Dougisms 

(Quotes by Doug Kelley)

People want to be in the USA! They want to feel Unique, Special, and Appreciated.

So often in life, that which takes a short time to neglect, takes a long time to correct.

Never do for others that which they could and should do for themselves. To practice doing so is codependent.

WHAT I DO IS NOT NECESSARILY WHO I AM.

THE THOUGHTS YOU CHOOSE, RULE.

THE LAW OF MOMENTUM: "WHEN YOU ARE UP, THE UNIVERSE WORKS TO KEEP YOU UP. WHEN YOU ARE DOWN, THE UNIVERSE WORKS TO KEEP YOU DOWN."

PERSEVERANCE ALWAYS WINS. WHO IS MORE PERSISTENT, YOU? OR THE PROBLEM?

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF SUCCESS IN ANYTHING: "Do what you should do, when you should do it."

-- Thomas Huxley, adapted by Doug Kelley 

Truth exists, only falsehood has to be constructed. 

Nothing is impossible--We merely don't know how to do it yet.

Doug's Favorite Quotes

(Quotes by Others)

When you open your mind to possibilities, there is no closing it again. —Tracy Kelley, Writer

We ought not live in the shadow of our worst moments. --F. Richard Kelley 

"If I were to try to read, much less to answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how--the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won't matter. If the end brings me out wrong, then ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference."

-- Abraham Lincoln, adopted by Doug Kelley

Cherokee Wisdom

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.

"A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee replied simply, "The one you feed."

Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries around in his pocket. The more he has, the more they weigh him down. --Unknown 

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. 

-- Lyall Watson, biologist 

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. --Unknown 

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" -- Sherlock Holmes 

"I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want." -- Mark Twain 

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves to be like other people. 

-- Arthur Schopenhauer 1788-1860 

Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious. 

-- H Ross Perot 

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about. 

-- Solomon Short 

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves. 

-- Wilhelm von Humboldt 

We're all in this alone. -- Lily Tomlin 

The road to success is always under construction. -- Lily Tomlin 

Isaac Asimov when asked what he would do if he only had six months to live: "Type faster." 

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. 

-- John Bentham 

Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. -- Mark Twain 

Whatever you are, be a good one.  -- Abraham Lincoln 

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. 

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  

Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered and found no one there. -- Unknown 

It is possible to commit no mistake and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life.  -- Jean Luc Picard [From Star Trek] 

ENJOY THE MOMENT OF NOW!  

Great Potential is one of life's heaviest burdens.  -- Byrd Baggett 

May you live all the days of your life. --Jonathan Swift  

There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned. --Harrison E. Salisbury 

Survival strategy: "Laugh whenever you can, cry whenever you need to, appreciate the little things in life, and learn to roll with the punches."--Unknown 

There are always alternatives. --Doctor Who 

 The best way to have what you want, is to want what you have. -- Unknown  

 Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought. -- Unknown 

THINGS DO NOT CHANGE. WE CHANGE. 

--Henry David Thoreau 

Spend your life lifting people up, not putting people down. --Unknown  

When there is a hill to climb, don't think that waiting will make it smaller. --Unknown  

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them. --Unknown 

Remember that the more you know, the less you fear. --Unknown 

Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river. --Unknown  

Don't let weeds grow around your dreams.  --Unknown  

Our thoughts determine our responses to life. We are not victims of the world. To the extent that we control our thoughts, we control the world.  --Unknown 

A FOOL-PROOF METHOD FOR SCULPTING AN ELEPHANT: First, get a huge block of marble; then chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant. --Unknown 

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry. --Unknown 

Give me ambiguity or give me something else. --Unknown 

Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else. --Unknown 

Remember that what's right isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right. --Unknown 

"WE STRUGGLE ALONG WITH WHAT WE HAVE, WHERE WE ARE; AND A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN’T SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING, BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHEN A TINY SEED SOWN WILL COME TO HARVEST."  -- DR. ERNEST A. FITZGERALD, "HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE" 

The urge to beauty and the need for beautiful and gracious and lovely things in life is as vital a need as the urge for bread.  --Luther Burbank

Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have" --Unknown 

Failure is an event. It is not a person. --Unknown 

To those who understand: No explanation is necessary. To those who don't understand: No explanation will suffice. --Unknown 

It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line!  --Unknown 

Don't wait for a crisis to discover what is important in your life. --Unknown 

Never Let Yesterday Use Up Today. --Unknown