My sister Jane sent me these - good thoughts to have in this in-between week...
These sorts of uplifting sentiments fuel my inner-fire and help blow my hair back as I press forward with steadfastness!
ENJOY...
If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain.
If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees.
If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
(Chinese Proverb)
When you’re through learning, you’re through.
(Vernon Law)
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when open.
(Thomas Dewar)
“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”
(Confucius 551-479 bc)
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
(Stephen R Covey)
The most important choice you make is what you choose to make important.
(Michael Neil)
Management means helping people to get the most out of themselves, not organising things.
(Lauren Apley)
There are no short cuts to anywhere worth going.
(Helen Keller)
If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.
(Stephen R Covey)
The best time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining.
(John F Kennedy)
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by product.
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em “Certainly I can!” Then get busy and find out how to do it.
(Theodore Roosevelt)
Some men see things as they are and ask “why”? I dare to dream of things that never were and ask “Why not”?
(George Bernard Shaw)
The learning is in the wobbles.
(Dave Meier)
If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.
(Henry Ford)
It’s not what happens to you that makes the difference – it’s what you do with what happens to you.
(Unknown Author)
Change the way people think and things will never be the same.
(Steve Biko)
I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn’t about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble.
(Anita Roddick)
Today, if you are not confused, you are just not thinking clearly.
(unknown)
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
(Winston Churchill)
Morale is when your hands and feet keep on working when your head says it can’t be done.
(Benjamin Morrell)
There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes.
(Billy Connolly)
A mistake is only a mistake if you don’t learn from it.
(Unknown)
Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.
(Will Rogers, 1879-1935 cowboy, actor, philanthropist)
One measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it’s the same problem you had last year.
(John Foster Dulles)
It is in the moment of decision that your destiny is shaped.
(Anthony Robbins)
The future of work will consist of learning a living.
(Marshall McLuhan)
The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.
(Linus Pauling)
I want to work for a company that contributes to, and is part of, the community. I want something not just to invest in, I want something to believe in.
(Anita Roddick)
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.
(Babe Ruth)
If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
(Sir Isaac Newton)
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
(Albert Einstein)
Thanks Tim and Jane.
A happier, more purposeful, day to all of us.
These sorts of uplifting sentiments fuel my inner-fire and help blow my hair back as I press forward with steadfastness!
ENJOY...
If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain.
If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees.
If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
(Chinese Proverb)
When you’re through learning, you’re through.
(Vernon Law)
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when open.
(Thomas Dewar)
“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”
(Confucius 551-479 bc)
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
(Stephen R Covey)
The most important choice you make is what you choose to make important.
(Michael Neil)
Management means helping people to get the most out of themselves, not organising things.
(Lauren Apley)
There are no short cuts to anywhere worth going.
(Helen Keller)
If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.
(Stephen R Covey)
The best time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining.
(John F Kennedy)
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by product.
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em “Certainly I can!” Then get busy and find out how to do it.
(Theodore Roosevelt)
Some men see things as they are and ask “why”? I dare to dream of things that never were and ask “Why not”?
(George Bernard Shaw)
The learning is in the wobbles.
(Dave Meier)
If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.
(Henry Ford)
It’s not what happens to you that makes the difference – it’s what you do with what happens to you.
(Unknown Author)
Change the way people think and things will never be the same.
(Steve Biko)
I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn’t about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble.
(Anita Roddick)
Today, if you are not confused, you are just not thinking clearly.
(unknown)
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
(Winston Churchill)
Morale is when your hands and feet keep on working when your head says it can’t be done.
(Benjamin Morrell)
There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes.
(Billy Connolly)
A mistake is only a mistake if you don’t learn from it.
(Unknown)
Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.
(Will Rogers, 1879-1935 cowboy, actor, philanthropist)
One measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it’s the same problem you had last year.
(John Foster Dulles)
It is in the moment of decision that your destiny is shaped.
(Anthony Robbins)
The future of work will consist of learning a living.
(Marshall McLuhan)
The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.
(Linus Pauling)
I want to work for a company that contributes to, and is part of, the community. I want something not just to invest in, I want something to believe in.
(Anita Roddick)
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.
(Babe Ruth)
If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
(Sir Isaac Newton)
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
(Albert Einstein)
Thanks Tim and Jane.
A happier, more purposeful, day to all of us.
