OLAYINKA'S BLOG: August 2016

“ Education is the most powerful weapon
which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
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“ When a man is denied the right to live the
life he believes in, he has no choice but to
become an outlaw.
Nelson Mandela
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“ I learned that courage was not the absence
of fear, but the triumph over it. The
brave man is not he who does not feel
afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
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“ A good head and good heart are always a
formidable combination. But when you
add to that a literate tongue or pen, then
you have something very special.
Nelson Mandela
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kindness, scholarship
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“ It always seems impossible until it's done.
Nelson Mandela
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“ I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether
that comes from nature or nurture, I
cannot say. Part of being optimistic is
keeping one's head pointed toward the
sun, one's feet moving forward. There
were many dark moments when my faith
in humanity was sorely tested, but I
would not and could not give myself up to
despair. That way lays defeat and death.
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom:
Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
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“ No one is born hating another person
because of the color of his skin, or his
background, or his religion. People must
learn to hate, and if they can learn to
hate, they can be taught to love, for love
comes more naturally to the human heart
than its opposite.
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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“ Resentment is like drinking poison and
then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Nelson Mandela
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“ For to be free is not merely to cast off
one's chains, but to live in a way that
respects and enhances the freedom of
others.
Nelson Mandela
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“ There is nothing like returning to a place
that remains unchanged to find the ways
in which you yourself have altered.
Nelson Mandela
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“ Do not judge me by my successes, judge
me by how many times I fell down and
got back up again.
Nelson Mandela
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“ Lead from the back — and let others
believe they are in front.
Nelson Mandela
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“ I have walked that long road to freedom. I
have tried not to falter; I have made
missteps along the way. But I have
discovered the secret that after climbing a
great hill, one only finds that there are
many more hills to climb. I have taken a
moment here to rest, to steal a view of
the glorious vista that surrounds me, to
look back on the distance I have come.
But I can only rest for a moment, for with
freedom come responsibilities, and I dare
not linger, for my long walk is not ended.
Nelson Mandela
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“ I am not a saint, unless you think of a
saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
Nelson Mandela
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“ As I walked out the door toward the gate
that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I
didn't leave my bitterness and hatred
behind, I'd still be in prison.
Nelson Mandela
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“ There is no passion to be found playing
small - in settling for a life that is less
than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela
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“ If you talk to a man in a language he
understands, that goes to his head. If you
talk to him in his language, that goes to
his heart.
Nelson Mandela
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“ As I have said, the first thing is to be
honest with yourself. You can never have
an impact on society if you have not
changed yourself... Great peacemakers are
all people of integrity, of honesty, but
humility.
Nelson Mandela
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“ As we let our own light shine, we
unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
Nelson Mandela
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“ Overcoming poverty is not a task of
charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery
and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It
is man-made and it can be overcome and
eradicated by the actions of human
beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation
to be great. YOU can be that great
generation. Let your greatness blossom.
Nelson Mandela
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“ I am the captain of my soul.
Nelson Mandela
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“ A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays
behind the flock, letting the most nimble
go out ahead, whereupon the others
follow, not realizing that all along they are
being directed from behind.
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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“ It is said that no one truly knows a nation
until one has been inside its jails. A
nation should not be judged by how it
treats its highest citizens, but its lowest
ones.
Nelson Mandela
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“ Where you stand depends on where you
sit.
Nelson Mandela
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“ A winner is a dreamer who never gives
up
Nelson Mandela
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“ Appearances matter — and remember to
smile.
Nelson Mandela
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“ One of the things I learned when I was
negotiating was that until I changed
myself, I could not change others.
Nelson Mandela
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“ After climbing a great hill, one only finds
that there are many more hills to climb.
Nelson Mandela
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“ Courage is not the absence of fear — it s
inspiring others to move beyond it.
Nelson Mandela
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“ During my lifetime I have dedicated
myself to this struggle of the African
people. I have fought against white
domination, and I have fought against
black domination. I have cherished the
ideal of a democratic and free society in
which all persons live together in
harmony and with equal opportunities. It
is an ideal which I hope to live for and to
achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for
which I am prepared to die.
