Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
- Topic: Adversity, Kindness, Optimism
- Location: Glacier National Park, Lake McDonald
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.
We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present...gratefully.
You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
One drop of your kindness makes the ocean sweet.
If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, in you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.
It makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch. . . .It’s sort of what we have instead of God.
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.
