Professional Insights Journal
Quote for
the week of July 17, 2005
“Good thoughts and actions can never produce
bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results.”
James Allen (1864-1912) – found in the introduction in his
book As A Man Thinketh published in
the early 1900’s.
Free eBook
at
http://www.asamanthinketh.net/index.html
Quote for
the week of
“If your antagonist can
upset you, he owns you at some level.”
Dr.
George Thompson - found
in the first part of Chapter 4 in his book Verbal Judo the Gentle Art of
Persuasion published in 1993. Available from Amazon.com
Quote for
the week of July 31, 2005
“There is only one way
under high heaven to get the best of an argument—and that is to avoid it.”
Dale
Carnegie (1888 – 1955)
Can be
found in Part 3 on the last page of principle 1 in his book How to Win
Friends and Influence People published revised edition 1981. Available from
Amazon.com
Quote for
the week of
“….only by being willing
to take advice and accept direction could we set foot on the road to straight
thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.”
Can be
found on page 59 in Step 5 of the book Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions published
in 1953. Available from Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. A.A.
Quote for
the week of
“I believe that almost
anyone who is seriously involved in any church will recognize that churchgoing
is not synonymous with personal spirituality”.
Stephen R. Covey - Can be found on page 117 of his
book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People published in 1989. Available from Amazon.com
Quote for
the week of
“Old urges continue to
arise, but urges do not matter; only actions do.”
Dan Millman – found on page 129 towards the
bottom of the page in his book Way of
the Peaceful Warrior published in 1980. Available at Amazon.com
Quote for
the week of August 28, 2005
“Take a minute: look at
your goals, look at your performance, and see if your behavior matches your
goals.”
Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson – found on page 74 in their book The One Minute Manager published in
1981. Available at Amazon.com
Quote for
the week of
“The alcoholic lives for
the immediate feeling provided by alcohol; that he may wrap his car around a
tree does not cross his mind. Where pleasure is concerned, unhappy people may
be totally irrational when they are seeking instant gratification.”
William Glasser, M.D. – found on page 30 in the middle of
the page in his book Choice Theory
published 1998. Available at Amazon.com
Quote for
the week of
“You must
be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma
Gandhi (1917-1984) this quote and others can be found at http://www.mkgandhi.org/epigrams/contents.htm
Quote for
the week of
"If
we could sniff or swallow something that would, for five or six hours each day,
abolish our solitude as individuals, atone us with our fellows in a glowing
exaltation of affection and make life in all its aspects seem not only worth
living, but divinely beautiful and significant, and if this heavenly,
world-transfiguring drug were of such a kind that we could wake up next morning
with a clear head and an undamaged constitution-then, it seems to me, all our
problems (and not merely the one small problem of discovering a novel pleasure)
would be wholly solved and earth would become paradise".
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) can be found at http://www.huxley.net/bnw/index.html