“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”
-– Lao Tzu
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.”
— R. Buckminster Fuller
“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.”
— Meryl Streep
“To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.”
— Emily Post
“The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.”
— David Riesman
“It’s worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.”
-— Queen Elizabeth II
“I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.”
— Edmund Hillary
“The most insidious problem with drugs is that the human body develops a tolerance for them and requires larger and larger doses to achieve the same effect. The same is true with self-pity. The more you allow yourself to indulge in it, the more you will require. Soon, self-pity will become a habit, one so debilitating that you will rob yourself of all the potential you possess. Happily, there is a cure. If you truly analyze the situation, most often you will find that the problems that have driven you to pity yourself are mostly of your own creation. It follows, then, that the best person to remedy the problem is the person who created it: you, yourself.”
— Napoleon Hill
“Armies spend endless hours training people to follow orders without question. It’s an essential quality in a soldier. In everyday life, however, things don’t work that way. Business, political, and civic leaders have learned that ordinary people will perform exceptional tasks when they are asked-not ordered-to do so. Even when you are managing other people, you will achieve far more if you convert every order to a request. Introductory phrases such as, “Would you mind …” or, “Could I ask your assistance in …” or the always effective, “Please …” will ensure success far more often than intimidating those who work for you. And when you need help from those whose paychecks you do not control, you will find them far more responsive to requests than to orders.”
— Napoleon Hill