Saturday, February 27, 2010
Washington Irving
There is in every woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Abraham Lincoln
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Jane Howard
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one."
Monday, February 22, 2010
George Washington
"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience." Happy Birthday Mr. Washington
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Booker T. Washington
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life."
Saturday, February 20, 2010
... if force must be employed with a subordinate, take care that it be minimal. If I tell you to do something and hold a gun to your head and you do it you will say "he made me do it, I had not choice." But if I only suggest and you comply, then you must own your compliance and, owning it, stand by it.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Bob Hope
"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf."
Thursday, February 18, 2010
John Abrams
If the people who make the decisions are the people who will also bear the consequences of those decisions, perhaps better decisions will result.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Lao Tzu
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Happy Valentines Day
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Charles Schwab
The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things."
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sam Levenson
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Sir Winston Churchill
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. Happy Birthday To ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Steven Pressfield - The Tides of War
A soldier must not own too much imagination. In victory it overheats his ambition; in defeat it infames his fears. A bave man possessed of imagination will not be brave long.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Harold Wilson
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Laurence J. Peter
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Mark Twain
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Don Marquis
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed
Monday, February 1, 2010
Albert Einstein
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."
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