lundi 28 février 2011

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where ....

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

Ulysses S. Grant

There never was a time when, in my ....

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

Ulysses S. Grant quote

Doing the best at this moment puts you in ....

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

Oprah Winfrey quote

The more you praise and celebrate your life....

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Oprah Winfrey

Three things cannot be long hidden....

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth

Buddha

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Thomas Jefferson

Le chien apprend à l'enfant la fidélité, la ......

Le chien apprend à l'enfant la fidélité, la persévérance... et l'obligation de tourner trois fois sur lui-même avant de se coucher.

Robert Benchley

Quand maman est fatiguée, pourquoi .....

Quand maman est fatiguée, pourquoi c'est moi qui doit aller se coucher ?

Paroles d’enfant

On ne demande pas au poisson ce qui arrive sur ....

On ne demande pas au poisson ce qui arrive sur terre, ni au rat ce qui arrive dans l'eau.

Proverbe yoruba

La science n'est pas une idée fragile....

La science n'est pas une idée fragile. Depuis des millénaires elle est intégrée à l'histoire humaine.

Claude Détraz

Un jour viendra peut-être - qui sait si ce n'est....

Un jour viendra peut-être - qui sait si ce n'est pas aujourd'hui ? - où la science reprendra sa place normale : source de sagesse et non de puissance, à l'égal de la musique et de la poésie.

Charles Morgan

samedi 26 février 2011

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Oliver Goldsmith

Pride in their port, defiance in ...

Pride in their port, defiance in their eye I see the Lords of human kind pass by.

Oliver Goldsmith

The best way to make your audience laugh is ...

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

Oliver Goldsmith

Learn the luxury of doing good.

Learn the luxury of doing good.

Oliver Goldsmith

Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you ....

Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.

Oliver Goldsmith

The earth is warming at an alarming rate, we are ....

The earth is warming at an alarming rate, we are running out of fossil fuels, and it is long past time for us to take action to correct these problems.

Bill Clinton

The new rage is to say that the government is the .....

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense


Bill Clinton

Today we can declare: Government is not ....

Today we can declare: Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We, the American people, we are the solution

Bill Clinton

Just as war is freedom's cost......

Just as war is freedom's cost, disagreement is freedom's privilege.

Bill Clinton

We cannot build our own future without....

We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.

Bill Clinton

jeudi 24 février 2011

The saddest aspect of life right now is .....

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."

Isaac Asimov

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but ....

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."

Douglas Adams

One of the few good things about modern times: If you ....

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.

Kurt Vonnegut

People say that life is the .....

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Don't part with your illusions. When they are ........

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."

Mark Twain

Why do you try to understand ....

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?

Pablo Picasso

Well, youth is the period of assumed .....

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.

Pablo Picasso

Art washes away from the soul ....

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Pablo Picasso

Every child is an artist. The problem is ....

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Pablo Picasso

You mustn't always believe what I say.....

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.

Pablo Picasso

History will be kind to ....

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Winston Churchill

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one .....

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

Winston Churchill

Some people regard private enterprise as a....

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.


Winston Churchill

If the human race wishes to .....

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

Winston Churchill

Continuous effort - not strength or ....

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential

Winston Churchill

mercredi 23 février 2011

One of the troubles about vanity is .....

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on. The more you are talked about, the more you will wish to be talked about

Bertrand Russell

Of all forms of caution, caution in .....

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

Bertrand Russell

To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet ....

To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do.

Bertrand Russell

Patriots always talk of dying for....

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

Bertrand Russell

Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness ....

Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.

Bertrand Russell

The higher your energy level, the more efficient ....

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.

Anthony Robbins

To effectively communicate, we must realize ....

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

Anthony Robbins

Once you have mastered time, you will ....

Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade.

Anthony Robbins

Determination is the wake-up call ....

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will

Anthony Robbins

The way we communicate with others and ....

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Anthony Robbins

Meetings are a symptom of bad ....

Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings the better.

Peter F. Drucker

Today knowledge has power. It controls....

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

Peter F. Drucker

Entrepreneurs innovate. Innovation is ....

Entrepreneurs innovate. Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. It is the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.

Peter F. Drucker

Time is the scarcest resource of the .....

Time is the scarcest resource of the manager; If it is not managed, nothing else can be managed

Peter F. Drucker

Whenever you see a successful business, someone ...

