Mom always made me this wonderful Banana cake for
my birthday every year when I was a child.....enjoy (KLF)
Big Banana Cake
Cream the following ingredients together:
2 & 1/4 cups of sugar
1 & 1/2 cups of butter (don’t melt)
3 eggs
Add:
6 tablespoons of sour milk
1 & 1/2 teaspoons soda
1 & 1/2 teaspoon vanalla
1 & 1/2 cups bananas
mix together and add
1 & 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 & 1/2 cups of flour
Finally fold in:
1 & 1/2 cups of nuts
Regular Banana Cake
Cream the following ingredients together:
1 & 1/2 cups of sugar
3/2 cups of butter (don’t melt)
2 eggs
Add:
4 tablespoons of sour milk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanalla
1 cup bananas
mix together and add
1 teaspoon of baking powder
2 cups of flour
Finally fold in:
1 cup of nuts
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Thursday, July 17, 2003
If you have a wooden deck and have to clean between the boards each year than use a regular hand saw to simplify the task. (practical advice) KLF
Check with Social Security (if eligible) NOW and not before you retire to see what benefits you will receive.
True love never dies (LND)
“You are a god among insects and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.� (X-Man2)
It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. (Woody Allen) - me either....KLF
Children have never been any good at listening to their elders but they have never failed to imitate them. (James Baldwin)
If you are in the process of selling your house it pays to have the odor of baked bread wafting about as a prospective buyer arrives. The house sells every time.
(Virginia Bentley)
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. (N. Bonaparte)
If you don't use it - you loose it. (George Burns)
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain — and most do. (Dale Carnegie)
“Tut, tut, child,� said the Duchess. “Everything's got a moral if only you can find it.� (Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland)
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice asks the Cheshire Cat for directions:
"Would you tell me, please, which is the way to go from here?
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, " says the cat.
"I don't much care where..." says Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," says the cat.
(Lewis Carroll)
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings. (Hodding Carter)
Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. (C.W. Ceram)
The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I would call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man. (C.K. Chesterton)
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile — happy it will eat him last. (W.Churchill)
You can judge a man by his enemies as well as his friends. (J. Conrad)
A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it. (Alistar Cooke)
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. (Bill Crosby)
We only think when we are confronted with a problem. (John Dewey)
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. (P.Diller)
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. (B.Disraeli)
There are two kinds of lies: lies of commission and lies of ommission. (K.Forrest)
You’re never a loser until you quit trying. (M. Ditka)
Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal. (M. Ditka)
There is no substitute for hard work. (Thomas Edison) (but dumb luck works)
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it’s the size of the fight in the dog. (D.W. Eisenhower)
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go into your library and read every book. (D.W. Eisenhower)
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. (R.W. Emerson)
The more he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. (R.W. Emerson)
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. (John Wooden)
If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it. (J. Winters)
Platonic love is love from the neck up. (T. Winslow)
The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning. (R. A. Wilson)
If you want to make enemies, try to change something. (Woodrow Wilson)
Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!� (Robert Williams)
Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone… (E. Wilcox)
Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried. (Mae West)
Give a man a free hand and he’ll run it all over you. (Mae West)
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.
I think there is a world market for about five computers. (Thomas Watson Sr. - President of IBM 1943)
High expectations are the key to everything. (Sam Walton)
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong. (Charles Wadsworth)
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. (K. Vonnegut Jr.)
Illusion is the first of all pleasures. (Voltaire)
Learn from the mistakes of others—you can't live long enough to make them all yourself. (Martin Vanbee)
In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today. (Abigail Van Buren)
Love is being stupid together. (Valery)
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. (Jeff Valdez)
To lead the people, walk behind them. (Lao Tzu)
The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary. (Sun Tzu)
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. (Mark Twain)
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. (Mark Twain)
The first time a student realizes that a little learning is a dangerous thing is when he brings home a poor report card. (Mark Twain)
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21 I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in 7 years. (Mark Twain)
Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment. (Mark Twain)
Faith is believing what you know ain’t so. (Mark Twain)
Justice will not come until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured. (Thucydides)
It is only the ignorant that despise education. (P. Syrus)
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. (Henry Stimpson)
Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. (Larry Stimmell)
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. (Richard Steele)
Could I climb the highest place in Athens, I would lift my voice and proclaim, "Fellow citizens, why do you turn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom one day you must relinquish it all?" (Socrates)
The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you learned this afternoon. (John Skow)
Adults are obsolete children. ( Dr. Seuss)
Never let a problem become an excuse. (Robert Schuller)
You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. (Pogo)
Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people. (David Sarnoff)
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. (Jim Ryan)
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of an intelligent effort. (John Ruskin)
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. (F.D. Roosevelt)
Even if your on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. (Will Rogers)
Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices. (Knute Rockne)
One man practicing sportsmanship is better than 50 preaching it. (Knute Rockne)
I believe that every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity an obligation, every possession, a duty. (John D. Rockerfeller Jr.)
A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she’s a tramp. (Joan Rivers)
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game. (Grantland Rice)
Thorough preparation makes its own luck. (Joe Poyer)
The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother --- and they'll settle for a puppy every time. (Winston Pendelton)
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. (Parkinson's Law)
THE LAW OF TRIVIALITY.
Briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. (C. Northcote Parkinson)
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. (Thomas Paine)
For he who steals my purse steals trash...but he who takes my good name takes not which enriches him but leaves me poorer indeed. (Shakespeare - Polonius)
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. (Ken Olsen) Founder and President of DEC, 1977
Kent's Law of Benevolent Selfishness: You first have to love yourself before anyone else will be able to appreciate loving you or for you to love anyone else. (KLF)
More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones. (St. Theresa of Avila)
In spite of the cost of living, it’s still very popular. (Katherine Norris)
The miracle is this—the more we share, the more we have. (leonard Nimoy)
Marriage should be a duet — when one sings, the other should clap. (Joe Murray)
Monogamy is the Western custom of one marriage after another....(KLF)
Until you’ve made peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have. (Doris Mortman)
I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. (F. Mortimer)
There is only one rule for being a good talker: learn how to listen. (Christopher Morley)
Don’t accept rides from strange men, and remember, all men are strange. (Robin Morgan)
If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. (Michelangelo)
Lord grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. (Michelangelo)
The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself. (Dame Nellie Melba)
Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. (Margaret Mead)
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. (Mignon McLaughlin)
It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. (Somerset Maugham)
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. (Abraham Maslow)
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. (W. C. Magee)
Check with Social Security (if eligible) NOW and not before you retire to see what benefits you will receive.
True love never dies (LND)
“You are a god among insects and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.� (X-Man2)
It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. (Woody Allen) - me either....KLF
Children have never been any good at listening to their elders but they have never failed to imitate them. (James Baldwin)
If you are in the process of selling your house it pays to have the odor of baked bread wafting about as a prospective buyer arrives. The house sells every time.
(Virginia Bentley)
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. (N. Bonaparte)
If you don't use it - you loose it. (George Burns)
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain — and most do. (Dale Carnegie)
“Tut, tut, child,� said the Duchess. “Everything's got a moral if only you can find it.� (Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland)
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice asks the Cheshire Cat for directions:
"Would you tell me, please, which is the way to go from here?
