The American Dream is a term that
is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn't really about becoming rich
or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that.
If it's a good movie, the sound
could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what
was going on.
The riot isn't seen in the movie,
but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of
texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then.
Life's like a movie, write your
own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.
Our top story tonight: Famous TV
dolphin Flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly
was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises.
Enlightened leadership is
spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or
ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth,
goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight
and focused attention.
The supreme quality for
leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is
possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an
army, or in an office.
It is better to lead from behind
and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice
things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will
appreciate your leadership.
The amount of good luck coming
your way depends on your willingness to act.
If your actions inspire others to
dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
The best and most beautiful
things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the
heart.
Your work is going to fill a
large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what
you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what
you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all
matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
I can't change the direction of
the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
Today I choose life. Every
morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel
the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices
- today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.
As we express our gratitude, we
must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to
live by them.
Infuse your life with action.
Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your
own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator,
not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing
what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on
Earth.
Let us always meet each other
with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy,
but the bible says love your enemy.
True love is like ghosts, which
everyone talks about and few have seen.
Wise sayings often fall on barren
ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
One of my favorite little sayings
is, 'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.'
A word of kindness is seldom
spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping
from a broken string.
The wisdom of the wise and the
experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs,
fables, folk sayings and quotations.
A moral lesson is better
expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.
