Tag: David Earl Woodbury

  • A Cure for Worry 6-17-16

    No 25 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, June 17, 2016 A Cure for Worry “As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.” – Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) American Inventor Ever awaken in a funk, a cloud, a depression, a panic, or in a state of confusion? Every morning, when…

  • Share the Love 6-10-16

    No 24 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, June 10, 2016 Share the Love “When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.” – Samuel Goldwyn (1879 – 1974) Film Producer In ballroom dancing, on comment I dreaded to hear at the end of a performance was, “David, you looked…

  • With conscience as our guide! 5-27-16

    No 22 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 27, 2016 “The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the…

  • Laughter is a Medicine! 5-20-16

    No 21 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 20, 2016 Laughter is a Medicine! “Gentlemen, why don’t you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me night and day, if I did not laugh, I should die.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States “To laugh often…

  • Write your wonderful play of life! 5-13-16

    No 20 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 13, 2016 Write your wonderful play of life! “I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I’ve written for myself… and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.” – Shirley MacLaine There is a new…

  • What I must do is all that concerns me 5-6-16

    No 19 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 6, 2016 “What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) American Poet and Essayist “To love what you do and feel that it matters — how could anything be more fun?”-…

  • Optimism is Essential – February 26, 2016

    No 9 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, February 27, 2016 Optimism is Essential… “Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.” – Nicholas Murray Butler Everywhere around us we are met with challenges. Even those who seem to ‘have it all’ have obstacles…

  • “What Lies Within Us” 2-19-16

    No 8 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, February 19, 2016 What Lies Within Us “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I just love to watch ballroom dancing. Young, old, professional, amateur, championships, solos, I love…

  • A Spark of Heavenly Fire 2-12-16

    No 7. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, February 12, 2016 A Spark of Heavenly Fire “There is in every true woman’s heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.” – Washington…

  • Miserably Fail or Gloriously Conquer! 2-5-16

    No 6. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, February 5, 2016 Miserably Fail or Gloriously Conquer! “Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it…