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, " says the cat.
"I don't much care where..." says Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," says the cat.
(Lewis Carroll)
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings. (Hodding Carter)
Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. (C.W. Ceram)
The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I would call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man. (C.K. Chesterton)
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile — happy it will eat him last. (W.Churchill)
You can judge a man by his enemies as well as his friends. (J. Conrad)
A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it. (Alistar Cooke)
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. (Bill Crosby)
We only think when we are confronted with a problem. (John Dewey)
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. (P.Diller)
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. (B.Disraeli)
There are two kinds of lies: lies of commission and lies of ommission. (K.Forrest)
You’re never a loser until you quit trying. (M. Ditka)
Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal. (M. Ditka)
There is no substitute for hard work. (Thomas Edison) (but dumb luck works)
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it’s the size of the fight in the dog. (D.W. Eisenhower)
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go into your library and read every book. (D.W. Eisenhower)
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. (R.W. Emerson)
The more he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. (R.W. Emerson)
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. (John Wooden)
If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it. (J. Winters)
Platonic love is love from the neck up. (T. Winslow)
The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning. (R. A. Wilson)
If you want to make enemies, try to change something. (Woodrow Wilson)
Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!� (Robert Williams)
Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone… (E. Wilcox)
Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried. (Mae West)
Give a man a free hand and he’ll run it all over you. (Mae West)
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.
I think there is a world market for about five computers. (Thomas Watson Sr. - President of IBM 1943)
High expectations are the key to everything. (Sam Walton)
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong. (Charles Wadsworth)
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. (K. Vonnegut Jr.)
Illusion is the first of all pleasures. (Voltaire)
Learn from the mistakes of others—you can't live long enough to make them all yourself. (Martin Vanbee)
In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today. (Abigail Van Buren)
Love is being stupid together. (Valery)
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. (Jeff Valdez)
To lead the people, walk behind them. (Lao Tzu)
The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary. (Sun Tzu)
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. (Mark Twain)
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. (Mark Twain)
The first time a student realizes that a little learning is a dangerous thing is when he brings home a poor report card. (Mark Twain)
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21 I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in 7 years. (Mark Twain)
Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment. (Mark Twain)
Faith is believing what you know ain’t so. (Mark Twain)
Justice will not come until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured. (Thucydides)
It is only the ignorant that despise education. (P. Syrus)
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. (Henry Stimpson)
Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. (Larry Stimmell)
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. (Richard Steele)
Could I climb the highest place in Athens, I would lift my voice and proclaim, "Fellow citizens, why do you turn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom one day you must relinquish it all?" (Socrates)
The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you learned this afternoon. (John Skow)
Adults are obsolete children. ( Dr. Seuss)
Never let a problem become an excuse. (Robert Schuller)
You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. (Pogo)
Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people. (David Sarnoff)
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. (Jim Ryan)
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of an intelligent effort. (John Ruskin)
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. (F.D. Roosevelt)
Even if your on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. (Will Rogers)
Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices. (Knute Rockne)
One man practicing sportsmanship is better than 50 preaching it. (Knute Rockne)
I believe that every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity an obligation, every possession, a duty. (John D. Rockerfeller Jr.)
A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she’s a tramp. (Joan Rivers)
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game. (Grantland Rice)
Thorough preparation makes its own luck. (Joe Poyer)
The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother --- and they'll settle for a puppy every time. (Winston Pendelton)
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. (Parkinson's Law)
THE LAW OF TRIVIALITY.
Briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. (C. Northcote Parkinson)
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. (Thomas Paine)
For he who steals my purse steals trash...but he who takes my good name takes not which enriches him but leaves me poorer indeed. (Shakespeare - Polonius)
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. (Ken Olsen) Founder and President of DEC, 1977
Kent's Law of Benevolent Selfishness: You first have to love yourself before anyone else will be able to appreciate loving you or for you to love anyone else. (KLF)
More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones. (St. Theresa of Avila)
In spite of the cost of living, it’s still very popular. (Katherine Norris)
The miracle is this—the more we share, the more we have. (leonard Nimoy)
Marriage should be a duet — when one sings, the other should clap. (Joe Murray)
Monogamy is the Western custom of one marriage after another....(KLF)
Until you’ve made peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have. (Doris Mortman)
I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. (F. Mortimer)
There is only one rule for being a good talker: learn how to listen. (Christopher Morley)
Don’t accept rides from strange men, and remember, all men are strange. (Robin Morgan)
If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. (Michelangelo)
Lord grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. (Michelangelo)
The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself. (Dame Nellie Melba)
Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. (Margaret Mead)
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. (Mignon McLaughlin)
It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. (Somerset Maugham)
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. (Abraham Maslow)
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. (W. C. Magee)
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
The gods too are fond of a joke. (Aristotle - Cratylus)
Be an optimist — at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Kennedy. (The Comedy)
Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion. (From the Last Goon Show of All)
No kindness no matter how small is ever wasted. (Aesop)
Some people grin and bear it. Others smile and change it. Anonymous
A group becomes a team when all members are sure enough of themselves and their contributions to praise the skill of others. (Anonymous)
It is better to build children than to repair adults. (Anoymous)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act but a habit. (Aristotle)
186,000 miles per second. It's not just a good idea, it's the law. (Bumber sticker)
If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential. (Farmer's Digest)
Weiler's Law:
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
What makes the universe so hard to comprehend is that there's nothing to compare it with.
It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. (KLF)
Mitchell's Law of Committees:
Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings are held to discuss it.
Be an optimist — at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Kennedy. (The Comedy)
Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion. (From the Last Goon Show of All)
No kindness no matter how small is ever wasted. (Aesop)
Some people grin and bear it. Others smile and change it. Anonymous
A group becomes a team when all members are sure enough of themselves and their contributions to praise the skill of others. (Anonymous)
It is better to build children than to repair adults. (Anoymous)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act but a habit. (Aristotle)
186,000 miles per second. It's not just a good idea, it's the law. (Bumber sticker)
If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential. (Farmer's Digest)
Weiler's Law:
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
What makes the universe so hard to comprehend is that there's nothing to compare it with.
It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. (KLF)
Mitchell's Law of Committees:
Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings are held to discuss it.
Monday, July 14, 2003
Story: Life is a reflection....
A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son
falls, hurts himself and screams, "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" To his surprise, he
hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain,"AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells: "Who are you?" He receives the answer: "Who are you?" Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!" He receives the answer: "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?" The father smiles and
says: "My son, pay attention."
And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice answers: "I
admire you!" Again the man screams: "You are a champion!" The voice answers: "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains:
"People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back
everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.
You want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want
more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; Life will give you back
everything you have given to it."
YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE...... IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU!
A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son
falls, hurts himself and screams, "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" To his surprise, he
hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain,"AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells: "Who are you?" He receives the answer: "Who are you?" Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!" He receives the answer: "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?" The father smiles and
says: "My son, pay attention."
And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice answers: "I
admire you!" Again the man screams: "You are a champion!" The voice answers: "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains:
"People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back
everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.
You want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want
more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; Life will give you back
everything you have given to it."
YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE...... IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU!
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered over-achievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz," and he pulled out a one-gallon mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar
full?"
Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes."
The time management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar allowing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full now?"
