3/31/10

Financial Freedom

True financial freedom is when the lines between work and play become blurred. 
 
When your Monday feels like a Saturday, you are successfull.

2/11/10

Confucius Famous Quotes

I would like to share Confucius quotes to help us create wisdom in our heart.

Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)


Study the past if you would define the future.


A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.


Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.


And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.


Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.


Heaven means to be one with God.



Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.



Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.


I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.


Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.


Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.


It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.


Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.

2/1/10

Life is an experiment


"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

1/27/10

Champion


"To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are." - Muhammad Ali

1/12/10

Be Happy


The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ~Mark Twain

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead. --Scottish Proverb

"Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response." -- Mildred Barthel.

"Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor..."
-- Henry Ward Beecher

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind. --Marcus Tullius Cicero

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. --Anne Frank

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. --George Bernard Shaw

No one is happy all his life long. --Euripides

If my heart can become pure and simple, like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this. -- Kitaro Nishida

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. -- Oscar Wilde

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. ~Jacques Prévert

If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy

"The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it." -- Richard Bach.

Happiness is never stopping to think if you are. ~Palmer Sondreal

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. Robert Anthony.

To be depressed is to be lonely; to have a friend is to be happy. --Unknown

Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections. --Unknown