It Could Happen

"It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that"
- G.H. Hardy

via http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/blog/_archives/2006/1/25/1723367.html

People are often unreasonable, illogical, & self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight:
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

- Mother Theresa

via http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/blog/_archives/2006/1/28/1727855.html

"Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion."
~ Martha Graham

via http://cre8iveignition.blogspot.com/2006/01/nobody-cares-if-you-cant-dance-well.html

Approach what you do as a leader, not a participant.
George Shaheen—CEO, Siebel Systems

Surround yourself with people smarter than you.
George Steinbrenner—Owner, New York Yankees

Learn to trust your gut.
Paul Pressler—CEO and president, Gap

Work hard, have high standards, and stick to your values.
Ivan Seidenberg—Chairman and CEO, Verizon

via http://careerintensity.com/blog/2006/01/20/philosophies-of-success/

“To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

“We know now that the soul is the body, and the body the soul. They tell us they are different because they want to persuade us that we can keep our souls if we let them make slaves of our bodies.” — George Bernard Shaw

“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul” — George Bernard Shaw

“There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great black fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul.” — Erica Jong

“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life” – Jean Shinoda Bolen

“Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in reality the ability to reach inside yourself and drag forth from your very soul an idea.” — Lou Dorfsman

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” – Pablo Picasso

“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” –Stella Adler

“Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further.” — Keith Haring

via http://www.woodka.com/2006/01/15/artists-way-week-2-soul-searching/

“If you are going to fail, you might as well fail at a difficult task. Failure causes others to downgrade their expectations of you in the future. The seriousness of this problem depends on what you attempt.”

Guy Kawasaki

via http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/01/hindsights.html

“Blocked? Plunge forth with ghastly ideas, dreadful songs, appalling paintings or unspeakable prose. Give yourself permission to suck. I’d be surprised if the great didn’t find its way out of that pitiful pile of poor.”

- Bruce DeBoer

via http://www.workhappy.net/2005/12/happy_quote.html

“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life”
– Jean Shinoda Bolen

via http://www.woodka.com/2006/01/05/joy-2/