Archives - November 2011
November 1, 2011
If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.
November 2, 2011
Art and love are the same thing: it's the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.
November 3, 2011
If you wait to do everything until you’re sure its right, you’ll probably never do much of anything.
November 4, 2011
To whoever invented fantasy, redwood trees, and apple pie for breakfast: well done.
November 5, 2011
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
November 6, 2011
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
November 7, 2011
If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.
November 8, 2011
Throw out an alarming alarm clock. If the ring is loud and strident, you're waking up to instant stress. You shouldn't be bullied out of bed, just reminded that it's time to start your day.
November 9, 2011
Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
November 10, 2011
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
November 11, 2011
I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.
November 12, 2011
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
November 13, 2011
The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.
November 14, 2011
Money can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.
November 15, 2011
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.
November 16, 2011
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
November 17, 2011
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
November 18, 2011
No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic.
November 19, 2011
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed with our tears once in a while, so that we can see life with a clearer view again.
November 20, 2011
Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
November 21, 2011
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
November 22, 2011
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone --- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
November 23, 2011
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.
November 24, 2011
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like a wrapping a present and not giving it.
November 25, 2011
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
November 26, 2011
Memory is a way of holding on to the things we love, the things we are, the things we never want to lose.
November 27, 2011
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.
November 28, 2011
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
November 29, 2011
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great people make you believe you too can become great.
November 30, 2011
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and work, to play and to look up at the stars.