| LIFE Thought for the Day

[It Takes Eleven]

I'm always looking for great points, crisp quotes and meaningful thoughts. I collect them in a journal. They may come from books I read, Scripture or teaching, or just during the course of my day. Although I rely heavily on technology, I still use a paper planner. I've progressed from a DayTimer in college, to various options in my early work years, and finally settled on Franklin-Covey perhaps twenty years ago. Last summer, when we were piled into a friend's beach house at Alligator Point south of Tallahassee, a friend noted my planner and remarked, "The nineties called. It wants its planner back." If nineties is old-fashioned, I don't want to be new-fangled.

I digress. My Franklin gives me a daily quote. Today's was: "A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore

That one will make it into my journal.

RTR,

Tim

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Outrage is weakness. It is the muting of rational thinking and the triumph of emotion. - Dan Crenshaw in Fortitude

 

[ElephantStomp]

”When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.” — Isaac Asimov

 

[ElephantStomp]

Not only does God play dice but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

Stephen Hawking

 

[Secondand26]

“Whenever Catherine revs up the microwave I piss my pants and forget who I am for 10 minutes “ - Cousin Eddie

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I ran across a copy of Steven Pressfield's Turning Pro perhaps ten years ago. A short read, but full of largely useful information along with his early story. It contrasts between the amateur and the pro, with a focus on the creative/artistic, but it applies to all pursuits. I've given away a number of copies, along with The War of Art, which is a longer, later book of his on similar topic.

"A professional endures adversity. It's better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or the parking lot."

 

[It Takes Eleven]

"It's my job to solve the country's problems, and it's your job to to make sure no one finds out about it."
- Ronald Reagan to the Press Corps

 

[rick4bama]

Be so happy that, when other people look at you, they become happy too.
Anonymous

 

[SnakeDoc]

Be so happy that, when other people look at you, they become happy too.
Anonymous

That never works for me. On either side.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Comparison is the thief of joy.
- attributed to Teddy Roosevelt

 

[TerryP]

That never works for me. On either side.

If they can't laugh with you, laugh at them. ~ Me.

I'll butcher this ... I saw a sign some time ago that read:

"Life it too short to be serious all the time. So, if you can't laugh at yourself, call me. I'll laugh at you."

 

[PurlJam]

I saw a road sign near Midland Texas that said Hitchhikers may be escape inmates.

 

[alabama mike]

Good, better and best; never let it rest until the good is better and the better is best!

I heard Ernie Banks say this during his HOF induction speech.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I have a buddy of mine who grew up near Olney, Texas - home of the Air Tractor - west of Wichita Falls. His dad is a rancher and horse trainer, worked with the old guys who appear on Yellowstone from time to time. As many Texas ranchers are hard on their hands - and many Dads are on their kids - my buddy's Dad had a saying for him when he was a teenager bumbling about:

"Having you on the job is like losing two good men." - Jerry Belew

 

[It Takes Eleven]

"Don't you notice how all the rivers run south? It's because they can't stand it up north." - Senator Claghorn

 

[TerryP]

"Don't you notice how all the rivers run south? It's because they can't stand it up north." - Senator Claghorn

Institutionalized xenophobia?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Institutionalized xenophobia?

It's a joke, son...

 

[TerryP]

It's a joke, son...

You missed my use of the sarcasm font.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

You missed my use of the sarcasm font.

and my pithy typeface.

 

[TerryP]

and my pithy typeface.

Meh, more laconic than pithy.