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That one is a great quote, rhonda!

January 8, 2008

Quote of the Day
"The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them."
– Bernard Baruch

About Bernard Baruch
The American financier and unofficial presidential adviser Bernard Baruch was known as the "Park Bench Statesman" for his penchant for taking meetings on park benches. He was born in 1870 in South Carolina. By the time he was 30, he had become a millionaire. During World War I, Woodrow Wilson asked Baruch's advice on economic issues, which began a long-term relationship with the White House. He refused to become Treasury Secretary in FDR's cabinet, preferring his unofficial role. He died in 1965.

January 15, 2008

Quote of the Day
"Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else."
– Judy Garland

About Judy Garland
Beloved American actress Judy Garland will always be associated with her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. She was born Frances Gumm in Minnesota in 1922 to vaudevillian parents. She made her stage debut at age two and a half. She starred in 26 films over 13 years and became a huge star. In 1950, MGM ended her contract. Though she primarily gave concerts after that, she did star in a few more films, including her famed role in A Star Is Born. She died in 1969.

February 13, 2008

Quote of the Day
"The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink, and somebody to love you."
– Brendan Behan

About Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan, the colorful Irish dramatist and author, spent most of his young adult life in prison, where he first began writing. He was born in 1923 in Dublin and grew up in the slums. He joined the Irish Republican Army in 1937. He landed in jail twice for political offenses. His play, The Quare Fellow, was produced in 1956 to great acclaim. Fame took a toll; he drank heavily and wrote little. He died in 1964.

March 03, 2008

Quote of the Day
"Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference."
– Virginia Satir

About Virginia Satir
American psychotherapist Virginia Satir played a central role in shaping family therapy. She was born in Wisconsin in 1916. While working as a teacher, she became deeply involved in the lives of her students and their parents. This led to graduate school and a career change. She took on the mission of inspiring therapists to work with families. She cofounded the Mental Health Research Institute in California, where she held the first-ever family-therapy training program. She died in 1988.

March 23, 2008 Quote of the Day "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." – Sir Winston Churchill

About Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill was an extraordinary British prime minister; he laid the groundwork for welfare in England, helped set the boundaries in the Middle East, became a symbol of the resistance against the Nazis in Europe, and was a central force in the Allied victory in World War II. He was born in 1874 near Oxford. He was known for his courage, his stubbornness, and his powerful personality. He was also an accomplished painter and writer. He died in 1965.

April 01, 2008 Quote of the Day "When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." – Peter Marshall

About Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall, the witty, magnetic Scottish-American preacher who became chaplain of the US Senate just two years before his death, was the subject of the 1955 movie A Man Called Peter, based on his wife's best-selling biography. He was born in Scotland in 1902 and, as a boy, wanted to go to sea; he served in the navy before becoming a minister. His compelling orations and his belief that religion should be fun drew large congregations to his church. He died in 1949

Rhonda that quote speaks volumes!!!

April 10, 2008 Quote of the Day "I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all." – Leo Rosten

About Leo Rosten
Leo Rosten, the Polish-American academic and author, is best known for his seminal The Joys of Yiddish, an amusing look at Yiddish words that have entered the American vernacular. Born in Lodz, Poland, in 1908, he immigrated to Chicago as a child. He wrote dozens of books, including a set of extremely popular humorous stories about Hyman Kaplan, a night-school student struggling with English. Under the pseudonym Leonard Q. Ross, he wrote mysteries and film noir screenplays. He died in 1997.

May 16, 2008

Quote of the Day
"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
– Lady Dorothy Nevill

About Lady Dorothy Nevill
Lady Dorothy Nevill, the noted British gardener, was one of the most celebrated society hostesses of her day; her salons attracted leading writers, artists, and statesmen. She was born Dorothy Walpole in 1826 in England. She married a wealthy cousin with a 23-acre estate, where she pursued her interest in plants. She built 13 greenhouses and carried on an extensive correspondence with Charles Darwin. Her memoir, Leaves From the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill, was published in 1906. She died in 1913.

:headphone: Quote of the Day
"Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule."
– Samuel Butler

About Samuel Butler
British author Samuel Butler is best known as the author of The Way of All Flesh, a semiautobiographical novel V. S. Pritchett called one of the time bombs of literature because of its incendiary critique of Victorian society and because Butler delayed publication until after his death. He was born in 1835 near Bingham. Rather than enter the clergy as many of his family members had, he became a sheep farmer in New Zealand for four years. He first gained fame with the satirical novel Erewhon. He died in 1902.

June 02, 2008

Quote of the Day
"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses."
– Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr


About Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
French author Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr is remembered primarily for his epigram "The more things change, the more they stay the same." He is also known for his autobiographical romances, including the popular Genevieve. He was born in 1808 in Paris. As editor of Le Figaro and, later, Les Guepes, he became widely quoted for his sharp witticisms. An avid horticulturist, he named more than one new flower, and when he retired to Nice, he popularized the tradition of selling cut flowers. He died in 1890.

August 02, 2008

Quote of the Day
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up."
– Anne Lamott

About Anne Lamott
American author Anne Lamott is best known for Bird by Bird, her book on writing, and Operating Instructions, about her first year as a single mother, but she has also written several strongly autobiographical novels. She was born in San Francisco in 1954 and has written about her dysfunctional family life, her recovery from alcoholism, and her Christian faith. She lives in Northern California with her son and writes a column for Salon.

Another round of great quotes Rhonda.

October 31, 2008

Quote of the Day
"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time."
– Anna Freud

About Anna Freud
Austrian psychoanalyst Anna Freud was a pioneer in the field of child psychiatry; she also worked closely with her father, Sigmund Freud, in developing his theories. She was born in Vienna in 1895 and fled to London with her parents in 1938, escaping the Nazi regime. When her father became sick with cancer, she took over his studies, becoming his intellectual heir. She founded the Hampstead Clinic to work with children. She died in 1982.

November 01, 2008

Quote of the Day
"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
– Franklin Delano Roosevelt

About Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Four-term American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, known as FDR, pulled America out of the Great Depression and led the country during World War II. He was born in New York in 1882. His political career halted when a bout of polio paralyzed him from the waist down, but after learning to walk with leg braces, he became governor of New York and then president. His New Deal initiatives included Social Security, jobs programs, and collective bargaining. He died in 1945.