TIMELY WISDOM

Thursday, December 29, 2011


"You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind."
 -  Irish proverb



“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours."
 - Swedish Proverb



"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."
 - Steve Jobs




“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
 - Carl Jung




“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.”
 - Benjamin Franklin




“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.”
 - Oscar Wilde




"The goal of many leaders is to get people to think more highly of the leader. The goal of a great leader is to help people to think more highly of themselves."
 -  J. Carla Nortcutt




"Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much."
 - Erastus Wiman













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