Category Archives: Quote

“The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last” George Bernard Shaw Seen in a second hand clothes shop in the “English Market” Cork

“If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be unhappy for the rest of your life.” Abraham Maslow in Motivation and Personality

“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” Red Adair

“Move lips, move minds and make new meanings flare” Seamus Heaney

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” Mahatma Gandhi

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela July 18th 1918 – December 5th 2013 On courage, from his autobiography: “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. I felt fear myself more times than I can remember, but I hid it behind a mask of boldness. The brave man is not heContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quotes #244”

“Prudence creates affluence. Affluence undermines prudence.” Avner Offer writing in “The Challenge of Affluence”

“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” – Mark Twain

“I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm.“ – Harry Truman

The older I get the more I realise the sheer bloody futility of so many wars. The millions of young men slaughtered for the sake of a politician’s point of principle. Remembrance Sunday leaves me in tears not only for those who whose lives were shed but also for those left behind who will neverContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #240 – Remember”