Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.
~ Peter McWilliams
The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public
debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be
tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be
curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work,
instead of living on public assistance.
~ Cicero - 55 BC
I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Monday, August 27, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Advancement, Play, Caring
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been
sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful,
rebellious, and immature.
~ Tom Robbins ,author
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of
whatever a body is not obliged to do.
~ Mark Twain, author
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word,
a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
~ Leo Buscaglia
sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful,
rebellious, and immature.
~ Tom Robbins ,author
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of
whatever a body is not obliged to do.
~ Mark Twain, author
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word,
a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
~ Leo Buscaglia
Monday, August 6, 2012
Smile, Pain, Saving graces
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your
smile can be the source of your joy.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our
pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is
his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
~ C.S. Lewis
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime, Therefore, we are
saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense
in any immediate context of history; Therefore, we are saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone. Therefore,
we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the
standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own; Therefore, we are
saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.
~ Reinhold Niebuhr
smile can be the source of your joy.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our
pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is
his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
~ C.S. Lewis
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime, Therefore, we are
saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense
in any immediate context of history; Therefore, we are saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone. Therefore,
we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the
standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own; Therefore, we are
saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.
~ Reinhold Niebuhr
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Conscience, Defeat, Trust
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
~ Josh Billings
Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be
sometimes cheated than not to trust.
~ Samuel Johnson
~ Josh Billings
Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be
sometimes cheated than not to trust.
~ Samuel Johnson
Monday, July 23, 2012
Trifles, Excuses, Principles
At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you
with emphatic trifles.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the
habit of making excuses.
~ Dr. George Washington Carver
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely
overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common
enemy.
~ Samuel Adams
with emphatic trifles.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the
habit of making excuses.
~ Dr. George Washington Carver
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely
overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common
enemy.
~ Samuel Adams
Monday, July 16, 2012
Adventure, Democracy, Life
To live... to live would be an awfully big adventure.
~ Peter Pan
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who
are willing to work and give to those who would not.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Be glad of life because it gives you a chance to love and to work and
to play and to look up at stars.
~ Henry Vandyke, poet, clergyman, educator
~ Peter Pan
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who
are willing to work and give to those who would not.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Be glad of life because it gives you a chance to love and to work and
to play and to look up at stars.
~ Henry Vandyke, poet, clergyman, educator
Monday, July 9, 2012
Play, Adventures, Change
Play is the purest, the most spiritual, product of man at this stage,
and it is at once the prefiguration and imitation of the total human
life, - of the inner, secret, natural life in man and in all things.
It produces, therefore, joy, freedom, satisfaction, repose within and
without, peace with the world. The springs of all good rest within it
and go out from it.
~ Freidrich Froebel (Father of modern kindergarten)
The last step of any journey may be the first step of an even greater
adventure.
~ Mrs.Whatsit, in A Wrinkle in Time
The person the world cannot change is the person who will change the world
~ Unknown
and it is at once the prefiguration and imitation of the total human
life, - of the inner, secret, natural life in man and in all things.
It produces, therefore, joy, freedom, satisfaction, repose within and
without, peace with the world. The springs of all good rest within it
and go out from it.
~ Freidrich Froebel (Father of modern kindergarten)
The last step of any journey may be the first step of an even greater
adventure.
~ Mrs.Whatsit, in A Wrinkle in Time
The person the world cannot change is the person who will change the world
~ Unknown
Monday, July 2, 2012
Planning, Civilization, Strength
Good plans shape good decisions. That's why good planning helps to
make elusive dreams come true.
~ Lester R. Bittel The Nine Master Keys of Management
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which
is provided for them.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
An easy way to gather a wimpy army is to summon all the soldiers who
are boldly determined not to sound like fundamentalists.
~ John Piper
make elusive dreams come true.
~ Lester R. Bittel The Nine Master Keys of Management
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which
is provided for them.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
An easy way to gather a wimpy army is to summon all the soldiers who
are boldly determined not to sound like fundamentalists.
~ John Piper
Monday, June 25, 2012
Leadership, Relationships, Devotion
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. . . . The
leader works in the open, and the boss is covert. The leader leads,
and the boss drives.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
In organizations, real power and energy is generated through
relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to
form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and
positions.
~ Margaret Wheatly
The world has yet to see what one man or woman fully devoted to God
can accomplish.
