Absence

Seldom seen, soon forgotten.
–Richard Hilles

We will never give up

There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing
head-on the hard truths and saying, “We will never give
up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time,
but we will find a way to prevail.

Jim Collins, from his book,
Good to Great

Life

Life offers us tickets to places which we have not
knowingly asked for.

–Maya Angelow

Quote of the Day – Theodore Roosevelt Quote

There is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that
is softness of head.
–Theodore Roosevelt

Judging Success

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries
or the size of our automobile rather than by the quality
of our service and relationship to mankind.

–Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Love Quotes

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches, And here is my heart which beats only for you.
– Paul Verlaine

When a heart finds another, what’s a cloud more or less in the sky?
– Wolf and Page

The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman’s heart.
– Josiah G. Holland

Man’s Destiny

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his
destiny.

-Paul Tillich (1886 – 1965)

Problems

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

- Rene Descartes (1596-1650), “Discours de la Methode”

Success and Failure

Success and failure. We think of them as opposites,
but they’re really not. They’re companions – the hero and
the sidekick.

-Lawrence Shames