By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full now?" "No!" the class shouted.
Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"
"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all. What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with your loved ones, your faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, creating, building, teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all." So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first.
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered over-achievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz," and he pulled out a one-gallon mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled
to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar
full?"
Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes."
The time management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar allowing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full now?"
By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full now?" "No!" the class shouted.
Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"
"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration
teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them
in at all. What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with your loved ones,
your faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, creating, building,
teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all." So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first.
ig Rocks and Little Rock>
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered over-achievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz," and he pulled out a one-gallon mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled
to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar
full?"
Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes."
The time management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar allowing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full now?"
By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full now?" "No!" the class shouted.
Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"
"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration
teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them
in at all. What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with your loved ones,
your faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, creating, building,
teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all." So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first.
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered over-achievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz," and he pulled out a one-gallon mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled
to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar
full?"
Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes."
The time management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar allowing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full now?"
By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full now?" "No!" the class shouted.
Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"
"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration
teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them
in at all. What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with your loved ones,
your faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, creating, building,
teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all." So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first.
You're driving a bus that is leaving from Pennsylvania and ending in New York.
To start off with, there were 32 passengers on the bus. At the next bus stop, 11 people get off and 9 people get on. At the next bus stop, 2 people got off and 2 people got on. At the next bus stop, 12 people got on and 16 people got off. At the next bus stop, 5 people got on and 3 people got off.
What color are the bus driver's eyes?
The key to understanding the problem is focusing on the right information. If we assume it is critical to keep track of the number of people getting on and off the bus, we focus on information that turns out to be Unessential. It distracts us from the important information.
The answer to the problem is found in the first sentence. YOU are driving the bus so the color is of course the color of YOUR eyes.
If you didn't get it right, don't worry. The majority of people don't answer correctly. If you got it right, you have exceptional problem solving skills.
To start off with, there were 32 passengers on the bus. At the next bus stop, 11 people get off and 9 people get on. At the next bus stop, 2 people got off and 2 people got on. At the next bus stop, 12 people got on and 16 people got off. At the next bus stop, 5 people got on and 3 people got off.
What color are the bus driver's eyes?
The key to understanding the problem is focusing on the right information. If we assume it is critical to keep track of the number of people getting on and off the bus, we focus on information that turns out to be Unessential. It distracts us from the important information.
The answer to the problem is found in the first sentence. YOU are driving the bus so the color is of course the color of YOUR eyes.
If you didn't get it right, don't worry. The majority of people don't answer correctly. If you got it right, you have exceptional problem solving skills.
The Richest Man in Babylon - George Clason
1. “For each ten coins I put in, to spend but nine.”
2. “Budget thy expenses that thou mayest have coins to pay for
thy necesities, to pay for thy enjoyments and to gratify thy
worthwhile desires without spending more than nine-tenths of thy earnings.
3. “To put each coin to laboring that it may reproduce its kind even as the
flocks of the field and help bring to thee income, a stream of wealth that
shall flow constantly into thy purse.
4. “Guard thy treasure from loss by investing only where thy principal is
safe, where it may be reclaimed if desirable, and where thou will not fail
to collect a fair rental. Consult with wise men. Secure the advice of those
experienced in the profitble handling of god. Let their wisdom protect thy
treasure from unsafe investments.
5. “Own thy own home.
6. “Provide in advance for the needs of thy growing age and the protection
of thy family.
7. “Is to cultivate thy own powers, to study and become wiser, to become
more skillful, to so act as to respect thyself.”
Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.
1. “For each ten coins I put in, to spend but nine.”
2. “Budget thy expenses that thou mayest have coins to pay for
thy necesities, to pay for thy enjoyments and to gratify thy
worthwhile desires without spending more than nine-tenths of thy earnings.
3. “To put each coin to laboring that it may reproduce its kind even as the
flocks of the field and help bring to thee income, a stream of wealth that
shall flow constantly into thy purse.
4. “Guard thy treasure from loss by investing only where thy principal is
safe, where it may be reclaimed if desirable, and where thou will not fail
to collect a fair rental. Consult with wise men. Secure the advice of those
experienced in the profitble handling of god. Let their wisdom protect thy
treasure from unsafe investments.
5. “Own thy own home.
6. “Provide in advance for the needs of thy growing age and the protection
of thy family.
7. “Is to cultivate thy own powers, to study and become wiser, to become
more skillful, to so act as to respect thyself.”
Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.
Sunday, July 13, 2003
Abraham Lincoln Didn’t Quit - Chicken Soup for the Soul
The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.
A. Lincoln.
Probably the greatest example of persistence is Abraham Lincoln. If you want to learn somebody who didn’t quit, look no further.
Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout his life. He lost eight elections, twice failed in business and suffered a nervous breakdown.
He could have quit many times - but he didn’t and because he didn’t quit. He became one of the greatest presidents in the history of our county.
• 1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them.
• 1818 His mother died.
• 1831 Failed in business
• 1832 - Ran for state legislature - lost
• 1832 - Also lost his job - applied for law school but could not get in.
• 1833 - Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.
• 1834 - Ran for state legislature again - won
• 1835 - Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken
• 1836 - Had a total nervous breakwon and was in bed for six months.
• 1838 - Sought to become speaker of the state legislature - defeated.
• 1840 - Sought to become elector - defeated.
• 1843 - Ran for Congress - lost.
• 1846 - Ran for Congress again - won - went to Washington and did a good job.
• 1848 - Ran for Congress - lost.
• 1849 Sought the job of land officer in his home state - rejected
• 1854 - Ran for Senate of the United States - lost.
• 1856 - Sought the Vice-Presential nomination at his party’s national convention - got less than 100 votes.
• 1858 - Ran for US Senate again - lost again
• 1860 - Elected president of the United States.
“The path was worn and slippery, my foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself, “it’s a slip and not a fall.”
From: Chicken Soup for the Soul™ © 1993
by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Health Communications, Inc.
The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.
A. Lincoln.
Probably the greatest example of persistence is Abraham Lincoln. If you want to learn somebody who didn’t quit, look no further.
Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout his life. He lost eight elections, twice failed in business and suffered a nervous breakdown.
He could have quit many times - but he didn’t and because he didn’t quit. He became one of the greatest presidents in the history of our county.
• 1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them.
• 1818 His mother died.
• 1831 Failed in business
• 1832 - Ran for state legislature - lost
• 1832 - Also lost his job - applied for law school but could not get in.
• 1833 - Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.
• 1834 - Ran for state legislature again - won
• 1835 - Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken
• 1836 - Had a total nervous breakwon and was in bed for six months.
• 1838 - Sought to become speaker of the state legislature - defeated.
• 1840 - Sought to become elector - defeated.
• 1843 - Ran for Congress - lost.
• 1846 - Ran for Congress again - won - went to Washington and did a good job.
• 1848 - Ran for Congress - lost.
• 1849 Sought the job of land officer in his home state - rejected
• 1854 - Ran for Senate of the United States - lost.
• 1856 - Sought the Vice-Presential nomination at his party’s national convention - got less than 100 votes.
• 1858 - Ran for US Senate again - lost again
• 1860 - Elected president of the United States.
“The path was worn and slippery, my foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself, “it’s a slip and not a fall.”