Nelson Mandela

It always seems impossible until its
done.
Nelson Mandela
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Education, Change
Education is the most powerful weapon
which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
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Time , Realize, Forever
We must use time wisely and forever
realize that the time is always ripe to do
right.
Nelson Mandela
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Wisdom, Good, Heart
A good head and a good heart are always
a formidable combination.
Nelson Mandela
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Great, Climbing, Hill
After climbing a great hill, one only finds
that there are many more hills to climb.
Nelson Mandela
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Leadership , Appreciate , Lead
It is better to lead from behind and to put
others in front, especially when you
celebrate victory when nice things occur.
You take the front line when there is
danger. Then people will appreciate your
leadership.
Nelson Mandela
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Courage, Fear , Afraid
I learned that courage was not the
absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
The brave man is not he who does not
feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
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Freedom, Chains, Free
For to be free is not merely to cast off
one's chains, but to live in a way that
respects and enhances the freedom of
others.
Nelson Mandela
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Freedom, Death, Easy
There is no easy walk to freedom
anywhere, and many of us will have to
pass through the valley of the shadow of
death again and again before we reach
the mountaintop of our desires.
Nelson Mandela
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Poverty , Injustice , Rest
As long as poverty, injustice and gross
inequality persist in our world, none of us
can truly rest.
Nelson Mandela
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Wisdom, Heart, Language
If you talk to a man in a language he
understands, that goes to his head. If
you talk to him in his language, that
goes to his heart.
Nelson Mandela
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Peace , Work, Enemy
If you want to make peace with your
enemy, you have to work with your
enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
Nelson Mandela
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Money, Success, Freedom
Money won't create success, the freedom
to make it will.
Nelson Mandela
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Motivational , Life , Passion
There is no passion to be found playing
small - in settling for a life that is less
than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela
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Education, Challenges, Face
Without education, your children can
never really meet the challenges they will
face. So it's very important to give
children education and explain that they
should play a role for their country.
Nelson Mandela
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Peace , Work, Water
Let there be work, bread, water and salt
for all.
Nelson Mandela
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Deny, Rights , Challenge
To deny people their human rights is to
challenge their very humanity.
Nelson Mandela
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Peace , Society , Progress
People respond in accordance to how
you relate to them. If you approach them
on the basis of violence, that's how
they'll react. But if you say, 'We want
peace, we want stability,' we can then do
a lot of things that will contribute
towards the progress of our society.
Nelson Mandela
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Freedom, Rich, Powerful
Where globalization means, as it so often
does, that the rich and powerful now
have new means to further enrich and
empower themselves at the cost of the
poorer and weaker, we have a
responsibility to protest in the name of
universal freedom.
Nelson Mandela
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Peace , Government , Savage
There are many people who feel that it is
useless and futile to continue talking
about peace and non-violence against a
government whose only reply is savage
attacks on an unarmed and defenceless
people.
Nelson Mandela
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Dying, Blood, Leaders
In countries where innocent people are
dying, the leaders are following their
blood rather than their brains.
Nelson Mandela
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Poverty , Suffering, Gender
We pledge ourselves to liberate all our
people from the continuing bondage of
poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender
and other discrimination.
Nelson Mandela
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Peace , Africa , Dream
I dream of an Africa which is in peace
with itself.
Nelson Mandela
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Borders, Israel , Within
I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if
Arab states do not recognize Israel,
within secure borders.
Nelson Mandela
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Education, Culture, Ideas
The education I received was a British
education, in which British ideas, British
culture, British institutions, were
automatically assumed to be superior.
There was no such thing as African
culture.
Nelson Mandela
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Poor, Likely
If you are poor, you are not likely to live
long.
Nelson Mandela
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In the middle of difficulty lies
opportunity.
Albert Einstein , PhD (Genius, Physicist, 1879-1955)
I think education is power. I think that
being able to communicate with people
is power. One of my main goals on the
planet is to encourage people to
empower themselves.
- Oprah Winfrey (Business woman, 1954-)
Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll
never have the possibility of being great.
- Cher (Singer, actress, producer, 1946-)
Whether you think you can, or think you
can't, you're probably right.
