A great quote: "Speaking of eternity, let me ask you: Can you imagine living forever? What are you going to do? Get up in the morning and watch the ten millionth superbowl on TV . . . eat your 457 billionth pepperoni pizza? Really? What are you going to do for all those billions of … Continue reading
Quotes
A good quote here "There is more to life than increasing its speed." Mahatma Gandhi, Indian independence movement leader
It take courage to do what is right. "Christlike love is the greatest need we have on this planet in part because righteousness was always supposed to accompany it. So if love is to be our watchword, as it must be, then by the word of Him who is love personified, we must forsake transgression … Continue reading
Commitments are critical to real success because they extract our finest efforts. "Suppose one day they told high jump contestants – today there are no crossbars – just go out on the field and jump your highest and we have a laser gun that will measure it. Would the contestants reach their greatest heights? Somehow … Continue reading
Shared by my best friend. From “The Gifts of Imperfection” by Brene Brown "We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection. "Love is not something we give … Continue reading
"I know what real pleasure is, for I have done good work". Robert Louis Stevenson.
When it's time to go to work, a man better go to work. He makes bad choices if he doesn't. "1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed … Continue reading
"Warren Buffett... quoting his friend Pete Kiewit, Buffet said a good employee will have three attributes—integrity, intelligence, and energy—and of these three, integrity is the most important, because if an employee lacks integrity, the employer wants the employee to be dumb and lazy." Certification and Signaling: The Importance of Markets and What Makes Them Work … Continue reading
Nelson Mandela: "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion" he wrote in his autobiography. "People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for loves comes more naturally to the human heart than … Continue reading
"The events surrounding the translation of the Book of Mormon can be pieced together from the recollections of a dozen or so contemporaries.... The story that emerges from their accounts is perplexing. The Mormon sources constantly refer to the single most troublesome item in Joseph Smith's history, the gold plates on which the Book of … Continue reading
Kip on Character 