Thoughts Talk

Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach. ~George Sheehan Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment. ~Heywood Hale Broun The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea. ~Isak Dinesen

If a man is called a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and Earth will pause to say, Here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

One saves oneself much pain, by taking pains; much trouble, by taking trouble. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827

Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Night Flight, 1931. The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it has no meaning. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Wisdom of the Sands

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. ~George Bernard Shaw

"I must do something" always solves more problems than "Something must be done." ~Author Unknown

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ~Helen Keller

If two stand shoulder to shoulder against the gods, Happy together, the gods themselves are helpless Against them while they stand so. ~Maxwell Anderson

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you." ~Alan Alexander Milne

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. ~Aristotle

Arm ourselves for war? No! All the arms we need are for hugging. ~Author Unknown

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. It is God's finger on man's shoulder. ~Charles Morgan