Wisdom in two words

Care for body & mind

  1. Eat smart.
  2. Eat vegetables.
  3. Eat superfoods.
  4. Weigh daily.
  5. Move more.
  6. Meditate daily.
  7. Do mini-meditations.
  8. Sleep well.
  9. Walk tall.
  10. Check posture.
  11. Sun myself.
  12. Look attractive.

Achieve stuff

  1. Do stuff.
  2. Work hard.
  3. Implement decisions.
  4. Follow through.
  5. Show grit.
  6. Push through.
  7. Dig deep.
  8. Start today.
  9. Keep going.
  10. Finish stuff.
  11. Try again.
  12. Try it.
  13. Stress-test ideas.
  14. Pursue BHAGs.
  15. Create prototypes.
  16. Prototype early.
  17. Manifest concepts.
  18. Grab opportunities.
  19. Show up.

Help achievement happen

  1. Collaborate well.
  2. Conquer procrastination.
  3. Not yet.
  4. Do pomodoros.
  5. Study mistakes.
  6. Get organized.
  7. Set goals.
  8. Set deadlines.
  9. Set tripwires.
  10. Apply knowledge.
  11. Get good.
  12. Expect set-backs.
  13. Schedule priorities.
  14. Check progress.
  15. Failing’s OK
  16. Aim high.
  17. Exploit strengths.
  18. Remove obstacles.
  19. Be agile.
  20. Adapt quickly.
  21. Satisficing’s good.

 

Use brain better

  1. Love learning.
  2. Memorise essentials.
  3. Test recall.
  4. Chunk stuff.
  5. Practice deliberately.
  6. Stretch myself.
  7. Use checklists.
  8. What’s working?
  9. Pay attention!
  10. Focus well.
  11. Eliminate distractions.
  12. Conserve willpower.
  13. Create routines.
  14. Create aide-memoires
  15. Ooch in
  16. Wake up!
  17. Read selectively.
  18. Read lots.
  19. Stay curious
  20. Cultivate curiosity
  21. Create stuff.
  22. Incubate ideas.
  23. Copy brilliance.
  24. Channel heroes.
  25. Future better.
  26. Dampen biases.
  27. Dispassionately observe.
  28. Sample life.
  29. Be hyper-realistic.
  30. Recruit subconscious.

Be emotionally mature

  1. Calm down.
  2. Be flexible.
  3. Be authentic.
  4. Be conscientious.
  5. Like myself.
  6. Dream big.
  7. Self-soothe.
  8. Eliminate badness.
  9. Value criticism.
  10. Get organized.
  11. Spot defensiveness.
  12. Pursue excellence.
  13. Be self-aware.
  14. Respect myself.
  15. Respect others.
  16. Rebound stronger.
  17. Stay optimistic.
  18. Boldly go.
  19. Be exuberant.
  20. Control choking.
  21. Schedule play.
  22. Face problems.
  23. End well.
  24. Conquer fear.
  25. Conquer self-consciousness.
  26. Create SOPs.
  27. Smile first.
  28. Smile big.
  29. Have fun.
  30. Live whole-heartedly.
  31. Know thyself.
  32. Practice gratitude
  33. Be grateful
  34. Conquer compulsions.
  35. Master emotions.
  36. Practice equanimity.
  37. Forgive readily.
  38. Set deadlines.
  39. Set tripwires.
  40. Back myself.
  41. Respect myself.
  42. Safeguard reputation.
  43. Build self-trust.
  44. Control urges.
  45. Don’t complain.
  46. Value disagreement.
  47. Move on.
  48. Fix fixables.
  49. Not yet.
  50. Next time.
  51. Grow.
  52. Challenge myself.
  53. Learn constantly.
  54. Be growth-minded.
  55. Practice growth-mindset.
  56. Be open-minded.
  57. Grow up.
  58. Man up.
  59. Tolerate discomfort.
  60. Eliminate self-pity.
  61. Eliminate negatives.
  62. Re-frame positively.
  63. Control anger.
  64. Control egotism.
  65. Embrace failure.
  66. Fail often.
  67. Embrace change.
  68. Celebrate progress.
  69. Be proactive.
  70. embrace criticism.
  71. Savor happiness.
  72. Spot beauty.
  73. Avoid croakers.
  74. Avoid arseholes.
  75. Avoid character-disordereds.
  76. Buttress weaknesses.
  77. Have faith.
  78. Forged steel.
  79. Steel myself.
  80. Free myself.
  81. Shed delusions.
  82. Seek confirmation.
  83. Independence first.
  84. Be self-reliant.
  85. Multi-facet myself.
  86. Keep reaching.
  87. Embrace progress.
  88. Track progress.
  89. Seek novelty.
  90. Pre-empt disasters.
  91. Bounce back.
  92. Chin up.
  93. Life’s short.
  94. Things die.
  95. Time heals.
  96. Be realisitic.
  97. Cultivate positivity.
  98. Build resilience.
  99. Tolerate ambiguity.
  100. Tolerate uncertainty.
  101. Tolerate change.
  102. Lean in.
  103. Worry less.
  104. I’m capable.
  105. I’m OK.
  106. Life’s complicated.
  107. Life’s hard.
  108. Life’s messy.
  109. Life’s ridiculous!
  110. We’re stupid!
  111. Don’t rationalize.
  112. Life’s unpredictable.
  113. Build habits.
  114. Create nudges.
  115. Create if-thens.
  116. Banish toxicity.
  117. Seek positivity.
  118. Live deeply.
  119. Appreciate goodness.
  120. Unblock myself.
  121. Ignore fools; low-lifes
  122. Live bigger.
  123. Be likeable.
  124. Don’t settle.
  125. Don’t demonize.
  126. Don’t over-idealize.
  127. seek confirmation
  128. Pay forward.
  129. Toughen up.
  130. Rebound stronger.
  131. Good enough.
  132. Show poise.
  133. Show confidence.
  134. Silence head-talk
  135. I’m potent.
  136. Do power-posing.

