“In order to ‘hold fast’ to something, one must allow oneself to be held to something. That commitment may be one of the hardest things to practice in a world of so much choice.” – Sheena Iyengar An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would […]
Monthly Archives: January 2013
The Glory of the Race
“We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves…The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, ‘You must not run […]
The Great Sweeper, Who Swept His Job Well
“When all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it.” – Charles de Lint Take a moment to imagine where our society would be, if we (people and businesses) allowed ourselves to believe we […]
Hard Work and Perseverance
“Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts.” — Coleman Cox Former LSU basketball coach, Dale Brown once wrote that there are three basic types of people who desire success. There are those […]