Our life is frittered away by detail

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."

-- Henry David Thoreau



It is always best to be known with simple things that will identify yourself, rather than to be known with many things that often change. Have simple identity that will identify yourself for lifetime. 

I not only use all the brains that I have

"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can
borrow."

-- Woodrow Wilson



The saying, "More heads are better that one," is still in command today.  Collaborative effort is more effective than having it alone, so instead of using only your own, try to incorporate the idea of others that will give better output and product if consider it intelligently.

Don't limit yourself because people won't accept you

"I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't
accept the fact that I can do something else."

-- Dolly Parton


Don't put limit to yourself, never mine if others does it. Do what you want and show them what you have. Remember that great things starts with small things that before they don't notice. Amplify yourself by having great things, it may be attitudes, values, or matters. 

Be patient and wait for them to self-destruct

"There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people
seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you
only have to be patient and wait for them to self-destruct. It
never fails."

-- Richard Rybolt


Life has ups and down, the worst may come that it seems they will consume us. People around us that in the past days are good, then eventually influenced to become bad, that they can sacrifice your good relation for some reason. When worst circumstances in a relation happen, don't forget to have patience, don't let other destroy your integrity. It takes long time to build a name, but only seconds to destroy it. Let them destroy themselves.

Developing interest to things

"The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was
important to them: there ought to be as many for love."

-- Margaret Atwood


When you have something important in possession, you will use lots of words to describe it to give good impression and image to something valuable. Much more staying in position and never leave it.

Failure is not reaching your goal

"Failure is not reaching your goal, but in having no goal to
reach."

-- Benjamin Mays

 Failure may happen if you lost focus and stop pursuing, then you will also fail achieving your goal.

Be led by your dreams

"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams."

-- Anonymous



When we start and pursue a dream, it is often that we encountered problems that will put us down. Because we don't include problems in our plans, so that is why we arrive with much burden in achieving our dream. But if we only treat and see problems as skeleton to put more strength to our goal in achieving our dream, then having problems in achieving our dreams is just normal. Do not put more focus on problems, instead, live with your dreams in having those problems. 

True friends are a sure refuge

"In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a
sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old
they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the
prime of life they incite to noble deeds."

-- Aristotle



It's true that you will find out if who are your true and real friends during difficult times and hour of troubles. Some will ignore you, but there are also others who will lift you up during your down moments. It is also during difficult times that you will discover if who among your friends are matured and ready enough to face difficult situation with you, and it is also sad to find out that some of your most treasured friend are the one who will deny you in your most down moments.
But that is life, take it.

Leave on the world a mark that will tell you exist

"A youth becomes a man when the marks he wants to leave on the
world have nothing to do with tires."

-- Unknown



The measure for being a man is the ability to make and leave something that could benefit and help others. Some are man in their words, in their appearance, and in their act. But the real man is the one that can create his words into action and transform it into reality.

Having the spirit to persist

"The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow.
This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who
is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the
guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no
matter what happens."

-- Arnold Schwarzenegger


Bits for Moving up..

It is easy and exciting to start anything you want to establish, but when we get to the tough point, that we are tired of pursuing, it seems like what we have started is impossible to achieved. But wait, don't quit because what you think that is hard and tough is almost done, it will only need little effort to finish and accomplish, all you need to have now is the spirit to continue whatever it takes. What you need to win is the spirit that is ready to face anything.

Education is a wonderful thing

"Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your
name you'd have to pay cash."

-- Rita Mae Brown


They've said that education enables man to live without money, and on the opposite, money enables man to survive without education. It clearly identifies that education is more essential than anything that cash can buy.

Think about where you want to be

"Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where
you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become
an overnight success."

-- Diana Rankin



Dreaming and aspiring to become what you've dreamed needs a lot of courage, persistence, and inspiration. Dream will not be materialized in short period or in one single setting, it requires hard work and continues motivation to obtain and make a dream into reality. Don't just think of where you want to be, but plan and work on how you would be.

There are only two kinds of people

"There are only two kinds of people who are really
fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people
who know absolutely nothing."

-- Oscar Wilde



The truth is, in reality no one knows everything. But this quote want to imply that being knowledgeable and no knowledge is captivating. It is really impressing to see someone who almost knows everything, and on the opposite fun to see someone who knows nothing. But whatever capabilities we have, it is the gift that we have received from the provider, and we must propagate and share it. Don't laugh to those who are not capable, let us be thankful for what God had given us. 

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own

"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide
your problems are your own. You don't blame them on your
mother, the ecology, or the President. You realize that you
control your own destiny."

-- Albert Ellis



Our practice was to point a culprit every time that there are problems or mistakes, it is very seldom that we have the guts to accept and recognize that the problem was belong to us or came from us. We always point our finger to others and blame them, not noticing that several fingers of yours was pointing on yourself. But kidding aside, do we notice that while we point other, cowardliness was develop in ourselves. It is because we are afraid to face and accept the reality of ourself, that our instant practice was to point other every time that there are mistakes. If we are afraid to accept mistakes, then process of development and improvement is not with us.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation

"If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next
generation, it would be the ability for each individual to
learn to laugh at himself."

-- Charles Schulz


Opportunity is not always available. One of the most important thing to propagate in a person is learning how to appreciate and be contented of himself, it takes sometimes for others to notice and appreciate what you posses, but don't  wait for that time and situation. Cherish every moment you have, thank yourself for whatever performance you have done. You will live happily once you feel you're important.

Real nobility is in being superior to your former self.

"The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to
somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to
your former self."

