Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. – R. Emerson 1. Focus on what really counts 2. You can’t please everyone 3. Choose friends wisely 4. Tell people what you’re really thinking. People are not mind readers. 5. Understand [...]
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself – Galileo Galilei Any man who reaches out to help another man discover his self-worth and respect will always be a hero. Actor Walt Kowalski from the movie Gran Torino attempts to help Thao discover manhood. “Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds [...]
The most important things in those first few seconds are, basically, a firm handshake and a smile, good eye contact and really paying attention. – Pat Schaumann Establishes a connection and builds relationships. Tells a person you’re interested in what they are saying. Sends the message of being self assured and confident. Pay someone a compliment [...]
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. – James Allen Lose an argument on purpose just because it’s not that serious. The expression “same thing, different day” pray you never live these words. Return borrowed items in the same or better condition it [...]
The Man In The Glass When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf And the world makes you king for a day Just go to the mirror and look at yourself And see what that man has to say. For it isn’t your father, or mother, or wife Whose judgment upon you [...]
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, 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 in marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again
IF If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or [...]
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. – Einstein If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. - Les Brown A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he [...]
Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. – Emerson We [...]
“It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it. – Albert Einstein” “Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs [...]
On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free. – D. Lipinski
I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious. – Lombardi Ditch the fear. Stop saying what you can’t do or don’t know. Start doing! Common sense. See [...]
The man, who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth. – James Allen Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. [...]
1. If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. - Mark Twain 2. If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. – Albert Einstein 3. Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. – Albert Einstein 4. It takes [...]
All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could [...]
