Take a side....

WE must always take sides.   Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.  Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel

Lights, camera, ACTION!

“Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is timing. It waits on the right time to act."

Fulton J. Sheen

Wisdom from Publilius Syrus

Publilius Syrus, was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favor of his master, who freed and educated him.

Three of my favorite quotes are:

• I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
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• Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
• To do two things at once is to do neither.

Living - Thoreau #getoutoftheboat

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately..... and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry David Thoreau

Be in the arena - TR

It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...who, at best, knows in the end the triumph of great achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. So that his place will never be with those cold timid souls who know neither victory or defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there." — Indira Gandhi

Good is the enemy of great

"You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, non—apologetically — to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good.'" — Stephen Covey