Actions are Louder Than Words!

"Tell me what you think, and I'll know who you want to be.  Show me what you do, and I'll tell you who you are."

Edmond Danken Sailer; Poet, Philosopher

Pass on a Good Inheritance

“Every one of us receives and passes on an inheritance. The inheritance may not be an accumulation of earthly possessions or acquired riches, but whether we realize it or not, our choices, words, actions, and values will impact someone and form the heritage we hand down.”

Ben Hardesty - musician

Keep working

“For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. A lot of people never get past this phase; they quit. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.”

Ira Glass (born 1959); American public radio personality

Struggle for the future

“The struggle of today, is not altogether for today–it is for a vast future also”

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865); 16th U.S. President

Take the Chance

“Our lives improve only when we take chances- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.”

Walter Anderson (1903-1965); American artist

Preparation

“For me, winning isn’t something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.”

Emmitt Smith (born 1969); American football player

Just Don't Give Up

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.”

Anne Lamott - author, political activist

Being Wrong, is not Wrong

“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”

Joseph Chilton Pearce (born 1926); American author

Destiny

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882); Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist

Trust Yourself!

“"Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it."

—Duane Michals

Take Chances!

“The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them."

—Unknown

Do More Than You Say!

“If we could only make our hands move as actively as our tongues, what wonders we could accomplish! Almost everyone loves to hear his own voice. It is so easy too! Yet if we could say less and do more for each other’s good, not alone would every home be happier, but communities would be enriched thereby. Instead of criticism by speech, to show someone a better way to do a thing would be of much greater value.”

–John Wanamaker

Fantasize, Refine, Do, Achieve!

“Three processes; Fantasizing, Refining, Doing, are at the heart of great accomplishments. Fantasizing turns thoughts into dreams. Refining turns dreams into visions. Doing turns visions into accomplishments.”

--Edmond Danken Sailor

Do it, Just Don't Say it!

“An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.”

--W. D. Howells

Don't Just Dream

“Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave ‘people’, or they are no better than dreams."

--Emerson

Be a Doer!

“The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There’s far less competition."

–Dwight Morrow