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision

Peter F. Drucker

lundi 21 février 2011

All of us could take a lesson .....

All of us could take a lesson from the weather, it pays no attention to criticism.

North DeKalb Kiwanis Club Beacon

Happiness is a positive cash flow.

Happiness is a positive cash flow.

Fred Adler

Last week is the time you should have....

Last week is the time you should have either bought or sold, depending on what you didn't do.

Anon

There are more fools among ...

There are more fools among buyers than among sellers.

French proverb

Le malheur, c’est toujours la même chose. C’est ...

Le malheur, c’est toujours la même chose. C’est un bonheur ancien qui ne veut pas recommencer.

Pierre Louys

Si j'en juge par mon regret de quitter ....

Si j'en juge par mon regret de quitter la vie, j'ai dû être plus heureux que je ne le pensais...

Claude Aveline

Ne dites pas que ce problème est .....

Ne dites pas que ce problème est difficile. S’il n’était pas difficile, ce ne serait pas un problème.

Ferdinand Foch

Tout ce que nous voyons n'est qu'une ....

Tout ce que nous voyons n'est qu'une ombreprojetée par ce que nous ne voyons pas.

Martin Luther King

La raison veut décider ce qui est

La raison veut décider ce qui est juste;la colère veut qu'on trouve juste ce qu'elle a décidé.

Sénèque

dimanche 20 février 2011

Do more than you have to do, more than ....

Do more than you have to do, more than your share, and do it as well as you can

Ralph Charell

The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause ....

The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak.

Ralph Charell

It is through cooperation, rather than ....

It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived

Ralph Charell

Nobody suceeds beyond his or her wildest .....

Nobody suceeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.

Ralph Charell

Do your own thinking independently. Be ....

Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.

Ralph Charell

Rationality is the recognition of .....

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

Ayn Rand

Learn to value yourself, which .....

Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness.

Ayn Rand

I swear by my life and my love....

I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

Ayn Rand

Pride is the recognition of the fact that .....

Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man’s values, it has to be earned.

Ayn Rand

The Argument from Intimidation is ....

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Ayn Rand

La vie est un cadeau si merveilleux .....

La vie est un cadeau si merveilleux que tout être généreux ne peut avoir qu'une ambition, l'offrir.

Jean Giraudoux

Ceux qui veulent comprendre au théâtre ....

Ceux qui veulent comprendre au théâtre sont ceux qui ne comprennent pas le théâtre.

Jean Giraudoux

Braves devant l'ennemi, lâches devant....

Braves devant l'ennemi, lâches devant la guerre, c'est la devise des vrais généraux.

Jean Giraudoux

Servir ! C'est la devise .....

Servir ! C'est la devise de ceux qui aiment commander.

Jean Giraudoux

Les pays sont comme les astres, ils ....

Les pays sont comme les astres, ils peuvent étinceler et éclairer des siècles après leur extinction.

Jean Giraudoux

samedi 19 février 2011

When you are tough on yourself, life .....

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

Zig Ziglar

Statistics suggest that when customers ....

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

Zig Ziglar

I believe that being successful means having ....

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

Zig Ziglar

If you can dream it, then you can achieve .....

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

Zig Ziglar

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment ....

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

Zig Ziglar

A throne is only ....

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Napoleon Bonaparte

A journey of a thousand .....

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step"

Old Chinese

Acceptance of others, their looks, their .....

Acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs, bring you an inner peace and tranquillity -- instead of anger and resentment

Source Unknown

Some people swallow the universe like .....

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

Seeing people as innocent is ....

Seeing people as innocent is the greatest gift you can give another human being: the gift of acceptance.

Rhonda Britten

Poverty can teach lessons

Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot.

Jack Klugman

It's not about the fame and the money ....

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes.

David Cassidy

Everything is changing. People are....

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Will Rogers

When you sit with a nice girl ....

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours that's relativity.

Albert Einstein

I don't know what weapons will be used in .....

I don't know what weapons will be used in world war three, but in world war four people will use sticks and stones.

Albert Einstein

vendredi 18 février 2011

Ceux qui ne connaissent pas leur histoire .....

Ceux qui ne connaissent pas leur histoire s'exposent à ce qu'elle recommence.

