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Wednesday Jun 4, 2014

Leonardo da Vinci: Experience and our judgments

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

Leonardo da Vinci

Tuesday Jun 3, 2014

Helen Hayes: The hero in you

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

Helen Hayes

Friday May 23, 2014

Dalai Lama: Peace

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Dalai Lama

Monday May 19, 2014

Judy Garland: Living

I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.

Judy Garland

Thursday May 15, 2014

Leonardo da Vinci: Sowing and Reaping

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Leonardo da Vinci

Tuesday Apr 29, 2014

Leonardo da Vinci: Do something else

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.

Leonardo da Vinci

Tuesday Apr 22, 2014

Thomas A. Edison : What you are

What you are will show in what you do.

Thomas A. Edison

Wednesday Apr 16, 2014

John Lennon: Peace and television sets

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

John Lennon

Wednesday Apr 2, 2014

Mahatma Gandhi: A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Mahatma Gandhi

Tuesday Mar 18, 2014

Confucius: Goals

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Confucius

Tuesday Mar 4, 2014

Sam Levenson: Like the Clock

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

Sam Levenson

Wednesday Feb 12, 2014

Nelson Mandela: Play big

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

Monday Jan 27, 2014

Albert Einstein: Intellectuals and geniuses

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Albert Einstein

Wednesday Jan 15, 2014

Nelson Mandela: Hills to climb

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Nelson Mandela

Thursday Jan 9, 2014

Jan Jacob Henneman: Your Future

You should have a future and if you don't have one, you have to make one. I made my future until my 120th. They might call me earlier, that doesn't matter.

Jan Jacob Henneman

Thursday Jan 2, 2014

Deepak Chopra: Gratitude

Gratitude opens the door to ... the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.

Deepak Chopra

Monday Dec 9, 2013

Jim Rohn: Solving problems

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

Jim Rohn

Monday Dec 2, 2013

Robert H. Schuller: Attempt something great

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Robert H. Schuller

Tuesday Nov 12, 2013

Maimonides: Charity and Poverty

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

Maimonides

Monday Nov 4, 2013

Bertus Aafjes: Wishing luck after defeat

A man who wishes his opponent luck after a defeat, never loses face.

Bertus Aafjes