August 2010
3 posts
How many things are we missing as we rush through...
THE SITUATION
In Washington , DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few...
“So I’m going out there. And I’m going to do the best I can. People are going to...”
– K. Boulden (via kari-shma)
“I am not a quitter. I will fight until I drop. It is just a matter of having...”
– Cicely Tyson (via kari-shma)
July 2010
1 post
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you...”
– Harriet Tubman
April 2010
1 post
March 2010
12 posts
“There are two ways of meeting the difficulties; alter the difficulties, or you...”
“Winner is not who never Fails, but the one who never QUITS”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable...”
– Mahatma Gandhi
“The real Leader has no need to Lead. He is content to point the way.”
“Positive thinking won’t let you do anything but it will let you do...”
“There is no one that can hold you back more than yourself.”
– Unknown (via maluna)
February 2010
3 posts
“I’m not telling you it is going to be easy - I’m telling you...”
– Art Williams
January 2010
4 posts
GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY, GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that that lit up her entire being. She said,...
“I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ”
– Unknown
What Goes Around
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved...
“People may not remember exactly what you did, or what you said. But they will...”
– Unknown
October 2009
1 post
“The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can...”
– Harold Taylor
August 2009
11 posts
“You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there”
– Edwin Louis Cole
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300...”
– Michael Jordan
“The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and...”
– Channing Pollock
The Power of Encouragement
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the famous 19th-century poet and artist, was once approached by an elderly man. The old fellow had some sketches and drawings that he wanted Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good, or if they at least showed potential talent.
Rossetti looked them over carefully. After the first few, he knew that they were worthless, showing not the least sign of artistic...
How rich are we ???
One day a father and his rich family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” “Very good Dad!” “Did you see how poor people can be?” the father asked....
The Fence
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily, gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper...
This is Good
An old story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, “This is good!”
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend had apparently done...
The Rock
An old farmer had plowed around a large rock in one of his fields for years. He had broken several plowshares and a cultivator on it and had grown rather morbid about the rock.
After breaking another plowshare one day, and remembering all the trouble the rock had caused him through the years, he finally decided to do something about it.
When he put the crowbar under the rock, he was surprised...
The Touchstone
When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coppers.The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the secret of the “Touchstone”!
The...
Generosity
This is from an old story, back in the ’30s, in the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less. A 10 year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.
“How much is an ice cream sundae?” the little boy asked.
“Fifty cents,” replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied...
Innocence
There was a story of a little girl named Liza who was suffering from a disease and needed blood from her five-year-old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a...
July 2009
3 posts
“Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.”...”
“You are what you think about all day long.” — Dr. Robert Schuller”
June 2009
7 posts
Determination
In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.
Roebling could not ignore the vision he...
Little Child's Prayer
“Dear God, this year please send clothes for all those poor ladies in Daddy’s computer…. .. Amen” !!!
Kanya West - Its Amazing
“Don’t ask life, “Why me?”, Instead say, “Try me”
Life's Little Instruction Book
1. Every so often you push your luck. 2. Never underestimate the power of a kind word or deed. 3. Never give up on anybody — miracles happen every day. 4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know. 5. Learn to listen. 6. Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures. 7. Don’t expect others to listen to your advice or ignore your example. 8. Opportunity sometimes knocks...
NIKE - Just Do it !
Sooner or later, you start taking yourself seriously. You know when you need a break. You know when you need a rest. You know what to get worked up about and what to get rid of. And you know when it’s time to take care of yourself, for yourself. To do something that makes you stronger, faster, more complete. Because you know it’s never too late to have a life. And never too late to...
May 2009
8 posts
“A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns”
“Be thankful for problems or idiots would have your job.”
Perception
We all know the story of David and Goliath. There was a giant who was bullying and harassing the children in the village. One day, a 17-year-old shepherd boy came to visit his brothers and asked, “Why don’t you stand up and fight the giant?” The brothers were terrified and they replied,
“Don’t you see he is too big to hit?” But David said, “No, he is not...
Attitude to Success
A study attributed to Harvard University found that when a person gets a job, 85% of the time it is because of their attitude, and only 15% of the time because of how smart they are and how many facts and figures they know.
Surprisingly, almost 100% of education dollars go to teach facts and figures which account for only 15% of success in work!