Category: Thought for Today

Thought for today: ‘Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.’ — Maya Angelou #thoughtfortoday #dayaway #takeabreak #withdraw #mayaangelou Yesterday I took a break, a chance to bake and visit a friend.…

Thought for today: ‘Who in the moment of victory remains inaccessible to vanity and hate, who in the midst of popular enthusiasm lives in humility and prayer, who in the universal crush of ambition covets neither profit nor honours.’ — Jean Gerson about Jeanne d’Arc #thoughtfortoday #humility #purpose #whoindeed #joanofarc Who indeed? We have lost…

Thought for today: ‘Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.’ — Anne Lamott #thoughtfortoday #unplug #unwind #recharge #takeabreak We used to associate home with a break from work. Now we’re not so sure. Taking a break, unplugging and relaxing can seem like guilty pleasures. They are not…

Thought for today: ‘Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.’ — Dale Carnegie #thoughtfortoday #accomplished #trying #nohope #dalecarnegie I’ve spoken before of my admiration for Dale Carnegie. My second formal sales training program was Dale…

Thought for today: ‘People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.’ — George Carlin #thoughtfortoday #poeple #thinkaboutyou #dontcare Something for a sunny Sunday. The locus of evaluation, Carl Rogers said: ‘In most statements which make or imply a value judgment, the…

Thought for today: “Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has. To do something, as my colleague David Souter would say, outside myself.…

Thought for today: ‘Every man is sociable until a cow invades his garden’ — Irish Proverb #thoughtfortoday #sociable #cow #garden I like to post a lighter quote on a Friday. This one is for my friend Kevin in Cork. Something for you to think about and interpret on a Friday afternoon.

Thought for today: ‘Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings.’ — John Updike #thoughtfortoday #moment #time #thief “How time flies,” said my client. “I was going to use the summer to do…” For those of a certain age the words “fritter and waste the hours in an…

Thought for today: ‘Just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.’ — Seth Godin #thoughtfortoday #justsayno #getworkdone #sethgodin It can be the hardest thing to do – saying “no”. We override our inner feeling telling us something is wrong. We end…

Thought for today: ‘In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.’ — John Churton Collins #thoughtfortoday #prosperity #adversity #friends I have had some periods of adversity and I certainly learned who my friends were. Adversity can be a harsh spotlight on our relationships. Yesterday I learned of the death of a…