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“Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one’s status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of humiliation at one’s inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status.“ Lao […]

“Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets.” Author unknown
A man found a cocoon of an […]

As we celebrate the birth of this great nation, may we remember the sacrifices of those who have given so much for the freedoms we enjoy and pay tribute to that unfailing desire that perserved this Land of Liberty.
Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will.
Mahatma Gandhi

Destruction’s path has ended
Strewn with chaos and debris
Mournful desolation
Is […]

“Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.” Milton Friedman
A modern day little red hen may not sound like or appear to be a quotable authority on economics but then some authorities aren’t worth quoting….
About a year […]

“In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.” Henry Ward Beecher
When Allan Bellamy returned home from the Korean War, his mother invited him to join her in a “Mom & Pop” grocery store. Allan says that it was so small that when you […]

“For every force, there is a counter force. For every negative there is a positive. For every action there is a reaction. For every cause there is an effect.” Grace Speare
Zig Ziglar provides us with a good example in the following story: Mr. B was not satisfied with the way things were going in his […]

One day a man goes to visit his lawyer friend for advice.
“I’m in real trouble” he says. “My neighbors across the road are going on vacation for a month; and instead of boarding their dogs they are going to keep them locked up and a woman is coming to feed them, if she doesn’t forget. […]

I’ve learned —that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do.
I’ve learned—that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I’ve learned—that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I’ve learned—that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I’ve learned—that regardless of how […]

Anne Beiler, owner of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels and several other donors are backing a new television series that examines the character of great Americans. “The airwaves could use some character,” suggests Ms. Beiler.
Candid Conversations with Great Americans, co-produced with Bryan Hickox, a 45-year television veteran, will profile influential people who may or may not be […]

We live in an age of new technologies, higher and faster forms of communications complete with all kinds of new inventions, methods of marketing and exposure to emerging opportunities worldwide. Behind all of this demand for newer and better things, there is one quality, which we must possess in order to win, and that is […]