The following are some of the quotes I discovered over the past year…Some will make you ponder, some will make you smile …and some may make you say HUH?
Happy New Year to all my friends …those I already know and love and those I have not met yet! Surround yourself with friends and you will know no strangers …
“The challenge is most people enter a relationship in order to get something: They’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, a relationship will only last if you see it as a place you go to give, and not a place you go to take.”
-Anthony Robbins-
“Life is an echo – What you send out comes back.”
-Chinese proverb-
“The real beginning of influence comes when others sense you are being influenced by them … When they feel understood …and that you have listened deeply and sincerely.”
-Stephen Covey-
“Courage is: What it takes to stand up and speak ….Courage is: What it takes to sit down and listen.”
-Sir Winston Churchill-
“Don’t take life so serious … Nobody gets out alive!”
-unknown-
“Why does the thrill of flying have to begin with the fear of falling?”
-First-time freebase jumper-
“Promises are like children – easy to make …but after a while you don’t want to keep them.”
-Any parent with teenagers-
“Some people live an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world …Marines don’t have that problem.”
-Ronald Regan
“A smile is the shortest distance between two people.”
-Victor Borge-
“No Matter Where You Are ….BE THERE!”
-Brian Buffini-
“When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.”
- Unknown-
And my personal favorites of the year ….
"There is Strong - Then there is ARMY Strong - Lucky for us ..We still have the MARINES!"
-USMC Recruiting Poster-
“Don’t just stand there …either give me some money or keep walking …I’m trying to make a living here.” -Street Performer in New Orleans- (and determined to remain one!)
Eddie Brown 2010
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