Thoughts 17OCT2013

POINTS TO PONDER

No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and unreliable. It is the test of an organization to make ordinary human beings perform better than they seem capable of, to bring out whatever strength there is in its members and to use each man's strength to help all the others perform. The purpose of an organization is to enable common men to do uncommon things.

Peter F Drucker - extracted from "April 1996 Edition of 'Reader's Digest'"

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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you will get neither - C S Lewis

Thoughts 16OCT2013

GOLDEN RULES FOR LIVING

If you open it, close it. If you turn it on, turn it off.

If you unlock it, lock it up. If you break it, admit it.

If you can't fix it, call in someone who can.

If you borrow it, return it. If you value it, take care of it.

If you make a mess, clean it up. If you move it, put it back.

If it belongs to someone else and you want to use it, get permission.

If you don't know how to operate it, leave it alone.

If it's none of your business, don't ask questions.

If it will brighten someone's day, say it.

If it will tarnish someone's reputation, keep it to yourself.

Author Unknown - extracted from "A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for The Soul", Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, Health Communications, Inc., 1996

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Failure is success if we learn from it - Malcolm Forbes

Thoughts 11OCT2013

ON LEADERSHIP

If people are coming to work excited ... if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly ... if they're having fun ... if they're concentrating on doing things, rather than preparing reports and going to meetings - then somewhere you have a leader

Robert Townsend - extracted from "Speaker's Sourcebook II", Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994

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Nothing is impossible to a willing heart - John Heywood

Thoughts 10OCT2013

ON LIVING

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.

Sydney J Harris (1917-1986), Syndicated Columnist - Cited in "Bits & Pieces"

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Equality is not easy, but superiority is painful : Serere

Thoughts 09OCT2013

ON RELATIONSHIPS

Almost all married people fight, although many are ashamed to admit it. Actually, a marriage in which no quarrelling at all takes place may well be one that is dead or dying from emotional undernourishment. If you care, you probably fight : Flora Davis

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Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions : Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955

Thoughts 08OCT2013

ON WINNERS

I play even when common sense should tell me that I no longer have a chance. Even when I have been playing at my worst, or when all the breaks have been going against me, I approach each new day, each new hole, as a glorious opportunity to get going again.

Arnold Palmer - Professional Golfer, Cited in "Bits & Pieces"

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Learning makes some into Mullahs and some into devils : Afgani Proverb

Thoughts 07OCT2013

A FRIEND INDEED

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend : Albert Camus

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PEACE TO THE WORLD

If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world : Chinese Proverb

Thoughts 04OCT2013

MONEY

I've been working since I was young - out on the courts practising, practising. It's a big investment of time. I'm one of the lucky ones - I got a return on my investment ... Money is good, money makes thing happen - it's how you direct it, what you do with the money that's important. When money starts owning you, you're in trouble.

Billy Jean King - extracted from "Bits & Pieces", The Economic Press, Inc., Fairfield, New Jersey, USA.

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We know the worth of water then the well is dry : Chinese Proverb

Thoughts 03OCT2013

ENSURE QUALITY LIFE

You can't control the length of your life, but you can control its width and depth.

You can't control the contour of your countenance, but you can control its expression.

You can't control the other person's opportunities, but you can seize upon your own and make the best of them.

You can't control the weather, but you can control the atmosphere which surrounds you.

You can't control the distance that you head will be above the ground, but you can control the level of the contents of that head.

You can't control the other person's annoying faults, but you can see to it that you yourself do not develop or habour similar propensities.

A verse from Southern Statesman newsletter - extracted from "Speaker's Sourcebook II", Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994.

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Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is the best : Chinese Proverb

Thoughts 02OCT2013

THREE THINGS

Three irrevocable things in your life are :

Words ... Time ... and Change

Three undeniable things in your life :

Serenity ... Honesty ... and Hope

Three gems of your life are :

Love ... Self Esteem ... and True Friends

Source Unknown : found framed on the walls of Chiang Mai International Airport, Thailand

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If you are tough you don't live longer, if you are weak don't die faster : Somali Proverb