Two Thoughts (7 - 13 January)
Sunday, 7 January
Two thoughts from Robert Baden-Powell
"Look wide, and even when you think you are looking wide - look wider still."
"Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure."
Monday, 8 January
Two thoughts from Orison Swett Marden
"We live ridiculously for fear of being thought ridiculous."
"It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer."
Tuesday, 9 January
Two thoughts from Hugh Prather
"It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am."
"Whenever I find myself arguing for something with great passion, I can be certain I'm not convinced."
Wednesday, 10 January
Two thoughts from Cullen Hightower
"The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success."
"There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists."
Thursday, 11 January
Two thoughts from Hannah More
"The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible."
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
Friday, 12 January
Two thoughts from Democritus
“No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.”
“Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and weaknesses.”
Saturday, 13 January
Two thoughts from Daniel Bell
“Technology like art is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.”
"But in action, one defies one's character."
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