How writers & dogs are much alike

"Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs."

— Christopher Hampton

Photo of peeing dog statue in Brussels by Abi Skipp

Ask FDR: Does Injustice and Republican belong in the same sentence?

Franklin D. Roosevelt (via last.fm)

In his day, over 60 years ago, FDR was always challenging his opponents, namely the Republicans. Today's political strategists think they are the first to utilize the idea of defining the opposition. Yet here is FDR actually declaring what the true meaning of conservative is supposed to be about, not how it was corrupted. Of course, the following FDR definition is far removed from what we today know about the ongoing philosophy of the Republican Party.

"The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Annoying an enemy the fun way

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

— Oscar Wilde

Photo by law_keven @ flickr

Marriage, children and parenting ideas

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.

— John Wilmot

Photo by StuSeeger @ flikcr

Motivation is like bathing...

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

— Zig Ziglar

Photo by Dr. Hemmert @ flickr

Work, love, and dance through Life!

"Work like you don’t need money,
love like you’ve never been hurt,
and dance like no one’s watching."

— Unknown Author

Photo by hyperscholar @ flickr

You and a genius are the same

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"Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together."

— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Wisdom of the ancients

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old;
seek what they sought." — Basho

Change the world

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You must be the change you wish to see in the world. — Gandhi

Courage and fear

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear."

— Ambrose Redmoon

Genius...?

"Just the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses.

They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, and they laughed at the Wright brothers.


But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." - Carl Sagan

Photo of clown mosaic by hyperscholar @ flickr

How to achieve success

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"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

- Helen Keller

Happiness

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"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up." - Mark Twain

Video: The Don't Quit Poem

Inspirational video! Great for creative people to help with discouragement and burnout. Good images and music. Worth the listen.

when one door closes, another door opens...

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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."

- Helen Keller

Have courage!

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."

- Victor Hugo


Photo by LadyAmada@ flickr