The Study of Applied Principles of Virtuous-Living!

  A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already. Lin Yutang   Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. William Shakespeare   Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Lord Chesterfield    

    Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons ... Good writing means good revising. William Strunk, Jr.   I like revising much, much better than getting down a first draft. The first draft is just getting the pieces to the puzzle. Then I get to put the puzzle together! Judy Blume   Our past is a novel that we are constantly revising. Eric G. Wilson   Most writers want to share their essay or book much too quickly. Those who accept the pain of hard work and revising are those who get published. Lee Gutkind   I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it. Chaim Potok When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering c...

  When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. Leo Burnett   The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret. Nido R Qubein   Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him Ali ibn Abi Talib   The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought. Pythagoras   Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard   The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for. Tucker Max   You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face. Herman Edwards   To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking. Timothy Keller   When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or som...

    Vision is the Art of seeing things invisible. Jonathan Swift   Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung     Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Warren G. Bennis   The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. Theodore Hesburgh   The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision. Helen Keller     It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. Vaclav Havel   Where there is no vision, there is no hope. George Washington Carver   When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority. Charles R. Swindoll