Was reading a blog and came across this great post written by Barbara Burke she titled the post “Hey Nice Pants”

Have you been tempted to pay someone a compliment but decided not to, for fear of looking foolish? That hasn’t stopped two Purdue University students known as the “compliment guys.”

Since the beginning of the school year, Cameron Brown and Brent Westcott spend a couple of hours every Wednesday dishing out compliments to passersby. They don’t give their kudos too much thought. They just shout out whatever comes to mind.  A woman walking by got a compliment on her smile. They had conversation with a guy about his “nice pants” and when a classmate walked by they praised him for the grade he got on a test.

While standing with a sign that says “free compliments” may not be your style,  go ahead and pay someone a nice compliment this week. It will do you good and it might be the highlight of someone’s day.

Make it a great week join me in joining the “Compliment Guys in their important work!

Kirk

Long time subscriber of the Thought 4 the Day, J. Wendell Davenport, keeps a special document where he stores only his more favorite T4Ds.  The other day he sent me his list of favorites.  As I reviewed them I thought…”wow it’s been a few years since I shared that one.” I invite you to enjoy J. Wendell Davenports favorite thoughts.   ~Kirk Out

(My  “favorites”  from  Kirk Weisler’s  “Thought for the Day”) 

Nothing has meaning except the meaning we give it. 

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As you know, you have the power to select and control your thoughts, difficult though it may be at times to do so.  As long as you think your destiny is in the hands of other people, the situation is hopeless.  ~ Emmet Fox

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No matter what problem you may have to face today, there is a solution, because you have nothing to deal with but your own thoughts.  ~ Emmet Fox

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I have found that when you start thinking and saying what you really want, then your mind automatically shifts and pulls us in that direction. ~ Jim Rohn

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I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be in; for I have also learned (from experience) that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. ~ Martha Washington

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You are ‘where you are’ and ‘what you are’ because of the thoughts that you have allowed to pre-occupy your mind.  ~ Brian Tracy

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It’s not the situation that’s causing you stress; it’s your thoughts.  And you can change that ‘right here and now’. 

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The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.  ~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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Trust your hunches.  They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.  ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers

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I’ve learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you.   But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your work,meeting new people, and doing the very best you can,  happiness will find you.

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Sometimes the right goal, is to become the right person, with a right attitude, and a right disposition.  Then the right people come into your life, offering you more of the right opportunities and the right resources to realize the right results.

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A more powerful and positive mind = a more powerful and positive life.  ~ Kirk Weisler

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As tiny drops of water shape a landscape, So our minute-by-minute choices shape our character.  ~ James E. Faust

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One of the things I learned, the hard way, was that ‘it doesn’t pay to get discouraged’.  Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.   ~ Lucille Ball 1911-1989, Comic Actress

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Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.   ~ Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)  Philosopher

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Most of the trouble in this world is caused by people wanting to be important. ~ T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)  Writer

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The mediocre teacher ‘tells’.  The good teacher ‘explains’.  The superior teacher ‘demonstrates’.  The great teacher ‘inspires’.  ~ William Arthur Ward

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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that attitude - follow it.  ~ William James

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Dropping my daughter at school today, I saw this on the school marquee:  “The most important school supply is a positive attitude.”  I would add to that:  . . .  ”and a kind heart.”  ~ Kirk Weisler

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Go ahead and say it . . . Life is Good and Getting Better!  I have a choice and I choose happiness and joy.  I can (and do) make a positive difference in the lives of everyone I interact with.  Today I will smile more, laugh more, and lift others more on my journey through this day.  ~ Kirk Weisler

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Why be hard on yourself, when your friends are so willing to do it for you? 

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The poorest of all men is not the one without a cent.   It’s the one without a dream. 

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Why is it that when people tell us something is “for our own good” that they never seem to have anything good to tell us?
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People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
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Some people shop like bulls, they charge everything.
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A ‘good example’ is a great gift to give others.
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When it comes to giving - some people stop at nothing.
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We are all born with an equal chance to become unequal.
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It’s hard to bury the past when everyone around you seems to be carrying a shovel.
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People become what you encourage them to be, not what you nag them to be.

