Category: Leadership

Action > Inspiration

Posted October 9, 2019 - Action

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

— Frank Tibolt —

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. ~Frank Tibolt

Live

Posted October 4, 2019 - Action, Death

There are people who do not live their present life; it is as if they were preparing themselves, with all their zeal, to live some other life, but not this one. And while they do this, time goes by and is lost.

— Antiphon (5th Century BC) —

There are people who do not live their present life; it is as if they were preparing themselves, with all their zeal, to live some other life, but not this one. And while they do this, time goes by and is lost…

Humility’s Reward

Posted October 2, 2019 - Leadership

He who sacrifices a whole offering shall be rewarded for a whole offering; he who offers a burnt-offering shall have the reward of a burnt-offering; but he who offers humility to God and man shall be rewarded with a reward as if he had offered all the sacrifices in the world.

— The Talmud —

“He who sacrifices a whole offering shall be rewarded for a whole offering; he who offers a burnt-offering shall have the reward of a burnt-offering; but he who offers humility to God and man shall be rewarded with a reward as if he had offered all the sacrifices in the world.” ~The Talmud

Bad or Good Men?

Posted September 26, 2019 - Excuses

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them.

— Unknown —

Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them.

Rest?

Posted September 24, 2019 - Action

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

— Jules Renard —

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

No Excuses

Posted September 23, 2019 - Excuses, Honesty, Humility, Maturity

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

— Florence Nightingale —

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse…

Difficult Excuses

Posted September 22, 2019 - Excuses, Perseverance, Prayer

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

— Marcus Fabius Quintilian —

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty…

Excuses and Purpose

Posted September 21, 2019 - Excuses

Excuses are the tools with which persons with no purpose in view, build for themselves great monuments of nothing.

— Steven Grayhm —

Excuses are the tools with which persons with no purpose in view, build for themselves great monuments of nothing.

How are You Living?

Posted September 20, 2019 - Balance, Beliefs, Death, Discipline

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

— Jesus —

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? ~Jesus

The Good Side of Defeat

Posted September 18, 2019 - Ego, Humility

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

— Michel de Montaigne —

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.