COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

8/18/2014

Wit and Wisdom

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly in the distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
- Carlyle

Crazy Busy says,
- Do what matters most to you
- Create a positive emotional environment
- Find your rythmn
- Don't waste time screensucking

Psychiatrist's Rules of Sanity:
- Don 't jump into anyone else's drama
- Always believe in yourself
- Don't believe everything you think


Your time is limited so know what is important.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

The beginning is the most important part of any work.  - Plato

Knowing is not enough, we must aplly what we know; wanting is not enough, we take action.

5 P's: Proper preparation prevents poor performance.

MEND: Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it!

You need to dream a little to set goals that will motivate youto take action.

Science is 99% failure, you are looking for the 1%.... light bulb filament material... - Thomas Edison

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.  - Thoreau

You need to chase one rabbit at a time or you will lose both of them.

There must be more to life than having everything.  - Maurice Sendak


Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one.  - Albert Einstein

Discern between real value and neurotic cravings.


Patience is the beginning of wisdom.


Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt


Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.

Luck is usually opportunity meeting preparation.

We are products of our thoughts, becoming what we think about most.

“Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

 When wrong, reverse yourself immediately. Stop loss.

Practice with dedication, discipline and passion to master your craft.

Yesterday is ashes, tomorrow is wood, only today the fires shine brightly.  - Eskimo proverb

I am not what happened to me.  I am what I choose to become. - Carl Jung

Your life's purpose is embodying and expressing your highest potential self.  - Dr. Barnslow

Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.
Plotinus
Roman philosopher (205 AD - 270 AD)

The Universe seems neither benign nor hostile, but merely indifferent.  - Carl Sagan

The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old,  but on building the new.  
- Socrates

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.”
― Mark Twain

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein

Sometimes you win; sometimes you learn.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.  - Wayne Gretzkey

If we doubted our fears as much as we doubt our dreams, we would  accomplish much more.

Don't count the hours in the day, make the hours count.

When we approve of ourselves rather than seeking approval from others, we find happiness.

If stupidity got us into this mess, why can't it get us out.  -Will Rogers

Drunkeness is nothing but voluntary madness.  - Seneca

Know yourself and know your enemy and you will always be victorious. - Sun Tzu

The secret of success is constancy of purpose. - Disraeli

Give meaning to your life because that is the meaning of life.

Dreams without action remain dreams.

To do nothing is sometimes a good solution.  - Socrates

 Fall asleep with a dream and wake up with a purpose.

It's not where we stand but in what direction we are moving.  - Goethe

To pay attention is our endless and proper business.  - Mary Oliver

The meaning of your life is to find your gift; the purpose of your life is to give it away.  - Picasso


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