"LIFE IS A GAMBLE," a Mother Cabbage told her offspring, Brussels Sprout. "You have to weather storms and drought. You have to fend off animals, bugs, mold, and rot. But if you hang in there, you'll grow."
"I'll try," said the little Sprout. "But how long does this take. When should I stop growing?"
"As with any other gamble," said Mother Cabbage. "Quit when you're a head."
LEADERSHIP, p. 24
Sunday, February 28, 2010
A First-rate mind
"The true test of a first-rate mind is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
American novelist
A fork in the road
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
YOGI BERRA
Hall of Fame Baseball player in his 1996 address to the graduates of Montclair State University upon receiving and Honorary Doctorate of Humanities
Happiness
"The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything."
From LEADERSHIP, Vol. G, No. 1, p. 1
From LEADERSHIP, Vol. G, No. 1, p. 1
Satisfying our own minds in what we do...
"It is an endless and frivolous pursuit to act by any other rule than the care of satisfying our own minds in what we do."
RICHARD STEELE (1672-1729)
English Playwright, essayist, and editor
From "Leadership ... with a human touch, Vol. G/No.6, p.24
Saturday, February 27, 2010
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