December 2010
1 post
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
– Vince Lombardi (whose name the Super Bowl Championship Cup is named after)
July 2010
2 posts
“A child who is hungry and cannot learn becomes an adult who cannot earn.”
– A saying from a food bank, as quoted in Changing Lives Through Books by David Baldacci (PARADE, July 11, 2010, pg. 17)
“People often ask me how I got into writing. I love to read, I always answer....”
– David Baldacci, as read in the July 11, 2010 issue of PARADE, pg. 17 (Changing Lives Through Books).
April 2010
1 post
“W are all infinite spiritual beings having a temporary human existence.”
– Wayne Dyer (read in April 18, 2010 inside of PARADE magazine)
January 2010
2 posts
“Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
So love the people who treat you...”
– Received in an email.
“What happiness lacks in length, it makes up for in height.”
– As read in the Jan 17, 2010 issue of PARADE, “Playing Cops and Robbers” by Jeanne Wolf, pg. 4 - 5, as quoted by LL Cool J and attributed to Robert Frost.
August 2009
2 posts
“You cannot realize a full life until you do something for someone who will never...”
– John Wooden, Hall of Fame college basketball coach as read in St. Petersburg Times, Perspective, 1P, August 9, 2009.
“I’ve learned…. That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to
hold...”
– In an email attachment “Japanese_Azaleas.pps” received from a friend.
July 2009
2 posts
“Goals: The world has the habit of making room for those who know where they are...”
– As seen on a wall plaque in Toyota of Tampa Service Center on 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 2009
10 posts
“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)
“Three sentences for getting SUCCESS:
a) know more than others;
b) work more...”
– William Shakespeare (as cited in an email on Excellent Thoughts received from a Malaysian friend on Apr 15, 2009)
“In a day, when you don’t come across any problems — you can be sure...”
– Swami Vivekananda (as cited in an email on Excellent Thoughts received from a Malaysian friend on Apr 15, 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)
“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)
“If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means...”
– Albert Einstein (as cited in an email on Excellent Thoughts received from a Malaysian friend on Apr 15, 2009)
“If you’re born poor, it’s not your mistake. But if you die poor,...”
– Bill Gates (as cited in an email on Excellent Thoughts received from a Malaysian friend on Apr 15, 2009)
“Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all...”
– Albert Einstein (1931). (Physics Today, April 299, pg. 60).
“Prejudging is the kiss of death. You have to give everyone your best shot.”
– Bob Golomb (on Taking Care of the Customers as quoted in BLINK (2005) by Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Co., NY, pg. 91)
“When we make a split-second decision, we are really vulnerable to being guided...”
– Psychologist Keith Payne (as quoted in BLINK (2005) by Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Co., NY, pg. 233)
March 2009
2 posts
“There are two dogs inside me. One of the dog is mean and evil. The other dog is...”
– A story told by a Native American tribal leader describing his own inner struggles (Harold S. Kushner, Living A Life That Matters, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001, pg. 58-59).
“I don’t want to make it seem as if everything was all negative because...”
– Derrick Brooks, the 11-time Pro Bowl player released by the Bucs recently “under less than ideal circumstances, considering that he has no hint such a move was pending.” (St. Petersburg Times, Feb 28, 2009, SPORTS, pg. 3C).
February 2009
4 posts
“Success is not in the bulk of your wallet, but in the weight of your character.”
– Read at the back of Harold S. Kushner, Living a Life That Matters, Borzoi Book, 2001, praise by Mitch Albom, bought at Temple Terrace Public Library Used Book Store on Feb 21, 2009.
“The trouble with most people isn’t their ignorance, it’s knowing so...”
– Josh Billings, 19th Century humorist (Physics Today, Jan 2009, pg. 51).
“Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light!”
– Source unknown (received in an email from Malaysia).
“I think people are attracted to hard solutions for one reason: If they...”
– Larry Winget, author of “People are idiots and I can prove it” (as read in Your Money, St. Petersburg Times, Feb 1, 2009, p. 3D).
January 2009
14 posts
“In 2007, the new official shortest sentence in the English language
is “I...”
