Friday, February 25, 2011

Personalities Transformed

“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”

—Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961); founder of analytical psychology

Mistakes are Useful

“Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?"

—Peter McWilliams, (1949-2000) Author, writer of best-selling self-help books such as Life 101

Know Yourself!

“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."

—Bruce Lee (1940-1973); Founder of Jeet Kune Do, Martial Arts Icon, Actor

We are all Children at Heart

“The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children."

—Jim Henson (1936 - 1990); Puppeteer, Producer, Director, Creator of The Muppets

Building the Future

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”

—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945); 32nd U.S. President

Luck is Preparation and Opportunity

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

—Seneca (4-65); Roman statesman, philosopher

Lucky?

“If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?"

—Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 – 1966) (born Baron StanisÅ‚aw Jerzy de Tusch-Letz) was a poet and aphorist.