Be morally mature

  1. Play fair.
  2. Keep promises.
  3. Value excellence.
  4. Create beauty.
  5. Do good.
  6. Seek truth.
  7. Champion truth.
  8. Be courageous.
  9. Embrace progress.
  10. Reach higher.
  11. Be brave.
  12. Don’t judge.
  13. Don’t harm.
  14. Values first.
  15. Don’t lie.
  16. Earn respect.
  17. Do right.
  18. Feel compassion.

Think well.

  1. Journal daily.
  2. Note it.
  3. Essence it.
  4. What’s core?
  5. Ban excuses.
  6. Challenge assumptions.
  7. Ask “why?”
  8. Conduct pre-mortems.
  9. Conduct postmortems.
  10. What next?
  11. Mentally rehearse.
  12. Why not?
  13. Re-script stuff-ups.
  14. Think independently.
  15. Solve it.
  16. Face facts.
  17. Pause first…
  18. Reflect often.
  19. Plan ahead
  20. Beware certainty.
  21. Slow down.
  22. Question tradition.
  23. Challenge status-quo.
  24. Actions talk.
  25. Results talk.
  26. Choose carefully.
  27. Keep learning.
  28. Read more.
  29. Kill delusions.
  30. Think laterally.
  31. Think first.
  32. Look back.
  33. Spend wisely.
  34. Think “base-rates”.
  35. Connect dots.
  36. Be decisive.
  37. Decide logically.
  38. Develop systems.
  39. Train brain.
  40. Exercise brain.
  41. Create solutions.
  42. Solve problems.
  43. Think rationally.
  44. Think creatively.
  45. Think differently.

Communicate well

  1. Paint word-pictures.
  2. Eliminate deadwood.
  3. Tell stories.
  4. Simplify! Simplify!
  5. Talk tentatively.
  6. Always proof-read.
  7. Eliminate “should”.
  8. Don’t interrupt.
  9. Criticize kindly.

Be otherly – not just a selfish, egotistical clod of a human being!

  1. Listen mindfully.
  2. Add positivity.
  3. Apologize right.
  4. Nurture collaborations
  5. Create collaborations.
  6. Work collaboratively.
  7. Create win-wins.
  8. Value friendship.
  9. Encourage others.
  10. Say thank-you.
  11. Say sorry.
  12. Practice loving-kindness.
  13. Love generously.
  14. Validate others.
  15. Criticize gently.
  16. Think win-win.
  17. Help intelligently.
  18. Accept flaws.
  19. Give generously.
  20. Give intelligently.
  21. Disarm critics.
  22. Don’t hurt.
  23. Practice perspective-taking.
  24. Don’t judge.
  25. Smile first.
  26. Acknowledge excellence.
  27. Acknowledge goodness.
  28. Empathize intelligently.
  29. Manage takers.
  30. Trust -> verify.
  31. Expect worminess.
  32. Value differences.
  33. Love hurts.
  34. Offer help.
  35. Be kind.
  36. Nurture friendship.
  37. Value friendship.
  38. Reward goodness.
  39. Inspire others.
  40. I-thou.
  41. Manage people
  42. Tolerate imperfections.
  43. Love right.
  44. Take turns.
  45. Converse beautifully
  46. Be persuasive
  47. Be influential
  48. Create resonance
  49. Well done!
  50. I agree.
  51. I’m sorry.
  52. Thank you.
  53. I’m wrong.

