Sunday, August 12, 2007

Don't give up

'I think & think for months & years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.'

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Dealing with people

'The ability to deal with people is as purchasible a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability, than for any other under the sun.'
- John D. Rockefeller

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Imagination

'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'

- Einstein

Friday, June 08, 2007

Never explain yourself to anyone

'Because the person who likes you, doesn't need it, & the person who dislikes you won't believe it.'

-Anonymous

Thursday, June 07, 2007

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Praise

'Praise is like the sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower & grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of critisism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.'

- Jess Lair

Friday, May 25, 2007

Books

'...if you are able to read books & enjoy them & love them, you've got the whole world of literature at your feet.'

- Roald Dahl

Thursday, May 24, 2007

One important law of human conduct

'Always make the other person feel important.'

- Dale Carnegie

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Women

'There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.'

- Helena Rubinstein

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

An open mind

'The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along & trying to put things in it.'

- Terry Pratchett

Monday, May 21, 2007

Anger

'Anyone can become angry - that is easy. but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose & in the right way - this is not easy.'

-Aristotle

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Free press

'To enjoy the inestimable blessings of a free press it is necessary to tolerate the ills that it endangers.'

- De Tocqueville

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Temperament is not destiny

'Our emotional capacities is not a given; with the right learning, they can be improved.'

- Daniel Goleman

Friday, May 18, 2007

Boredom

'It's amazing what positive virtues, of kindness, sympathy & community spirit, can spring from the simple negative condition of not being bored.'

- Jane Shilling

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Make a difference in a lonely person's life today.

'Take a colleague to lunch, make a call to a family member, deliver a bunch of flowers or a thoughtful little gift (chocolates, a book or magazine). A visit to someone in an Old age home... There are so many posibilities. - Just do someting today to make someone feel that they are worth something. You will get back much more. - DO IT!'

- Anne Jeffrey

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Humour

'Humour is the shortest distance between people.'

- Victor Borge

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Freedom to choose

'Live YOUR values, not other people's.'

- Anonymous

Friday, May 11, 2007

Talent

'What you refuse to use,
you will surely loose.'

- Ted Engstrom

Thursday, May 10, 2007

'Interesting people...

... don't give up on life, they just find something new, worthwhile & fun to do!'

- Fiona Harold

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Failure

'... failure isn't fatal.'

- Mike Ditka

Sunday, May 06, 2007

'My definition of a free society...

... is one where it is safe to be unpopular.'

- Adlai Stevenson

Saturday, May 05, 2007

Forget IQ

'Brains may come in useful, as may social class & luck, but as a predictor of who will succeed in any area of life, EQ (Emotional Quotient) is the thing to worry about.'

- Good Housekeeping, on 'Emotional Intelligence.' by Daniel Goleman

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Greatness

'Not everybody can be famous, but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.'

- Dr. Martin Luther King

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

In your hands

'I'm someone who believes that you contribute to your own future.'

- Tom Cruise

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

I don't care if you're rich, famous, cute, thin...

'Are you useful?'

- Barack Obama

Monday, March 19, 2007

A good investment

'If you show someone that you have faith in them, it will make them stronger.'

-Anonymous

Sunday, March 18, 2007

The time is now...

'Days are lost lamenting over lost days. What you can do, or think you can do, begin it.'

- Goethe

Friday, March 16, 2007

HAROLD KUSHNER, 'When bad things happen to good people.' (1984)

Kushner, a rabbi, wrote this as a response to his child's fatal illness. About the things you can't control & how to deal with them, it is intellectually sound & practical & has remained popular.

- From the book, '50 Self-help classics', by Tom Butler-Bowdon

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Sarcasm

'Sarcasm is the lowest form of humour.'

-Anonymous

Friday, March 09, 2007

The way to change

'Sow a thought, and you reap an action; sow an action, and you reap a habit; sow a habit , and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.'

- Charles Reade

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Happiness & peace

'It's so much easier to choose to love the things you have, instead of always yearning for what you're missing. Or for what you imagine you're missing. - It's so much more peaceful.'

