[pom19]

Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be. -- Jim Rohn

[pom19]

It is essential for you to encourage the positive emotions as dominating forces of your mind, and to discourage — and eliminate — negative emotions.

Remember that two emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. POM

[L^te Bloomer]

"Who so be a man be a non-conformist." I forgot who first said that. L^te

[pom19]

"Who so be a man be a non-conformist." I forgot who first said that. L^te

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“Who so would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore it if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.”


― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance and Other Essays

POM

[pom19]

We haven't yet learned how to stay human when assembled in masses. -Lewis Thomas, physician and author (25 Nov 1913-1993)

[L^te Bloomer]

Then we must learn from the ants.

[pom19]

I've failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan

[pom19]

Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unjust. -- George Washington

[L^te Bloomer]

sagebrush is a brief encounter with wisdom. thanks for rolling this way. L^te

[pom19]

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. -- George Washington

And how true-POM.