GREEN TIP: Internati

GREEN TIP: International group of beer makers makes public pledge to cut use of water drastically.

"Courage is like lov

"Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment. " - Napoleon Bonaparte

"Don't sweat the sma

"Don't sweat the small stuff, the big stuff will give you enough of a work-out." ~ Eliot Lee

“It all comes down

“It all comes down to serving the ones who are fighting alongside you, watching your back, putting a weapon in your hand when you need it most.” ~ James Luceno

“The best things i

“The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love, do not require coupons.” ~ Unknown

“He who does not f

“He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.” ~  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“A friend is someo

“A friend is someone who helps you up when you're down, and if they can't, they lay down beside you and listen.” ~ Unknown

“Stay committed to

“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” ~ Tom Robbins

"The essence of plea

"The essence of pleasure is spontaneity."  ~Germaine Greer

"Pleasure is the flo

"Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume."  ~Jean de Boufflers

"Fun I love, but too

"Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome.  Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth."  ~Thomas Carlyle

"The windows of my s

"The windows of my soul I throw Wide open to the sun."~ John Greenleaf Whittier

"The soul may sleep

"The soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth."  ~Mignon McLaughlin

"A smile confuses an

"A smile confuses an approaching frown."  ~Author Unknown

"Skiing is a dance,

"Skiing is a dance, and the mountain always leads."  ~Author Unknown

Ll"If you have an ho

Ll"If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?" - Lord Chesterfield

“Most powerful is

“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.” ~ Seneca

“The happiness of

“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.” ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson

“First we make our

“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” ~ Charles C. Noble

“I am, indeed, a k

“I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.” ~ Pietro Aretino

“You cannot contro

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” ~ Brian Tracy

"In about the same d

"In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy." ~ Karl Reiland

"Everyone thinks of

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

"I have found the pa

"I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love." ~ Mother Teresa

"Think ahead, think

"Think ahead, think past, act now." ~ Eliot Lee

"Nobody looks good i

"Nobody looks good in their darkest hours. But it's those hours that make us who we are." ~ Karen Marie Moning

"Idealism is what pr

"Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows."  ~David T. Wolf

"The trouble with us

"The trouble with using experience as a guide is that the final exam often comes first and then the lesson."  ~Author Unknown

"Nothing is a waste

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."  ~Auguste Rodin

"Learn all you can f

"Learn all you can from the mistakes of others.  You won't have time to make them all yourself."  ~Alfred Sheinwold

"If we could see the

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change." - Siddhartha Buddha

"It's not the events

"It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean." ~ Tony Robbins

"Just cause you got

"Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town." ~ George Carlin

"I do the very best

"I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end." ~ Abraham Lincoln

"Don't cry because i

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." ~ Dr. Seuss

“Temper gets you i

“Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there.” ~ Unknown Author

“In general, pride

“In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.” ~ John Ruskin

“Be yourself, don'

“Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.” ~ Gerard Way

"There are many whos

"There are many whose tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues." ~ Prentice

“A good friend who

“A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.” ~ Buddha

“A beautiful thing

“A beautiful thing is never perfect.” ~ Proverb

"Our self image, str

"Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become." ~ Maxwell Maltz

“The beginning of

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” ~ Thomas Merton

"A strong, positive

"A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success." ~ Joyce Brothers

"I make the most of

"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."  ~Sara Teasdale, "The Philosopher"

"Give thanks for wha

"Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow."  ~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

"If you surrender to

"If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it."  ~Toni Morrison

"Good for the body i

"Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other."  ~Henry David Thoreau

"Be not angry that y

"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be." ~Thomas à Kempis

"The act of acting m

"The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters." ~ Gloria Steinem

"Happiness is a matt

"Happiness is a matter of being open to it and enjoying it." ~ Eliot Lee

“Happiness is that

“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.” ~ Ayn Rand

“There is no comin

“There is no coming to consciousness without pain.” ~ Carl Gustav Jung

“Keep love in your

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.” ~ Oscar Wilde

“No problem can be

“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” ~ Albert Einstein

GREEN TIP: National

GREEN TIP: National survey shows San Francisco is the least wasteful city; Houston wastes the most.

