Words of Wisdom

Most people had not honored even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. ~ Bronnie Ware

Live your life to minimize the regrets you might have at the end.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn??t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T. S. Eliot

No matter the objective, no matter the destination, the journey to anything you want always starts with a single step.

I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all. ~ screenwriter Leo Rosten

Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher. ~ Oprah Winfrey

It??s only when you make time for extraordinary results that they get a chance to show up.

If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign? ~ Albert Einstein

I don??t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. ~ Bill Cosby

You can say no with respect, you can say no promptly, and you can say no with a lead to someone who might say yes. But just saying yes because you can??t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work. ~ Seth Godin

You can say no with respect, you can say no promptly, and you can say no with a lead to someone who might say yes. But just saying yes because you can??t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work. ~ Seth Godin

You can??t please everyone, so don??t try. In fact, when you try, the one person you absolutely won??t please is yourself.

Focus is a matter of deciding what things you??re not going to do. ~ John Carmack

If the people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn??t seem wonderful at all. ~ Michelangelo

??Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. ~ George Halas

There is magic in knocking down your most important domino day after day.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. ~ Walter Elliot

Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing. ~ Peter Drucker

Take time off. Block out long weekends and long vacations, then take them. You??ll be more rested, more relaxed, and more productive afterward. Everything needs rest to function better, and you??re no different.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun??s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. ~ Alexander Graham Bell

If we??re alive, we??re doing something. Even if we??re doing nothing, that??s some-thing.

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. ~ Alan Lakein

If we??re not careful, we wind up ricocheting from achieving and acquiring to acquiring and achieving without ever taking time to fully enjoy any of it.

Over the ages, our greatest minds have pondered happiness, and their conclusions are much the same: having money and things won??t automatically lead to lasting happiness.

Even if you??re on the right track, you??ll get run over if you just sit there. ~ Will Rogers

People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures. ~ F. M. Alexander

Sometimes questions are more important than answers. ~ Nancy Willard

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. ~ Voltaire

the power to question is the basis of all human progress. ~ Indira Gandhi