Garry's Favorite Sayings

Truth and Absurdity

2012-01-27T07:23:00.000-08:00

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"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"

"Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth."

Camus, Albert (November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960)

French-Algerian author, journalist, and philosopher.

Normalcy and Psychology

2012-01-25T07:16:00.000-08:00

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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Camus, Albert (November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960)
French-Algerian author, journalist, and philosopher.

Upon Julia's Clothes

2011-12-05T07:22:00.001-08:00

Whenas in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows
That liquefaction of her clothes.

Next, when I cast mine eyes and see
That brave vibration each way free;
O how that glittering taketh me!

Robert Herrick, 1591-1674

17th Century English Poet

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Hope

2011-11-20T16:07:00.000-08:00

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"Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops...at all."

Emily Dickinson (Dec. 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886), American Poet

Hope and Despair

2011-11-19T14:28:00.001-08:00

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"If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose?"

Robert Brault, American Author

Problems and Solutions

2011-11-17T09:12:00.001-08:00

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"A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved."

Charles F. Kettering (1876 - 1958), American inventor, engineer and businessman

Business and Competition

2011-11-06T09:18:00.000-08:00

Image by G & A Sattler via Flickr"A merchant who approachesbusiness with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from thecompetition."

James Cash Penney, 1875 - 1971

Courage and Determination

2011-11-04T08:50:00.000-07:00

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Never give in. Never give in - never, never, never…in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Sir Winston Churchill
Speech, 1941, Harrow School
British politician (1874 - 1965)

Teaching and Learning

2011-11-02T08:36:00.000-07:00

Image via Wikipedia“Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.”

Japanese Proverb

Competition and Cooperation

2011-10-28T10:28:00.000-07:00

Image via Wikipedia"Competition has been shownto be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which isthe thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off."

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

Courage and Human Qualities

2010-09-26T12:54:00.000-07:00

Image via Wikipedia"Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others."

Winston Churchill; British author, orator and prime minister (1874 - 1965)

Strength and Spirit

2010-05-29T10:02:00.000-07:00

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"Your spirit is the true shield."

Morihei Ueshiba, Aikido Founder
(1883-1969)

Health and Physicians

2010-05-15T08:25:00.000-07:00

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"There are worse occupations in the world than feeling a woman's pulse."

Laurence Sterne

(24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768)

Irish-born English novelist and Anglican clergyman.

Fear and Death

2009-12-02T10:00:00.001-08:00

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"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than fear itself."

Publilius Syrus, Roman author
1st century B.C.

Fear and Knowledge

2009-12-02T09:50:00.000-08:00

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"I am never afraid of what I know."

Anna Sewell
(1820-1878) Discuss

Success and Failure

2009-08-18T11:35:00.000-07:00

To succeed you need faith, to fail you need fear. Until success happens inside you it will never happen. Surrender to a great deal, and centering your heart at the ideal act, do well.

Dr. Suzanne Gudakunst

Understanding Success

2009-06-12T11:49:00.000-07:00

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

Lou Holtz, American football coach (January 6, 1937 - )

Change and Success

2009-05-28T08:33:00.000-07:00

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You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

Buckminster Fuller - American architect, author, designer, futurist, inventor and visionary
July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983

Adaptation and Progress

2008-10-16T16:00:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaThe reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright
(July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950)

Freedom and Independence

2008-09-27T07:15:00.000-07:00

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeFreedom and independence form my character.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
(19 May, 1881 - 10 November 1938), Founder of modern Turkey

Note: Since its inception by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, "Peace at Home, Peace in the World" is the motto of the Republic of Turkey.

Atatürk died 80 years ago. His memory is honored by Anitkabir, his mausoleum in Ankara, Turkey.

Strength and Weakness

2008-09-19T07:28:00.000-07:00

Use your neuroses and use them well.

Garry R. Jenkin (1943- ), Marketing Consultant

I've Learned...

2008-08-22T08:18:00.000-07:00

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... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
... That when you're in love, it shows.
... That just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.
... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
... That being kind is more important than being right.
... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.
... That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I child did wonders for me as an adult.
... That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
... That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.
... That money doesn't buy class.
... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
... That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
... That love, not time, heals all wounds.
... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
... That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
... That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
... That life is tough, but I'm tougher.
... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
... That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.
... That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
... That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.
... That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

Andy Rooney, American radio and television writer (born Jan. 14, 1919)

Winning and Losing

2008-08-14T16:32:00.000-07:00

The way you win at chicken is to throw the steering wheel out the window in full view of your opponent.

