Ought to and Want to

Great men are those who find that

what they ought to do and want

to do are the same thing.

~ Anonymous ~

The Will

Most people have the will to win,

few have the will to prepare to win.

~ Bobby Knight ~

Life

Life doesn't often spell things out for you

or give you what you want exactly when you want it;

otherwise it wouldn't be called life.

It would be called "vending machine."

~ Lauren Graham ~

How Well

Ability is what you are capable of doing.

Motivation determines what you do.

Attitude determines how well you do it.

~ Lou Holtz ~

Haters

Haters never win.  I think that's true about life,

because negative energy always costs in the end.

~ Tom Hiddleston ~

Education

Education is what remains after one has

forgotten what one has learned in school.

~ Albert Einstein ~

Higher Level of Consciousness

If you view all the things that happen to you,

both good and bad, as opportunities, then you

operate out of a higher level of consciousness.

~ Les Brown ~

Peak Performers

Peak performers develop powerful mental images

of the behavior that will lead to the desired results.

They see in their mind's eye the result they want,

and the actions leading to it.

~ Charles A. Garfield ~

One

One song can spark a moment

One flower can wake the dream

One tree can start a forest

One bird can herald spring.

One smile begins a friendship

One handshake lifts a soul

One star can guide a ship at sea

One word can frame the goal.

One vote can change a nation

One sunbeam lights a room

One candle wipes out darkness

One laugh will conquer gloom.

One step must start each journey

One word must start each prayer

One hope will raise our spirits

One touch can show you care.

One voice can speak with wisdom

One heart can know what's true

One life can make a difference

You see it's up to you.

~ Anonymous ~

Find a Place

Find a place inside where there's joy,

and the joy will burn out the pain.

~ Joseph Campbell ~

Life Moves On

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes.  Life has no other

discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly.

Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, 

everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end.

What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and

strength, if faced with an open mind.  Every moment is a golden one for him

who has the vision to recognize it as such.

~ Henry Miller ~

Really Happy

We act as though comfort and luxury

were the chief requirements of life,

when all that we need to make us happy

is something to be enthusiastic about.

~ Charles Kingsley ~

Fasnacht Day

As you ramble on through life

whatever be your goal. 

Keep your eye upon the donut

and not upon the hole.

Happy Fasnacht Day!

Moving Stairway

Some people seem to think that life is

a moving stairway - that all one has 

to do is step aboard and be carried to the top.

Make a Life

Don’t be so busy living

that you forget to make a life. 

Experience

Be brave. Take risks. 

Nothing can substitute experience.
~ Paulo Coelho ~

No Match

A cloudy day is no match

for a sunny disposition. 

~ William Arthur Ward ~ 

Gratitude

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it

is like wrapping a present and not giving it. 

Little Minds

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune;

but great minds rise above them.

~ Washington Irving ~

Calamities

He who foresees calamities,

suffers them twice over.

~Beilby Porteus ~

Bad Weather

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us;

in joy we face the storm and defy it.

~ Amelia Barr ~

Too Early

It’s always too early to quit. 

~ Norman Vincent Peale ~

Be Grateful

If you don't have all the things you want,

be grateful for all the things

you don't have that you didn't want.

~ Gil Atkinson ~

Truth

Truth will ultimately prevail where
there is pains to bring it to light.
~ George Washington ~

Happy Presidents’ Day

Learn To Listen

There is only one rule for being a good talker -

learn to listen.

~ Christopher Morley ~