Elie Wiesel

Qui cherche l'infini n'a ....

Qui cherche l'infini n'a qu'à fermer les yeux.

Milan Kundera

Ne nous reposons pas sur nos acquis, mais efforçons-nous de....

Ne nous reposons pas sur nos acquis, mais efforçons-nous de construire la paix, de vouloir que la paix soit dans le coeur et dans l'esprit de chacun.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Le manteau de l'ange de la paix est très .....

Le manteau de l'ange de la paix est très beau, mais la question est de savoir qui l'endossera ?

Jozsef Mindszenty

Je n'ai qu'une parole, mais je n'ai.....

Je n'ai qu'une parole, mais je n'ai pas de mémoire.

Marcel Achard

Dommage que pour aller au paradis, il ......

Dommage que pour aller au paradis, il faille le faire en corbillard.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Un homme n'est vieux que quand ....

Un homme n'est vieux que quand les regrets ont pris chez lui la place des rêves.

John Barrymore

Ton christ est juif, ta pizza est italienne, ton café ....

Ton christ est juif, ta pizza est italienne, ton café est brésilien, ta voiture est japonaise, ton écriture est latine, tes vacances sont turques, tes chiffres sont arabes et... tu reproches à ton voisin d'être étranger !

Julos Beaucarne

Le destin est ce qui nous .....

Le destin est ce qui nous arrive au moment où on ne s'y attend pas.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

La pire erreur n'est pas dans ....

La pire erreur n'est pas dans l'échec mais dans l'incapacité de dominer l'échec.

François Mitterrand

jeudi 17 février 2011

Innovation has nothing to do with how many .....

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It`s not about money. It`s about the people you have, how you`re led, and how much you get it.

Steve Jobs

I didn`t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired ......

I didn`t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

Steve Jobs

In most people`s vocabularies, design means

In most people`s vocabularies, design means veneer. It`s interior decorating. It`s the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.

Steve Jobs

You can`t just ask customers what they

You can`t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they`ll want something new.

Steve Jobs

Sometimes when you innovate, you make .....

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Steve Jobs

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders ....

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Bill Gates

We always overestimate the change that ....

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.

Bill Gates

It’s fine to celebrate success but ....

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Bill Gates

People always fear change. People feared.....

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn’t they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines… There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.

Bill Gates

Security is, I would say, our top priority because ....

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers – organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative – if we don’t solve these security problems, then people will hold back.

Bill Gates

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world....

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.


Bill Gates

Your most unhappy customers are ....

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Bill Gates

I really had a lot of dreams when

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Bill Gates

The best way to detoxify is to stop ....

The best way to detoxify is to stop putting toxic things into the body and depend upon it's own mechanisms.

Andrew Weil

Get people back into the kitchen and combat .....

Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.

Andrew Weil

mercredi 16 février 2011

We live in a wonderful world that is full ....

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

Jawaharlal Nehru

There are two kinds of adventurers: those who......

There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won t.

William Trogdon

If we do not find anything very......

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

Voltaire

That must be wonderful; I have .....

That must be wonderful; I have no idea of what it means.

Albert Camus

Those who write clearly have ....

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Abraham Lincoln

If human beings are perceived as potentials.....

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

Robert Conklin

Let us learn to appreciate there will be ....

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

Peter Seller

No one who achieves success does so without .....

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

Anonymous

mardi 15 février 2011

The trouble with most of us is that we ....

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism

Norman Vincent Peale

You become a worrier by practicing ...

You become a worrier by practicing worry. You become free of worry by practicing the opposite.

Norman Vincent Peale

Optimism, when applied to .....

Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.

Norman Vincent Peale

If you want a quality, act as if .....

If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.

Norman Vincent Peale

Empty pockets never held anyone ....

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Norman Vincent Peale

I never see failure as......

I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.

Tom Hopkins

An expert is....

An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past.

Tom Hopkins

Repeat anything often enough and .....

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

Tom Hopkins

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.

Tom Hopkins

You begin by always expecting good ....

You begin by always expecting good things to happen.

Tom Hopkins

There are two things a person should never be ...

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Plato

No one knows whether death, which people .....

No one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

Plato

The man who makes everything that leads to .....

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Plato

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of ....

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Plato

Wise men speak because they have something....