From: Chicken Soup for the Soul™ © 1993
by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Health Communications, Inc.
THE GOOSE STORY
Next fall, when you see Geese heading South
for the Winter...flying along in V formation...
you might consider what Science has discovered
as to why they fly that way.
As each bird flaps its wings, it creates
an uplift for the bird immediately following.
By flying in V formation the whole flock adds
at least 71 percent greater flying range,
than if each bird flew on its own.
People who share a common direction
and sense of community can get
where they are going more quickly
and easily because they are traveling
on the thrust of one another.
When a goose falls out of formation
it suddenly feels the drag and resistance
of trying to go it alone...and quickly...
gets back into formation to take advantage
of the lifting power of the bird in front.
If we have as much sense as a goose
we will stay in formation with those
who are headed the same way we are.
When the head goose gets tired it rotates back
in the wing and another goose flies point.
It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs...
with people or with geese flying south.
Geese honk from behind to encourage those
up front to keep up their speed.
What do we say when we honk from behind?
Finally, and this is important, when a goose gets sick,
or is wounded by gunshots, and falls out of
formation, two other geese fall out with that goose
and follow it down to lend help and protection.
They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly,
or until it dies, and only then do they launch out,
on their own, or with another formation to
catch up with their group.
If we have the sense of a goose, we will
stand by each other like that!
Next fall, when you see Geese heading South
for the Winter...flying along in V formation...
you might consider what Science has discovered
as to why they fly that way.
As each bird flaps its wings, it creates
an uplift for the bird immediately following.
By flying in V formation the whole flock adds
at least 71 percent greater flying range,
than if each bird flew on its own.
People who share a common direction
and sense of community can get
where they are going more quickly
and easily because they are traveling
on the thrust of one another.
When a goose falls out of formation
it suddenly feels the drag and resistance
of trying to go it alone...and quickly...
gets back into formation to take advantage
of the lifting power of the bird in front.
If we have as much sense as a goose
we will stay in formation with those
who are headed the same way we are.
When the head goose gets tired it rotates back
in the wing and another goose flies point.
It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs...
with people or with geese flying south.
Geese honk from behind to encourage those
up front to keep up their speed.
What do we say when we honk from behind?
Finally, and this is important, when a goose gets sick,
or is wounded by gunshots, and falls out of
formation, two other geese fall out with that goose
and follow it down to lend help and protection.
They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly,
or until it dies, and only then do they launch out,
on their own, or with another formation to
catch up with their group.
If we have the sense of a goose, we will
stand by each other like that!
The Hand - Chicken Soup for the Soul
A Thanksgiving Day editoral in the newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to graw a picture of something they were thankful for. She though of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had to be thankful for. But she knew that most of them would draw pictures of turkeys or tables with food. The teacher was taken aback with the picture Douglas handed in....a simple childishly drawn hand.
But whose hand? The class was captivated by the abstract image. “I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A farmer,” said another, “because he grows the turkeys.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher bent over Douglas’s desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher,” he mumbled.
She recalled that frequently at recess she had taken Douglas, a crubby forlorn child by the hand. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone’s Thanksgiving, not for the material things given to us but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.
Source Unknown
From: Chicken Soup for the Soul™ © 1993
by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Health Communications, Inc.
A Thanksgiving Day editoral in the newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to graw a picture of something they were thankful for. She though of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had to be thankful for. But she knew that most of them would draw pictures of turkeys or tables with food. The teacher was taken aback with the picture Douglas handed in....a simple childishly drawn hand.
But whose hand? The class was captivated by the abstract image. “I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A farmer,” said another, “because he grows the turkeys.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher bent over Douglas’s desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher,” he mumbled.
She recalled that frequently at recess she had taken Douglas, a crubby forlorn child by the hand. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone’s Thanksgiving, not for the material things given to us but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.
Source Unknown
From: Chicken Soup for the Soul™ © 1993
by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Health Communications, Inc.
Friday, July 11, 2003
Kent's Life Statements
(Mottos to reflect on and guide your life by)
Version 6/15/03
A short statement often contains much wisdom (Socrates)
What is your life mission statement?
Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me,
I have come to you, without sin, without guilt, without evil, without
a witness against me, without one whom I have wronged. I am one
pure of mouth, pure of hands.
(The Book of the Dead, The Address to the Gods, 1700-1000 B.C.)
ADVICE:
A good example is the best sermon.
ADVERSITY:
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. (Walt Schmidt)
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. (Thomas Paine)
ANGER:
Get mad, and then get over with it. (Colin Powell)
Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth. (Cato the Elder)
ATTITUDE:
Either you learn to control your attitude or it controls you.
You can make a heaven of hell or a hell or heaven -
only thinking makes it so. (G.B. Shaw - Man and Superman)
They drew a circle and drew me out - I drew a circle and drew them in.
(Marlow Thomas)
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. (B.Franklin)
COOPERATION:
Always share credit with those who deserve it, so they may come to
do the same for you. (KLF)
You can get anything done if you don't care who gets the credit. (unknown)
CHARACTER, MATURITY & GOODNESS:
Character is what you are in the dark when no one is looking.
Character is much easier kept than recovered. (Thomas Paine)
No piece of paper can ever make you into a decent human being.
Always finish what you start.. (JAF)
Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, Respect for others,
Responsibility for all your actions.
Character is to man what carbon is to steel. (Napoleon Hill)
For he who steals my purse steals trash, but he who steals my good
name takes that which not enriches him but leaves me poorer indeed.
(Hamlet)
Man is what he believes (Chekov)
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you
are wonderful (Ann Landers)
I have had more trouble with myself than with any other person
I have ever met! (Dwight Moody)
O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.
(Sir Walter Scott)
You can be young only once - but immature forever.
We have met the enemy and he is us. (Walt kelly - Pogo)
Never put into writing, audio, or video anything which you would
not show to your mother. (KLF)
No one can ever make you feel inferior without your consent
(Eleanor Roosevelt.)
Success is only temporary. When all is said and done
the only thing left is character.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.
There are three kinds of people: Those who make it happen,
those who watch it happen, and those who wonder
what the heck happened.
If you tell the truth, you don't need to remember anything. (Mark Twain)
Never ruin an apology with an excuse. (Kimberly Johnson)
We have met the enemy and he is us. (Walt kelly - Pogo)
You can be young only once - but inmature forever.
O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.
(Sir Walter Scott)
Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much
you care. (unknown)
There is no right way to do a wrong thing. (unknown)
It is your actions and attitude when you are on your own that
reflect what you really are. (Martin Vanbee)
CHARITY:
Never turn your heart or turn your head from the hungry....
CHILDREN:
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble
their food, and tyrannize their teachers. (Socrates)
When I was 16 I could never understand why my parents were so stupid.
When I became 21 I could not understand how they become so
smart - so fast. (Mark Twain)
CITIZENSHIP & GOVERNMENT:
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must first,
like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
Every citizen who hopes to be free - has a public responsibility.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
(Lord Chesterfield)
Evil occurs in the world when good men do nothing....
CLEANLINESS
Bathe daily...
COMMUNICATION:
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out
and remove all doubt. - Abraham Lincoln
CREATIVITY:
What is creativity? Why it is looking at one thing and seeing another.
