The purpose of Mr. Dickie's Blog is to provide a place where I can post quotations I like and write about things that are on my mind. As of the summer of 2011 I have NetworkedBlogs posting a link to this blog to Facebook.
Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.
(David O. McKay, in The Little Book Of Virtues, 5 August) 9 August 2013
Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world.
There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.
(C.S. Lewis, in The Little Book Of Virtues, 16 May) 8 August 2013
A great river is not aimless. It has direction and purpose. So also must a good life have a definite aim; all its strength and fullness must be turned in one direction. (Glenville Kleiser in The Little Book Of Virtures, 2 April) 7 August 2013
Write a letter to a friend in a freestyle manner, just letting your thoughts flow naturally and sincerely. You might make interesting self-discoveries in the process. (Mike George, 1,001 Ways To Relax, #793) 3 August 2013
He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
(Samuel Johnson, The Little Book of Virtues, 8 May)
1 August 2013
I have been retired from the U.S. government for many years. I was a long time paying member of AOL until May 2009. Until October 2008 I had a fairly extensive genealogy website on AOL. They dropped support.
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