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

What Are We Here For?

''We are here on earth to do good for others. What the others are here for, I don't know.''

- W.H. Auden

Gratitude is the Way to Llive

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

~ John F. Kennedy

Chasing Your Dreams?

I'm tired of chasing my dreams, so I'm just going to ask 'em where they're going and hook up with 'em later.

~ Mitch Hedberg

Why does evil win?

Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

~ Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie

Bumper Sticker

Bumper sticker of the year:

If you can read this, thank a teacher. And because it's in English, thank a soldier!

Creativity is...

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

~ Albert Einstein

Quoters of a feather flock together...

What a coincidence! This was going to be this week's quote and this morning a friend also sent it to me:

Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.

~ Putt's Law

The Words of The Mime

'Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?'

~ Marcel Marceau