Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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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.
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William Blake: A Poison Tree
A Poison Tree I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I water’d it in fears, Night & morning with my tears; And I summoned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. And…
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Kyle Neath: Quality ship!
.. another misinterpretation that’s always bugged me: Ship early, ship often OR Ship quality product. Quality isn’t something to be sacrificed … Ship early, ship often, sacrificing features, never quality. – Kyle Neath
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Napoleon Hill: Being quiet
“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.” ~ Napoleon Hill.
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Go beyond first impressions to better understand others
He was a leader who had a big swagger. He was brash, with an audacity and arrogance beyond compare. I observed him from afar and disliked him immediately. One day, he reached out to me and asked me to coach him. Although I didn’t realize it then, this was a test. Could I find…
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Alice Miller: On contempt
Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one’s own despised and unwanted feelings. –Alice Miller, psychologist and author (1923-2010)
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Confucius: Change — often!
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. —Confucius
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T.S. Eliot: Fugitivism
“In a world of fugitives, the person taking the opposite direction will appear to run away.” —T.S. Eliot, poet (1888-1965).
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John E. Hines: Preaching
“Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God. ” –—John E. Hines Related articles What I’ve Learned Along the Way (challies.com) Evangelistic preaching (eardstapa.wordpress.com) Preaching Politics (bluechippastor.org) Who Are You Preaching To? (biblicalpreaching.net) Sermons On Mark 10:2-16…
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W. Somerset Maugham: Imagination
“Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. ” —W. Somerset Maugham.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Vindictiveness and logic
“Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness. ” —Elizabeth Cady Stanton
