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Every human being has a right to be respected as a human being unless he forfeits that right by his own conduct. ~ Manly Hall
On the same team – Enlist in the WAVES ("Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service"). Apply to your nearest Navy Recruiting Station or Office of Naval Procurement. Head-and-shoulders . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Conduct It is the customer and the customer alone who casts the vote that determines how big any company should be. ~ Crawford Greenwalt
1954 Kodak Brownie Hawkeye advertisement; Image courtesy of TWM 1340 What was once thought impossible has come to pass. Kodak, the company that enabled us to chronicle our lives on . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: The Power of Customers For some moments in life there are no words. ~David Seltzer, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Image courtesy of Captain Geoffry Spaulding on Flickr.com I shared on the Facebook fan page the other day that The Mister and I received some very sad news on Thursday that has left us heartbroken. . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Mourning Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. ~ C.E. Stowe Be wise, don't play with firecrackers, WPA poster, ca. 1937; Image courtesy of trialsanderrors on Flickr.com Many, many years ago, I was teaching my education students about creating a . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Common Sense Colleges and universities don’t educate the student. The student educates himself. All we do is set up the educational environment. ~ Tracy Strevy Home Economics Students, Iowa State, 1917, Image courtesy of Don O'Brien on Flickr.com I’m going to say something that may be controversial: College students are not customers. . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: College Always dress neatly, taking care to have good materials. It is astonishing how much people judge by dress. ~ John Lubbock Source: myvintagevogue.com via Julie-Ann on Pinterest I know this is a theme I keep coming back to over and over again but it is an important one: People judge us . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Clothes One can get ulcers by climbing mountains that are molehills. ~ Unknown
Prelude To Conquest, 1938 ad for the March of Time newsreels; Image courtesy of Paul Malon on Flickr.com In 1897, The New York Times adopted the motto, “All The News That’s Fit to Print.” It was a jab at . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Climbing Molehills Never desire to appear clever and make a show of your talents before men. Be honest, loving, kindly, and sympathetic in all you say and do. Cleverness will flow from you naturally if you have it, and applause will come to you unsought from those who know what to applaud; but the applause of fools . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Cleverness Time is not measured by the passing of years, but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves. ~ Nehru My second birthday party, 1963, at my grandparent's house.
I’ve come a long way in the years since that photo was taken. My life has been a glorious . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: (My) Birthday The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight. ~ T. Roosevelt
Coca Cola Ad from 1944; Image courtesy of Paul Malon on Flickr.com Instead of worrying about what other people are or aren’t doing, we need to . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Citizen |
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