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Plato

lundi 14 février 2011

You don't have to spend megabucks, you just ....

You don't have to spend megabucks, you just have to be single-minded and listen to the customer.

Amy Friend

Employees take a lot of time and energy, but if ....

Employees take a lot of time and energy, but if you treat them well, they'll be the reason for your success.

Mary Black

Entrepreneurialism is the art of ...

Entrepreneurialism is the art of creating something out of nothing.

Sam Gur

dimanche 13 février 2011

I don't want to achieve immortality through ....

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

Woody Allen

It seemed the world was divided into good and ....

It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.

Woody Allen

Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest .....

Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.

Woody Allen

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Woody Allen

Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they ......

Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

Vince Lombardi

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and.....

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by .....

Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Orison Swett Marden

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.

Joe Paterno

Success is never permanent, and ....

Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.

Mike Ditka

samedi 12 février 2011

A man devoid of hope and conscious of being ....

A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future.

Albert Camus

Saviez Vous # 103

Soweto se trouve en Afrique du Sud

Saviez Vous # 102

Le Winconsin est le voisin du nord de l'État de l'Illinois.

Saviez Vous # 101

Le lac Michigan est le seul des Grands Lacs à avoir le même nom qu'un État américain.

Saviez Vous # 100

Un match de boxe de 15 rondes dure 59 minutes.

Saviez Vous # 99

La fleur glaieul tire son nom des gladiateurs?

Sometimes good things fall apart, so .....

Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together.

Jessica Howell

It is often in the darkest skies that....

It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.

Richard Evans

I generally avoid ....

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Mae West

Be careful about......

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."

Mark Twain

vendredi 11 février 2011

No one can make you feel .....

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

Marilyn Monroe

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those ...

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

Theodor Seuss Geisel

Anyone can talk about a values-based culture when times are good, but ....

Your values get challenged in difficult times. Anyone can talk about a values-based culture when times are good, but your your values are tested when things get more difficult.

Ian Cavanagh

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do.....

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

Leonardo da Vinci

Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind......

Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else."

Leonardo da Vinci

He who wishes to be rich within a......

He who wishes to be rich within a day, will be hanged within a year.

Leonardo da Vinci

A poet knows he has achieved perfection not when.....

A poet knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.


Leonardo da Vinci

The greatest deception men ....

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."

Leonardo da Vinci

Nous nous conduisons comme des gens qui

Nous nous conduisons comme des gens qui doivent toujours vivre et nous ne vivons jamais.

Manilius

Le mythe de l'impossible n'est qu'une ....

Le mythe de l'impossible n'est qu'une démission préalable de la volonté.

Vladimir Jankélévitch

La sagesse n'est pas la méditation ......

La sagesse n'est pas la méditation de la mort, mais la méditation de la vie.

Baruch Spinoza

Être asservi à soi-même est le plus pénible ......

Être asservi à soi-même est le plus pénible des esclavages.

Sénèque

Le bonheur, quand il paraît être dans ....

Le bonheur, quand il paraît être dans l'avenir, songez-y bien, c'est que vous l'avez déjà. Espérer, c'est être heureux.

Alain, Propos sur le bonheur

Puisque tu ignores ce que te réserve demain, efforce-toi .....

Puisque tu ignores ce que te réserve demain, efforce-toi d'être heureux aujourd'hui.

Omar Khayyam

On a le temps qu'on se donne.

On a le temps qu'on se donne.

Auteur Inconnu

jeudi 10 février 2011

We know what we are, but not what we may be.

We know what we are, but not what we may be.

Shakespeare

We do a lot of brainstorming with our talent base of ....

We do a lot of brainstorming with our talent base of 6,500 experts globally

Faith Popcorn quote

Eighty percent of the consumer dollar is controlled by women.....

Eighty percent of the consumer dollar is controlled by women, and women earn $4.4 trillion a year.

Faith Popcorn quote

Just before consumers stop doing something, they ...

Just before consumers stop doing something, they do it with a vengeance.

Faith Popcorn quote

People are getting nervous about pharmaceuticals. If it's food....

People are getting nervous about pharmaceuticals. If it's food, people trust it more. And people are also so happy to hear that something they love to eat is also good for them.

Faith Popcorn quote

Failure will never overtake me if....

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Og Mandino

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in .....

