QOTD June 30 2016
Thursday, June 30th, 2016Kristin Hunter: “First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.”
Archive for June, 2016
QOTD June 29 2016
Wednesday, June 29th, 2016Kahlil Gibran: “I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.”
QOTD June 28 2016 – a day late
Wednesday, June 29th, 2016Benjamin Disraeli: “Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.”
No, no, thereĀ is no mistake in the dates, though June 28 was indeed yesterday. š
This quote is actually quite relevant for the services from GoDaddy, my hosting provider. This blog (actually the whole raymondpoort.com domain, ANDĀ the other domains I have with them, AND all related hosting services!!) only just came back online after beingĀ down since yesterday late afternoon! It took GoDaddy a good 24 hours to get services restored, and still I see ping timeouts.
Being in the services industry myself, I know thingsĀ can (and often will) go wrong, and one can standout by the way issues are dealt with. Well, GoDaddy did bad, very bad in that respect. I called them today asĀ their status page showed all services up and it took the guy on the phone quite some time (and persistence from my end) to realise and confirm that indeed some of their servers experienced problems……sorry GoDaddy, not good enough, I will be looking for anotherĀ hosting provider. The sole reason I ended up hereĀ was becauseĀ Adam CurryĀ providedĀ interesting promo codes in his Daily Source CodeĀ (that was back in theĀ PodShow days, aaaaages ago!)…time to move on! š
QOTD June 27 2016
Monday, June 27th, 2016Seneca: “We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?”
QOTD June 26 2016
Sunday, June 26th, 2016Lord Macaulay: “The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.”
QOTD June 25 2016
Saturday, June 25th, 2016Jeph Jacques: “Your whole life people tell you to do what you love. But if you gotta do something else to pay the bills, you don’t automatically have to be miserable.”
QOTD June 24 2016
Friday, June 24th, 2016Margaret Fuller: “Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.”
QOTD June 23 2016
Thursday, June 23rd, 2016George S. Patton: “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
QOTD June 2016
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016Allan Heinberg: “I admit it’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, or the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit, but maybe the best any of us can do is not quit. Play the hand we’ve been given and accessorize the outfit we’ve got.”
QOTD June 21 2016
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016Henry Ford: “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.”
QOTD June 20 2016
Monday, June 20th, 2016Frank Lloyd Wright: “The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.”
QOTD June 19 2016
Sunday, June 19th, 2016Georg Wilhelm: āNothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.ā
QOTD June 18 2016
Saturday, June 18th, 2016Denis Diderot: “Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.”
QOTD June 17 2016
Friday, June 17th, 2016Steven Wright: “If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happen if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?”
QOTD June 16 2016
Thursday, June 16th, 2016Anthony Trollope: “Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.”
QOTD June 15 2016
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016Joan Lunden: “Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.”
QOTD June 14 2016
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016Sir William Osler: “Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.”
QOTD June 13 2016
Monday, June 13th, 2016Unknown: “If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don’t wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes.”
QOTD June 12 2016
Sunday, June 12th, 2016Edith Wharton: “True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.”
QOTD June 11 2016
Saturday, June 11th, 2016Brian Adams: “Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.”
