I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
—Leonardo da Vinci (Public domain)
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Boldly Pushing the Envelope
When something is important enough you do it, even if the odds are not in your favor. — Elon Musk (Image Licensed by Penn Wealth) Early on, Musk noted the odds of Tesla and SpaceX being successful...
Humor Friday
I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them. — Phyllis Diller (Public Domain)
Let’s Make Creativity the Norm, Not the Exception
The key question isn’t ‘What fosters creativity?’ But it is why in God’s name isn’t everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question...
Doing what Cannot be Done
It is amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. — Charles Kettering (American inventor and engineer; Image Licensed) Although it may seem counterintuitive,...
The situation often calls for a quiet reserve; too rarely is that the response
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. — Josh Billings (by Sarony; Public Domain)
Humor Friday: The Curse of Imagination
Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute. — Franklin Pierce Adams (Public Domain)
Meet situations head on: you reduce fear and worry by confronting rather than avoiding
Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers on the road. Both appear great at a distance, but when we approach them we find they are far less insurmountable than we had...
Simple Respect, for Yourself as well as Others
No one ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don’t knock your...
Assess the situation, make a measured response, then move forward with cheer
Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms. — William Shakespeare (1610, by John Taylor; Public Domain)
Remain Close to Your Path, but Enjoy the Occasional Detour
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. — Franklin Pierce Adams (Public Domain)
Humor Friday: Getty on Leverage
I’d rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort. — J. Paul Getty (Image Licensed)
Chaos or Opportunity? The Choice is Ours Alone
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. — Sun Tzu (544-496 BC; Public Domain) How fitting a quote for these times we are living through. Even more fitting is the source, considering the...
All that we do is Seen…
You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness....
Self-Discipline Does Not Constrain, it Unshackles
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. — Edmund Burke (by Joshua Reynolds; Public Domain)
Define Your Own Success and Failure; Don’t Bestow that Power to Others
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat found. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1868, by Julia Margaret Cameron; Public Domain)
Humor Friday: The Wit of Lincoln
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. — Abraham Lincoln (1863, by Alexander Gardner; Public Domain)
No Matter What, Keep Moving Forward
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. — William James (by Notman Studios; Public Domain)
Pascal on Faith
Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. — Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian (1690; Creative Commons)
Ignorance is Easy; Reason takes Effort
Reason obeys itself; ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. — Thomas Paine (1792, by Laurent Dabos; Public Domain)
The Law of Harvest
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny. — George Boardman (Image Licensed)