You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot further with a smile and a gun.
Al Capone
Well, the next time you tell me something, make sure I listen.
Jay Chiat
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Aesop
I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.
Walt Disney
I want to put a ding in the universe.
Steve Jobs
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
Buckmaster Fuller
If you do not study hard when young you’ll end up bewailing your failures as you grow old.
Chinese Proverbs
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
Aristotle
Little things please little minds.
English Proverbs
It always seems impossible until its done.
Nelson Mandela
If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
Chinese Proverbs
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt
People only do their best at things they truly enjoy.
Jack Nicklaus
Ninety-nine percent of the failures comes from people who have the habit of making excuses.
George W. Carve
My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. Great compassion is the root of all forms of worship.
Dalai Lama
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
Carlos Castanada
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
Babe Ruth
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
John Burroughs
About Growing Older…
- First… eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
- Second… the older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
- Third… some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.
- Fourth… when you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
- Fifth… you know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
- Sixth… I don’t know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.
- Seventh… one of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.
- Eighth… one must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.
- Ninth… being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
- Tenth… long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it’s called golf.
- And finally… if you don’t learn to laugh at trouble, you won’t have anything to laugh at when you are old.
The time is now….
I am in Hawaii this month for some down time and reflection. This is always a good thing for me to do. As I do this I ran across a wonderful slideshow with some pithy comments. I thought you might enjoy.
The person who considers himself too old to learn something has probably always been that way.
The good side of aging, as old as one might be, is that one is always younger than he will ever be.
There are four great periods in the life of a man; the one where he believes in Santa Claus, the one where he no longer believes in Santa Claus, the one where he is Santa Claus, and finally the one where he looks more and more like Santa Claus.
As one grows old, one generally rids himself of his shortcomings because they no longer serve any useful purpose.
If someone declares that he is able to do everything at sixty that he was able to do at twenty, then he was not doing very much when he was twenty.
It is by growing old that one learns to remain young.
The entire life of a human being depends upon ”yes” and “no” uttered two or three times between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five.
So long as one continues to be amazed, one can delay growing old.
The time is now…..
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Aristotle
The aim of art is to present not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Aristotle
Hope is the dream of the waking man.
Aristotle
In his blog Growth Without Pain – Jay Roszell makes many great points.
I used to have a standard three questions I would ask regularly but at least twice a year of my co-workers.
- What am I doing that you like that I do and want me to coninue doing?
- What am I doing that you don’t like that I do and want me to stop?
- What am I doing that doesn’t really matter to you?
From the answers I could make solid decisions on how I was impacting others and what I did that should have been done by someone else.
Try it yourself and see how you like the approach. Please let us know how it worked out for you. The time is now.