Saturday, January 05, 2008

12 New Ideas for 2008


1. Live a life of service.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
(Mahatma Gandhi)

2. Do unto others as you would have others do.
We need lots of love to forgive. But we need much more humility to ask for forgiveness.
(Mother Teresa)

3. Be kind.
Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

4. Be remarkable.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
(Les Brown)

5. Seek unity.
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency.
(Mahatma Gandhi)

6. Strive for wisdom.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
(Immanuel Kant)

7. Be grateful.
When you are grateful, fears disappear and abundance appears.
(Tony Robbins)

8. Think critically.
The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
(Albert Einstein)

9. Be brave.
You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
(Eleanor Roosevelt)

10. Be humble.
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well about yourself.
(Blaise Pascal)

11. Be creative.
A creative person is motivated by the desire to achieve, not the desire to beat others.
(Ayn Rand)

12. Be present.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
(Anne Frank)