Thought of the Day #5

Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficial. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greater dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

Justice Louis Brandeis – 1928

Truer words applicable to the current election are rarely found.

The time is NOW.

Friday Filosophy #26

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

Jerry Barber

 

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

George Eliot

 

Only that which is temporary endures.

French Proverb

Remembering Phyllis Diller

With credit to the AP

I once wore a peekaboo blouse. People would peek then they would boo

I never made Who’s Who but I’m featured in What’s That?

When I told Fang I was going to get my face lifted, he said, Who’d steal it?

You know you’re old when your walker has an airbag

I was the world’s ugliest baby. When I was born the doctor slapped everybody.

I became a stand-up comedienne because I had a sit-down husband.

They say housework can’t kill you… but why take a chance.

The time is now

Friday Filosophy #25

Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself.

Chinese Proverb

 

Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.

Dr. Seuss

 

A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.

Chinese Proverb

Friday Filosophy #24

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we should dance.

Anonymous

 

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Anonymous

 

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

Aristotle

WH Filosophy v1.2

The best time to plant a tree was forty years ago. The second best time is today.

The Monk who sold his Ferrari

 

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

William Wrigley, Jr.

 

He who dies with the most toys…… still dies.

Keith Luscher.

Friday Filosophy #23

Minds are like parachutes – they only work when open.

Thomas Dewar

 

Heaven means to be one with God.

Confucius

 

All glory comes from daring to begin.

Alexander Graham Bell

Friday Filosophy #22

It always seems impossible until it is done.

Nelson Mandela

 

If your mind is empty it is always ready for anything.

Shunryu Suzuki

 

There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.

Chinese Proverb

A thought for your consideration

With the “why” not the “what” consideration from the Management Musing just posted perhaps the following is worth considering.

  • Caterpillar buyers understand the “why” as the customer service issue – a dealer support issue.
  • Komatsu buyers  understand the “why” as a quality machine.
  • Deere buyers understand the “why” as a price point for Industrial machines and a “Farming” why for the Agriculture machines.
  • Volvo buyers understand the “why” as a long life.

Is it possible that features and benefits don’t make the difference they once did? Perhaps the differentiation in machinery is not as prominent a consideration as it is the dealer network behind the machine. The time is now.

WH Filosophy v1.2 Thanks Bill

Those who do not move do not notice their chains.

Rosa Luxemburg, Russian-German political theorist, economist and revolutionary

 

Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself.

Gary Comer (1929–2006) American entrepreneur founder of Lands’ End

 

Most people … discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.

Oscar Wilde, Irish writer