– Why? (Hint: The word “sentence” has two meanings. “Marriage isn’t a word, it’s a sentence”) (source unknown)
“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.”
– Claude Levi-Strauss
“Some people see things that are and ask, Why?
Some people dream of things that...”
– George Carlin (comedian) (in an email from my brother)
“The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.”
– Zen Master Seng-T’san, the Third Patriarch of Zen, opening verse of the Verses on the Faith Mind.
“While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”
– Marcus Aurelius, who ruled Rome through war, famine and plague (as quoted in Colette Bancroft, “Presidential Library”, PERSPECTIVE, St. Pete Times, January 18, 2009, pg. 5P)
“So if it’s cynical or whatnot, that’s fine. If people don’t...”
– Tim Tebow, in response to the questions posed by Pat Forde of ESPN: I don’t mean to sound cynical, but between winning the national championship and winning the Heisman, saving the world in the Philippines and all, did you ever, like, sneak a cigarette when you were in high school? Do you ever...
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in...”
– Booker T . Washington, an American educator, orator, and author (read in Baylink, St. Petersburg Times, January 12, 2009, pg. 1F)
“I’m an old man now, and when I die and go to heaven there are two matters on...”
– Sir Horace Lamb, 1932 (as quote in “An introduction to Ocean Turbulence,” Book Review, Mackinnon, J., EOS, Vol. 89/52, Dec 23, 2008. AGU, pg. 547-548)
“Science and policy are inextricably linked, with the quality of the latter...”
– Alex Apotsos, “Affecting public policy: what is a scientists to do?” EOS, Vol. 89/52, Dec 23, 2008, AGU, pg. 547.
“When you are in a position of authority, if you chose to to do so, you can use...”
– Robert Douglas Haas, Berkeley 2009 Alumnus of the Year (in Jackie Krentzman, “True Blue,” CALIFORNIA, UC Berkeley, Feb 2009, pg. 55-58).
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them humanity cannot...”
– His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in...”
– Paul Dirac, Time Magazine, 1984. (read in “Simple versus complex climate modeling” by Nof Doron, Forum, EOS, Vol. 89/52, Dec 23, 2008. AGU, pg. 544.
“Modern civilization does not and cannot exist without civil engineers.”
– D. Wayne Klotz, incoming ASCE President 2009, ASCE News, Dec 2008, Vol. 33/12, pg. 1, and both as a discipline and as a social behavior, I might add.
“We can only join hands after we have unclenched our fists.”
– Read in “A question of competency” by Engr. Yee Yew Weng, Editorial, JURUTERA, Sep 2008, pg. 5.
December 2008
9 posts
“Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.”
– From a pps entitled Hot Chocolate received via email from a friend.
“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the...”
– From a pps entitled Hot Chocolate received via email from a friend.
“The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the...”
– From a pps entitled Hot Chocolate received via email from a friend.
“When condition arises, cherish. When condition vanishes, appreciate.”
– Translated from the partial lyrics of a Chinese Buddhist song that I listen to everyday when driving.
“Act two is the story of a young man realizing that the world is not about to be...”
– Carl Jung (in Harold S. Kushner, Living a Life that Matters, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001, p. 5).
“Act one of a young man’s life is the story of his setting out to conquer...”
– Carl Jung (in Harold S. Kushner, Living a Life that Matters, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001, p. 4). Stay tuned for Act 2.
“When I was young, I admired clever people. As I grew old, I came to admire kind...”
– Abraham Joshua Heschel (Teacher of Harold S. Kushner, Living a Life that Matters, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001, p. 5)
“Knowledge is the common wealth of humanity.”
– Read in EOS, Nov 25, 2008 (pg. 486).
“Reasonable men adjust themselves to their environment. Unreasonable men attempt...”
– George Bernard Shaw (read in the Fall 2008 issue of Shore and Beach on challenges and hazards of coastal megacities)
November 2008
6 posts
“Luck is the residue of design/preperation/skills.”
– Various versions from online, but prompted by watching ESPN college footballl gameday last night.