101 Inspiring Quotations by Ken Hutton - HTML preview

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THE ONLINE POETRY ARCHIVE – Do you have a half-remembered piece of poetry that you'd love to track down? Chances are you'll find it right here! Search this vast database of poems, poets, lyrics and quotes and delve into well over one million entries.

As well as searching by entering a line or a few words, you can search under poets, or under dozens of categories, such as friend, money, paris, laughter, or butterfly. Start on one of these categories and narrow it down.

For quotes, you can search by word or phrase, or again under categories, or under specific poets. Safe to say, I think, that if you can't find it here you'll never find it. Er ... are you sure you didn't just dream it?

"THE ARTIST IS A RECEPTACLE FOR EMOTIONS THAT COME FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE: FROM THE SKY, FROM THE EARTH, FROM A SCRAP OF PAPER, FROM A PASSING SHAPE, FROM A SPIDER'S WEB." ~ PABLO PICASSO

ADVANCED TEXT ANALYZER - This free tool analyzes texts, calculating the number of words, lexical density, words per sentence, characters per word and the readability of the text, as well as word analysis, phrase analysis and graded analysis. You will need to register on the site, but it's free and it gives you access to lots of other text tools as well as articles, games and quizzes.

"DEVELOP A PASSION FOR LEARNING. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL NEVER CEASE TO GROW."

~ ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO

BRAINY QUOTE – A monster resource of quotes, searchable by authors and by topics, or you can search alphabetically and see what's listed under any letter you choose (a nice way to discover authors you may never have heard of previously).

"VISION WITHOUT ACTION IS MERELY A DREAM. ACTION WITHOUT VISION JUST PASSES THE TIME.

VISION WITH ACTION CAN CHANGE THE WORLD." ~ JOEL A. BARKER

ENGLISH CLUB – Excellent site for English learners. Covers grammar, spelling, vocabulary, pronunciation, idioms, This Week in History, etc.

"OLD MINDS ARE LIKE OLD HORSES; YOU MUST EXERCISE THEM IF YOU WISH TO KEEP THEM IN WORKING ORDER." ~ JOHN ADAMS

WORDSMITH – A-Word-a-Day has been sending out fascinating daily emails since 1994, each one featuring a different word, together with its meaning, its etymology, and samples of its usage (and an interesting quotation). The site features its entire archives, plus an anagram creator and a section (Anagram Times) showing news headlines with apt, and sometimes very amusing, anagrams.

"MAGIC IS BELIEVING IN YOURSELF, IF YOU CAN DO THAT, YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN."

~ JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

DEDICATED THINKING TIME – To most people, thinking isn't much more than just random mental activity. To make it useful and practical, and to get something out of it, thinking needs to be specifically directed and it needs to be done in isolation. Trying to do it while multi-tasking is never going to work! If you want to see the results of proper, organised thinking, then take heed of the tips on this page.

"IT'S KIND OF FUN TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE." ~ WALT DISNEY

ENGLISH GRAMMAR 101 -  Have you always wanted to know the down and dirty details of English grammar? Still confused over such things as interrogative pronouns and semicolons? Not even sure if virgule, predicate and ellipsis are actual English words or not? You'll probably find English Grammar 101 a very enlightening experience. A very detailed and educational website, but without being boring or 'stodgy'.

HOW STUFF WORKS – If you've ever wondered how stuff works, no matter what stuff we're talking about here, chances are you'll find some information on just that subject on this site. Search through countless thousands of articles on subjects as wide- ranging as Health, Science, Tech, Culture, Animals, Adventure, Shows, Entertainment ... and more.

If you go in looking for something specific you'll probably find it, but beware ... if you venture in without a definite plan you're likely to find yourself drawn from one interesting little tidbit to another and they'll probably have to send a search party in looking for you after a day or two. Definitely addictive! You have been warned.

"TRAINING GIVES US AN OUTLET FOR SUPPRESSED ENERGIES CREATED BY STRESS AND THUS TONES THE SPIRIT JUST AS EXERCISE CONDITIONS THE BODY."

~ ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

I WILL TEACH YOU TO BE RICH – Get access to some of the invaluable content of this New York Times bestseller by Ramit Sethi for free. Get it now before he comes to his senses and takes this page down! Ramit is proud to say he gives away 98% of his information for free, and it includes The Ultimate Guide to Making Money, The Ultimate Guide to Habits, The Ultimate Guide to Personal Finance and The Ultimate Guide to Social Skills.

These guides can help you be more comfortable in group situations, more effective at work, more prosperous, and more productive through mastering the skills of effective habits.

W3SCHOOLS – Interested in coding? Curious about CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap, or AJAX? Still struggling with HTML? W3Schools.com provides all the answers, in the form of simple examples and tutorials. It's the world's largest web developer site and it's aimed squarely at you, the ordinary person ... not the expert.

Even a beginner with hardly a clue what's going on can benefit from this site's straightforward, no-nonsense approach.

“I NEVER WORRY ABOUT ACTION, BUT ONLY INACTION” ~ WINSTON CHURCHILL

MARKUP VALIDATION SERVICE – You've written a page in HTML and you're not sure if it's correct. Mmm ... how to validate the code ... Do you just wait for a reader to write in and tell you your page doesn't work in some respect? No, you enter the URL into the address bar of this validation service and it automatically checks it line by line. You'll have a report in no time, with problems and issues pointed out, together with suggestions on how to fix them. Invaluable.

