another year and more life to live

Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits.  ~Author Unknown




The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk.  This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.  ~P.J. O'Rourke




One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this:  To rise above the little things.  ~John Burroughs

always remember...

"There are no bad experiences. No matter what I go through in life - whether it's a challenging experience or a pleasurable one- every experience provides me something of value if I look for it."  -Tony Robbins

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."   -Oprah Winfrey

"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."
-Og Mandino 

Merry Christmas

“Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present”  -unknown




"When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time.  Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?"  -G.K. Chesterton




"The message of Christmas is that the visible material world is bound to the invisible spiritual world."  -Unknown




"The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C.  This wasn't for any religious reasons.  They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin."  -Jay Leno




"Three phrases that sum up Christmas are:  Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and Batteries not Included."  -Unknown




"I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included."  -Bernard Manning




"Christmas gift suggestions:  To your enemy, forgiveness.  To an opponent, tolerance.  To a friend, your heart.  To a customer, service.  To all, charity.  To every child, a good example.  To yourself, respect."  -Oren Arnold

a necessary confusion

“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.”   
- Marjorie Kinnan






“Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember.”  -unknown






“Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about men. It's the men who have to know about beautiful women.”    
-Katharine Hepburn






“A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.”           -William Somerset Maugham

Marilyn Monroe

"Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you."    
-Marilyn Monroe




"When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them." 
— Marilyn Monroe




"We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets."
— Marilyn Monroe




"You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself."
— Marilyn Monroe




"Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."
— Marilyn Monroe

nobody said it was going to be easy

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”     -Charles R. Swindell

“By the time I'd grown up, I naturally supposed that I'd be grown up.”    - Eve Babitz 

“The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.”   - Tennessee Williams 

be happy. love life

Just in time for studying and cramming for finals I have found some POSITIVE quotes to infuse into your thoughts. 


"A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do."
-Chuck Norris





"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative."
-James A. Baldwin





“Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.”
-Robert Collier




“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.”
- Earl Shoaf




“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
-Hellen Keller

"crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow"

Its seems only appropriate to put up some stress related quotes for the week before finals. 


“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness”    - Richard Carlson 




"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."  -Will Rogers




"Don't let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries." 
-Astrid Alauda




"Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one."
-Hans Selye 




"Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it." -Hans Selye