Wisdom of Others
I believe in the power of thinking positive and find the internet seems to be overly negative. This page is to underscore how great our lives could be when we strive to be our personal best, not only for ourselves but for our community.
“Two monologues don’t make a dialogue.”
Jeff Daly
Chief Designer of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
No one owns all the best ideas. Every person in history has had good advisors. Often you need the ...
“If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.”
Rita Mae Brown
1944 - Present
Author
It’s true. More days are dominated by emotions than logic. How easy it is to allow anger, frustration ...
“I feel that if a person has problems communicating, the very least he can do is to shut up.”
Tom Lehrer
1928 - Present
Singer, Songwriter, Satirist, Pianist and Mathematician
Are you adding value when you speak? Or are you just filling air with sound? None of us live in ...
“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
Abe Lincoln
1809 - 1865
16th President of the United States
Some of the most successful men and women have failed. Many, many, many times. Abe Lincoln, Thomas ...
“Life isn’t a matter of milestones but of moments.”
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
1890 - 1995
Mother of Nine Children Including
Former President John F. Kennedy,
Robert Kennedy and Ted Kennedy
Happiness is not found in the amount of money in your bank account. Nor is it found in the “stuff” you ...
“It’s only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.”
Margaret Bonnano
1950 - 2021
Science Fiction Author
Wrote Many of the Star Trek Books
The past is gone. Don’t live in it. Learn from it and then move on. The future is not guaranteed. All ...
“A terrible thing happened again last night – nothing.”
Phyllis Diller
1917 - 2012
Comedian, Author
Are you waiting for your life to change? Why are you waiting? If you want more out of life, go after it ...
“He who laughs, lasts.”
Mary Pettibone Poole
c. 1938
Author
Your body will always respond to the way you feel, act and think. Positive emotions build a stronger ...
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
Plato
427 – 348 BC
Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Student of Socrates
Turning a blind eye to what is around you Neither helps the situation nor helps you. Apathy is a problem ...
“Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.”
Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard
1868 - 1930
Creator of the cartoon “Abe Martin of Brown County”
Which ran in newspapers 1904-1930. A journalist
That Will Rogers repeatedly called “America’s greatest humorist.”
How easy it is to say I’m sorry. But to forgive someone and move on That’s the hallmark of a mature ...