-- Whitney Young


Having advantage from others is not the real picture of nobility, or excellent moral character. It is your ability to gain more control to yourself as you acquire more tools and concept that fit in becoming. 

Mind opened by wonder

"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed
by belief."

-- Gerry Spence


Sometimes of our ideas are incorporated with beliefs that controls and limits our actions. Don't let those unproven belief put boundaries to our concepts and ideas, let our mind fly and travel freely to explore and discover things with no limits, enjoy the privilege of learning and doing without the hassle of incorporating different beliefs.  

The secrets of energy in our great men

"This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from
it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy
in our great men."

-- Captain J. A. Hadfield


To acquire the secret source of energy consistency of great men mind, is to learn how to rest and dismiss worries that was stored in our mind. So that the full will become empty, and it is to be occupied and filled with learning and knowledge that is essential in having something new.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do
him absolutely no good."

-- Samuel Johnson



The ability to hold one self and to deny one's challenge of conflict is the absolute measure of a consistent, principled, and true man. It is not the ability to destroy and conquer other, but it is how you control yourself in a situation differently  having it in a calm and peaceful manner that will show your manhood.

Life is part positive and part negative

"Life is part positive and part negative. Suppose you went to
hear a symphony orchestra and all they played were the little
happy high notes. Would you leave soon? Let me hear the rumble
of the bass, the crash of the cymbals and the minor keys."

-- Jim Rohn



It is often that we dream and expect of good life, but it is also often that opposite to what we aspire and wait always arrive. Life is compose of positive and negative aspects, sometimes greater positive and other times the opposite. But life have been normalize with these process that we undergo everyday, it is funny but proud to say that when we're used of having problem, it's not normal to live without problem in a single day. It means that we are already adapted to the situation where we are strike with problems, and uplifted because we gain victory over a certain thing that arrives in our life. Life is like a bulb that needs the positive and negative to give light.

Genius is the ability to put it into effect

"Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your
mind."

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald



Anyone has an amazing plan and idea that could be relate and possibly create it. Many among us are brilliant thinkers and philosophers. But it is a great challenge to create your idea and turn it into reality. It is very hard to be counted as genius, but the fulfillment of your idea will not only provide inspiration, it will bring another idea and will motivate others to discover and create. So put your dreams and nice ideas into reality, life is bundled with challenge so be it.

Surround yourself with optimistic people

"Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to
convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom
otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't
hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull
you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people."

-- Zig Ziglar


Because life is too short and relationship is much important, we spend some time convincing others to follow and be guided. Sometimes we provide everything because we treasure them, that we even give our time and effort to please and satisfy their wants. But then those effort were not enough to convince and persuade them of your good motive and deeds, still they suppose that your action were not pleasing and sincere. But never mind if they don't believe and agree with you, continue with good things in your life because they can never put you down. There are good and motivated people around who will support you up and stay with, so be updated to stay firm and get going with this life that is full of challenge. Never give up. 

Sometimes we must get hurt in order to grow

"Sometimes we must get hurt in order to grow. We must fail in
order to know. Sometimes our vision is clear only after our
eyes are washed away with tears."

-- Unknown


Maybe you're familiar with the line, "No pain, No Gain." It indicates that there is no gain or success without sacrifice and pain. We need to fail in order to grow, we need to get hurt to discover our weaknesses, and the tears that roll down to our cheeks are not indicators of losing but it shows that we're getting better.

Knowing yourself

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true
wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is
true power."

-- Lao-Tzu



Sometimes we know more about others and only little about ourself, we ask others pertaining to ourself. But knowing ourselves means getting more acquainted to ourself, let us not wait for others to comment about ourself. Let us discover and explore our limits, developing ourself means having more control and strength in our own.

The fruit of Calmness

"The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success,
his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of
the beautiful jewels of wisdom."

-- James Allen



There is always a good reward for our patience and calmness. Control ourselves, hold our temper, because in the end we will be suitably rewarded with all the effort we exerted.

Can't beat the person who won't give up

"You just can't beat the person who won't give up."

-- Babe Ruth



A person who persist, who continue, do whatever it takes, will never give up. Because that is what life brings, and they understand and accept situations. Never surrender to things you believed it is possible and will happen. Dreams will come true if you won't give up.

Never fear shadows

"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining
somewhere nearby."

-- Ruth Renkel



Children are usually afraid of shadows, they're not yet used to encounter those event. But there is a lesson that it would like to reveal, that we must not be afraid of facing and learning new obstacles, shadows are unpredictable because we're not sure if who possesses it. In our early days we are also afraid of shadows, but later on we have learned that if that is not ours, that is belong to anybody. Shadows are shown because there is light, shadows are like problems or test, that in achieving something, there is corresponding sacrifice and perseverance. The funny thing is, we're afraid of our own shadow the reflection of ourselves. Shadows are like perspective, the imaginary image of the physical body.

A man would do nothing if he waited

"A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so
well that no one would find fault with what he has done."

-- Cardinal Newman





No one had done and performed something without committing any single mistake, if you don't commit mistake it signifies that you didn't do anything. What hinders us to perform is our fear of committing mistakes, let us overcome it. In fact, in area of learning, mistakes are lessons.

Success Formula

"If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X+Y+Z, where X
is work, Y is play, and Z is keep your mouth shut."

-- Albert Einstein



Several authors and philosophers shared their way and formula for success, but one of which that convince and inspire me is this quote, not that the author is known genius, but the way he relates and expound it simply had convince me of doing it. To work is to have focus on your task, play so that it will not be hard or burden in our part, and keep our mouth shut because I believed in LESS Talk MORE Work attitude.