Category: Thoughts for the curious

How old?

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?      Satchel Paige

Good Health is the Absence of Disease

This is common sense. Think about it. There is no other way to describe good health, other than lack or absence of disease. Most people would not say that they have a disease, but...

Willpower

Willpower is brute force. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.    

On measuring…

If you have a goal and can see it, you can hit it. If you have no goal, you wander endlessly.

Against The Wind

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Henry Ford

The Battle

There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority, and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility,...

Helpful or hurtful words

The most important words we will ever utter are those words we say to ourselves, about ourselves, when we are by ourselves. We beat ourselves up, or build ourselves up. Al Walker

The way…

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. Walt Disney

Immigrants

Your car is German. Your vodka is Russian. Your pizza is Italian. Your kebab is Turkish. Your democracy is Greek. Your coffee is Brazilian. Your movies are American. Your tea is Tamil. Your shirt...

Decisive

Because I cannot say this any better, I will let Chip and Dan Health say it, from their book, Decisive: Being decisive is itself a choice. Decisiveness is a way of behaving, not an...