(From the movie �Why Man Creates�)
Imagination is more important than knowledge... (Albert Einstein)
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world;
and that is an idea whose time has come. - (Victor Hugo)
DEATH:
Death is nature's way of saying �Game over Man!�
Until someone that you love dies - death will never seem real. (KLF)
Every man dies, but not every man lives. (William Wallace)
DECISION MAKING:
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails
to always reach my destination. (Jimmy Dean)
Trust your hunches
Silence is consent. (Euripedies)
Trust your hunches
You know what the difference between rats and humans?
When a rat tries something and it doesn't work, it tries
something else!" (Guy Genin)
�A strange game...the only winning move is not to play.� (Joshua)
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
DETERMINATION, ENTHUSIASM, RESOLVE & TEMPERAMENT
Whether you think you can or you can't - both are true. (H.Ford)
You miss 100% of the shots you never take. (W.Gretzenky)
Pessimism will never win a battle.
If you need help in getting something done - ask someone
who is already busy. (KLF)
80% of success is just showing up! (Woody Allen)
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
(Chinese proverb)
In strength there is weakness - in weakness there is strength.
(Lao-tzu)
The game is over when you loose your temper.
Never, ever, feel you can't negotiate a better deal or improve
your situation. (KLF)
If it doesn't matter who wins - why keep score (Lombardi)
Nothing great is ever achieved without enthusiasm. (Emerson)
You can make a difference.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. (H.Ford)
Winning is not a sometime thing. You don't win once in a while,
you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all
the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. (V.Lombardi)
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just
sit there. (Will Rogers)
You get more in life by getting your butt kicked than by getting
it kissed. (Tom Hanks)
If you place a small value on yourself...the world will not raise
the price. (unknown)
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. (anonymous)
No man is hurt more than by himself. (Diogenes)
EDUCATION, LEARNING & TEACHING
If you think training is expensive, try ignorance.
Children grow up to what you believe in them.
Education is what you have left over after you have forgotten
everything you have learned.
There is nothing more valuable in education than learning to speak
and write effectively in front of others.
Education is not just the filling of a pail, it is the lighting of a fire.
(B.F. Skinner)
It is only the ignorant that despise education. (Pubillus Syrus)
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make
yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done,
whether you like it or not. (Aldous Huxley)
Education is not just the filling of a pail, it is the lighting of a fire.
(B.F. Skinner)
LEARNING:
Even if you loose....don't loose the lesson.
You can't teach an egg to fly.... (Jo-Ellen Forrest)
Our most important learning is to learn how to learn. (KLF)
Anyone who cares to learn will always find a teacher. (Ger. Proverb)
Don't let your enemy become your teacher.
Be a life-long learner.
Listen carefully to what others are willing to share with you....
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. The first helps you to make a
living but the other helps you make a life.
Invest 2% of your net income in your own training in order to
guarantee your future. (Brian Tracy)
Learn from the mistakes of others - you can't live long enough to
make them all yourself. (Martin Vanbee)
When in doubt .....ask!
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. (B. Franklin)
Mistakes show us what we need to learn. (Peter McWilliams)
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
(Confucius)
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson
and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches
you a lesson. (Tom Bodett)
You can observe a lot just by watching. (Yogi Berra, Berra's Law)
Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather
becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
(Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks)
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
(Bob Perelman)
Learn from the mistakes of others - you can't live long enough
to make them all yourself. (Martin Vanbee)
It is only the ignorant that despise education. (Pubillus Syrus)
There is nothing more valuable in education than learning to speak
and write effectively in front of others.
One example is worth a thousand precepts. (Unknown)
You can't learn much by listening to yourself all the time. (National Motorist)
TEACHING:
Sharing your knowledge is a way to achieve immortality.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. (Gail Godwin)
In preparation for any lesson - see to all details yourself. (KLF)
You can't teach an egg to fly....(JAF)
Don't let your enemy become your teacher.
If you think training is expensive, try ignorance.
FAMILY:
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right,
he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
Love your family members more than they deserve.
Try to be nice to your parents - someday you may be one.
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second
half by our children. (Clarence Darrow)
FORGIVENESS:
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
(Stuart's Law of Retroaction)
FRIENDSHIP:
Only real friends will help you move.
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be
anywhere else.
When you care for others your never truly alone.
People will judge you be the friends and company you keep.
Tell me your friends and I will tell you who you are. (Assyrian proverb)
Friends and visitors smell in three days. (B. Franklin)
The only way to have a friend is to be one. (R.W.Emerson)
Which would you rather have - a good friend or $5000?
(Psychological profile test)
GENEROSITY:
No kindness no matter how small is ever wasted.
It is not the size of a gift that matters; only the fact that
you take the time to remember someone. (Unknown)
GOVERNMENT:
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President.
Now I'm beginning to believe it. (Clarence Darrow)
HUMILITY:
"All men are mortal" (repeated to Roman conquerors by a slave as they
drove their victory chariot through Rome.)
INTELLIGENCE:
There is IQ and I Will!
LEADERSHIP:
If you're riding at the head of the herd, take a look back now
and then to make sure it's still there.
LEGAL:
Never sign a document without reading and understanding its contents.
Never pay for work before it's completed.
LIFE IS...
Life is Short....Eat desert first.
Life is not fair....get used to it. (unknown)
Life goes on....with or without you.
Keep in mind: There are a 100 billion Galaxies and each with a
100 billion solar systems.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Life is not fair ....so deal with it.
Life is not always going to give you a second chance.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for.
In the Book of Life the answers are not in the back of the book.
(Charles Schultz - Peanuts) P.S - and there is no teacher's guide.
Life is what happens to you while you are busy making
other plans. (John Lennon)
LOVE:
You cannot make someone love you.
True love is when someone knows who you are but still loves you.
If you cannot love yourself ....neither can anyone else.
Never pass up an opportunity to tell those you love - that you
love them, or better yet to show it.
Great love and great achievements both involve great risk.
True love never has an ending.
Most men will fall in love with any women who will listen to them.
You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.
(American Proverb)
Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye opener.
Lovers remember everything. (Unknown)
LIFE PURPOSES:
If your not sure of your purpose in life it may be that it serves
as a warning to others.
The miracle is this�the more we share, the more we have.
If you don't participate - you can't win.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes,
playing a poor hand well. (Jack London)
LISTENING SKILLS:
Don't just listen to what someone is saying. Listen to why
they are saying it.
Listen to what is said, and not who is the speaker.
Never be afraid to say "I'm sorry" and always look the person in their
eyes when you say it.
It takes as much skill to be a good listener as a good conversationalist.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery
(Joyce Brothers)
Better to be quiet and be thought a fool than to speak
and remove all doubt. (Unknown)
LEADERSHIP:
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless
you know how to follow, too. (Sam Rayburn)
Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is
another story. ( Casey Stengel)
The more details you give to others to execute a task the less
creativity will occur.
The world is run by �C� students. (KLF)
LOSS:
When you loose....don't loose the lesson. (V.Lombardi)
LUCK:
Funny, the harder I work - the luckier I get.
Don't draw to an inside straight. (Or if it is seems too good
to be true - it probably is...)
� Preparation makes its own luck.
MARRIAGE:
A successful marriage requires you to fall in love many times
with the same person.
