Sunday, March 11, 2012

Hope, Emily Dickinson


Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul.
And sings the tune
Without the words, and never stops at all.

- Emily Dickinson

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Hope, Anne Lamott

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up.

- Anne Lamott (1954- )

Friday, March 9, 2012

What we dwell on is ... (Oprah Winfrey)


What we dwell on is who we become.

- Oprah Winfrey (January 29, 1954 - ) an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Optimism (Paul Fussell)


I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

- Paul Fussell (March 22, 1924 - ) an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor

Wednesday, March 7, 2012