Not Just Your Best

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

~ Winston Churchill

Stupidity

If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

~ Will Rogers

What Kind of Object...

Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: Those that don't work, those that break down, and those that get lost.

~ Russell Baker

New Illiteracy

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

~ Alvin Toffler

So what did they say?

"To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains."

--Mary Pettibone Poole

Einstein Counting

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."

--Albert Einstein

Common sense

"Common sense is not so common."

- Voltaire

Stupid vs Intelligent

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

--Bertrand Russell

Buddy, can you spare some encouragment?

"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him."

--Booker T. Washington

Insight for the control freaks

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."

--Mario Andretti

When it goes wrong, attitude is everything

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
~ Henry Ford

(Note: His first two efforts to launch an automotive company ended in bankruptcy)

Realists need not apply

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian."

--Dennis Wholey

We deserve a break today

Laughter is an instant vacation.

-Milton Berle

Endurance is built, not bestowed

"Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character."

--Horace Greeley

In search of success

"You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need."

--Vernon Howard

Define 'thinking'

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."

--William James

Quality, or...

"Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity."

--L.A. Safian

Another measure of maturity

"Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty."

--John Finley

Power from lack

"When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again."

--Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Thanks to those considerate enough to let me know they were missing the quotes. The truth is that my quote collection vanished, and I was mourning it deeply. With the help of some thoughtful friends, I have rebuilt and recovered sufficiently to begin sharing once again - and a joy it is to do so!

To Be Prosperous

Being able to manage uncertainty is what separates those who prosper in business and spirit.

- Unknown

Relating to the softer sex

It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.

- Jim Elliot

Rough week

Lord, help me remember that nothing will happen today that we can't handle together.

Get Out Some Polish

There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton
(American Novelist and short-story writer, 1862-1937)

All the good ones are taken?

"Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?"

- Bernice Fitz-Gibbon

Good thing about stupid questions

"Asking stupid questions is always better than correcting stupid mistakes."

- Dr. Alan Zimmerman

Teach Me About Life

''In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.''

- Robert Frost