the only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.–Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Mar 09
Q + Q + MA = C where Q is the Quality of service rendered. Q is the Quantity of service rendered. MA is the Mental Attitude in which it is rendered. C is your Compensation. ”Compensation” here means all the things that come into your life: school, job, money, joy, harmony with relationships, community status, a sense of tolerance, vacation, respect and responsibility, material possessions, perseverance, or “anything” else worthwhile that you seek. - Napoleon Hill, “Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude”
Mar 08
You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.–George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950), “Misalliance”
Mar 07
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. — Henry Ford
Mar 06
My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.–Bette Davis (1908 – 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
Mar 05
Sometimes I get the feeling that the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that’s not true. Some of the smaller countries are neutral. – Robert Orben
Mar 04
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. [Kurt Vonnegut]
Mar 03
If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, that our present system induces, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning that make for uniqueness, self-direction and self-initiated learning. - Carl Rogers (1902-1987)
