Friday, April 20, 2012

Excellence

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

~Vince Lombardi

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Those Who Do Not Know

Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.

~Golda Meir

Make a Contribution

When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Success

Success can make you go one of two ways.  It can make you a prima donna, or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

~Barbara Walters

Friday, April 13, 2012

Accept What Comes

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best you have to give.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

I Am Only One...

I am only one; but still I am one.  I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

~Helen Keller

Willingness

It is not fair to ask of other what you are not willing to do yourself.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Being Powerful

Being powerful is like being a lady.  If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

~Margaret Thatcher

Mistakes

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

~Pearl S. Buck

Aspirations

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.  I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.

~ Louisa May Alcott

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

God Does Not Ask

Got does not ask your ability or your inability.  He only asks your availability.

~Mary Kay Ash

We Must Do....

I gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face...I say to myself, I've lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along...
We must do the things we think we cannot do.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

What Remains...

I never notice what has been done.
I only see what remains to be done.

~Madame Curie

Thursday, March 8, 2012

How Full is Your Cup?

Nan-in, a Japanese Zen master, received a visit from a university professor who wanted to know about zen. They sat and visited and talked for a while.

Nan-in then took out tea cups and tea and proceeded to pour tea for his guest. He filled his guest's cup and continued to pour as the tea spilled over the sides. The professor, unable to restrain himself, cried : "Stop. The cup is full, no more will go in." Nan-in replied: "Like this cup, you too are full.  You area already full of your own judgments, speculations, ideas and opinions. How can you begin to learn until you empty your cup first?"

The lesson for us is that we cannot learn if we believe we already know everything.  How often do you think you are open but in reality, your cup is already full?

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Love

The more a person perceives that he or she is loved, the less they will interfere with the lives of others.

~Dr. William Glasser