- Henry Ford (Founder, Ford Motor Co. 1863-1947)
Nothing in this world can take the place
of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common
than unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is
almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of
educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are
omnipotent.
The slogan "press on" has solved and
always will solve the problems of the
human race.
- Calvin Coolidge (30th US president, 1872-1933)
The only thing that I have done that is
not mitigated by luck, diminished by
good fortune, is that I persisted, and
other people gave up.
- Harrison Ford (actor 1942-)
Many of life's failures are people who
did not realize how close they were to
success when they gave up.
- Thomas Edison (Inventor, 1847-1931)
Keep away from people who try to
belittle your dreams. Small people
always do that, but the really great ones
make you feel that you, too, can become
great.
- Mark Twain (Writer, lecturer, 1935-1910)
When people hurt you over and over,
think of them like sandpaper. They may
scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the
end, you end up polished and they end
up useless.
- Chris Colfer (Actor, singer, 1990-)
Integrity is not a conditional word. It
doesn't blow in the wind or change with
the weather. It is your inner image of
yourself, and if you look in there and see
a man who won't cheat, then you know
he never will.
- John D. MacDonald (Novelist, 1916-1986)
I am afraid we must make the world
honest before we can honestly say to our
children that honesty is the best policy.
- George Bernard Shaw (Playright, 1856-1950)
There are seven things that will destroy
us:
Wealth without work;
Pleasure without conscience;
Knowledge without character;
Religion without sacrifice;
Politics without principle;
Science without humanity;
Business without ethics.
- Gandhi (1869-1948)
As a leader, you have to not only do the
right thing, but be perceived to be doing
the right thing.
A consequence of seeking a leadership
position is being put under intense
public scrutiny, being held to high
standards, and enhancing a reputation
that is constantly under threat.
— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Andrew Ward (Firing Back)
In looking for people to hire, you look
for three qualities: integrity, intelligence,
and energy. And if they don't have the
first, the other two will kill you.
- Warren Buffett (Businessman, 1930-)
Surround yourself with only people who
are going to lift you higher.
- Oprah Winfrey (Business woman, 1954)
Power perceived is power achieved
- Principal Claude Rolle ( "The Substitute" 1996)
When I was 5 years old,
my mother always told
me that happiness was
the key to life.
When I went to school,
they asked me what I
wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote
down "happy."
They told me I didn’t understand the
assignment, and I told them they didn’t
understand life.
- John Lennon (Singer, songwriter, 1940-1980)
Live so that when your children think of
fairness, caring, and integrity, they think
of you.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr (American author, 1940-)
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting
opportunity.
- Oprah Winfrey (Business woman, 1954)
The simple act of paying attention can
take you a long way.
- Keanu Reeves (Actor, 1964-)
Winners lose more than losers. They win
and lose more than losers, because they
stay in the game.
- Terry Paulson (Psychologist)
I've missed more than
9,000 shots in my career.
I've lost almost 300
games. Twenty six times
I've been trusted to take
the game winning shot
and missed.
I've failed over and over and over again
in my life. And that is why I succeed.
- Michael Jordan (Athlete, 1963-)
It is better to play than do nothing.
- Confucius (Philosopher, 551 BC-479 BC)
It ain't over till it's over.
- Yogi Berra (New York Yankees, 1925-)
It's a sad day when you find out that it's
not accident or fortune but just yourself
that kept things from you.
- Lillian Hellman (Playwright, writer, 1905-1984)
A man is not finished when he is
defeated. He is finished when he quits.
- Richard Nixon (37th US President 1913-1994)
You learn you can do your best even
when it's hard, even when you're tired
and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels
good to show some courage.
- Joe Namath (Athlete, 1943-)
A slip of the foot you may soon recover,
but a slip of the tongue you may never
get over.
- Benjamin Franklin (Founding father, America's first
millionaire, 1706-1790)
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
- Benjamin Franklin (Founding father, America's first
millionaire, 1706-1790)
When your work speaks for itself, don’t
interrupt.
- Henry J. Kaiser (Industrialist, 1882-1967)
A man cannot be too careful in the
choice of his enemies.
