Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Albert Schweitzer: You don't live in a world all your own
“It is not enough merely to exist. It’s not enough to say, ‘I’m earning enough to support my family. I do my work well. I’m a good father, husband, churchgoer.’ That’s all very well. But you must do something more. Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own…
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Bill Bowerman (Nike): Running
“The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race; it’s to test the limits of the human heart.” —Bill Bowerman, Co-founder of Nike, Inc..
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Minna Antrim: Women's intuition
“Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift. ” —Minna Antrim Related articles The Female Intuition(walkingdeadgirl.wordpress.com) Why Women Have A Sixth Sense(heartiste.wordpress.com) The Female Intuition(ivorymodels.wordpress.com)
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Richard Lenz: Personal business
Those who say “it’s not personal, it’s just business” are lying. All business is personal, and the best business is very personal. – Richard Lenz Related articles You are not Richard Branson(blogs.constantcontact.com) Learn How To Delegate Right To Have A Thriving Business(theprintblog.com)
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Michael Korda: Greater goals
“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. ” —Michael Korda Related articles Doping, Tennis, Nadal: A Connection?(tennisnow.com)
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Jane Smiley: Being married is…
You know what getting married is? It’s agreeing to taking this person who right now is at the top of his form, full of hopes and ideas, feeling good, looking good, wildly interested in you because you’re the same way, and sticking by him while he slowly disintegrates. And he does the same for you.…
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John Quincy Adams: Principled voting
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. ” John Quincy Adams
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Billy Sunday: Being Christian
“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. ” —Billy Sunday Related articles Is Christian Growth Important?(paulstohler.com) American Christians Dare to Speak Their Conscience on Israel/Palestine(rabbibrant.com) Op-Ed: Christians’ letter was reasonable, worded sensitively(jta.org)
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Dorothy L. Sayers: Telling the truth
“The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. ” –—Dorothy L. Sayers.
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Horace: Rustic
“He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.” —Horace Related articles Rustic Love {part two}(paperandlace.co.nz)
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Doug Firebaugh: Daily
“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” —Doug Firebaugh, author.
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Mikhail Botvinnik: Creativity and money
“You know that creativity and money accompany each other. The question is which is more important: money in order to play chess or chess in order to earn money.” —Mikhail Botvinnik.
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Werner Makowski: The worst kind
The worst kind of people are those who confuse kindness for weakness. -Werner Makowski, banker (b. 1929)
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Donald Kutyna: Six o'clock
“In the Air Force, we have a rule: check six. A guy is flying along, looking in all directions, and feeling very safe. Another guy flies up behind him (at “6 o’clock”-“12 o’clock” is directly in front) and shoots. Most airplanes are shot down that way. Thinking that you’re safe is very dangerous! Somewhere, there’s…
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Amy Tan: External success
External success has to do with people who may see me as a model, or an example, or a representative. As much as I may dislike or want to reject that responsibility, this is something that comes with public success. It’s important to give others a sense of hope that it is possible and you…
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Unknown: Time thief
English: Procrastination Crossword (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I am waiting for… Inspiration Permission Reassurance My turn More time A better time Someone to be watching An absence of risk Tomorrow My ship to come in My youth to return My suit to come back from the cleaners My boomerang to come back The wind to freshen…
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Thomas Kinkade: Extempore prayer
“Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I’ll often simply say, ‘let’s pray about this right now.’ ” —Thomas Kinkade
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld: Heroes
“There are heroes in evil as well as in good. ” —Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Bertrand Russell: Eternal bliss
“The late F.W.H. Myers used to tell how he asked a man at a dinner table what he thought would happen to him when he died. The man tried to ignore the question, but on being pressed, replied: “Oh well, I suppose I shall inherit eternal bliss, but I wish you wouldn’t talk about such…
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Unnecessary suffering
“A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. ” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
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Gilbert K Chesterton: Second Insult
“A stiff apology is a second insult… The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. ” —-Gilbert K Chesterton
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Louis L’amour: To disbelieve is easy
“To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder. ” — Louis L’Amour.
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Stanley McChrystal: Leadership
“Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.”—Stanley McChrystal.
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James Boswell: Friends and companions
“A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself. ” —James Boswell.
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Robin Williams: God's oversight!
“God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time. ” –—Robin Williams
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Stanislaw Lern: Torture
“To torture a man you have to know his pleasures. ” —Stanislaw Lern Related articles Dog tortured with shackles is rescued in China (preciousjules1985.wordpress.com)
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Arthur Rubinstein: Success
“Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.” —Arthur Rubinstein
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Norman Vincent Peale: Over the fence
“Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.” —Norman Vincent Peale
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George Santayana: Courteously skeptic
“There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. ” —George Santayana
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Albert Schweitzer: Happiness
“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. ” —Albert Schweitzer
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Bob Dylan: Musical land
“This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway. ” —Bob Dylan.
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Alfred P. Sloan: Creative spirit
“The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs. ” –— Alfred P. Sloan
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Bennett Cerf: Pats versus kicks
“A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results. ” —Bennett Cerf Related articles Random House Founder Bennett Cerf, as Skillful Storyteller and Humorist (wnyc.org)
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Milton Glaser: Soulless talent
The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows. – Milton Glaser Related articles Milton Glaser inspired Birthday Cake (swiss-miss.com)
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Stanislaw J. Lec: Beyond America
Who knows what Columbus would have discovered if America hadn’t got in the way. -Stanislaw J. Lec, poet and aphorist (1909-1966) Related articles Columbus’ spirit (triblive.com)
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James J Corbett: Justice and injustice
“Individuals can resist injustice, but only a community can do justice. ” —James J Corbett
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Martin Luther King Jr: Lightness of love
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
