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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he
stands in moments of comfort
and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge
and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In a moment of decision the best thing you
can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore
Roosevelt |
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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their
ability to outgrow small ones.
Theodore
Roosevelt |
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When you are asked if you can do a job, tell
'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do
it.
Theodore
Roosevelt |
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The best executive is one who has sense enough
to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint
enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Theodore
Roosevelt |
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People ask the difference between a leader
and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Theodore
Roosevelt |
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The only man who never makes a mistake is the
man who never does anything.
Theodore
Roosevelt |
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The best executive is one who has sense enough
to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint
enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Theodore
Roosevelt |
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In a moment of decision the best thing you
can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore
Roosevelt |
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Nobody cares how much you know, until they
know how much you care.
Theodore
Roosevelt |
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Surround yourself with people smarter
than you. Chris Albrecht CEO, Home
Box Office |
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Never write when you can talk. Never talk
when you can nod. And never put
anything in an e-mail. Eliot Spitzer, New York State
Attorney General |
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Make deals with people, not paper. Penn
Jillette Magician, author, and
producer |
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The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and
all we ever have is now.
Bill Cosby |
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Experience is not what happens
to you; it's what you do with what happens to you. Aldous
Huxley |
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When I was a boy, the Dead Sea
was only sick. George Burns |
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Nothing in life is so exhilarating
as to be shot at without result." Churchill |
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To know the laws that govern
the winds, and to know that you know them, will give you
an easy mind on your voyage around the world; otherwise you
may tremble at the appearance of every cloud. Joshua Slocum |
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It takes the right mixture of
common horse sense and stupidity to make a good commander.
Gen George S Patton |
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I was gratified to be able to answer promptly.
I said, "I don't know. Mark Twain |
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Where you have been determines where you
are. anon |
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To change and to change for the better are
two different things. German Proverb |
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Sometimes if you want to see a change for the
better, you have to take things into your own hands. Clint
Eastwood |
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Success is the ability to go from one failure
to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Churchill |
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A failure is a man who has blundered, but
is not able to cash in on the experience. Elbert Hubbard |
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By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
Charles Spurgeon |
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We must have a superiority complex. Always
attack. Never surrender. Gen George S Patton |
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I have not yet begun to fight! John Paul
Jones |
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You are not beaten until you admit it. Hence
don't. Gen George S Patton |
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It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that
I stay with problems longer. Einstein |
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When the solution is simple, God is answering.
Einstein |
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When I get ready to talk to people, I spend
two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and
one third thinking about what I want to say. Lincoln |
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Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument.
Robert Half |
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If Columbus had an advisory committee he
would probably still be at the dock. A J Goldberg |
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Never get in a pissing contest with a stud
horse. |
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"There are three types of men in the world.
One type learns from books,
another learns from observation but there's always one that
just has to piss
on the electric fence for himself." Finlo MacVean |
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Here lies the body of Michael O'Day;
He died
maintaining HIS right of way;
He was dead right;
But he's just as dead as if he'd been
wrong. |