INFLUENCING CHARACTER The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born. From William Ralph Inge, Anglican prelate and writer
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EFFECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT ABC consumer reporter John Stossel encourages America to lighten up. Our preoccupation with unbalanced risk management issues consumes too much of our time and energy. Stossel claims that he is taking a…
MODERN APPRECIATION Jack Simms of Baby Boomers Consulting in California predicted a few years ago that the "quest for spiritual meaning" would be among boomers' greatest concerns in the nineties. "They want to get in…
WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS by George Washington In his Farewell Address of 1796, President George Washington said, "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this…
PICK THEM & LET THEM ACCOMPLISH The most successful leaders appoint good people to real tasks and leave them alone to do their jobs.
FATIGUE PROTECTION There are two ways that metallic structures will break. Engineers call them static failure and fatigue failure. Static failure happens when you put more weight on the structure than it can hold, and…
NO GIFT FROM GOD A man faces up to 43 years in prison and a $1.25 million fine after a Federal jury refused to believe his argument that an erroneous government refund check was a…
TWO KINDS OF FOOLS There are two kinds of fools: One says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better." From William Ralph Inge, Anglican prelate…
COMMON PEOPLE WITH COMMON VISION Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain…
RELIGION VERSUS REALITY Ask the average churchman what difference a belief in immortality makes in his everyday life. He doesn't know! It never occurred to him that there was any relationship. Ask him what rearing…
CATCHING RELIGION Religion is caught, not taught. From William Ralph Inge, Anglican prelate and writer
FEAR OR FAITH From Harry Emerson Fosdick: "Fear imprisons, faith liberates; fear paralyzes, faith empowers; fear disheartens, faith encourages; fear sickens, faith heals; fear makes useless, faith makes serviceable; and most of all, fear puts…
VINCE FOSTER'S DEATH Consider it pure joy... whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work, so that you may be…
NICE GUYS ARE WINNERS Don't believe that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
HELP THE OTHER WINNER If you cannot win, help the one ahead of you break the record. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
FAULT-FINDER'S REWARD The way some people find fault, you'd think there was a reward. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
SOLVING OUR PROBLEMS The best way to forget your own problem is to help others solve theirs. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
CRITICAL REDUCTIONS People who try to whittle you down are only trying to reduce you to their size. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
CONVINCE THEM THEY ARE WRONG Sometimes the best way to convince people that they are wrong is to let them have their own way. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
PATH WITH NO RESISTANCE A path without obstacles probably leads nowhere. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
