Sunday, January 31, 2010

Malcolm X

There is nothing better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Peace Pilgim

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.
Peace Pilgrim

Friday, January 29, 2010

Simon Wiesenthal

Violence is like a weed - it does not die even in the greatest drought.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Wavy Gravy

Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

(Don't confuse being a warrior with violence.) When you cease to act like a warrior, you cease to be a warrior.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Steven Pressfield (The Tides of War)

Don't confound prudence with valor. If I fight up front it's because I find it safer, the dead line up before no paymaster.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010

In defeat one learns who are friends to him, and by whom he is accounted friend.

Friday, January 22, 2010

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is the little bit of "extra" you provide.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Victor Hugo

There is one thing stronger than all of the worlds armies, an idea whose time has come.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Howard W. Newton

People will forget how fast you did a job, but they will remember how well you did it.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Destiny is not a matter of chance it is a matter of choice.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

Sunday, January 10, 2010

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what needs to be done and self restraint enough to allow them to do it.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Demosthenes

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Friday, January 8, 2010

John Norley

All things are difficult before they are easy.
The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Jack London

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Vince Lombardi

The quality of a persons life is in direct proportion to their committment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Monday, January 4, 2010

Thomas Edison

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Jules Renard

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend. Happy B-Day, Dad.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Hal Borland

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Happy B-Day, Mike N.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Benjamin Franklin

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better person. Happy New Year.