Seneca Quote – Life Is Like A Play
“Life is like a play: It’s not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters.” – Seneca
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Quote – Gratitude… The Greatest of Virtues
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, it is the parent of all the others” – Cicero
Read moreFranklin D. Roosevelt Quote – An Empty Stomach
“It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Read moreGrim contest?
Newtown, Conn. Newtown shooter Adam Lanza may have been trying to compete with Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik when he carried out the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December. Citing law enforcement sources, CBS reported this week that Lanza wanted to beat Breivik’s “score” of 77—the number of deaths in his 2011 killing spree in Oslo and on […]
Read moreMargaret Atwood Quote – Pain Marks You
“But who can remember pain, once its over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see.” – Margaret Atwood
Read more96-year-old Indian man – World’s oldest father
■ A 96-year-old Indian man has been declared the world’s oldest father after his wife bore a son last month—the second in two years. Ramjeet Raghav, a farmer in a village about 30 miles from Delhi, said the doctors who delivered the healthy boy in a nearby hospital were surprised when he told them he was the father. “I think […]
Read moreRalph Waldo Emerson Quote – Be Yourself
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read moreAlbert Ellis Quote – You Control Your Own Destiny
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” – Albert Ellis
Read moreNo Regrets
“Whatever happens, happens. No regrets!”
Read moreMilitia terror plot
Four U.S. Army soldiers stockpiled $87,000 in guns and bomb components, which they planned to use to kill President Obama and overthrow the federal government, prosecutors said this week. The anarchist militia group of active duty and former soldiers then allegedly murdered a comrade and his teenage girlfriend to protect the secrecy of its plots. The gang drew up plans […]
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