POWERFUL THOUGHTS

One person’s trash is another person’s treasure

…………….Unknown………

 

Remove the rock from your shoe rather than learn to limp comfortably. 

 Stephen C. Paul and Gary Max Collins 

 

 “Assume nothing, pursue everything.”

 -Kevin Riper  

 

 “First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out;

  

Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out;
Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out.
And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”
- Martin Niemoller, 1892-1984

 It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.
Warren Buffett
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. 

-(Unknown)

 

The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the REALIST adjusts his sails. (author unknown)

 

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. — Eleanor Roosevelt

 

The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking. — Robert Schuller, American Minister (Crystal Cathedral), Author, Social Leader

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves … let us be above such transparent egotism. — Will Durant 

 

“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
- Thomas Edison

 

“You may be disappointed if you fail but you are doomed if you don’t try.”
- Beverly

  

How Racism Works
– Letter to the Editor at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram by Kelvin LaFond, Fort Worth

 What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said ‘I do’ to?
What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards after she was badly hurt in a car accident?
What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
What if Obama were a member of the ‘Keating 5′?
What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?

If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?

This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.