Fools you are...

Fools you are...Who like to learn from your own mistakes, I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the costs of my own.

- Otto Von Bismarck

I wish I could get my 7 year old to understand this. Everyone talks about how teenagers know everything. So does my 7 year old. I talked with his teacher the other day, and she was telling me, that he has been in trouble lately, because he wants to get the last word in, because he thinks she is not doing things right. When we confronted him, he told his teacher he only does that because he knows he is right, because that's the way his dad is. He told her he was just like his dad! He doesn't understand that his dad has quite a few years on him, and has learned from his mistakes as well from the mistakes of others.

We all like to think we are right, and barge into new territory, like we are the worlds leading expert. When we make mistakes, it hold us up or pushes us back. If we would take a little time to study or listen to our parents, our teachers or our peers, we could save ourselves a lot of heartache.

When you take a few minutes to study Otto Von Bismarck, you learn, that he was one of the most prominent European statesmen of the nineteenth century. He grew to have immense political power, because he saw the problems of other politicians and nobles, and learned from their mistakes.

Next time you are about to try something new, remember this, and seek out help from someone that has done it before, and learn from the mistakes they have made.

There's a fine line...

There's a fine line between fishing, and standing on the shore like an idiot.

- Steven Wright

What do you say about this, other than it's true? I just think it's funny. I think one of the best things about comedy is, there is always a little bit of truth in it.

If you can dream it...

If you can dream it; you can do it.

- Walt Disney

I got to looking at the last few quotes I have posted, and I noticed that I have talked about a lot of negatives in the world. So I need to cheer it up a little. Who else brings more joy and more cheer, than Walt Disney. He changed the world with his wit, charisma and optimism. Walt was the eternal optimist.

Most people don't know it, but Walt was bankrupt by the time he was 21 years old. Yet he had a dream. He put everything he owned on the line more than once. His first attempts at animation were moderately successful at best. But he never gave up, he kept the dream alive. Then in the summer of 1928, Mickey Mouse was born. It was then that Walt's dream came true. With the birth of Mickey, the world was changed. Today, kids and adults alike all over the world recognize Mickey Mouse.

The great thing about Walt was, once he realized his dream, the dream just got bigger! After numerous successful feature films, he open Disneyland in 1955. And the dream just got bigger! He opened Walt Disney World in October of 1971. These two parks have had hundreds of millions of visitors since.

His name has come to mean different things, Imagination, Creation, Optimism, and good ol' American made Success.

In other words, don't stop dreaming, it CAN become a reality!

It is easy to sit up...

It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

- Al Batt

Not only do I like to collect quotes, I like to know the context in which the person used them. When you refer to quotes by people like Ben Franklin or Will Rogers, they made observations about life. They were just looking to pass some wisdom along.

I love this quote, but I don't know the context in which is was used. So, with that being said, I'll just pass on what I think is means and how we can put it to use.

The President is doing a bad job, we shouldn't be in Iraq, gas prices are too high, I don't make enough money, he has a better car than me, my kids don't mind me, and the list goes on and on. I don't have any of these problems. But everywhere I go, there is always someone complaining about something. Complaining is one of the easiest things in the world to do. Almost everyone has the ability to "take notice". The problem, no one wants to be the one to step up and fix it. Everyboby wants to take the easy way out. It's time people start getting up and taking action.

The next time you start to complain about something, bite your tongue for just a second and think of this quote, and try to figure what YOU can do to fix it. Once you take notice, take the road less traveled, be a part of the solution, not the problem.