“We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.” ~ Cesar Chavez March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993
“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.” ~ Vincent van Gogh 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890 “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent van Gogh 30 March 1853 – […]
“Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.”
A Bit of Wisdom from Ayn Rand on Her Birthday. Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Ayn Rand) February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982 “The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.” ~ Ayn Rand, February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982 “The smallest minority on earth is the […]
New York, NY…A Bit of Wisdom from Jack Roosevelt Robinson, January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972. “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” ~ Jack Roosevelt Robinson, January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972 “A life is not important except […]
“A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.” ~ Steve Roland “Pre” Prefontaine, January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ~ Edmund Burke, 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797 “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” ~ Edmund Burke, 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797 “No passion […]
“Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself.” Poor Richard’s Almanack 1735, Benjamin Franklin January 6 – April 17, 1790