Quotes Added in May 2008

Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparent.Alexandre Dumas

• sadness
• joy

This is the source.

Excitement, like enthusiasm, sometimes renders us unconscious to the things of earth.Alexandre Dumas

• enthusiasm
• passion

This is the source.

The friends that we have lost do not repose in the bosom of the earth, but are buried deep in our hearts.Alexandre Dumas

• death

This is the source.

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.Alexandre Dumas

• happiness
• sadness
• perspective
• joy

This is the source.

Until the day when God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words - "Wait and hope."Alexandre Dumas

• patience
• hope

This is the source.

If you want to achieve your highest aspirations and overcome your greatest challenges, identify and apply the principle or natural law that governs the results you seek. How we apply a principle will vary greatly and will be determined by our unique strengths, talents, and creativity, but, ultimately, success in any endeavor is always derived from acting in harmony with the principles to which the success is tied.Stephen Covey

• success
• principle

This is the source.

When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive, and we settle into resignation and stagnation.Stephen Covey

• circumstance
• hope

This is the source.

The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.Stephen Covey

• people skills
• listening
• influence
• empathy

This is the source.

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.David Jordan

• excellence