Thursday, March 3, 2011

Difficulties are Opportunities

“Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping-stones to greater experience… When one door closes, another one always opens; as a natural law it has to, to balance.”

—Brian Adams

Be Concerned About Mediocrity

“We ought to be much more concerned about mediocrity than failure.”

—Daniel Pink; American writer, Speechwriter, Motivational speaker

Do it Now!

“Soon is not as good as now.”

—Seth Godin (1960); American entrepreneur, Author, Public speaker

Monday, February 28, 2011

Making a Life

“Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

—Norman MacEwan (1881-1953); Senior Commander, Royal Air Force

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Fight in the Dog

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."

—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), 34th President of the United States, from his speech to the Republican National Committee, January 31, 1958

Friday, February 25, 2011

Positive Thinking

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out."

—Art Linkletter; (1912-2010) Canadian-born American radio and television personality

Judging Ourselves

“Our loved ones judge us by what they think we are capable of doing. Other people judge us by what we've already done. We should judge ourselves by what we are doing now."

—Edmond Danken Sailer; Poet, Philosopher, Author