A dream is to a man what wings are to a bird. With a dream in the deep heart's core, a man is spontaneously driven to hitch his wagon to a star. A dream is an inexhaustible source of energy that keeps our enthusiasm burning, and kindles our desire to...
A Ten-Cent Idea When young F. W. Woolworth was a store clerk, he tried to convince his boss to have a ten-cent sale to reduce inventory. The boss agreed, and the idea was a resounding success. This inspired Woolworth to open his own store and price i...
Be Tough Although we would all love to be Ms Popular at home and in the office, at work the task is not to be liked, but to be effective, says computer sales executive Andrea. This is possibly the single most important lesson we can learn. You can't...
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life. Youth m...
Destiny Plays Both are convinced that a sudden surge of emotion bound them together. Beautiful is such a certainty, but uncertainty is more beautiful. Because they didnt know each other earlier, they suppose that nothing was happening between them. W...
Refuel tempted to skip meals and pull late nights when you feel the heat at your work? Both could lead to burnout. Get six to eight hours of sleep and go to bed at the same hours every night. Aovid big meals but high-cabon, low-fat snacks every few h...
Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorr...
This last rose of summer夏日最后的玫瑰 Left blooming alone;独自绽放着; All her lovely companions所有昔日动人的同伴 Are faded and gone;都已凋落残逝; No flower of her kindred,身旁没有同类的花朵, No rose-bud is nigh...
Virtue 美德 Sweet day,so cool,so calm,so bright! 甜美的白昼,如此凉爽、安宁、明媚! The bridal of the earth and sky- 天地间完美的匹配----- The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; 今宵的露珠儿将为你的消逝而落泪; F...
The Conceited Wagner Richard Wagner was an undersized little man,with a head too big for his bodya sickly little man.His nerves were bad.And he had delusions of grandeur. He was a monster of conceit.Never for one minute did helook at the world or a...
Fill me with the fruits of your Spirit, Lord. Fill me with love, so that I seek to understand and appreciate the rich variety and diversity of life that surrounds me. Fill me with joy, so that I celebrate your presence in each and every moment I am o...
One of the most basic moral values for Americans is honesty. The well-known legend about George Washington and the cherry tree teaches this value clearly. Little George cut down his fathers favorite cherry tree while trying out his new hatchet. When...
The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the li...
Sleep and Obesity A study published Monday found that people who sleep less tend to be fat. Monday's study covered 1,000 people and found that total sleep time decreased as body mass index -- a measure of weight based on height -- increased. Men slep...
It is a commonplace among moralists that you cannot get happiness by pursuing it. This is only true if you pursue it unwisely. Gamblers at Monte Carlo are pursuing money, and most of them lose it instead, but there are other ways of pursuing money, w...