People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. — Elizabeth Kubler Ross We all have that light within us, but…
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. —- George Bernard Shaw You may not be able to change the laws of nature, but you can…
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. – Seneca How to achieve a goal Know what it isIf you don’t know what you’re aiming for, you have…
Men soon the faults of others learnA few their virtues, too, find out;But is there one—I have a doubt—Who can his own defects discern? – Sanskrit Proverb None of us are perfect. We all have faults. We all have limitations. It’s important that we understand…
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. –Michael Jordan Never be afraid…
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second is listening, the third is memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others. Solomon Ibn Gabriol So stop talking, start listening to the right people, remember what you heard, act on it, and…
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust…
The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.Robert CushingIf you don’t take risks, you’ll never achieve anything. That doesn’t mean…
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain Don’t let life’s…
First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. –Aristotle OK, so the first is relatively easy. The second starts to get a…