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.

Og Mandino

Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own....

Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

Og Mandino

Always do your best. What you plant now.....

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Og Mandigo

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive....

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished.

Og Mandigo

Only two things are infinite, the universe .....

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much .....

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Albert Einstein

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is.....

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

Albert Einstein

Try not to become a man of success but rather....

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

Albert Einstein

If you are out to describe the truth, leave ....

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Albert Einstein

mercredi 9 février 2011

The only thing that saves ......

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.

Eugene McCarthy

A wise man makes his own ......

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

Chinese Proverb

The man who does not work for the love of ......

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.

Charles M. Schwab

complex system that does not work is invariably ....

A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.

Murphy's Law of Computing.

Unless a message is consistent with....

Unless a message is consistent with the culture it will be seen as being false.

Dr. James Campbell Quick

L'éloge des absents se fait sans flatterie.

L'éloge des absents se fait sans flatterie.

Gresset

La jeunesse a cela de beau qu'elle ....

La jeunesse a cela de beau qu'elle peut admirer sans comprendre. "

Anatole France

Flying is learning how to ....

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Douglas Adams

I think the thing that is so powerfull here in New Brunswick is ....

I think the thing that is so powerfull here in New Brunswick is , Number one, the willingness (of the people) to take direction. I find it incredibly refreshing. They believe so much in the vision that they will say, << OK, if this is what we have to do, this is what we'll do.

Martin Chiasson
V.P Inside Sales Operations for Xerox Corporation

I have always had a sense of .....

I have always had a sense of wanting to be part of what you would call << The underdog >> doing something that was not considered the norm.

Martin Chiasson
V.P Inside Sales Operations for Xerox Corporation

mardi 8 février 2011

Ceux qui refusent de lutter perdent .....

Ceux qui refusent de lutter perdent la joie de la victoire.

Auteur inconnu

L'important n'est pas tant ce qu'un homme attend ou ....

L'important n'est pas tant ce qu'un homme attend ou n'attend pas de l'existence, mais ce qu'il compte faire de celle-ci.

Albert Schweitzer

Lorsqu'une porte se ferme, une autre s'ouvre, mais ....

Lorsqu'une porte se ferme, une autre s'ouvre, mais souvent nous regardons si longtemps et avec tant de regrets la porte fermée que nous ne voyons pas celle qui vient de s'ouvrir devant nous.

Alexander Graham Bell

Rien de grand n'a jamais été accompli sans enthousiasme.

Rien de grand n'a jamais été accompli sans enthousiasme.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Un Homme subira moins de tort en travaillant ....

Un Homme subira moins de tort en travaillant beaucoup qu'en jouant beaucoup.

Lord Beaverbrook

La parfaite raison fuit toute extrémité,et veut ....

La parfaite raison fuit toute extrémité,et veut que l'on soit sage avec sobriété.

Molière

Consulte ta raison, prends sa clarté pour guide.

Consulte ta raison, prends sa clarté pour guide.

Molière

Dans l'âge où l'on est aimable, rien....

Dans l'âge où l'on est aimable, rien n'est si beau que d'aimer.

Molière

On n'a pas besoin de lumière....

On n'a pas besoin de lumière, quand on est conduit par le Ciel.

Molière

Plus grand est l'obstacle, et plus ....

Plus grand est l'obstacle, et plus grande est la gloire à la surmonter.

Molière

lundi 7 février 2011

Saviez vous # 98

18 and est l'âge auquel l'adolescence prend fin.

Saviez vous # 97

La lune prend exactement un mois pour faire le tour de la terre.

Saviez vous # 96

Louis XIV a dit : << Toutes les fois que je donne une place vacante, je fais 100 mécontents et un ingrat >>

Saviez vous # 95

Yoda est le gourou extra-terrestre de Luke Skywalker

Saviez vous # 94

Le cyclisme est le sport pratiqué dans la Tour du lac des Sables.

You can be busy and going home late, but what have you

You can be busy and going home late, but what have you achieved if all that you've done is internal? You have to be out serving clients too.

Jacques Whitford

If everybody else has faith in me, how come ....

If everybody else has faith in me, how come I haven't got faith in myself?

Rick Padulo

If there's one thing I've learned it's ....

