Monday, April 14, 2014

QOD:  Keep on beginning and failing.  Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stringer until you have accomplished a purpose ~ not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.  ~  Anne Sullivan (née Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; Apr. 14, 1866 ~ Oct. 20, 1936)

Sunday, April 13, 2014

QOD:  Ever tried.  Ever failed.  No matter.  Try again.  Fail again.  Fail better.  ~  Samuel Beckett (Apr. 13, 1906 ~ Dec. 22, 1989)

Friday, April 11, 2014

QOD:  I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.  ~  Leo C. Rosten (né Leo Calvin Rosten; Apr. 11, 1908 ~ Feb. 19, 1997)

Thursday, April 10, 2014

QOD:  Perfection is the voice of the oppressor.  ~  Anne Lamott (b. Apr. 10, 1954)

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

QOD:  It’s good to be selfish.  But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.  ~  Hugh Hefner (b. Apr. 9, 1926)  [Hugh Marston Hefner died on September 30, 2017]

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

QOD:  It kills you to see [your children] grow up.  But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.  ~  Barbara Kingsolver (b. Apr. 8, 1955)