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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...