” 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”
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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”
Post # 11 – Confidence
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. — Dale Carnegie —
Post # 10 – Hard Work
“Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.” — Steve Pavlina —
Post # 9 – Resolve
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox —
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