TV Dinners

It's the company, not the cooking, that makes a meal. - Kirby Larson


Kids who watch TV with dinner never learn the pleasures of good company or good food.

Exams

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. - Charles Caleb Colton


You don't have to be a genius to come up with tough questions.

Teachers

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. - Thomas Szasz


Authority and power are not the same. Use the words correctly.

Spotting Fools

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man. - Charles Talleyrand


Learn to spot them a mile off - it's not hard.

Thoughtful Delay

Delay is preferable to error. - Thomas Jefferson


I think Tom knew the difference between delay and procrastination.

Hearts and Minds

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do. - Kahlil Gibran


If hiring, ask the applicants goals. If you are the applicant, make sure you know your goals.

Create It

Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of. - Geri Weitzman

Nothing exists unless someone created it. That someone might as well be you.

Comfort and Luxury

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about. - Charles Kingsley

Our ancestors did not enjoy the comforts we do but they were equally as happy.

Friends Indeed

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is any thing you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. - Edgar Watson Howe

Soup when sick, cookies when work needs to be done.

Sheepies

A society of sheep must in time begat a government of wolves. - Bertrand de Jouvenal

Education, not indoctrination; determination, not vacillation; and principled action is essential to maintain Liberty.

Life's Mission

Make your life a mission - not an intermission. - Arnold Glasgow

And even a Mission Impossible is possible.

Your Instructor

The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct. - Cicero

Watch where your education comes from.

Saddle Up and Ride

Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne

Mind over emotion.

Fools' Gold

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. - Chinese Proverb

If you can't bring yourself to ask a person, at least ask Google.

Masters

Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master. - Sallust

And masters always claim to be just; but they can't be - they're masters.

Valentines Day

If the universe has any purpose more important then topping a woman you love and making a baby with her hearty help, I have never heard of it. -  Robert A. Heinlein

The reason so many people are born in November.

Perfection

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of others. - Francois de Fenelon

There sure are a lot of imperfects out there.

Want a Big Job?

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

No matter how lowly the job, do your best.

Which Job?

The person who knows how will always have a job.
The person who knows why will always be his boss. - Diane Ravitch

Theory prevails.

Time Converts

Time makes more converts than reason. - Thomas Paine

They may not come around without your help, but if you keep at it, they will.

Under-Performing

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. - Will Rogers

That's one way of looking at it.

Looking Up

May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down. - Sara June Parker

....or any other source of light.

Visionaries

The difference between visionaries and dreamers is that visionaries make the dreams come true. - Walter R. Mueller

May you make all your visions come true.

Recognize Blessings

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. - Titus Livius

Spend more time looking for the good in things.

Great Poetry

The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry. - L. Schefer

I doesn't matter how you build it, if it doesn't do the job it's a failure.

Kicked Lately?

Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Be sure you are at least as observant as a dog.

Be Proud

I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do. - Steve Jobs

Pride is for the righteous.

Slip of the Foot

A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over. - Benjamin Franklin

If you stumble folks may think you are clumsy. If you mis-speak they may think you unkind, or dumb, or worse.

Sing Your Song

Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. - Henry Van Dyke

And your song will only get to be the best by singing.