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30 September 98 I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others. (Marcus Aurelius)
If anything can go wrong, it
will
28 September 98 The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is: that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. (Henry Ward Beecher) The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance. (Owen Feltham)
27 September 98 It is hard to let old beliefs go. They are familiar. We are comfortable with them and have spent years building systems and developing habits that depend on them. Like a man who has worn eyeglasses so long that he forgets he has them on, we forget that the world looks to us the way it does because we have become used to seeing it that way through a particular set of lenses. Today, however, we need new lenses. And we need to throw the old ones away. (Kenich Ohmae) We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. (Aristotle)
Security is mostly a
superstition.
25 September 98 It's not good for all of our wishes to be fulfilled. Through sickness, we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest. (Greek and Proverb)
ATTITUDE: The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes. (Charles Swindoll) Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didnt do then by the ones you did. So thow of the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game. (Harvey Mackay)
Have faith in your dreams and
someday
21 September 98 Look to this day, If you have made mistakes... there is always another chance for you... you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down. (Mary Pickford)
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results. (Art Turock) Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. (Theodore I. Rubin)
19 September 98 The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second disasterous. (Margot Fonteyn) It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others. (Sydney J. Harris)
Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come when you least expect it. Most people don't understand that. (Michael Jordan) If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself of the better portion of your just compensation. (Think and Grow Rich) Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed
many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk.
You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim. .... Don't worry about failure. My
suggestion to each of you: Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. (Jawahalal Nehru (1889-1964))
17 September 98 In times of profound change, the learners
inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a
world that no longer exists. No one lives long enough to learn everything
they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have
to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn
to achieve our goals. (Brian Tracy) 16 September 98 Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. (Anne Frank) While we are free to choose our actions, we
are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. (Marie Curie) If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence. (Barbara Cook)
14 September 98 (Three for today) When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. (Dwight D. Eisenhower) Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. (Theodore Roosevelt) A handful of pine-seed will
cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and
throw my handful of seed on high. 13 September 98 One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive forwork in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community. (Albert Einstein) When making personal decisions, listen to what your head says; then listen to what your heart says. If they differ, follow your heart! Whenever you listen to your heart, you listen to that part of you that is most interested in your well-being. (Anonymous) (This is interesting. Hope to hear from anyone about this. )
12 September 98 It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts. (Boris Yeltsin, and how is he today?) We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about 'unthinkable things' because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless. (James W. Fulbright)
11 September 98 Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier and more productive person. (Dr. David M. Burns) Would you like me to give you a formula for ... success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure... You're thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all... You can be discouraged by failure--or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success. On the far side. (Thomas J. Watson)
10 September 98 Today we shall take a short break into the world of the fools and the wise ones:
9 September 98 The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of work done by each but in the amount of intelligent work. Many of those who fail most ignominiously do enough to achieve grand success but they labor haphazardly at whatever they are assigned, building up with one hand to tear down with the other. They do not grasp circumstances and change them into opportunities. They have no faculty for turning honest defeats into telling victories. With ability enough and ample time, the major ingredients of success, they are forever throwing back and forth an empty shuttle and the real web of their life is never woven. (Og Mandino) (Read his books - they will inspire you immensely - Miku)
8 September 98 Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. (Herodotus) Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else. (Brian Tracy)
7 September 98 What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. (Jiddu Krishnamurti) The season of failure is the
best time for sowing the seeds of success.
It is important to live each day with a positive perspective. It is not wise to pretend problems do not exist, but it is wise to look beyond the problem to the possibilities that are in it. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He's so big, we can never kill him." But David looked at the same giant and thought, "He's so big, I can't miss him.". (Dale Turner) So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. (Christopher Reeve)
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein) The great successful men of the world have used their imagination...they think ahead and create their mental picture in all it details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building-steadily building. (Robert Collier)
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. (Sir Winston Churchill) When one door closes, another
opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not
see the one which has opened for us.
3 September 98 Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember. (Anne Sullivan)
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. (Buddha) No horse gets anywhere until he is
harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever
turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is
focused, dedicated, disciplined.
1 September 98 If you can keep on trying after three failures in a given undertaking, you may consider yourself a candidate for a leadership role in your present occupation. If you can keep on trying after a dozen failures, the seed of genius is sprouting within you. (Billi) While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. (Henry Clink) |
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