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Keep Going “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Don’t let a setback get you down. Keep going and overcome that obstacle! Click here to read another nugget about Winston Churchill ...or... Click here for a quote by Albert Schweitzer.

Love What You Do “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” –Albert Schweitzer Click here for some quotes about insight .

Do Positive Things “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” –Barack Obama Click here to see a Barack Obama before and after .

INSIGHT "Propaganda is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some of the facts from them." —Harold Evans  "Liberalism isn't a political philosophy. It's a vile combination of sickness and evil." —Rabbi Mayer Schiller  "The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money." —Bernard Meltzer  "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." —Phillips Brooks More wisdom is here . ...or share this here:

  H.L. Mencken (born 1880 - died 1956) was a journalist, satirist, critic and registered Democrat. Mencken wrote the editorial below while working for the  Baltimore Evening Sun : As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.   On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will   be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron.                                  -H.L.  Mencken, the Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920 So it was written, and so it has come to pass... Want more quotes? Just click here .

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” –Albert Einstein, scientist "Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." -Albert Einstein "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein Now go here:  Albert Einstein - before and after.

1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it. 2. The “LAST” thing I want to do is hurt you. (But it's still on my  list ). 3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people “appear” bright until… you hear them speak! 4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.  5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. 6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left. 7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. 8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is “research”. 9. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was “blaming” you. 10. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, Notify: ________', I put 'DOCTOR'. 11. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and “still” think they are “sexy”. 12. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive  twice . 13....

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you. -Bear Bryant

Find something you like to do Find something you do well Find someone who will pay you to do it If nobody will pay you to do it, it is a hobby...not a profession.

Pete Rose says there are three ways to treat a person: Kick them in the butt Pat them on the butt Leave them alone Know who needs patted, who needs to be kicked, and who needs to be left alone. Here is some good stuff about Alexander the Great .

Pete Rose's three tips on hitting Be  aggressive Be more  aggressive Never be satisfied Pete Rose shares his wisdom about how to treat people here .

You have eyes on the front of your head rather than the back so you can see where you are going rather than where you've been. Everyone, but especially everyone under the age of 40, needs to do twice as much listening as talking. Our creator did not make a mistake giving us two eyes, two nostrils, two hands, two ears and one mouth. You get farther in life observing than you do offering observations. Pete Rose shares hitting tips here .

Make sure you have four things in your life: Something to do Someone to love Something to hope for Something to believe in More Dr. Lou is here .

INSIGHT   "Propaganda is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some of the facts from them." —Harold Evans "Liberalism isn't a political philosophy. It's a vile combination of sickness and evil." —Rabbi Mayer Schiller "The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money." —Bernard Meltzer "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." —Phillips Brooks Click here for a good quote from Lou Holtz .