Monday, June 30, 2008

Be Thrifty

“Thrift is that habit of character that prompts one to work for what he gets, to earn what is paid him; to invest a part of his earnings; to second wisely and well; to save, but not hoard.”

–Arthur Chamberlain

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Make a Better Future

“We work day after day, not to finish things; but to make the future better… because we will spend the rest of our lives there.”

–Charles F. Kettering

Saturday, June 28, 2008

One's Promise

“Promise without performance is useless.”

--Edmond Danken Sailor

Friday, June 27, 2008

Great Ideas

“Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a ‘person’ may regenerate ‘them.”

–Channing

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Use Directed Imagination

“Five minutes, just before going to sleep, given to a bit of directed imagination regarding achievement possibilities of the morrow, will steadily and increasingly bear fruit, particularly if all ideas of difficulty, worry or fear are resolutely ruled out and replaced by those of accomplishment and smiling courage.”

–Frederick Pierce

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Be True to Yourself

“There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.”

–Farrar

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Compelling is Not Leading

“The demand for power to compel is a confession of incompetence to lead.”

–Eugene E. Wilson