Quotable Quotes

By Day of the Year

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January

1st	Beginnings	Every new beginning is just a first step away. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
2nd	Freedom	You are free: Free to think what you like, free to do what you want, free to be yourself, free to fall in love, free to live. ~ Wayne Visser 1987
3rd	Believing	Suspending disbelief is not nearly as powerful as believing. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
4th	Rejuvenation	There is a silent wind trapped within us, longing to blow and cleanse and purify and rejuvenate, if only we would release it. ~ Wayne Visser 1987
5th	Touch	Only when touched do we truly come to our senses. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
6th	Happiness	Life is our instructor, and her first lesson is to be happy. ~ Wayne Visser 1988
7th	Music	Any music can be played, but the best music plays us. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
8th	Persuasion	Never try to convince anyone of anything. You can plant a seed, water it and pluck the fruit, but you cannot grow the plant, for that is the work of nature. ~ Wayne Visser 1988
9th	Home	Home is wherever we feel we most belong. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
10th	Choice	Every person chooses and walks their own path. Only they can choose it and only they can walk it. And to move forward in life, they must do both. ~ Wayne Visser 1988
11th	Insight	An epiphany is seeing the same world again, but differently this time. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
12th	Adventure	There are moments when suddenly our eyes blink open and we recapture the excitement of living. Life becomes an adventure and we, adventurers. ~ Wayne Visser 1988
13th	Wildness	We were all born to be wild and tricked into being tame. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
14th	Reality	Sometimes daily living seems but a distraction, something trivial in the face of greater reality. ~ Wayne Visser 1989
15th	Generosity	Generosity is sharing that which you can least afford to give. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
16th	Opportunity	We must learn to have faith in life itself. For life will always present us with opportunities to begin to make our wishes come true. ~ Wayne Visser 1989
17th	Sport	Sport is a better peacemaker than politics or religion. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
18th	Guidance	The best guidance that others can give is to remind us that we have the means to further whichever ends we choose. ~ Wayne Visser 1989
19th	Age	As much as age is an inescapable reality, it is also an ethereal illusion. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
20th	Judgement	We are never in a position to judge the path another person chooses, for each much choose their own path and live with the consequences. ~ Wayne Visser 1989
21st	Art	Art is the mirror in which we see our truest self reflected. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
22nd	Progress	This is progress: Having a goal, no matter how small or simple, and moving towards it, no matter how slowly or indirectly. ~ Wayne Visser 1989
23rd	Seasons	Seasons are the variable shades of blush we see when we catch nature changing. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
24th	Perspective	Looking down on the city lights puts life into perspective - there is the greater whole, of which I am but a single molecule. ~ Wayne Visser 1989
25th	Dreams	Dreams are the swirling smoke of our spirit's fire. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
26th	Miracles	To a line, a square is a miracle, and to a square, a cube is an impossible dream. ~ Wayne Visser 2008
27th	Dancing	Dancing is allowing ourselves to be moved by music. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
28th	Self-love	I need to love myself as I am, not as I was or wish to be. ~ Wayne Visser 1990
29th	Silence	All sound begins and ends in silence. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
30th	Beliefs	My creed is simple: I believe in the potential of everything and everyone, for good and evil. ~ Wayne Visser 1988
31st	Dignity	Dignity is the saving grace of humanity. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

February

1st	Endurance	Do not nail yourself to a cross each time you fall short of the mark. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and try again, and again, and again. ~ Wayne Visser 1990
2nd	Time	Time is our greatest gift, and using it well, our greatest offering in return. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
3rd	Creation	All creation is born of imagination and nurtured by expression. ~ Wayne Visser 1989
4th	Rituals	Rituals are labyrinths with meaning at their centre. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
5th	Business	Business exists to serve society, not the other way around. ~ Wayne Visser 1990
6th	Leadership	Leadership is the ability to inspire individuals to act for the common good. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
7th	Daring	Dare to be: to be different, to be loving, to be successful, to be true to yourself. ~ Wayne Visser 1991
8th	Flowers	When nature laughs, flowers bloom. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
9th	Success	Success can always be traced back to one or two enthusiastic and committed individuals. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
10th	Friendship	Friendship is the bond between hearts and the bridge between souls. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
11th	War	There is no such thing as a war without unexpected and unintended consequences. ~ Wayne Visser 2008
12th	Books	Books are the ongoing conversation of the ages. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
13th	Dreams	The greatest dreams are about being different and making a difference. ~ Wayne Visser 1991
14th	Love	Love is the ultimate human quest. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
15th	Nature	Nature needs no improvement, only appreciation and respect. ~ Wayne Visser 1991
16th	Radicals	Radicals are the roots of all progress. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
17th	Change	Change is a process, not an event. ~ Wayne Visser 1991
18th	Responsibility	Responsibility is the choice we make to respond with care. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
19th	Learning	If we can be mindful of the lessons that each day has offered us, our learning will be swift and sure. ~ Wayne Visser 1991
20th	Space	The building blocks of life, the universe, and everything, are the spaces in between. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
21st	Freedom	We have no home, other than all creation. We have no ties, other than to every living thing. ~ Wayne Visser 1991
22nd	Flight	Flight is the journey beyond our limitations. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
23rd	Understanding	When we understand why and how people and things are they way they are, hatred and prejudice can no longer exist. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
24th	Memories	Memories of the past are teachers of the present and prophets of the future. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
25th	Loneliness	We walk in this world alone, yet we are never alone. ~ Wayne Visser 1991
26th	Food	Food is a universal language spiced by delicious local dialects. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
27th	Living	The real key to the wonders, the mysteries and the potential of life is to be found in the living thereof. ~ Wayne Visser 1991
28th	Theatre	Theatre is where we go to let others expose who we are. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
29th	Names	Names tell a story. They are a symbol of our past heritage and, if we are lucky, a touchstone for our future aspirations. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