- Anonymous

Saturday, March 03, 2007

You can

'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.'

- Chinese Proverb

Friday, February 09, 2007

Resisting

'So long as man resists a situation, he will have it with him. If he runs away from it, it will run after him.'

- Florence Scovell Shinn

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Degree in Happiness & Wellbeing

'Happier people live nearly a decade longer. They are more productive at work & contribute more to society.'

- University of East London ( Masters Degree in Positive Psychology)

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

In the moment

'Be grateful when you're feeling good & graceful when you're feeling bad.'

- Richard Carlson

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Money

'The man makes the money. The money does'nt make the man.'

- Anonymous

Friday, January 26, 2007

Only the truth

'If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything else.'

-Anonymous

Thursday, January 25, 2007

The secret of achieving more with less

'By identifying what you're good at, then doing more of it, success will come easily.'

- Richard Koch

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Living with change

'People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about & what you value.'

- Stephen Covey

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Think before you speak

'A closed mouth gathers no feet.'

- Anonymous

Monday, January 22, 2007

Self-help material on personal development

'To consciously decide what we will think, not allowing genes or environment or fate to determine our path - this is the essence of self-help.'

- Tom Butler-Bowdon

Friday, January 19, 2007

Persuasion

'If you must persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.'

- Benjamin Franklin

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Not the end of the world

'Every exit is an entrance somewhere else'

- Tom Stoppard

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Being 'straightforward', being 'honest'...

'... doesn't mean you're licenced to be rude or tactless at the expense of someone else. Basic decency always overrules in this circumstance.'

- Anonymous

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Change

'Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self, will require not just small adjustments in your way of living & thinking, but a full-on metamorphosis.'

- Martha Beck

Monday, January 15, 2007

Heart on sleeve

'The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.'

- Voltaire

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Vision

'In fact, with ... a focus on problems, you would experience anxiety which generates negative stress; whereas if the focus is on "possibilities" with a clear vision, you will experience more positive energy ... To ensure such a level of peak performance, then, you need to have , first, a vision that is a very clear image of what your work & life is about.'

- Jagdish Parikh

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Change the record

'Whose opinions, thoughts & beliefs are stuck in your mind? If they're not yours & they're of no value to you, don't hold onto them. You're a grown-up now. You can think your own thoughts. You can choose what to give room to. It doesn't matter how long some stuff has been there. If it's toxic, get rid of it.'

- Fiona Harrold

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Networking

'Treat everyone you meet today with respect. They might be tomorrow's friends or business contacts.'

- Anonymous

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Weekly inventory

'Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.'

- Dale Carnegie

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Meaning of life

'He who has a WHY to live can bear with almost any HOW.'

- Nietzche

Monday, January 08, 2007

Education

'The great aim of education, is not knowledge but action.'

- Herbert Spencer

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Health

'Let food be your medicine...'

- Hippocrates (The Father of Medicine) 400BC

Friday, January 05, 2007

Maintaining friendship

'It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.'

- Colette (1873-1954)

Thursday, January 04, 2007

My New Year's resolutions

1. Spend more time with friends & family.

2. Live a healthier lifestyle.

3. Do what has to be done every day & do it to the best of my ability.

4. Think before I speak or act.

5. Make a point to be more caring & kinder, patient & forgiving.

6.To remember that the glass is always half full.

7. Not to let time slip through my fingers.

8. Count my blessings when the going gets tough.

Monday, January 01, 2007

2007

MAY YOU ENJOY GOOD HEALTH, PEACE, PROSPERITY
& MAY YOU SUCCEED IN EVERYTHING YOU DO.

WHATEVER MAY COME OUR WAY THIS YEAR, MAY WE RISE ABOVE IT ALL.

BEST WISHES FOR 2007!

LAVENDER

Sunday, December 31, 2006

At the end of 2006

'Look not mournfully to the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Friday, December 29, 2006

Great gift at no cost

'A hug is a great gift. One size fits all.'

- Anonymous

Thursday, December 28, 2006

The buck doesn't stop with you

'You can have everything you want in life, as long as you help enough other people to get what they want.

