One Moment of Patience & Impatience

One moment of patience may ward off great disaster.  One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. - Chinese Proverb

Opportunities.....

Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along. - Hugh Allen


When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break. - William Hale White


Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards. - William Arthur Ward

Christmas...

This is the message of Christmas:  We are never alone. - Taylor Caldwell

 As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is. - Eric Sevareid

 Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.  To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.  ~Calvin Coolidge, 1927

Teamwork

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. - Bill Bradley

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world.  Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Meade

In union there is strength. - Aesop

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.  You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. - Babe Ruth
 

Coffee.....

Hot coffee and cold winter mornings are two of the best soul mates who ever did find each other. - Terri Guillemets

Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good hot cup of coffee. - Alexander King

Nothing is sad on a beautiful morning save to look down and realize you just had the last sip of coffee and the mug sits indifferently empty. - Terri Guillemets

 Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of coffee. - Stephanie Piro