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Mac Arthur, Douglas
(1880-1964), general, U.S. Army
Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart, there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage, so long are you young.
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
In war, you win or lose, live or die—and the difference is just an eyelash.
Machiavelli, Nicolo
A man attains an elevated position only when his mediocrity prevents him
from
being a threat to others. And for this reason a democracy is never
governed by
the most competent, but rather by those whose insignificance will not
jeopardize anyone else's self-esteem.
Mann, Thomas (1875-1955), German novelist and essayist
Hold fast the time! Guard it, watch over it, every hour, every minute! Unregarded it slips away like a lizard, smooth, slippery, faithless. Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
Just make up your mind at the very outset that your work is going to stand for quality . . . that you are going to stamp a superior quality upon everything that goes out of your hands, that whatever you do shall bear the hallmark of excellence.
Mariano, Carmen,
Educator
Strength and weakness have nothing to do with courage or muscle; only recognition. Strong people recognize their weaknesses. They also recognize their ability to overcome those weaknesses.
Weak people deny their weaknesses, and fail to recognize how strong they truly are.
Martineau, Harriet
You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.
Don’t
let the future be that time when you wish you’d done what you aren’t doing
now.
- Know your Limits—then Ignore Them!, Insight Publishing
Group
Learn
to say "no" to the good, so you can say "yes" to the great.
- Momentum Builders, Honor Books
Maugham, W. Somerset
Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
Maurois, Andre
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
Maxwell, John C.
The 10 Commandments
of Human Relations
1. Speak to people.
2. Smile at people.
3. Call people by name.
4. Be friendly and helpful.
5. Be cordial.
6. Have a genuine interest in
people.
7. Be generous with praise.
8. Be considerate of the feelings
of others.
9. Be thoughtful of the opinions of
others.
10. Be alert to give service.
- The Power of Influence, Honor Books
Maxwell, Linda, educator and writer
LOST!
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT…
FULFILLMENT.
Often
confused for short-lived fun.
So do not bother searching amusement parks,
bars, or sporting events. Answers
to “Work”
And “Dedication.” Often seen
with best friends
Loyalty, Commitment, and Passion.
LIFETIME
REWARD.
McBroom, Amanda
It is the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.
It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes a chance.
It is the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give.
And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
- The Rose by sung by Bette Midler
McCormack
Self-discipline
is the willingness to perform the acts that are beneficial to us that—for
whatever reason—we don’t want to perform.
McCracken, Robert James, D.D.
Get to know two things about a man—how he earns his money and how he spends it—and you have the clue to his character, for you have a searchlight that shows up the in-most recesses of his soul. You know all you need to know about his standards, his motives, his driving desires, his real religion.
McDonald, Claude
What isn’t tried won’t work.
The history books
are full of stories of gifted persons whose talents were overlooked by a
procession of people until someone believed in them. Albert Einstein was four years old before he could speak and
seven before he could read. Isaac
Newton did poorly in grade school. A
newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had “no good ideas.”
Werner von Braun failed ninth-grade algebra.
Hayden gave up on making a musician of Beethoven, who seemed a slow and
plodding man with no apparent talent.
There is a lesson in
such stories: Different people develop at different rates, and the best
motivators are always on the lookout for hidden capacities.
Mckain
The reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.
McKinley, William
Don't try to master too many things.
McQuade, Walter and Anna Aikman
Anger is what arouses you to challenge a situation. Aim to use it to improve things. Often, with it, you can change things.
Melville,
Herman
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
Mencius
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
Menninger, Karl (1893-1990), psychiatrist
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward, and we want to sit in their radius. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.
Messina, Dr. Jack, uncle of
Lauren Bessette and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
If the events of these past days have taught us anything, it is to honor the moment. Cherish those around you. Try to find a balance between work and family. Contribute something to your community, and above all, share the love you feel for others each and every day.
Metcalf
I would like to amend the idea of being in the right place at the right time. There are many people who were in the right place at the right time but didn't know it. You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of the opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.
Meyer, Paul J.,
entrepreneur and writer
Ninety percent of those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.
Mill, John Stuart
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art of pursuit, followed not as a means but as itself an ideal end. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way.
Mitchell, W.,
professional speaker
Before I was paralyzed, there were 10,000 things I could do. Now there are 9,000. I could dwell on the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have left.
Moorhead, Carlos,
Retired Representative, of California's 27th Congressional
District
Most people, regardless of what ethnic group they belong to, are just looking for someone to give them a little respect.
People vote for folks they like.
Morison, E.E. (1909-1995), historian and educator.
It is much harder to ask the right questions than it is to find the right answer to the wrong question.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
Mulock, Dinah
Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are—chaff and grain together—certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away...
Murrow,
Edward R.
Difficulty is an excuse history never accepts.
To
be persuasive, we must be believable.
To be believable, we must be credible.
To be credible, we must be truthful.
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