Ralph Waldo Emerson on Adversity

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source: quotegarden.com

Goethe on Faith

Treat people as if they were, what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.

Goethe

Source: meditate.ca

Elizabeth Kenny on Perspective

He who angers you, conquers you.

Elizabeth Kenny

Source: meditate.ca

Erica Jong on Living

Take your life into your own hands, and what happens. A terrible thing, no-one to blame.

Erica Jong

Source: meditate.ca

Kurt Vonnegut on Coping Skills

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

Kurt Vonnegut

Source: brainyquote.com

Corazon Aquino on Patience

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

Corazon Aquino


Source: thinkexist.com

Stephen Colbert on Content

What's in the new stimulus package? I'm guessing, high fructose corn syrup; that stuff is in everything.

Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Comedy Central

Kingman Brewster, Jr. on Cool

If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration.

Kingman Brewster, Jr.


Source: brainyquote.com

David Letterman on Redefinition

He's taken over from Steve McQueen. This is the new cool.

David Letterman
on President Barack Obama
Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, Worldwide Pants
February 4, 2009

Gary Shandling on Unintentional Metaphor

I was standing on the wrong side of the elephant.

Gary Shandling

On his first appearance as host of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and figuring out where to stand during an interview with San Diego Zoo's Joan Embery and an elephant
appearing on Tavis Smiley, PBS
February 3, 2009

Gary Shandling on the Culture of Money

It's all about money and "In God We Trust" is just the spin.

Gary Shandling

On money addicts, the "bailout," and how we got here economically in 2009
appearing on Tavis Smiley, PBS
February 3, 2009

Gary Shandling on the Culture of Money

Addicts, addicts -- they're all addicts... I know them.

Gary Shandling

On money addicts, the "bailout," and how we got here economically in 2009
appearing on Tavis Smiley, PBS
February 3, 2009

Theodore Roosevelt on Mistakes

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt
...in 1910

Source: wisdomquotes.com

Virginia Satir on Mistakes

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

Virginia Satir, family therapy pioneer

Source: wisdomquotes.com

Bruce Springsteen on the Church of Rock

Ladies and gentlemen for the next 12 minutes we're going to bring the righteous and mighty power of the E Street Band into your beautiful home! I want you to step back from the guacamole dip. I want you to put those chicken fingers down and turn your television all the way up!

Bruce Springsteen
Half-time Intro
Super Bowl XLIII

Source: musicradar.com