Timeless Words from Mother Teresa

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It never was between you and them anyway.

5 People You Meet in Heaven

Just read this great book by Mitch Albom - The Five People You Meet in Heaven - and thought you might like it.

Although its a quick read, it had a really strong impact on me. I've never really thought about what happens when you die. And I've never been too excited about finding out, either ! But this book has a great take on what happens, as well as providing insight into why we're here in the first place.

If you like Paulo Coelho's books (The Fifth Mountain, The Alchemist etc), then you'll enjoy this one,too. Mitch doesn't make you work as hard as Paulo does, but the story is very impactful all the same.

Here are some gems:

'Strangers are just family that you have yet to come to know.'

'Sacrifice is a part of life. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to........ Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.'

'Ain't you supposed to have peace when you die?'
'You have peace when you make it with yourself.'

'People don't die because of loyalty.'
'They don't? Religion? Government? Are we not loyal to such things? Sometimes to the death? Better to be loyal to one another.'

Put procrastination on the run

OK, so its not by a woman, but it is on of my Mum's favorite poems, so I've shared it here. You've likely heard a few of the lines, but I think its best to read things as the author intended.

Lose this day loitering, ‘twill be the same story
Tomorrow, and the next more dilatory.

Each day’s indecision brings its own delays
And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Only begin it, and then the mind grows heated.
Begin it, and then, the work will be completed!

by German poet-philosopher, Johann von Goethe

Bumper Stickers to get you chuckling

A friend sent me these when I was feeling a little down. Worked a charm. They make me laugh every time! Please share yours :)

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Horn Broken... Watch For Finger.
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I Have The Body Of A God - Buddha.
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Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult.
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If We Quit Voting, Will They All Go Away?
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He Who Hesitates Not Only Is Lost,
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You! Out Of The Gene Pool - Now!
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Stop Lights Timed For 35 mph
Also Are Timed For 70 mph
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Boldly Going Nowhere.
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How Many Roads Must A Man Travel Down Before He
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Inspirational Quotes, and lots of them !

Far away, there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott

Toughness…is not dependent on being crude or cruel. You can be feminine and tough. I love my femininity – as much as I rely on my toughness. What others call tough, I call persistent. Estee Lauder

I believe in life after birth! Maxie Dunham

Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can’t ever take that away from you. Mae West

Just as you are about to give up, take one step forward and then another… Mandi Upward

Real women don’t have flushes, they have power surges. Sandra Cabot

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Muriel Strode

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Mother Teresa

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller

I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. Helen Keller

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Marie Curie

Sometimes the poorest woman leaves her children the richest inheritance. Ruth E. Renkel

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories. Rebecca Falls

You don’t get to choose how you die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now. Joan Baez

We all procrastinate at one time or another. The most unfortunate procrastination of all is to put off being happy. Maureen Mueller

What if we smashed the mirrors and saw our true face? Elsa Gidlow
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Shelley

Only she who says she did not choose, is the loser in the end. Adrienne Riche

Life is not the way it is supposed to be. It is the way it is. The way you cope with it makes the difference. Virginia Satir

Without fanaticism, one cannot accomplish anything. Eva Peron

I have a personal motto that I live by, which is feel the fear and do it anyway. If you fail, you get up and you keep trying again. Tamara Mellon

You don't do anybody any favours by being less than you are. Fiona Wood


Compassion, kindness, and concern can be found everywhere in America.
And if we have learned nothing else from this [Sept. 11th] tragedy,
we have learned that our time on earth is short, so there is simply
no time for hate. Sandra Dahl, wife of Jason Dahl, pilot of Flight 93

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw
little torches out to lead people through the dark. Whoopi Goldberg
What you should want from life is an arena big enough to express your talents and gifts. Pleasant Rowland

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single minute before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. Barbara DeAngelis

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by...those who...struggle to make one small difference after another. Ellen Goodman

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, 'Well, that's their problem.' But it's not. … When you solve somebody else's problem, you're solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected. Queen Rania of Jordan

The only real disability in life is losing your mind. Wesla Whitfield

Beauty is something inside of us. If you love yourself and accept yourself, that shows on the outside. Beauty is an act—it's how you carry yourself. Gisele Bundchen

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Bonnie Jean Wasmund

Power is the ability to do good things for others. Brooke Astor

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same. Audrey Hepburn

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. Bette Davis

It's not the having, it's the getting. Elizabeth Taylor

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists, when you can ignore them like wise (wo)men? Nancy Clifford Barney.

When one team member succeeds, the entire team succeeds. Stacey Allison
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single minute before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank Love

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. Barbara DeAngelis

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by...those who...struggle to make one small difference after another. Ellen Goodman

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It never was between you and them anyway. Mother Teresa

Compassion, kindness, and concern can be found everywhere in America. And if we have learned nothing else from this [Sept. 11th] tragedy, we have learned that our time on earth is short, so there is simply no time for hate. Sandra Dahl, wife of Jason Dahl, pilot of Flight 93
When you choose your thoughts, you choose results. Imelda Shanklin

How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance? Sarah Ban Breathnach

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. Ashley Montagu

Getting what you go after is success; but liking it while you are getting it is happiness. Bertha Damon

To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth…is potentially to have everything… Joan Didion

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful… ! Sharon Olds

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face…You must do the thing you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and…confidence in ourselves. Marie Curie

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. Whoopi Goldberg

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels. Faith Whittlesey

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Katherine Hepburn

I think the key is for women not to set any limits. Martina Navratilova

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

Thoughts are energy and you can make or break your world by your thinking. Susan Taylor

Just try to do something – just being there, showing up – is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing. Joy Browne

Women are like tea bags; put them in hot water and they get stronger! Eleanor Roosevelt

