Favorite Inspirational Quotes

Had to Make Good

Aspen — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:48:32 +0000

"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good." Oprah Winfrey-First off, is the point of her focus. She didn't focus on victimhood. "Oh, poor me. I come from a ghetto; I can never get ahead. The rich people are keeping me down." What she focused on was...

One Day at a Time

Aspen — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:54:47 +0000

"One day at a time - this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone: and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering." Ida Scott Taylor-From this quote, I get that if you look back at the past and it is beautiful, worth remembering because of the beauty, then that's OK. Well, I guess if you are focusing on beautiful memories, that's lots better than...

Action Without Thought

Aspen — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:09:30 +0000

"Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought." Bernard M. Baruch-It drives me crazy when people around me do things without spending even five minutes trying to think through the potential outcomes. The consequences can be as minor as having to do the task over again with the correct tools in the correct manner after whatever...