C.A. Salo's Blog, page 48

Teenagers, Reading & Self-Respect Quotes

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.  ~Jane Haddam

He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.  ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time.  They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.  ~Quentin Crisp

If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.  ~Al Bernstein

When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio.  If all the stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot.  ~Larry Lujack

When the boy is growing he has a wolf in his belly.  ~German Proverb


Ha, ha gotta love those quotes on teenagers. Mine is going on Seventeen and I have to say, the best kid in the world! 

We not only went to the library yesterday, where we checked out four books, bought three in their book store but also went to Books-A-Million and spent over $75.00. 

I don't mind buying any kind of book. If asked Mom will purchase :-) My teenager happens to be severe to profound dyslexic and we've come a loooong way. So when asked if a book or several can be bought, I never say no. :-)     

Here's to a wonderful Sunday!! Read lots and stay healthy!!

C~ 

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Earth Day 2013

Earth Day is April 22nd, this year. Two years ago I was given a Dog Wood sapling on Earth Day, that I've happily nurtured and just recently the little bugger was re-potted by my husband, to a nicer and bigger pot. One day it'll find a home when I decide where I'd like to put her for life. 

I also love our new town. They give recycling buckets and pick up once a week. Ours is always full :-)
 

Tread lightly on Mother Earth for we only have one. ~ Author C. A. Salo

Every day is Earth Day.  ~Author Unknown

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.  ~Native American Proverb

For 200 years we've been conquering Nature.  Now we're beating it to death.  ~Tom McMillan, quoted in Francesca Lyman, The Greenhouse Trap, 1990

Humankind has not woven the web of life.  We are but one thread within it.  Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.  All things are bound together.  All things connect.  ~Chief Seattle, 1855

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.  ~Cree Indian Proverb    

Have a great Wednesday and read lots!!

C~ 

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New Writing Desk

Well, I can't tell you how long I've waited for this!! My hubby went out and bought me a new desk and chair AKA "The writing throne" LOL.
He's such a sweetie!! He wanted to make sure I'm comfortable in my new office and I have to say he knows me :-) Lots of work space I now have!! YAY!! 
I have yet to set it up, but am slowly trickling my little 'novelties' to their places. Hey you just can't write without your Wonder Woman key chain and your pink bunny soul candy dispenser(Bleach - Japanese Anime) :-D, well I can't at least Hehehehe.
I teased him by saying "happy wife, happy life" LOL. (Guess he got sick of hearing me mumbling about a foot of work space on each side of my keyboard *Grins*)
Thanks baby, you're the best!!!!

 Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.  ~James C. Dobson

 Have a great Sunday and read lots!!

C~ 

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Quotes on Idleness

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it.  ~John Lubbock

The hardest work is to go idle.  ~Yiddish Proverb

There is a working class - strong and happy - among both rich and poor:  there is an idle class - weak, wicked, and miserable - among both rich and poor.  ~John Ruskin

Working hard is what I've been taught, working hard is what I'll always do, no matter what I do. Idle hands lead to trouble, give them something that will keep them occupied. ~ C.A. Salo

LOL. My first quote!! :-) YAY ME *claps hands* 
Have a great day and read lots!!

C~

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George Carlin Quote

This was floating around at a couple of my friends Face Book profiles. I have to agree with Mr. Carlin's quote, on many levels.
Hope you all have a great day!! Read lots and question aplenty!! C ~

Quotes on Habits

A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them.  ~Frank A. Clark

Motivation is what gets you started.  Habit is what keeps you going.  ~Jim Ryun

Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.  ~Yiddish Proverb

The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.  ~Somerset Maugham

Here's to a great day!!

C~ 

   

Happy St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time - a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic.  ~Adrienne Cook

 For each petal on the shamrock
This brings a wish your way -
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and every day.
~Author Unknown

May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
~Irish Blessing 

 May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
~Irish Blessing

 Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don't want to press your luck.  ~Author Unknown


Hey All, 

Sorry I've been off for a few weeks, I took the time to go and get married :-)

And now I'm fighting allergies, Oh Yay.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday and read lots!!
 
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness.  You have to catch it yourself.  ~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin

C~


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Future Quotes and Sayings

I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.  ~Arthur Wing Pinero, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, 1893

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.  ~Ruth Benedict

We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there. ~Charles F. Kettering

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. ~Albert Einstein

The past can't see you, but the future is listening. ~Terri Guillemets

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.  ~John Sladek

Tomorrow is fresh, with no mistakes in it.  ~L.M. Montgomery

Have a great Sunday and a wonderful Future!!

C~     


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Quotes on America

  
Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States.  Ask any Indian.  ~Robert Orben

America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.  ~Abraham Lincoln

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.  ~Theodore Roosevelt

I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.  ~James Baldwin

What is the essence of America?  Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."  ~Marilyn vos Savant, in Parade

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.  ~Paul Sweeney

What the people want is very simple.  They want an America as good as its promise.  ~Barbara Jordan

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.  ~Elmer Davis

Only Americans can hurt America.  ~Dwight D. Eisenhower



     

Wise Sayings

Nature gave men two ends - one to sit on and one to think with.  Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.  ~George R. Kirkpatrick

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.  ~Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, c.1420

You've got a lot of choices.  If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.  ~Steven D. Woodhull (U.S. geologist, 1976-)

Don't wait for the Last Judgment.  It happens every day.  ~Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. ~Jim Rohn
  
Face what you think you believe and you will be surprised.  ~William Hale White  

You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too. ~Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.  ~Alexander Woollcott

Have a wonderful Sunday and read lots!!

C~