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Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 3:48pm On Mar 18, 2009 |
Pepeye:i like ~~~ "Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity." -- Sean O'Casey |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Pepeye(f): 5:41pm On Mar 18, 2009 |
We must be like the apostles; these men are not known for their policies, procedures, theories or excuses but for their Acts |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 3:27pm On Mar 19, 2009 |
Did you know. . . . . .that today 1996, 19 March Nelson Mandela is granted a divorce from his wife. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, shown in the trial to have committed adultery, argued that the South African president should first submit to tribal meditation in order to save the marriage. Today is Swallows Day? The swallows return to the San Juan Capistrano Mission in California on Saint Joseph's Feast Day. Traditionally, they leave on October 23. The swallows are said to migrate annually to Goya, Argentina in October, and return to their spring and summer home in San Juan Capistrano each March. 1977, 19 March Congolese president Major Marien Ngouabi is assassinated by a suicide commando during a failed military coup. Ex-president Alphonse Massemba-Débat is implicated in the coup and executed without trial one week later. ~~~ Today's Inspirational Quote: "Just because you make a mistake doesn't mean you are a mistake." -- Georgette Mosbacher A man isn't poor if he can still laugh -- Raymond Hitchcock |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 5:49am On Mar 20, 2009 |
Did you know. . . . . .that today 1966: Football's World Cup stolen The football World Cup is stolen while on exhibition in London. 2003: US launches missiles against Saddam American missiles hit the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, signalling the start of the US-led campaign to topple Saddam Hussein. 1956, 20 March Tunisia achieves independence. 1963, 20 March Algerian president Ben Bella demands that France stops nuclear bomb tests in the Sahara. ~~~ Today's Inspirational Quote: "It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. " Graham Greene "Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have. Emile Chartier Lonliness is better than bad company. -Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Pepeye(f): 7:44am On Mar 20, 2009 |
Get excited about life, everybody wants to be cool, so many are tiptoeing quietly to the grave, become enthusiastic about life, seize the moments. Don’t wait for life to come to you . . go to it. Don’t be passive be Active |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 12:55am On Mar 23, 2009 |
Did you know. . . . . .that today 1925: Tennessee bans the teaching of evolution in schools; teacher John Scopes ignores the ban and is later prosecuted in the so-called "Monkey Trial." 1909, 23 March Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kirmit depart New York on a 'scientific' expedition to Africa sponsored by the Smithsonian. (Over the course of a single year the Roosevelts shoot over 1,100 specimens.) 1943, 23 March - World War II: North Africa General Patton's First Armored division defeats the German 10th Panzer division at El Guettar, Tunisia. ~~~ Today's Inspirational Quote: A good woman inspires a man; a brilliant woman interests him; a beautiful woman fascinates him; and a sympathetic woman gets him.” Helen Roland Look to be treated by others as you have treated others. Publius Syrus Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me. -Imam Al-Ghazali “Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember ~~~ Bonus (Mystery Person of the Day) Who am I? Born on this day in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1957, I became a filmmaker in college. My sometimes controversial films include Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, and Malcolm X.
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Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 1:38pm On Mar 24, 2009 |
Did you know. . . . . . that today is National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day? Enjoy this tasty combination of chocolate and fruit. Chocolate is made from cocoa beans (a vegetable) and raisins are from grapes (a fruit). And, we all know that fruits and vegetables are good for you! ;-) 1958: Elvis Presley, the "King of Rock and Roll," enters the U.S. Army for a two-year term. 1989: Exxon Valdez creates oil slick disaster An oil tanker, the Exxon Valdez, has run aground off the Alaskan coast, releasing crude oil into the sea. (spilling 260,000 barrels of crude oil) 1953: Queen Mary dies peacefully after illness Her Majesty Queen Mary, the Queen's grandmother, dies in her sleep after a lengthy illness. 1882: German scientist Robert Koch announces that he has discovered the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. Today's Inspirational Quote: "Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place." -- Abigail Van Buren |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Pepeye(f): 10:59am On Mar 25, 2009 |
Don't ever Forget 'A CLOSED MOUTH IS A CLOSED DESTINY' |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 1:20pm On Mar 25, 2009 |
Did you know. . . . . . .that today is National Pecan Day? In 1775 at his Mount Vernon estate, George Washington planted pecan trees given to him by Thomas Jefferson. Enjoy a pecan or two today! 1807: Britain abolishes the African slave trade 1960, 25 March All black political parties are banned in South Africa. 1993, 25 March President FW de Klerk admits that six South Africa built six nuclear bombs and states that they have since been dismantled. ~~~ Today's Inspirational Quote: "People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly." -- Brendan Francis |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Pepeye(f): 1:32pm On Mar 25, 2009 |
In ur search for key people that u can lead, u must look for F-A-T people. Those who’re Faithful, Available and Teachable |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 1:16pm On Mar 26, 2009 |
Did you know. . . . . .that today 1973: Stock Exchange admits women Women are allowed on to the trading floor of the London Stock Exchange for the first time in the institution's 200 year history. 1902, 26 March Cecil Rhodes, mining tycoon, Imperialist, and South African statesman has died. 1979: Israel and Egypt shake hands on peace deal In a ceremony at the White House, Israel and Egypt end 30 years of war with a handshake, after the signing of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty. 1984, 26 March Ahmed Sékou Touré, born 9 January 1922, dies. Touré was president of the Republic of Guinea from 1958 until his death. Today's Inspirational Quote: "Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up." -- Robert Frost |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 1:42pm On Mar 27, 2009 |
