Thought for the Day - What ever you are ...

Whatever you are, be a good on.
Abraham Lincoln

Thought for the Day - The wise musicians....

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was born in Washington, D.C.’s black elite on April 29, 1899.
His parents were James Edward Ellington and Daisy Kennedy Ellington.
He was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader.

When he was 19 yrs old Ellington married Edna Thompson, on July 2, 1918.
His son is Mercer Kennedy Ellington.

Ellington got so many awards like Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1966,Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969, an Honorary PhD from the Berklee College of Music in 1971,and the Legion of Honor by France in 1973.

He died of lung cancer and pneumonia on May 24, 1974
Ellington's last words were, "Music is how I live, why I live and how I will be remembered."

Duke Ellington's famous quotes

Thought for the Day - We must ...

We must become the change we want to see.
Gandhi

Thought for the Day - Every artist...

Thought for the Day - What ever you...

Whatever you are, be a good on.
Abraham Lincoln

Thought for the Day - We must ...

We must become the change we want to see.
Gandhi

Thought for the Day - Policies are many...

Policies are many, Principles are few,
Policies will change, Principles never do.
John C. Maxwell

Thought for the Day - You have to dream...

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
Abdul Kalam

Thought for the Day - There is more life...

There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.
Gandhi

Thought for the Day - To climb steep...

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
Shakespeare

Thought for the Day - A problem is a ...

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
Duke Ellington

Thought for the Day - learn to say ........

Learn to say no to the good so you can say yes to the best.
John C. Maxwell

Thought for the Day - Every artist was ....

Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thought for the Day - The hardest challenge....

The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world
where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.
E. E. Cummings

Thought for the Day - Impatience never .................

Impatience never commanded success.
Edwin H. Chapin

Thought for the Day - when I do good....

When I do good, I feel good.
When I do bad, I feel bad.
Thats my religion.
Abraham Lincoln

Thought for the Day - Man needs...

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
Abdul Kalam

Thought for the Day - Policies are...

Policies are many,
principles are few,
Policies will change,
Principles never do.
-John C. Maxwell

Thought for the Day - To climb steep hills...

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

-Shakespeare

Thought for the Day - And in the end ...

And in the end,its not the years in your life that count.
Its the life in your years.
-Abraham lincoln

Thought for the Day - Imagination is .................

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
-Einstein

Thought for the Day - Live as if you..................

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
-Gandhi

Thought for the Day - Effort only fully.............

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
-Napoleon Hill

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
-Einstein

Thought for the Day - I don't think................

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
-Abraham Lincoln

Thought for the Day -Yesterday is gone............

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."
-Mother Teresa

Thought for the Day - And in the end .....................

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years.

-Abraham Lincoln