Couples either grow together - or grow apart.
Make sure that the person you marry is your best friend.
Marriage should be a duet � when one sings, the other should clap.
Remember that your wife/husband is not your mother/father or
servant, but your partner and friend.
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight (P.Diller)
Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended.- Zsa Zsa Gabor
MATURITY:
Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised. (A.Landers)
MIRACLES:
If you want a miracle - than be a miracle. (Bruce -- the Movie)
OPPORTUNITY:
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. (J. Winters)
When you get something for nothing, you just have not been
billed for it yet. (Franklin P. Jones)
No matter what your past has been, you have a spotless future.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work. (Thomas A. Edison)
PAIN:
Even when your in pain....you don't have to be one. (bathroom scribble)
PROBLEM SOLVING AND GOOD JUDGEMENT:
If your not part of the solution - you may be the problem.
Never forget the KISS principle.
(KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID!)
Sometimes the simplest solutions work on the most complex problems.
The first step in problem solving is to define the problem -
it is than half solved.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every
problem as a nail. (A.Maslow)
Excellence is never an accident; it is always the result of an
intelligent effort. (John Ruskin)
Never allow a problem to become an excuse. (R. Schuller)
Measure twice and cut once.
ou have to know the rules if you plan on winning the game.
If in doubt to the speakers motive - look them in the eyes.
The first rule of holes: if you are in one, stop digging.
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and
which bridge to burn.
It is not necessary to be first to be successful - X -1 will work.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. (A. Huxley)
Never make a frontal attack.
You see, but you do not observe.
(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) A Scandal in Bohemia, 1892)
Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something.
(Thomas A. Edison)
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several
thousand things that won't work. (Thomas A. Edison)
There is no great plan in the world which cannot be overcome
by sheer dumb luck. (bathroom scribble)
PRIORITIES:
Deal with life one day at a time.
Be flexible in dealing with life problems.
The best things in life are not things.
Always remember: Don't sweat the small stuff - it is all small stuff.
(Robert Elliott)
REALITY OUTLOOK:
� No matter how you slice it, it's still baloney. (Al Smith)
What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? -
Robert Schuller
No matter how you slice it, it's still baloney. (Al Smith)
RELATIONSHIPS:
Treat people as you want to be treated (unless your masochistic).
Your rights begin where mine ends.
RELIGION & THE COSMOS:
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. (N.Bonaparte)
The gods help them that help themselves. (Aesop)
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit
in my name in a Swiss bank. (Woody Allen)
SEX:
Life is sexually transmitted."
SKILLS:
If you don't use it - you lose it! (George Burns)
TOUCHING:
I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone -
holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.
Every person needs at least three hugs a day - physical or mental.
TIME:
Time is the most precious thing you have. Give it generously only to the
people you care about.
Read a book at least once a month for your entire life.
Measure your life by your accomplishments and not by the hands of
the clock (Edison)
Controlling time is our true wealth. (B. Fuller)
Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately, it kills all of its students.
Time will pass - will you? (KLF)
TRUTH:
It does not matter whether a statement or event is true or not - but whether
people believe it is true and act their lives out on that belief. (KLF)
Men willingly believe what they wish. (Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico)
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however
improbable, must be the truth. (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes)
WEALTH, Financial Advice & Worldly Status - & The Preservation of Resources
Save 10% of what you earn.
You have to know the difference between a want and a need before
you can ever break even.
Money is not the most important thing in the world - but if you
don't have it the best thing in the world won't go out with you. (OKF)
If the know how to spend less than you get, you have the
Philosopher's Stone ( B. Franklin)
Money is a poor way to keep your life score.
Poverty is a state of mind.
Money is a poor way to keep your life score.
He is rich who owes nothing.
He who knows he has enough is rich. (Lao-Tzu)
Always keep a spare cash in your cookie jar for an opportunity
or to help those you love. (KLF)
Cash talks!
He who has gold has - has wealth.
He who has silver has wealth.
But he who has nothing - can sleep.
(Babylonian proverb)
Never plan on receiving a reward or an inheritance and you will never
be disappointed. (KLF)
No matter how rich you become - you can't take it with you. (KLF)
A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not,
but rejoices for those which he has.
The best things in life are not things. (unknown)
If you want to be happy for a year, win the lottery; if you want to be
happy for a lifetime, love what you do."
The Rule of 72. To compute how long it takes to double your money divide
the interest rate into 72. The result is the number of years to double.
(For example, 3% into 72 yields 24 years; 6% yields 12 years; 9% yields
8 years.
Place your entire fortune on red and black will appear.
WORK
There is no free lunch....life is hard work.
Making a living is not the same as making a life.
Nothing is particularily hard if you divide it into small jobs. (H.Ford)
The harder I work the luckier I get. (Samuel Goldwyn)
No matter what job you have in life - perform it with pride & dignity.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
(Parkinson's law)
The road to success is always under construction (L. Thompson)
The more I want something done the less I call it work. (R.Bach)
Whatever worth doing, is worth doing well. (Lord Chesterfield)
Never leave that til tomorrow which you can do today. (B.Franklin)
Nothing is as easy as it looks. (Murphy's law)
If anything can go wrong - it will. (Murphy's law)
When you find a job that you love, you will never have to work a day in
your life. (Unknown)
Practical Reminders:
I keep six honest serving men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
NEVER put Draino in your kitchen sink - learn to use the plunger
properly (i.e. - Push the plunger down on the sink basin and then
slide it over the hole - pull up hard - repeat until it releases the obstacle.)
NEVER eat the yellow snow!
Always buy your Xmas turkey at Thanksgiving sales - it will be twice the
price in December.
(Mottos to reflect on and guide your life by)
Version 6/15/03
A short statement often contains much wisdom (Socrates)
What is your life mission statement?
Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me,
I have come to you, without sin, without guilt, without evil, without
a witness against me, without one whom I have wronged. I am one
pure of mouth, pure of hands.
(The Book of the Dead, The Address to the Gods, 1700-1000 B.C.)
ADVICE:
A good example is the best sermon.
ADVERSITY:
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. (Walt Schmidt)
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. (Thomas Paine)
ANGER:
Get mad, and then get over with it. (Colin Powell)
Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth. (Cato the Elder)
ATTITUDE:
Either you learn to control your attitude or it controls you.
You can make a heaven of hell or a hell or heaven -
only thinking makes it so. (G.B. Shaw - Man and Superman)
They drew a circle and drew me out - I drew a circle and drew them in.
(Marlow Thomas)
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. (B.Franklin)
COOPERATION:
Always share credit with those who deserve it, so they may come to
do the same for you. (KLF)
You can get anything done if you don't care who gets the credit. (unknown)
CHARACTER, MATURITY & GOODNESS:
Character is what you are in the dark when no one is looking.
Character is much easier kept than recovered. (Thomas Paine)
No piece of paper can ever make you into a decent human being.
Always finish what you start.. (JAF)
Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, Respect for others,
Responsibility for all your actions.
Character is to man what carbon is to steel. (Napoleon Hill)
For he who steals my purse steals trash, but he who steals my good
name takes that which not enriches him but leaves me poorer indeed.
(Hamlet)
Man is what he believes (Chekov)
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you
are wonderful (Ann Landers)
I have had more trouble with myself than with any other person
I have ever met! (Dwight Moody)
O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.
