Great achievers
October 9, 2009
“When you study the lives of all great achievers–those who have had the greatest influence on others, those who have made things happen–you will find a pattern. Through their persistent efforts and inner struggle, they have greatly expanded their four native human intelligences or capacities. The highest manifestations of these four intelligences are: for mental, vision; for the physical, discipline; for the emotional, passion; for the spiritual, conscience. These manifestations also represent our highest means of expressing our voice.”
- Stephen R. Covey
Be blessed
October 8, 2009
“Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn’t consider himself supremely blest.”
- Seneca
A little bit
October 7, 2009
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Think
October 6, 2009
Every day, think as you wake up
Today I am fortunate
to have woken up.
I am alive,
I have a precious human life.
I am not going to waste it.
I am going to use all my energies
to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others,
to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings.
I am going to have kind thoughts towards others.
I am not going to get angry,
or think badly about others.
I am going to benefit others
as much as I can.
His Holiness
the XIV Dalai Lama
Karma
October 5, 2009
“I’ve seen ‘karma’ slap people in the face. You have to be good to people. It really does come around.”
- Kirsten Dunst: Mona Lisa Smile, Spiderman, Interview with a Vampire;
from US Weekly
Embrace opportunity
October 4, 2009
“He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had tried and failed.”
- William James
Try, try and try again
October 3, 2009
“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”
- George E. Woodberry
Lions
October 2, 2009
” Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up early in the morning and it knows it must run faster then the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up and it knows it must out run the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.” The moral of the story: “When the sun comes up you better be running!”
- Unknown
My only issue with this quote is the story about God giving the giraffe that long neck to protect itself from the lion. JMD
On failure
October 1, 2009
“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.”
- Henry Ford
“There is no failure. Only feedback.”
- Robert Allen
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
- Thomas Edison
