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Humor Friday: Age and Perception
Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked. —Robert Browning (1888, by Herbert Rose Barraud; Public Domain)
Franklin on Patience
He that can have patience can have what he will. —Benjamin Franklin (1778, by Joseph Duplessis; Public Domain) Of course, waiting patiently without taking action will bring us only despair....
Don’t Let Consensus Restrain Your Imagination
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not cease to be true simply because it is not accepted by many. —Baruch Spinoza, Enlightenment philosopher (Image...
Uncover Life’s Simple Pleasures Each New Day
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it. —Samuel Butler, British poet (by Charles Gogin; Public Domain)
Humor Friday: Conceit
Conceit is God’s gift to little men. —Bruce Fairchild Barton (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
The Formula for Measuring Success
The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the things we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on...
Your Simple, Planned, Daily Actions Are What Lead to Your Great Accomplishments
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. —Helen Keller (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
Put Your Ideas in Motion
Ideas without action aren’t ideas. They’re regrets. —Steve Jobs (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
Transcendent Heroism
Anyone can work when every stroke of their hand brings down the fruit rattling from the tree to the ground; but to labor in season and out of season, under every discouragement, by the power of...
Humor Friday: The Oblivious Nuisance
It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is, in reality, a universal nuisance. —Baruch Spinoza, Enlightenment philosopher (1665, by...
The Enduring Nature of One’s Character
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures, and that is character. —Horace Greeley (Image licensed by Penn Wealth) Fortunately, character also happens to be...
The Benchmark
Whatever you decide to focus your life on, be the benchmark against which others will be measured. —Mike Hazell (Image by Dan Fador via Pixabay)
Follow Your Passion and Be of Good Cheer
People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy. —Samuel Butler, British poet (by Charles Gogin; Public Domain)
Boldness Borne by Confidence in Oneself
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. —Bruce Fairchild Barton (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
The Glorious Road Ahead
There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind. —C.S. Lewis (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
Select Your Own Destination
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. —Ralph Waldo Emerson (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
You Know Who and What You Wish to Become. Why Not Begin Right Now?
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. —William James (Image licensed by Penn Wealth) Furthermore, write down the attributes, the traits, the style of your ideal self, and review these points...
A Feat Performed With Apparent Ease was Forged With Relentless Effort
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. —Samuel Johnson (1772, by Sir Joshua Reynolds; Public Domain)
Remain Focused on What You Control; the Results Will Come
We don’t control the response, but we absolutely control our actions. Script the story, then execute the scenes; the results will ultimately come. —Mike Hazell (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
Methodically Fostering a New Idea
An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself. —Charles Dickens (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)