A Baker’s Dozen: 13 Quotes That Can Change Your Life
I have been a collector of wise quotes and other sayings since my early 20s. My journals contain hundreds of quotations. For this post, I have selected a Baker’s Dozen…
Seminar In A Sentence*
Seminar In A Sentence: If You Want to Test a Man's Character, Give Him Power. I have a book titled "1001 Quotations to Enlighten, Entertain & Inspire" in my library. …
What We Focus On In Life, Expands!
What we focus on in life, expands, and will continue to expand. So, the lesson here is to focus or concentrate on only the positive things in life. I borrowed…
Be Here! Be Now!
Be Here! Be Now! I remember seeing this phrase first used in Dan Millman's "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior," which I read twice in 1980 when the book was…
“The Slovenliness of Our Language …”
Length: 420 Words Reading Time: 1 Minute + 40 Seconds "The slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts," so wrote George Orwell in his…
“We Want the Will of the People…”
Length: 411 Words Reading Time: 1 Minute + 40 Seconds "We want the will of the people, not the votes of the people." This quote is from G.K. Chesterton,…
“Government, Today, Has Grown Too Strong To Be Safe.”
Length: 308 Words Reading Time: 1 Minute + 15 Seconds H.L. Mencken wrote the quote in this blog title in a 1923 essay for The American Mercury magazine. I…
“If You Want To Be Wrong, Then Follow The Masses.”
Length: 527 Words Reading Time: 2 Minutes "If you want to be wrong, then follow the masses." This quote is from Socrates. Socrates was the wisest of men because he…
Ideas Are More Powerful Than Guns!
Length: 301 Words Reading Time: 1 Minute + 15 Seconds The full quote attributed to Joseph Stalin is "Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not allow our…
What Do You Wish To Be Remembered For?
Length: 244 Words Reading Time: 1 Minute The title for this post is a quote from Saint Augustine. I was unaware of this quote when I wrote my little…