Getting There

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved. - Anne Sullivan


It's much easier to critique the end product than to get the product there.

First Amendment Freedom

Not only Freedom of Religion, but Freedom from Religion. - Lyle


Don't forget this distinction when defending the first Amendment.

Good People

Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good. - Jimmy Wales


Don't let the news warp your view of people.

Visionaries

The only limits are those of vision. - James Broughton


Purposeful dreaming leads to enlightened vision.

Fess Up!

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. - Alexander Pope


You learn something every day.....and what you learn may point out your errors.

World Views

The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others. - Francis De La Rochefourcauld


And the timid think everyone else needs to be cared for.

Allusion of Progress

I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the allusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization. - Petronius Arbiter


To things need to be reorganized or just perfected?

Religion Today

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. - Thomas Paine


Tolerance of tenets?

Tender Words

The words you speak today should be soft and tender...for tomorrow you may have to eat them. - Unknown


Or they may come back to bite you.

Bright Side

Few cases of eyestrain have been developed by looking on the bright side of things. - Unknown


And a lot of misery results from not.

Foolish Things

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. - Colette


And laugh about them.

Missed Perfection

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence. - Vince Lombardi


But be elated you have caught excellence and not disappointed you have missed perfection.

Flawed or Not?

"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober." - G. K. Chesterton


Wrong is wrong.

Agreeable Conversation

Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld


Speaking comes naturally but work on cultivating listening.

The End Ain't Near

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. - Charles M. Schulz


Be prepared for the world to change but don't prepare for its end.

Speaking Your Thoughts

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. - Peter Ustinov


Be sure your thoughts amount to something.

Stretched Minds

A mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.


Keep on strechin'

Manners

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. - Fred Astaire


It is even more important to teach your children manners when they have few peers as examples.

21st Century Illiterates

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. - Alvin Toffler


The rate of change will only increase.

Primrose Path

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. - Frank A. Clark


If you stay on the couch you'll end up on the couch.

Bad Company

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. - George Washington


If you assume all people are inherently evil you will end up very lonely.

Personal Care

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing; that's why we recommend it daily. - Zig Ziglar


Bath yourself in positive attitudes regularly.

What Others Think

I shall not pretend that I do not prefer to have people adore me rather than revile me, but I have always found that it was far easier for me to suffer the disapprobation of others than to amend my behavior in order to find favor with them. - Kathryn L. Nelson


You can't please all the people all the time. - Abraham Lincoln

Begin at Home

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there. - Clare Booth Luce


An intact family should be a shared benevolent dictatorship, not a democracy.

Happy People

The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others. - William Lyon Phelps


Keep your interests alive and they will reciprocate.

How to Persuade

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. - Benjamin Franklin


Very few people can be persuaded by a rational argument.

Fun Work

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun. - Thomas A. Edison


Attitude.

Missed Opportunity

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas A. Edison


There is no free lunch.

Critiques

When we criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical. - Richard Carlson


Especially if the criticism is "behind the back."

Setting Goals

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach. - Benjamin E. May


Don't fear setting goals - they can be altered.

Beauty's Transit

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts. - Martin Buxbaum


A fair trade.