Aphorisms from Helen Keller

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.


Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.


No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.


It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

And my favorite:

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Book Review: How Successful People Think

Due to overwhelming positive response, the book reviews will now be found here in Verbal Impact.

How Successful People Think by John C. Maxwell.

Some gems from this audio book:

Change your thoughts, change your life. That is the subtitle.

Albert Einstein said

"Thinking is difficult, that's why so few engage in it."

Healing Words

I went to a concert last night and heard Dave Roth. I enjoyed his song, called Energy Medicine, so I asked him if I could quote him. He consented.

A few kind words can affect the way someone is feeling,
having a direct correlation to the rate of their healing.

They were about the impact of WORDS, verbal impact, so I think this quotation belongs here in Verbal Impact, rather than in philologsblog or musinglog.

It was a very interesting concert in a small venue in Palm Harbor Florida.

Dave sings folk music and writes most of his own music. He didn't play it last night, but he has a song called Irreconcilable Similarities. Love that title!

There's more info on www.DavidRothmusic.com, if you are interested.

Words

You probably know by now that I love words. That's why they call me the Philolog, and my other blog is called philologsblog.blogspot.com.

Some quotations about words:

Mike Dooley, aka the Universe, says that "Words Create Worlds."

You know how fond I am of words.

Words are like diamonds, sometimes they sparkle, sometimes they cut.

"Words, they can do anything...
they can call in a dog at night, they can bring comfort to old friend,
say happy birthday to a girl whose balloons are slowly sinking.
But sometimes they can get you into trouble ...like the human rights activist in Zimbabwe who was kidnapped for standing up to gov corruption...or the journalist in China sentenced to 10 years in prison for sending a email, or the thousands of men and women in Iran who are arested, beaten and tortured for demanding fair election.

Now we need your words to demand justice, to take a stand, to offer hope to people around the world who are silenced for simply speaking their minds.
Write a letter or speak out today.
Your words can lead to their freedom.

Words, they can do anything."

That is the text of an interesting video I saw online a few days ago. I can't take credit for them.

Words

Words are like weapons, they hurt you somethimes. That's from a song by Cher.

But I assert,
Words are like diamonds,
sometimes they sparkle, sometimes they cut.
You may quote me.