Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Self, Sojin


I’m not what I used to be. Where am I…?

- PARK Sojin (1986- ), Girl’s Day from Sojin’s Cyworld Entry

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Girl’s Day, Sojin


Girl’s Day, it’s like having fun everyday when you dance and sing; it’s like a party. We would like everyone to enjoy themselves while listening to our song.

- Sojin (1986- ), Girl’s Day

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Love, Erich Fromm


Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you."

- Erich Fromm (1900-1980), "The Art of Loving (1956)"

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Patriots, Bertrand Russell


Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

- Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

Monday, December 1, 2014

Work, Luke


The Mission of the Seventy-two.

The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.

- Gospel of Luke 10,2

http://www.nccbuscc.org/bible/luke/10

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Monday, November 24, 2014

Beauty, Franz Kafka


Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Friday, November 21, 2014

War, Winston Churchill


Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

- Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Friday, November 14, 2014

Appearance, Cal Ripken Jr.


Less and grayer hair.

- Cal Ripken, Jr. (1960- ), baseball player, describing how he has changed over the course of his consecutive games record

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Beauty, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross


The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004)

Monday, November 10, 2014

War, Napoleon Bonaparte


Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Beauty, Richelle Mead


Richelle Mead
Do you think I'm pretty?
I think you're beautiful.
Beautiful?
You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.

Richelle Mead (1976- ), Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Appearance, Edward Chapin


Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.

- Edward Payson Chapin (1831-1863)

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Attitudes, Tiger Woods


If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person’s life in a positive light, and that’s what I want to do. That’s what it’s all about.

- Tiger Woods (1975- )

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Advice, Chinese Proverb


人孰无过 [rénshúwúguò]

- 中国俗談

【出處】

《左傳·宣公二年》:“人誰無過,過而能改,善莫大焉。”

Every man has his fault.

- Chinese Proverb

Monday, October 13, 2014

Celebrities, Phoebe Cates


In this business, if a girl wants a career, she has to be willing to strip. If you`ve got a good bod, then why not show it?

- Phoebe Cates (1963- )

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Teamwork, Sooyoung of SNSD


You asked us about teamwork, but really there is no secrets. We just live like sisters.

- Sooyoung (1990- ), SNSD

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Son, Proverbs


A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitter sorrow to her who bore him.

+ Proverbs 17, 25

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Friday, September 19, 2014

Love, Richard Rodgers


Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you?

Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Attitudes, Edward Bulwer-Lytton


A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), The Disowned (1828), Chapter xxxiii.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Cold feet, Anonymous


Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them.

- Anonymous

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Wisdom, Book of Proverbs


On the countenance of a discerning person is wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

+ Proverbs 17, 24

[17:24] Wisdom is visible on the countenance (i.e., mouth, lips, tongue) of the wise person; its ultimate source is the heart. Fools have no such source of wisdom within them, a point that is nicely made by referring to the eye of the fool, roving over the landscape.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Bribe, Book of Proverbs


A guilty person takes out a bribe from the pocket, thus perverting the course of justice.

+ Proverbs 17, 23

[17:23] A sharp look at the sly withdrawing of a bribe from the pocket and a blunt judgment on its significance.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Friday, August 29, 2014

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Optimist, Helen Keller


No pessimest ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

- Helen Adams Keller (1880–1968)

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Friday, August 22, 2014

Beauty, Oscar Wilde


The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), The Importance of Being Earnest

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Beauty, Cynthia Hand


There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.

Cynthia Hand, Hallowed

Friday, August 8, 2014

Beauty, Albert Camus


At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

Albert Camus (1913-1960)

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Friends, Eleanor Roosevelt


Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Person, Michael B. Nash


A special person makes a difference.

- Michael B. Nash, a senior managing director of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies Group