PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTES (MAXIMS)
SOME FAVORITES
- YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES YOU MADE YESTERDAY
- WORK FIRST, PLAY SECOND.
- THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO FOR THOSE YOU LOVE IS THE THINGS THEY COULD AND SHOULD DO FOR THEMSELVES (ABRAHAM LINCOLN)
- BE MORE CONCERNED WITH YOUR CHARACTER THAN WITH YOUR REPUTATION. CHARACTER IS WHAT YOU REALLY ARE; REPUTATION IS MERELY WHAT YOU ARE PERCEIVED TO BE.
- THE MORE CONCERNED WE BECOME OVER THE THINGS WE CAN'T CONTROL, THE LESS WE WILL DO WITH THE THINGS WE CAN CONTROL.
- MAKE EACH DAY YOUR MASTERPIECE. SEIZE THE DAY!
- ACQUIRE PEACE OF MIND BY MAKING THE EFFORT TO BECOME THE BEST OF WHICH YOU ARE CAPABLE.
- NOTHING CAN GIVE YOU GREATER JOY THAN DOING SOMETHING FOR ANOTHER.
- TELL THE TRUTH. THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER A STORY.
- THE PERSON WHO IS AFRAID TO RISK FAILURE SELDOM HAS TO FACE SUCCESS.
- EVERY ACTION HAS AN ATTACHED CONSEQUENCE. CHOOSE WISELY.
- DON'T LET YESTERDAY TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF TODAY. THE PRESENT IS A GIFT.