She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).
—Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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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)
Humor Friday
This is the sixth book I’ve written, which isn’t bad for a guy who’s only read two. — George Burns (by NBC/Elmer Holloway; Public Domain)
The Unstoppable Tenacity of the Human Race
So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievements, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair of the human race. — Ernest L. Woodward...
The Transformative (and Transportive) Power of Reading
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. — William Lyon Phelps (Image by Pixabay; free use)
Heinlein on Optimism
Don’t ever become a pessimist…a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events. — Robert Heinlein (Image Licensed)
Pushing the Envelope
How will you know just how far you can go at any given point in time unless you are pushing the envelope? Testing the limits of what is possible can only be gauged by going beyond your comfort...