend of me was sharing a website that describes zodiacs today and I love how they described the characteristics of each zodiac. It's different from those that I've bumped into. They presented with lots of quotes too (my fetish).

Here's one about me - Scorpio, which I find to be quite true.

"What is hidden is more interesting than what is obvious."

Yep. It's true. I love the hidden world rather than the obvious and hence I love to dig out whatever I'm able to dig, if I'm allowed. May be it's just the Scorpion thing. :p Strange .... but true.

Love & Laugh

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
-- W. H. Auden

Source: Forum

I can't agree less. Laughter and love go well together. It's just like my tea and ice .... they taste great. As for people I admire, they are not necessary a laughter provider but sure they can kick your arse and make you feel that you've not done enough.

Simplicity

...it is always the simple that produces the marvelous.
—Amelia E. Barr

Can't agree less with this beautiful quote. It's always the simplest thing at its most beautiful state that makes one at awe. And ironically, it may not be that easy to strive for simplicity. :-) Duality of everything. Amazes me.

When Patience Hits Rock Bottom

One of my friend had a terrible experience a year ago that involves people that she loves - her family member. Despite her best effort and what she's given throughout all these years (I know her, she's like almost a saint to me at times), this person able to utter out one of the most hurtful thing ever said. Well, I'm not in the position to tell-tale the story but I can't help but to love the idiom that's being used in Mandarin in this unfortunate event.

仁至义尽 (Ren Zhi Yi Jin)

Which literally means with all generous offer made but can also mean the following:

• Have gone beyond the call of duty
• Have done whatever it takes
• The absolute last drop of patience has been exhausted
• Have been extremely tolerant
• Running off the limits
• Time out
  

Well, I do hope patience in us will never run out, though it's of course impossible. Even Jesus had his patience ran out once (erm ... if I remember correctly when he was overturning table in a temple due to their greedy behaviours) and hence, this idiom is so profound and would make one speak so much more diplomatically. However I'm wishing all the best for my friend, she's moved out from this country to a better place which I think suit her much more. You go, gal!

Success & Failure

"Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage that counts."
-- George F. Tilton

Source: www.forbes.com

Indeed a beautiful quote but I can't help but wonder if the author has failed so much that he's inspired with this quote? Well, don't get offended Mr. Tilton or his fans, I'm just wondering, you see. Plus I can't find your biography on the web yet. So, forgive me for my ignorance.

However I found out you have lots of beautiful quotes about courage and I decide to share a few more here. Enjoy.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
-- George F. Tilton

Quotes by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I can't believe what I've just stumbled upon. Tons of quotes by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One of the most profound Spanish writer when it comes love stories. Not to mention the words he used will just sweep you away. When I found these quotes, I realize we must have heard some of them without realizing it's written by this great author of the lifetime. I hope you'll draw inspiration and swing into reflection zone when you are reading them. I know as I have been there a few times.

“Te quiero no por quien eres, sino por quien soy cuando estoy contigo.”
I love you not for who you are, but who I am when I am with you.

“Ninguna persona merece tus lágrimas, y quien se las merezca no te hará llorar.”
Not one single person is deserving of your tears, and those that do deserve won’t make you cry.

“Sólo porque alguien no te ame como tu quieres, no significa que no te ame con todo su ser.”
Just because somone doesn’t love you the way you want, does not mean they don’t love you with everything they have.

“Un verdadero amigo es quien te toma de la mano y te toca el corazón.”
A true friend is the one that takes your hand but touches your heart.

“La peor forma de extrañar a alguien es estar sentado a su lado y saber que nunca lo podrás tener.”
The worst way to miss someone is to be seated right next to them knowing they will never be yours.

“Nunca dejes de sonreír, ni siquiera cuando estés triste porque nunca sabes quien se puede enamorar de tu sonrisa.”
Never stop smiling, even when you are sad because you never know who will be the one to fall in love with your smile.

“Puedes ser solamente una persona para el mundo, pero para alguna persona tu eres el mundo.”
You may only be one person to the entire world, but the entire world for some person.

“No pases el tiempo con alguien que no esté dispuesto a pasarlo contigo.”
Do not spend your time with someone that does not spend their time with you.

“Quizá Dios quiera que conozcas mucha gente equivocada antes de que conozcas a la persona adecuada, para que cuando al fin la conozcas , sepas estar agradecido.”
Perhaps God wants you to meet many people in the wrong before you meet the right person, so when you finally meet them you are greatful.

One of my very favourite ....
“No llores porque ya se terminó, sonríe porque sucedió.”
Don’t cry because its over, smile because it happened.

“Siempre habrá gente que te lastime, así que lo que tienes que hacer es seguir confiando y solo ser mas cuidadoso en quien confías dos veces.”
There will always be people that hurt you so what you need to do is keep trusting and only be more careful with the people you have had to trust twice.

“Conviértete en una mejor persona y asegúrate de saber quien eres antes de conocer a alguien más y esperar que esa persona sepa quien eres.”
Become a better person and be sure to know who you are before you meet someone else and expect them to know who you are.

