Positive Thoughts for the Day (5)

by Beth McHugh | More from this Blogger

12 May 2006 05:00 AM

Be Positive! That is something be are all told to do. But sometimes it can be the hardest of things to do, because we are encased by gray clouds and problems loom heavy on our horizons. Here are some cheering thoughts from some of the greatest thinkers throughout time.

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. Mark Twain A friend is, as it were, a second self. Cicero

A faithful friend is the medicine of life. Ecclesiastics 6:16

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. Charles Spurgeon Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself. St. Francis of Sales

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain Very little is needed to make a happy life. Marcus Aurelius

Every cloud has a silver lining. English proverb

Let your hook always be cast; In the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. Ovid

The Earth is our Mother, and we are all her children. Hindu proverb

The sun is new each day. Heraclitus

A good laugh is sunshine in a house. William Makepeace Thackeray

So always look for the silver lining and try to find the sunny side of life. P.G. Wodehouse

Ask yourself this question: "Will this matter a year from now?" Richard Carlson Paradise is where I am. Voltaire

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. Willa Cather

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. Aristotle

A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. St. Basil

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. George Sand

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Beth McHugh began her career as a geologist and worked both in industry and as a university researcher.

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