monday quotes

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you have now was once among the things you only hoped for.
- The Vatican Sayings, Epicurus

Get off it, over it and on with it. It's time to live your life.
- Vicky

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
- William Arthur Ward

Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.
- Denzel Washington

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.
- Edward Weeks

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.
- H. G. Wells

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
- Edith Wharton

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
- William Allen White

There are thousands of reasons why you cannot do what you want to. All you need is one reason why you can.
- Willis R. Whitney

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
- John Wooden

quotes for today

Anyone can enjoy good days; those who find ways to enjoy bad days have something going for them!

It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment.

We have enough youth, how about a fountain of smart?

The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.

Don't go through life, grow through life.-Eric Butterworth

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. - Corrie TenBoom

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows. - Helen Keller

People who are wrapped up in themselves make very small packages.

Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.

A man may make many mistakes, but is not a failure until he starts blaming someone else for them.

this week's celebrity antics

more celeb news of substance abuse
from About.com/Alcoholism;


Redmond O'Neal Admits to Using Drugs in Rehab
Redmond O'Neal, the son of Ryan O'Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, may be facing serious jail time after he admitted to a judge that he had taken drugs smuggled into him in his rehab facility. O'Neal could face up to nine years in jail if the judge chooses to revoke his probation.

Disney's Shelby Cobra Arrested for DWI
Former Disney star and lead singer of the defunct band KSM, Shelby Cobra has been arrested in Los Angeles for driving under the influence. Police said the 18 year old had a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.15 when she was arrested.

Wrestler Matt Hardy Arrested for Another DWI
Matt Hardy, former WWE and TNA professional wrestler, has been arrested for driving while impaired less than a month after a previous DWI. Hardy had no alcohol in his system, police said, but when he was stopped he "had slow and slurred speech, sleepy eyes and a very lackadaisical demeanor."

Jockey's DUI Case Deferred One Year
Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel will have one year to complete treatment for alcohol abuse as part of a diversion program for his driving-while-intoxicated arrest. His driver's license was also suspended for 30 days.

Rappers Paul Wall and Baby Bash Arrested
Rappers Paul Wall and Baby Bash have been arrested in El Paso, TX on a possession of marijuana charge. Ronald Ray Bryant (Baby Bash) and Paul Michael Slayton (Paul Wall) were charged with having less than 2 ounces of marijuana in a drug-free zone.

Pitcher Curtis Leskanic Four Times Legal Limit
Former Major League pitcher Curtis John Leskanic was charged with DUI and child neglect when he was found passed out in his pickup truck with his sleeping but unrestrained 5-year-old daughter in the truck. Police said Leskanic had a blood-alcohol level of 0.331, more than four times the legal limit.

quotes for today

The future must be seen in terms of what a person can do to contribute something, to make something better, to make it go where he believes with all his being it ought to go.
- Frederick R. Kappel

 Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening... when you'd have preferred to talk.
- D.J. Kaufman

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
- Nikos Kazantzakis

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
- Clarence Buddinton Kelland

Doubt yourself, and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgement, and you can see forever.
- Nancy Kerrigan

 The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.
- B.B. King

Never, if possible, lie down at night without being able to say: I have made one human being, at least, a little wiser, a little happier, or a little better this day.
- Charles Kingsley

Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed.
- Grenville Kleiser

Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.
- E. L. Konigsburg

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
- Jack Kornfield

Monday quotes

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
-Jimmy Dean

Each relationship you have with another person reflects the relationship you have with yourself.
- Alice Denille

We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are.
- Max Depree

I forgive myself for having believed for so long that... I was never good enough to have, get, be what I wanted.
- Ceanne DeRohan
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.
- Charles Dickens

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.
- John Diefenbaker

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd

Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day.

- Will Durant
 He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
- Epictetus

Yesterday is ashes; tomorrow is wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Old Eskimo saying

quotes for today

"Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fate and captain of your soul."


"If you are able to state a problem - any problem - then the problem can be solved."
-- Dr. Edwin S. Land


If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for


Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values


Sometimes, its what you dont do, that makes you who you are.


If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy.


If you are willing to admit faults, you have one less fault to admit.


It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.


To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.