“No te esfuerces tanto, las mejores cosas suceden cuando menos te las esperas.”
Don’t try so hard, the best things happen when you least expect them to.

Forgetting

"Can you really forget when you don't have amnesia?"

One of my friend is having a troubled time recently and she's trying to forget really hard of what had happened. But is it even possible? How would you erase a memory if it's so significant be it good or bad? I don't think it's humanly possible.

Though I think it's difficult to forget, doesn't mean one shouldn't let go if the memories are unpleasant. And letting go doesn't mean forgetting. Letting go means you accept it and wishing it/him/her/them all the very best and wish better for yourself, especially strength to carry on and be better than yesterday.

But to forget, will just mean you don't really learn the lesson and may tend to go through it all over again. Though an amnesia will be the easiest solution but it takes strength and time to grow to the next level.

Lesson & Attitude

But the most important lesson is to bring beauty to your attitude. —Dixie Carter

Source: www.Oprah.com

Imagine a world filled with majority of the people who study this subject for life, what kind of world will it be? Guess it's a simple and yet difficult lesson and no one will ever graduate in life. Every one will just get better and better by the day.

So, what are you learning today?

But the most important lesson is to bring beauty to your attitude. —Dixie Carter

Source: www.Oprah.com

Being

I was talking to a friend today and we were discussing something not so pleasant. The conversation ended with me asking him don't be as low as the people who used sarcasm to show their superiority. I asked him to be better. And he answered me that he'll try.

That made me responded with,

"Don't try. Just be. There's no trying in being."

As Shakespeare famously put it: To be or not to be. No wonder he never really said: Try to be or try not to be. What a genius he was and still is.

Feedback & New Phrase

I received a feedback from one of my loyal reader, Jack, who gave me great comment about this new site. And he also suggested for me to elaborate more on the quotes. To share what I feel or how do I come about in selecting them. I had the same idea actually but since I have a great feedback, I'll start incorporating it. :-)

Today, I have a phrase to share, it's not really a quote:

No metas la nariz en mis asuntos.
Don’t poke your nose into my business.

Source: www.Dictionary.com

Though it's not really a quote, it's quite interesting how we can learn some interesting phrases from other language. If you are interested in learning a new word for today, nariz means nose in Spanish. :p Hehe .... Not sure if that word will help you when you travel but hey, you are one word more than yesterday! :D

When Should You Worry?

"When I stop becoming, that's when I worry."
—Stephen Dunn

Source: www.Oprah.com

Revising Life

"It's never too late---in fiction or in life---to revise."
--Nancy Thayer

Source: www.Oprah.com

Sex and the City

Image source: www.snarkerati.com

Some labels are best left in the closet.
-- Carrie Bradshaw, "Sex and the City"

And we were dressed from head to toe in love... the only label that never goes out of style.
-- Carrie Bradshaw, "Sex and the City"

I can't color enough, I would color all day every day If I had my way, I would use every crayon in my box.
-- Samantha Jones, "Sex and the City"

Source: Sex and the City (The Movie)

Manners & Fortune

Manners make often fortunes.
-- John Ray

Source: www.forbes.com

The Leap Years

Image source: www.moviexclusive.com

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
-- William Shakespeare

Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.
-- Albert Einstein

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
-- Jean de La Fontaine

In three words, I can sum up everything I've learnt about life: it goes on.
-- Robert Frost

If you are not too long, I will wait for you all my life.
-- Oscar Wilde

Source: The Leap Years (The Movie)

Definitely, Maybe

Image source: www.yourmoviestuff.com

"The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed"
-- Charlotte Brontë, "Jane Eyre"

"I am nothing. Why am I obligated to be something? Why do I have to have opinion about everything anyway?"
-- April Hoffman, "Definitely, Maybe"

Source: Definitely, Maybe (The Movie)

Awesomeness

There's no charge for awesomeness and attractiveness.
-- Po, "Kung Fu Panda"

Source: Kung Fu Panda (The Movie)

Earning Silence

We have to earn silence, then, to work for it: to make it not an absence but a presence; not emptiness but repletion.
-- Pico Iyer, "The Eloquent Sounds of Silence"

Source: www.Dictionary.com

repletion \rih-PLEE-shun\, noun:

1. The condition of being completely filled or supplied.
2. Excessive fullness, as from overeating.

DD a Quoter?

On one of those crazy exercise I'm having to know myself more, a friend of mine - Jack, mentioned one word that contributed in the birth of this blog.

Apparently I have a subconscious hobby that is so obvious to everyone else but me.

I love quotes.
I love sharing them.
I love to ponder upon them.
I love their existences.

I can't believe how many people have commented on the quotes I've been putting on my MSN Messenger and never once I thought of "collecting" them. So, they were all gone once I've replaced with a new quote.

Now, thanks to Jack, I'm going to collect them and eternalize them. (Yep. No such word as "eternalize" :p). I hope you'll enjoy it and found what I'm sharing, meaningful. I hope some of the quotes will speak to you like how they have spoken to me.

They may not come from the smartest or famous people on earth but as long as it speaks to your heart, that quote is meant for you.

Enjoy!