* change

CHANGE/CHOICE

"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."

—Aldous Huxley

 

 

 

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

—Viktor Frankl

 

 

 

"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance."

—Nathaniel Braden

 

 

"A sign of wisdom and maturity is when you come to terms with the realization that your decisions cause your rewards and consequences. You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make."

—Denis Waitle

 

 

 

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1

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
Norman Douglas, 1917

 

 

 

 

 

2 

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. 
- Victor Frank

 

 

 

 

 

3

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.
- Fulton Oursler

 

 

 

 

 

4

Always be wary of the Software Engineer who carries a screwdriver.
- Robert Paul
 

 

 

5

Television is to news what bumper stickers are to philosophy.
- Richard Nixon

 

 

 

 
6

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
- J. K. Rowling

 

 

 

 

7

 

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

 

 

 

 

 

8

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will

not bear serious examination is false wit.
- Aristotle

 

 

 

 

 

10

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain.
- William Shakespeare

 

 

 

 

 

11

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
- Helen Keller

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

My life has developed in a reverse order. . . It started with contemplation, reflection and theorizing, and not with active public work.

Only now am I fully occupied and work all around the world. This is good because theory is turning into practice and not practice

into theory.
- Daniel Libeskind, read:Architect Libeskind took unusual path to an international career

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk

who renounces possessions.
- Anais Nin, French born American Author of novels and short stories, 1903-1977

 

 

 

 

 
14

Read! Read! Read! And then read some more. When you find something that thrills you, take it apart paragraph by paragraph,

line by line, word by word, to see what made it so wonderful. Then use those tricks the next time you write.
- W.P. Kinsella

 

 

 

 

 

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For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much

exercise of his own style.
- Ben Jonson, Timber, or Discoveries, 1640

 

 

 

 

 

16

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
- Lance Armstrong