Beauty by John Muir

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. - John Muir

Good Manners

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.  If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use. - Emily Post

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. - Eric Hoffer


Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them. - Bill Kelly

The Beauty of Silence

“Be still, and know that I am God."  - Psalm 46:10

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. - William Penn

An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind. - Walter Bagehot

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.  ~Samuel Johnson

Silence is the mother of truth. - Benjamin Disraeli

We Judge...

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions. - Ian Percy

More Marriages Might Survive If.....

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse. - Doug Larson

Healthy Lifestyle

When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no "I'll start tomorrow."  Tomorrow is disease. - Terri Guillemets

Home Is.....

Home is not where you live but where they understand you. - Christian Morgenstern

Thrift!

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. - Calvin Coolidge

He who does not economize will have to agonize. - Confucius

Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse. - Seneca

Trust

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him. - Booker T. Washington

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. - William Shakespeare


You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough. - Frank Crane

Who is Humble?

It is always the secure who are humble. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Prosperity but at What Price?

We've got the most prosperous culture in human history and we've also got the biggest spiritual hole in human history. - Mark Victor Hansen

Follow Your Passion

Follow your passion, and success will follow you. - Terri Guillemets

Attitude by Lincoln

I don't like that man.  I must get to know him better. - Abraham Lincoln

Mistakes

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems.  And that's a big mistake. - F. Wikzek

Teamwork!

A man may do an immense deal of good, if he does not care who gets the credit for it. - Father Strickland, 1863

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it. - Brian Tracy


Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. - Vince Lombardi