Lower Higgins Creek, Unicoi County
“You should not live one way in private, another in public.”
Publilius Syrus, b. 100 B.C.
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Listen
“Be a good listener.
Your ears will never get you in trouble.”
Frank Tyger
Happy Birthday, Gina
“Never shall I forget the times I spent with you;
continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.”
Ludwig van Beethoven
Doing Right
Grey’s Lillies on Roan Mountain
“Management is doing things right;
leadership is doing the right things.”
Peter Drucker, 1909-2005
Oh Well
Jack in the Pulpit
“A witty saying proves nothing.”
Voltaire , 1694-1778
Listen before Accusing
“As I get older, I’ve learned to listen to people
rather than accuse them of things.”
Po Bronson, b. 1964
American journalist and author
Chances
“If you’re never scared or embarrassed or hurt,
it means you never take any chances.”
Julia Sorel
Author
The Parkway Always Delivers
Grandfather Mountain, viewed across Price Lake on the Blue Ridge Parkway
“Underpromise; overdeliver.”
Tom Peters, b. 1942
Author
Get to the Point
“I take the view, and always have,
that if you cannot say what you are going to say in twenty minutes
you ought to go away and write a book about it.”
Lord Brabazon, 1884-1964
Split Second Regret
A.T. crossing Roan Mountain
“Every great mistake has a halfway moment,
a split second when it can be recalled
and perhaps remedied.”
Pearl Buck, 1892-1973
Moments
“If we take care of the moments,
the years will take care of themselves.”
Maria Edgeworth, 1767-1849
Novelist and children’s writer
Perception
“One of the hardest tasks of leadership is
understanding that you are not what you are,
but what you’re perceived to be by others.”
Edward L. Flom
CEO
Weariness
“Every increased possession
loads us with new weariness.”
John Ruskin, 1819-1900
Art critic and social thinker
Let Go
“Breathe. Let go.
And remind yourself that this very moment
is the only one you know you have for sure.”
Oprah Winfrey, b. 1954
Love Much
“Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1850-1919
Poet and author
Irresistible Power
“What makes the temptation to power so seemingly irresistible?
Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love.
It seems easier to be God than to love God,
easier to own life than to love life . . .
The temptation of power is greatest when intimacy is a threat.”
Henri Nouwen
“In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership”
A Toughie
“Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.”
J. G. C. Brainard, 1795-1828
American poet, lawyer, editor
Adventures
Blue Ridge Mountains near Boone, NC
“The most beautiful adventures
are not those we go to seek.”
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894
