‘Our intentions are what we produce in this life. I didn’t realise that your dreams can come true. I used to think it was coincidence but now I believe it’s the concentration of your thoughts, over a long time, that bring your dreams to fruition. You draw your own destiny towards you.’
Margi Now You See Me – Memoirs Of A Working Class Diva – Margi Clarke
”There is a sort of curious success to be derived from what appears to be failure, that if you end up doing something that brings you great happiness, as I have, you have achieved this, as much as the result of your perceived ‘failures,’ as of your perceived ‘successes.’
‘People who feel good about themselves are generally good to others. Goodness begets goodness. Love begets love.’
‘You have to believe in yourself even when others don’t, or you won’t achieve anything.’
‘Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter, till at least the seventh of May.’
Anthony Trollope 1815 -1882
So only seven days to go then.
‘Tried to write a startlingly new and original, brilliantly funny and thought-provoking piece for Python. Did this by staring out of the window, playing with paper clips and shutting my eyes for long periods,’
Michael Palin – Diary Entry- Friday 7th March 1980 Halfway To Hollywood. Volume Two. Diaries 1980-88
‘If you don’t get the message that your selfish will is not the centre of the universe, you’re never gonna get anything sorted out.’
Steve Jones – ‘Lonely Boy’ Tales From A Sex Pistol
‘Like bullies the whole world over, my mother did not mess with strength. She messed with weakness.’
For all the cold noses and warm hearts, the snowed in, the breadless, milkless hordes of Britons fighting the Beast, here is my quote of the week.
‘The English never yield, and though driven back and thrown into confusion, they always return to the fight, thirsting for vengeance as long as they have a breath of life.’
-Giovanni Mocenigo, Venetian Ambassodor in France 1588.
P.S We definately need to get the Scottish and Welsh in there as well! I’m not sure we can avenge snow, but we’ll have a damn good try. The Grit King cometh.
