Brain Food 200

It is never too late to give up our prejudices. - Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862

To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to. - Moliere, 1622-1673

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

Brain Food 199

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine. - Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970

It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed. - Vida Dutton Scudder, 1861-1954

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation. - Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924

Brain Food 198

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."
— John D. Rockefeller: Was an American industrialist and philanthropist

"The cultivation of the mind is a kind of
food supplied for the soul of man."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero: Was a 1st-century BC Roman philosopher

"If you'll not settle for anything less than your best,
you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives."
— Vince Lombardi: Was an inspirational American football coach

Brain Food 197

"I cannot always control what goes on outside.
But I can always control what goes on inside."
— Dr. Wayne Dyer: Self-development author and speaker

"Observation is like a muscle. It grows stronger with use and
atrophies without use. Exercise your observation muscle and you
will become a more powerful decoder of the world around you."
— Joe Navarro: Former FBI agent and expert on nonverbal language

"When you have a number of disagreeable duties to
perform, always do the most disagreeable first."
— Josiah Quincy: A U.S. educator and political figure

Brain Food 196

"Early risers are happier, healthier, and more productive at work. They stay in better shape, earn more money, and report that they are more satisfied with their lives. Get up early and seize the day!"
— Michael Masterson: Entrepreneur and bestselling business author

"We do more by 9:00 am than most people do all day" ~ U.S. Army

"Successful people make money. It's not that people
who make money become successful, but that successful
people attract money. They bring success to what they do."
— Dr. Wayne Dyer: Self-development author and speaker

Brain Food 195

"You cannot transcend what you do not know. To go
beyond yourself, you must know yourself."
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: was an Indian spiritual teacher and philosopher

"You are the way you are because that's the way you
want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you
would be in the process of changing right now."
— Fred Smith: The founder of Federal Express

"In a world where the big things have little difference —
it's the little things that make a big difference."
— Peter Thomson: U.K. strategist on business and personal growth