| One must also accept that one has 'uncreative' moments. The
more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments
will pass. -- Etty Hillesum |
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.
-- Okakura Kakuzo |
If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other
people. -- Oriental Proverb |
Great achievers are ordinary people with extraordinary ambition.
-- B. Baggett |
| We are most alive when we're in love. -- John
Updike |
If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't
lead
anywhere. -- Frank A. Clark |
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just
wish
that He didn't trust me so much. -- Mother Teresa |
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his
friends.
-- Japanese Proverb |
| A problem is a chance for you to do your best. --
Duke Ellington |
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's
going to know whether you did it or not. -- Oprah
Winfrey, in Good Housekeeping
|
Wisdom is know what to do next; virtue is doing it.
-- David Starr Jordan, American naturalist |
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel
that you, too, can become great.
-- Mark
Twain |
| When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
-- Henry J. Kaiser |
| Men are born to succeed, not fail. -- Henry David
Thoreau |
Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange
for
it.Establish your priorities and go to work. --
H. L. Hunt |
Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that
don't.
-- Brett Butler, 'Knee Deep in Paradise |
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is
the illusion
of knowledge. -- Daniel J. Boorstin |
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved
for what you are not. -- Andre Gide |
Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond
price.
-- Moses Ibn Ezra, Shirat Yisrael |
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow
the talent
to the dark place where it leads. -- Erica Jong |
I don’t care how much you know; I just want to know
how much you care.
- -B. Baggett |
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your
grandfather was.
-- Irish Proverb |
| One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose
sight of the shore for a very long time. -- Andre
Gide |
| Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
-- Voltaire |
| Pleasure in the job put perfection in the work. --
Aristotle |
| The price of greatness is responsibility. -- Sir
Winston Churchill |
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish
the rest.
--Mark Twain |
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope
that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could
say, "I used everything you gave me.
--
Erma Bombeck |
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
--Proverbs 16:3, NIV |
| The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor
for. --Thomas More |
| “Surround yourself with the precious few who believe
in you.” -- B. Baggett |
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his
friends.
-- Japanese Proverb |
| It’s a dream until you write it down; then it becomes
a goal. -- B. Baggett |
The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power
without abusing it.
-- Lord Macaulay, review
of Lucy Aikin, 'Life and Writings of Addison,' 1943 |
| You character will ultimately determine your destiny.-
- B. Baggett |
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is
trying to
please everybody. -- Bill Cosby |
Great achievers are ordinary people with extraordinary ambition.
-- B. Baggett |