A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for. Grace Hopper

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. Hannah More

Ultimately, we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom. Marilyn Ferguson

It ain’t braggin’ if you really done it. Dizzy Dean

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch. Mary Kay Ash Power

Power is the ability not to have to please. Elizabeth Janeway

You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at one time. Oprah Winfrey

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

One kind word can warm three winter months. Japanese Proverb

I am a woman above all else. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Lessons from life - quotes, quotes and more quotes

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon

A minor moment of triumph does not signify automatic success. Catharine Hartley

It doesn’t happen all at once…You become. It takes a long time. Margery Williams

Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

The only journey is the one within. Rainer Maria Rilke

You catch more bees with honey than you do with acid. Estee Lauder

Live the questions now. Rainer Maria Rilke

Moral courage and character go hand in hand….a (wo)man of real character is consistently courageous, being imbued with a basic integrity and a form sense of principle. Martha Boaz

That action is best which provides the greatest happiness for the greatest number. Francis Hutcheson

1)Be discoverers 2) Be ready helpers 3) Be friend makers The Brownie ‘B’s, Girl Scouts

We never know how high we are, til we are called to rise. And then, if we are true to plan, our stature touches the skies. Emily Dickinson
You are what you do. Anonymous
When you’re blasé you’re finished. *Estee Lauder*

We are free up to the point of choice. Then the choice controls the chooser. Mary Crowley

People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit. Gloria Steinham

Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Ellen Parr

Dreams are really attainable, given ruthless perseverance. Catharine Hartley

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do. Sarah Caldwell

Jesus, please teach me to appreciate what I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had. Susan L. Lenzkes

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it. Whitney Griswold

Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We’re not inherently anything but human. Robin Morgan

Because women's liberation is a movement of the powerless for the powerless, its attraction is not immediately clear to the powerless, who feel they need alliance with the powerful to survive. Rosemary O'Grady

I truly believe that everyone in the world has a use, somewhere, and is going to be good at something. *Estee Lauder*

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us. Virginia Woolf

Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership. Pearl S. Buck


Surviving means being born over and over. Erica Jong

Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf

The most exhausting thing in my life is being insincere. Ann Morrow Lindbergh

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. Gertrude Stein

Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Abigail Adams

Life goes so fast, and there is so much to do. But the moments that have enriched my life the most came when I slowed down and connected with the people I care about. Maria Bello

How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance? Sarah Ban Breathnach
No person is your enemy, no person is your friend, every person is your teacher. Florence Scovel Shinn

They sicken of the calm, those who know the storm. Dorothy Parker

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. Ayn Rand

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you. Bette Midler

Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that science can’t match. Ingrid Bengis


If success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. Anna Quindlen

Failure follows the person whose wishbone is where their backbone is. Anonymous

You'll be surprised how much better you feel about the world when you feel better about your self. Wynonna Judd

It's important to do things that scare you to death! Reese Witherspoon

Our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves. Wilhelm von Humboldt

Someone's got to break the glass ceiling, and once it's broken, everybody else comes clamouring up behind. Helen Clark

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Oprah Winfrey

Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. Anonymous

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomal. Margaret Attwood


Our ability to respond positively to setbacks, fuels our creativity and lays the foundation for future successes. Stacey Allison

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction. Rachel Carson

When you walk into your memories, you are opening a door to the past; the road within has many branches and the route is different every time. Xinran

You can bloom wherever you’re planted, if you put enough effort into it. Hilary Rodham Clinton

To undo mistakes is always harder than not to create them originally, but we seldom have foresight. Therefore, we have no choice but to try to correct our past mistakes. Eleanor Roosevelt

Human rights are women’s rights; and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all. Hilary Clinton

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Kindness is for all times in all situations -- not just when it suits you. Audray Landrum

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. Audrey Hepburn

Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don't have a happy home. Ava Gardner

Old age is no place for sissies. Bette Davis

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells. Elizabeth Taylor

There are two basic agents when defining us as human beings – one, sharpness of mind. Two is kindness of heart – hearing and sharing the grief of others. Princess Diana of Wales

As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency. Caroline Kennedy Schlossburg

Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away. Unknown (If you know whose quote this is, please let me know!)
I broke a lot of rules because I didn’t know the rules. Pleasant Rowland

Only when we accept full responsibility for our lives will we have confidence and courage to risk. Stacey Allison

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. Audrey Hepburn

Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa

When we appreciate how much we have, we feel the urge to pare down, get back to basics, and learn what is essential for our happiness. We long to realize what's really important. Sarah Ban Breathnach

So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind,
Is all the sad world needs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. Helen Keller

A kind word never broke anyone's mouth. Irish Proverb
Our vices are the excesses of our virtues. Pleasant Rowland

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only what you are expecting to give. Katherine Hepburn

Appreciation can make a day - even change a life, Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. Margaret Cousins

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. Marian Wright-Edelman

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Mother Teresa

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. Sally Koch

You can spend your life looking over your shoulder or you can look ahead. I choose to look ahead Pleasant Rowland

It is difficult to experience moments of happiness if we are not aware of what it is we genuinely love. Sarah Ban Breathnach

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile. Mother Teresa

Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love and three dollar pantyhose that won’t run. Phyllis Diller

I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves. Mary Wollstonecraft

If I had my life to live again, I’d make the same mistakes only sooner. Tallulah Bankhead

Women will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Money can’t buy happiness but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable. Clare Boothe Luce

We women don’t care too much about getting our pictures on money, as long as we can get our hands on it. Ivy Baker Priest

You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you. Barbara Sher

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. Margaret Thatcher

If you educate a man, you educate a person; if you educate a women, you educate a family. Ruby Manikan

Independence I have long considered the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue. Mary Wollstonecraft

From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. And from 55 on, she needs good cash. Sophie Tucjer