Saturday, November 21, 2009

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. ~Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they'll surprise you with their ingenuity. ~Gen. George S. Patton
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. ~Seneca
The secret of success is constancy to purpose. ~Benjamin Disraeli
The person who lives in fear of giving away too much often finds what he has kept for himself is too little to live upon. ~Unknown

Friday, November 20, 2009

Heart is what separates the good from the great. ~Michael Jordan
Just finished an awesome conversation with @gailkingsbury #FF for sure!
Valor delights in the test. ~proverb
Power is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end. ~Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ~Margaret Mead
I have to remember to tell the negative committee that works in my head to sit down and shut up. ~Kathy Kendall
Change brings opportunities. ~Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Serious battle calls for commitment rather than interest. ~Larry Mitchell

Thursday, November 19, 2009

You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. ~Woodrow Wilson
When the best leader's work is done, the people say, We did it ourselves. ~Lao-Tzo
There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesman. ~Plato
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. ~Winston Churchill
I'm off to an early meeting and then to @amarichmond luncheon. See you there if you'll be at Jepson Center.
If U do what U can w/ what U have where U are, then God won't leave U where U are and He will increase what U have. ~Bill Purvis

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own. ~Confucius
The weapon of the brave is in his heart. ~proverb
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. ~David Lloyd George
I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth. ~Elie Wiesel
I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art. ~Carrie Fisher
Focus on what you are moving toward rather than what you are leaving behind. ~Alan Cohen
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story and writes another. ~J. M. Barrie

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

VERY nice job moderating tonight at #smcrva, @ryanobles. Great panel too. We enjoyed it (2nd time's a charm 4 those who got my first tweet)
VERY nice job moderating tonight at #smcrva, @ryannobles. Great panel too. We enjoyed it.
There are many reasons ppl cruise along in their comfort zones instead of trying to fight their way into the end zone. ~@JohnCMaxwell
There are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something. ~Thomas Alva Edison
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. ~Thomas Fuller
Courage leads to the stars, fear toward death. ~Seneca
To do something great, you must take risks. ~@JohnCMaxwell

Monday, November 16, 2009

People cannot do something of significance and stay in their comfort zones at the same time. ~@JohnCMaxwell
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to be supplied is light, not heat. ~Woodrow Wilson
Courage is resistance to fear, master of fear -- not absence of fear. ~Mark Twain
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ~Robert F. Kennedy
I always paint my own reality. ~Frida Kahlo
Live out of your imagination not your history. ~Stephen R. Covey
No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back. ~Turkish proverb

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry, one such attempt in 10,000 may succeed. ~Benjamin Disraeli
All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened. ~Gen. George S. Patton
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. ~Babe Ruth
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. ~W. Fusselman
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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. ~Ronald E. Osborn