Rightful Liberty

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. - Thomas Jefferson 


Tom would be appalled to see how much the tyrants have willed and how much voluntary servitude there is today.

Dreams

All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them, nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true. - Woodrow Wilson


Be patient seeing your dreams come true.

Concise, Precise, Decisive

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life. - Victor Hugo


I love it when someone practices what they preach. Concise, precise, decisive.

Creative Art

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. - Scott Adams


Science is learning from your mistakes.

Real Poverty

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another. - Madonna


This is why property rights are so fundamentally important.

Look Up

Many a man gets to the top of the ladder, and then finds out it has been leaning against the wrong wall. - Dr.Laurence J. Peter


Might I suggest glasses so they can see where they are going?

Half Truths

A half truth is a whole lie. - Yiddish Proverb


Think Al Gore.

Raining Chips

People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip. - Bern Williams


We can only hope the chips don't hit the fan.

Mistaken

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. - Mahatma Gandhi


There is a difference between being humble and being wishy-washy.

Ownership

When a man blames others for his failures, it's a good idea to credit others with his sucesses. - Howard W. Newton


Success and failure are like any other possession.

Growing a New Leg

Evidently God can cure cancer and tuberculosis, but cannot grow a new leg . . .this is blasphemy, but not mine - the priests and faith healers are guilty of limiting God's powers. - Abraham Myerson


Put that in your coffee and chew on it all day.

One Thousand Posts

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat who sits on the hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. - Mark Twain


One might wonder why I chose this for my 1000th post. I would not like to be like Mr Twain's cat. The experience I've gained in 3 years of posting tells me people don't comment, give at-a-boy's or compliments, suggestions or complaints. But that is not why I post here so I will continue to offer up my quotations, search for truth, and hopefully give you something to think about as well.

Ignorance is Bliss?

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness. - Nicole Kidman


Poor girl must be confusing silliness and stupidity with happiness.

Managing Doves

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away. - Tommy Lasorda 


And not all doves are the same.

Stealing Ideas

Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats. - Howard Aiken


Customers pay for, not steal, the embodiment of a great idea.

Attention

Attention is a bit like real estate, in that they're not making any more of it. Unlike real estate, though, it keeps going up in value. - Seth Godin


If attention is in short supply, plan on giving more for it and receiving more for it.

Risky Business

To win without risk is to triumph without glory. - Pierre Corneille 


This is why your goal should be to make money, not just get money.

Making Money

Americans used to get rich by providing consumers something they wanted, but in today's economy, wealth is just as likely to come to those who produce schemes that appeal to politicians. - David Keene


Your goal should be to make money not just get money. You'll end up a lot happier.

Seeing Sticks

You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it. - W. C. Fields


But drinking spirits turns the stick blurry!

Brevity

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can. - Sydney Smith


This thought can be stated in just two words. Cowboy Up!

Finding Quality

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. - William A. Foster


Nature finds quality through a process of finding what does not fail; Humans through reason.

Paying Compliments

When you cannot get a compliment any other way pay yourself one. - Mark Twain


Pay someone else one too while you are at it;  they're free.

It Could Be Worse...

A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine. - Proverb


I'm assuming that by "medicine" they are referring to a dose of salts or cod liver oil. Sometimes you just need something to compare to.

What Audience

The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening. - Randy Pausch


I've always hated being ignored.

Attitude, Not Aptitude

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success. - Denis Waitley 


Conceit is not the attitude to which he refers.

No Longer Privileged

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. - Dwight D. Eisenhower


We can't afford privileges because we gave up our principles.

Leadership

Leadership is action, not position. - Donald H. McGannon


Put your money were your mouth is. The founders of our country did.

Small Oportunities

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. - Demosthenes


e.g Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google.

Swagger, Conceit, Esteem

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it. - Hartman Rector, Jr.

Swagger is the outward sign of conceit, which is a sure-fire symptom of low self-esteem.

 

Your Reputation

Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. - Nathaniel Branden


Self-esteem comes from within and is built over time, not from someone else or at an early age.