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Today's Quotations –  COURAGE:

 


This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

—  Winston Churchill


Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admired when it sparkles in the setting of modest self-distrust; and never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive any injury.

— Author Unknown


No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

— Channing Pollock


Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor ;spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

  — Theodore Roosevelt


Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts ;in a uniform manner.

—  Joseph Addison


The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
For that were stupid and irrational;
But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues,
And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

— Joanna Baillie


Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

—  E. F. Schumacher


What a new face courage puts on everything!

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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  Today's Word – Portentous
   

 

por·ten·tous adjective 1. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding: "The present aspect of society is portentous of great change" (Edward Bellamy). 2. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe: "Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity" (Herman Melville). 3. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.

The lieutenant, returning from a tour after a bandage, produced from a hidden receptacle of his mind new and portentous oaths suited to the emergency. Strings of expletives he swung lashlike over the backs of his men, and it was evident that his previous efforts had in nowise impaired his resources.

The Red Badge of Courage
By Stephen Crane

Definition from American Heritage Dictionary

 

 

Today's Fact

 


FACT

A human Body Fact:
About Pain

PAIN

Pain is quite a safety factor. God has created pain as a way to prevent us from repeating an injurious action. For example - if one breaks a leg, pain prevents one from walking on that leg and causing further injury. Pain travels at 350 feet in a second. Pain roughly involves ten billion nerve cells per square inch of skin. Generally, pain will move quicker than one's ability to respond to the pain. For example, one can sometimes burn their hand before the sensation of pain causes them to remove the hand from the hot surface.

Book of Oddities - Frank O'Neil

 
 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance.

—1 Peter 1:14

 

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Today's SMILE

 

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)

  
   

 

 

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

Joseph Addison

 

A FEW SMILES   

 

Fishing

A man was fishing and accidentally dropped his wasmile6.gif (2723 bytes)llet  overboard.  A large carp swam up, grabbed the wallet in its mouth, and soon started a game passing the wallet pack and  forth with the other fish.  The fisherman was amazed; he had never before seen carp-to-carp walleting!"

(- zph -)

 

 

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A couple of opposing candidates for county office happened to be sitting next to each other in the local diner. One turned to the other and said, "You know why I'm going to win this election?   Because of my 'personal touch.'  For example, I always tip the server really well and then ask them to vote for me."
    

"Oh, really?" replied the other.  "I always tip them a nickel and  ask them to vote for you."

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Fishing Again

There were two old boys who loved to fish, and they wanted to do some ice fishing.  They'd heard about it up in Canada, and they took off up there.  The lake was frozen nicely.  They stopped just before they got to the lake at a little bait shop and got all their tackle.  One of them said, "We're going to need an ice pick."  So they got that, and they took off. 

In about two hours, one of them was back at the shop and said, "We're going to need another dozen ice picks." 

Well, the fellow in the shop wanted to ask some questions, but he didn't.  He sold him the picks, and the old boy left.  In about an hour, he was back. 

Said, "We're going to need all the ice picks you've got."  The fellow couldn't stand it any longer. 

"By the way," he asked, "how   are you fellows doing?"  "Not very well at all," he said.    "We don't even have the boat in the water yet.".

(- zph -)

 

Lost Forever

A hurricane blew across the Caribbean. It didn't take long for the expensive yacht to be swamped by high waves, sinking without a trace. There were only two survivors: the boat's owner Dr. Eskin and its steward Benny. Both managed to swim to the closest island. After reaching the deserted strip of land, the steward was crying and very upset that they would never be found. The other man was quite calm, relaxing against a tree.

"Dr. Eskin, Dr. Eskin, how can you be so calm?" cried the Benny. "We're going to die on this lonely island. We'll never be discovered here."

"Sit down and listen to what I have to say, Benny," began the confident Dr. Eskin. "Five years ago I gave the United Way $500,000 and another $500,000 to the United Jewish Appeal. I donated the same amounts four years ago. And, three years ago, since I did very well in the stock market, I contributed $750,000 to each.

Last year business was good again, so the two charities each got a million dollars."

"So what?" shouted Benny.

"Well, it's time for their annual fund drives. They'll find me," smiled Dr. Eskin 

"Honey," said this husband to his wife, "I invited a friend home for supper."

"What? Are you crazy? The house is a mess, I didn't go shopping, all the dishes are dirty, and I don't feel like cooking a fancy meal!"

"I know all that." replied the nonchalant husband.

"Then why on Earth did you invite a friend for supper?!?" said the infuriated wife.

"Because the poor fool's thinking about getting married."

TRUE FACT ...

Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day.

SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University

 


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