March

1st	Attitude	Our attitude is the only thing over which we can have complete control. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
2nd	Meaning	We should never be embarrassed to admit that we are puzzled (clueless even) about the meaning of life. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
3rd	Partnership	Partnership is the journey towards being better together than apart. ~ Wayne Visser 2005
4th	Answers	Searching for answers in life presumes that we even know the questions. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
5th	Doubt	Doubt is the shield we carry through the battlefields of life. ~ Wayne Visser 2008
6th	Possibilities	We are all on a highly personal journey of infinite possibilities. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
7th	Humour	Any attempt to fathom the mystery of humour is laughable. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
8th	Words	Words, once spoken, have a life of their own. ~ Wayne Visser 2004
9th	Organisations	Organisations form part of the chain of living organisms. Each has their own life cycle, personality, influence and capacity to evolve. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
10th	Transcendence	Life is all about transcending our limitations - seeking out boundaries of our potential, and then stepping beyond them. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
11th	Stories	We all have a story to tell - of our journey through this life, of the world through our yes, of the "I am" that we are - and the true telling is in the living. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
12th	Africa	Africa is the continent of surprise - it constantly surprises me, it is waiting to surprise you, and soon, it will surprise the whole world. ~ Wayne Visser 2008
13th	Leaders	The hope for our future lies with the emergence of a new brand of principled leaders who lead from the heart. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
14th	Pessimism	The victim of pessimism is hope. And where there is no hope, there is no future worth living for. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
15th	Goodness	We must never loose our belief in the fundamental goodness of people; the exceptions only serve to prove the rule. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
16th	Permission	Always give yourself permission to play, to have adventures, to skip and jump, to enjoy life, to fly and to love. ~ Wayne Visser, 1992
17th	Rings	A ring is a symbol - it's circular shape represents wholeness and eternity, which is the ultimate potential of love. ~ Wayne Visser 1992
18th	Genius	The mark of a genius is their unquenchable thirst for knowledge and understanding, for a more complete picture of the universe and our place in it. ~ Wayne Visser 1993
19th	Greed	Who says business can't reach beyond the shadows of selfishness and greed and become a source of light and love in the world? ~ Wayne Visser 1993
20th	Success	Dream on! For success was never born from anything less than dreams. ~ Wayne Visser 1993
21st	Third Way	The Third Way is that elusive road joining the divergent paths of growth and development, ownership and sharing, competition and co-operation, confrontation and consensus, material and spiritual. ~ Wayne Visser 1994
22nd	Synchronicity	Synchronicity is a sign that the universe is working with us, or perhaps more accurately, that we are working in harmony with the universe. ~ Wayne Visser 2007
23rd	Strength	Sometimes strength is in recognising weakness, and courage is in accepting a helping hand. ~ Wayne Visser 2007
24th	Eternity	Eternity is our choice - if we choose to live in the everlasting present, and if have the courage to keep going against all odds. ~ Wayne Visser 2008
25th	Moon	The moon is reflective, feminine, nocturnal, mysterious, bewitching and .. most importantly .. made of cheese! ~ Wayne Visser 2007
26th	Healing	Time - and focusing on the good things in our lives - helps us to heal and keep moving, however slowly, towards wholeness again. ~ Wayne Visser 2007
27th	Letting go	We only let go of something or someone when we realise we have nothing much to gain by holding on. ~ Wayne Visser 2007
28th	Fairytales	I've lived long enough to know that life is no fairytale, but it certainly is a tale and an adventurous one at that. ~ Wayne Visser 2008
29th	Love	Love is a journey in which we can never know the destination, only that we want to walk into the unknown with another by our side. ~ Wayne Visser 2007
30th	Fear	Our greatest fear is not being loved. ~ Wayne Visser 2007
31st	Certainty	Life comes with no guarantees; nor does love. ~ Wayne Visser 2007