The Phrase Piggy

2011-02-15T23:39:00.000-08:00

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

2010-08-23T08:38:00.001-07:00

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

2010-03-04T17:36:00.000-08:00

“The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.”
- Jim Rohm

2009-12-03T04:42:00.001-08:00

Don't Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out:
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

2009-12-03T04:40:00.001-08:00

Just One

One song can spark a moment,
One flower can wake the dream.
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring.

One smile begins a friendship,
One handclasp lifts a soul.
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal

One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam lights a room.
One candle wipes out darkness,
One laugh will conquer gloom.

One step must start each journey.
One word must start each prayer.
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care.

One voice can speak with wisdom,
One heart can know what's true,
One life can make a difference,
You see, it's up to you!

2009-11-17T04:39:00.000-08:00

When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

- Ann Landers

2009-10-13T04:28:00.000-07:00

Seduce my mind and you can have my body, Find my soul & I'm yours forever.

~Anonymous

2009-09-08T04:56:00.000-07:00

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make Me Feel Important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.

- Mary Kay Ash

2009-09-08T04:54:00.000-07:00

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.

- Sam Walton

2009-09-08T04:52:00.000-07:00

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

- William Arthur

2009-09-08T03:53:00.000-07:00

Long-range goals keep you from being
frustrated by short-term failures.

- James Cash Penney

2009-09-03T08:58:00.000-07:00

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.

- Mother Teresa

2009-09-01T03:52:00.000-07:00

This is like deja vu all over again.

- Yogi Berra

2009-08-21T14:47:00.000-07:00

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

- Mary Kay Ash

2009-08-13T04:11:00.000-07:00

Take the first step in faith. You don't
have to see the whole staircase.
Just take the first step.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

2009-08-12T03:49:00.001-07:00

Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments.

- Confucius

2009-08-12T03:47:00.000-07:00

Peace begins when expectations end.

-Sri Chinmoy

2009-08-10T07:12:00.000-07:00

"You are today where your thoughts
have brought you; you will be
tomorrow where your
thoughts take you."

- James Allen

2009-08-08T09:21:00.000-07:00

"If you want to be happy, set a goal that
commands your thoughts, liberates your
energy, and inspires your hopes."

- Andrew Carnegie

2009-08-04T16:55:00.000-07:00

"To accomplish great things, we must
not only act, but also dream, not
only plan, but also believe."

- Anatole France

2009-08-03T03:25:00.001-07:00

"We first make our habits, and
then our habits make us."

- John Dryden

2009-05-24T07:00:00.000-07:00

"A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one."

-Mary Kay Ash

2009-05-13T22:55:00.000-07:00

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

2009-05-07T06:06:00.000-07:00

Joy is the God within you. Standing up. Shaking himself off. And beginning to smile.

- Emmanuel's Book

2009-05-05T04:33:00.001-07:00

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

- Albert Einstein

2009-05-05T04:08:00.000-07:00

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

- Dalai Lama

2009-05-03T14:28:00.001-07:00

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit.

- Aristotle

2009-05-01T08:25:00.001-07:00

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

- Napoleon Hill

2009-05-01T08:22:00.001-07:00

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.

- Ronald Reagan

2009-04-23T04:49:00.000-07:00

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

-Lucretius

2009-04-23T04:47:00.000-07:00

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit.

-Aristotle

2009-04-23T04:45:00.000-07:00

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

-Aristotle

2009-04-23T04:42:00.000-07:00

If we all did the things we are capable of,
we would astound ourselves.

- Thomas Edison

2009-03-18T21:48:00.000-07:00

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out."

Art Linkletter

2009-02-28T05:16:00.000-08:00

perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim
Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.

- Anonymous

2009-02-28T05:12:00.000-08:00

Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit.
Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill.

- Cicero

2009-02-28T05:07:00.000-08:00

dimidium facti qui coepit habet
He who has begun has the work half done.

-Horace

2009-02-28T04:20:00.000-08:00

One who fears failure limits his activities.
Failure is only the opportunity to more
intelligently begin again.

- Henry Ford

2009-01-31T23:55:00.000-08:00

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

- Confucius

2009-01-31T23:44:00.001-08:00

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

- T.S. Eliot

2009-01-31T23:39:00.000-08:00

Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world.

- Albert Einstein

2009-01-23T05:10:00.001-08:00

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

- Scott Adams

2009-01-23T05:08:00.000-08:00

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.

- Joseph Chilton Pearce

2009-01-23T05:05:00.000-08:00

Today is the yesterday of tomorrow.

