August 1, 2005

BORROWED BITS OF WISDOM


  1. The secret is not managing your time but leading your life.
  2. Success is only possible when one comprehends delayed gratification.
  3. No matter what it is, it's not about you.
  4. When growth stops, decay begins.
  5. Relationship trumps knowledge.
  6. Mankind's chief purpose is to glorify God and enjoy the relationship.
  7. Attitude may not be everything, but it's close to it.
  8. The best predictor of the future is the past.
  9. We are what we think other think we are.
  10. Emotional intelligence is more relevant to success that intellectual intelligence.
  11. Life will come out the way today went, unless you change it.
  12. Time is everything to a relationship.
  13. Excellence is not a act, but a habit.
  14. People will be led but not pushed.
  15. The greatest risk is not taking risks.
  16. Hire tough and then manage easy.
  17. Stay organized so everything has it's place.
  18. When I open my Bible, God opens his mouth.
  19. Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
  20. Practice makes perfect, so be careful what you practice.
  21. Information available is not information used.
  22. The difference between good and great is attention to detail.
  23. Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world.
  24. Hate in it's worst form is called indifference.
  25. The only measurement of what you believe is what you do.
  26. Not everything that can be counted, counts.
  27. Carve praise in stone and write criticism in sand.
  28. Impossibilities yield the best opportunities.
  29. There are no shortcuts to maturity.
  30. Selling is getting rid of what you have, marketing is having what will sell.
  31. Never confuse furious random activity for progress.
  32. There is no right way to do a wrong thing.
  33. Don't expect something back that you're not giving out.
  34. A lie is a lie is a lie is a lie is a lie.
  35. Focus on interests rather than positions when negotiating.
  36. Figure out early if the juice is worth the squeeze.
  37. One person's courage makes a majority.
  38. It;s never too late to give up your prejudices.
  39. Perfect practice is actually the only practice that makes perfect.
  40. The heart has eyes that the brain knows nothing about.
  41. People don't care how much we know until they know how much we care.
  42. The longer you carry a grudge, the heavier it gets.
  43. Go to bed and get up on time every day.
  44. You can measure a person's character by how difficult it is to discourage them.
  45. The way you are at home is probably the way you really are.
  46. Don't compare your strengths to others weaknesses, nor your weaknesses to others strengths.
  47. Daily exercise, nutrition, stretching, praying and flossing are the disciplines to have.
  48. You are, or become, whom you associate with.
  49. If it is to be, it's up to me.
  50. Talk less and listen more.