Things to Think About

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less." C.S. Lewis

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” Japanese Proverb

“My successor will need one other particular strength: the ability to fight off the ABCs of business decay, which are arrogance, bureaucracy and complacency.

“Pepper, if you can’t take the blows, you should never take the bows.” Jimmy Dean

For today’s column I would like to share with you a classic Zen story about letting go.

“My life has been filled with calamities, some of which actually happened.” Mark Twain

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Nelson Mandela

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw

“To those of you who got straight A’s, congratulations. But know this, that’s the last time that will happen, because life isn’t like that.” Robert De Niro, 2015 Commencement Address, NYU/Tisch School of Performing Arts

Master or Slave: Which do you choose to be?