Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Believe in Your Dreams!

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

--Eleanor Roosevelt

Do Not Be Limited!

“We should all be judged by our merit, not limited by our resources, be they physical or financial.”

--Edmond Danken Sailor

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Be Good to Yourself

“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company."

--Charles Evans Hughes

Working Together We Can Do Anything

"We can create powerful teams that build on the strengths of each individual and make weaknesses irrelevant."

--Stephen R. Covey

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Live Hopefully, Do Something Great!

“Men cannot for long live hopefully unless they are embarked upon some great unifying enterprise--one for which they may pledge their lives, their fortunes and their honor."

--C. A. Dykstra

Make it Happen!

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."

--Stephen R. Covey

Friday, April 25, 2008

Have the Right Attitude

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."

--W. W. Ziege

Do the Impossible!

"Someone once told me I was impossible. I said, 'It takes an impossible person to do impossible things."

--Edmond Danken Sailor

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Your Only as Old as You Feel

“Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people grow old only by deserting their ideals."

--Samuel Ullman

Be Ahead of Your Time

"Progress in industry depends very largely on the enterprise of deep-thinking men, who are ahead of the times in their ideas."

--Sir William Ellis

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Have Self-Control, Control Your Life

“He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king."

--Milton

Do it, don't say it

"Well done is better than well said."

-Benjamin Franklin

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Do Not Accept Limitations!

"Don't accept the limitations of other people who claim things are "unchangeable". If it's written in stone, bring your hammer and chisel."

--Peter McWilliams

Moderation

“Moderation in all things, including moderation.”

--Edmond Danken Sailor

Monday, April 21, 2008

Making the Most of Wisdom

“Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well wisest and best of all."

--Persian Proverb

Grand Gestures

"Throughout past history, the only things that are not torn down or forgotten, are the grand gestures made by people of vision. We can be those people of vision. Our grand gestures will be remembered, all we have to do is make that commitment and begin."

--Edmond Danken Sailor

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Absence Can Test Your Metal

“Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire."

--La Rochefoucauld

It is Worth More when You Work for it

"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse."

--Helen Keller

Friday, April 18, 2008

Keep an Open Mind

"It is well for people who think, to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while."

--Luther Burbank

Be Tenacious

“Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.”

--Unknown

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Courtesy Pleases All

"Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures; costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him that receives, and thus, like mercy, is twice blessed."

--Erastus Wiman

It's How You Look at it

"When you look at the world in a narrow way, how narrow it seems! When you look at it in a mean way, how mean it is! When you look at it selfishly, how selfish it is! But when you look at it in a broad, generous, friendly spirit, what wonderful people you find in it.

--Horace Rutledge