Sunday, February 28, 2010

Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.

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

Don't be afraid to assign a person more than they deem themselves capable of. Make them rise to the occassion. In this way you compel them to discover fresh resources both in themselves and others, thus enlarging the capacity of all and binding the group together for the reward.

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

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

B. F. Skinner

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Herodotus

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their son's.

Monday, February 15, 2010

The chameleon they say, may turn every color but white.