Daily Quotes: Get started

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one._______Mark Twain

To my husband; who never ceases to surprise me

Close to a week ago, I started the journey to the 20th year since I  tied the knot with a  very dear friend.

I promised to stay by my best friend's side till the end of times. It was a huge undertaking and I panicked. "I don't know him, but I know it's him. I have only seen him about half a dozen times in the past 3 years, always with others and never alone, what I know of  him is as a member of a group",  "well it's too late now, you can't possibly abandon him at this time; don't worry, it happens to everyone, it will be just fine, you do not need to "know" him, every day will be a journey of discovery and surprises".

So there I was, calming my nerves, telling me not to worry,  "he is a gentleman, he'll treat you well", and he had. He had remained true and so have I. He had stayed and cared, he had loved and respected, he had teased and shared, he has never raised his his voice or his hands except in excitement or for a hug. As the days rolled by and the years came, one after the other,  and the grey set in; he still loves me, he still tells me everyday;  he still tells me how beautiful I have made his life by being a part of it.

I tell him the same, I love him too; I have cared and I have shared, I have hoped and I have found, the essence of life by being his wife. Each new day have been a journey of discovery, each one with its own surprises. I look forward to the next 20 years, maybe another 20 years, of days full of new discoveries and just as surprising as the very first day..
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Daily Quotes - The Real Rose

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.   _______________Dale Carnegie

Daily Quotes - Invest in People.

You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality. _________Walt Disney

Daily Quote - Inspiration is a now thing.

Inspiration is a magical thing, a productivity multiplier, a motivator. But it won't wait for you. Inspiration is a now thing. If it grabs you, grab it right back and put it to work.________Jason Fried








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Daily Quotes - Reject Decay!

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. ___________Harold Wilson

 

Daily Quotes - Walk the Talk

Standing for something isn't just about writing it down. It's about believing it and living it.___Jason Fried

Daily Quotes - Destiny

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves
__________ William Shakespeare





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Daily Quotes - Exploration

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."__________T.S. Eliot

Daily Quotes - Exceed your limit

The Only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.

________Arthur C Clarke

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Daily Quotes - Hope

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.

____________St Clement of Alexandra

Daily Quote - Be enthusiastic

Grow the "I'm activated" attitude. Results come in proportion to enthusiasm invested.___David Schwartz

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Daily Quotes - Our Strange Situation.

To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself to us as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms - this knowledge, this feeling is at the centre of all true religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong to the ranks of devoutly religious men.

_________Albert Einstein

I am human

Everyday of my life, I meet people , new people, some are very good, some are not so wonderful, some come with preformed prejudices, some come with clean intentions. I am who I am, regardless of what the next new person thinks. I am female, I am black, I am veiled, I am large, I am mum, I am wife, I work full time.

I believe that the world didn't happen by accident, I believe that there is a purpose for it, I believe I am small, when compared to the rest of the universe but at the same time, I believe I am big; important; unique. 

The maker made me for a purpose, the world will not be the same without me. I am worth the attention the maker put into ensuring that I am not like anyone else. I am me, I am different, I am not perfect, I  make mistakes, sometimes I learn from them, sometimes I don't, most important is that I am allowed. I am human!

Daily Quotes - Progress

Think Progress, believe in progress, push for progress.
Think improvement in everything you do.
Think high standards in everything you do
Over a period of time, subordinates tend to become carbon copies of their chief.
Be sure the master copy is worth duplicating.
Make this a personal resolution: "At home, at work, in community life, if it's progress, I'm for it"

________David J Schwartz