“Never do a wrong thing to make a friend—or to keep one.”
—Robert E Lee.
thought for today
Oliver Hardy: Full of Laurel and Hardys
“The world is full of Laurel and Hardys. I saw them all the time as a boy at my mother’s hotel. There’s always the dumb, dumb guy, who never has anything bad happen to him, and the smart guy who’s even dumber than the dumb guy, only he doesn’t know it.”
—Oliver Hardy.
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Jill Tarter: Limited human standards
“Life has evolved to thrive in environments that are extreme only by our limited human standards: in the boiling battery acid of Yellowstone hot springs, in the cracks of permanent ice sheets, in the cooling waters of nuclear reactors, miles beneath the Earth’s crust, in pure salt crystals, and inside the rocks of the dry valleys of Antarctica.”
—Jill Tarter.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser: Force
“What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.”
—Gamal Abdel Nasser.
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Simon Sinek: Personal growth
“The ultimate value of personal growth work is not to feel better about ourselves but to contribute to how those around us feel about themselves.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Marcus Antonius: Anger and grief
“Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.”
—Marcus Antonius.
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Geoffrey Canada: Tooth and nail
“Convincing people to give your way a try will work if you neutralize – and sometimes you have to cauterize – the ones who really are against change. They’re the kind of person who, if you tell them its raining outside, they’ll fight you tooth and nail.”
—Geoffrey Canada.