"EVERYTHING YOU’VE EVER WANTED IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FEAR." ~ GEORGE ADDAIR

BOOTSTRAP – Bootstrap makes front-end web development faster and easier. It's made for folks of all skill levels, devices of all shapes, and projects of all sizes. Bootstrap easily and efficiently scales your websites and applications with a single code base, from phones to tablets to desktops with CSS media queries.

Millions of amazing sites across the web are being built with Bootstrap. Get started on your own with their growing collection of examples or by exploring some of their favorites. It's worth learning Bootstrap if you want to design beautiful and responsive sites that will look good on any platform.

MAKE YOUR AFFIRMATIONS MORE EFFECTIVE–  Affirmations have got a bad press, and for good reason: they just don't seem to work very well! The ideas on this page aim to fine-tune your affirmations and transform them into goal-seeking guided missiles!

"THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO.

THE SECOND BEST TIME IS NOW" ~ CHINESE PROVERB

FIVE SUBTLE CHANGES IN PERCEPTION - Life can be harsh and it can sometimes be difficult to see a way forward. But with a few subtle changes in perception things can change dramatically. This page can steer you towards those changes, and it can happen gently and easily.

“I WONDERED ABOUT THE EXPLORERS WHO'D SAILED THEIR SHIPS TO THE END OF THE WORLD. HOW TERRIFIED THEY MUST HAVE BEEN WHEN THEY RISKED FALLING OVER THE EDGE; HOW AMAZED TO DISCOVER, INSTEAD, PLACES THEY HAD SEEN ONLY IN THEIR DREAMS.” ~ JODI PICOULT

WORDCOUNTER – Wordcounter is a free online application that ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text. Use it to see what words you overuse, and use that knowledge to improve your writing. Wordcounter is useful for writers, editors, students, and anyone who thinks that they might be writing redundantly or repetitively.

“TO LIVE, TO TRULY LIVE, WE MUST BE WILLING TO RISK. TO BE NOTHING IN ORDER TO FIND EVERYTHING.

TO LEAP BEFORE WE LOOK.” ~ MANDY HALE

KIDSSPELL – A free and fun way to help improve your kids' spelling, making use of over 6,600 practice words. Lots of word games too, to add to the fun!

"THERE ARE RISKS AND COSTS TO ACTION. BUT THEY ARE FAR LESS THAN THE LONG RANGE RISKS OF COMFORTABLE INACTION." ~ JOHN F. KENNEDY

EFFECTIVE VISUALISATION - We all know that visualisation is supposed to help you materialise your goals. But people are often disappointed with the results, and give up on their goals completely, convinced that it will never work. This page describes how to visualise much more effectively, and in such a way that positive results are far more likely.

"THE PURPOSE OF ART IS WASHING THE DUST OF DAILY LIFE OFF OUR SOULS." ~ PABLO PICASSO

CREATIVE QUOTATIONS – 50,000 quotations from about 3,000 people, and all searchable in various ways. 12,000 proverbs from all round the world, and searchable by any single word. Random Quotes.

"SUCCESS IS A STATE OF MIND.

IF YOU WANT SUCCESS, START THINKING OF YOURSELF AS A SUCCESS." ~ JOYCE BROTHERS

GRAMMARLY HANDBOOK – Very detailed and well put-together site packed with information on all aspects of grammar.

LOSE IT! - Lose It! is designed with one simple goal - to help you lose weight in a healthy, sustainable way. No magic pills, no crazy diets - just a simple, easy-to-use program that helps you stay within your calorie budget.

Lose it! features a fitness guide, a nutrition plan, motivational success tips, and a blog. Lose it! is based on the proven principles of calorie tracking and peer support, and this online software helps keep you connected to the people, devices and food information you need to achieve your weight-loss goals.

“THE WAY TO GET STARTED IS TO QUIT TALKING AND BEGIN DOING” ~ WALT DISNEY

TRULY AMAZING – A blog that has its focus firmly fixed on the positive, celebrating excellence in people in general, in specific individuals, in ground-breaking new inventions, in amazing achievements, etc. Health and fitness, along with prosperity, form the core of the site's content.

"WE CAN COMPLAIN BECAUSE ROSE BUSHES HAVE THORNS,

OR REJOICE BECAUSE THORN BUSHES HAVE ROSES." ~ ABRAHAM LINCOLN

REVERSE DICTIONARY – This tool lets you describe a concept and get back a list of related words and phrases. Your description can be anything at all: a single word, a few words, or even a whole sentence. Type in your description and hit Enter (or select a word that shows up in the autocomplete preview) to see the related words.

HOW SPELLING KEEPS KIDS FROM LEARNING – Another site (like the one above) that reckons English is probably the most irregularly spelt language of all. For example, English has over 200 ways to spell just 44 sounds! This makes it very difficult for kids to learn to spell properly, and slows down the whole process of learning to read and write correctly. Lots of interesting ideas about how to simplify spelling.

"I'M A GREATER BELIEVER IN LUCK,

AND I FIND THE HARDER I WORK THE MORE I HAVE OF IT". ~ THOMAS JEFFERSON

Wordweb - Wordweb is a free dictionary and thesaurus giving you instant access to hundreds of thousands of definitions and synonyms at the click of your mouse. It caters for British English, American, Canadian, Australian, Indian and global English. A very full-featured piece of software, the more you use it the more you realise what it has to offer.

"SHALLOW MEN BELIEVE IN LUCK OR IN CIRCUMSTANCE.

STRONG MEN BELIEVE IN CAUSE AND EFFECT." ~ RALPH WALDO EMERSON

20 COMMON GRAMMAR MISTAKES – If you're serious about improving your grammar, this site could be very useful to you. It lists common mistakes with detailed explanations of the correct usage.

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