Words of wisdom from the ages
One of my more popular keynote presentations of the
past few years is where I share the wisdom from the ages and its impact on life
and business today as we live it moment by moment. For each custom presentation, I select twelve words of wisdom
(quotes) from my list of over 4000 accumulated one’s going back more than 3000
years that are relevant to current challenges and opportunities we all face
today in some way.
After a brief discussion of the message from the
author’s quote, I ask each member of the
audience to consider each item in terms of their present-day business, relationship or life situations. Thought I would share one of the keynote’s
messages to an audience several months ago.
Why not ask yourself the question for each quote –
what does this mean to me and why and/or how?
“Self-trust is the first secret of success.” Emerson
“The biggest human temptation is to settle for
too little.” T.
Merton
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” Gandhi
“Face adversity
promptly and without flinching, and you will reduce its impact.” Churchill
“If you
are not ready today you will be even less so tomorrow.” Ovid
“I find the great thing in this world is not so
much where we stand, as to what direction we are moving.” O.W. Holmes
“The
important thing is to never stop questioning.” Einstein
“The road to triumph is built on adversity.” Ovid
“The wise
will always reflect on the quality not the quantity of life.” Seneca
“Well done is better than well said.” Ben Franklin
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn’t do than the ones you did do. So,
throw off the bowlines. Sail away from
the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds
in your sails. Explore, Dream and Discover
while you still can.” Mark Twain
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your
life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
Abe Lincoln
Why
not ask yourself – What did one of these (or several) mean to me? What do I need to change, start, let go of
etc?
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