O.K.  I couldn't resist!  I've officially opened the quotes page. 

So here's the deal. 

If you have a quote that you want on the page, shoot me a line.  Make sure in your message that it's clean, if it's already published, give credit to whom it belongs so that way I can do the same, and also keep it clean if possible.  Quotes will be read by me, and if the submission meets the simple criteria, then I will place the latest at the top of the submissions list.  So you get the newest first and the oldest last.  If you don't want me to give you credit for submitting the quote, then tell me and I'll make sure your name doesn't appear.

            Have fun reading and come back often!!  This is going to be interesting, people.

Eleanor Roosevelt wrote: FRIENDSHIP "Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. To handle yourself, use your head; To handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; If he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. He who loses money, loses much; He, who loses a friend, loses much more; He, who loses faith, loses all. Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself."

"If you can persuade your customer to tatoo your name on their chest, they probably will not switch brands." - an Indiana University professor, re: Harley-Davidson owners

Poverty and famine effects me because I don't live in a country, I live in a world. - Gerry Murdoch

"You need to plan the way a fire department plans. It cannot anticipate fires, so it has to shape a flexible organization that is capable of responding to unpredictable events." - Andrew Grove, CEO Intel

This is a submission by Laura Kepner. It regards a statement of martyrdom, which I'm not sure if I agree with. This man however has my upmost respect. "If a man hasn't found something to die for he isn't fit to live." -Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.

"Stick to things that made him profitable in the first place: quick reflexes, loose structures, and a culture where employees act like owners." - Michael Bloomberg

Darin D'Avila, a subsciber to one of my lists, has this quote at the end of his e-mail messages. "Information is Ammunition... Lock and Load."

"Creativity without implementation is irresponsibility." - Ted Leavitt

"Empower people. Listen to their ideas. Constantly communicate the company's goals and how the brass expects to achieve them. Lead by example. Be consistent." - Michael Hammer

"The main thing is to motivate; to try to release the energies and passion in different individuals in order to make them feel free, to create the illusion that they are actually doing what they are doing out of their own desires and not being led by somebody. That is when the best results happen. In the best possible case, the illusion of freedom becomes true. They are free." - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Principal Conductor, Los Angeles Philarmonic

"I can hardly wait to get to work in the morning these days and I'm not alone. There is a real sense of rejuvenation; you can just feel the excitement that comes from setting audacious goals and achieving them." - Paul A Timashenka, AMP

"Give me a lever long enough and single-handed ...I can move the world." - Archimedes

"No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon." - Napoleon

"The best ideas are common property." - Seneca

"There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity." - General Douglas MacArthur

"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind." - Lucius Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

"A smile is a crooked line that can straighten many problems!" This was submitted by Devonn Tipton as a motto.

"Everything depends on execution, having just a vision is no solution." - Stephen Sondheim

"The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers." - Deepak Chopra Ageless Body, Timeless Mind Submitted by Jackie Leve.

"The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage." - Arie De Geus, head of planning Royal Dutch/Shell

"The secret of success is constancy to purpose." - Ben Franklin

"Risk is like change, it is not a choice." - Max Depree

Here are a couple of quotes that are by me. One, I've revised to reflect on further intent.

"Time, in the way it interacts with our reality, is like this in a nutshell. When the past experience collides with the future of possibilities, then we find ourselves in the present with a wealth of opportunity. That is always right here, right now."

"Our vibrational field is sufficient enough to effect reality before and around it. This is our self empowerment that leads to inner wisdom."