Where can I go to watch the world’s best thinkers present their ideas?

Answer: Start with these two websites:

  1. TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, where the  world’s best thinkers talk for between 10 and  20 minutes
  2. BIG THINK, where the world’s best thinkers talk for around 40 minutes

Excellent summaries of important concepts

1. Nassim Taleb’s Anti-fragility:

How to Avoid Societal Collapse

Some quick & dirty solutions from Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

2. Tim Gallwey’s The Inner Game of skill acquisition:

Funny bloopers

Church newsletter bloopers

The sermon this morning: ‘Jesus Walks on the Water.’
The sermon  tonight: ‘Searching for Jesus.’
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Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of
those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
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Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at
someone who is hard to love. Say ‘Hell’ to someone who doesn’t care
much about you.
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Don’t let worry kill you off – let the Church help.
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Miss Charlene Mason sang ‘I will not pass this way again,’ giving
obvious pleasure to the congregation.
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For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we have a
nursery downstairs.
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Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the
help they can get.
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the
church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall.
Music will follow.
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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be ‘What Is
Hell?’ Come early and listen to our choir practice.
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Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of
several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
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Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be
recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased
person you want remembered.
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The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment
and gracious hostility.
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Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM – prayer and medication to follow.
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The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind.
They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
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This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across
from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
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Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM. All ladies
are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done.
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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use
the back door.
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The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the
Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend
this tragedy.
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Weight-Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church.
Please use large double door at the side entrance.
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The Associate Minister unveiled the church’s new campaign slogan last
Sunday: ‘I Upped My Pledge – Up Yours.
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Wisdom in a paragraph

from the opening paragraph of Jim Collins’ best selling book, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t.

“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the reasons that we have so little that becomes great.  We don’t have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don’t have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, precisely because it is easy to settle for a good life. The vast majority of companies never become great precisely because they become quite good — and that is their main problem.”

Funny jokes – words only

Two funny jokes Bettina Arndt told in her book The Sex Diaries:

Albert Einstein arrives at the Pearly Gates. The good lord greets him and asks whether he has any questions.

“How did you create all this?  The animals, people, the whole world”, Einstein inquires.

God produced a blackboard and starts writing  an enormous equation, filling up the entire blackboard.

Einstein looks at it, frowns and shakes his head, saying, “But my Lord, there are so many mistakes”.

“You’re telling me”, God replies.

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The only cow in a small town in Victoria stopped giving milk. Eventually the townspeople found a replacement cow in Woy Woy, New South Wales, which proved a gem. It produced lots of milk and everybody was very happy. They decided to breed with it, so they bought a bull and put it out  in the pasture with their beloved cow. However, whenever the bull came close, the cow would move away. The people wre very upset and asked the local vet what to do.

“Whenever the bull approaches our cow, she moves away”, they said. “If he approaches from the back, she moves forward. When he approaches her from the front, she backs off.”

The vet thought for a moment and asked, “Did you buy this cow in Woy Woy?”

The people were dumbfounded since they hadn’t mentioned where they had bought the cow.

“You  are truly a wise vet”, they said. “How did you  know we got the cow in Woy Woy?”

The vet replied, with a distant look in his eyes, “My wife is from Woy Woy.”

other funny jokes

A biker stopped by the local Harley shop to have his bike fixed. They
couldn’t do it while he waited, so he said he didn’t live far and would just
walk home.

On the way home he stopped at the hardware store and bought a bucket and an
anvil. He stopped by the feed store/livestock dealer and picked up a couple
of chickens and a goose. However, struggling outside the store he now had a
problem: how to carry all of his purchases home.

While he was scratching his head he was approached by a little old lady who
told him she was lost. She asked, “Can you tell me how to get to 1603
Mockingbird Lane?”

The biker said, “Well, as a matter of fact, I live at 1616 Mockingbird Lane.
I would walk you home but I can’t carry this lot.”

The old lady suggested, “Why don’t you put the anvil in the bucket, carry
the bucket in one hand, put a chicken under each arm, and carry the goose in
your other hand?”

“Why, thank you very much,” he said and proceeded to walk the old girl home.
On the way he said, “Let’s take my short cut and go down this alley. We’ll
be there in no time.”