The world of tomorrow belongs to the person who has the vision today.

celebrity roundup

news of the week of celebrity run-ins;


Amy Winehouse's Ex Plans to Write Book
Blake Fielder-Civil, former husband of deceased British singer Amy Winehouse, plans to write a book about their troubled marriage. Fielder-Civil is currently serving a 32-month sentence in prison for burglary and possession of a fake firearm. Winehouse died last month at age 27.

Actor Orlando Brown Arrested for DUI
Former star of the TV series "That's So Raven," Orlando Brown has been arrested for suspicion of drunker driving. The 23-year-old rapper was released on his own recognizance after spending a night in the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood station.

Jalen Rose Released From Jail
Former NBA player and ESPN analyst Jalen Rose has been released from a Detroit jail after serving time for a drunk driving conviction. Rose served 16 days of a 20-day sentence that his attorney said was excessive for a first time offender.

Broncos Kicker Matt Prater Arrested for DUI
Matt Prater, place kicker for the Denver Broncos is facing charges of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. Police reports said that Prater backed his Chevy Trailblazer into an unoccupied sedan parked outside a motel.

Secret Service Agent Arrested for DUI
A Secret Service agent apparently assigned to President Barak Obama's bus trip to the Midwest, has been arrested in Iowa for driving under the influence. Police said Daniel L. Valencia, 40, was off duty when he was arrested.

Police Chief Arrested on DUI Charges
The Police Chief of Chillicothe, Illinois has been charged with driving under the influence in Peoria County. When police stopped Steve Maurer because the tail lights on the trailer he was pulling were not working, they smelled alcohol on his breath.

quotes for today

A tiny change today brings us to a dramatically different tomorrow. There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years.
- Richard Bach

We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our affects on others.
- Pearl Bailey

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
- James M. Barrie

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.
- Ethel Barrymore

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
- Orlando A. Battista

What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.
- J. Sidlow Baxter

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
- Melody Beattie

Listening to your heart is not simple. Finding out who you are is not simple. It takes a lot of hard work and courage to get to know who you are and what you want.
- Sue Bender

You stand outside the circle and wonder why you feel left out, unaware that you need your own permission to join the others - not theirs.
- Rusty Berkus

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
- Josh Billings, pen name of Henry Wheeler Shaw

celebrity updates

this week's celebrity antics
from About.com/Alcoholism;


Wire Actress Pearson Pleads Guilty in Drug Case
Caught on a telephone wiretap, actress Felicia "Snoop" Pearson has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin the day before her trial was scheduled to begin. She was sentenced to time served and three years probation. Pearson, 31, played a drug gang assassin on HBO's The Wire. The plea deal allows her to continue her acting career, her attorney said.

Rapper Big Boi Arrested on Drug Charges
Grammy award winning OutKast rapper Big Boi, whose real name is Antwan Patton, has been charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Miami-Dade police said the rapper was arrested for possession of ecstasy and Viagra.

Rapper "Kid" Reid Arrested for Skipping Court
Former Kid 'n Play rapper Christopher "Kid" Reid was arrested at his Los Angeles home after he failed to appear at a court hearing regarding his 2010 drunk driving conviction. He was supposed to show up in court July 25 at a hearing to show proof that he had completed all of his probation requirements.

Vikings Quarterback Rhett Bomar Arrested
Minnesota Viking quarterback Rhett Bomar has been arrested for drunk-driving by police in Mankato. Bomar was stopped following a Saturday night Vikings practice and was held in jail until Sunday evening.

Economy Forces Cutbacks in War on Meth
The economy is taking a toll on the war on meth in some cities. According to The Associated Press, law enforcement officials in states where most of the nation's methamphetamine is produced have drastically reduced their efforts to pursue the manufacturers simply because they cannot afford the cost of cleaning up the toxic waste created by the labs.

Mondy quotes

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
- Lauren Bacall

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
- Gaston Bachelard

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
- James Baldwin

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm not afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.
- Lucille Ball

You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizons. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about--the more you have left when anything happens.
- Ethel Barrymore

The plans differ; the planners are all alike...
- Frederic Bastiat

The finest kind of friendship is between people who expect a great deal of each other but never ask it.
- Sylvia Bremer

Let's dare to be ourselves, for we do that better than anyone else.
- Shirley Briggs

 Always tell the truth, not only because it is the decent thing to do, but because it gives you such an advantage over the man who is trying to remember his lies!
- Sam Brookes