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William James’s inspiring words: “Humankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theater for heroism.”
“The tree that has the most fruit is the tree that bends to the ground,”
Mark Twain wrote, “we should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. It will never sit down on a hot stove lid again — and that is well; but also it will never sit down on a cold one anymore.”
So be gentler to yourself and see life for what it really is: a path of self-discovery, personal growth and lifelong learning.
Discipline involves saying exactly what needs to be said and preserving your precious mental energy by not talking more than you have to.
The telephone is there for your convenience, not for the convenience of your callers.
Plato noted, “My belief is not that the good body by any bodily excellence improves the soul, but, on the contrary, that the good soul, by her own excellence, improves the body as far as this may be possible.”
To maintain a healthy level of optimism and passion for life, you must keep on setting higher and higher goals.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Sleep is like a drug,” he explained. “Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time, vitality and opportunities.”
Understand that fatigue is often a mental creation that stems from doing things you do not like to do. And remember Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s wise words: The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.
Brian Tracy,
Professor John Kotter,
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most people fear speaking in front of an audience even more than death itself.
British statesman Benjamin Disraeli
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Seneca observed, “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
The Serenity Prayer of Reinhold Niebuhr: “God, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.”
Getting the Most Out of Life
Alan Devoe
One of the most wonderful things about time is the fact that you cannot waste it in advance.
Ashleigh Brilliant has observed, “At any moment I could start being more of the person I dream to be — but which moment should I choose?”
Carving out a little time for yourself is not a selfish act.
L. F. Phelan once said, “Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. People grow old only by deserting their ideals and by outgrowing the consciousness of youth.
“Man must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind him to the fact that each moment of his life is a miracle and a mystery,” wrote British novelist H. G. Wells.
It is often difficult to march to your own drum beat and listen to your instincts when the world around you pressures you to conform to its dictates.
psychologist Vera John-Steiner
James Michener wrote:
Albert Schweitzer said, “There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”
the best way to create significance is to ask yourself one simple question, “How may I serve?”
We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, more possessions but less happiness, fuller minds but emptier lives.
the purpose of life is a life of purpose.
George Bernard Shaw,