(Sir Walter Scott)
You can be young only once - but immature forever.
We have met the enemy and he is us. (Walt kelly - Pogo)
Never put into writing, audio, or video anything which you would
not show to your mother. (KLF)
No one can ever make you feel inferior without your consent
(Eleanor Roosevelt.)
Success is only temporary. When all is said and done
the only thing left is character.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.
There are three kinds of people: Those who make it happen,
those who watch it happen, and those who wonder
what the heck happened.
If you tell the truth, you don't need to remember anything. (Mark Twain)
Never ruin an apology with an excuse. (Kimberly Johnson)
We have met the enemy and he is us. (Walt kelly - Pogo)
You can be young only once - but inmature forever.
O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.
(Sir Walter Scott)
Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much
you care. (unknown)
There is no right way to do a wrong thing. (unknown)
It is your actions and attitude when you are on your own that
reflect what you really are. (Martin Vanbee)
CHARITY:
Never turn your heart or turn your head from the hungry....
CHILDREN:
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble
their food, and tyrannize their teachers. (Socrates)
When I was 16 I could never understand why my parents were so stupid.
When I became 21 I could not understand how they become so
smart - so fast. (Mark Twain)
CITIZENSHIP & GOVERNMENT:
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must first,
like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
Every citizen who hopes to be free - has a public responsibility.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
(Lord Chesterfield)
Evil occurs in the world when good men do nothing....
CLEANLINESS
Bathe daily...
COMMUNICATION:
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out
and remove all doubt. - Abraham Lincoln
CREATIVITY:
What is creativity? Why it is looking at one thing and seeing another.
(From the movie �Why Man Creates�)
Imagination is more important than knowledge... (Albert Einstein)
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world;
and that is an idea whose time has come. - (Victor Hugo)
DEATH:
Death is nature's way of saying �Game over Man!�
Until someone that you love dies - death will never seem real. (KLF)
Every man dies, but not every man lives. (William Wallace)
DECISION MAKING:
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails
to always reach my destination. (Jimmy Dean)
Trust your hunches
Silence is consent. (Euripedies)
Trust your hunches
You know what the difference between rats and humans?
When a rat tries something and it doesn't work, it tries
something else!" (Guy Genin)
�A strange game...the only winning move is not to play.� (Joshua)
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
DETERMINATION, ENTHUSIASM, RESOLVE & TEMPERAMENT
Whether you think you can or you can't - both are true. (H.Ford)
You miss 100% of the shots you never take. (W.Gretzenky)
Pessimism will never win a battle.
If you need help in getting something done - ask someone
who is already busy. (KLF)
80% of success is just showing up! (Woody Allen)
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
(Chinese proverb)
In strength there is weakness - in weakness there is strength.
(Lao-tzu)
The game is over when you loose your temper.
Never, ever, feel you can't negotiate a better deal or improve
your situation. (KLF)
If it doesn't matter who wins - why keep score (Lombardi)
Nothing great is ever achieved without enthusiasm. (Emerson)
You can make a difference.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. (H.Ford)
Winning is not a sometime thing. You don't win once in a while,
you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all
the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. (V.Lombardi)
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just
sit there. (Will Rogers)
You get more in life by getting your butt kicked than by getting
it kissed. (Tom Hanks)
If you place a small value on yourself...the world will not raise
the price. (unknown)
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. (anonymous)
No man is hurt more than by himself. (Diogenes)
EDUCATION, LEARNING & TEACHING
If you think training is expensive, try ignorance.
Children grow up to what you believe in them.
Education is what you have left over after you have forgotten
everything you have learned.
There is nothing more valuable in education than learning to speak
and write effectively in front of others.
Education is not just the filling of a pail, it is the lighting of a fire.
(B.F. Skinner)
It is only the ignorant that despise education. (Pubillus Syrus)
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make
yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done,
whether you like it or not. (Aldous Huxley)
Education is not just the filling of a pail, it is the lighting of a fire.
(B.F. Skinner)
LEARNING:
Even if you loose....don't loose the lesson.
You can't teach an egg to fly.... (Jo-Ellen Forrest)
Our most important learning is to learn how to learn. (KLF)
Anyone who cares to learn will always find a teacher. (Ger. Proverb)
Don't let your enemy become your teacher.
Be a life-long learner.
Listen carefully to what others are willing to share with you....
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. The first helps you to make a
living but the other helps you make a life.
Invest 2% of your net income in your own training in order to
guarantee your future. (Brian Tracy)
Learn from the mistakes of others - you can't live long enough to
make them all yourself. (Martin Vanbee)
When in doubt .....ask!
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. (B. Franklin)
Mistakes show us what we need to learn. (Peter McWilliams)
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
(Confucius)
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson
and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches
you a lesson. (Tom Bodett)
You can observe a lot just by watching. (Yogi Berra, Berra's Law)
Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather
becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
(Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks)
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
(Bob Perelman)
Learn from the mistakes of others - you can't live long enough
to make them all yourself. (Martin Vanbee)
It is only the ignorant that despise education. (Pubillus Syrus)
There is nothing more valuable in education than learning to speak
and write effectively in front of others.
One example is worth a thousand precepts. (Unknown)
You can't learn much by listening to yourself all the time. (National Motorist)
TEACHING:
Sharing your knowledge is a way to achieve immortality.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. (Gail Godwin)
In preparation for any lesson - see to all details yourself. (KLF)
You can't teach an egg to fly....(JAF)
Don't let your enemy become your teacher.
If you think training is expensive, try ignorance.
FAMILY:
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right,
he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
Love your family members more than they deserve.
Try to be nice to your parents - someday you may be one.
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second
half by our children. (Clarence Darrow)
FORGIVENESS:
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
(Stuart's Law of Retroaction)
FRIENDSHIP:
Only real friends will help you move.
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be
anywhere else.
When you care for others your never truly alone.
People will judge you be the friends and company you keep.
Tell me your friends and I will tell you who you are. (Assyrian proverb)
Friends and visitors smell in three days. (B. Franklin)
The only way to have a friend is to be one. (R.W.Emerson)
Which would you rather have - a good friend or $5000?
(Psychological profile test)
GENEROSITY:
No kindness no matter how small is ever wasted.
It is not the size of a gift that matters; only the fact that
you take the time to remember someone. (Unknown)
GOVERNMENT:
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President.
Now I'm beginning to believe it. (Clarence Darrow)
HUMILITY:
"All men are mortal" (repeated to Roman conquerors by a slave as they
drove their victory chariot through Rome.)
INTELLIGENCE:
There is IQ and I Will!
LEADERSHIP:
If you're riding at the head of the herd, take a look back now
and then to make sure it's still there.
LEGAL:
Never sign a document without reading and understanding its contents.
Never pay for work before it's completed.
LIFE IS...
Life is Short....Eat desert first.
Life is not fair....get used to it. (unknown)
Life goes on....with or without you.
Keep in mind: There are a 100 billion Galaxies and each with a
100 billion solar systems.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Life is not fair ....so deal with it.
Life is not always going to give you a second chance.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for.
In the Book of Life the answers are not in the back of the book.
(Charles Schultz - Peanuts) P.S - and there is no teacher's guide.
