"The moment that changes your life isn't what happens—it's the meaning you give it."
-Tony Robbins
-Tony Robbins
...power to change
"Things spoken can be forgotten and forgiven, but the written word has the power to change the course of history, to alter our lives."
~ Teresa Mummert
..not allowed to criticize
To learn who rules over you, simply find out whom you are not allowed to criticize.
-Voltaire, philosopher (21 Nov 1694-1778)
...giving more
"Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Pain and the strength
"The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow."
~ Ritu Ghatourey
...both is a blessing
"Having a place to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing."
~ Donna Hedges
give room...
If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.
-William L. McKnight, businessman and philanthropist (1887-1978)
-William L. McKnight, businessman and philanthropist (1887-1978)
do not dare
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
courage to change
"It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it."
~ Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
,,,turn ON the light
"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."
~ Albus Dumbledore
...terms of human reference
I don't think that combat has ever been written about truthfully; it has always been described in terms of bravery and cowardice. I won't even accept these words as terms of human reference any more. And anyway, hell, they don't even apply to what, in actual fact, modern warfare has become.
-James Jones, novelist (1921-1977)
...chose the/ desired a consequences
His mother had often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desired a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.
-Lois McMaster Bujold, writer (b. 2 Nov 1949)
-Lois McMaster Bujold, writer (b. 2 Nov 1949)
it's habits...
The most successful business owners follow a set of simple but powerful habits that drive their growth year after year.
Here are 10 of them:
- They start their day with clarity, not chaos.
- They track numbers daily. Sales, cash, and team output.
- They delegate decisions, not just tasks.
- They schedule thinking time every week.
- They focus on systems, not people-dependence.
- They communicate vision consistently.
- They make data-backed decisions, not emotional ones.
- They review performance, not just effort.
- They learn relentlessly.
- They protect their energy like a precious asset.
...makes cowards
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)
...sold the gun
When the Judgment Day comes civilization will have an alibi, "I never took a human life, I only sold the fellow the gun to take it with."
-Will Rogers, humorist (1879-1935)
-Will Rogers, humorist (1879-1935)
How much you keep...
"Getting the most out of life isn't about how much you keep for yourself, but how much you pour into others."
~ David Stoddard
help humanity rise...
"Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise."
~ Steve Maraboli
Advances in counterrevolutionaries
Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counter revolutionaries and advocates of the status quo.
-Bill Mauldin, editorial cartoonist (1921-2003)
-Bill Mauldin, editorial cartoonist (1921-2003)
God's service...
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
-John Adams, 2nd US president (1735-1826)
-John Adams, 2nd US president (1735-1826)
tears... not shed
Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
-Natalie Clifford Barney, poet, playwright, and novelist (1876-1972)
-Natalie Clifford Barney, poet, playwright, and novelist (1876-1972)
I buy books
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
-Desiderius Erasmus, philosopher, humanist, and theologian (1466-1536)
courage to change
"It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it."
~ Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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