All Quotes
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.
Tuesday Jun 3, 2014
Helen Hayes: The hero in you
We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
Friday May 23, 2014
Dalai Lama: Peace
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
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.
Wednesday Apr 16, 2014
John Lennon: Peace and television sets
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
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.
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.
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.
Monday Jan 27, 2014
Albert Einstein: Intellectuals and geniuses
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Monday Nov 4, 2013
Bertus Aafjes: Wishing luck after defeat
A man who wishes his opponent luck after a defeat, never loses face.