Life is what happens to you while you are busy making
other plans. (John Lennon)
LOVE:
You cannot make someone love you.
True love is when someone knows who you are but still loves you.
If you cannot love yourself ....neither can anyone else.
Never pass up an opportunity to tell those you love - that you
love them, or better yet to show it.
Great love and great achievements both involve great risk.
True love never has an ending.
Most men will fall in love with any women who will listen to them.
You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.
(American Proverb)
Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye opener.
Lovers remember everything. (Unknown)
LIFE PURPOSES:
If your not sure of your purpose in life it may be that it serves
as a warning to others.
The miracle is this�the more we share, the more we have.
If you don't participate - you can't win.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes,
playing a poor hand well. (Jack London)
LISTENING SKILLS:
Don't just listen to what someone is saying. Listen to why
they are saying it.
Listen to what is said, and not who is the speaker.
Never be afraid to say "I'm sorry" and always look the person in their
eyes when you say it.
It takes as much skill to be a good listener as a good conversationalist.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery
(Joyce Brothers)
Better to be quiet and be thought a fool than to speak
and remove all doubt. (Unknown)
LEADERSHIP:
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless
you know how to follow, too. (Sam Rayburn)
Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is
another story. ( Casey Stengel)
The more details you give to others to execute a task the less
creativity will occur.
The world is run by �C� students. (KLF)
LOSS:
When you loose....don't loose the lesson. (V.Lombardi)
LUCK:
Funny, the harder I work - the luckier I get.
Don't draw to an inside straight. (Or if it is seems too good
to be true - it probably is...)
� Preparation makes its own luck.
MARRIAGE:
A successful marriage requires you to fall in love many times
with the same person.
Couples either grow together - or grow apart.
Make sure that the person you marry is your best friend.
Marriage should be a duet � when one sings, the other should clap.
Remember that your wife/husband is not your mother/father or
servant, but your partner and friend.
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight (P.Diller)
Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended.- Zsa Zsa Gabor
MATURITY:
Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised. (A.Landers)
MIRACLES:
If you want a miracle - than be a miracle. (Bruce -- the Movie)
OPPORTUNITY:
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. (J. Winters)
When you get something for nothing, you just have not been
billed for it yet. (Franklin P. Jones)
No matter what your past has been, you have a spotless future.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work. (Thomas A. Edison)
PAIN:
Even when your in pain....you don't have to be one. (bathroom scribble)
PROBLEM SOLVING AND GOOD JUDGEMENT:
If your not part of the solution - you may be the problem.
Never forget the KISS principle.
(KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID!)
Sometimes the simplest solutions work on the most complex problems.
The first step in problem solving is to define the problem -
it is than half solved.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every
problem as a nail. (A.Maslow)
Excellence is never an accident; it is always the result of an
intelligent effort. (John Ruskin)
Never allow a problem to become an excuse. (R. Schuller)
Measure twice and cut once.
ou have to know the rules if you plan on winning the game.
If in doubt to the speakers motive - look them in the eyes.
The first rule of holes: if you are in one, stop digging.
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and
which bridge to burn.
It is not necessary to be first to be successful - X -1 will work.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. (A. Huxley)
Never make a frontal attack.
You see, but you do not observe.
(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) A Scandal in Bohemia, 1892)
Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something.
(Thomas A. Edison)
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several
thousand things that won't work. (Thomas A. Edison)
There is no great plan in the world which cannot be overcome
by sheer dumb luck. (bathroom scribble)
PRIORITIES:
Deal with life one day at a time.
Be flexible in dealing with life problems.
The best things in life are not things.
Always remember: Don't sweat the small stuff - it is all small stuff.
(Robert Elliott)
REALITY OUTLOOK:
� No matter how you slice it, it's still baloney. (Al Smith)
What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? -
Robert Schuller
No matter how you slice it, it's still baloney. (Al Smith)
RELATIONSHIPS:
Treat people as you want to be treated (unless your masochistic).
Your rights begin where mine ends.
RELIGION & THE COSMOS:
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. (N.Bonaparte)
The gods help them that help themselves. (Aesop)
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit
in my name in a Swiss bank. (Woody Allen)
SEX:
Life is sexually transmitted."
SKILLS:
If you don't use it - you lose it! (George Burns)
TOUCHING:
I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone -
holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.
Every person needs at least three hugs a day - physical or mental.
TIME:
Time is the most precious thing you have. Give it generously only to the
people you care about.
Read a book at least once a month for your entire life.
Measure your life by your accomplishments and not by the hands of
the clock (Edison)
Controlling time is our true wealth. (B. Fuller)
Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately, it kills all of its students.
Time will pass - will you? (KLF)
TRUTH:
It does not matter whether a statement or event is true or not - but whether
people believe it is true and act their lives out on that belief. (KLF)
Men willingly believe what they wish. (Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico)
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however
improbable, must be the truth. (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes)
WEALTH, Financial Advice & Worldly Status - & The Preservation of Resources
Save 10% of what you earn.
You have to know the difference between a want and a need before
you can ever break even.
Money is not the most important thing in the world - but if you
don't have it the best thing in the world won't go out with you. (OKF)
If the know how to spend less than you get, you have the
Philosopher's Stone ( B. Franklin)
Money is a poor way to keep your life score.
Poverty is a state of mind.
Money is a poor way to keep your life score.
He is rich who owes nothing.
He who knows he has enough is rich. (Lao-Tzu)
Always keep a spare cash in your cookie jar for an opportunity
or to help those you love. (KLF)
Cash talks!
He who has gold has - has wealth.
He who has silver has wealth.
But he who has nothing - can sleep.
(Babylonian proverb)
Never plan on receiving a reward or an inheritance and you will never
be disappointed. (KLF)
No matter how rich you become - you can't take it with you. (KLF)
A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not,
but rejoices for those which he has.
The best things in life are not things. (unknown)
If you want to be happy for a year, win the lottery; if you want to be
happy for a lifetime, love what you do."
The Rule of 72. To compute how long it takes to double your money divide
the interest rate into 72. The result is the number of years to double.
(For example, 3% into 72 yields 24 years; 6% yields 12 years; 9% yields
8 years.
Place your entire fortune on red and black will appear.
WORK
There is no free lunch....life is hard work.
Making a living is not the same as making a life.
Nothing is particularily hard if you divide it into small jobs. (H.Ford)
The harder I work the luckier I get. (Samuel Goldwyn)
No matter what job you have in life - perform it with pride & dignity.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
(Parkinson's law)
The road to success is always under construction (L. Thompson)
The more I want something done the less I call it work. (R.Bach)
Whatever worth doing, is worth doing well. (Lord Chesterfield)
Never leave that til tomorrow which you can do today. (B.Franklin)
Nothing is as easy as it looks. (Murphy's law)
If anything can go wrong - it will. (Murphy's law)
When you find a job that you love, you will never have to work a day in
your life. (Unknown)
Practical Reminders:
I keep six honest serving men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
NEVER put Draino in your kitchen sink - learn to use the plunger
properly (i.e. - Push the plunger down on the sink basin and then
slide it over the hole - pull up hard - repeat until it releases the obstacle.)
NEVER eat the yellow snow!
Always buy your Xmas turkey at Thanksgiving sales - it will be twice the
price in December.
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