Wisdom and Virtue

Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of. – Henry Wheeler Shaw Whether it’s debt, or a relationship that isn’t working out, or a tool that you paid good money for (that didn’t live up to its original promise… ), once we’re in something, we’re often…

It does not matter how slowly you go up, so long as you don’t stop – Confucius Just. Keep. Moving. No matter how scary or daunting or uncertain, just keep moving. (Of course, I don’t mean move just to be in motion, but in general, keep moving.)

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go. – Theodor Seuss Geisel Everything you need, you have. The only other thing is what…

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Of course it’s easy to be happy and positive when things are good, but what about when things are…

I was listening to a Fresh Air interview with Dean Norris recently when he said something that really struck a chord. He was talking about how he prepared for a shoot-out scene in the (amazingly excellent ) television show Breaking Bad (he portrays a DEA agent). Norris relates that most law enforcement officers do not fire their weapons in…

Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning. – Winston Churchill Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s acting anyway. Where are you afraid, where you could act anyway? Which of your fears are just excuses?