Effective Thinking

Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.
~ Walter Chrysler(1875-1940)

Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.
~ Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline

I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a giraffe.
~ Richard Gere

Success... and relaxation

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.
~ Denis Waitley (American motivational speaker)

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?
~ Ralph Marston

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to
admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error.
~ Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)

and relating to playing...

What if this weren't a hypothetical question?

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

~ George Bernard Shaw quotes (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

~ Leo F. Buscaglia quotes (American guru, tireless advocate of the power of love, 1924-1998)