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“If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures ... Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say, 'Here lived…

“Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few more upon it.” Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) &…

“Never miss a good chance to shut up.” Will Rogers | 1879 - 1935 | American entertainer & writer In the fall of 2019, my wife and I became empty nesters. When Covid hit, it brought two college son…

“It is not just a connection for the four of us, but we really feel like it is a connection to all of you ... to everybody. We hope that it brings a smile to your face. We hope that it provides some…

Work in a way that has those you serve continually thinking of ways to keep you rather than reasons to keep you. Sometimes people who've read one or a few of my books tell me they wish they “could…

What do you think? Well, if I think my thoughts might be uncomfortable to you, it depends on the strength of our relationship as to how I'll answer this question, doesn't it? If our histor…

"To tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that." Aeschylus & Robert F. Kennedy Kennedy shared Aeschylus's 2000+ year-old thought with…

"Shut up and work. It is a formula that has always worked very well for me." Albert Adrià | 1969 - | Spanish chef Harsh self-talk, for sure. But, I love the sentiment.  It's oddly a l…

“Objective judgment, now at this very moment. Unselfish action, now at this very moment. Willing acceptance - now at this very moment - of all external events. That's all you need.” Marcus Aure…