Words of wisdom

[Iceman]

"When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won''t come up with a handful of mud either."
- Leo Burnett

 

[Iceman]

“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.”
- Plato

 

[Iceman]

“Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, life for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.”
- Dale Carnegie

It’s easy every day to just go through the motions. You get up, you go to work, you come home, and you go to bed. Nothing is too exciting, but nothing is that difficult either. You do what is expected, nothing more and nothing less. But, something is missing if you live your life this way! Your own goals, dreams, and aspirations! Where is your passion? The instant you devote yourself to a cause, your life becomes more meaningful and fulfilling. You will wake each morning excited at the adventure of the day, and go to bed with the sweet anticipation of what is to come in the future.

 

[Iceman]

See It Through
Edgar A. Guest

When you're up against a trouble,
Meet it squarely, face to face;
Lift your chin and set your shoulders,
Plant your feet and take a brace.
When it's vain to try to dodge it,
Do the best that you can do;
You may fail, but you may conquer,
See it through!

Black may be the clouds about you
And your future may seem grim,
But don't let your nerve desert you;
Keep yourself in fighting trim.
If the worst is bound to happen,
Spite of all that you can do,
Running from it will not save you,
See it through!

Even hope may seem but futile,
When with troubles you're beset,
But remember you are facing
Just what other men have met.
You may fail, but fall still fighting;
Don't give up, whate'er you do;
Eyes front, head high to the finish.
See it through!
See it through!

 

[Iceman]

[Spring is] when life's alive in everything.
Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

 

[Iceman]

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902)

 

[Iceman]

I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.
Anwar el-Sadat (1918 - 1981)

 

[Iceman]

A Lakota proverb says:

It is observed that in any great endeavor, it is not enough for a person to depend solely on himself.

 

[Iceman]

LAKOTA PROVERBS
Knowledge is rooted in all thing--the world is a library.

 

[Iceman]

True peace between nations will only happen when there is true peace within people's souls.

 

[Iceman]

No matter how hidden a force is, it will attract some kind of resistance.

 

[Iceman]

If you continue to contaminate your own home, you will eventually suffocate in your own waste.

 

[Iceman]

I don't have a bank account, because I don't know my mother's maiden name.
Paula Poundstone

 

[Iceman]

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.
Johnny Carson (1925 - )

 

[alexah]

Nice Iceman

here's a few more:

"In great attempts it is glorious even to fail" - Vince Lombardi

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried tosucceed. In this life we get nothing save by effort." -Theodore Roosevelt

"If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians." - Warren Buffett

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared." - Eddie Rickenbacher

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." - Beverly Sills

"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway." - Jerome Cummings

"Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on earth to do. With such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling." - Vincent Van Gogh

"To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." - Elbert Hubbard

"Remember, you can't steal second if you don't take your foot off first." - Mike Todd

"Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." - H.L. Hunt

"I haven't failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Benjamin Franklin

"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." - Michael Jordan

"The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office." - unknown but funny!

 

[Iceman]

I thought I heard them all , those are great!

 

[Iceman]

The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.


Al Batt, in National Enquirer

 

[Iceman]

To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

Robert Orben



Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Robert W. Sarnoff