The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new. | |
― Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia | |
If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate. | |
― Thomas J. Watson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Defeated: So Far (Anyway) |
2021 | Elections Have Consequences |
It’s Cold Way Down There | |
2020 | Fearless Security |
2019 | I Prefer A Neat Single Malt |
2018 | Seeking Finer Fruits |
2017 | Something That Is Absolute |
2016 | Animate And Encourage |
Out Of Time | |
2015 | In Time |
2014 | Robust Interconnectivity |
2013 | What Have We Here? |
2012 | Tributaries And Eddies |
An Honest Politician | |
2011 | Penultimate |
Posts Tagged ‘Limits’
Decrease Your Limits To Increase Your Rates
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Change, Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia, Failure, Fear, Limits, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Thomas J. Watson on January 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Back To Paying Dues
Posted in Health, Philosophy, Quotes, Running, Workouts, tagged Abilities, Challenge, Dues, John Bingham, John The Penguin Bingham, Limits, No Need For Speed, Philosophy, Quotes, Running on September 1, 2021| 1 Comment »
It isn’t the shoes, socks, clothes, or even the speed that makes me a runner. It’s running. I pay my membership dues every time I lace up my running shoes. I realize that every time I challenge myself to do more, struggle to get a little faster, or face the limits of my abilities, I am a runner. | |
— John “The Penguin” Bingham | |
From his book: “No Need For Speed“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Back To Paying Dues |
Keep Rollin’ | |
2020 | Diets And Lifestyle Changes |
Pay Attention | |
Just Not Sure, And That’s Okay | |
2019 | The Right Questions |
Day 3: Still Difficult | |
2018 | A Thought For Those Continuing To Support President Trump |
Day 36: Pushing On | |
2017 | Imagining Humor |
2016 | So Go On And Deal With It |
2015 | From A Letter To A Friend |
2014 | Your Part (Here) |
2013 | Complements |
2012 | Sound And Light |
2011 | Two Politicians Visit A Farm… |
2010 | Labor Day And Honorable Men |
The Limits Of My Knowledge
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Emotions, Humility, Knowledge, Limits, Phil Klay, Philosophy, Quotes, Rage, The Enduring Emptiness Of Our Public Rage, Time Magazine on September 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Rage is a dangerous emotion, not simply because it can be destructive but because it can be so easily satisfied with cheap targets. Like my friend who picks fights online, I’m a veteran. I know people who have been injured or killed overseas. I’ve seen the damage bombs wreak on the bodies of innocent civilians. And, yes, it fills me with rage. But if that rage is to mean anything, it means I cannot distract myself with the illusion of adjudicating past wrongs with artfully phrased put-downs. In a world where we are still at war, the most important question is, What do we do now? There the moral certainty of my rage must be met with humility about the limits of my knowledge. | |
— Phil Klay | |
From his Opinion / Editorial: “The Enduring Emptiness Of Our Public Rage“ | |
Appearing in: Time Magazine; dtd: 5 November 2018 | |
Online at: https://time.com/5434373/phil-klay-american-public-rage/ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | I’ll Keep Trying To Anyway |
She Knows | |
2020 | Respond |
Still Trying To Adjust | |
2019 | The Limits Of My Knowledge |
2018 | Even Tiny Progress |
2017 | Real Conservatism |
2016 | The Business Of Life |
2015 | Alone Again, Naturally |
2014 | Agreed |
2013 | Smile From Your Heart! |
2012 | Like You |
2011 | Got Days? |
2010 | K9 Humor – Has Anyone Seen My Setter? (Must read!!) |
A Longer Blog Than You Want To Read (Probably) | |
2009 | Back and Forth and Round Again… |
Mathematically Speaking
Posted in Humor, tagged Anonymous, Calculus, Decimal, Geometry, Humor, Limits, Math Humor, Planes, Points, Polar Coordinates on July 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Decimals have a point. | |
Calculus has its limits. | |
Geometry is just plane fun. | |
Polar coordinates aren’t just arctic fashions. | |
— Anonymous | |
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2017 | Both Odd And Exceptional |
2016 | Private Entrance |
Camping Out In Camden | |
2015 | Quality Government |
A Handful Of Flics | |
2014 | Just Another Brick From The Wall |
2013 | Artistic Demands |
2012 | Foundations |
2011 | Are We Devouring Yet? |
Limits
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Arthur C. Clarke, Limits, Philosophy, Possibilities, Quotes on May 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. | |
— Arthur C. Clarke | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Try Walking |
2021 | Probably Why It Hurts So Bad |
5-0 | |
2020 | Unlike Faux News Viewers |
2019 | I Don’t Know Truth, Either |
2018 | An Approaching Disgrace |
2017 | Liberty, Collusion, History And The Republican Majority |
2016 | But I Have Too Many Questions |
2015 | A New Friend |
2014 | Do I Have To Fall In Love? |
2013 | More Democracy, Please |
2012 | Speaking Of Love |
2011 | Limits |