Something To Think About Archive

Movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn advised us to “Never make predictions, especially about the future.”

Herbert Hoover claimed that “Honor is not the exclusive property of any one party.”

Oscar Wilde once observed that “Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.”

In the ‘70s, Former President Jimmy Carter once noted that “Whatever starts in California has an inclination to spread.” Given the proclivity of Sacramento to pass more and more bone-headed laws and all the chaos in our major cities, we’re not so sure that’s a good thing anymore.

According to General Norman Schwarzkopf, “Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”

Benjamin Franklin said: “Glass, china and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.”

Ace Fighter Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker claimed that “Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.”

Productivity guru Stephen Covey reminds us that “Proactive people work on the things they can do something about.”

Albert Schweitzer said: “Truth has no special time of its own. “Its hour is now – always.”

A recent Gallup poll showed that 79% are “dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States.” And no wonder. The National Debt exceeds GDP for the first time since World War Two; parents are not being told of their children’s desire to change gender; marijuana and more dangerous drug use in public is rampant; there are no penalties for mass shoplifting; the border is as porous as it has ever been with no repercussions; and there is no indication that any current officeholder is serious about changing the decline in the social and economic fabric of America.

Coach John Wooden tells us to “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

John Muir advised us to “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into the trees.”

Robert F. Kennedy said: “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

TV journalist Katie Couric notes that “The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you’ll be.”

Publisher Malcom Forbes once noted that “It’s so much easier to suggest solutions when you don’t know too much about the problem.”

Ahead of the various EV mandates, around 1% of the cars driven in the U.S. are electric, despite generous government handouts to those that can afford to buy one. Meanwhile, one in five non-Tesla charging stations don’t work properly so the feds now want to spend another 100million of taxpayer dollars to fix and build out the network of charging stations… that 99% of us don’t need.

In his memoir, the late Jimmy Buffet wrote: “You know Death will get you in the end. But if you are smart and have a sense of humor, you can thumb your nose at it for awhile.”

Actor Raymond Burr advised us to “Try and live your life the way you wish others would live theirs.”

Writer Nora Roberts says: “Know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.”

Martin Luther King believed that “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”