Spencer W. Kimball

Develop discipline of self so that you do not have to decide and re-decide what you will do when you are confronted with the same temptation time and time again. You need only decide some things once.

Peace

P e a c e

It does not mean to be in a place

where there is no noise, trouble

or hard work. It means to be in

The midst of those things and still

Be calm in your heart.

Heinlein

“In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.”
– Robert Heinlein, American Novelist

Ego

Never let your ego get tied to your position, because when your position goes, so does your ego. -Colin Powell

Worry

“Worry is a misuse of imagination.” — Dan Zadra

Intellectuals and Artists

“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.” — Charles Bukowski

The Present

“Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.” – Unknown

Nelson Mandela

“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.” – Nelson Mandela

Remember Him? He Was A Class Act

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
– Arthur Ashe, Tennis Player

Can You Grok It?

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” -Robert A. Heinlen