“You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.” ~ Tom Brokaw More on education: “A person who won’t read has no advantage overContinue reading “Wise Up”
Author Archives: Lee Daniels
Be Brave
“We are built to love. Have the bravery to open the heart you have contracted from life’s disappointments. This is how heroes roll.” ~ Robin S. Sharma More on bravery: “Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.”Omar N. Bradley “If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierceContinue reading “Be Brave”
Be Strong
“The far right was on the march in the 1930s, and we defeated the fascists through a great united working-class effort. That sense of unity and strength is what gave people confidence to change things.” ~ Ken Loach More on strength: “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”~ Friedrich Nietzsche “This is noContinue reading “Be Strong”
Be Grateful
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” ~ Melody Beattie More on gratitude: “One looks back with appreciationContinue reading “Be Grateful”
Be Kind
“I’m not a Starbucks guy. I’m a Dunkin Donuts guy, but I like to pay for the coffee of the other folks behind me in line. It typically costs me less than $10, and makes the other people feel good, but more importantly, it makes me feel so good, and random acts of kindness changeContinue reading “Be Kind”
Get Real
“A word is an arbitrary label – that’s the foundation of linguistics. But many people think otherwise. They believe in word magic: that uttering a spell, incantation, curse, or prayer can change the world. Don’t snicker: Would you ever say, ‘Nothing has gone wrong yet’ without looking for wood to knock?” ~ Steven Pinker MoreContinue reading “Get Real”
Break the Rules
“You can’t change the world without a certain amount of healthy willingness to break the rules.” ~Sebastian Thrun More on breaking the rules: “Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.”~ Anthony de Mello “You are remembered by the rules you break.”~ Douglas MacArthur “You can’t break the rules until you know howContinue reading “Break the Rules”
Make It Happen
“Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change.” ~ Shonda Rhimes More on making it happen: “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, othersContinue reading “Make It Happen”
Work Together
“There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other.” ~ Jack Ma More on working together: “The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger forContinue reading “Work Together”
Embrace It
“Be what you are. Do what you love. Speak what you feel. Don’t hide your humanity. Celebrate it. Embrace it. That is how you change the world.” ~ Vironika Tugaleva More thoughts on embracing who you are: “The thing that is really hard and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning toContinue reading “Embrace It”