- Zig Zigler

Monday, December 25, 2006

THIS DAY

PEACE ON EARTH & GOODWILL TO ALL!

Sunday, December 24, 2006

Age

'Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.'

- Jack Benny

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Prosperity

'Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.'

- Calvin Coolidge

Friday, December 22, 2006

Birds of a feather...

'Birds of a feather flock together.

If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens:

CHICKENS CAN'T FLY!'

- Anonymous

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Time

'Time is very slow for those who wait, very fast for those who are scared, very long for those who lament, very short for those who celebrate. But for those who love, time is eternity.'

- William Shakespeare

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

small print

'The large print giveth & the small print taketh away.'

- Tom Waits

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Kindness

'A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind.'

- Richard Dehmel

Monday, December 18, 2006

'Luck'

'I'm a firm believer in luck, and the harder I work, the more I seem to have of it.'

- Thomas Jefferson

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Civilisation

'Civilisation is an exercise in self-restraint.'

- W.B. Yeats

Friday, December 15, 2006

Don't let go

'It is almost dawn. The day will soon break for you. Don't give up.'

- Daniel Odunmitide

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Benefit of the doubt

'Never judge someone before you know all the facts.'

- Anonymous

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Learning from mistakes

'Learn from your mistakes & keep going. In fact, don't call them mistakes at all; call them education.'

- Ted Engstrom

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Time off

'Time off makes me a better person. When I get it, I can feel my sanity & energy tanks refilling, & afterwards, I'm glad to get back to the fray.'

- Harriet Lane

Monday, December 04, 2006

100th Post

As 2006 draws to a close, please comment & share your greatest achievement - whether big or small - of the past year.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Against all the odds...

'Make up your mind to be happy today.'

- Anonymous

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Worry

'Worry a little bit every day & in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.'

- Mary Hemingway

Friday, December 01, 2006

Give unconditional love

'Once we drop the need to control other people, it can also open us up to the idea of unconditional love - love that is given without the other person needing to fulfil any criteria.'

- Dr. John Briffa

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Today

'Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today.'

- Anonymous

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Priceless

'Do the things you enjoy doing, but stay out of debt.'

- Anonymous

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Friendship

'If there are people in your life that continually disappoint you, break promises, stomp on your dreams, too judgemental, have different values & don't give their backing during difficult times... that is not a friend.

To have a friend, be a friend. Sometimes in life as you grow, your friends will either grow with you or go. Surround yourself with people who reflect your values, goals, interests & lifestyle.'

- Anonymous

Monday, November 27, 2006

Growth

'If you live in harmony with the things that come your way, then you really grow.'

- Jacinda Louw

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Take joy in the moment...

'Many lose the small joys, in hope for the big happiness.'

-Pearl S. Buck

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Choose your friends carefully

' Avoid people that make you unhappy.'

- Anonymous

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Start all over again

'If you didn't accomplish all you wanted today, if you're discouraged & you feel let down by others, just run yourself through the lines of the old song,
"Just pick yourself up,
dust yourself off,
& start all over again."

- Ted Engstrom

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

So much more...

'Compared with what we ought to be, we are really only half awake. Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked. We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental & physical resources.'

- William James

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Just do it

'He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.'

- Horace

Friday, November 17, 2006

New beginning

'Stop looking at where you have been & start looking at where you can be.'

- Anonymous

Thursday, November 16, 2006

'Word of mouth'

'Do not mind what anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone & everything for yourself.'

- Henry James

Forgiveness

'Mercy is like money. Your deposits determine your withdrawals.'


- Anonymous

Sunday, November 05, 2006

A helping hand

'Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.'

- Anonymous

Friday, November 03, 2006

Learn through mistakes

'Why commit the same errors, if there are so many new errors to commit.'


- Bertrand Russel

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Spend time wisely

'Don't spend your time brooding over sorrows or mistakes.'

-Anonymous

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Whatever life has to offer

'Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything & everyone has something. Sorrow intermingles with gladness of life.'

- Anonymous

Monday, October 30, 2006

Don't we all...

