Food For Thought

Words that inspire me. Words that encourage me. Words that I aspire to live by daily.

"The ultimate goal of karate lies not in victory, but in the perfection of the character of its participants." Master Gichin Funakoshi

"Be forgiving to a fault." Les Brown

"If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together." African Proverb

"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction." George Lorimer

"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you love to do, in order to have what you want."

"Excellence is commitment to completion!" Bob Proctor

"No one will remember what you said. No one will remember what you did. They will remember how you made them feel." Nelson Mandela

"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Galatians 6:9

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." Harriet Beecher Stowe