If there's one thing I've learned it's to ask questions. Every question is a good question. It's okay to ask them all.

Marte Belisle

There's more opportunity today than ....

There's more opportunity today than there has ever been in history.

Frank Odgen

Before people can solve a problem they .....

Before people can solve a problem they first have to take ownership of that problem.

Greig Clark

dimanche 6 février 2011

Oh life, you should never ....

Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end

Baltasar Gracián

Why waste your money looking up your ....

Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponent will do it for you.

Mark Twain

To be in your children's memories tomorrow, You ...

To be in your children's memories tomorrow, You have to be in their lives today.

Barbara Johnson

What most persons consider as virtue, after....

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Voltaire

I am a fashion person, and ....

I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes, it's about all kinds of change.

Karl Lagerfeld

To be a champion, you must believe ...

To be a champion, you must believe you are the best. If you'renot, pretend you are.

Muhammad Ali

In every adversity, look for the benefit....

In every adversity, look for the benefit that can come out of it. Even bad experiences offer benefits, but you have to look for them.

Eric V. Copage

A mind is.....

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

UNCF

samedi 5 février 2011

Dreams have their place in managerial activity, but .....

Dreams have their place in managerial activity, but they need to be kept severely under control.

Lord Weinstock

Do you know the only thing that gives me....

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.

John D. Rockerfeller

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which ....

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.

Henry Ford

Only one thing is certain , that is,

Only one thing is certain , that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false.

Ancient Paradox

I always like to look on the optimistic side of ....

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Walt Disney

Laziness is nothing more than .....

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Mortimer Caplin

A banker is a man who lends you an.....

A banker is a man who lends you an umbrella when the weather is fair, and takes it away from you when it rains.

Anon

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even .....

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

Artemus Ward

To predict the future, we need logic; but ....

To predict the future, we need logic; but we also need faith and imagination, which can sometimes defy logic itself.

Arthur C Clarke

The best preparation for good work .....

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today

Elbert Hubbard

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion ......

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

Denis Healey

The person who figures out how to harness.....

The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of his or her organization is going to blow the competition away.

Walter Wriston

Even if you're on the right track, you'll ....

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

We usually think of cameras as looking out at ....

We usually think of cameras as looking out at the world. This is a new kind of camera. It gives you a window on your mind.

Mark Doidge
full story: Theglobeandmail.com
Article: Researchers develop ‘camera’ that will show your mind

What I mean to say is that for years, for ....

What I mean to say is that for years, for decades, the approach was that integration was not something that needed to be addressed, that people would live side-by-side and that it would sort itself out.

Angela Merkel

vendredi 4 février 2011

I think one of the greatest joys I have now in ....

I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get.

Andre Agassi

A man who views the world the same at ....

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Muhammad Ali

Our results suggest that management of ....

Our results suggest that management of metabolic syndrome may help slow down age-related memory loss, or delay the onset of dementia.

Christelle Raffaitin
French National Institute of Health Research
From USA Today
Article: High blood pressure, obesity linked to memory loss in elderly

I think I'm staying out of .....

I think I'm staying out of this for the first time in many years.

John McCain
USA Today
Article: John McCain won't endorse a 2012 presidential candidate

New Brunswick Public Safety Minister Robert Trevors on delivering policing services.

Policing is a seven day a week, 24 hours a day service that municipalities must have in place. If there is a more cost-effective way of delivering that service, we're open to looking at those options, including regionalization.

Robert Trevors
New Brunswick Public Safety Minister

Il est plus facile de déplacer un ....

Il est plus facile de déplacer un fleuve que de changer son caractère.

Proverbe Chinois

Combien de fois abandonnons-nous notre ....

Combien de fois abandonnons-nous notre chemin, attirées par l'éclat trompeur de celui d'à côté.

Paulo Coelho

S'aimer, ce n'est pas se .....

S'aimer, ce n'est pas se regarder l'un l'autre, c'est regarder ensemble dans la même direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

New Brunswick needs to understand that we .....

New Brunswick needs to understand that we cannot continue to import everything and export nothing.

Michael Buzas
From the article: Invest pension funds in NB energy projects.
Telegraph Journal, Friday February 4, 2011

We need to look at ways we can consolidate......

We need to look at ways we can consolidate, collaborate and reduce duplication.

