August 9, 2009
“ You cannot realize a full life until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
John Wooden, Hall of Fame college basketball coach as read in St. Petersburg Times, Perspective, 1P, August 9, 2009. •
August 1, 2009
“ I’ve learned…. That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to
hold and a heart to understand.
In an email attachment “Japanese_Azaleas.pps” received from a friend. •
July 21, 2009
“ Goals: The world has the habit of making room for those who know where they are going.
As seen on a wall plaque in Toyota of Tampa Service Center on July 18, 2009. •
July 18, 2009
“ I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer and aviator (as read in ASCE SmartBrief, July 14, 2009) •
April 26, 2009
“ If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.
Opening quote in Road to Paris (DVD) (as quoted in Mark Sanborn, The Encore Effect, Double Day, NY, 2008, pg. 41) •
April 20, 2009
“ Three sentences for getting SUCCESS:
a) know more than others;
b) work more than others; and
c) expect less than others.
William Shakespeare (as cited in an email on Excellent Thoughts received from a Malaysian friend on Apr 15, 2009) •
April 19, 2009
“ In a day, when you don’t come across any problems — you can be sure that you are traveling in a wrong path.
Swami Vivekananda (as cited in an email on Excellent Thoughts received from a Malaysian friend on Apr 15, 2009) •
April 18, 2009
“ Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself …
Leo Tolstoy (as cited in an email on Excellent Thoughts received from a Malaysian friend on Apr 15, 2009) •
April 17, 2009
“ If you start judging people, you will be having no time to love them …
Mother Teresa (as cited in an email on Excellent Thoughts received from a Malaysian friend on Apr 15, 2009) •
April 16, 2009
“ If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means that they had never tried a new thing in their life …
Albert Einstein (as cited in an email on Excellent Thoughts received from a Malaysian friend on Apr 15, 2009) •