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Today we have a quote from Gore Vidal’s historical novel Lincoln. It talks about how we do not have unlimited time to accomplish what we are meant to accomplish in this life. But we do not have to rush.
There is not much time for anyone, really. We must all move with such haste toward…our goals.
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Dr David Myers has today’s quote, talking about how we should enjoy the journey as much as the destination.
“If you’re headed for the top, the pleasure of going by stairway will outlast that of a fast elevator ride.”
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Today’s quote comes from the Roman poet Horace, who talks about how diving in and getting started in something is usually half the battle.
“He is half done who has already begun.“
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Today’s thought comes from American founding father Benjamin Franklin, who talks about what can be accomplished with a plan and the commitment to execute that plan.
“I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, if he first forms a good plan, and makes the execution of that same plan his sole study and business.”
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Patience is a trait exhibited by everyone who gets on in this life. Today’s thought is from American economist Mabel Newcomer and she talks about how good things take time:
“It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.”
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Today we discuss perseverance, and how that trait – in no small measure – decides whether we are going to live the life we are meant to live or merely mark time while on this planet.
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Perseverance must finish its work.
James 1:4
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Today, a quote from Rudolph Wonderone, aka Minnesota Fats, talks about how there greatness in all of us.
Every living creature on this planet can do something great.
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Mabel Newcomer talks about having a plan for your life and the patience to execute that plan.
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.
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Gore Vidal, an American novelist, talks about doing what you are meant to do with your life.
It was Chase’s view that men who get what they want in the world seldom die, prematurely, of pneumonia in Chicago.
Chesty Puller, a United States Marine, and a positive attitude.
“These poor bastards. They’ve got us right where we want ‘em. We can shoot in every direction now.”
Garrison Keillor has some thoughts on living from the heart.
“We are going to sing so that they will remember this for the rest of their lives. There is no other reason to do it, folks, none.”
Thomas Edison, with some thoughts on what we are truly capable of.
If we did what we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.