Excuses.....

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. - Edward R. Murrow

John F. Kennedy on Crisis

When written in Chinese the word "crisis" is composed of two characters - one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. - John F. Kennedy

Why Worry?

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. - Mark Twain

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face. - Nelson DeMille

Some patients I see are actually draining into their bodies the diseased thoughts of their minds. - Zacharty Bercovitz


Every evening I turn my worries over to God.  He's going to be up all night anyway. - Mary C. Crowley

Trouble Forgiving? Consider This......

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive.  Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. - Henry Ward Beecher

The weak can never forgive.  Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi


He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. - George Herbert

Courage is What it Takes.....

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill

Do Humble Work

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work. - Mother Teresa

America Will Never Be Destroyed from The Outside

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln

Believe In Yourself!

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale

Perseverence!

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.  ~Albert Einstein

Fall seven times, stand up eight.  ~Japanese Proverb

Saints are sinners who kept on going.  ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.  ~William Feather

Pull yourself together and use what you have.  ~Betsy Cañas Garmon 

Discipline or Regret

Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.  - Jim Rohn

Robert E. Lee Quote on Hope

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.  -  Robert E. Lee

Ulysses S. Grant Quote on Friends

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity - Ulysses S. Grant

C.S. Lewis Gems

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Importance of Taking Action!

Trust only movement.  Life happens at the level of events, not of words.  Trust movement.  ~Alfred Adler

 There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.  ~Mignon McLaughlin

All know the way; few actually walk it.  ~Bodhidharma


The vision must be followed by the venture.  It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.  ~Vance Havner

Leadership Quotes

You can't be a leader if you can't influence others to act.  - Dale E. Zand

Learn to be bold but not a bully. It takes boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you've got to walk in front of your group. You've got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble. - Jim Rohn

Learn to be bold but not a bully. It takes boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you've got to walk in front of your group. You've got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble.  - Warren Bennis