The little old lady looked him over cautiously. Then said, “I am a lonely
widow without a husband to defend me. How do I know that when we get in the
alley you won’t hold me up against the wall, pull up my skirt, and ravish
me?”

The biker said, “Holy smokes lady! I am carrying a bucket, an anvil, two
chickens, and a goose. How in the world could I possibly hold you up against
the wall and do that?”

The lady replied, “Set the goose down, cover him with the bucket, put the
anvil on top of the bucket and I’ll hold the chickens.”
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A woman and a man are involved in a car accident on a snowy, cold Monday
morning; it’s a bad one. Both of their cars are totally demolished but
amazingly neither of them are hurt. God works in Mysterious ways.

After they crawl out of their cars, the man is yelling about women drivers.
The woman says, ‘So, you’re a man. That’s interesting. I’m a woman. Wow,
just look at our cars! There’s nothing left, but we’re unhurt. This must be
a sign from God that we should be friends and live in peace for the rest of
our days’.

Flattered, the man replies, ‘Oh yes, I agree completely, this must be a sign
from God! But you’re still at fault. Women shouldn’t be allowed to drive.’

The woman continues, ‘And look at this, here’s another miracle. My car is
completely demolished but this bottle of wine didn’t break. Surely God wants
us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune.’

She hands the bottle to the man. The man nods his head in agreement, opens
it and drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman.

The woman takes the bottle, puts the cap back on and hands it back to the
man.

The man asks, ‘Aren’t you having any?’

The woman replies, ‘No. I think I’ll just wait for the police….’

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A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an attractive woman waving at him. She says hello.

He’s rather taken aback because he can’t place where he knows her from. So he says, “Do you know me?”

To which she replies, “I think you’re the father of one of my kids.”

Now his mind travels back to the only time he has ever been unfaithful to his wife and says, “My G-d, are you the stripper from my bachelor party that I made love to on the pool table with all my buddies watching while your partner whipped my butt with wet celery???”

She looks into his eyes and says calmly, “No, I’m your son’s teacher.”

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Husband: “When I get mad at you, you never fight back. How do you control
your anger?”
Wife: “I clean the toilet ..”
Husband: “How does that help?”
Wife: “I use your toothbrush!”

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Three Kiwis and three Aussies are travelling by train to the football game. At
the station, the three Aussies each buy a ticket and watch as the three Kiwis
buy just one ticket.

‘How are the three of you going to travel on only one ticket?’ asks one of
the Aussies.

‘Watch and learn,’ answers one of the Kiwis.

They all board the train. The three Aussies take their respective seats but all
three Kiwis cram into a toilet together and close the door. Shortly after
the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He
knocks on the toilet door and says, ‘Ticket, please. The door opens just a
crack, and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes
it and moves on.

The Aussies see this happen and agree it was quite a clever idea; so, after the
game, they decide to do the same thing on the return trip and save some
money. When they get to the station they buy a single ticket for the return
trip but see, to their astonishment, that the three Kiwis don’t buy any
ticket at all!!

‘How are you going to travel without a ticket?’ says one perplexed Aussie.

‘Watch and learn,’ answer the Kiwis.

When they board the train, the three Aussies cram themselves into a toilet, and
the three Kiwis cram into another toilet just down the way. Shortly after
the train is on its way, one of the Kiwis leaves his toilet and walks over
to the toilet in which the Aussies are hiding. The Kiwi knocks on their door
and says, ‘Ticket, please.

Cherie Carter-Scott’s 10 rules for being human



Rules For Being Human

click here for printed version:

The Ten Rules For Being Human by Cherie Carter-Scott


And here’s an excellent alternative 10 rules for being human by Marc Ensign:

10 Rules for Being Human by Marc Ensign

Letters to my sixteen-year-old self

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Dear Me: Lisa Wilkinson’s letter to herself at 16

Dear Me: Ita Buttrose’s letter to herself at 16

Dear Me: Stephen Fry’s letter to himself at 16

Dear Me: Stephen King’s letter to himself at 16

Dear Me: Alan Cumming’s letter to himself at 16

Dear Me: James Belushi’s letter to himself at 16

Dear Me: Gillian Anderson’s letter to herself at 16

Dear Me: Hugh Jackman’s letter to himself at 16

Dear Me: Kathleen Turner’s letter to herself at 16

Songs to inspire us to keep pursuing our dreams (part 2)

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1. You’ll Never Walk Alone by Barbra Streisand

