As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. – John F. Kennedy
When our words don’t match our actions we’re lying.
Lying to, at least ourselves, but quite possibly others.
Better to make small pronouncements and act accordingly, than speak in grandiose terms and act otherwise.
People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take. – Emma Goldman As we pause in the United States to have cook-outs and watch fireworks, let’s take a moment to reflect on what our Independence Day is all about. Back in 1776 Thomas Jefferson gave us…
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain I’m pretty sure I’ve riffed on this before, but it’s…
Our aspirations are our possibilities. – Robert Browning We never reach further than we are willing to look. Whether or not something is beyond your grasp is irrelvevant. Reach anyway – you’ll grow in the stretching.
There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else. – Cyrus H. Curtis One of the greatest challenges of living in a society (or a community, or family, or relationship) – with its myriad influences and normative (and sometimes…
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip. – Winston Churchill Sure, this quote is dripping with sarcasm and is both clever and funny, but it raises an important point (by way of absurdity . . . ): How tactful are you?…
Most of us don’t believe we can ask for what we want – especially if what we want is amazing, even audacious. Well, we can. You can. There are two ways you can ask: 1) create a mind-shift whereby you just decide to; or 2) if that doesn’t seem possible, create the resources required for audacity….