Something To Think About Archive

Soldier-Statesman Colin Powell claimed that “There are no secret to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.”

It’s been noted that: “Success is not always final. If you build a better mousetrap, nature will breed a smarter mouse.”

John Steinbeck wrote: “A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have only the hard, clean question: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well or ill?”

Cookie entrepreneur Debi Fields once noted that “You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.”

The corruption at the United Nations has finally gone beyond the pale. For years, known bad actors have chaired the Human Rights Commission, including the current chair the Iranian Ambassador. But now we discover that hidden below the headquarters of the United Nations’ aid agency for Palestinians in Gaza City is a Hamas complex with rows of computer servers that Israel says served as an important communications center and intelligence hub for the Islamist militant group and appears to have run on electricity drawn from the U.N.’s power supply. Perhaps it’s finally time for the U.S. to leave the U.N. a failed organization and require them to move their headquarters to some other nation willing to put up with their duplicity.

Businessman and Presidential advisor Bernard Baruch cautioned us to “Vote for the man who promises the least.”

According to Eleanor Roosevelt: “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

Entertainer Marie Osmond says that “If you’re going to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.”

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie said: “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.”

Publisher Malcolm Forbes believed that “The best vision is insight.”

Congratulations to Sheriff Bill Pooley on his retirement this week after a 34-year career in law enforcement, the last eleven of which he served as Tuolumne County Sheriff. During his tenure, Sheriff Pooley worked tirelessly with his force of dedicated officers to protect and serve the people of the county; to improve coverage of the more rural parts of the county through better staffing of the department; and by bringing salaries up to a competitive level with surrounding counties. Sheriff Pooley joins a long list of notable peace officers in the Mother Lode, past and present, and we wish him the best in a well- deserved retirement.

Writer Gail Sheehy believed that “The secret for the search for meaning is to find your passion and pursue it.”

According to a Zuni saying: “Nobody on his own strength has ever succeeded.”

It’s been said that “It’s easier to suffer in silence if you are sure someone is watching.”

Margaret Thatcher once noted that “Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”

Albert Einstein said: “Truth is what stands the test of experience.”

Only NOW, after apprehensions at the border have increased on his watch from less than 500,000 per year to nearly 2.5 million in fiscal year 2023 alone, President Biden admits that “the border isn’t secure” and has the audacity to claim that he’s been saying that for ten years. It’s absurd considering that his administration, including his so-called “Border Czar” Kamala Harris has paid zero attention to the problem. That is until now when Democrat run cities have been overwhelmed with illegal migrants and their societal and financial problems have skyrocketed.

John Adams said: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

Writer E.B. White said: “One of the most time consuming things is to have an enemy.”

Teddy Roosevelt believed that “Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”