INSPIRATIONS for Tuesday, September 8, 2009
THANK YOU to our friend Gloria Farris for sharing this with us:
Wise Words By Colin Powell
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.
Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.
An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.
As you grow, your associates will change.
Some of your friends will not want you to go on.
They will want you to stay where they are.
Friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl.
Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream.
Those that don't increase you will eventually decrease you.
Consider this:
Never receive counsel from unproductive people.
Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how.
Not everyone has a right to speak into your life.
You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person.
Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere.
With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it.
Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life.
Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.
If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.
A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate - for the good and the bad.
Note: Be not mistaken.
This is applicable to family as well as friends.
Yes...do love, appreciate and be thankful for your family, for they will always be your family no matter what.
Just know that they are human first and though they are family to you, they may be a friend to someone else and will fit somewhere in the criteria above.
In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us, In Adversity We Know Our Friends.
Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them.
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
Colin Powell
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Monday, September 07, 2009
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Inspirations for Monday, Sep. 7, 2009
INSPIRATIONS for Monday, September 7, 2009
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We wish you a happy and safe Labor Day.
Henry & Dianne Ford
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Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
Emily Dickinson
(1830-1886) Poet
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He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.
Epictetus (55-135 AD)
Greek Philosopher
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Patience is also a form of action.
Francois Auguste Rene Rodin
1840-1917, Artist
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We wish you a happy and safe Labor Day.
Henry & Dianne Ford
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Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
Emily Dickinson
(1830-1886) Poet
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He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.
Epictetus (55-135 AD)
Greek Philosopher
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Patience is also a form of action.
Francois Auguste Rene Rodin
1840-1917, Artist
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Don't Encourage My Kid (or Yours)!
DON’T ENCOURAGE MY KID (OR YOURS)!
Article by Henry Ford
That is the message I hear from those who don’t want their school systems to air President Obama’s message to students encouraging them to stay in school. The reasoning I’ve heard most often is that the speech might be political. I am certain many of the messages young people hear in school contain political content. It is unavoidable that opinions are expressed during the process of what we know as Education. Strangely, I don’t recall this much uproar when Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush addressed students.
I also notice that most of the furor is coming from those areas where the school systems already have comparatively high graduation rates. Dissenters are well aware that their dissent can impact others and their children. And those happy with the status quo certainly don’t want those “other folks” to be encouraged! If you are one who might be one of the “other folks” I urge you to keep reading.
For those interested in a second opinion, I invite you to read my recent article at http://visionsnewsletter.blogspot.com/2009/08/youth-young-adult-corner-staying-in.html. I am not the president, so that article in the words of Gil Scott Heron “will not be televised.” Of course with your help the article can still be publicized. Please pass along this article to anyone who has a young person who might benefit from some additional encouragement.
This article definitely is about as non-political as I can make it, and the proof is that I am not running for any office. Also, the article reflects not only my desire to encourage, but also reflects the actions of one of the few, one of the proud, one of our U.S. Marines. Yes one of those who put their lives on the line, so we have the right to deny our young people the encouragement by their duly elected president!
Feedback is welcome at successisyou@yahoo.com.
http://www.successisyou.org
Article by Henry Ford
That is the message I hear from those who don’t want their school systems to air President Obama’s message to students encouraging them to stay in school. The reasoning I’ve heard most often is that the speech might be political. I am certain many of the messages young people hear in school contain political content. It is unavoidable that opinions are expressed during the process of what we know as Education. Strangely, I don’t recall this much uproar when Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush addressed students.
I also notice that most of the furor is coming from those areas where the school systems already have comparatively high graduation rates. Dissenters are well aware that their dissent can impact others and their children. And those happy with the status quo certainly don’t want those “other folks” to be encouraged! If you are one who might be one of the “other folks” I urge you to keep reading.
For those interested in a second opinion, I invite you to read my recent article at http://visionsnewsletter.blogspot.com/2009/08/youth-young-adult-corner-staying-in.html. I am not the president, so that article in the words of Gil Scott Heron “will not be televised.” Of course with your help the article can still be publicized. Please pass along this article to anyone who has a young person who might benefit from some additional encouragement.
This article definitely is about as non-political as I can make it, and the proof is that I am not running for any office. Also, the article reflects not only my desire to encourage, but also reflects the actions of one of the few, one of the proud, one of our U.S. Marines. Yes one of those who put their lives on the line, so we have the right to deny our young people the encouragement by their duly elected president!
Feedback is welcome at successisyou@yahoo.com.
http://www.successisyou.org
Friday, September 04, 2009
President Obama's Mideast Trip Photos
If you are interested in seeing photos from President Obama's June Mideast Trip, click
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/sets/72157619421980633/show/
A BIG THANK YOU to our friend Alene Hill for sharing this slideshow!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/sets/72157619421980633/show/
A BIG THANK YOU to our friend Alene Hill for sharing this slideshow!
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Inspirations for Friday, September 4th
Friday, September 4, 2009
INSPIRATIONS
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Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
Jennie Jerome Churchill
1854-1921, Mother of Winston Churchill
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You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing.
Michael Pritchard
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Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it.
James Baldwin
(1924-1987) Writer
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· Notable Events on This Day in History
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INSPIRATIONS
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Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
Jennie Jerome Churchill
1854-1921, Mother of Winston Churchill
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You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing.
Michael Pritchard
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Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it.
James Baldwin
(1924-1987) Writer
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Need More Inspiration? Visit www.inspirations.successisyou.org and enjoy:
· Daily Changing Content
· Guest Writers
· Notable Events on This Day in History
· Notable Birthdays
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Inspirations for Thursday, September 3rd
Thursday, September 3, 2009
INSPIRATIONS
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The secret of patience: Do something else in the meantime.
Author unknown
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To be alive, to be able to see, to walk,...it's all a miracle.
Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
Polish Pianist
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Every second we choose to nourish ourselves in a way that supports or depletes our lives, and to think and speak about other people in a way that is honoring or dishonoring. What choice are you going to make today.
Gregg Braden
Author of The Divine Matrix
INSPIRATIONS
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The secret of patience: Do something else in the meantime.
Author unknown
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To be alive, to be able to see, to walk,...it's all a miracle.
Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
Polish Pianist
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Every second we choose to nourish ourselves in a way that supports or depletes our lives, and to think and speak about other people in a way that is honoring or dishonoring. What choice are you going to make today.
Gregg Braden
Author of The Divine Matrix
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Inspirations for Wednesday, Sep. 2nd
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
INSPIRATIONS
For today’s Inspirations, please see the recently completed Sep-Oct issue of VISIONS On-line at http://visionsnewsletter.blogspot.com/2009/09/visions-sep-oct-2009.html.
INSPIRATIONS
For today’s Inspirations, please see the recently completed Sep-Oct issue of VISIONS On-line at http://visionsnewsletter.blogspot.com/2009/09/visions-sep-oct-2009.html.
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