HLT Daily Quotes for 2006 5-24 Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. -- Joshua L. Liebman 5-23 I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that. -- Linda Ellerbee (1944- ) American Journalist 5-22 A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view. -- Wilma Askinas (1926- ) American Author 5-20 You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. -- Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher 5-19 Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good. -- Calvin Coolidge 5-18 The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. -- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher 5-17 What is now proved was once only imagined. -- William Blake (1757-1827) English Poet 5-16
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half sorrow. -- Swedish proverb 5-15 The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything. -- Lee Iococca 5-11 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 5-10 If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. -- David Viscott 5-9 When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. -- Lao Tzu 5-8 The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received. -- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher 5-5 In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. -- Albert Camus (1913-1960) French Writer 5-4 Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself. -- Harvey Fierstein 5-3 At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable.
-- Christopher Reeve (1952-2004) American Actor 5-2 The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilites waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good. -- Brian Tracy 5-1 Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside. -- Brian Tracy 4-27 From Lombardi - "Sometimes it's good to have an obstacle to overcome, whether in football or anything. When things go bad, we usually rise to the occasion." 4-26 Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. -- Abraham Joshua Heschel 1907-1972 4-25 From Lombardi: "To be successful, you've got to be honest with yourself." 4-24 It is better to wear out one's shoes than one's sheets. -- Genoese Proverb 4-20 If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. -- Julia Sorel 1926 4-19 Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. -- Horace (65-8 BC) Roman Poet
4-18 Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do. But I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there. -- Venus Williams US tennis champion 4-17 Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time. -- Aristotle 4-7 Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him. -- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher 4-6 There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail." -- Jim Collins, from his book, Good to Great 4-5 Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement. -- Grover Cleveland 4-4 Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation. -- William H. Sheldon 4-3
Lombardi quote: "The harder a man works, the harder it is to surrender." 3-30 Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. -- Robert Brault 3-29 From Lombardi - "I believe a man should be on time - not a minute late, not 10 seconds late - but on time for things. I believe that a man who's late for meetings or for the bus won't run his pass routes right. He'll be sloppy." 3-28 There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lie happiness. -- Gelett Burgess 3-27 Vince Lombardi quoting Douglas MacArthur: Simplicity is the sign of true greatness, and meekness is the sign of true strength. 3-24 'Some people dream of worthy accomplishments. Others stay awake and do them'. Unknown 3-23 Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses. -- Allophones Karr 3-22 When you take a risk and step out of the norm, you run the risk and sometimes you fail. But you only fail if you give up. -- J Peterman
3-21 Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman. -- Peter Mayle (1939-) British Author and Writer 3-20 You cannot add to the peace and good will of the world if you fail to create an atmosphere of harmony and love right where you live and work. -- Thomas Dreier 3-17 " Without passion there can be no champion. It is the indelible spirit of the men and the leaders who ultimately win the battle, not the use of weapons forged by man. This spirit, which compels a champion, is nonrespective of status or reward; rather it is an insatiable desire to bestow the ultimate sacrifice. When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to commit the greatest selfless act or sacrifice, it is apparent; the final success of the team is the passion of the true champion. What greater gift than to give the last ounce of life's effort for a friend, for a team? To go beyond the expectations of others in pursuit of true reward... an opportunity to be recognized with a sense of greatness only passionate sacrifice can bring." From Coach Hoagland 3-15 To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline - training - is about. -- James Clavell, in his novel "Shogun" 3-14 This quote comes from Coach Hoagland. "The highest honor is for the battle-tested warrior who has dared greatly in the face of adversity. Through he may experience sacrifice and foreboding circumstances, exhausted victoriously in battle; he will never be with those poor cold timid souls who have neither known victory nor defeat." 3-13 Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the
end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow". -- Anonymous 3-10 The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit defeat even in the midst of a collapsing world. -- Friedrich Nietzsche 3-9 Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson hooking up again with promoter Don King: "Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton." 3-7 I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius (Chinese Philosopher) 551-479 B.C. 3-2 We all get report cards in many different ways, but the real excitement of what you're doing is in the doing of it. It's not what you're gonna get in the end - it's not the final curtain - it's really in the doing it, and loving what I'm doing. -- Designer Ralph Lauren 2-28 Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. -- Samuel Ullman 2-27 You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will come to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working. -- Emmet Fox
2-23 Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost part of your life. -- Michael Leboeuf 2-22 Lombardi ALWAYS says it best: If a man who is considered a leader is to stay a leader, he must be prepared to adhere to his principles if he is certain, in his own conscience, that he is doing right. 2-21 There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. -- James Truslow Adams 2-20 It's time to start living the life you've imagined. -- Henry James 2-17 Dreams begin responsibilities - Yeats 2-16 Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. -- James Buckham 2-15 Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made
except by a steady, long continued process. -- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop 2-14 Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for? -- Robert Browning 2-13 Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world. -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish Writer 2-12 Are there not... Two points in the adventure of the diver: One -- when a beggar, he prepares to plunge? Two -- when a prince, he rises with his pearl? I plunge! -- Robert Browning Feb. 10 Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. -- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer Feb. 9 Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. -- Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English Writer Feb. 8 "I can't do it" never yet accomplished anything: "I will try" has accomplished wonders. -- George P. Burnham Feb. 7 Hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out our courage and strength. -- Anonymous Feb. 6 Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. -- Aristotle Feb. 5... A human activity having for its purpose the transmission of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen. (on the purpose of art). -- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian Novelist Feb. 4 What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Feb. 3 If a man be gracious to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world, and his heart is no island, cut off from other islands, but a continent that joins them. Francis Bacon Feb. 2 What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Feb. 1 If a man be gracious to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world, and his heart is no island, cut off from other islands, but a continent that joins them. -- Francis Bacon Jan. 31 Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, as perhaps it may be thought, the true poetry of life. -- Sir William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian Physician