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A Bit of Wisdom from Booker T. Washington |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 04/05/2023 10:28 AM
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Tuskegee, AL...Booker T. Washington April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915. A Bit of Wisdom from Booker T. Washington on his Birthday.
"Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon."
"No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts."
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."
"There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life."
"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."
"You can't hold a man down without staying down with him."
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
"Character is power." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Vincent van Gogh on his Birthday |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/30/2023 10:37 AM
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Auvers-sur-Oise, France...Vincent van Gogh 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."
“If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Sam Walton |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/29/2023 12:46 PM
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Bentonville, AR...Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) The father of Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart was a different and many would say better company with him at the helm.
“If you love your work, you’ll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you – like a fever.”
“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”
“Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.”
“It was almost as if I had a right to win. Thinking like that often seems to turn into sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
“Many of our best opportunities were created out of necessity.”
“High expectations are the key to everything.”
"Capital isn’t scarce; vision is.” |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Robert Frost |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/28/2023 12:25 PM
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Bennington, VT...Poet Robert Lee Frost March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963.
"Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it."
"Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep."
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
"The best way out is always through."
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A Bit of Wisdom from Fanny J. Crosby |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/24/2023 01:01 PM
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Bridgeport, CT...Fanny J. Crosby, March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915. Was the blind "Queen of Gospel Song Writers" who wrote over 8,000 hymns & gospel songs.
“God will answer you prayers better than you think. Of course, one will not always get exactly what he has asked for....We all have sorrows and disappointments, but one must never forget that, if commended to God, they will issue in good....His own solution is far better than any we could conceive.”
“live in the moment and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering”
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A Bit of Wisdom from Wyatt Earp |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/22/2023 04:07 PM
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Los Angeles, CA...Wyatt Earp March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929. American lawman and gambler in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, Tombstone & Alaska.
“Fast is fine, but accuracy is final. You must learn to be slow in a hurry.”
“Are you going to do something or just stand there and bleed?”
“The less you bet, the more you lose when you win.”
“Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.” |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Saint Patrick |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/17/2023 11:05 AM
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County Down, Northern Ireland...Saint Patrick 386 - March 17th, 461. The Patron Saint of Ireland
"I plainly told them, 'Be ye sincerely converted, and with your whole heart, to the Lord our God, for nothing is impossible to Him, that He may today send you food on your road, even until you are satisfied, because He has everywhere abundance.' And, with God's help, it was so done: Behold! A herd of swine appeared in the road before our eyes."
"I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquired in the extremities of the earth."
"Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me."
"The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Andrew Jackson |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/15/2023 11:04 AM
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Nashville, TN...Andrew Jackson, March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845 General & Seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
"The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws."
"Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it."
"All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary."
"Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error."
"Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in."
"I have always been afraid of banks." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Lawrence Welk |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/11/2023 09:20 PM
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Santa Monica, CA...Lawrence Welk, March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992. American bandleader, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. He was the Champagne Music King.
“Freedom is without a doubt the greatest blessing we have in America so let us protect it and defend it with all our hearts and all our energies.”
"If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come."
"Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God."
"There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Luther Burbank |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/09/2023 08:08 AM
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Santa Rosa, CA...Luther Burbank March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926 The botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career.
"It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while."
"I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection."
"Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think."
"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul."
"If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman."
"The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love." |
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