Haim Ginott said, “Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn’t have anything to do with it.” How quickly we forget what we were like when we were younger. I don’t wish my kids (haven’t got any…
Dale Carnegie said, “Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.” There is no substitute for enthusiasm. Flaming enthusiasm sounds like the fire that will consume you and drive you…
Thomas Paine said, “Character is much easier kept than recovered.” Your character is priceless. Protect it at any cost because when everything is stripped away your character is all you have.
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.” Passion as a spring is a great metaphor. Passion coils up and springs you forward in great leaps and bounds. Glenn
Bernard Baruch said, “Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.” I’m always asking why. Are you? ‘Why’ is something almost educated out us at school and asking can even lead to being made a fool of. But someone…
André Maurois said, “Business is a combination of war and sport.” I think life is like that to and should be treated as a game otherwise it could really get you down. On that point though. Sometimes it’s good to…
Elbert Hubbard said, “An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.” I love the idea of a dangerous idea. One that jumps of the page, bites you, and won’t let you go. Have…
Hubert Humphrey said, “Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.” We generally have a lot left to work with that we seem to discount and…
Pablo Picasso said, “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” How often do you try something you cannot do? I’m learning the guitar. It will take years to…
Frederick Delius said, “Music is an outburst of the soul.” I love a good ‘outburst’. How about you? Try this today: slap your hand on your thigh as you walk and just sing or say whatever comes to mind as…
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