Thinking Different

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. - George S. Patton



There is always room for a different perspective. To dismiss thoughts off-hand may trap you in stagnation.

Positive Thinking

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction. - Douglas MacArthur



Now that is positive thinking!

Putting up with Rubbish

The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson



The price to pay for lack of freedom is there is nothing but rubbish.

Peasant Reasoning

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly. - Michel de Montaigne



Be sure your education does not limit your power to reason.

Fiddlers

The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer. - Charles Kettering



How to tell if you should be a fiddler or composer? Its like the old mule skinner when asked how to tell if a mule should be ridden or packed. "You ride 'em. If they buck you off, you pack 'em."



Give composing your best shot, if it doesn't work then fiddle. There is no shame in fiddling but there is shame in not composing if you can.

Power Thinking

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford



The power of thought.

Unreasonable Man

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw



Be sure you do not burn at the stake he who invented fire.

Head Bashing

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago. - Horace Mann



In fact, if you are thinking the same way as you did ten years ago perhaps you should knock yourself on the head - it might loosen some things up a bit so you can make some progress.

Quintessential Quote

God gave us two ends. One to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use; heads you win -- tails, you lose. - Anonymous



This is the quintessential quote. What it says has been said thousands of times but I admire whoever wrote this for its brevity, imagery and humor.

Alarming Success

You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. - Benjamin Franklin



(And that doesn't mean setting you alarm clock for noon).