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July 16, 2007

Marianne Williamson

Every minute, faithfully lived, is a chance to practice the art of living. A life of magnitude does not just happen; it is consciously chosen.

Posted by Ellen on July 16, 2007 2:03 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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July 9, 2007

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What you do speaks so loudly I can not hear what you say.

Posted by Ellen on July 9, 2007 7:57 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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June 27, 2007

Proverbs

Where your treasure is, your heart is also.

Posted by Ellen on June 27, 2007 11:19 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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July 24, 2007

Norman MacEwan

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Posted by Ellen on July 24, 2007 2:35 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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August 13, 2007

William Rogers

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

Posted on August 13, 2007 2:40 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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September 14, 2007

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. - Henrik Ibsen

Posted by Ellen on September 14, 2007 1:45 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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September 19, 2007

Change is inevitable. Growth is optional. - John Maxwell

Posted by Ellen on September 19, 2007 1:47 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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October 9, 2007

Jaclyn Kennedy Onassis

A woman is well-dressed if people say, 'She looked heavenly but I can't remember what she had on.'

Posted by Ellen on October 9, 2007 2:21 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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October 9, 2007

Dr. Bill Jackson

To find the good life you must become yourself.

Posted by Ellen on October 9, 2007 2:55 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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October 15, 2007

Socrates

An unexamined life is not worth living.

Posted by Ellen on October 15, 2007 3:56 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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October 24, 2007

Anonymous

The wise don't expect to find life worth living; they make it that way.

Posted by Ellen on October 24, 2007 10:42 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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November 7, 2007

Anonymous

The wise don't expect to find life worth living; they make it that way.

Posted by Ellen on November 7, 2007 9:12 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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January 8, 2008

Oscar Wilde

A cynic is a man that knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Posted by Ellen on January 8, 2008 1:53 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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January 16, 2008

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What you do speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you say.

Posted by Ellen on January 16, 2008 4:53 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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January 23, 2008

Michael Nolan

It's not who we are that holds us back, it's who we think we're not.

Posted by Ellen on January 23, 2008 3:40 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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February 4, 2008

Anonymous

Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.

Posted by Ellen on February 4, 2008 11:05 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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February 11, 2008

Mahatma Ghandi

An eye for eye ends up making the whole world blind.

Posted by Ellen on February 11, 2008 1:35 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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February 12, 2008

Lu Herrin

I sure like Ellen's attitude - she's helpful and uplifting - kinda like a good underwire bra.

Posted by Ellen on February 12, 2008 10:28 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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February 26, 2008

John Ortberg

We can have very little and yet be very rich. A rich soul experiences life differently. It experiences a sense of gratitude for what it has received, rather than resentment for what it hasn't gotten. It bases the future on hope rather than anxiety.

Posted by Ellen on February 26, 2008 11:00 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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March 5, 2008

Ingrid Bergman

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Posted by Ellen on March 5, 2008 11:54 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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March 11, 2008

Mahatma Ghandi

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Posted by Ellen on March 11, 2008 1:37 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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April 2, 2008

Jacque Barzun

"Finding oneself" is a misconception. A self is not discovered but formed by deliberate contemplation and action.

Posted by Ellen on April 2, 2008 12:32 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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April 9, 2008

Maya Angelou

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Posted by Ellen on April 9, 2008 8:31 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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April 22, 2008

Bill Cosby

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

Posted by Ellen on April 22, 2008 10:58 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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May 14, 2008

Anonymous

If you can't be thankful for what you get, be thankful for what you escape.

Posted by Ellen on May 14, 2008 8:45 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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May 21, 2008

Pericles

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

Posted by Ellen on May 21, 2008 10:55 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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May 29, 2008

Stephen R. Covey

There are three constants in life . . . change, choice, and principles.

Posted by Ellen on May 29, 2008 10:05 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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June 11, 2008

Mother Teresa

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.

Posted by Ellen on June 11, 2008 9:28 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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June 25, 2008

Erma Bombeck

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Posted by Ellen on June 25, 2008 3:17 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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July 8, 2008

Virginia Satir

Life is your current view of things. Change your view, change your life.

Posted by Ellen on July 8, 2008 4:55 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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July 23, 2008

Anonymous

Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.

Posted by Ellen on July 23, 2008 2:24 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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August 6, 2008

Arlene Raven

The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world sees us.

Posted by Ellen on August 6, 2008 3:59 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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August 19, 2008

Vernon Luchies

If we get everything we want, we will soon want nothing that we get.

Posted by Ellen on August 19, 2008 1:47 PM | Category: Quote of the Week

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September 3, 2008

Proverb

A true friend laughs at your stories even when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your troubles even when they're not so bad.

Posted by Ellen on September 3, 2008 8:55 AM | Category: Quote of the Week

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September 25, 2008