Does This Mean No TV?

Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

Thomas Jefferson

Are You Certain

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970),

Worry Not

If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?

Shantideva

Winning Only Comes After Much Work

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Sun-tzu (~400 BC)

Indomitable

What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.

Wendell Phillips (1811 - 1884)

Do You Feel Lucky

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826),

It Make Sense To Me

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914),

Good Advice

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

English Proverb

Courage

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973)

The Foolish and the Wise

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

It Falls on Deaf Ears

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

The College Student

It's Ironic and True

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.

Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

Are Your Prepared

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986)

Looking Ahead

The Future is in the hands of the young. Nurture and love them and the future will have no bounds.

Mr. Pipman

The Future Is Bright

Praise youth and it will prosper.

Irish Proverb

Understanding the Question

Seek not the answer but the meaning of the question.

Buda

Maybe We Should All Vote

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

Plato

Is It In Our Nature

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Plato

What Are We Teaching Your Daughters

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

Plato

Spend It Wisely

We have two things to spend in life, time and money. Spend the first wisely, for in the end, the second is meaningless.

Mr. Pipman

Truer Today

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

Theodore Roosevelt

How Is Your Aim

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Theodore Roosevelt

But Only Because We Do Not See

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

War

War is the greatest dichotomy; man is at his best when mankind is at its worst.

Mr. Pipman

Are You Who You Could Be?

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904)

Are You Happy?

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

How Are You Spending Yours?

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)

To Forgive is Devine

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

Dress for Success

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Mark Twain

Is the Truth That Frightening?

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

Sir Winston Churchill

Simple is Sometimes Best

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Albert Einstein

Silence is Golden

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

Being Successful is...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

Sir Winston Churchill

What Is Happiness

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

Yes, You May Have to Surrender -- Again

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.

French Proverb

This One I Understand

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Chinese Proverb

I'm Not Sure What This Means, But its Good Advice Just the Same

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.

Chinese Proverb

Are You Liberal or Conservative

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975)

Be Careful of What You Say

No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue.

Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)

A Work to the Wise

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

I Can Hardly Wait

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.

Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)

Length Does Matter

I must apologize for the length of this blog, I didn’t have the time to make it short.

Mr. Pipman

Have a Pleasent Trip

Excellence is a journey not a destination

Mr. Pipman

We Are Excellent When

It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

The Truth Hurts

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)

Are You Rational

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

Taking Action

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)

He Thinks Like Me

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

Mahatma Gandhi

I Wish I Had Thought of That

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)

Why You Should Home School

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

H. G. Wells (1865 - 1947)

I Always Liked Ben

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

Benjamin Franklin

God Only Makes Good...

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

Confucius

At Least I Had Fun

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

As I Was Saying...

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Sir Winston Churchill

You Want It When?

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Mark Twain