Why does mineral water that 'has trickled through mountains for centuries' have a 'use by' date?
I realized I could do anything if I wanted it badly enough.
How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing.
Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else—our time, our love, our resources. I have always found more joy in giving when I did not expect anything in return.
We must motivate ourselves to do our very best, and by our example lead others to do their best as well.
I’d like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order. We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.
I believe no amount of business school training or work experience can teach what is ultimately a matter of personal character. Businesses are not dishonest or greedy, people are. Thus, a business, successful or not, is merely a reflection of the character of its leadership.
I grew up as the ugly duckling, they called me 'la prieta fea', which means ugly dark one - that was my nickname.
Thou art hunger, yo. Make with the starvation.
I can't fault my players. We created a lot of chances but we missed out on a victory because of the woodwork and goalkeeper Bonano, who did very well.
The question is why one should be so inwardly preoccupied at all. Why not reach out to others in love and solidarity or peer into the natural world for some glimmer of understanding? Why retreat into anxious introspection when, as Emerson might have said, there is a vast world outside to explore? Why spend so much time working on oneself when there is so much real work to be done?