David Alward

Il y a des gens qui disent qu'ils peuvent ; d'autres ....

Il y a des gens qui disent qu'ils peuvent ; d'autres qu'ils ne peuvent pas. En général, ils ont tous raison.

Henry Ford

La vitesse et la réactivité sont les conditions essentielles......

La vitesse et la réactivité sont les conditions essentielles du succès. On en est presque au point où être le premier vaut mieux que d'être intelligent ?

Lou Gerstner

You want to feed your friends well, and if ....

You want to feed your friends well, and if you put out some good food, that’s going to put out some good vibes for your team, says Debbie Moose, author of Fan Fare, a tailgate-themed cookbook.

Full story: The Super Bowl snack smackdown
theglobeandmail.com

seulement 18% des gens se disent obèses, alors que 25% le sont en réalité....

seulement 18% des gens se disent obèses, alors que 25% le sont en réalité. Les Canadiens surestiment aussi leur activité physique: près du tiers (33%) des répondants reconnaissent qu'ils ne sont pas suffisamment actifs ou ne consomment pas un minimum de cinq portions de fruits et de légumes chaque jour. Or, 50% des gens ne bougent pas assez et ne mangent pas sainement.

Lisez l'article sur Cyberpresse.ca
Article: Les Canadiens surestiment leur état de santé

Je pense que je vais les danser!

«Je crois que je ne vais pas marcher les 5000 kilomètres qu'il me reste à faire au Canada, je pense que je vais les danser. Ça me fait chaud au coeur d'être ici, je me sens le bienvenu»

Jean Béliveau
L'Asbestrien Jean Béliveau entre au pays après 70 000 km à pied
Voir l'article dans Cyberpresse.ca

jeudi 3 février 2011

It is amazing what you can accomplish .....

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Harry S. Truman

If hard work is not another name for talent, it ....

If hard work is not another name for talent, it is the best possible substitute for it.

James Garfield

History, in general, only informs us .....

History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.

Thomas Jefferson

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on .....

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Older men declare war. But it is ....

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

Herbert Hoover

Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow is but a vision. But today ......

Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow is but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to This Day.

Sanskrit Proverb

You've got to do your own growing, no matter .....

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Irish Proverb

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are ......

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

Chinese Proverb

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

English Proverb

Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die.

Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die.

Irish Proverb

Le vrai domicile de l'homme n'est pas une maison ....

Le vrai domicile de l'homme n'est pas une maison mais la route, et la vie elle-même est un voyage à faire à pied.

Bruce Chatwin

Je suis prêt à aller n'importe où.....

Je suis prêt à aller n'importe où, pourvu que ce soit en avant.

David Livingstone

The Distinction between Spirituality and Religion according to Andrew Weil

Spirituality has to do with the nonphysical, immaterial aspects of our beings - with energies, essences, and the part of us that exiated before and will exist after the disintegration of the body.

Religion attemps to institutionalize spirituality, and much of what goes on in its name concerns perputation of the institutions more than the welfare of individuals.

Andrew Weil
From the book: 8 Weeks to Optimum Health

To optimize the function of the healing system, you must .....

To optimize the function of the healing system, you must do everything in your power to improve physical health, mental/emotional health, and spiritual health.

Andrew Weil
From the book: 8 Weeks to Optimum Health

Human beings are bodies, minds, and spirit. Health necessarily ....

Human beings are bodies, minds, and spirit. Health necessarily involves all of those components, and any program intended to improve health must address all of them.

Andrew Weil
From the book: 8 Weeks to Optimum Health

mercredi 2 février 2011

Saviez Vous # 93

Hamelin a été le village allemand qui se débarrassa de ses rats avec un joueur de flûte.

Saviez Vous # 92

Il y a 10 épreuves y a-t-il dans le décathlon.

Saviez Vous # 91

Il y a 7 fuseaux horraires au Canada.

Saviez Vous # 90

Kenesaw Mountain Landis fut le premier commissaire du baseball.

Saviez Vous # 89

Sancho Panza était le compagnon fidèle de Don Quichotte

If you have a particular faith ......

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

Dalai Lama

Happiness is not something you postpone for ......

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Jim Rohn

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always....

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

George Bernard Shaw

We can't plan life. All we can do .....

We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.

Lauryn Hill

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ....

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

Max de Pree