'Love me when I less deserve it, because it's then when I need it most!'


- Chinese proverb

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Take courage

'Take courage! Remember: Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.'

- Victor Hugo

Saturday, October 28, 2006

If you can't say something good...

'The truth that's told with bad intent

Beat all the lies you can invent.'

- William Blake

Friday, October 27, 2006

The best

'Be the best you were meant to be.'

- Anonymous

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The life you want

'Remember the full life that you want, and always go after it.'

- Belle in the Big Apple
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

The power of a smile

'The smile you send out always flies back to your own heart.'

- Indian proverb

Monday, October 23, 2006

A better life

'Make the laughter outweigh the tears.'

- Anonymous

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Never give in

'Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour & good sense.'

- Sir Winston Churchill

Friday, October 20, 2006

Strenght in unity

'United we stand, devided we fall.'

- Aesop

Thursday, October 19, 2006

The beauty of the good

'Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.'

- R. W. Emerson

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Pleasure

'Learn to find pleasure in the simple things in life.'

- Anonymous

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Keeping up with the Jones's

'Don't let the neighbours set your standards. Be yourself.'

- Anonymous

Monday, October 16, 2006

Stop worrying

'Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.'

- Anonymous

Sunday, October 15, 2006

A simple way to banish unhappiness

'Keep busy at something. A busy person never has time to be unhappy.'

- Anonymous

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Immediate follow-up

'As insignificant as this might seem, there is nothing that impresses so significantly.'

- Mark McCormack

Friday, October 13, 2006

Most important

'The important thing is not to stop questioning.'

- Albert Einstein

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Broaden your horizon

'Have many interests. If you can't travel, read about new places.'

- Anonymous

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Unforgiveness

'Since hatred poisons the soul, do not hold on to unforgiveness & jealousy.'

- Anonymous

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Fear

'Changing the beliefs that are at the root of our fear is critical to transforming this emotion.'

- Dr. John Briffa

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Words of widom

'For they are life to those that find them & health to their flesh.'

- The Book of Proverbs 4:22

Thursday, October 05, 2006

'Never let your dreams die.'

- Anonymous

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Your destination

'You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.'

- Jim Rohn

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Mind matters

'A mind is a terrible thing to waste.'

- www.uncf.org

Monday, October 02, 2006

What you want

'Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.'

- Mae West

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Morality

'Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.'

- Oscar Wilde

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Opportunity

'The wise man will make more opportunity than he finds.'

-Sir Francis Bacon

Friday, September 29, 2006

Sleepless nights

'If you can't sleep, then get up & do something instead of lying there & worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.'

- Dale Carnegie

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Mean what you say

'If you say you will return a call the next day & you don't, that's enough to influence an entire relationship.'

- Mark McCormack

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Not enough

'It's not enough to do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.'

- Sir Winston Churchill

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Every new day...

'Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows that it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up, knowing it must outrun the the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.'

- African proverb

Monday, September 25, 2006

Brevity

'Omit needless words! Omit needless words! Omit needless words!'

- William Strunk, Jr.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Balance

'...I'm also working harder at saying no to demands on my time... One of the most valuable lessons that my heart attacks taught me is to improve the balance between work & play.'

- J.W. Marriott, Jr.

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Commitment

'Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important, is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.'

- Stephen R. Covey

Friday, September 22, 2006

Inner voice

'We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.'

- Jane Austen, 'Mansfield Park'

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Dress sense

'How you dress forms an immediate, strong impression about who you are.'

- Mark McCormack

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Never be quick to judge or critisize

'Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.'

- Plato

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Count your blessings

'...imagining life without what it is you have, can be a useful way of getting in touch with the emotion of appreciation.'

- Dr. John Briffa, 'Ultimate Health: Twelve keys to abundant health & happiness.'

Monday, September 18, 2006

Wisdom

'I will exercise wisdom in what I choose to eat, read, see, & do at home.'

- Anonymous

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Planning

'Plan tomorrow's work today.'

- Rolfe Kerr

Friday, September 15, 2006

Renewing of the mind

'Replace gloomy predictions with motivational statements.'

