Were we to take as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to disguise what we are, we might appear like ourselves without being at the trouble of any disguise at all.
—François de La Rochefoucauld (Public domain)
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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. —T.S. Eliot (Public Domain) Advertisements
Decide, then Accept. No Regrets.
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you cannot accept regret. —Henri Frédéric Amiel (Public Domain) I have spent a lot of time...
Control Your Circumstances
Save a part of your income and begin now, for the person with a surplus controls circumstances, while the person without a surplus is controlled by circumstances. —Henry H. Buckley Advertisements
Eliot on Emotional Intelligence
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. —T.S. Eliot (Public Domain) Advertisements
G.K. Chesterton on Christianity
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. —G.K. Chesterton (1914, by Bain News Service; Public Domain) Advertisements
Humor Friday
It is a damn poor mind indeed which can’t think of at least two ways to spell any word. —Andrew Jackson (by Ralph E.W. Earl, 1837; Public Domain) Advertisements
Genius and Work Ethic
If you have genius, industry will improve it; if you have none, industry will supply its place. —Sir Joshua Reynolds (Self-portrait, 1750; Public Domain) Advertisements
Picasso on Inspiration
Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working. —Pablo Picasso (1908; Public Domain) And that work needs to involve focused action, not “busy” work. Anyone can say, “I was busy from the minute...
Battling Your Demons: Indolence
From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The Turks have a proverb which says that the devil tempts all...
Those screaming for our attention often deserve it the least
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak. —Cicero (Public Domain) Advertisements
Humor Friday
Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God’s final word on where your lips end. —Jerry Seinfeld (by slgckgc; Creative Commons) Advertisements
Character of Self and Respect for Others
Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Public Domain) Advertisements
Be a Creative Nonconformist
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of ‘crackpot’ than the stigma of conformity. —Thomas J....
Milton on Gratitude
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. —Milton (Public Domain) The...
Tacitus on Corruption
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. —Tacitus (Public Domain) Advertisements
Humor Friday
I never forget a face, but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception. —Groucho Marx (Public Domain) Advertisements
Aristotle on Education
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. —Aristotle (Public Domain) And what an incredible time in which we live, from the standpoint of education. For most of our human...
Act.
Don’t think, just do. —Horace (65 BC – 8 BC, Public Domain) Making plans for one’s life is extremely important; the process gives us direction and crystalizes a vision of where we want to go and...
Listen to the Experts…
Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done, and why. Then go do it. —Robert Heinlein (signing autographs at the World Science Fiction Convention in Kansas City, 1976; Creative...
Setbacks are Temporary; Life is Eternal