Archive for February, 2009

Personal Magnetism and Regime …

Posted on February 27, 2009. Filed under: Personal Magnetism |

The human body is a drifting mechanism of life, capable of, but not accustomed to, controlling the forces within it.
 
There are three methods for developing personal power – Exercises, Habits and Regime.  An exercise, once it is over, is laid aside.  A habit is grafted on the mind and soul of the individual and becomes [...]

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Thoughts and Destiny

Posted on February 25, 2009. Filed under: Eloquence, Great Writing, Guide Posts, Light plus Weighty, Quotes |

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
- Author Unknown

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‘Moods’ as shown by ‘mouth’ positions …

Posted on February 24, 2009. Filed under: Personal Magnetism |

Read with open eyes the Book your Days are Writing and Analyze the minds and moods of those you meet.
The Level Mouth or lighty closed with the corners of the lips neither up nor down, indicates normal feelings held in check and good reserve. This combination shows the highest ideal of character, where the mind [...]

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Lesson for Life … from a game …

Posted on February 20, 2009. Filed under: American Thinkers, Sports |

The coach never considered any other option.
It was a Saturday night in February, and the Barbs were playing a non-conference game on the road against Milwaukee Madison. It was the third meeting between the two schools, who were developing a friendly rivalry that spanned two states.
But the game itself almost never took place. [...]

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Omar Khayyam’s couplets …

Posted on February 17, 2009. Filed under: Books, Great Writing, Guide Posts, Light plus Weighty, Personalities, Quotes, The English |

Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night
Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultán’s Turret in a Noose of Light.
One Moment in Annihilation’s Waste,
One Moment, of the Well of Life to taste–
The Stars are setting and the Caravan
Starts for the Dawn of [...]

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Anne Frank …

Posted on February 8, 2009. Filed under: Books, Guide Posts, Personalities, Quotes, The Germans |

Whoever is happy will make others happy too …………………  No one has ever become poor by giving.
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
 
And finally [...]

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Emily Bronte …

Posted on February 4, 2009. Filed under: Great Writing, Guide Posts, Quotes, The English |

A person who has not done one half his day’s work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.  
I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.
I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and [...]

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From a Neurotic’s Notebook …

Posted on February 2, 2009. Filed under: American Thinkers, Guide Posts, Light plus Weighty, Quotes |

It is important to our friends to believe that  we are unreservedly frank with them but important to friendship  that we are not.
Courage cannot see around corners but still goes around them.
For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned and nights left to chance.
Einstein considered compound interest as the most powerful force in the [...]

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