Quote for the day...

by Christian Nevell Bovee:

“Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.”

Quote for the day

Hesitation is not a stopping place on the road to heaven.
Neale Donald Walsch

Quote for the day...

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.
Gail Lumet Buckley

Attitude Quote

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A you can do it when things are tough.
Richard M. DeVos

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now article link

Link to the Inc.com webpage: 19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now

Storytelling Tips from Salesforce's Marc Benioff

The co-founder and CEO of the $1 billion company offers advice on how to shape and articulate your vision for your own brand...link to BusinessWeek page here

Quote for the day

Fear and guilt are the only enemies of man.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Thought for the day

Imagination is your greatest gift. Do not be afraid to use it.

For the last day of September

I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet.
Nicole Paganini

Quote for the day

Remember, nothing is evil, lest thinking make it so.

Wm. Shakespeare

A different sort of post

Linking to an interesting site: Satellite Flybys which monitors, then lists the times, of the more interesting traffic we can view over head.

On the evening of September 8, 2009 you will be able to view the Shuttle Discovery.

Other sites which covers this, and more: Heavens-Above and of course NASA

Friendship

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington

Albert Einstein

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Albert Einstein

At the start of August

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

Helen Keller

Sagan Quote...

The universe is a pretty big space. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So, if it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space, right?
Carl Sagan

Two quotes on Courage

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
Bernadette Devlin

*****

Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? Courage!
Cowardly Lion - Wizard Of Oz

"You cannot..."

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening
the strong.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging
thrift.

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the
wage payer down. 

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by
inciting class hatred.  

You cannot build character and courage by taking
away people's initiative and independence.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for
them, what they could and should do for themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

from: Auguries of Innocence

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
William Blake

Quote for the middle of June/middle of the year 2009

We are one species. We are starstuff.
Carl Sagan

Courage

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A hero is....

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
Christopher Reeve

Quote on success...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau

Thought for the day

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
Dale Carnegie

Quote for the day...

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Aristotle

...that the quality of one's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their endeavor.
Vince Lombardi

Quote for thought

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Leonardo Da Vinci

It's a big place

The universe is a pretty big space. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So, if it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space, right?
Carl Sagan

Life is an opportunity...

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is a beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is life, fight for it!
Mother Teresa

What will it take?

Perspective is everything. What would it take to

elevate your awareness today?

Quote for thought

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

On the eve of the Senate vote

We have heard so far the voice of life on one small world only. But we have at last begun to listen for other voices in the cosmic fugue.

Carl Sagan

Progress....>

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.
Aldous Huxley