- anonymous

2009-01-22T13:40:00.000-08:00

I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

- Steven Wright

2009-01-21T10:03:00.000-08:00

If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else!

- Yogi Berra

2009-01-21T10:01:00.000-08:00

Perhaps the most important word in success and happiness is the word, "ask".

- Brian Tracy

2009-01-21T10:00:00.001-08:00

Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'

- Dr. Robert Schuller

2009-01-21T09:58:00.001-08:00

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.

- Dr. Robert Schuller

2009-01-21T09:54:00.001-08:00

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

- Zig Ziglar

2009-01-21T09:50:00.000-08:00

Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

- Conrad Hilton

2009-01-19T21:11:00.000-08:00

Life is what happens when you are too busy making other plans.

- John Lennon

2009-01-19T21:10:00.000-08:00

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

- L.J. Cardinal Suenens

2009-01-19T21:09:00.001-08:00

The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

2009-01-19T06:27:00.000-08:00

The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.

- Flora Whittermore

2009-01-16T23:27:00.000-08:00

A man looks in the abyss, there is nothing staring back at him. At that moment he discovers his character. That keeps the man out of the abyss.

Lou from movie "Wall Street"

2009-01-16T23:24:00.000-08:00

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

~Maya Angelou

2009-01-16T23:22:00.000-08:00

We love the things we love for what they are.

— Robert Frost

2009-01-16T11:01:00.000-08:00

Praise is like sunshine to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it.

- Dale Carnegie

2009-01-14T06:28:00.000-08:00

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

- Colin Powell

2009-01-14T03:00:00.000-08:00

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

- Socrates

2009-01-13T12:27:00.000-08:00

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

- John W. Gardner

2009-01-13T12:26:00.000-08:00

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

- anonymous

2009-01-13T07:43:00.000-08:00

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

- Goethe

2009-01-12T04:36:00.001-08:00

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

- William Shakespeare

2009-01-12T04:33:00.000-08:00

God does not seek out our capabilities to serve Him, He seeks out our availability.

- Zechariah 4:6

2009-01-11T09:50:00.001-08:00

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

- Mark Twain

2009-01-11T09:48:00.000-08:00

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

- Mark Twain

2009-01-11T09:47:00.001-08:00

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

- Mark Twain

2009-01-11T09:45:00.001-08:00

The best vitamin to be a happy person is B1.

-Anonymous

2009-01-11T09:42:00.000-08:00

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

- Casey Stengel

2009-01-10T10:53:00.000-08:00

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

- Maya Angelou

2009-01-10T10:51:00.000-08:00

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

-James Dean

2009-01-10T10:04:00.000-08:00

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

- Ayn Rand

2009-01-10T10:03:00.000-08:00

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.

- Ayn Rand

2009-01-09T08:20:00.000-08:00

Every artist was first an amateur.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

2009-01-08T02:51:00.000-08:00

Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.

-Albert Bandura

2009-01-08T02:48:00.000-08:00

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?

-Andy Warhol

2009-01-08T02:46:00.000-08:00

Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.

-Charles Garfield

2009-01-08T02:44:00.001-08:00

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

-Ansel Adams

2009-01-07T22:21:00.000-08:00

To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better, whether by
a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed
easier because you have lived;

This is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

2009-01-07T09:56:00.000-08:00

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

2009-01-07T09:55:00.001-08:00

Be still my heart, wherever I am, I am at home with you.

-Zulu chant

2009-01-07T09:53:00.001-08:00

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart. And try to love the questions themselves.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

2009-01-06T10:45:00.000-08:00

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

- Walt Kelly (Pogo)

2009-01-06T03:20:00.000-08:00

If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

2009-01-06T02:38:00.000-08:00

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

-Albert Einstein

2009-01-04T06:05:00.000-08:00

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

- Epictetus

2009-01-03T22:37:00.000-08:00

Consider before you speak, if your words are an improvement over silence.

- Bapuji, Swami Kripalvanandaji (Swami Kripalu)

2009-01-03T22:34:00.000-08:00

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

- Dalai Lama

2009-01-03T22:32:00.000-08:00

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

-Buddha

2009-01-03T22:31:00.000-08:00

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

2009-01-02T03:17:00.001-08:00

Do or do not. There is no try.

-Yoda

2009-01-02T03:13:00.000-08:00

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters—one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.

-John F. Kennedy

2009-01-01T22:52:00.000-08:00

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

- Albert Einstein

2009-01-01T09:26:00.000-08:00

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.

-Mahatma Gandhi

2009-01-01T09:22:00.000-08:00

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

- Henry David Thoreau