April 2010
Idleness Quotes
If you often find yourself sitting around doing nothing, maybe you should take a look at some of these quotes: Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible. -Mahatma Gandhi The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth. -Oscar Wilde Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of […]
Boredom Quotes
Who would have thought boredom quotes could be so entertaining?! Please sit back and enjoy these…and really think about them. They might make you take a hard look at yourself: 1. The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. -Ellen Parr 2. When people are bored, it is primarily with their […]
Passion Quotes
Here are 20 passion quotes for your introspection. Many will make you wonder if you’re showing enough passion in your chosen fields of interest…. If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. -Benjamin Franklin Follow your passion, and success will follow you. -Terri Guillemets Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and […]
Habit Quotes
Habit, habit, habit. What more can I say? Here are some quotes that I hope will help you form good habits (and break the bad ones). 1. All habits gather, by unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. -Dryden 2. First we make our habits, then our habits make us. -Charles C. Noble […]
Book Review of Dark Age Ahead
Here’s another book review by a friend: Jane Jacobs, renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, tackles a variety of modern, western societal issues in her book Dark Age Ahead. The book aims to warn readers of the breakdown of five main pillars of society that Jacobs identifies: community and family, […]
Courage Poem
Courage Poem We lead out our days in monotonous ways The humdrum of work and of sleep. Time slips along, no thrill in the song Not even a reason to weep. And then like a flash there comes a crash, We’re stunned by the buffet Fate gives, In the blackness and blur we feel the […]
Business Quotes
The topic of “business quotes” seems to be pretty popular around the net. I see such pages all over, so I thought maybe it was time for me to throw one together. Actually, a friend of mine did these for me…so I have to admit there’s a few in here that don’t have much to […]
Boldness Quotes
Hi All, Here are 17 quotes about boldness. I hope some of them push you to be more bold: 1. Boldness be my friend. -William Shakespeare 2. Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. -John Dryden 3. People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on […]