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I hope you find value in these encouraging quotes about Ants.
It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants.
The question is: What are we busy about?
- Henry David Thoreau
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An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
- Lao Tzu
Let there be peace on earth.
And let it begin with me.
- Jill Jackson Miller
Fly Life on Free Wings, and Sing to its Glory.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is really simple,
but we insist on making it complicated.
- Confucius
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
- The Buddha
Happiness walks on busy feet.
- Kitte Turmell
Try a new perspective on diversity.
Across the country and around the world,
we are all one.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
When we step on the battlefield, I will be
The First Boots On and the Last Boots Off.
- LtG. Hal Moore
May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
May you delight in Dancing Lightly With Life.
May you soar on eagle wings, high above the madness of the world.
May you always sing Melody in the Symphony of Your Life.
May you taste, smell, and touch your dreams of a beautiful tomorrow.
May your sun always shine, and your sky be forever blue.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Hold on... Joyfully.
Holding-on does not have to be
a desperate teeth-gritting kind of holding-on.
Holding-on can be a joyful
"this is just the nature of Life,
so I may as well enjoy it"
kind of holding-on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
The greatest test of courage on earth
is to bear defeat without losing heart.
- Robert Ingersoll
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds
on the heel that has crushed it.
- Mark Twain
Judgment is discernment on a bad hair day.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
There is more value in a very good painting
that is completed and on display,
than in an excellent painting
that is still in the artist's studio,
or perhaps still in his mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
My happiness depends on me.
- A Course in Miracles
Today... maybe I can take one step
on that profoundly complex path to peace.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Hold on... Joyfully.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Know thyself.
- Socrates (inscribed on the ancient Greek temple at Delphi)
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
If you concentrate on what you don't have,
you will never, ever have enough.
- Oprah Winfrey
The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves.
- Bob Proctor
May you soar on eagle wings, high above the madness of the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Success seems to be largely a matter
of hanging on after others have let go.
- William Feather
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
- John Lubbock
Talk not of the river or lake
To those who have looked on the sea.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
One movement toward light becomes a clear signpost on a long road.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Know the power of choice.
Fly life on free wings,
and sing to its glory.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Live life on the edge, not with an edge.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor
Begin each day as if it were on purpose.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
We may have all come on different ships,
but we're in the same boat now.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some people stay for awhile,
and move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to a new understanding,
leave footprints on our hearts,
and we are never, ever the same.
- Flavia Weedn
Majority rule only works if you're also
considering individual rights,
because you can't have five wolves and one sheep
voting on what to have for dinner.
- Larry Flynt
There is no security on this Earth,
there is only opportunity.
- Douglas MacArthur
Trust your own inner guidance.
Have faith that your steps are
carrying you toward your dreams.
Keep your eyes on the heavens
and believe that your feet will carry you well.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need
but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
- 1 John 3:17
Keep your feet firmly planted on the ground
as you reach for the stars.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are only two or three human stories,
and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely
as if they had never happened before.
- Willa Cather
The bluebird carries the sky on his back.
- Henry David Thoreau
Completion:
It is time for the project to be over.
You submitted the proposal, you painted your house,
you passed-in the term paper.
Whatever praise or criticism you received,
it is now time to move on to your next project.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To live a satisfying life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Anger is an acid that can do more harm
to the vessel in which it is stored
than to anything on which it is poured.
- Mark Twain
Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.
- Clare Boothe Luce
It is easier to put on slippers
than to carpet the entire world
- Al Franken
I'm not on this trip as a tourist.
- Bono
A mind at peace, a mind centered
and not focused on harming others,
is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
- Wayne Dyer
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
- John F. Kennedy
Ever had a bad hair day -
a day when everything seemed to be going wrong?
Perhaps today is a day to soothe your ruffled feathers,
take a deep breath, and reaffirm that
the weight of the world is really not on your shoulders,
unless you choose to assume that burden.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Holding-on does not have to be a desperate
teeth-gritting kind of holding-on.
Holding-on can be a joyful
"this is just the nature of Life,
so I may as well enjoy it"
kind of holding-on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It all depends on how we look at things,
and not how they are in themselves.
- Carl Jung
Here are the opinions on which my facts are based.
- Anonymous
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions,
it is governed by our mental attitude.
- Dale Carnegie
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity.
Without it, no real success is possible,
no matter whether it is on a section gang,
a football field, in an army, or in an office.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
When you get into a tight place
and everything goes against you,
till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer,
never give up then, for that is just
the place and time the tide will turn.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Today is your day to Spread Wing and Soar.
Fly Life on Free Wings, and Sing to its Glory.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I live to experience something new each day -
to learn something new,
meet a new friend,
bring joy into someone's life,
feel the wind newly on my skin,
touch a new fear, a new anger,
and with focused intent and good fortune,
find an ample measure of my own joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is only through labor and painful effort,
by grim energy and resolute courage,
that we move on to better things.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Who forces time is pushed back by time;
who yields to time finds time on his side.
- The Talmud
You can never solve a problem on the level
on which it was created.
- Albert Einstein
The World Runs On God's Rules, and On God's Time.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Why not go out on a limb?
Isn't that where the fruit is?
- Mark Twain
To love what you do and feel that it matters,
how on earth could anything be more fun.
- Katherine Graham
The Divine is all in the perspective we take on it.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I skip on the beach, and play with the waves.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I take the helm on my life voyage.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do not dwell in the past,
do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment.
- The Buddha
I have found that hollow,
which even I had relied on for solid.
- Henry David Thoreau
Indifferent to whether your mood is grumpy or cheerful,
Nature always sings her passionate song of joyful celebration.
You can never stop the happy song of life,
so join the celebration -
sing along, dance, make love,
smile your biggest smile, and cheer on God's music.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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