Sunday, November 25, 2012

QOD:  People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their talents.  ~  Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 ~ August 11, 1919), Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist

Friday, November 23, 2012

QOD:  My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.  ~  John F. Kennedy (né John Fitzgerald Kennedy; May 29, 1917 ~ Nov. 22, 1963)

Thursday, November 22, 2012 / Thanksgiving

QOD:  We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.  ~  Frederick Koenig (né Friedrich Gottlob Koenig; Apr. 17, 1774 ~ Jan. 17, 1833), German inventor

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

QOD:  I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.  ~  Voltaire (né François-Marie Arouet; November 21, 1694 ~ May 30, 1778), French writer

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

QOD:  An extraordinary amount of arrogance is present in any claim of having been the first in inventing something.  ~  Benoît Mandelbrot (November 20, 1924 ~ October 14, 2010), Polish-born mathematician

Monday, November 19, 2012

QOD:  Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.  ~  Peter Drucker (né Peter Ferdinand Drucker; November 19, 1909 ~ November 11, 2005), American management consultant and author

Sunday, November 18, 2012

QOD:  You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.  ~  Sir William S. Gilbert (né William Schwenck Gilbert; November 18, 1836 ~ May 29, 1911), British librettist and dramatist