Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - September 02, 2017
It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
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Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - ), "A Wreath of Roses"  
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.
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George Burns (1896 - 1996)  
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
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Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)  
Feelings are like toes! They have to breathe free or they'll stink to high heaven!
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Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005  

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