"Be careful what you

"Be careful what you set your heart on, for it will surely be yours." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.

"Whoso diggeth a pit

"Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein."  ~Proverb

"Our deeds determine

"Our deeds determine us as much as we determine our deeds."  ~George Eliot

"When you learn to a

"When you learn to accept instead of expect, you’ll have fewer disappointments." ~ Robert Fisher

"We cannot live only

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men." ~ Herman Melville

"You are only as goo

"You are only as good as the team you have behind you." ~ Jim Palmer

GREEN TIP: Innovativ

GREEN TIP: Innovative new certificates of deposit use your investment to fund solar energy projects.

“We have no right

“We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.” ~ Kurt Cobain

“I never

      “I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.” ~ Edward Gibbon

“Make sure you hav

“Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you." ~ Arab Proverb

" “A good

"      “A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.” ~ Kenneth A. Welles

“In all matters of

“In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.” ~ Oscar Wilde

"Do what you must, A

"Do what you must, And your friends will adjust." ~Robert Brault

"No one can drive us

"No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys."  ~Doug Horton

"He enjoys true leis

"He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate."  ~Henry David Thoreau

"The character of ev

"The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done." ~ Oliver Wendell Homes

"I can never be what

"I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be." Martin Luther King Jr.

GREEN TIP: Satellite

GREEN TIP: Satellite imagery shows Malaysia is destroying forests 3x faster than all of Asia combined.

"Integrity is measur

"Integrity is measured by the distance between your lips and your life" ~ Mark Sanborn

“Good fri

      “Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there” ~ Unknown

“A real f

      “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” ~ Walter Winchell

“There can be no f

“There can be no friendship without confidence; and no confidence, without integrity” ~ Unknown

GREEN TIP: Gallup po

GREEN TIP: Gallup poll shows 83% of Americans want a clean energy bill passed this year.

""Play for more than

""Play for more than you can afford to lose and you'll learn the game." ~ Winston Churchill

GREEN TIP: Go to yel

GREEN TIP: Go to yellowpagesoptout.com if you don't want telephone directories delivered to your home.

"Pleasure in the job

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." ~ Aristotle

GREEN TIP: Internati

GREEN TIP: International survey shows oysters are disappearing; expert calls them "functionally extinct".

"I have never been h

"I have never been hurt by what I have not said." ~ Calvin Coolidge

GREEN TIP: Administr

GREEN TIP: Administrator of Gulf oil spill compensation fund says the area will recover within 3 years.

"He who would travel

"He who would travel happily must travel light." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Don't let anyone st

"Don't let anyone steal your dream.  It's your dream, not theirs."  ~Dan Zadra

"Don't find fault.

"Don't find fault.  Find a remedy."  ~Henry Ford

"You must have long-

"You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures."  ~Charles C. Noble

"Don't live down to

"Don't live down to expectations.  Go out there and do something remarkable."  ~Wendy Wasserstein

"Success isn't a res

"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion.  You must set yourself on fire."  ~Arnold H. Glasow

"If we cannot be cle

"If we cannot be clever, we can always be kind."  ~Alfred Fripp

Quote: "To be withou

Quote: "To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness." ~ Bertrand Russell.

GREEN TIP: Like bamb

GREEN TIP: Like bamboo, mango trees are fast-growing and can serve as a sustainable timber source.

GREEN TIP: Republica

GREEN TIP: Republican senators seek to stop EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.

"The most decisive a

"The most decisive actions of our life... are most often unconsidered actions."  ~André Gide

"Instinct is intelli

"Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness."  ~John Sterling

"Intuition is a spir

"Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way." ~Florence Scovel Shinn