Ripples
Every Monday since 1999, Paul has been sending out Ripples, an email containing two upbeat quotes submitted by readers (Pebble, Boulder) and something to think about for the week (Ponder). Enjoy recent issues below, and farther down you can use the keyword cloud or search bar to dive into our archive of over 1,100 issues. Have a quote that might make a good Pebble or Boulder? Submit it here!

Ripples #1300: Work in Progress

PEBBLE
Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they are finished.
~Daniel Gilbert, as quoted by David Brooks in How to Know a Person

BOULDER

The value of doing something does not lie in the ease or difficulty, the probability or improbability of its achievement, but in the vision, the plan, the determination and perseverance, the effort and the struggle which go into the project.…
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Ripples #1281: Believe in Yourself

Dec 11, 2023
PEBBLE
Once you find yourself, believe in yourself.
-Judy Markle (comment on a social media post with the quote: “Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself.
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