Monthly Archives: October 2018

Simplicity

October 22, 2018 by Jim Brooks

“From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Success

October 21, 2018 by Jim Brooks

“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.”

Joe Girard

Freedom

October 21, 2018 by Jim Brooks

“Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.”

Pope John Paul II

How You Do What You Do

October 21, 2018 by Jim Brooks

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

Lou Holtz

Risk

October 20, 2018 by Jim Brooks

“It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.”

John Paul Jones

Wonder Often

October 19, 2018 by Jim Brooks

“If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come.”

Arapaho Proverb

Serenity

October 19, 2018 by Jim Brooks

“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.”

Thomas Szasz

Friendship

October 18, 2018 by Jim Brooks

“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.”

Baltasar Gracián

Freedom

October 17, 2018 by Jim Brooks

“When you reach the point of becoming independent of external events, you’re truly free.”

Steve Pavlina

Values

October 16, 2018 by Jim Brooks

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

J. Krishnamurti