Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
Jean Paul

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.


Thomas Fuller

We are exactly where we have chosen to be.


Vernon Howard

God gave us two ends - one to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use. Heads you win, tails you lose.


Attributed to Kristi Ross Campbell

Hero

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Norman Schwarzkopf

I can

"What I need is someone who will make me do what I can."


Ralph Waldo Emerson

Seussisms

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.
Dr. Seuss

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci 

Thought vs. Action

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.


Theodore Roosevelt

Family

"Sticking with your family is what makes it family."


Mitch Albom

Experiment

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
George Carlin

Gifts

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
Pindar

Peace

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa

Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized.
Mike Ditka

Cowgirls and Christmas

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.
Dale Evans

"A nation can survive it's fools, and even the ambitious. BUT cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gates freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor, he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murder is less to fear."

Cicero's speech to the Roman Senate 50 years befor the birth of Jesus.

Dreamers and Believers

Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it.
-Wilfred Peterson

Prayer Strength and Meditation

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
Chiang Kai-shek

Caffeine and Nicotine

You probably wouldn’t know it I was let go by the man

Hadn’t spoke to Momma on Sunday if I can

Seems like all my old friends never answer when I call

Driving all their fast cars and hanging at the mall

Loving all those girls in their little skinny jeans

There they are a living on caffeine and nicotine

Got out in New Orleans six string in my hand

Had to have a coffee and a local place to jam

Three whole packs of sugar splash of half and half

Then I bummed a smoke from the local Marlboro Man

Looking for those girls and their little skinny jeans

Hanging out and Living on caffeine and nicotine

Four o’clock in the morning need a place to lay my head

Occupy New Orleans took every free bed

Think I’ll walk on over and give that place a shot

So I went to Waffle House for their never empty pot

Waiting for a girl in her little skinny jeans

Hanging out and Living on caffeine and nicotine

Just a little later I was slumped down in my booth

Felt someone tapping on my motorcycle boot

He wore a silver badge and shined a flashlight in my face

No matter what I do seems like someone’s always on my case

Thinking of a girl in her little skinny jeans

Hanging out and Living on caffeine and nicotine

I think I’m leaving town cops are taking up my space

Thinking bout my baby she looks so good in lace

Headed up to Memphis as fast as I can go

Backseat on a Harley I’m going with the flow

Chasing down a girl in her little skinny jeans

Hanging out and Living on caffeine and nicotine

Memphis is a town where ducks can ride in elevators

Barbeque and blues are often served by well dressed waiters

Whiskey in my coffee helps get me through the day

Hanging on the levee and smoking Tampa Bays

Still waiting for my girl in her little skinny jeans

Hanging out and Living on caffeine and nicotine

Five days gone by I’m about to cry waiting on those jeans

Deep inside I never realized that she could be so mean

Got a prepaid phone Called her at home and this is what she said

Don’t call again Give up your dream I’ll never share your bed

Get a life give up your strife and read a magazine

You only live your life for caffeine and nicotine

Had a cup of coffee found a local place to jam

Three whole packs of sugar and a splash of half and half

Then I bummed a smoke from the local Marlboro Man

Knew I’d find a girl that would be the plan

Yeah I was only living for caffeine and nicotine

Hanging out and Living on caffeine and nicotine

Hanging out and Living on caffeine and nicotine

Paul Mize © 2011  

John Paul Jones

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.
John Paul Jones

Just do what you do best.
Red Auerbach

Paint and Powder

A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.Chester W. Nimitz

"Getting Better all the Time"

He who stops being better stops being good.
Oliver Cromwell

Action

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
Red Auerbach

Ideas and Assets

If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.
Harvey S. Firestone