The Quote of the Day

[hm1996]

If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it.

Erwin Rommel

 

[hm1996]

One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.

Erwin Rommel

 

[hm1996]

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

Douglas MacArthur

 

[hm1996]

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

Douglas MacArthur

 

[hm1996]

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust. Whatever your years, there is in every being's heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life.

Douglas MacArthur

 

[hm1996]

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Jim Rohn

 

[hm1996]

Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs

Jim Rohn

Or smart phones

Me

 

[hm1996]

Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.

Jim Rohn

 

[hm1996]

Always do sober what you said you were going to do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

Ernest Hemingway

 

[hm1996]

Show the readers everything, tell them nothing.

Ernest Hemingway

 

[hm1996]

I drink to make other people more interesting

Ernest Hemingway

 

[hm1996]

There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to enjoy.

Henry Ford

 

[hm1996]

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Henry Ford

 

[hm1996]

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Henry Ford

 

[hm1996]

Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.

Brian Tracy

 

[hm1996]

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

 

[hm1996]

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

Ann Richards

 

[hm1996]

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Theodore Roosevelt

 

[hm1996]

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Abraham Lincoln

 

[hm1996]

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower