“Remember the things in life that are free to each of us—our family, our friends, our soul, our hopes, our dreams, and our knowledge—are the most important.” — Jaren L Davis —
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Post # 20 – Perspective
” There is a cloud shedding its rain on all fields alike. But it is only the field that is well cultivated, which gets the advantage of shower; another field, which has not been tilled or taken care of cannot get that advantage. It is not the fault of the cloud. The mercy of GodContinue reading “Post # 20 – Perspective”
Post # 19 – Push
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, ‘Press on,’ has solved and alwaysContinue reading “Post # 19 – Push”
Post # 18 – Failure
” Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is trulyContinue reading “Post # 18 – Failure”
Post # 17 – Education
” We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one’s own feet. “ — Swami Vivekananda —
Post # 16 – Opportunity
” The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. “ — George Bernard Shaw —
Post # 15 – Gandhi Jayanti
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. — Mohandas K. Gandhi — http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/06/27/VI2008062703016.html?referrer=emaillink
Post # 14 – Happiness
“Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others…By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.” — Gordon HinckleyContinue reading “Post # 14 – Happiness”
Post # 13 – Ancestors
” We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. “ — Shirley Abbott —
Post # 12 – Just Do It
A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. You’re there now doing the thing on paper. You’re not killing the goose, you’re just producing an egg. So I don’t worry about inspiration, or anything like that. It’s a matter of just sitting downContinue reading “Post # 12 – Just Do It”
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