Blog Pickles - little random thoughts: August 2013

Sunday, August 25, 2013

6 reminders of life success

Just read great set of rules in the Post letters to editor from Bernard Paiewonsky, reminds me of all the jobs I have had in my career and good reminders (the first two especially)
1. being smart is not enough
2. being right doesn't matter
3. good luck beats intellect
4. politics trumps reason
5. emotion defeats thinking
6. pioneers pay a price for being first

You never do it alone - say thanks along the way

None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.
Harvey Mackay

Trips in Life - meeting halfway

The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway ~ H Boye

Become what we believe we are

"Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Leadership

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
- Max de Pree -

Busy Life

"Beware of the barrenness of a busy life."
-- Socrates

Qualifies

...whom God calls, God qualifies.

Determined soul

“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent, or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”
― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Grab the opportunity

Grab the opportunity and avoid the chance

Grace

"Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it."
-- Ramana Maharshi

Monday, August 5, 2013

Never too late

"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

- Tom Robbins -

Let it Rain

"For after all, the best thing one can do
When it is raining, is to let it rain."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -

Optimist

"Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled."

- Mark Twain -

Hope

"Hope" is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all.

- Emily Dickinson -

Trust Yourself

"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

- Benjamin Spock -

Positive Attitude

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."

- Herm Albright -

By it, I see everything

"Not because I see it, but because by it, i see everything else."

- C.S. Lewis -

Adding value

"Go where you add value, not where everyone is doing the same thing."

Winters and Springs

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant."

- Anne Bradstreet -

Not OK

"I'm not okay, you're not okay, and that's okay."

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross -

Faith at the edge of light

"Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness."

- Boyd K. Packer -

Struggle

"There's always got to be a struggle. Sure. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else, do you? I mean if there is, tell me about it."

- Van Morrison -

Modified Dreams

"You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills."

- Jim Rohn -

Good and Bad Days

"There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them."

- Lawrence Welk -

Waste of Time or Experience?

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."

- Auguste Rodin -

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