Talent is God given. Be humble.
Fame is man-given. Be grateful.
Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
– Coach John Wooden in his book, They Call Me Coach
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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
– Thucydides Author of The History of the Peloponnesian War
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/90412-the-bravest-are-surely-those-who-have-the-clearest-vision
Oct 202013
Age is a matter of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.
– Probably baseball great Satchel Paige, Mark Twain, Jack Benny, and others – but we don’t know who started this one going.
Oct 192013
Risk more than others think is safe
Love more than others think is wise
Dream more than others think is sensible
Expect more than others think is possible.
– Maxim of the Cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point
Quoted in What Color is your Paradigm by Howard Edson
Oct 182013
Every day may not be good…
but there’s something good in every day.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/497471-every-day-may-not-be-good-but-there-s-something-good
Oct 172013
Being a writer brings out a sassy woman inside me, and I love her so.