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A joyful spirit is evidence of a grateful heart.  ~ Rebecca Weisler

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The Dream Works because the Team Works.  ~ John Maxwell

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The range of what we see and do is limited by what we fail to notice.  And because we fail to notice ‘that we fail to notice’, there is little we can do to change until we notice how ‘failing to notice’ shapes our thoughts and deeds.  ~ R.D. Laing

From the Forward of:  ”Prisoners of Our Thoughts” By  Alex Pattakos

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Hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out our courage and strength.  ~ Anonymous

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Learn how to turn frustration into fascination.  You will learn more being fascinated by life than you will by being frustrated by it.  ~ Jim Rohn

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Everyone’s life is under someone’s control - it might as well be under your own so that you can direct your destiny.  ~ Harry Tucker

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If you can’t be a ‘good example’, then you just have to be a ‘horrible warning’.  ~ Catherine Aird

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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.  They’re either speaking or preparing to speak.  ~ Stephen R. Covey

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Habit is something you can do without thinking, which is why most of us have so many of them. ~ Frank Clark

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Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. ~ Tryon Edwards

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Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions.  Watch your actions; they become abits.  Watch your habits; they become character.  Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. ~ Frank Outlaw

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Good habits result from resisting temptation. ~ Ancient Proverb.

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My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.  ~ Errol Flynn

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You cannot add to the peace and good will of the world if you fail to create an atmosphere of harmony and love right where you live and work.  ~ Thomas Dreier

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To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world.  If you leave your mind to itself, it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness.  To think good thoughts, however, requires effort.  This is one of the things that discipline & training - is about.  ~ James Clavell,  From his novel “Shogun”

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Sorrow spoken is shared.  Happiness displayed is doubled.  ~ Brian Hicks

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We may not have it all together, but together we have it all! 

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Fear is that little dark room where negatives are developed.  ~ Michael Pritchard

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Everyone can be discontented if they ignore their blessings and look only at their burdens.   ~Thomas S. Monson

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Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others. . . . By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.   ~ Gordon B. Hinkley

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Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside.  ~ Brian Tracy

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Here’s a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t. ~ Richard Bach

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When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’  I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’  ~ Sydney Harris

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We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline OR the pain of regret or, disappointment ~ Jim Rohn

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If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it away from him.  An investment of knowledge always pays the best interest. ~ Benjamin Franklin

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Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself.  Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.  ~ Gary Comer

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts.   If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.  ~ Buddha

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Reading helps leading and succeeding and may be just what you’re needing. ~ Kirk Weisler

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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, command a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly.  ~ Robert Heinlein  ` From “Time is Enough for Love”

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“You can’t talk your way out of problems you behaved yourself into.” ~ Stephen R. Covey

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Discipline is the ability to do what needs to be done even when you don’t feel like doing it.    ~  Mark Sanborn

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The difference between excellence and mediocrity is usually the difference between common knowledge and consistent application.  ~  Mark Sanborn

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There is always an option that is completely within your control: the ability to work harder than anybody else.  ~  Mark Sanborn

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You can earn more when you do more.  You can charge more when you provide more.  You can have more when you give more.  ~  Mark Sanborn

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People often say ‘motivation doesn’t last’.  Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we recommend it ‘daily’.  ~ Zig Ziglar

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A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit;  recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.  ~  William Arthur Ward

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Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker.   Failure is delay, not defeat.  It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.   Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” ~ Dennis Waitley

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Most students treat knowledge as a liquid to be swallowed rather than as a solid to be chewed, and then wonder why it provides so little nourishment.  ~ Sydney Harris

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It’s choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.  ~ Jean Nidetch

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A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive outcomes.  It is a catalyst . . . a spark that creates extraordinary   esults.  ~  Duane Dunn

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Imagination is more important than knowledge.  Knowledge is limited.  Imagination encircles the world.  ~ Albert Einstein

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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.  ~ Mark Twain

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Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with the important matters.  ~ Albert Einstein

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At least one thing that counts is you and I and the spirit of contribution to the world.  It’s the “why” or the “intent” behind everything that we do. We must not let the weakness of our nature overcome the possibilities of our potential.  We must keep ourselves in a state of growth and of  ”becoming”.  Let serving and lifting others be a significant part of the genuine intent that is behind all the things that we do.  Then those things that we do, may count for much much more.    ~  Kirk Weisler 

