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Benjamin Franklin: Involve
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Scientific spirit
“Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty. ” —James D Watson
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Wheeler Wilcox: Borrowed mirth
“Laugh, and the world laughs with you; / Weep, and you weep alone. / For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth, / But has trouble enough of its own.” —Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)
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Real Live Preacher: Forgetful love
“You can forget a lot of things, but you cannot forget a woman’s name and claim to love her.” Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, October 20, 2003
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Ronald Reagan: Abortion
“I’ve noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born. ” —Ronald Reagan Related articles Bursting the ‘Ronald Reagan wouldn’t recognize today’s GOP’ media narrative bubble (twitchy.com) For the Gipper: Ronald Reagan may soon have a highway in N.J. (nj.com) RonaldReagan.com: Better than you’d think! (examiner.com)
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Edgar Allan Poe: Nasal mob
“The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led. ” —Edgar Allan Poe Related articles The Odd Poe Out (themillions.com) Edgar Allan Poe: Vulgar and Insane (jfloodgroningen.wordpress.com)
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On running
We all know that if you run, you are pretty much choosing a life of success because of it. Deena Kastor
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Dag Hammarskjold: Firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer
“If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, — quieter, warmer.” —Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, Nobel laureate (1905-1961).
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Enrique Jardiel Poncela: On writing
“When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.” —Enrique Jardiel Poncela Related articles Great Writing Quotes – With Fabulous Commentary and Pics! (bethtrissel.wordpress.com) writing (patheticapathetic.wordpress.com) The right way to write; Paragraph 3 (bbroseproductions.wordpress.com) Writing is My Therapy (kateschannel.wordpress.com) A Quick Write is Better Than A No Write (never2late2write.com) Reconnecting…
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What is…
If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.
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Zora Neale Hurston: Envious heart, treacherous ear
“An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.” Zora Neale Hurston, “Their Eyes Were Watching God“ Related articles ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ still resonates (inamerica.blogs.cnn.com) All About Black Woman Writer Zora Neale Hurston (musicians4freedom.com) Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library set to reopen March 22 (tcpalm.com) Zara’s Book Giveaway #1 – Black History Month (Feb) (zaraalexis.wordpress.com)
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David Jury: Rules
Rules can be broken—but never ignored.—David Jury.
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James Thurber: Rules and exceptions
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception. –James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961) Related articles Are You the Exception or the Norm? (betterlifecoaching.wordpress.com) Today’s Birthday: James Thurber (1894) (euzicasa.wordpress.com) Happy Birthday James Thurber (waldina.com) Motivational Monday #6 Awareness (edenchanges.wordpress.com)
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Winning
The only one who can beat me is me. – Michael Johnson
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Rick Beneteau: Wisdom
“Wisdom is the lesson learned, applied.” —Rick Beneteau.
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Edward B Butler: Enthusiasm
“One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life. ” —Edward B Butler. Related articles The Value of Enthusiasm (flbl.wordpress.com) Enthusiasm Sells! (lifeworkelements.wordpress.com) Enthusiasm (akissofbliss.wordpress.com)
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William Makepeace Thackeray: The secret
“Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed. ” —William Makepeace Thackeray
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Never wrong…
“A person determined never to be wrong won’t likely accomplish much.” —Ken Wisdom Related articles Wisdom vs Knowledge (naydanielle.wordpress.com) Discovering Wisdom Through Practice (metaphyzgirl.wordpress.com) 3. Proverbs 1:1-6 The Personality Of Wisdom part 3 v.2 (stevemidkiff.wordpress.com) James 3: Doing Wisdom (kingdomnewtestament.wordpress.com) Words of Wisdom (auntymoggsblog.wordpress.com) Whats the Point of Wisdom in Business Intelligence? (b-eye-network.com) Wisdom (joequatronejr.wordpress.com)
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Margaret J. Wheatley: Aggression
“Aggression only moves in one direction – it creates more aggression. ” —Margaret J. Wheatley.
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Service
“Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth. ” —Shirley Chisholm
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Jane Austen: Voluntary spies
“Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. ” —Jane Austen.
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Time
“Time is not a line, but a series of now-points. ” —Taisen Deshimaru
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Ed Parker: Intelligent man
“The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more. ” —Ed Parker. Related articles Some Great Martial Arts Quotes (tricitymartialartsblog.com)
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Purpose of business
“The sole purpose of business is service. The sole purpose of advertising is explaining the service which business renders. ” —Leo Burnett Related articles would you make leo burnett proud? (brandflakesforbreakfast.com)
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Mark Twain: Faith
“Your faith is what you believe, not what you know. ” —Mark Twain.
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Hope, passion and skills
“Just having hope ain’t going to cut it. You’ve got to have hope, passion and skills. ” —Tim Reid
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Leadership
“You can’t lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. ” Gene Mauch
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Cicero: Decisions, decisions, decisions
“Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.” —Cicero
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Kurt Vonnegut: Voce populi
“People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say. ” —Kurt Vonnegut.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer: It worked
“It worked,” said J. Robert Oppenheimer after witnessing the first atomic detonation.
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Byron Pulsifer: Be brilliant and thoughtful
If you cannot be silent be brilliant and thoughtful. —Byron Pulsifer.
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George Bancroft: No authority
“Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. ” —George Bancroft
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But who is to guard the guards themselves?
“But who is to guard the guards themselves” —Juvenal
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Praise
“The sweetest of all sounds is praise. ” —Xenophon
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Jesse Jackson: Tears and sweat
“Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change. ” —Jesse Jackson.
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William Penn: Patience and diligence
“Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. ”—William Penn.
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Think no evil….
“Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish. ” —Logan Pearsall Smith
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Philip Emeagwali: Interest
“I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me. ” —Philip Emeagwali.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas: Penance
“Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works. ” —Saint Thomas Aquinas.
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Steve Jobs: Secondary
“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drowned your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you…
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Rene Descartes: Candles in the wind
“An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? ” —Rene Descartes. Related articles Rene Descartes on the Dependency of Man and the Independency of God (jdylanparker.wordpress.com) Descartes Knew More Than He Thought (wmbriggs.com) Descartes Got It Wrong (intermittentlyknownlife.wordpress.com)
