QOTD April 20 2013
Saturday, April 20th, 2013G. E. Lessing: “One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.”
G. E. Lessing: “One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.”
Peter McWilliams: “To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves…We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here–with its gift of energy and heightened awareness–so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation.”
Joel Barker: “Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.”
Norman Vincent Peale: “Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do, you’ll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you’ll shake it to pieces. You’ll love it into greatness.”
D. H. Lawrence: “Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot.”
Steve Jobs: “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
Unknown: “Don’t go for looks, they can deceive. Don’t go for wealth, even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.”
Baltasar Gracian: “Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.”
Waiter Rant: “But seduction isn’t making someone do what they don’t want to do. Seduction is enticing someone into doing what they secretly want to do already.”
Real Live Preacher: “No one forgives with more grace and love than a child.”
Hannah Whitall Smith: “The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.”
Booker T. Washington: “There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.”
Unknown: “I don’t want to ‘fit in’, I want to stand out. I want the world to know I was here. That I made a difference.”
Cato the Elder: “Grasp the subject, the words will follow.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson: βTo be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.β
Frank Herbert: “Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty.”
Norman Vincent Peale: “Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.”
“Do more than belong: participate.
Do more than care: help.
Do more than believe: practice.
Do more than be fair: be kind.
Do more than forgive: forget.
Do more than dream: work.”
Brian Jud: “Focus on results rather than on how you spend your time. Distinguish between time utilization and time management.”
Eric Schmidt: “Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your kids. Even if it’s a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means that you will do something new, meet someone new and make a difference.”