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The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.  Bernard Meltzer

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Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment. ~ Sidney Poitier

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I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable,  to be compassionate.  It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.  ~ Leo C. Rosten

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Multi-tasking is dead.   It never worked and it never will.  Intelligent people love to sing its praises because it gives them permission to avoid the much more challenging alternative: focusing on one thing.  ~ Timothy Ferriss

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You can stand tall without standing on someone.  You can be a victor without having victims.  ~ Harriet Woods

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The opposite of change is …. NO CHANGE.  And people with no change are broke!  ~  Kirk Weisler

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It’s been my personal observation that people that don’t do well with change often end up asking others if they can spare some. ~  Kirk Weisler

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We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle

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Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes,  but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.  ~ Dr. Dorothy Height

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The common denominator of success - the secret of ‘success’ of every man who has ever been successful - lies in the fact that he formed the habit of doing things that ‘failures’ don’t like to do.  ~ Albert Gray

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Scent is left in the hand that gives the rose.

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There are two ways of exerting one’s strength:  one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.  ~ Booker T. Washington

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I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.” ~ Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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Know yourself. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.  ~ Ann Landers

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I thank God for my handicaps, for through them have found myself, my work, and my God.  ~ Helen Keller

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I have never been a millionaire. But I have enjoyed a crackling fire, a glorious sunset, a walk with a friend and a hug from a child. There are plenty of life’s tiny delights for all of us.  ~  Jack Anthony

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No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self-approval.  ~ Minot Simons

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Enjoy the “little things”, for one day you may look back and realize they were the “big things”. ~ Robert Brault

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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.   ~ Lena Horne

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 Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.  ~ Benjamin Disraeli

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A knowledge of truth is of little value unless we apply it by making right choices.  ~ Rebecca Weisler

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Be not afraid of life.  Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. ~William James

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Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it. 

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If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. ~ Mary Engelbreit

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It is not necessary to change.  Survival is not mandatory.   ~ W. Edwards Deming

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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.  ~ Victor Frankl

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All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.  ~ Ellen Glasgow

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Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.   ~ Charles Dickens

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Listening is so close to loving that you can barely tell the difference.  ~ Lynne ?

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The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.  ~ Mother Theresa

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Praise works with only three types of people; men, women, and children.  ~ Anonymous

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Appreciate people.  Nothing gives more joy than appreciation. ~ Ruth Smeltzer

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When someone does something well, applaud! You will make two people happy.  ~ Samuel Goldwyn

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Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.  ~ Jim Rohn

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Be thankful for the people who expect a lot from you, because . . . it is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.  ~ Anonymous

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The things that will destroy us:

Politics without principle;
Pleasure without conscience;
Wealth without work;
Knowledge without character;
Business without morality;
Science without humanity; and
Worship without sacrifice.

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Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles.  ~ Og Mandino

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I was searching for a particular quote, which I did not find.  But the journey of searching at least brought me to these wonderful quotes.  Enjoy ~ Kirk

“He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.” -Abraham Lincoln

“High thoughts must have high language.” -Aristophanes

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” -Aristotle 

“It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.” -Dame Rose Macaulay

“I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don’t even invite me.” -Dave Barry

“I’m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let’s start with typewriters.” -Frank Lloyd Wright

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” -Groucho Marx

“Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no matter how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles.”  ~ Og Mandino

Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.   ~ Tom Peters

Well isn’t that the truth…or at least it should be. 

Let’s create some leaders today….and tomorrow, and the next day.  It’s just what leaders do!

Kirk Out

“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘good morning’ at total strangers.”  ~ Maya Angelou  - Poet, Writer and Performer

Sad it is that some people are more consistently pleasant, respectful and polite to total strangers and co-wrkers then they are to members of their own family.   Let’s us re-commit ourselves to give the very best of who we are to those with whom we live.

Kirk Out

So choose wisely what you choose to do consistently… because what are we but the result of our choices.

To live differently we must be willing to choose differently.  Decisions determine destiny….not fate.

Thanks Earl … Kirk Out

How about a little Fun this “Fry Day” -?

 

Make it a great weekend!

Kirk

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

– Charles Lamb (1775-1834) British Essayist

 

To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline - training - is about.  ~ — James Clavell, in his novel “Shogun”

Kirk Out

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