Did you know. . . . . . that today is the birthday of the Urinal? Andrew Rankin patented the urinal in 1866. Um, thank you, Andrew? 1995, 27 March Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the estranged wife of Nelson Mandela, is dismissed from the South African government. 1973: Marlon Brando refuses his Oscar for "The Godfather" in protest of Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans. 1866: President Andrew Johnson vetoes the civil rights bill; it later becomes the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ~~~ Today's Inspirational Quote: There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry. - Ed Asner A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world. - Mohammed Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. - Mother Teresa |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Pepeye(f): 7:59pm On Mar 27, 2009 |
, Nobody grows old by merely living a no. of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. U re as young as ur faith, as old as ur doubt; as young as ur self-confidence, as old as ur fear; as young as ur hope, as old as ur despair. |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Pepeye(f): 9:50pm On Mar 28, 2009 |
People, who consider themselves victims of their circumstances, will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives. |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 2:43pm On Mar 30, 2009 |
Did you know. . . . . .that today is Beware of Rollercoasters Day? In 1999, romance model Fabio got hit in the face by a Canadian goose while riding a rollercoaster in a Williamsburg, Virginia, theme park. Fabio escaped with a bloody nose and three stitches. Sadly, the goose died. 1981: President Reagan is shot President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded when a lone gunman opens fire in Washington. 1951: Rosenbergs guilty of espionage An American electrical engineer and his wife are found guilty by the Federal Court in New York of passing secrets about the atomic bomb to Russia. 2002: Queen Mother dies Buckingham Palace announces that the Queen Mother has died peacefully in her sleep aged 101. 1979, 30 March France is granted the right to create a protectorate over Morocco by its Sultan as part of a treaty agreement signed today in Fez. A French resident-general will be appointed and France will take control of Morocco's international finances. ~~~ Today's Inspirational Quote: "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." -- Salvador Dali |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by vanitty: 2:45pm On Mar 30, 2009 |
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” ~Mark Victor Hansen The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ~George Bernard Shaw You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget that errand." ~Woodrow Wilson |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by vanitty: 2:51pm On Mar 30, 2009 |
Don't know why it keeps coming up as blank. If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Remii(m): 2:52pm On Mar 30, 2009 |
Do not let peoples' opinion of you become your own opinion of yourself. -------- Collin Powell (advise from his mother). |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Pepeye(f): 9:21pm On Mar 30, 2009 |
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Nobody: 3:42am On Mar 31, 2009 |
~ No sweat, no glory ~Failure itself is refusing to get up after a few falls ~ Why take the road taken? Get an ax and get to work ~ A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. ~There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning. ~ Knowledge is of two kinds: We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information about it |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Remii(m): 9:23am On Mar 31, 2009 |
Never punish unless the punishment is such that you do not need to worry about the victim's revenge. --------------------- Nicole Machiavelli. |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 5:34pm On Mar 31, 2009 |
Did you know. . . , that today is Coloring Crayola Day? Celebrate the end of March by enjoying color! Draw a colorful picture, wear something bright, enjoy the colors! ~~~ Today's Inspirational Quote: In order to have friendship you must look past the color to the soul, because within the soul lies a rainbow of many colors. "Colors are the smiles of nature." -- Leigh Hunt |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Remii(m): 10:10pm On Mar 31, 2009 |
Did you that: 111,111,111 X 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321. Quote: I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. ----------- Albert Einstein . |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Pepeye(f): 10:22pm On Mar 31, 2009 |
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 2:28pm On Apr 01, 2009 |
Did you know. . . . . . that today, besides being April Fool's Day, is the start of Be Kind to Spiders Week? In the April 1, 1996, "Garfield" comic strip, a spider noted that it was Be Kind to Spiders Week -- just seconds before Garfield squashed the spider. 1979: Following a referendum, Iran is declared an Islamic Republic by the Shiite Muslim leader Ayatollah Khomeini. 1955, 1 April South African government assumes direct control of Bantu schools across the country. The ANC responds by launching a boycott of Bantu Education by both scholars and teachers in Bantu schools. 1984: R&B singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in Los Angeles. ~~~ Today's Inspirational Quote: "A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so easy, he has only to spray and his presence is there for years on rainy days." -- Albert Einstein Take control of your destiny. Believe in yourself. Ignore those who try to discourage you. Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits. Don't give up and don't give in." Wanda Hope Carter; motivational speaker and writer |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Remii(m): 5:17pm On Apr 01, 2009 |
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. -----------------Mohandas Gandhi |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Pepeye(f): 9:32pm On Apr 01, 2009 |
The secret to productive goal setting is establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words and emotions as if we've already achieved them. |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Remii(m): 10:58pm On Apr 01, 2009 |
Did you know that: April 2. 1972, Nigeria changed from ‘left-hand-drive’ to ‘right-hand-drive’, also the National Stadium Surulere Lagos was opened. Quote: A community where dogs kill tiger is unsafe to live. ------------------- Obafemi Awolowo. |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Nobody: 12:11am On Apr 02, 2009 |
~ Good judgment comes from bad experience and experience comes from bad judgment. ~You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. ~ The whole world steps aside for a man who knows where he is going ~Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Pepeye(f): 10:37am On Apr 02, 2009 |
The winners in life think constantly in terms of "I can, I will, I am". Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have done or on what they don't do. |
Re: Did you Know and Great Inspirational Quotes by Epi: 5:48pm On Apr 03, 2009 |
Did you know. . , . . . that today 1930, 3 April Haile Selassie (formally Ras Tafari) is proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia 1996: 'Unabomber' suspect arrested Police in the US have arrested a man they believe to be the notorious "Unabomber" who killed three people and injured 23 others. ~~~ Today's Inspirational Quote: "An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather." -- Washington Irving |
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