May 2009
398 posts
“Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances… Strong men believe...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American writer, activist
April 2009
24 posts
“Passion persuades.”
– Anita Roddick (1942–2007) English entrepreneur, activist, founder of The Body Shop
“If you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.”
– Howard Schultz (1953 – ) American entrepreneur, chairman of Starbucks
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last,...”
– Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Roman emperor, philosopher
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
– Albert Einstein (1879–1955) Swiss physicist
“Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an...”
– Warren Bennis (1925 – ) American scholar, writer
“Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.”
– Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909 – ) Italian scientist, senator, Nobel Prize winner
“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that...”
– Bruce Barton (1886–1967) American advertising executive, U.S. congressman
“When the lion is chasing the antelope, he doesn’t look back. He has to...”
– Robert Cheruiyot (1978 – ) Kenyan marathon runner, four-time Boston Marathon winner
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve...”
– Paulo Coelho (1947 – ) Brazilian writer
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
– Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American civil rights leader
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...”
– Helen Keller (1880-1968) American humanitarian, advocate for the deaf and blind
“It is wonderful what you can do when you have to.”
– C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish writer, scholar
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred...”
– Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American 26th president of the United States
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a...”
– Paul the Apostle Galatians 6:9
“There’s always stuff to work on. You’re never there.”
– Tiger Woods (1975 – ) American professional golfer, world’s No. 1 player
“There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite...”
– Franz Kafka (1883–1924) Austro-Hungarian writer
“Don’t feel entitled to anything you don’t sweat and struggle for.”
– Marian Wright Edelman (1939 – ) American activist, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund
“This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.”
– Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British prime minister during WWII
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I...”
– Michael Jordan (1963 – ) American businessman and basketball player
“What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher
“I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.”
– Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist and chemist, two-time Nobel Prize winner
I dislike April Fools day. I will hide under my desk all day.
“Certainly what one is, is of far greater importance than what one appears to be.”
– Emily Post (1872–1960) American writer and etiquette expert 