- Gael Lindenfield

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Personal experience

'A man with an experience is not at the mercy of the man with an argument.'

- Anonymous

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Habits

'The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.'

- Somerset Maugham

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Giving

'Give to others - & they will give back to you.'

- Anonymous

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Be true

'Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.'

- Henry David Thoreau

Friday, August 11, 2006

Acknowledge yourself

'Acknowledge the things you do better than most other people.'

- Gael Lindenfield

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Save a life

'Start saving a life today by enjoying the one you have.'

- Anthony Robbins

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Thoughts

'Your life is what your thoughts make of it. Think pleasant thoughts!'

- Marcus Aurelius

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Being successful

'Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.'

-Malcolm Forbes

Monday, August 07, 2006

Gossip

'Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.'

- William Shakespeare

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Listening

'He who listens well, learns well.'

- Anonymous

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Decision

'Not to decide is to decide.'

-Harvey Cox

Friday, August 04, 2006

A better place

'Make the world a better place, by just being nice!'

- Anthony Robbins

Thursday, August 03, 2006

The journey

'Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy & glory of the climb.'

- Sir Winston Churchill

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Character

'Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.'

- Elmer G. Letterman

Monday, July 31, 2006

Today

'Count the cost of wasting today.'

- Gael Lindenfield

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Health

'Listen to your body.'

- Anonymous

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Don't neglect the detail

'A little neglect may breed great mischief... for want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.'

- Benjamin Franklin

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Purpose

'How will you know your life's purpose?

WHEN YOU DECIDE WHAT IT IS!'

- Anthony Robbins

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Freedom

'People get bitter when they feel enchained. When you have a way out, like working, you are free - & you don't have time for bitterness.'

- Nikki Tesfai

Monday, July 24, 2006

Lift your spirit

'Know what lifts your spirit & do more of it.'

- Gael Lindenfield

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Your worth

'So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensible; and no man is useless while he has a friend.'

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Out of the ashes

'Turmoil is a good sign. It's the place to begin.'

- Gail Saltz M.D.

Friday, July 21, 2006

Happiness

'To achieve happiness we should make certain that we are never without an important goal.'

- Earl Nightengale

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Choice

'Power is the ability to walk away from something you desire, to protect something you love.'
- Anonymous

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Dignity & grace

'Never, under any circumstance loose your dignity & grace.'

- Anonymous

Monday, July 17, 2006

Patience

'Have patience with all things, but mainly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.'

- St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Achievement & success

My mother drew a distinction between achievement & success. She said: 'Achievement is the knowledge that you have studied [or mastered a skill] & worked hard & done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others & that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement & forget about success.'

- Helen Hayes

Friday, July 14, 2006

Potential

'Your potential is much greater than what you are today.'

- Anonymous

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Company

'Go where you're celebrated, not where you're tolerated.'

- Anonymous

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

The formula

'I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.'

- Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958)

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Exercise

'Mach-S, the speed at which stress can't keep up, is simply forward motion. But it has to be self-propelled. Note that people in cars are still stressed.'

- Jeff Mallet

Monday, July 10, 2006

Never give up

'That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased.'

- Emerson

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Let every moment count today

'Today we have the opportunity to create tomorrow's history, tomorrow's memories of the past. Fill it with good things...'

- Anonymous

Saturday, July 08, 2006

Friendship

'Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.'

- Benjamin Franklin

Thursday, July 06, 2006

Keep moving

'Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.'

- Will Rogers

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Ability

'Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory & virtue, than education without natural ability.'

- Cicero (106BC - 43BC)

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Changing course

'Listen to your heart - And don't look back.'

- 'The spirit to serve.' by J.W. Marriott, Jr. & Kathi Ann Brown.

Monday, July 03, 2006

Judgement

'I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.'

- Abraham Lincoln (1865)

Sunday, July 02, 2006

Rule of life

'Through the centuries, one rule still stands: If one door closes, somewhere another will open for you.'

- Andre Gide

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Experience

'Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.'

- Aldous Huxley
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