To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline – training – is about.
James Clavell, in his novel “Shogun”
October 2007
Monthly Archive
October 31, 2007
October 17, 2007
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt
October 16, 2007
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.
William Feather
October 14, 2007
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.
Edward Everett Hale
October 13, 2007
Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive;
Enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;
Make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.Horace
October 12, 2007
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Theodore Roosevelt
October 12, 2007
In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
Andre Gide (1869–1951)
October 11, 2007
Ask not for victory, ask for courage. For if you can endure you bring honor to us all, even more you bring honor to yourself.
From the Decathlete
October 10, 2007
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
October 9, 2007
There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Booker T. Washington
