"We are not what we know. We are what we are willing to learn."
-- Council on Ideas
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Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.
-Anon.
What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?
— Sesame and Lilies. Lect i, Of Kings' Treasuries
John RUSKIN (1819-1900)
"There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born, and the day we discover why."
William Barclay
Its never too late to become what you might have been
George Eliot
"Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow."
- Ralph W. Sockman
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
"Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all. "
-- Sir Winston Churchill
Well, that's William Churchill's thought.
My thoughts ...?
Broadly speaking of course.
Keeping it simple always works in any endeavour including in public speaking, but short varied with long will have more power.
Old words - ah that appeals. There is so much less chance of misunderstanding, and people feel comfortable with the familiar.
And here is Churchill using the rule of three for great power, not to mention repetition and building to a climax.
Love it!!