- Oscar Wilde (Writer, 1854-1900)
A false friend and a shadow attend only
while the sun shines.
- Benjamin Franklin (Founding father, America's first
millionaire, 1706-1790)
People are always blaming their
circumstances for what they are. I don't
believe in circumstances.
The people who get on in this world are
the people who get up and look for
circumstances they want, and, if they
can't find them, make them.
- George Bernard Shaw (Playwright, critic, 1856-1950)
Change can come in either of two
important ways:
Start behaving positively or stop
behaving negatively.
- Dr. Phil (TV host, 1950-)
Most folks are about as happy as they
make up their minds to be.
- Abraham Lincoln (16th US president, 1809-1865)
You are responsible for your life. You
can't keep blaming somebody else for
your dysfunction. Life is really about
moving on.
- Oprah Winfrey (Business woman, 1954)
The secret of health for both mind and
body is not to mourn for the past, not to
worry about the future, or not to
anticipate troubles, but to live in the
present moment wisely and earnestly.
- Buddha (Founder of Buddhism, circa 563 BCE-483
BCE)
A prophet is without honor in his own
community.
- The Bible
Matt 13:57. “Then Jesus told them, ‘A prophet is
honored everywhere except in his own hometown and
among his own family.’ "
The other night I ate at a real nice family
restaurant. Every table had an argument
going.
- George Carlin (Comedian 1937-2008)
The first half of our lives is ruined by
our parents and the second half by our
children.
- Clarence Darrow (Attorney, 1857-1938)
The reason grandparents and
grandchildren get along so well is that
they have a common enemy.
- Sam Levenson (Writer, teacher 1911-1980)
The old believe everything, the middle-
aged suspect everything, the young know
everything.
- Oscar Wilde (Writer, 1854-1900)
We all grow up with the weight of
history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the
attics of our brains as they do in the
spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in
every cell of our bodies.
- Shirley Abbott (Writer, 1934-)
A window of opportunity won't open
itself.
- Dave Weinbaum (Online philosopher)
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff.
Most fails. Some works. You do more of
what works. If it works big, others
quickly copy it. Then you do something
else. The trick is the doing something
else.
- Leonardo da Vinci (Artist, 1452-1519)
The man who leaves money to charity in
his will is only giving away what no
longer belongs to him.
Voltaire (Writer, philosopher, 1694-1778)
You can't accomplish anything
worthwhile if you inhibit yourself. If life
teaches you nothing else, know this for
sure:
When you get the chance, go for it.
- Oprah Winfrey (Business woman, 1954)
Imagination rules the world.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor, 1769-1821)
The man who has no imagination has no
wings.
- Muhammad Ali (Boxer 1942-)
If you owe the bank $100 that's your
problem. If you owe the bank $100
million, that's the bank's problem.
- J. Paul Getty (Industrialist, 1892-1976
Don't be afraid your life will end. Be
afraid that it will never begin.
- Grace Hansen
Thirteen roadways lead
through life
To thirteen doors of death,
Homeward from foolish fears and strife
We float on failing breath.
- Tao (Chinese Philosophy, 6th century, B.C.)
A wedding is just like a funeral except
that you get to smell your own flowers.
- Grace Hansen
The most beautiful people I've known are
those who have known trials, have
known struggles, have known loss, and
have found their way out of the depths.
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Psychiatrist, 1926-2004)
Grief does not change you... It reveals
you.
- John Green (Author)
As a well spent day brings happy sleep,
so life well used brings happy death.
- Leonardo da Vinci (Artist, 1452-1519)
I would like to be remembered as a man
who had a wonderful time living life, a
man who had good friends, fine family
— and I don't think I could ask for
anything more than that, actually.
- Frank Sinatra (Singer, 1915-1998)
The children have been a wonderful gift
to me, and I'm thankful to have once
again seen our world through their eyes.
They restore my faith in the family's
future.
- Jacqueline Kennedy (First Lady, 1929-1994)
If you have built castles in the air, your
work need not be lost; that is where they
should be. Now put foundations under
them.
- Thoreau (Philosopher, 1817-1862)
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What
separates the talented individual from
the successful one is a lot of hard work.
