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It’s official: Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln get credit for more quotes they didn’t actually originate than any other historical figures.
I saw a funny one online the other day:
“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Continue ReadingWhen I was in college, I was fortunate enough to work a semester at Walt Disney World.
It was great. A few hundred students from around the country would come in and work for three months, while also taking classes to learn about a different aspect of the operation.
At our final orientation, the lady giving the class said, “Disney World is known as the happiest place on Earth, and you’re going to see so many people having the time of their lives.”
“But the truth is, too, that in surveys conducted in virtually every country around the world, this is the number one place that people say they would like to see before they die.”
Continue ReadingSome sports have you pitted against an opponent. In others, it seems you’re really just trying to beat your “personal best.”
For most people, I think life is a personal best type of sport.
Continue ReadingMr. Sullivan has also said this in a similar way you may like even better: “We remain young to the degree that our ambitions are greater than our memories.”
Continue ReadingThis quote doesn’t mean anything unless you know the classic Zen story behind it. I heard Dr. Dyer tell it years ago, and here’s how I remember it:
A farmer walking into town passes The Buddha and says, “Buddha, please help me. Something terrible has happened. My ox just died and now I have no way to plow my fields. Isn’t that the worst thing that could have happened to me?”
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