"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing."
~ Harriet Braiker
Ability and Attitude
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
~ Lou Holtz
Make them...
"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."
~ George Bernard Shaw
Prejudices can kill
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy; and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children, and the children yet unborn.
-Rod Serling, writer of the science fiction TV series "The Twilight Zone" (25 Dec 1924-1975)
...in my heart
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
- Charles Dickens
Open to learn
"The human brain is capable of many things. But you need to be open to learning so you can find them"
Highlighted from Peak
Highlighted from Peak
Honour in a being
Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need for them than it has for warriors. And this I will tell you as well: One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.
- Charles de Lint, writer (b. 22 Dec 1951)
Outgrow small ones
"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Communicate effectively...
"Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively."
~ Norman Allen
Set of the sails
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
- Jim Rohn
Your perceptions
"The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place."
~ Roger Birkman
Things done & undone
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
- Oswald Chambers
- Oswald Chambers
Give my best
"I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best."
~ Akeem Olajuwon
The dangerous words...
"The four most dangerous words in investing are: This time it's different."- Sir John Templeton
Truth and Facts
- Maya Angelou
Goals and Destinations
"Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."
~ Fitzhugh Dodson
~ Fitzhugh Dodson
Try something
| It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. |
| – Franklin D. Roosevelt |
God gives, but..
God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
- Franz Kafka
Similarly, God gives bananas, but he does not peel them.
- The Lazy
- Franz Kafka
Similarly, God gives bananas, but he does not peel them.
- The Lazy
...giving more
"Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
put happiness into
The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.
- Robert Baden=Powell
- Robert Baden=Powell
Humanity rise
"Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise."
~ Steve Maraboli
Being and Doing
"Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful."
~ Stephen King
What was given
"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."
~ Calvin Coolidge
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