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No Matter What, Keep the Inner Fire Burning!
I always entertain great hopes. —Robert Frost (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
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In law, nothing is certain except the expense. —Samuel Butler, British poet (by Charles Gogin, Public Domain)
Forecasting Change
It is change, continual change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it...
Be the Master of Change
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you; and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. —Brian Tracy...
No Matter the Odds, the Circumstances, or the Past, Simply Believe In Yourself!
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. —Samuel Johnson (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
Change Your Perception and You Change Your Life
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. —William Blake (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
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He that can be counted upon for making excuses can rarely be counted upon for anything else. —Benjamin Franklin (1778, by Joseph Duplessis; Image in the Public Domain)
The Most Important Aspect of the Task Ahead
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. —William James (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
Our Actions Define Us
We are defined in life not by what we believe or how we feel, but by what we actually accomplish. We must spend the better part of our day creating something in pursuit of our passion! —Mike...
Trial by Fire
In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts. —Francis Bacon (Image licensed by Penn Wealth) Welcome adversity: it provides a wonderful proving ground for our inner strength and...
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Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief. —Jane Austen (1810, by Jane’s sister, Cassandra; Public Domain)
The Elation of Living
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. —Emily Dickinson (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
Embrace Both an Urgent Resolve and a Calm Equanimity—and Achieve
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. —Pablo Picasso (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
The Art of Communication
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but the wise speak. —Benjamin Jonson, English playwright and poet (1617, 1617, by Abraham van...
Haste and Agility are Worlds Apart
Haste and rashness are storms and tempests, breaking and wrecking business; but nimbleness is a full, fair wind, blowing it with speed to the haven. —R. Buckminster Fuller (Lofoten Islands,...
Humor Friday, Though Maybe Not Meant to Be
There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life. —Cato the Elder (Public Domain)
Within Our Challenges We Find the Stimulus for Our Bold Creativity
The things we fear most in organizations—fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances—are the primary sources of creativity. —Margaret Wheatley (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
No Matter Your Obstacles in Life, Always Strive to Be a Person of Merit
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. —Alexander Pope (1727, by Michael Dahl; Public Domain) Merit (noun): The quality of being particularly good or worthy; the level or measure of...
Rejecting Conformity
The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense. —Pablo Picasso (Image licensed by Penn Wealth) To create something new and vibrant, to discover an unexplored place, we must be willing to separate...
The Undaunted Mind
Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. —Walt Whitman (Image licensed by Penn Wealth) How many times have we stirred awake at two in the morning due to the thoughts which...