Category: Thought for Today

Thought for today: ‘You are only one thought away from a good feeling.’ — Sheila Krystal #thoughtfortoday #onethought #egoodfeeling #happiness Much of my work is about hope and belief. Not a promise that things will be better. Just allowing for the possibility that a good thing might happen.

Thought for today: ‘It’s about time we take kids seriously when they say, “I’m sad.” And we don’t say, “Just toughen up,” or “Buck up,” or “Just deal with it.” We say, “I’m here. I’m listening. Reveal yourself.”’ — Lady Gaga #thoughtfortoday #takethemseriously #everyone #listen Whilst I like this quote, I’d replace the word “kids”…

Thought for today: ‘When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.’ — Alexander Den Heijer #thoughtfortoday #flowers #bloom #environment Flowers need air, water, light and food. Bread needs flour, water, yeast, salt. Beer needs water, barley, yeast, hops. What do people need?

Thought for today: ‘It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.’ — Robert H. Schuller #thoughtfortoday #positive #negative #survive #thrive I knew yesterday that I wanted to use this quote today. A breakthrough with a client, a positive thought got the…

Thought for today: ‘The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity but to elicit it, for greatness is already there.’ — James Buchanan #thoughtfortoday #leadership #greatness #humanity My thoughts have turned recently to the nature of leadership. In public, in work, in life. There are those that tell us what to think…

Thought for today: ‘He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as possible.’ — Henry Joyce #thoughtfortoday #actual #possible #ulysses #henryjoyce I love this line, from Ulysses. It is something a bit chewy to get your brain around. Today is a day for converting the world within from possible…

Thought for today: ‘Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.’ — Warren Buffett #thoughtfortoday #leakyboat #changevessel #productive #warrenbuffett The sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, has been attacked recently for his “value investing” strategy by those that…

Thought for today:   ‘Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.’   — Harvey Mackay   #thoughtfortoday #time #neverenough #priceless   My mind has been on time for…

Thought for today: ‘There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.’ — Bill Watterson #thoughtfortoday #time #neverenough #todonothing I don’t think we spend enough time doing nothing. I don’t mean wasting, idling or bored. I mean time given up to do unplanned, spontaneous things. Including daydreaming and thinking, letting our minds wander.…

Thought for today: #thoughtfortoday #sunday #seven #youchoose Something a little different today. I was looking for a quote that summed up my Sunday. I often seek out a quote that reflects how I feel. As is often the case I found a lot of quotes and then set about narrowing them down to ones that…