Category Archives: clarity

If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver.

Posted on 29 August 2011 by philosiblog

If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. – Winston Churchill What does that mean? This is Sir Winston at his finest. It is part of a longer quote, which goes … Continue reading →

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If you don’t know where you’re going…

Posted on 13 July 2011 by philosiblog

If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. – Lewis Carroll But this line is not in the Alice in Wonderland books. The proper exchange is : “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought … Continue reading →

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Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.

Posted on 29 April 2011 by philosiblog

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. – Brian Tracy What does that mean? To me, this speaks of the mental image or picture that helps keep you moving until you achieve the end you had in mind.  … Continue reading →

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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Posted on 13 April 2011 by philosiblog

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. – John Wooden What does that mean? Is the glass half empty or half full?  Do you cry and complain about how things … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do than what one can do.

Posted on 8 April 2011 by philosiblog

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do than what one can do. – Lin Yutang What does that mean? To me, this is about where your talents are and where they are not.  No matter how … Continue reading →

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For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

Posted on 5 March 2011 by philosiblog

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. – Vincent Van Gogh What does that mean? What do you know with certainty?  Have you checked with Socrates about that? (that’s … Continue reading →

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