“Religion is the solid basis of good morals;
therefore education should teach the precepts of religion,
and the duties of man toward God.”
Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816), American statesman.
Posted in Daily Quote, tagged education, Gouverneur Morris on January 31, 2009 | Comments Off
“Religion is the solid basis of good morals;
therefore education should teach the precepts of religion,
and the duties of man toward God.”
Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816), American statesman.
Posted in Daily Quote, tagged attitude, Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 30, 2009 | Comments Off
“Men are not prisoners of fate,
but only prisoners of their own minds.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd U.S. President.
Posted in Daily Quote, tagged Thomas Paine, virtue on January 29, 2009 | Comments Off
“When we are planning for posterity,
we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.”
Thomas Paine (1737–1809), English pamphleteer,
revolutionary, radical, inventor.
Posted in Daily Quote, tagged humility, Rick Warren on January 28, 2009 | Comments Off
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself,
it’s thinking of yourself less.”
Rick Warren (1954- ), American pastor, author.
Posted in Business, Clancy's Quotes, tagged Albert Einstein, baby, Bible, Brian Tracy, Charles Kettering, creative, D.N. Jackson, dream, Eda LeShan, focus, Frank Clark, imagination, Jerome K. Jerome, Jim Rohn, John C. Maxwell, Larraine Matusak, leadership, Muhammad Ali, Napoleon Hill, passion, professionalism, Ralph Lauren, Robert Jarvik, Robin Sharma, Sam Levenson, Sam Walton, Sister Act, success, Theodor Hesburgh, vision, visionary, Warren Bennis, William Blake, Winston Churchill, Zig Ziglar on January 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Maybe it’s just my imagination, but it seems that the older people get, the less time and effort they devote to dreaming. Even when they do grant a little freedom to the right side of their brains, the images tend to be constrained by fears, doubts, and the “realities” that they’ve constructed for themselves. Vision is the victim.
Posted in Daily Quote, tagged goals, Lewis Carroll on January 27, 2009 | Comments Off
“If you don’t know where you are going,
any road will get you there.”
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898 ) English author,
mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, photographer.
Posted in Daily Quote, tagged procrastination, Wayne Gretzky on January 26, 2009 | Comments Off
“Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.”
Wayne Gretzky (1961- ), Canadian professional ice hockey player.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged basketball, Brian Gregory, Charles Little, Chris Johnson, Chris Wright, Dayton Flyers, London Warren, Marcus Johnson, Rob Lowery, St. Bonaventure on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve seen these guys play, you know what I’m talking about. These guys really can fly!
Posted in Daily Quote, tagged freeedom, W. Somerset Maugham on January 25, 2009 | Comments Off
“Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort
than its freedom will soon lose its freedom;
and the ironical thing about it is
that it will lose its ease and comfort too.”
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English playwright,
novelist, short story writer.
Posted in Daily Quote, tagged laughter, love, Yakov Smirnoff on January 24, 2009 | Comments Off
“I believe that love and laughter can only happen
when one person takes the time to think about
what would cause the other person to feel good.”
Yakov Smirnoff (1951-), Ukrainian-born American comedian,
painter, psychology professor.