Love And To Be Loved ; Live A Better Life

hello everyone. . .

all this while, i've been silent a lot in posting up entries for this blog . . . but today, i've promise to myself to take care of this blog just like my other blogs, Green Canvas and Purple Blogshop . . .

hope in future, more readers will come visiting this blog, and enjoy reading my entries . . .since this blog is about LIFE INSPIRATIONS, so i will bring more stories to inspire you all. . .hope together we all to live a better life!

cheers everyone ;))

The greatest thing you'll ever learn

is just to love and be loved in return.

- Joseph Adison -

hugging your loved ones either your half-one, friends, or even a stranger is part of the emotion of love, either you realise it or not. 

What Is . . . . Love ???

Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of the great sun what is light;
Ask what is darkness of the night;
Ask sin of what may be forgiven;
Ask what is happiness of heaven;
Ask what is folly of the crowd;
Ask what is fashion of the shroud;
Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss;
Ask of thyself what beauty is. Philip James Bailey, Festus (1813), scene A Party and Entertainment.

Today's Inspiration - Steve Jobs

Quote of the Day

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
– Steve Jobs

About Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs, the American computer pioneer who cofounded Apple, is known for his intensity, his brashness, and his focus on elegant design. He was born in 1955 in San Francisco. At age 21, he and Steve Wozniac built the first Apple computer in his garage. Its successor, the Macintosh, introduced the mouse. After Jobs was ousted from Apple, he bought Pixar Animation, creator of Toy Story and Finding Nemo. On his return to Apple, he introduced the iMac and iPod, restoring the company's luster. He now lives in California with his wife and three children.

Today's Inspiration - Jacob Braude

Quote of the Day

"Always behave like a duck — keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath."
– Jacob Braude

About Jacob Braude

American judge and author Jacob Braude was a fount of humorous and inspirational stories and quotations, which he used to regale the courtroom in Cook County, Illinois, where he presided for more that 35 years. His books of sayings, including Speaker's Encyclopedia of Humor and Braude's Treasury of Wit and Humor, have been mined by toastmasters and lecturers for decades. He was born in 1896 and died in 1970.

Today's Inspiration - Samuel Johnson

Quote of the Day

"What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence."
– Samuel Johnson

About Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson, the sharp-witted British essayist, wrote the first English language dictionary; his definitions still form the backbone of current dictionaries. He was born in Staffordshire in 1709. Johnson married a widow 20 years his senior and lived in poverty before achieving success with his essays when he was in his forties. Later in life, he befriended the young James Boswell, whose Life of Johnson became the quintessential English biography. Johnson died in 1784.

Today's Inspiration - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Quote of the Day
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. 
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the multitalented and prolific German author and scientist, is best known for the play Faust, which has been adapted into operas, films, and novels. He was born in 1749 in Frankfurt. An unhappy love affair inspired his first play; his similarly themed novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, created the prototype of the romantic hero. He also invented the color wheel concept of light and made important discoveries in plant and human biology. He died in 1832.

Today's Inspiration - Thomas Jefferson

Quote of the Day

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
– Thomas Jefferson

About Thomas Jefferson

President Thomas Jefferson was a true Renaissance figure: politician, inventor, archaeologist, architect, and more. He was born in Virginia in 1743 and later designed his adult home at Monticello. Many consider him the brightest man ever to inhabit the White House. Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence; the Library of Congress was founded from his personal collection. He died in 1826.

Today's Inspiration - Samuel Johnson

Quote of the Day

"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome."
– Samuel Johnson

About Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson, the sharp-witted British essayist, wrote the first English language dictionary; his definitions still form the backbone of current dictionaries. He was born in Staffordshire in 1709. Johnson married a widow 20 years his senior and lived in poverty before achieving success with his essays when he was in his forties. Later in life, he befriended the young James Boswell, whose Life of Johnson became the quintessential English biography. Johnson died in 1784.

Today's Inspiration - Carl Jung

Quote of the Day

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens."
– Carl Jung

About Carl Jung

Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist who originated such well-known psychological concepts as the archetype and the collective unconscious, has provided inspiration to people ranging from Joseph Campbell to Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. He was born in 1875 in a small town; he studied with Sigmund Freud before parting ways due to the radical difference in their views of human nature. Jung is considered second only to Freud in his influence on modern psychology, particularly in the area of dream analysis. He died in 1961.

Today's Inspiration - Julia Alvarez

Quote of the Day

"The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on."
– Julia Alvarez

About Julia Alvarez

Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez is best known for her novels, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, about sisters adjusting to life in the US, and In the Time of the Butterflies, the tragic life story of the anti-Trujillo activists, the Mirabal sisters. Born in New York in 1950, she was raised in the Dominican Republic until she was ten, when her family fled the country. She and her husband live in Vermont and run a sustainable coffee farm/literacy center in the Dominican Republic.

Today's Inspiration - James Bryant Conant

Quote of the Day

"Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out."
– James Bryant Conant

About James Bryant Conant

James Bryant Conant, the American chemist and educator, is known both for his role in the Manhattan Project — which developed the first nuclear weapons — and for his innovative tenure as president of Harvard University. Harvard had been a finishing school for the rich; Conant turned it into a world-class research university and created aptitude tests to choose students by ability. These tests became the basis for the SAT. He was born in Massachusetts in 1893 and died in New Hampshire in 1978.

Today's Inspiration – John Updike

Quote of the Day

"Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."
– John Updike