-- Norman Schwarzkoff
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Quote for the Day
"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."
-- Norman Schwarzkoff
-- Norman Schwarzkoff
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Quote for the Day
"Agreements, whether to yourself or others, should not be made if they cannot, or will not, be honoured. You have the strength, intelligence, and heart to know what you are willing
and not willing to do."
-- Dr. Gay Hendricks
and not willing to do."
-- Dr. Gay Hendricks
Quote for the Day
"There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction."
-- John F. Kennedy
-- John F. Kennedy
Thought for the Day
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches...
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Thought for the Day
Always show more kindness than you think is necessary because the receiver needs it more than you know...
Quote for the Day
"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet."
-- J. Robert Oppenheimer
-- J. Robert Oppenheimer
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Quote for the Day
"The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going."
-- Napoleon Hill
-- Napoleon Hill
Thought for the Day
When you spend time worrying, you're simply using your imagination to create things you don't want...
Monday, June 24, 2013
Thought for the Day
Life is like a mirror, if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting...
Quote for the Day
"I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom."
-- Anatole France
-- Anatole France
Quote for the Day
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Quote for the Day
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I...
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference."
-- Robert Frost
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference."
-- Robert Frost
Thought for the Day
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others...
Quote for the Day
"With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug."
-- Vin Diesel
-- Vin Diesel
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Quote for the Day
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
-- Helen Keller
-- Helen Keller
Thought for the Day
Our journey into consciousness of wealth begins with the realisation that we have already arrived...
Quote for the Day
"When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work."
-- George Bernard Shaw
-- George Bernard Shaw
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Quote for the Day
"Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you."
-- Madame de Tencin
-- Madame de Tencin
Thought for the Day
If you let someone stab you in the back enough times, eventually you will bleed to death...
Monday, June 17, 2013
Quote for the Day
"We should never negotiate out of fear, but we should never fear to negotiate."
-- John F Kennedy
-- John F Kennedy
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Quote for the Day
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."
-- Thomas Jefferson
-- Thomas Jefferson
Thought for the Day
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way...
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Thought for the Day
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention...
Quote for the Day
"There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought."
-- Laurence J. Peter
-- Laurence J. Peter
Thought for the Day
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Thought for the Day
To live a great life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals
2. Act on your plan, every day...
1. Plan your life goals
2. Act on your plan, every day...
Quote for the Day
"There is no passion to be found playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
-- Nelson Mandela
-- Nelson Mandela
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Thought for the Day
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect...
Monday, June 10, 2013
Quote for the Day
"Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond."
--Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
--Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
Sunday, June 09, 2013
Quote for the Day
"If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud."
-- Émile Zola
-- Émile Zola
Quote for the Day
"One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it."
-- Henry Moore
-- Henry Moore
Thought for the Day
Never feel depressed when you are weighed down by difficulties. God will never impose on you the ordeals which you cannot bear...
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Alexander's Last 3 Wishes
There is very instructive incident involving the life of Alexander, the great Greek king.
Alexander, after conquering many kingdoms, was returning home. On the way, he fell ill and it took him to his death bed. With death staring him in his face, Alexander realised how his conquests, his great army, his sharp sword and all his wealth were of no consequence.
He now longed to reach home to see his mother's face and bid her his last adieu. But, he had to accept the fact that his sinking health would not permit Him to reach his distant homeland. So, the mighty conqueror lay prostrate and pale, helplessly waiting to breathe his last. He called his generals and said, "I will depart from this world soon; I have three wishes, please carry them out without fail." With tears flowing down their cheeks, the generals agreed to abide by their king's last wishes.
"My first desire is that," said Alexander, "My physicians alone must carry my coffin." After a pause, he continued, "Secondly, I desire that when my coffin is being carried to the grave, the path leading to the graveyard be strewn with gold, silver and precious stones which I have collected in my treasury.
"The king felt exhausted after saying this. He took a minute's rest and continued. "My third and last wish is that both my hands be kept dangling out of my coffin." The people who had gathered there wondered at the king's strange wishes. But no one dare bring the question to their lips. Alexander's favourite general kissed his hand and pressed them to his heart. "O king, we assure you that your wishes will all be fulfilled, but tell us why do you make such strange wishes?"
At this Alexander took a deep breath and said:
"I would like the world to know of the three lessons I have just learnt. I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor can really cure anybody. They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of death. So let not people take life for granted.
The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the way to the graveyard is to tell people that not even a fraction of gold will come with me. I spent all my life earning riches but cannot take anything with me. Let people realize that it is a sheer waste of time to chase wealth.
And about my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world."
With these words, the king closed his eyes. Soon he let death conquer him and breathed his last...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Quote for the Day
"Every action that is done should be preceded by an enquiry as to whether it will lead to good or bad results."
-- Sai Baba
-- Sai Baba
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Thought for the Day
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken...
Monday, June 03, 2013
Sunday, June 02, 2013
Written by a 90 Year Old
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short – enjoy it.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye, but don't worry, God never blinks.
16.. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19.. It's never too late to be happy. But it's all up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative of dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have, not what you need
42. The best is yet to come...
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
Quote for the Day
"The test of a man's or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel. Anybody can behave well when things are going smoothly."
-- George Bernard Shaw
-- George Bernard Shaw
Quote for the Day
"Parents have the primary responsibility to mould the character of children."
-- Sai Baba
-- Sai Baba
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