Month: June 2012

“Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. Ghandi

Faith, truth believer, Islington

“I’m just the bridge between what I do not have and what I do not want.” The Book of Disquiet. Fernando Pessoa

Anonymous

“A penny saved is a penny earned.” Benjamin Franklin

Rita, Chicago  

“The whole life is about knowing yourself, and knowing it better.”

Xiaowei

“Do it now! Do it now! Do it now!”

Paige, USA

“The human race is amazing – how many creatures can write its expressions?”

Michael

“Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, and with good heart and a smile.”

 Sue, 64, Retired

“Good things come to those who wait. Better things come to those who wait a little longer!”

Carol,  An American living on the Isle of Wight

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” John Lennon

Mike S, World Citizen, Isle of Wight

 

“If life gives you a lemon, don’t make lemonade, add sugar and cachaca and make a caipirinha!”

J R, Computer Engineer, Sao Paulo, Brazil

“Never look back.”

Oliver, London

“Life is too short and wonderfully random to get stuck in things that are not truly you. Go out and find your element now!”

Bilyana Apostolova

“Only regret the things you don’t do.”

Frank, 30, Actor

“Monday is the new Sunday.”

Jarmal & Begum, Tanzania

“When I started work in the family business 50 years ago, the only advice I was given was to read and memorize and apply Kipling’s “IF“. That has passed on to my kids in their turn 38 years later.”

 Anis, Chairman

“If you live by other people’s opinions, you will live by their anticipations. I live by my opinions, therefore I live by my anticipations.”

Yasmin B, Student

“I’ll tell you about lies, there are white lies, and black lies and many shades of grey lies, but some lies are justified.”

Marwah, Saudi Arabia

“It’s not what you’ve been dealt, it’s how you deal with it that counts!”

Julia, 24, London

“Don’t get stressed. What’s the worst that can happen – you lose your job… and hit the beach!”

Mario

I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow. A Poison Tree by William Blake

Dave A, Insight & Innovation Director, Hendon,

“Stay hungry, stay free and do the best you can.”

Pete, Banking

“Cast off the bow lines and sail away from the safe harbour.” Inspired by Mark Twain

Kerry

“John Lennon told me never to name drop.”

Jemima

“Put sh*t in, get sh*t out.”

Anonymous