American’s “#1 Favourite Morning Personality” – Regis Philbin on his life’s lessons.
I understand the psychology of the average guy because that’s who I am.
I grew up in a house trailer in North Carolina with no indoor plumbing. You never forget the rainy, cold days when you’d have to go so badly and the only [...]
The Yankee great on baseball, Yogi-isms and, well, the moniker “Yogi.”
If I didn’t make it in baseball, I won’t have made it workin’. I didn’t like to work.
For Christmas, I asked dad, “I want a baseball bat, a glove, and a ball.” He said, “Which one of the three do ya want?”
I told my [...]
New York Yankees’ Boss, George Steinbrenner, passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 80. Here are some of his pearls of wisdom in an Esquire “What I’ve Learned” column from 2002 – when he was a young 71.
When you’re entrusted with a tradition, you’ve got to protect it.
If you haven’t got a [...]
As a long-time reader of American magazine Esquire, I have always enjoyed the feature “What I’ve learned”. This is an invaluable collection of wisdom from guest columnists on the lessons learned through life.
Here are a dozen gems from musicians Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris and Ray Charles.
Songs are more powerful than books. – Elvis Costello [...]
Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can
disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to
every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel like there is
something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your
optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work [...]
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will.
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you [...]
If you want a thing bad enough
To go out and fight for it,
Work day and night for it,
Give up your time and your peace and
your sleep for it
If only desire of it
Makes you quite mad enough
Never to tire of it,
Makes you hold all other things tawdry
and cheap for it
If life seems all [...]
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill.
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone [...]
One of the greatest thinkers this world has seen is Ralph Waldo Emerson. Here’s how he defined success.
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty,
To find the best in others,
To leave the world a [...]
My life is one long curve, full of turning points.
Luck, that’s when preparation and opportunity meet.
The essential ingredient of politics is timing.
In academic life you seek to state absolute truths; in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.
We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own [...]