Favorite quotes: Keeping priorities straight
This morning we tweeted, "Tell us: What quotation reminds you to keep your priorities straight?" Here are the results of a daylong #favoritequotesroundup.
- People were ready to start the day with some inspiration!
@idealist - The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke #favoritequotesroundup
@idealist Happiness isn't something you postpone for the future; it's something you design for the present.-Jim Rohn #favoritequotesroundupA wonderful remembrance
- One of the sweetest things that was shared began when Dana tweeted...
@idealist "Life is short; therefore I shall be a crusader in the struggle against ignorance & fear, beginning w/myself." #favoritequotes- I tweeted back to ask Dana who said that one. She replied:
- Then Dana shared this goosebumps-inducing blog post about her mom's legacy:
My Mom is on Facebook | DVStrategiesMy Mom is on Facebook November 4, 2008 was a day of firsts: Barack Obama was elected President and I learned that my Mom is on Facebook. ...- And I found this remembrance:
Untitled DocumentDorothy Vickers-Shelley Dorothy Vickers-Shelley worked as an elementary school librarian for thirty-three years. She worked daily helping...- Who here wishes they'd had a school librarian as cool as Ms. Vickers-Shelley? I sure do.
Too many to tweet
- Danielle Sucher couldn't pick just one! She said "@idealist It took a whole post for me to answer this one properly."
- Danielle Sucher › The why and how of it allIdealist asked: "Tell us: What quotation reminds you to keep your priorities straight? #favoritequotesroundup" I'm such a literary packra...
- Love it. Thanks, Danielle!
A whole day of inspiration
- Word lovers also chimed in over on our Facebook page. Emma Peabody shared this wisdom from Mary Oliver:
Quote by Mary Oliver: Instructions for living a life. Pay attention...266 people liked this quote by Mary Oliver: 'Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.'