Ironic, paradoxical, quirky quotes to make you think

  1. Be quick, but don’t hurry. ~ John Wooden
  2. The team that makes the most mistakes usually wins. ~ Piggy Lambert ,one-time Purdue Basketball coach
  3. Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. ~ Henry Ford
  4. Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. ~ Thomas Watson
  5. Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most. ~ Unknown
  6. The only way to have a friend is to be one. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
  7. A friend is a present you give yourself. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
  8. It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them. ~ Alfred Adler
  9. Nothing too much. ~ inscription at temple of Delphi
  10. Arguing with a fool proves there are two. ~ Doris M. Smith
  11. Nobody can hurt me without my permission.~ Mohandas Gandhi
  12. You don’t have to be interesting. You have to be interested. ~ John Gottman
  13. Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success. ~ Oscar Wilde
  14. A true friend overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! ~ Doug Larson
  15. The shortest pencil is longer than the longest memory. ~ Unknown
  16. To the man with a hammer, every problem tends to look pretty much like a nail. ~ Unknown
  17. I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
  18. Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~Barnett R. Brickner
  19. Knowing what is and knowing what can be are not the same thing. ~ Ellen Langer
  20. Certainty is a cruel mindset. ~ Ellen Langer
  21. What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see. ~ Ellen Langer
  22. That which we desire most earnestly we believe most easily. ~ Unknown
  23. What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination. ~ Unknown
  24. We tend to get what we expect. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
  25. Everybody dies, but not everybody lives. ~ A Sachs
  26. To be angry is to let others’ mistakes punish yourself. ~ Master Cheng Yen
  27. Memory is the residue of thought. ~ Daniel Willingham
  28. It takes 20 years to make an overnight success. ~ Eddie Cantor
  29. Gentlemen, I take it we are all in complete agreement on the decision here…Then I propose we postpone further discussion. . .to give ourselves time to develop disagreement. ~ Alfred Sloan
  30. To understand all is to forgive all. ~ French saying.
  31. Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. ~ Franklin P. Jones
  32. Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~ Barnett R. Brickner
  33. Ideas that spread win. ~ Seth Godin
  34. I wish to have as my epitaph: ‘Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.’ ~ Andrew Carnegie
  35. Try not to become a man of success, but rather to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives. ~ Albert Einstein
  36. The only way to have a friend is to be one. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
  37. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. ~ Roy Croft
  38. Every exit is an entry somewhere. ~ Tom Stoppard
  39. When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. ~ Lao-Tzu
  40. The reward of a thing done well is to have done it. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
  41. It is astonishing how long it takes to finish something you are not working on. ~ Unknown
  42. It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don’t have to. ~ Walter Linn
  43. Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats. ~ Howard Aiken
  44. How do I know what I think until I hear what I say? ~ E. M. Forster
  45. The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. ~ Linus Pauling
  46. Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. ~ Miguel Unamuno
  47. Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy. ~ Robert Heinlein
  48. One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh. ~ Robert Heinlein
  49. Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. ~ Robert Heinlein
  50. When one teaches, two learn. ~ Robert Heinlein
  51. Belief gets in the way of learning. ~ Robert Heinlein
  52. What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things. ~ Margaret Mead
  53. It ain’t what you know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. ~ Mark Twain
  54. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. ~ Abraham Lincoln
  55. The 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
  56. There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done. ~ Peter Drucker
  57. Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. ~ Peter Drucker
  58. We find comfort among those who agree with us, and growth among those who don’t. ~ Frank A. Clark
  59. Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
  60. The one who loves least controls the relationship. ~ Unknown
  61. Life is not one thing after another. It’s the same damn thing over and over! ~ Unknown
  62. The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. ~ George Bernard Shaw
  63. This too shall pass. ~ Persian proverb
  64. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
  65. Whenever an individual or business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. ~ Thomas J. Watson
  66. We don’t see things as they are. We see them as we are. ~ Anais Nin
  67. Whoever best describes a problem is the one most likely to solve it. ~ Dan Roam
  68. What gets measured gets managed. ~ Peter Drucker
  69. By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.~ Robert Frost
  70. The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make a mistake. ~ Elbert Hubbard
  71. The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
  72. Knowledge is proud she knows so much; wisdom is humble that she knows no more. ~ William Cowper
  73. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the ones you did. ~ Mark Twain
  74. The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~ George Bernard Shaw
  75. I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. ~ Mark Twain
  76. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. ~ Richard P.Feynman
  77. The problem human beings face is not that we aim too high and fail, but that we aim too low and succeed. ~ Michelangelo
  78. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~ Mark Twain