~ Henry Varley, as spoken to Dwight L. Moody
leader works in the open, and the boss is covert. The leader leads,
and the boss drives.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
In organizations, real power and energy is generated through
relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to
form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and
positions.
~ Margaret Wheatly
The world has yet to see what one man or woman fully devoted to God
can accomplish.
~ Henry Varley, as spoken to Dwight L. Moody
Monday, June 18, 2012
Sound body and mind, History
The sound body is the product of a sound mind.
~ George Bernard Shaw
I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my
body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
~ Emo Phillips
History is the science of things which are not repeated.
~ Paul Valery
~ George Bernard Shaw
I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my
body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
~ Emo Phillips
History is the science of things which are not repeated.
~ Paul Valery
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Topless, Light the darkness, Play
There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.
~ Jascha Heifetz
I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light.
~ John Keith Falconer
It's not so much what children learn through play, but what they won't learn if we don't give them the chance to play. Many functional skills like literacy and arithmetic can be learned either through play or through instruction-the issue is the amount of stress on the child. However, many coping skills like compassion, self-regulation, self-confidence, the habit of active engagement, and the motivation to learn and be literate cannot be instructed. They can only be learned through self-directed experience (i.e. play).
~ Susan J. Oliver, Playing for Keeps
~ Jascha Heifetz
I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light.
~ John Keith Falconer
It's not so much what children learn through play, but what they won't learn if we don't give them the chance to play. Many functional skills like literacy and arithmetic can be learned either through play or through instruction-the issue is the amount of stress on the child. However, many coping skills like compassion, self-regulation, self-confidence, the habit of active engagement, and the motivation to learn and be literate cannot be instructed. They can only be learned through self-directed experience (i.e. play).
~ Susan J. Oliver, Playing for Keeps
Beginners, Care, Condensed words
In a beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in an expert's mind there are few.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
~ Billie Jean King
It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
~ Robert Southey
~ Shunryu Suzuki
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
~ Billie Jean King
It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
~ Robert Southey
Hard, Crossing Bridges, Impossible
Life is hard. It’s even harder if you’re stupid.
~ Anonymous
When you build bridges you can keep crossing them.
~ Rick Pitino, American basketball coach
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
~ Doug Larson
(English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, 1902-1981)
~ Anonymous
When you build bridges you can keep crossing them.
~ Rick Pitino, American basketball coach
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
~ Doug Larson
(English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, 1902-1981)
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Retirement, Truth, Courage
One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard
work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun
may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should
be alike calm and cheerful.
~ Thomas Arnold, educator
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
~ W. Clement Stone
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
~ John Wayne
~ Thomas Arnold, educator
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
~ W. Clement Stone
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
~ John Wayne
Monday, June 4, 2012
Failure, Leadership, Anxiety
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
~ Chinese Proverb
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of
leadership.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care.
Either case is a failure of leadership.
~Colin Powell
~ Chinese Proverb
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of
leadership.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care.
Either case is a failure of leadership.
~Colin Powell
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Life, Leadership, Identity
Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
~ Samuel Butler, the younger
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
~ Warren Bennis
You are not what you own.
~ Fugazi, American rock band
~ Samuel Butler, the younger
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
~ Warren Bennis
You are not what you own.
~ Fugazi, American rock band
Monday, May 21, 2012
Daring, Play, Stand
All serious daring starts from within.
~ Eudora Welty
For the main characteristic of play - whether of child or adult - is not its content but its mode. Play is an approach to action, not a form of activity.
~ Jerome Bruner, psychologist, professor
A man who can bow before God can stand before giants.
~ Unknown
~ Eudora Welty
For the main characteristic of play - whether of child or adult - is not its content but its mode. Play is an approach to action, not a form of activity.
~ Jerome Bruner, psychologist, professor
A man who can bow before God can stand before giants.
~ Unknown
Monday, May 14, 2012
Play, Probability, Free Market
Play is work that you enjoy doing for nothing.
~ Evan Esar, humorist
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
~ James Thurber
If you destroy a free market, you create a black market.
~ Sir Winston Churchill
~ Evan Esar, humorist
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
~ James Thurber
If you destroy a free market, you create a black market.
~ Sir Winston Churchill
Monday, May 7, 2012
Fresh start, Security, Anger
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. ~ Mary Pickford
There is no safety in hiding. ~ Ted Kennedy
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Dictators, Determination, Toughness
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. ~ Winston Churchill
If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don't, you will find an excuse. ~ Anonymous
Tough times never last, but tough people do. ~ Robert H. Schuller
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