"We all have to go through the awkward stage of any newly acquired
behavior.  You will continue to experience new situations and develop new
skills in which you will feel awkward for a while, until you get the hang of
it.  So what….do it anyway!
- Jack Canfield & Mark V. Hanson                
               
"Give yourself permission to be a beginner, a learner.
You can only grow by learning new things."
- Friar Telly, II
               

"The activist is not the person who says the river is dirty.
The activist is the person who cleans up the river."
- Ross Perot

"You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering
and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas."
- Shirley Chisholm

"There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody
likes to be an exception to the rule."
- George Osner

"Laws are always in force whether you believe in them or not."
- Brian Tracy

Monday’s recycled Thought of the Day favorites…

"A person’s judgment is no better than his information."
- Robert Lammont

"Know where to find the correct information you need
and know how to use it."  
- Albert Einstein

"There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a
fundamental difference in someone’s life."
- Sister Mary Rose McGeady

Make a difference every day.

There are no secrets to success, but here are
a few keys to being more successful:

– It’s Called Work for a Reason

"Wisdom speaks to you when you escape from the clutter of your life."
- Freshting

"To have time to think – take a hike this weekend."
- Absy Flabuless

"My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy
your ice cream while it’s on your plate – that’s my philosophy."
-  Thornton Wilder

"Better start enjoying your summer, it’s almost half over."
– Absy Flabuless

"Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody
can get there unless everybody gets there."
- Virginia Burden

"No one can whistle a symphony.
It takes a whole orchestra to play it."
- H. Luccock