"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomarrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."
2007-01-18 12:45:14 · 12 answers · asked by Cailin D 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Humm... I think it was Groucho Marx.
TODAY IS A GIFT
"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself:
I — not events — have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."
—Groucho Marx
2007-01-18 12:47:40 · answer #1 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”
Groucho Marx quotes (American Comedian, Actor and Singer, 1890-1977)
2007-01-18 12:53:35 · answer #2 · answered by melissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Groucho Marx
2007-01-18 12:55:31 · answer #3 · answered by Ryan F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Groucho Marx
2007-01-18 12:50:42 · answer #4 · answered by danilysa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Groucho Marx
2007-01-18 12:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by Venus Mantrap 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Groucho Marx said this (American Comedian, actor, and singer) 1890-1977
2007-01-18 12:49:10 · answer #6 · answered by Jake 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was spoken by Groucho Marx.
2007-01-18 12:47:50 · answer #7 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ben Franklin said it when he was crossing the delaware during the civil war. He went across to fetch the fifty cent piece that he tossed over
2007-01-18 12:50:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Kwai Chang Cain, gwasshoppuh.
2007-01-18 12:54:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Peace Pilgrim
Peace Pilgrim (July 18, 1908 – July 7, 1981) born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American pacifist, vegetarian, and peace activist. In 1952, she became the first woman to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one season. Starting on January 1, 1953 in Pasadena, California, Norman walked across the United States for 28 years.
The spiritual classic "Steps Toward Inner Peace" is a transcript of a 1964 talk given by her on KPFK radio in Los Angeles, California. In that year, she completed 25,000 miles on foot for peace, after which she stopped counting miles.
Peace's Pilgrim's only possessions were the clothes on her back and the few items she carried in the pockets of her blue tunic which read "PEACE PILGRIM" on the front and "25,000 MILES ON FOOT FOR PEACE" on the back. She had no organizational backing, carried no money, and would not even ask for food or shelter. It had to be offered without asking. For 28 years, all her needs were met. "Aren't people good," she would often say. She spoke to all who would listen about the entire peace picture; peace among nations, peace among groups, and the very important "inner peace" because she believed that was where peace began.
Expressing her ideas about peace and ending war, she referred to herself only as "Peace Pilgrim." Her pilgrimage spanned almost three decades beginning during the Korean War and continuing during the American involvement in the Vietnam War and beyond. She died in an automobile accident in 1981 while being driven to a speaking engagement near Knox, Indiana. At the time of her death, she was crossing the United States for the seventh time.
2007-01-18 12:50:40 · answer #10 · answered by Tiff 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