Elaine Boylan:
CLASS OF 1977
The Mary Louis AcademyClass of 1977
Jamaica, NY
New york, NY
Elaine's Story
Elaine's schools include The Mary Louis Academy. Elaine later attended St. John's University (Communications) .
Music Elaine likes includes Only Beatle Fans Understand, Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins. Books Elaine likes include WHN: When New York City Went Country, To Kill a Mockingbird, Wikipedia (book). Movies Elaine likes include The Graduate, All The President's Men, Cars. TV shows Elaine likes include NYC-ARTS, Today Show, Anderson Cooper 360.
One of Elaine's favorite quotes is:""It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." ~ from The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery.
"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. "
--Ray Bradbury
"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." ~ Victor Frankl
"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back-- Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that - ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising...Expand for more
in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now." ~Goethe
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you." ~Maryanne Williamson
"Sans toi, les émotions d'aujourd'hui ne seraient que la peau morte des émotions d'autrefois." ~ Amelie
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
~ Dr. Seuss
"I could have been your pillar, could have been your door, I could have stayed beside you, could have stayed for more. Could have been your statue, could have been your friend, Our whole long lifetime could have been the end." ~Nick Drake
"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." ~Anne Frank
"Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go." ~ Herman Hesse
"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us" ~ Joseph Campbell
"The difference between try and triumph is a little umph." ~Author Unknown".
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