- Stephen King (Novelist, screenwriter, film director,
1947-)
If you need something done ask as busy
man, no one else will have time to do it.
- Unknown
The biggest thing separating people from
their artistic ambitions is not a lack of
talent. It's the lack of a DEADLINE.
- Chris Baty (Writer)
His talent was as
natural as the pattern
that was made by the
dust on a butterfly's
wings. At one time he
understood it no more than the butterfly
did and he did not know when it was
brushed or marred.
Later he became conscious of his
damaged wings and of their construction
and he learned to think and could not fly
any more because the love of flight was
gone and he could only remember when
it had been effortless.
- Ernest Hemingway (Writer, 1899-1961)
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
- Leonardo da Vinci (Artist, 1452-1519)
That old law about "an eye for an eye"
leaves everybody blind. The time is
always right to do the right thing.
- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Activist, 1929-1968)
Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both
get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.
- Cale Yarborough (NASCAR driver, 1939)
Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don’t matter
and those who matter don’t mind.
- Dr. Seuss (P
Your intellect may be confused, but your
emotions will never lie to you.
- Roger Ebert (Film critic, historian, journalist)
If you think in terms of a year, plant a
seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees;
if in terms of 100 years, teach the
people.
- Confucius (Philosopher, 551 BC-479 BC)
The way I see it, if you want the
rainbow, you've got to put up with the
rain.
- Dolly Parton (Singer, actor, 1946-)
I dwell in possibility.
- Emily Dickenson (Poet, 1830-1886)
Big shots are only little shots who keep
shooting.
- Christopher Morley (Journalist, 1890-1957)
A stranger stabs you in the front; a
friend stabs you in the back; a boyfriend
stabs you in the heart, but best friends
only poke each other with straws.
- Unknown
If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
- Yogi Berra (New York Yankees, 1925-)
I hear and I forget. I see and I
remember. I do and I understand.
- Confucius (Philosopher, 551 BC-479 BC)
The safest way to double your money is
to fold it over once and put it in your
pocket.
- Kin Hubbard (Humorist, 1868-1930)
If you would not be forgotten as soon as
you are dead and rotten, either write
something worth reading or do things
worth the writing.
- Benjamin Franklin (Founding father, America's first
millionaire, 1706-1790)
Girl & The Rattlesnake
A young girl walking along a mountain path to her
grandmother's house heard a rustle at her feet. Looking
down, she saw a snake, but before she could react, the
snake spoke to her.
"I am about to die," he said. "It's too cold for me up
here, and I am freezing. There is no food in these
mountains, and I am starving. Please put me under your
coat and take me with you."
"No," the girl replied. "I know your kind. You are a
rattlesnake. And if I pick you up, you will bite me and
your bite is poisonous."
"No, no," the snake said. "If you help me, you will be my
best friend. I will treat YOU differently."
The young girl sat down on a rock for a moment to rest
and think things over. She looked at the beautiful
markings on the snake and she had to admit he was the
most beautiful snake she had ever seen.
Suddenly, she said, "I believe you. I will save you. All
living things deserve to be treated with kindness."
She then reached over, put the snake gently under her
coat and continued toward her grandmother's house.
Within a moment, she felt a sharp pain in her side. The
snake had bitten her!
"How could you do this to me?" she cried. "You
promised that you would not bite me, and I trusted you!"
"You knew what I was when you picked me up," he
hissed as he slithered away
- Ann Landers' column (with minor edits)
- Rattle Snake photo: G BALLARD
I can't change the direction of the wind,
but I can adjust my sails to always reach
my destination.
- Jimmy Dean (Singer, 1928-2010)
Meeting you was fate, becoming your
friend was a choice, but falling in love
with you was beyond my control.
- Unknown
Nobody is worth your tears, and the one
who is won't make you cry.
- Unknown
Change does not roll in on the wheels of
inevitability, but comes through
continuous struggle.
And so we must straighten our backs... A
man can't ride you unless your back is
bent.
- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Activist, 1929-1968)
“Fear knocked at the door, Faith
answered and nobody was there.”
