| The people who do the world's REAL work usually don't wear neckties! |
| ~ Inspirational Stuff ~ |
| "I owe my sucess to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact oposite." ~ G.K. Chesterton |
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| "Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life." ~ von Goethe |
| "Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occassion. Stop withholding your love until that special someone materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occassion. Every minute, every breath is a gift." ~ Morrissey |
| "He who hesitates is a damned fool." ~ Mae West |
| "I'm not interested in age. People who tell me thier age are silly. You're as old as you feel." ~Arden |
| "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." ~Capote |
| "With confidence, you can truly reach amazing heights; without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond our grasp." ~Loehr |
| "Spend time with those who make you feel good about yourself, and make time for them." ~ Richards |
| "It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop." ~ Confucious |
| "You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything - you can survive it." |
| "Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class." ~ Choi |
| "He who hesitates, meditates in a horizontal position." ~ Ed Parker |
| "Whenever you do something, act as if the whole world is watching." ~ Thomas Jefferson |
| "If you don't realize you can kill someone with a bokken, I don't want you using one in MY dojo..." ~Frederick J. Lovret |
| "Fighting, not good... but if one must fight, win." " Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land." ~Miyagi |
| "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned." ~Budda |
| "Four ounces moves one thousand pounds" |
| "Sword and mind must be united. Technique by iteself is insufficient, and spirit alone is not enough." ~Yamada Jirokichi |
| "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ~Thomas Edison |
| "Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier person and more productive person." ~ David M. Burns |
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| "It's not just self-defense, it's about... self control, body discipline, and mind discipline...and breath techniques. It invovles yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not a sport." ~Elvis Presley |
| "Do not envy the one you admire most, instead, try to make yourself one that can be envied." |
| "The lesson is in the struggle, not the victory." |
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| "Life's a garden... dig it." |
| "To control others is to have power, to control yourself is to know the way." ~Lao Ma |
| "If you do it you'll regret it, if you don't do it you'll regret it either way you're going to regret it, you might as well just do it." |
| "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising again after we fall." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson |