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Monday, January 11, 2010

Precocious?

There is a difference between precocious and obnoxious. If every one else but you thinks a kid is obnoxious then you must be the parent. - Lyle


(Other posts on Manners)

Sunday, January 10, 2010

The Source of Happiness

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread. - Charles Caleb Colton


Happiness must come from within, not from outside.


(Other posts on Emotions)

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Magnificent Spacecraft

The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives. - Denis Waitley 


I think the same could be said for your mind.


(Other posts on Success)

Friday, January 8, 2010

Super Frauds

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them. - Charles Caleb Colton


I'm going to remember this fancy sounding excuse the next time I'm duped!


(Other posts on Mistakes)




Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Light Your Fire

Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away. - Denis Waitley 


Others get excited to see excitement.


(Other posts on Motivation)

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Resolution

I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy. - Og Mandino


Be sure your mountain has lots of facets


(Other posts on Achievement)

Monday, January 4, 2010

Fiscal Suicide

I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan. - Everett Dirksen


Sorry Everett.


(Other posts on Government)

Sunday, January 3, 2010

It's Not Just the Cards

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well. - Denis Waitley


To play any hand well you have to learn the rules. Remember you do not make the rules; you follow the rules.


(Other posts on Success)

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Boxing Match

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork. - Wilson Mizner


Without the fancy footwork you're just a klutz throwing punches.


(Other posts on Talent)

Friday, January 1, 2010

Zombies Exist!

If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic. - Thomas Szasz


Now I'm totally confused..........Zombies are more real than God?


(Other posts on Religion)