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I MUST develop my inner qualities, for that is where my real wealth lies. ~ Alfred Armand Montapert
Greyhound advertisement; Image courtesy of Paul Malon on Flickr.com It always comes down to what is on the inside, doesn’t it? In November, 2010, I blogged about how John Robert Powers reminds us that . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Inner Wealth “Determine what you would like to be; then determine the books you ought to read and the things you ought to do in order to arrive at your ideal. Then begin at once to act upon your determination.” ~Unknown Be Popular! Learn To Dance! (1941) Image courtesy of Paul Malon on Flickr.com . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Determine What You Would Like to Be  4 comments - (Comments are closed)  Life, Wise Words of the Day  Charm school, Inspiration, personal transformation, Quotes, Self-confidence, transforming yourself “It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.” ~Cato February, 1958, Woman’s Day Magazine, Diet Delight Advertisement; Image courtesy of Lobstar28 on Flickr.com No matter how many times we tell each other “the calories don’t count when you are at a baby shower,” the fact of . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: The Body Doesn’t Lie 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Life, Wise Words of the Day ideal 1950's housewife, Inspiration, personal transformation, Quotes, Self-confidence, transforming yourself “Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.” ~Mark Twain
Image courtesy of Paul Malon on Flickr.com A long time ago, when I was still teaching lifespan human development to future teachers, I would start the semester with Death and Dying rather . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: How Do We Want to be Remembered? 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Gratitude, Life, Wise Words of the Day Inspiration, personal transformation, Quotes, transforming yourself “The perfecting of one’s self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.” ~Confucius
Dictaphone “What is the Perfect Secretary” advertisement, courtesy of SA_Steve on Flickr.com This humorous advertisement highlights the unrealistic expectation of creating a “silk purse out of a sow’s ear.” But . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Perfecting One’s Self One comment - (Comments are closed) Wise Words of the Day 1950s woman, Inspiration, personal transformation, Quotes, transforming yourself In love the paradox occurs that two things become one and yet remain two. ~ Erich Fromm The Mister and me at my graduation for my master’s degree in Educational Psychology, in 1995. The Mister and I have been together since 1980. It doesn’t feel like that long! Like most couples, we’ve had . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: With-And Love “Watch your thinking; your thoughts soon become actions. Watch your action; an action soon becomes a habit. Be careful of your habits; your habits form your character. Watch your character; for character turns into destiny.” ~Unknown Two Trains of Thought, American Locomotive, 1941; image courtesy of Paul Malon on Flickr.com Long . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Your Character Turns Into Destiny 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Wise Words of the Day Inspiration, personal transformation, Quotes, Thoughts are Things, transforming yourself Don’t despair. Even the sun has a sinking spell every night, but it rises again in the morning. ~ Unknown 1951, Image courtesy of Paul Malon on Flickr.co
You know what? We’re all going to have “one of those days.” And one of “those days” doesn’t even have to mean that something . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Sinking Spells 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Wise Words of the Day Inspiration, personal transformation, Quotes We depend entirely on other men; on those who live with us and above all on those who have preceded us. Society is composed of the dead as well as the living. Robinson Crusoe would not have survived without the help of the tools and the weapons he found. Even in his solitude, he . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Rugged Individualism Is a Myth 2 comments - (Comments are closed) home economics, The Art of Homemaking, Wise Words of the Day ideal 1950's housewife, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-confidence, transforming yourself Successful men usually snatch success from seeming failure. If they know there is such a word as defeat they will not admit it. They may be whipped, but they are not aware of it. That is why they succeed. ~ A.P. Gouthey
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