Wednesday: Quote for the Day

Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can.

Arthur Ashe

Wednesday Quote of the Day

                                                             

When a man is known to have merit and intelligence, he is never ugly, however plain he may be; or even if he is ugly, it leaves no bad impression. 

La Bruyere  - 'Of Opinions,' Characters, 1688

Photos:

Winston Churchill

Abraham Lincoln

Johann Sebastian Bach

I like this quote. I think there's a great deal of truth in it. Do we agree or disagree?

Note: Painting of Lincoln by Norman Rockwell.

Friday: Quote of the Day

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Emerson (Letters and Social Aims)
Golden Age illustration by J.P. Miller

Wednesday Quote of the Day: A Celebration of Mothers

Since Mother's Day is fast approaching, I thought a few mother-worthy quotes would be apropos today. Along with some gorgeous mother-related works of art. This will be my daughter's first Mother's Day spent as a mother herself, so it will be an extra special occasion. Mothers Rule!

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. Rajneesh

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honore de Balzac

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. Emily Dickinson

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease. Lisa Alther

God could not be everywhere, so He created mothers. A Jewish proverb.

Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. A Moorish proverb.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. A Spanish proverb.

Of the three impressionist paintings shown above, the first two are by Mary Cassatt and the third is by Edmund Tarbell.

The photo of a mother cheetah and her offspring is by Chris Johns, from National Geographic. Read more about Johns and his amazing work here.

Wednesday: Quote of the Day

In most of our childhoods there have been those books beloved, not because they are marvelous children's books, but because they are marvelous books.

Anna Quindlen (1991)

Painting by Sir Walter Firle.

Wednesday: Quote of the Day

What is more wonderful than the delight which the mind feels when it 'knows'? This delight is not for anything beyond the knowing, but is in the act of knowing. It is the satisfaction of a primary instinct.

Mark Rutherford 1915

Painting by Carl Larsson.

Wednesday: Quote(s) of the Day

Today I've posted more than one quote. Primarily because the Irish playwright and poet, Oscar Wilde said so many things worth quoting, it's hard to pick just one. I've had a small book of Oscar Wilde epigrams since junior high. It's one of the first books I can remember buying. I've been an admirer of Wilde for years.

A man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.

It is an awfully dangerous thing to come across a woman who thoroughly understands one. They always end by marrying one.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

A heart doesn't go with modern dress. It makes one look old.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

It is always nice to be expected and not to arrive.

Women are pictures, men are problems: if you want to know what a woman really means, look at her, don't listen to her.

One can survive everything except Death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

A bad man is the sort of man who admires innocence.

The only horrible thing in the world is ennui. That is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness.

I can resist everything except temptation.

Read about Oscar Wilde here.