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Quotes worth sharing
Posted: 2 years ago
Hear or see a quote that is worth sharing or repeating either for its value or entertainment? Sometimes the opportunity doesn't immediately present itself, so here is a thread to do just that.
I'll kick it off with one I got from the Quote of the Day* from the Napolean Hill Foundation:
January 14, 2009
IF YOU MUST MEDDLE IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, TRY TO BE A PEACEMAKER. YOU WILL FIND THAT YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH COMPETITION.
*"Quote of the Day" is in fact, if I'm not mistaken, poor grammar. To quote is a verb. It should technically read "Quotation of the Day" but meh, everyone knows what it means - it's probably included in the public lexicon by now....
Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having first sown.
It does not do to leap a 20 ft chasm in two ten foot jumps.
Posted: 1 year ago
"In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock."
Thomas Jefferson
Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having first sown.
It does not do to leap a 20 ft chasm in two ten foot jumps.
Posted: 1 year ago
Code of the West
As many know about me, I love to find and explore the meanings behind quotes and codes. The quotes one can find in most of my writing because when you stand on the shoulders of others you seem taller than you were before. The codes may seem all different. They are the wisdom of the many adjusted by the few to give back to the many. We can find codes in every culture, every time and on every continent. They are the rules that we may, if we wish, live by. You have the Ten Commandments, the Code of Hammurabi, the Torah, many wise codes of the Orient, the sayings of Buddha, the mystic poet Rumi, stories, poems, plays, dances, constitutions, etc. They all can be classed as ‘codes’ if they are followed by a body of people. Our Bill of Rights is a code. Today, I found a new (which actually is very old) book on The Code of the West. Like the Four-Way Test in Rotary, it can be interpreted in many ways but it certainly is/was followed by many business leaders, cowboys, politicians, and the general public in the USA’s western states. Here are the ten general rules of this code:
1. Live Each Day with Courage
2. Take Pride in Your Work
3. Always Finish What You Start
4. Do What Has To Be Done
5. Be Tough, But Fair
6. When You Make A Promise, Keep It
7. Ride for the Brand
8. Talk Less and Say More
9. Remember That Some Things Aren’t For Sale
10. Know Where To Draw The Line
I know what these rules mean to me but each person who comes to any code must interpret those rules to fit that individual’s life. Therefore, I will not embellish these rules of this Code of the West. But if you look closely at them as a body of rules, the West followed them closely in the recent past. We could do worse. I found this book on the Code of West in my broker’s office and the preface to the book suggested that these rules could be followed today in any business.
Posted: 1 year ago
As anyone who knows me, knows that I love to find new quotes that tell more than the surface. I look for those that create the opportunity for a self 'revelation'. I found one today, March 25, 2009, by, of all people, Milton Berle. Here it is:
"I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are." -Milton Berle
Joe
Posted: 1 year ago
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." - Buckminster Fuller
Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having first sown.
It does not do to leap a 20 ft chasm in two ten foot jumps.
Posted: 1 year ago
On the first warm day of Spring, basking in the sun's warmth, serenaded by birds and ensconced in the perfume of blooming flowers, Winter is forgotten as though it never existed.
It is any wonder that She can sometimes be a little harsh and bitter?
~me, on the first warm Spring day
Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having first sown.
It does not do to leap a 20 ft chasm in two ten foot jumps.
Posted: 1 year ago
My only limitation is myself
Posted: 1 year ago
"Your son is at five your master, at ten your servant, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or foe, depending on his bringing up."
--- Rabbi Chasdai ibn-Crescas
Posted: 1 year ago
ok, one more...
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Posted: 1 year ago
One of my favorite quotes comes from the Introduction to the play The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan, when he wrote:
"In the time of your life, live—so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed.
Place in matter and in flesh the least of the values, for these are the things that hold death and must pass away. Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption. Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. Ignore the obvious, for it is unworthy of the clear eye and the kindly heart.
Be the inferior of no man, or of any men be superior. Remember that every man is a variation of yourself. No man's guilt is not yours, nor is any man's innocence a thing apart. Despise evil and ungodliness, but not men of ungodliness or evil. These, understand. Have no shame in being kindly and gentle but if the time comes in the time of your life to kill, kill and have no regret.
In the time of your life, live—so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it."
— William Saroyan (The time of your life)
Each Rotarian can learn much by listening to Saroyan when we move out into the world to give service.
Posted: 1 year ago
"Every so often let your spirit of adventure triumph over your good sense."
Carol Anderson
Posted: 1 year ago
Is the universe God's playhouse or the Devil's casino? Who's asking? Either way, I'm in!
Posted: 1 year ago
Yesterday was swept away with last night. A miracle has occured. You woke up with a fresh canvas called 24 hours. Make a masterpiece with them..!
Posted: 1 year ago
The Bad News: Time is flying. :(
The Good News: You are the pilot. :)
Posted: 1 year ago
Vimal, Enjoyed your three quotes: had not heard them before! Here is one that several of us made up in graduate school:
"It is easy to succeed: first you shoot the arrows; then, you paint the targets."
Or this one, from The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, "Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow." Desmond Tutu quoted this in a speech in New York City.