David Skylansky, Author and poker expert

Truth and Kindness

2008-08-07T10:04:00.000-07:00

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Robert Brault, Author

Boredom and Curiosity

2008-07-25T08:03:00.000-07:00

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 - June 7, 1967)
American writer and poet

Wisdom and Chance

2008-06-20T07:15:00.000-07:00

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No man was ever wise by chance.

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (c. 4 BC – 65 AD); Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist

Fathers and Gentleness

2008-06-11T08:01:00.000-07:00

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Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!

Philothea: A Romance, 1836

Lydia M. Child (February 11, 1802 - July 7, 1880); Author and activist

Success and Discipline

2008-06-06T08:12:00.000-07:00

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.

Ross Perot (June 27, 1930 - ), American businessman and philanthropist from Texas

Leadership

2008-06-01T09:06:00.001-07:00

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I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.

Talleyrand (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord)
Feb. 2, 1754 - May 17, 1838; French diplomat

Censorship

2008-05-17T09:30:00.000-07:00

Who will watch the watchers? - Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Juvenal, Roman poet (c. 200 CE)

Censorship

2008-05-17T09:14:00.000-07:00

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

Lillian Hellman, subpoenaed to appear before the House Un-American Activites Committee, 1952

Love

2008-04-13T09:54:00.000-07:00

Love demands that I learn how to focus my attention on the needs of those I love.

John Powell

Teaching

2008-02-10T10:14:00.000-08:00

The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.

William A. Ward

Teaching

2008-02-10T10:11:00.000-08:00

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Vernon Sanders Law

Teaching

2008-02-10T10:09:00.000-08:00

Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great.

Tom Morris

Learning

2008-02-10T10:08:00.000-08:00

Love is a better teacher than duty.

Albert Einstein

Teaching

2008-02-10T10:06:00.000-08:00

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tolerance

2008-02-10T10:04:00.000-08:00

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

Dalai Lama

Teaching

2008-02-10T10:02:00.000-08:00

A cross-eyed teacher can keep twice the number of children in order than any other, because the pupils do not know who he or she is looking at.
Four Hundred Laughs: Or, Fun Without Vulgarity, compiled and edited by John R. Kemble, 1902

Teaching

2008-02-10T10:00:00.000-08:00

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Teaching

2008-02-10T09:58:00.000-08:00

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Hector Louis Berlioz

Teaching

2008-02-10T09:56:00.000-08:00

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Don't try to fix the students; fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

Marva Collins (Aug. 31, 1936 - ) Educator, author
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Learning

2008-02-10T09:53:00.000-08:00

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.

Jacob Bronowski

Learning

2008-02-10T09:51:00.000-08:00

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

Dudley Field Malone

Learning

2008-02-10T09:49:00.000-08:00

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

Thomas Szasz

Learning

2008-02-10T09:44:00.000-08:00

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

Alvin Toffler

Teaching

2008-02-10T09:39:00.001-08:00

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

John Lubbock

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Teaching

2008-02-10T09:39:00.000-08:00

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The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

John Lubbock

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Management

2007-12-12T10:52:00.000-08:00

You're no good unless you are a good assistant; and if you are, you're too good to be an assistant.

Martin H. Fischer

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Society and Aging

2007-12-12T10:44:00.000-08:00

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

Greek proverb

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Creativity and Storytelling

2007-12-12T10:21:00.000-08:00

If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!

Shel Silverstein
(American poet, cartoonist and composer best known in children's literature for his poetry, 1930-1999)

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Discipline and Self-respect

2007-08-30T12:03:00.001-07:00

Self-respect is the root of discipline;
the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Abraham J. Heschel (Jewish theologian and philosopher, 1907-1972)

Innocence & Beauty

2007-08-07T09:47:00.000-07:00

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

Justice, Crime and Civilization

2007-06-09T16:58:00.000-07:00

Treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of civilization of any country.

Winston Churchill
Speech to House of Commons, July 20, 1910

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Justice

2007-06-09T16:54:00.000-07:00

One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalized by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.

Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900

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Visualization and Love

2006-12-09T13:54:00.000-08:00

What you take in by visionary experience you must give out by love and intelligence in daily life.

Aldous Huxley

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Happiness, Tranquility and Occupation

2006-11-15T06:49:00.000-08:00

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Thomas Jefferson

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A Favorite Book for Speakers

2006-11-06T08:54:00.000-08:00

I helped produce "Speaker's Library of Business Stories, Anecdotes and Humor." The data was managed with FileMaker. The book is remarkable because it's so useful when preparing for speeches.

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Destiny and Courage

2006-10-18T09:12:00.000-07:00

The future has many names.
For the Weak it is Unattainable
For the Fearful, it is Unknown
For the Bold, it is Opportunity.

Victor Hugo, French Novelist (1802-1885)

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America and Greatness

2006-10-17T08:18:00.000-07:00

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

Alexis de Tocqueville, French political thinker and historian (1805-1859)

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Goals and Destiny

2006-10-01T11:17:00.000-07:00

The roads we take are more important than the goals we announce. Decisions determine destiny.

Frederick Speakman

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Strength and Decisionmaking

2006-10-01T11:10:00.000-07:00

It is truly said: It does not take much strength to do things, but requires great strength to decide what to do.
Chow Ching

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Politics and Human Rights

2006-10-01T11:02:00.000-07:00

Attempting to interpret what people look at as defining the contents of their mind, flies in the face of all reason.

David J Stanley, Computer Consultant
CF31 2ED

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Politics and Human Rights

2006-10-01T10:59:00.000-07:00

In a witch hunt, there are no small witches and no large witches.

Henri Leclerc, president of the League of Human Rights in Paris

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Success and Failure

2006-09-17T10:41:00.000-07:00

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Dale Carnegie (1988-1955)

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Newspapers and War

2006-09-17T10:37:00.000-07:00

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)

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Leadership and Motivation

2006-09-13T12:03:00.000-07:00

The leader's role is to create a vision, not kick somebody in the ass.

Garry Jenkin, consultant (1943- )

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Supervision and Results

2006-09-13T12:02:00.001-07:00

The function of a supervisor is to analyze results, not try to control how the job is done.

Garry Jenkin, consultant (1943- )

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Wealth and Self

2006-09-13T12:02:00.000-07:00

Remember, wealth is not only what you have but also what you are.

Garry Jenkin, management consultant

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Success and Endurance

2006-09-10T11:01:00.000-07:00

He conquers who endures.

Persius (34 AD - 62 AD)

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Marriage

2006-09-10T10:59:00.000-07:00

When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife.

Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and novelist (1854-1900)

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Learning

2006-09-10T10:58:00.000-07:00

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Winston Churchill; British author, orator and prime minister (1874 - 1965)

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Crime and Criminal Systems

2006-09-10T10:55:00.000-07:00

The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.

Winston Churchill; British author, orator and prime minister (1874 - 1965)

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Quotations

2006-09-10T10:40:00.000-07:00

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), My Early Life, 1936

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Power and Prosecutors

2006-09-09T07:29:00.000-07:00

If you want to play God, I always tell my students, go be a prosecutor. Not a judge, mind you. Not only do you have to be older and more experienced to be a judge, but everything you do must be explained and is subject to review. Big decisions tend to be the subject of written opinions, reviewed by panels of more judges, and then more judges, with no single judge having more than one vote. Whereas even a junior prosecutor can ruin a person's life on her own say-so, not to mention sending everybody else on a wild goose chase, just by deciding to bring charges and have the person arrested and locked up.

Susan Estrich; politician, professor, lawyer, writer

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Truth and Honesty

2006-09-06T15:28:00.000-07:00

Be true and honest in all you say, and seriously ernest in all you do, and then, even if your country be inhabited by barbarians, South or North, you will make your way.

Confucius (551 - 479 BC)

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Wisdom of Life

2006-09-06T13:39:00.001-07:00

Life is wise to deceive us, for had it told us from the start what it had in store for us, we would refuse to be born.

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian Novelist (1911 - 2006)

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Normalcy

2006-09-06T13:33:00.000-07:00

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Albert Camus, French writer and philosopher (1913 - 1960)

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Feelings and Respect

2006-09-06T13:28:00.000-07:00

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou, American Poet (1928 - )

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