“It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”~Betty White American actress, comedian, game show panelist, sitcom producer, television personality, and animal rights activist Betty White was born … Continue reading Random Quote for January 17, 2022
“I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.”~Ernest Gaines American author Ernest Gaines was born on this day in 1933.
“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.”~Maureen Dowd American journalist, author, and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd was born on this day in 1952.
“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.”~Jack London American novelist, journalist, essayist, and social activist Jack London was born on this day in 1876.
“Forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice.”~Diana Gabaldon American author Diana Gabaldon was born on this day in 1952.
“I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy… parts of one organic whole…. (This is physics, I believe, as well as religion.) The parts change and pass, or die, people and races and rocks and stars; none of them seems to me important in itself, … Continue reading Random Quote for January 10, 2022
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”~Stephen Hawking English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking was born on this day in 1942. Follow me on Facebook @jjshaunauthor.
“There's two things everybody got to find out for themselves: they got to find out about love, and they got to find out about living. Now, love is like the sea. It's a moving thing. And it's different on every shore. And living… well… There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”~Zora Neale … Continue reading Random Quote for January 7, 2022
“And God said, ‘Love your enemy,’ and I obeyed Him and loved myself.”~Khalil Gibran Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist Khalil Gibran was born on this day in 1883. Follow me on Facebook @jjshaunauthor.
“How often when we are comfortable, we begin to long for something new!”~Jacob Grimm German linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist Jacob Grimm was born on this day in 1785. Follow me on Facebook @jjshaunauthor.
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