"The ancients knew something which we seem to have forgotten. All means prove
but a blunt instrument, if they have not behind them a living spirit. "
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot." - Unknown
"Keep your standards high and you'll always be the best at what you do."
- Unknown
"A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - MB
"Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job"
- Bits & Pieces
"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."
- Wernher Von Braun (1912-1977)
"The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it
usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work."
- Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor
... on One's Outlook
"Perfection is the road, not the destination." - Unknown
"To tolerate everything is to teach nothing." - Unknown
"It's easier to curse the candle than light the darkness."
- Unknown
"Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame."
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of reason." - Unknown
"Anger always drives the mouth faster than the mind. " - Unknown
"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails." - unknown
"If you search for the unknown, expect to be surprised." - Unknown
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
"Things are only as important as you make them to be." - Unknown
"Always face the sun and you'll never see the shadows." - Fortune cookie
"That which doesn't break me, makes me stronger."
- Fred Nietzsche
"It's not how far you fall but how high you bounce."
- Michael Kelly (MK)
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!"
- Dolly Parton
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough
people to make it worth the effort."
- unknown :)
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed
until it is faced."
- James Baldwin
"It's not a stumbling block, it's a stepping stone."
- '98 Country Western song
... on Success
"Always get what you always did, if you always do what you are doing"
- C. W. Hines
"Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you'll still be among the stars"
- Unknown
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Fortune cookie
"You got to start somewhere if you're going to end elsewhere."
- Unknown
"Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it."
- Unknown
"Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees."
- J. Willard Marriott
"To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have."
- Ken S. Keyes, Jr.
"You are on the road to success when you realize that failure is merely a detour"
- Unknown
"It's not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry-go-around!"
- Julie Andrews, actress
"Success is hanging on when everyone else has let go." - MK
"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
- Jim Ryun
"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right."
- Henry Ford (1863-1947)
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
"A diploma proves only that you know how to find an answer"
- Unknown
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back') & My flight instructor
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
"The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows."
- Aristotle Onassis (1906-1975)
"Success is that old ABC -- ability, breaks, and courage."
- Charles Luckman (1909-- )/An American architect
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
- Winston Churchill
"Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down."
- Unknown
"To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence."
- Mark Twain
"Success only comes before work...in the dictionary." - Unknown
"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." -Thomas A. Edison
"Success is in the way you walk the paths of life each day. It is
in the little things you do, and in the things you say.
Success is not in getting rich, or rising to high fame. It's not
only in winning goals, which people all hope to claim.
Success is being big of heart and clean and broad in mind. It's
being faithful to your friends, and to the strangers, kind. It's in
the children whom you love, and all they learn from you.
Success depends on character, and everything you do." - Anonymous
... on Life
"Love one Another." - Jesus, mi Salvador (John 13:34)
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
"For those who believe a miracle is not necessary; but for those who don't believe
a miracle is not enough." - Indio Tab., Mejico
"Life is what happens when we're busy making plans." - John Lenon
"Don't worry about things you can't change." - unknown :-)
"Don't worry ..,lah,la,la,la,lah,.. Be Happy!" - song
"You're about as happy as you make up your mind to be." - Abraham Lincoln
"Dost thou love Life? then do not squander Time; for that's the Stuff Life is made of." - Benjamin Franklin
"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do." - Unknown
"He who has why to live for, can bear almost any how." - Nietzche
"The goal of human existence is not "self actualization," but "self transcendence"
- overcoming and surpassing one's self."
- Victor Frankl
"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."
- Garth Brooks' song, 12/98
"We don't always get what we want
but if we try real hard we just might find...we get what we need!"
- from a Mick Jagger song
"Dance like no one's watching, love like you'll never be hurt,
sing like no one's listening, live like it's heaven on earth."
- William Pukey
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is truly a gift. . . .
That is why it is call a present."
- Anonymous
"Pain and suffering is inevitable but misery is optional."
- Unknown
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
- Unknown
"As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are librerated from our own fear, our presence automatically librates others."
(Marianne Williamson Quote)