NO RETURN
Four things come not back:
the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, and
the neglected opportunity.
- Omar Idn Al-Halif
IDEALS
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have
given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty,
and Truth. ... The trite subjects of human efforts ----- possessions,
outward success, luxury ---- have always seemed to
me contemptible.
- Albert Einstein
COMMITMENT
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and
creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills
countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely
commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole
stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's
favor all manner of unfore seen incidents, meetings and material
assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come
his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin
it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it
now.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
FAILURE
Virtually nothing comes out right
the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the
road to achievement. The only time you don't want ot fail is the last
time you try something... One fails forward toward success.
- Charles F. Kettering
EDUCATION
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the
ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when
it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
-Walter Bagehot Courtesy
of Lorraine N. Day
THOUGHTS DESTINY
We sow a thought and reap an act; we sow an act and reap
a habit; we sow a habit and reap a character; we
sow a character and reap a destiny.
- William Thackeray Courtesy
of Lou Tice
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LIVE LEARN
Learn as if you will live forever. Live as though you will
die tomorrow!
- Unknown Courtesy
of Inpsire Subscriber Mark Garrett
ACTION
shots you don't make don't go in.
- Wayne Gretzky - Courtesy
of Inspire Subscriber Marty Enslow
OPPORTUNITY
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing
that we see too late the one that is open.
- Alexander Graham Bell
Courtesy of Inspire Subscriber
John R. Pullum
INTERPRETATION
No emotional crisis is wholly the product of outward circumstances.
These may precipitate it. But what turns an objective situation into a
subjectively critical one is the interpretation the individual puts upon
it--- the meaning it has in his emotional economy; the way it
affects his self-image.
- Bonaro Overstreet
DISCIPLINE
The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently
motivated, discipline will take care of itself.
- Sir Alexander Paterson
TECHNOLOGY
Mr Gates, I am a poet who has dyslexia, which basically means I can't
spell worth a damn, and would never have any hope of getting my poetry
or my novels published if not for this computer spellcheck. I may fail
as a writer, but thanks to you I will succeed or fail because of my talent,
or lack of talent, and not because of my disability.
- E-mail to Bill Gates [from the
book, "The Road Ahead]
GROWING
Growing is learning to flow with, rather than fight, your
own greatness.
- Kent Bennington
Courtesy of Ronald P. Erickson
LIFE
Life is a coin. You can spend it any way you wish,
but you can only spend it once.
- Lillian Dickson Courtesy
of Angela Conklin
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ANYWAY
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Love them anyway. If you do good, people may accuse you
of selfish motives. Do good anyway. If you are
successful, you may win false friends and true enemies. Succeed
anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway. Honesty and transparency make
you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway. People who really want help may attack you
if you help them. Help them anyway. Give the
world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give
the world your best anyway. - Unknown
Courtesy of Nicole Clark & her Grandfather
WISDOM
Fools look to tomorrow. Wise men use tonight.
- Scottish Proverb
HOPE
Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope, and the
one unchangeable certainty is that
nothing is certain or unchangeable.
- John F. Kennedy
WORK
Work should be more fun than fun. - Noel Coward
EXCELLING
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess,
but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
HOME
Take time to come home to
yourself everyday.
- Robin Casarjean
RENEWAL
People who cannot invent or reinvent themselves must be content with
borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
- Warren Bennis
REPUTATION
You can't build a reputation on what you're *going* to do.
- Henry Ford Courtesy
of Marg Riseley
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