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Benjamin Franklin: Knowledgeable investment
“An investment in knowledge still yields the best returns.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Cicero: Higher humility
“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. ” —Cicero
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Charles Templeton: Christianity
“Christianity does not remove you from the world and its problems; it makes you fit to live in it, triumphantly and usefully. ” —Charles Templeton
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Shelby Harthcock: Love
“Loving someone is easy but losing someone is hard.” —Shelby Harthcock.
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Benjamin Franklin: What to leave unsaid…
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. ” –—Benjamin Franklin.
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Harold Nicolson: Judging
“We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts. ” Harold Nicolson
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Colin Powell: Associate with eagles
“Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how. Not everyone has a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas…
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Lara Flynn: Humor
“Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don’t get it. ” —Lara Flynn
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Harry Chapin: Greedy, selfish bastard
“I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something. ” —Harry Chapin Related articles Greed, and Self-Interest (spiriterial.com) Greedy Bastard (sporkinthedrawer.typepad.com)
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Winston Churchill: Criticism
“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. ”—Winston Churchill
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Colin Powell: On Barrack Obama
“Well, the correct answer is he is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?” ― Colin Powell
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Charles Adams: Success
“No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him.” —Charles Adams.
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Klaus Kinski: Terrible and beautiful
“People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either. ” Klaus Kinski
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Thomas C. Watson Sr.: Crackpot
“Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of “crackpot” than the stigma of conformity. ” —Thomas C. Watson Sr.
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Ursula Andress: Bits from a James Bond movie
“I mostly gave away what I had from the James Bond movie. ” —Ursula Andress.
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Friedrich Nietzsche: Laughter
“Perhaps I know why it is man alone who laughs: He alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. ” —Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Joe Namath: Leadership
“To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn’t know where he is going. ” —Joe Namath
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Napoleon Hill: Giving and getting
“You give before you get.” —Napoleon Hill
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Colin Powell: Great leaders
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.” Colin Powell
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Bruce Lee: Knowing oneself
“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.” —Bruce Lee.
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Roy H Williams: A smart man and a wise man
“A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether. ” —Roy H Williams
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Dr. Joyce Brothers: Success
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success. Dr. Joyce Brothers, psychologist, television personality and advice columnist
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Dr. David M Burns: Imperfect fault
“Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can’t accept your imperfections, that’s their fault.” —Dr. David M Burns
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Thomas A Kempis: Good times
“Watch for good times to retreat into yourself. Frequently meditate on how good God is to you.” —Thomas A Kempis
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Zoe Koplowitz: Have a dream
Have a dream, make a plan, go for it. You’ll get there, I promise. Zoe Koplowitz, marathon runner who is afflicted with multiple sclerosis and diabetes
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Pat Teske: Bad training runs
Relish the bad training runs. Without them it’s difficult to recognize, much less appreciate, the good ones. Pat Teske Related articles Training versus Exercising (smileforamile.wordpress.com) Week 6: Half-marathon update (fitgirlhappygirl.com)
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Sam Waterston: Effort
“There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking. ” —Sam Waterston
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Colin Powell: Get mad
“Get mad, then get over it.” —Colin Powell.
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George Eliot: Lunacy, at large
“Some people did what their neighbors did so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.” —George Eliot, Middle March.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Excess wisdom
“The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Christy Turlington Burns: Running
“Running is a lot like meditation. You get a sense of seeing your life and putting some order to it.” ~Christy Turlington Burns, Supermodel and founder, Every Mother Counts. Related articles Fab Ad: Christy Turlington for Chanel (fabsugar.com) Christy Turlington Slips Into a New Avon Scent (bellasugar.com) Christy Turlington Burns On The Defense After No…
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Evelyn Spence: Running
“Running is as much about settling into a lifelong groove as it is about constantly changing course.” —Evelyn Spence, Hello, New York. Goodbye., Runner’s World, May 2012.
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Lawrence G Lovasik: Kindness
“Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.” —Lawrence G. Lovasik.
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Colin Powell: Capital
Colin Powell: Capital is a coward. It flees from corruption and bad policies, conflict and unpredictability. It shuns ignorance, disease and illiteracy. Capital goes where it is welcomed and where investors can be confident of a return on the resources they have put at risk. It goes to countries where women can work, children can…
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Ray Bradbury: Insanity
Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. –Ray Bradbury, writer (1920-2012).
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Thomas Paine: Harder the conflict
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink…
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Confucius: Forgiveness
Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass. -Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BCE) Related articles On Forgiving (gargisharma1.wordpress.com) Forgiveness (liveyourpassionnow.wordpress.com) A Forgiving Heart (ucofnh.wordpress.com) The Secret of Forgiveness (sharinhislove.wordpress.com) We Are All in Need of Forgiveness (jcrylequotes.com) The Art of Forgiveness (spiritualbabbles.wordpress.com)
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Colin Powell: Area under the curve
“No matter how significant or life-changing your greatest hit or miss might be, neither even begins to define who you are. Each of us is a product of all our experiences and all our interactions with other people. To cite calculus, we are the area under the curve.” ― Colin Powell, It Worked for Me:…
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Theodore Roosevelt: Get busy
“When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it. ” —Theodore Roosevelt.
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Colin Powell: Priorities versus options
“Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them.” —Colin Powell
