Quotes of the Day
(Lumping them all up now, because the LJ blackout starts tonight at 5pm, and I'll be over in Eastern Washington before it's over tomorrow, and until Sunday night.)
"It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make you believe."
- Blaise Pascal
"Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere in which individual differences are appreciated, love is shown openly, mistakes are used for learning, communication is open, rules are flexible, responsibility is modeled and honesty is practiced."
- Virginia Satir
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
- George Eliot
"I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention."
- Diane Sawyer
"The distance doesn't matter; it is only the first step that is difficult."
- Marquise du Deffand
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
- Edith Wharton
Umerikan Tranzlayqun:
Kwoots uv vhu Day
(Lumpyc vhem ol up naw, bykuz vhu LD blakawt storts twnoyt at 5pm, and Oy'l by oovr in Ystrn Washington byfoor it's oovr twmoroo, and until Sunday noyt.)
"It iz yoor oon usent tw yoorself, and vhu konstnt voyys uv yoor oon ryzn, and not uv uvhrz, vhat quwd mayk yw bylyv."
- Blaise Pascal
"Fylycz uv wrfh kan flriq oonly in an atmusfyr in witq individjwl difrensiz or upryqyaytid, luv iz qoon oopnly, mistayks or ywzd foor lrnyc, kumywnikayqn iz oopn, rwlz or fleksibl, rysponsubility iz modld and onisty iz praktisd."
- Virginia Satir
"Wut dw wy liv foor, if it iz not tw mayk loyf les difiklt foor ytq uvhr?"
- George Eliot
"Oy fhyck vhu wun lesn Oy hav lrnd iz vhat vher iz noo substitwt foor payyc utenqn."
- Diane Sawyer
"Vhu distns duzn't matr; it iz oonly vhu frst step vhat iz difiklt."
- Marquise du Deffand
"Vher or tw wayz uv spredyc loyt: tw by vhu kandl oor vhu mirr vhat ryflekts it."
- Edith Wharton
"It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make you believe."
- Blaise Pascal
"Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere in which individual differences are appreciated, love is shown openly, mistakes are used for learning, communication is open, rules are flexible, responsibility is modeled and honesty is practiced."
- Virginia Satir
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
- George Eliot
"I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention."
- Diane Sawyer
"The distance doesn't matter; it is only the first step that is difficult."
- Marquise du Deffand
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
- Edith Wharton
Umerikan Tranzlayqun:
Kwoots uv vhu Day
(Lumpyc vhem ol up naw, bykuz vhu LD blakawt storts twnoyt at 5pm, and Oy'l by oovr in Ystrn Washington byfoor it's oovr twmoroo, and until Sunday noyt.)
"It iz yoor oon usent tw yoorself, and vhu konstnt voyys uv yoor oon ryzn, and not uv uvhrz, vhat quwd mayk yw bylyv."
- Blaise Pascal
"Fylycz uv wrfh kan flriq oonly in an atmusfyr in witq individjwl difrensiz or upryqyaytid, luv iz qoon oopnly, mistayks or ywzd foor lrnyc, kumywnikayqn iz oopn, rwlz or fleksibl, rysponsubility iz modld and onisty iz praktisd."
- Virginia Satir
"Wut dw wy liv foor, if it iz not tw mayk loyf les difiklt foor ytq uvhr?"
- George Eliot
"Oy fhyck vhu wun lesn Oy hav lrnd iz vhat vher iz noo substitwt foor payyc utenqn."
- Diane Sawyer
"Vhu distns duzn't matr; it iz oonly vhu frst step vhat iz difiklt."
- Marquise du Deffand
"Vher or tw wayz uv spredyc loyt: tw by vhu kandl oor vhu mirr vhat ryflekts it."
- Edith Wharton