The 06/08/13 Joy Jar

8 Jun

One of moi’s favorite drinks is sparking water with lemon or lime. That got moi thinking about the refreshing and renewing power of water. Today’s dposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the refreshment and renewal of water.

A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go.

Andrew Schneider

 

Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.

Malayan Proverb

 

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . . write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

Napolean Hill

 

If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.

Oprah Winfrey

 

No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.

Taoist Proverb

 

The best [man] is like water.
Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them.
It dwells in [lowly] places that all disdain.
This is why it is so near to Tao.

Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

 

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.

Kate Chopin

 

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.

Miguel de Cervantes

 

What is harder than rock, or softer than water Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

Ovid

 

Women are like teabags. You dont know how strong they are until you put them in hot water.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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