"I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will note excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard." - William Lloyd Garrison

"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it." - Albert Einstein

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Gandhi

"People cannot discover new lands until they have the courage to lose sight of the shore." - Andre' Gide

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." - Vincent Lombardi

This always was and still is my ethos for conducting business. "The absolute fundamental aim is to make money out of satisfying customers." - Sir John Egan, Jaguar

"Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten." - Gucci family slogan

"A race horse that can run a mile a few seconds faster is worth twice as much. That little extra proves to be the greatest value." - John Hess

"IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER" by Erma Bombeck:

"I would have talked less and listened more. I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded. I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'GOOD' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace. I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth. I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed. I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage. I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains. I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life. I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day. I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil or was guaranteed to last a lifetime. Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment realizing that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle. When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.' There would have been more 'I love yous' ... more 'I'm sorrys' .....but mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute.....look at it and really see it ... live it ... and never give it back." In honor of Erma Bombeck who lost her fight with cancer.

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they cant find them make them." - George Bernard Shaw

Here is a special quote that I love from Robert Fripp's Diary, Sunday 31st. October, 1999; 17.43:

"Scepticism is a virtue, but risks becoming cynicism. Cynicism is a vice. Faith is a virtue, but risks becoming belief. This is a weakness. May we hold scepticism close; May faith hold us closer. But let us not belittle the beliefs of others, For although beliefs are legion they may lead to faith, And faith is one."

This is a student of mine, Cecily, who replied with this addition. "beyond faith there is Knowing. And when one is not yet in a place of Knowing, because one is in a place that is new, there is faith."

"It is understandable that a child may fear the darkness; less so that an adult would fear the light." - Plato.

That was submitted by barrett warren culmback

This is an ancient Pagan prayer that I like to use, especially when I am trying to manifest something in my reality. "This or something better now manifests itself for me in totally satisfying and harmonious ways, for the higher good of all concerned. Blessed be" .

Steve Brothers, an engineering manager that I work with likes to sign his emails with this.  "You want me to do what?!"  Believe me.  I think I can sympathize.

"You know you are getting old when ...   Your back goes out more often than you do."  Damn!  I'm only in my late twenties!!!  No wonder I can't get a date let alone a soul mate!!!

Mike Portnoy, the drummer for the band Dream Theater wrote these lyrics in their album "Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory".  He said, "without love, without truth, there can be no turning back.  Without faith, without hope, there can be no peace of mind."

"Life is too short to let the little things get to you. A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes to school. For every person they'd refused to forgive in their life's experience, they chose a potato, wrote on it the name and date, and put it in the plastic bag. Some of their bags were quite heavy. They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere for one week, putting it beside their bed at night; on the car seat when driving; next to their desk at work ..... The hassle of lugging this around with them made it clear what a weight they were carrying spiritually, and how they had to pay attention to it all the time to not forget and keep leaving it in embarrassing places. Naturally, the condition of the potatoes deteriorated to a nasty slime. This was a great metaphor for the price we pay for keeping our pain and heavy negativity! Too often we think of forgiveness as a gift to the other person, and it clearly is for ourselves!!" -Author Unknown

"The essential sadness is to go through life without loving. But it would be almost equally sad to leave this world without ever telling those you loved that you love them." And "Dreams are the touchstones of our character." -Henry David Thoreau

"Friends are treasures." -Horace Bruns

"When I find myself fading, I close my eyes and realize my friends are my energy." -Annon

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years" - Abraham Lincoln

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses." -Ziggy

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals" - Jackie Leve. He also wrote, "The truth will set you free. But first, it'll piss you off."

Robert Fripp Said it best when he explained the moment when we discover that we are dynamic pieces in a dynamic universe. "Understanding changes our understanding"

"You will have things for the rest of your life, but you'll only have friends for the rest of their lives." This was submitted by Brian Crittenden at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2392.

"In an infinite Cosmos all dreams are true." This is by Kent Steadman.

"Do not mourn for those destinies who have been fulfilled." ~The Forestmaster in the book Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

  " Don't marry someone that you can live with, marry someone that you can't live without." - Josh Mcdowell This was submitted by Leong Sang Keng Alan.

"Realizing your dreams is a matter of making dreams real."

This is is by my dad, Lloyd Stearns.

Here's a quote that I love to put at the bottom of my e-mails: