I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will RogersRead
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
Interpretation
Focus on the present rather than dwelling on the past.
This quote emphasizes the importance of living in the present and not allowing past experiences or regrets to consume our current lives. By recognizing that yesterday is unchangeable, we are encouraged to make the most of today and to let go of what no longer serves us.
In practice
During a motivational speech about personal development.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
The joyful news for anyone who desires to be rid of the consequences of past poor choices is that the Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. Whereas the Lord warns that unrepented rebellion will bring punishment, when the Lord speaks of weaknesses, it is always with mercy.
I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that might happen, even before it has happened. Your conscious mind tells you the next ball might be a out-swinger, but when it's coming at you you realize it's an in-swinger... so literally, you've played two balls.
The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself.
One of the most dysfunctional beliefs of successful people is our contempt for simplicity and structure. We believe that we are above needing structure to help us on seemingly simple tasks.
Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
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