January Jan 25
12:38 pm EST-
Greater part of the whole
“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
-Henry David Thoreau-
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December Dec 29
09:24 am EST-
Exceeding Expectations
“Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.”
-Og Mandino-
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December Dec 14
09:00 am EST-
The Company You Keep
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
-Mark Twain-
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December Dec 06
09:06 am EST-
Measuring Life
“I guess what I’m trying to say is, I don’t think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you’re not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead.”
-Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider-
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November Nov 22
10:10 am EST-
Those Types
“Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.”
-Lauren Van der Post-
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November Nov 18
14:15 pm EST-
Stupidity
“Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.”
- Unknown -
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November Nov 12
13:07 pm EST-
Kafka on Books (and Happiness)
“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.”
-Franz Kafka-
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November Nov 10
08:45 am EST-
Greatness
“Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. When you are seeking to bring plans to fruition, it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are likeminded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly, be that kind of friend for your friends.”
-Mark Twain-
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October Oct 20
18:09 pm EDT-
If you personally know me…
…you would understand why this quote is so fitting considering what I have going on next week. For everyone else, it’s still a great one. No one wants to be putting out fires all the time — none of us get paid enough.
“There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.” -Henry Kissinger
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September Sep 29
09:35 am EDT-
Regrets
“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.” -Sidney J. Harris
Laughing is so much fun.
