Bessie Stanley; turn of the century mother wrote a poem for a contest in 1904 and little did she know that those words would live on.  They survived the end of the publication and more than a century to land in your ears today.  Exactly 100 words to describe success.  I think she hits it all.

May our lives be benedictions.

Bessie Stanley; turn of the century mother wrote a poem for a contest in 1904 and little did she know that those words would live on. They survived the end of the publication and more than a century to land in your ears today. Exactly 100 words to describe success. I think she hits it all. May our lives be benedictions.

Episode 44 - Bessie Stanley on a Successful Life

Quotations is about words, written and spoken throughout history.  Words speak to us through our eyes and our ears.  They enrich our lives, allow us to communicate thoughts to others, and sometimes, last for generations.  

This podcast explores not only the words, but the speaker, author, figure, or character who originated them.  To whom were they said or written?  What was their intended effect and on whom?  What was the originator thinking?  Find out each episode and we discover new quotations, some familiar, some not!

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Quotations is about words, written and spoken throughout history. Words speak to us through our eyes and our ears. They enrich our lives, allow us to communicate thoughts to others, and sometimes, last for generations. This podcast explores not only the words, but the speaker, author, figure, or character who originated them. To whom were they said or written? What was their intended effect and on whom? What was the originator thinking? Find out each episode and we discover new quotations, some familiar, some not!

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Episode 44 - Bessie Stanley on a Successful Life

Episode 44 - Bessie Stanley on a Successful Life