Sunday, January 22, 2017

President Barack Obama Quotes



Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
Why can't I just eat my waffle?
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Paul Boese

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. - Paul Boese

Friday, August 29, 2008

Oprah Winfrey

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more. - Oprah Winfrey

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Jack Burke

The average golfer doesn't play golf. He attacks it. - Jack Burke

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Leo F. Buscaglia

"Don't spend your precious time asking, 'Why isn't the world a better place?' It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is 'How can I make it better?' To that there is an answer." - Leo F. Buscaglia

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf is a short story by Leo Buscaglia aimed at helping people and children cope with fear of dying.

Freddy is a leaf. He dances in the Spring and basks lazily in Summer. In Autumn he develops a beautiful colour. In Winter he falls from the tree but it doesn't hurt.