QOTD May 26 2014
Monday, May 26th, 2014George S. Patton: “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
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QOTD May 25 2014
Sunday, May 25th, 2014Eugene Mirman: “Some tips for life: 1.Don’t be afraid to follow your dreams, unless your dreams are stupid. 2.Be kind to people. 3.Don’t get too excited when you read the Fountainhead 4.In times of recession, it is time for invention. 5.Things can kill you, so keep that in mind, you fearless know it alls.”
QOTD May 24 2014
Saturday, May 24th, 2014Anna Quindlen: “All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.”
QOTD May 23 2014
Friday, May 23rd, 2014Saint Francis de Sales: “Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them – every day begin the task anew.”
QOTD May 22 2014
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014H. Jackson Brown Jr.: “Strive for excellence, not perfection.”
QOTD May 21 2014
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014Daniel J. Boorstin: “The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.”
QOTD May 20 2014
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014Bruce Lee: “To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”
QOTD May 19 2014
Monday, May 19th, 2014Lois McMaster Bujold: “His mother had often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desired a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.”
QOTD May 18 2014
Sunday, May 18th, 2014L. M. Montgomery: “A child that has a quick temper, just blaze up and cool down, ain’t never likely to be sly or deceitful.”
QOTD May 17 2014
Saturday, May 17th, 2014Albert Einstein: “Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
QOTD May 16 2014
Friday, May 16th, 2014Oprah Winfrey: “Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself.”
QOTD May 15 2014
Thursday, May 15th, 2014Fred Allen: “[Television is] the triumph of machine over people.”
QOTD May 14 2014
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014Baltasar Gracian: “The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.”
QOTD May 13 2014
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014Wil Wheaton: “Sometimes, a person who likes your work and a person who don’t will show up within milliseconds of each other to let you know how they feel. One does not need to cancel out the other, positively or negatively; if you’re proud of the work, and you enjoyed the work, that is what’s important.”
QOTD May 12 2014
Monday, May 12th, 2014Cicero: “Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.”
QOTD May 11 2014
Sunday, May 11th, 2014John Ruskin: “The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.”
QOTD May 10 2014
Saturday, May 10th, 2014Robert Townsend: “Getting there isn’t half the fun – it’s all the fun.”
QOTD May 9 2014
Friday, May 9th, 2014Jennifer Hudson: “We all have the power to choose how we are going to handle every situation we are faced with throughout our lives. We are in control of the decision we make whether it’s about work, relationships, parenting, or our health.”
QOTD May 8 2014
Thursday, May 8th, 2014Barbra Streisand: “A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.”
QOTD May 7 2014
Wednesday, May 7th, 2014Michael Hanson: “To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action.”
