Category: Life Issues

Putting What You Have to Good Use

No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don't have and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.

— Seneca —

No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have…

Sun’s Rays and Focus

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

— Alexander Graham Bell —

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus…

Less is More

My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.

— Bill Gates —

My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.

Give up the Good for the Great

If you want to get ahead in this life, you must develop the ability to overcome the urge to settle for short-term "goods" and remain focused on the longer-term "greats."

— JMeyer —

If you want to get ahead in this life, you must develop the ability to overcome the urge to settle for the short term “good(s)” and remain focused on the longer term “great(s).”

Unessential

Life is not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

— Bruce Lee —

Life is not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

Burning Desire Focus

Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.

— William Peterson —

Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve…

No Noise

Sure, compare. But compare things that matter to the journey you're on. The rest is noise.

— Seth Godin —

Sure compare. But compare things that matter to the journey you’re on. The rest is noise…

Prayerful Movement

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

— Walter Anderson —

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

Important Question

Life's most urgent and persistent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

— Martin Luther King Jr. —

Life’s most urgent and persistent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’