Thoughts I Find Inspiring or Interesting

I collect ideas that make me stop, think, laugh, reconsider something, or occasionally realize I’ve been doing it wrong. Some are quotes. Some are questions. Some are just thoughts I’ve picked up along the way.

I don’t agree with every word here in every circumstance. That’s not really the point. They’ve made me think, and maybe one or two will do the same for you.

Doing Things

We have a Strategic Plan. It’s called Doing Things!
Herb Kelleher

If you have more than 3 priorities then you don’t have any.
Jim Collins

A “stop doing” list is often more important than a “to do” list.
Jim Collins

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
Bill Parcells

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen. — Lee Iacocca

Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast.

Quieting the Lizard Brain: Thrash Early
Seth Godin

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change
yourself.
Jim Rohn

Thinking Better

Look for what is missing.
Donald Rumsfeld

What bad news do you keep from yourself?

It’s OK if circumstances cause you to doubt your beliefs. The problem comes when you believe your doubts.
Keith Robinson

The Reality Habit
Robert Ringer

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived
to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life and Character

Begin each day as if it were on purpose.
Mary Anne Radmacher

Responsibility (not rights or happiness) is what gives life meaning.
Jordan Peterson

What you permit, you promote.
Kevin Rush

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare

Give a man a fish, and he will be hungry again tomorrow; teach him to catch a fish, and he will be richer all his life
Alice Loane

Life is the result of a million small decisions.

Faith and Relationships

Work like it all depends on you; pray like it all depends on God.
Traditional Christian maxim

On Marriage: stop comparing; start cultivating.

Love is not an emotion you feel; it is a state you create.