Thought For The Day

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS

It's your life. You decide what you're going to do with it.
If you don't run your own life, someone else will.
You're in control of your life to the degree that you make decisions.

To control the outcome of anything,
you control the action at the point of decision making.
If you let others make decisions for you, you give up control.
When you control the decisions, you control the actions.

Take charge of your life,
so there is no longer a need to ask permission of others.
When you ask permission,
you're giving someone "veto" power over your life.

Only you are responsible for your life.
Take control and start making those decisions.

Max Steingart

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Thought For The Day

I maintain two groups of friends. One group 10 years older, so I know what's coming over the hill, and can learn from them; One group 20 years younger so I know what's current and can learn from them........

Winfield L. Cooper "The Elder"

father of "Coop"

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Thought For The Day

 "The illusion that times that were are
better than those that are, has probably pervaded all
ages".

Horace Greely writing about The American Conflict in 1864

Note: Sourced By Jim Jacob 

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SEE THINGS BIG BUT KEEP THINGS SIMPLE

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
The key to anything is simplicity.

You can increase your understanding of any subject
by progressing from the simple to the complex.
Divide any complex issue into simple parts,
and master each part, and no project will be too difficult.

By understanding the simple,
you can understand the complex.

Solutions are all simple after you have arrived at them.
But, they are simple only when you know what they are.

Nothing is more simple than greatness,
for to be simple is to be great...

Max Steingart

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"You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you."
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach ~
Simple Abundance

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Thought(s) For The Day - Thanksgiving 2007

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour,blessings

Henry Ward Beecher

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

W. T. Purkiser

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Thought For The Day

 

"Prior Proper Planning, Prevents Poor Performance."

Sourced by Winfield L. Cooper

father of "Coop"

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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
- Norman MacFinan

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Thought Fir The Day

Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference.
- Nolan Bushnell

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"The most self-destructive thought that any person can have is thinking that he or she is not in total control of his or her life. That's when, 'Why me?' becomes a theme song."
 Roger Dawson

so................

"Don't make excuses -- make good."
 Elbert Hubbard

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Thought For The Day

"Service is Worth more to most before it is performed, than after it is performed, so the importance of reaching agreement as to how service provided will be compensated in advance, is of paramount importance."

Herb Cohen

Note: Sourced from Jim Jacob

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Thought For The Day

STARTING IS THE KEY IF YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.


The courage to begin always separates dreamers from achievers.
Your willingness to act, to overcome inertia, is your first step
on the path to success.

You're surrounded by opportunities to be successful.
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desires and
begin at once, whether you're ready or not, to put your
plan into action.

Don't wait.
The time will never be just right.
Start where you are, and work with the tools you have at
your command and better tools will be found as you go along.

The first step is the hardest.
But you must take it.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Max Steingart

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When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound. Rebuild those plans and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
- Napoleon Hill

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The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it -- every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.
- John D. Rockefeller III

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Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us.
- James Harvey Robinson

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Thoughts For Veterans Day 2007

 

 

In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned.  When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.  ~Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935

Lord, bid war's trumpet cease;
Fold the whole earth in peace.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

 

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- William Morrow

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"You have to eat to live, but when you live to eat you become a distorted human being."
Donald Phillips

"Our aspirations are our possibilities."
-Robert Browning

"Prior Proper Planning, Prevents Poor Performance."
Sourced by Winfield L. Cooper

"Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Patience is passion tamed."
-Lyman Abbott

From Shakespeare's Julius Caesar:

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

This is the correct verbiage and is one of the pillars of NJC's embracing of "I Do NOT Suffer Fools Gladly" attitude...

Note: Sourced by the master NJC "tree"

The peace you seek is always there. It sits quietly and calmly beneath everything else that has been piled on top of it.
Let go of the anger, let go of the fear, let go of the anxieties, the arrogance and resentments. What you are left with is the peace that has been there all along.
Peace asks nothing other than your willingness to allow it, to accept it, and to experience it. When you release all else from your awareness, peace is what you will find still remaining.
Peace does nothing and yet it enables so very much. Peace allows you to solidly connect with what is truly meaningful and valuable in your life.
When your efforts come from a perspective of peace, they become much more effective. Peace gives great clarity to your thinking and immense depth to your understanding.
Peace is there, waiting to be uncovered. Let go of all the negativity that serves no purpose, and let the quiet, calm power of peace fill your day.
-- Ralph Marston

"The Opposite of Courage in our Society is not Cowardice... It is Conformity"
Rollo May