Six Timeless Mistakes
1. Individual advancement is made by crushing others 2. Worrying about things that cannot be changed 3. Insisting things are impossible because we cannot do them 4. Refusal to set aside trivial preferences 5. Neglecting development of the mind 6. Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Orator, died 43 B.C. |
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"All goods things must come to an end so that they can begin again"
"It is vain to do with more what can be done with less." William Occam (1300's) |
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Balance your P's with the F's
P's: Productivity, Profits, Pay & Performance F's: Fun, Festivity, Family & Friends Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle." --Helen Keller Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ---Delirious |
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Good judgment comes from experience.
Unfortunately, experience usually comes from bad judgment. ----Anon Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ---Anon If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change ---Anon The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when it's open ---Anon Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance ------Confucius The person with a new idea is a crank, until the idea succeeds. ------Mark Twain |