seeing how posterous posting works, figured a few quotes would be a good start.
"Genius - means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way." -William James (1842-1910) Creativity "99% of the time, in my experience, the hard part about creativity isn't coming...
View Articlework and art.
What we do is a measure of who we are. If we imagine our work as labor, we become laborers. If we imagine our work as art, we become artists. Jeffrey Patnaude Permalink | Leave a comment »
View Articlenever good enough.....
Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. Henry Van Dyke i have frequently been timid in going forward on something for fear of not...
View ArticlePersistence and determination alone are omnipotent..."
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is a proverb....
View Articlenot usually thought of as a poet or philosopher, but a 60 minute tv host...
Andy Rooney Wisdom: I've Learned I've learned.... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person. I've learned.... That when you're in love, it shows. I've learned.... That...
View Articlestifled by dry rot. ........ i will use my time.
"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in...
View Articlework as play. play as work.
I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier...
View Articleseeing things others can't see.....
"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral." Antoine De Saint-Exupery I don't really consider myself a "visionary"...
View ArticleLo and Em, you make me proud.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. Arthur Ashe Lauren is working the summer at Victory Juncton Camp in NC. she and Emma are both on a wonderful path of...
View Articleis this just bravery?
Outside ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I'll meet you there. Rumi Permalink | Leave a comment »
View Articlegreater than you ever dreamed yourself to be.
When you are inspired by some great purpose some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every...
View Articleoh, the number of people I owe for rekindling my inner spirit....
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner...
View Article"Beware of geeks bearing formulas"
Wise words from Warren Buffett. in his letter to shareholders this year. he said : "Beware of geeks bearing formulas" When referencing some of the financial mess we are in. Math cannot predict...
View Articleone to keep in mind. actually, i guess, more than one......
"To laugh much; to win respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to...
View Articlewhat makes you proud....
"What is it that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which any other experience can bring to him? Discovery! To know that you are walking where...
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I am an old man and have known of a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened - M.Twain Permalink | Leave a comment »
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If I wait to be perfect before I love myself I will always be unsatisfied and ungrateful if I wait until all the flaws, chips, and cracks disappear I will be the cup that stands on the shelf and is...
View Articleanother quote.
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. --Abraham Lincoln Permalink | Leave a comment »
View Articlenever say whoa in a bad spot.
never say whoa in a bad spot. merrill brookes. merrill was a real horse whisperer, before you had heard the phrase, and this bit of advice was at a really rough spot in life, when all options look...
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"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap."-George Bernard ShawAs the...
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