Thoughts...
A life of passion
Aug 19, 2020
"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." Nelson Mandela
Marcus Aurelius on Staying Focused on the Present
"Don't let your reflection on the whole sweep of life crush you.Don't fill your mind with all the bad things that might still happen.Stay focused on the present situation and ask yourself why it's sounbearable and can't be survived." Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.36
Thomas Jefferson on Friendship
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."Thomas Jefferson
Martin Luther King on Great Things
"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." Martin Luther King
James Madison on the Press
"To the press alone, checkered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression." James Madison , founding father and of the first amendment
Thomas Jefferson on action
"If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done." Thomas Jefferson
Ralph Nichols on Listening
Oct 21, 2019
"The most basic of human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them." Ralph Nichols
Harriet Beecher Stowe on never giving up
"When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that’s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn." Harriet Beecher Stowe
Martin Luther King on moving forward
"If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." Martin Luther King, Jr.
Barack Obama on determination
"Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere." Barack ...
Albert Einstein on Staying With it
"It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer." Albert Einstein