- Unknown
There's a Genius in all of us.
Albert Einstein (Genius 1879-1955)
TRADITIONAL Native American Indian Quotations
The song that I will
sing is an old song, so
old that none knows
who made it. It has
been handed down
through generations
and was taught to me
when I was but a little
lad. It is now my own song. It belongs to
me. This is a holy song (medicine song),
and great is its power. The song tells
how, as I sing, I go through the air to a
holy place where Yusun (The Supreme
Being) will give me power to do
wonderful things. I am surrounded by
little clouds, and as I go through the air I
change, becoming spirit only.
- Geronimo, Apache warrior/leader (1829-1909)
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1. Life is about making an impact, not making an
income. –Kevin Kruse
2. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and
believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill
3. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of
value. –Albert Einstein
4. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the
one less traveled by, And that has made all the
difference. –Robert Frost
5. I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took
any excuse. –Florence Nightingale
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6. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –
Wayne Gretzky
7. I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve
lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to
take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed
over and over and over again in my life. And that is
why I succeed. –Michael Jordan
8. The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the
rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart
9. Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
–Babe Ruth
10. Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all
achievement. –W. Clement Stone
11. Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about
giving and being. –Kevin Kruse
12. Life is what happens to you while you’re busy
making other plans. –John Lennon
13. We become what we think about. –Earl
Nightingale
14.Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by
the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail
away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your
sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain
15.Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I
react to it. –Charles Swindoll
16. The most common way people give up their power
is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker
17. The mind is everything. What you think you
become. –Buddha
18. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.
The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb
19. An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates
20. Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody
Allen
21. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living
someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs
22. Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. –
Vince Lombardi
23. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a
product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey
24. Every child is an artist. The problem is how to
remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso
25. You can never cross the ocean until you have the
courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher
Columbus
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26. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but people will never
forget how you made them feel. –Maya Angelou
27. Either you run the day, or the day runs you. –Jim
Rohn
28. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t,
you’re right. –Henry Ford
29. The two most important days in your life are the
day you are born and the day you find out why. –
Mark Twain
30. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. –Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
31. The best revenge is massive success. –Frank
Sinatra
32. People often say that motivation doesn’t last.
Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we
recommend it daily. –Zig Ziglar
33. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s
courage. –Anais Nin

“How many cares one loses when one decides not
to be something but to be someone.”
-Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because
those who mind don’t matter and those who
matter don’t mind.”
-Dr. Seuss
“Imitation is suicide.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Do your own thing on your own terms and get
what you came here for.”
-Oliver James
“Flatter yourself critically.”
-Willis Goth Regier
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for
you’ll be criticized anyway.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the
majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with
their dirty feet.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
“Better to write for yourself and have no public,
than to write for the public and have no self.”
-Cyril Connolly
“We must not allow other people’s limited
perceptions to define us.”
-Virginia Satir
“Don’t look for society to give you permission to
be yourself.”
-Steve Maraboli
“If things go wrong, don’t go with them.”
-Roger Babson
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who
you are.”
-Kurt Cobain
“Tension is who you think you should be.
Relaxation is who you are.”
-Chinese Proverb
“Where’s your will to be weird?”
-Jim Morrison
“Some people say you are going the wrong way,
when it’s simply a way of your own.”
-Angelina Jolie
“Remember to always be yourself. Unless you
suck.”
-Joss Whedon
“Do what you can, with what you have, where
you are.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
-Oscar Wilde
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray
of my heart. I am. I am. I am.”
-Sylvia Plath
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight
in the bud was more painful than the risk it took
to blossom.”
-Anaïs Nin
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
-Socrates
“If you seek authenticity for authenticity’s sake
you are no longer authentic.”
-Jean Paul Sartre
“If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.”
-David Carradine
“When one is pretending the entire body revolts.”
-Anaïs Nin
“Be there for others, but never leave yourself
behind.”
-Dodinsky
“Do what you must,
And your friends will adjust.”
-Robert Brault
“Just let awareness have its way with you
completely.”
-Scott Morrison
“We must be our own before we can be
another’s.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
“This above all: to thine own self be true.”
-William Shakespeare

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