“Arguments. It can either make the relationship grow fonder or colder.” — Soule D Thoughts on Today’s Quote Relationships of any kind — personal, business, intimate, casual — they can be very enjoyable

“Surround yourself with people who add value to your life. Who challenge you to be greater than you were yesterday. People who sprinkle magic into your existence, just like you do to theirs. Life isn’t

“Never allow yourself to hate a people because of the actions of a few.” — Erich Hartmann WW2 Luftwaffe Ace Thoughts on Today’s Quote I was in a chat the other day where some of the folks in the chat expressed

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” — Mohandas Gandhi Thoughts on Today’s Quote When we think of strength, we most often think of it as physical capacity

“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” — Jessica Savitch Thoughts on Today’s Quote When I am doing intake for Christmas hampers at Christmas time, I often

“Make no mistake between my personality and my attitude. My personality is who I am. My attitude depends on who you are.” — Unknown Thoughts on Today’s Quote My attitude is driven by my personality but

“The key to happiness is having dreams; the key to success is making them come true.” — James Allen Thoughts on Today’s Quote At a certain time of year, I meet with a lot of low income individuals as part

“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.” — James Bryant Conant Thoughts on Today’s Quote Ever seen a turtle when it is in protective mode? It pulls its head and legs inside

“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” — Stephen Hawking Thoughts on Today’s Quote Does it ever feel like everything you touch just doesn’t go right? No

“If you don’t make mistakes, you aren’t really trying.” — Coleman Hawkins Thoughts on Today’s Quote “Do it right the first time” How many times I heard that drilled into me as I grew up. While my mother

“Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.” — Leo Buscaglia Thoughts on Today’s Quote Risk. What is life without risk? Can you even envision life without risk? I know

“The greatest compliment that was ever paid to me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.” — Henry David Thoreau Thoughts on Today’s Quote How do you feel when someone asks you

I pondered overnight if I was going to write this post. I don’t normally write posts like this. I comment on posts and I try to keep things as balanced as possible while supporting my position. I’ve done

A speaker needs to be able to create a great first impression in a tenth of a second when people are making instant judgements which have a real impact over time. Some may warm up to you later, most will

“Don’t let the world tell you who you are, only you get to decide.” — Jennifer Truesdale Thoughts on Today’s Quote How many times have you had someone making comment about who or what you are? Or, what

A 2005 study had students watch a short 1 second political candidate video and then were asked to predict who would win the election. They were correct 70% of the time. Most of us make instant judgements

How quickly do you make judgements about people? We’d like to think that we don’t judge people until we get to know them. Truth is it takes about a tenth of a second to make an accurate judgement about

“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.” — Chinese Proverb Thoughts on Today’s Quote Teachers take many forms in our lives. Our parents and siblings are our first teachers as they show

“The whole process of mental, spiritual and material riches may be summed up in one word — gratitude.” — Unknown Author Thoughts on Today’s Quote Gratitude — you ever notice when you start to think with

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” — Japanese Proverb Thoughts on Today’s Quote Dreams can be a wonderful thing to behold. They tell us where we want to go. If